About his possibly the case and i would love for you to. I kind of did ask. To follow up and say that we now have interagency structures to raise red flags to the highest level. How is it possible that the state department wasnt looking at this intentionally in november and december and i think that is a followup opportunity. And he did play an important role. They were convening behind the scenes at the state department was the key of sharing information in august, september, october, and november. And they did have open sessions with the partners so that we could express what we were seeing. And that would not have happened without this and still are questions are what happened in march and were does the atrocities prevention said on parallel with other National Intelligence priorities. If it was irrelevant until these atrocities were occurring, how are we better elevating that prioritization framework and how can we get ahead. And had we put a better emphasis ahead of the curve inst
The conditions are such that that is a legitimate concern. In the negotiation of the geneva statement, the u. S. , the e. U. , and the ukrainians all urged the inclusion of a sentence that referred to the may 25 elections and the need that they be carried out in an orderly and transparent way. The russians refused to include that in the text of the statementle. The disruptions were already taking place in the ukraine that are bound to complicated the election efforts and we believe that those that the instability there is being fomented by the russians. Thank you, mr. Hartley, ms. Friedt. The chair will yield to the gentleman from new york, mr. Meeks, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Let me, you know, there was a beginning where we thought that wed be entering a new world, we would be able to have with the new stark treaty, not abolishing ewe near Nuclear Weapons altogether, we were moving in the right direction the senate ratified the treaty and the Russian Federation ratifi
Cash in there and it would probably be appropriate that just to revisit that and do some sort of economic analysis. And if its not something they cannot be part of that. But certainly its a great concept overall. Im happy to look at it and get back to you. Thank you. Now turn to mr. Serrano. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Im going to try to get in at least two questions because i know we have a short time, and mr. Secretary, you draw a big crowd. As you can see. Great attendance. Your request eliminates the Bank Enterprise award program, something im very concerned about. I have heard very good reports about the impact this program is having in my district and elsewhere. In fy14 we provided 18 million for it. Why are you proposing to zero it out this year . And i must tell you that its been awhile since ive gotten so many comments from constituents on an issue as im getting on this one. Congressman, we had to make a lot of tough choices in this budget, as you have to make in the appropriatio
Carlos had no chance. At three years of age he believed his was a world of safety and love. All that was ripped from him by these two defendants. I think its a tragedy that carlos naveh was killed and its a further tragedy that the men were convicted. The verdict and sentences send a strong message. Gang violence of this nature wont be tolerated. In this courtroom there were no winners. Tears and hugs on both sides for what is lost. Two men wholl spend the rest of their lives in prison and a little boy wholl never grow old. Denards defense attorney said her client was never identified as the shooter and they will appeal. Part of six flags was shut down because of a fire. The fire started burning around 2 00 at foley park, across from six flags. A half hour later an ember flew toward six flags. The roof smolders but there was no real danger. The part of the park was closed. The rest of six flags was not affected. Were following breaking news in east oakland. News chopper go was at east
Their ballots, within days. As you can see, im not wearing a mask tonight. I tested negative for coronavirus this morning. Still, ill be keeping my distance, as will all the participants in tonights town hall who are here. So lets get going. Please, welcome former Vice President , joe biden. Thanks for being here. I got tested, too. All right. Were good. Im good. Im good. Good to be home. Yeah. Have you ever been to an event like this . Yeah, in delaware. Oh, of course. Yeah. Buddy. All right. Lets start off with lets start with the coronavirus. In the United States, obviously, we are approaching nearly 200 deaths, so far. More than any other country in the world. And our first question, tonight, is from shawnee adams. She is a democrat from philadelphia. Shawnee. Hi, shawnee. Good evening, president biden. How are you and anderson . My sister lost her life due to contracting covid19 on her job. No, she was not a doctor or a nurse. She worked in Environmental Services department of a h