We are just getting started. Building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. U. S. Defense secretary austin and joint chiefs of staff mark meli testified before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the 2024 defense budget. The military leaders discussed the need for him on time budget approval. This is about one hour and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] want to call this hearing to order. Good morning. I want to begin by welcoming the witnesses. We appreciate your willingness to be in front of the committee this morning. This will be your last appearance before the subcommittee. I want to go off script here a little bit. You are the ultimate professional, somebody that has been very good for the whole committee to work with. You are a straight shooter and youve done a hell of a good job and i appreciate thatc and i jut hope the senate will be able to find common sense to be able to reform your successor so that the department is enforced to rely
Longevity of suffering of the palestinians under this occupation. Reporter u. S. And israeli officials spoke by Video Conference today about israels plans to launch a ground offensive in the city of rafah in southern gaza. The u. S. Has warned against it without a credible plan to protect civilians. Norah. Holly williams, thank you. Big developments tonight on abortion rights in florida. The Florida Supreme Court paved the way today for a new sixweek ban on the procedure to take effect. The state currently has a 15week abortion ban in place, and until now, florida had been viewed as a southern safe haven for abortions with less restrictive rules than neighboring states. The Florida Supreme Court also ruled today that abortion rights will be on the ballot in november, giving voters the final say. Tonight, crews are working around the clock to remove the remains of the Francis Scott key bridge in baltimore in a desperate race to reopen one of the busiest ports in the country. The army co
Katie im Katie Greifeld in new york. Taking a look at markets on this tuesday. Some early gains we woke up to are starting to fade. The s p 500 trying to hold on to green territory, currently up. 10. 1 . The nasdaq 100 dipping into the red, unchanged. The direction of travel is lower. The smallcap index, the relative outperformer today with a very thin margin. The russell 2000 higher by. 3 . We will see how that shapes up over the next hour. The big story of the day, the sparkle coming off of the mouse house. Disney shares slumping despite being profit estimates and raising guidance. The company reporting fewer subscribers to the Disney Plus Streaming Service and say the price hike isnt to blame. We took prices up in the beginning of the year and didnt really see much of an impact. As to what the future brings, we are very judicious with the way price. Want to provide access to as many guests as we possibly can but we do believe that the great experiences we provide people are willing
I want to call this hearing to order. Good morning. I want to begin which welcoming our witnesses, s i want to call the hearing to order. Good morning. I want to begin by welcoming our witnesses. We appreciate your willingness to be in front of this committee. General milley, this be your last appearance before the subcommittee. I want to go off script here instead of it. You are the ultimate professional. You are somebody who has been very good for me and i think that i can say for the whole committee. You are a straight shooter and youve done a good job. I appreciate that. I just hope the senate will be able to find, since to confirm your successor so that the department is not forced to rely on an interim placeholder for your position. It is simply too important. This is an unprecedented and definite hold that has frozen over 60 nominations. Its going to affect more than 650 by the end of the year. The people on this committee know what the threats are in this world. We need to be a
I want to call this hearing to order. Good morning. I want to begin which welcoming our witnesses, s i want to call the hearing to order. Good morning. I want to begin by welcoming our witnesses. We appreciate your willingness to be in front of this committee. General milley, this be your last appearance before the subcommittee. I want to go off script here instead of it. You are the ultimate professional. You are somebody who has been very good for me and i think that i can say for the whole committee. You are a straight shooter and youve done a good job. I appreciate that. I just hope the senate will be able to find, since to confirm your successor so that the department is not forced to rely on an interim placeholder for your position. It is simply too important. This is an unprecedented and definite hold that has frozen over 60 nominations. Its going to affect more than 650 by the end of the year. The people on this committee know what the threats are in this world. We need to be a