night s news conference with president biden as he pushed just forward with his reelection campaign. today in the must-win state of michigan plus no power, no water. but plenty of heat. an even more for ration, hundreds of thousands of texans waiting for electricity as anger of the utility companies is growing. so is concerned about what the future might look like texas pours more money into the same industry fueling this crisis and their wedding. and then there s the celebration happening in india this weekend, months in the making for a family only worth billions of dollars. we will dive into the details of this opulent star-studded affair. we re following these stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news we are following new developments as president biden is intensifying his fight to stay in the race for the white house. while the list of lawmakers in his own party were publicly calling on him to step aside continues to grow. congressman mike levin of cal
perhaps the most critical press conference in president biden s 54 year long political career. the lead starts right now all eyes on president joseph biden with an immensely consequential news conference set to start soon ahead. an avalanche of new reporting, revealing anger and shock over efforts to hide hi president biden s decline this hour, i ll speak with one of the latest house democrats calling on the president to drop out of the 2024 race, plus, with president biden still commander in chief, what can he actually achieve on on the world stage? white house adviser john kirby will be here on the lead and new evidence. donald trump may know a lot more about the controversial project 2025, even after he said again today that he knows nothing about him welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in our 2024 lead of course, with a high-stakes day for president biden in just a few hours, the president s going to hold a news conference and take reporters questions as the th
the secretary of the army and the army s top uniformed officer testified before congress about the army s proposed 2022 budget. they were asked about systemic racism in the military. suicide prevention, the handling of sexual assault cases and other issues. go ahead and call the meeting to order. this morning our full committee hearing is on the fiscal year 2022 national defense authorization budget request for the department of the army, and we are joined by the honorable christine wormuth, who is the the secretary of the army, not an acting secretary. this is a momentous day for us. so appreciate to have you here and congratulations on your confirmation and appointment. and general james mcconville, chief of staff the u.s. army. we are still doing a hybrid hearing, which means some members, as you will see, participating virtually, and we have rules for that. so i will read those rules and then we ll get started. members who are joining remotely must be visible on scr
order. this morning, our full committee hearing is on the fiscal year 2022 national defense authorization budget request for the department of the army, and we are joined by the honorable christine wormuth, who is the secretary state of the army, not an accurate acting secretary. this is a moment [inaudible] for us. appreciate having you there and congratulations on your confirmation and your appointment, and general james mcconville, he chief of staff of the u.s. army. we are still doing a hybrid here in, which means some members, as you will see, are participating virtually. and we have roles for that, so i will read those roles and then we ll get started. members who are joining remotely must be visible on screen for the purposes of identity verification. establishing and maintaining of quorum, and voting, those members must continue to use the software platform and video function while in attendance experience connectivity issues or other technical problems. further if
both in person and virtually, i want to announce a couple reminders to the members about the conduct of this hearing. first, members and staff who are attending in person and are unvaccinated against covid-19 must stay mask throughout the hearing. and unvaccinated members may remove masks only during their questioning under the five minute rule. members who are attending virtually should keep their video feed on as long as they are present in the hearing. members are responsible for their own microphones. we also keep microphones muted unless you are speaking. if members have documents they wish to submit for the record, please email them to the committee clerk whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing. good morning. thank you all for joining today s hearing. a special thank you to our witnesses for joining us here today. two years ago, i had the honor and privilege of chairing the first hearing on recycling in this committee and almost over a decade. since then