Department of health and Human Services. Mr. Todd park is the chief Technology Officer of the United States. Roekel is the chief Information Officer of the United States. Rules, asuant to the many of you will see, i was asked that you rise to take a sworn oath. Please raise your right hands. Do you swear or from the testimony you are about to give away the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth . But the record reflect that all answers all answered in the affirmative. This is a large panel. It is going to be a long day. Witnesses will be asked questions by both sides of the aisle. I would ask that since your Opening Statements are placed in the record verbatim that you adhere to the time clock and come to a halt as quickly as possible when its red. Yellow is not an opportunity to start a new subject. It is an opportunity to wrap up. With that, we will go to our distinguished guests, mr. Pounder. We appreciate the opportunity. O testify in july, i testified before the Sub Committ
Hey, thanks so much for joining us on the kron. 4 news at noon. Im stephanie land and our top story for you this hour. Wnba star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in a russian prison. She had this to say when the ruling came down. What made honest mistakes . And a home. Youre ruling and it doesnt in my life. The judge said the time griner has served in custody since her arrest in february will count towards her sentence. The prosecutors are also asking for griner to pay 8 million ruble penalty that comes out to roughly about 16,700. Breyer was arrested at a moscow airport earlier this year where authorities found a vape cartridge with cannabis oil in her luggage. Legislators say theyre doing everything they can to bring griner back home. Well, we certainly want brittany home and paul whalen, another american being held by the russians. But we dont want to do this in a way that incentivizes them too, to accuse more americans and the ground hold it hostage for another trade f
Testing catherine. Yeah, thats what theyre hoping for, pam. And can Officials Say . In just the past week theyve distributed more than 600,000 doses of the Monkeypox Vaccine all across the country. And they say theyre now able to perform as many as 80,000 tests every week. The white house, as you know, has been criticized for responding too slowly to monkeypox. Local doctors say yes, they hope the announcement from the white house today. Well get Critical Resources out faster to people who need them. Most. We need to make it easier to roll this out to the people who need them most, which is that at msm population and trans people have with men until this is its probably going to bleed over into the general population and time is of the essence. Time is ticking. The longer we wait, the more and more expensive. Its going to be not only in terms of dollars, but in terms of emotional starts. With monkeypox now considered a Public Health emergency and the country. Some lawmakers in sacramen
The newsroom tonight and joins us with more on that part of the story. Dan. Well, catherine, vicki, the 1 31 yearold basketball star was found deliberately smuggling cannabis oil into a russian airport. Griner was arrested back in february, accused of having the illegal vape cartridges in her luggage. But there have been concerns that griner has been detained as a political because of the United States stance on russias invasion of ukraine. Today, sentencing brought about strong reaction, including what comes next for griner. The 2 time olympic Gold Medalist and wnba superstar with a blank expression, as she learned her fate 9 years in a russian prison. The guilty verdict for Brittney Griner was expected, but calls from the u. S. Continue to demand for her release bay area. Congresswoman barbara lee taking to social media saying the conviction was absolutely disgraceful and that griner should be home with her wife and loved ones but is instead being used by russia as a political, i thi
As we approach around the late morning hours, maybe little stubborn along the coast as it sometimes is expected to return again by this evening for good coverage across the general bay temperature. Check for you right now. Mild lower to middle 60s and the more now 65 antioch. 59 santa rosa. Weve got 63 san jose and 60 checking in for San Francisco. Just a quick check in with the winds are doing right now. Little bit of an onshore wind. Thats a pretty much in place as you will notice. That will be the case throughout the day as we start working on some clearing now into the afternoon, well say about 65 going on by 8 by 11. 75 mostly morning phenomena. With afternoon clearing looks like by summer standards are pretty sweet weekend store for us. Well be checking into that coming up in just a bit. But check out those bay area bridges james, good morning, dave. Yeah, lets take a quick look outside. Weve got our cameras are trained on the bay bridge approach. Westbound 80 looking good. Not a