Of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents including email in a timely manner when requested, or consult with the Committee Regarding any basis fo
General Charles Brown currently the Pacific Forces commander has been nominated as air force chief of staff and James Anderson is the nominee for Deputy Defense undersecretary for policy. The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today consider the nominations to be secretary of navy and us chief of Staff Air Force and deputy undersecretary of defense for policy thank you for being here. We appreciate all the contributions you have a made me appreciate the fact you are coming back again. Some of these are necessary we have to ask you the required question i would like to have an audible yes or no on each question please. Have you adhere to the ethical laws regulations . Yes or. Yes sir. Yes sir. Do you ensure you will request communication deadlines for the record it hearings . Yes sir. Yes or, yes sir. Will you cooperate. Yes sir. Yes sir. With those witnesses be protected from reprisal of testimony . Yes sir. Yes or. We agree to testify before the committee. Yes sir. Yes or
Staff, and deputy secretary of defense. Our hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents in
Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. Now to the coronavirus pandemic and how it could lead to a legal battle for one bay area county. It was a fierce barrage of tweets by Tesla Ceo Elon musk. He says hes suing Alameda County over the shelter in place order that doesnt allow tesla to resume manufacturing operations and he may not stop there. Reporter Cornell Barnard is live in fremont with the story. Cornell . Reporter yes, eric and dion, things are moving very fast this afternoon. Abc 7 news learned that elon musk indeed filed an injunction against Alameda County to allow this plant to reopen. Musk is also threatening to relocate the entire operation to another state. The last thing i want to see them do is leave. Alameda county supervisor Scott Haggerty doing damage control following a firestorm of tweets from elon musk. Clearly, unhappy about not being able to resume manufacturing operations at his plant in fremont. Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected
This lawsuit in federal court seeking an injunction against Alameda County to allow the company to resume operations. Were really focused on trying to save lives, but im also laser focused on trying to get people back to work. Reporter earlier elon musk tweeted really this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its headquarters and future programs to texas and nevada immediately. Even if we retain fremont Manufacturing Activity at all will depending on how tesla is treated in the future. He needs to give us another week to get this right. Reporter musk clearly under pressure to resume making electric cars and bring 14,000 employees back to work. Hes got a huge factory and is trying to get production back on. But at the same time were trying to make sure its safe for the community as well. Reporter the mayor of fremont appearing to side with musk, saying in a statement as the local shelterinplace order continues without provisions for major Manufacturing Activity, such as tesla, to res