Good morning welcome to squawk box. Im becky quick with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin weve been on a bit of a winning streak up four days in a row. Yesterday the dow was up this morning, you are seeing a little pull back dow down s p down and nasdaq off by 172 yesterday, Goldman Sachs helped. Good news from moderna godm goldman came out with much better numbers than anticipated. Also looking at the trezy yield. The 10year is sitting about 0. 622 good morning. As joe mentioned earlier the twitter shares are lower after the company showed dozens of users were part of a twitter hack targeting some employees who had access to systems and tools. Among those hacked joe biden, jeff bezos, bill gates, elon musk all telling users to send massive amounts of bit koip to an address they are diagnosing the problem and will share everything once the picture becomes more clear if they got in through employees with tools and access to accounts that raises questions about security procedures at tho
Chief of staff. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Vice president under the previous order, the senate will consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, general charles q. Brown, jr. , to be chief of staff and general of the United States air force. The Vice President under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . It appears there is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. And the historic nomination of general charles q. Brown, jr. As the United States air force chief of staff is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Alexander madam president . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander thank you
Very good. Okay. Good morning, everyone. We will call this subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities to order, and the subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense review of the december 6th, 2019, insider attack on Naval Air Station pensacola in which three u. S. Servicemembers tragically lost their lives and eight more suffered injuries. It is critical that we learn from the attack, understand the threat, and take the necessary steps to ensure the protection of our servicemen and women going forward. I would like to welcome our witnesses. that is why i long supported critical Security Cooperation programs. That is the International Military training and education. These programs provider partners from around the world an opportunity to train and learn, from the best here in the United States. Ultimately our partners returned in the home country with a greater appreciation of the u. S. In part, Lessons Learned
Pensacola in which three u. S. Service members tragically lost their lives and eight more suffered injuries. It is critical that we learn from the attack, understand the threat, and take the necessary steps to ensure the protection of our servicemen and women going forward. I would like to welcome our witnesses, mr. Gary reid, who serves as the director for Defense Intelligence in the office of the under secretary for Defense Intelligence, and Lieutenant General Charles Hooper who serves as the director of the Defense Security cooperation agency. And thank you both very much for being with us today, and we look forward to your testimonies. The National Defense strategy focuses on strengthening alliances and attracting new partners as a key component to more effectively compete with china and russia while countering the continued threat posed by radical terrorist groups and rogue regimes. The nds states that by working together with allies and partners, we amass the greatest possible st
Good morning everyone. We will call this subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities to order. The subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense review of the december six, 2019 insider attack on Naval Air Station pensacola, in which three u. S. Service members tragically lost their lives and eight more suffered injuries. It is critical that we learn from the attack, understand the threat, and take the necessary steps to ensure the protection of our service men and women going forward. I would like to welcome our witnesses, mr. Garry reed, who services the director for Defense Intelligence in the office of the under secretary of defense for intelligence, and Lieutenant General charles hooper, who serves as the director of the defensive purity cooperation agency. Thank you both very much for being with us today. We look forward to your testimonies. The National Defense strategy focuses on strengthening alliances and