Welcome, everybody. Thanks for being here. This is a hearing for the Regulatory Affairs and subcommittee. Modernizing moving forward using Lessons Learned during the covid pandemic. We should have something good come out of the pandemic. This hearing is focused on what we can gain, whats already been learned, what gaps are still there and what to do to better improve the process. A decade was telework legislation and enhancement act of 2010 set the baseline standard for federal agencies to follow the telework. Over the last ten years, loosing advances in technology, expectations an increase in Cyber Security threats. So many changes in the world makes sense to take a close look at the current policies and strategies in the federal workplace. Its acting as a magnifying glass for improvement. In july with a panel of private industry witnesses during the hearing, we gathered valuable information concerning what private employers have done to support Remote Workforce and we are able to dra
In the u. S. Georgias republican secretary of state confirms a narrow win for joe biden as Donald Trumps noirs vow to continue to contest the Election Results and run cables. Spell the end of our we known telescoping. Its a record that spearheaded major breakthroughs in our strong and spend on people seen it before. The sports news, a 2nd member, all south africas a cricket squad tests positive for covert mind, seen just a week out from a limited oval series against england. Thank you very much for joining us. The United Nations us called on ethiopias warring sides to stop fighting immediately. So aid can come in and refugee save zones can be set up. The governments launched an offensive 2 weeks ago to getting the great Peoples Liberation front which governs the tea grey region. Both sides accuse each other of killing civilians in airstrikes and indiscriminate attacks. The uns Refugee Agency says is preparing for as many as 200000. 00 people to seek refuge in sudan. So far more than 30
Positive signs on the economic front as the u. S. Nonmanufacturing index expanded and treasury yields breaking higher today much more on that move in just a bit. 59 minutes left to two in the session, and the dow is up more than 400 points. Thanks, sara. Lets get to the big stories we begin with amon javers. Reporter we dont know about the president s condition at this hour, but we know about his intent at this hour. He is ready to go home he has been at Walter Reed Medical Center since friday evening, and hes ready go he said, i will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6 30 p. M. Feeling really good. Dont be afraid of covid dont let it dominate your life. We have developed under the trump administration, some really great drugs and knowledge. I feel better than i did 20 years ago. That came in the hour in which we were told we would get a briefing from the president s doctors explaining what his condition is exactly its not clear whether the president is preemptin
I do. Plus worries over voter walk me through what is how quickly can you verify mailin rights. Ballots . When Voter Suppression and can you verify them before you count them in order to speed happens, it happens up the count disproportionately in minority communities. Foreign meddling. I think North Carolina is the russians are not trying to interfere in the election of 2020, they are interfering. Uniquely positioned for this because we began sending out and a weakened Postal Service. The Postal Service is fully absentee by mail ballots on capable and committed to september 4th to nearly 600,000 absentee requests that we had delivering the nations ballots received securely and on time we are ahead of the game in sending out those ballots. Thats more time for voters to return them. Poll watchers, delayed we also have had in place for a number of years now the ability to process absentee by mail ballots in advance of election day. Results, and conspiracy we also tabulate on election day
Have contracted covid19. Sri lankans turned out for an election. Lebanons government has declared a state of emergency after a massive explosion devastated beirut. It is putting several officials under house arrest pending an investigation into why 270 tons of Ammonium Nitrate were stored there. More than 5000 people were injured. The death toll is expected to rise as they search for survivors. As many as 200,000 people have been left homeless. The damage may reach between 10 and 15 billion. Hospitals have been overwhelmed and an overwhelming need of blood donations. We begin our coverage from they would. On this disaster stricken city are beginning to comprehend the extent of the damage. It was far more distracted than any explosion beirut has ever seen. Highly explosive material stored at a warehouse caused the last, sending shockwaves across the city, now in ruins. Almost every building has been damaged. Many are dead. Thousands are injured and hundreds hundreds are dead. Is an empl