Good morning. This hearing of the subcommittee on readiness and management will come to order. Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from undersecretary defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord concerning supply chain integrity fourth apartment of defense in the United States. Since her initial confirmation as the under secretary of defense secretary lord has oversensitive give acquisition reform at the department of defense and i am sure we will talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armament director she has traveled to see the u. S. Throughout the u. S. And the to see our allies and partners with regards to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world and unfortunately has seen how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become particularly as it relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition and the Global Pandemic the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chain particularly as it relates to the Na
Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord, concerning supply chain integrity for the department of defense in the United States. Since our her initial confirman as the undersecretary of defense, secretary lord has overseen significant acquisition reform at the department of defense, and a chill well talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armaments director she has traveled to see the u. S. , throughout the u. S. And to see our allies and partners with regard to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world, and, unfortunately, has seen firsthand just how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become come to class relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition of the global covid19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chains particularly as relates to National Security have taken on a new urgency. What you think Ranking Member k
Yesterday and the day before the northbound side had delays. Use bay shore boulevard and no problem at the oakland side at the bay bridge, laura. Back over to you. Thanks so much, mike. Breaking news in San Francisco, the fbi says a former college researcher who lied about her connections to the Chinese Military is seeking refuge at the chinese consulate. Last fall she received a nonimmigrant visa to do research at uc davis. The last month the fbi says it became aware of her connections to the u. S. Military and charging her with visa fraud. This as the u. S. Announces the closure of the u. S. Cconsulate houston. Video shows workers burning papers in the buildings court yard. Some progress this morning in washington where lawmakers are up against the deadline on the new Coronavirus Relief plan. Next week, emergency Unemployment Benefits are set to run out. Today in the bay tracie potts live for us with what weve learn from overnight. Tracie . Marcus, overnight we learned that republica
The s p advanced 0. 64 and the nasdaq jumped 1 the world where the democrats and republicans cant make a deal on the next round of stimulus, so states have no choice but to open up. Open up everything, using masks and social distancing, as their only backstops because otherwise everyone goes broke. You just cant stay shut down without the federal lifeline come on, right the states dont have the money for it but the log jam in washington is starting to get personal you could see that when i interviewed House Speaker nancy pelosi this morning. I may be naively asked if we could at least get a deal with the gop to help out minority owned businesses in honor of the late, great john lewis heres what Speaker Pelosi shot back can we give a huge chunk of money to minorities who want to stay in business and cant, and to people who are trying to go to college or have student loans, who are minorities, who are the most effective, because they have the least chance in our country, thats got to be
Theyre raise something 130 billion in market value between them just today. Tesla, also down 4 in the likes of amazon, alphabet not far behind lawmakers continue to work on aadditional stimulus package with new details coming out about individual and corporate ap dow down 330 points with 59 minutes left in the session, sara coming up, tech investor dan niles will be here to make sense of the late day selloff in technology stocks. With the nasdaq down 2 . Plus, well talk to john rogers about his take on the market and the areas hes investing in right now. And more earnings coming your way after the close including intel, etrade, mattel and apple supplier sky works we bring you the numbers as soon as they hit the tape with one hour left of trade, lets focus in on the stories. We have details on the increasingly heated rhetoric between washington and beijing phil lebeau has comments start us off with the Broader Market and tech especially not getting the love today tech is overheated. Loo