I hope my colleagues, witnesses, and viewers are staying healthy and safe. I want to thank chairman pain and Ranking Member kane at the Emergency Preparedness respond and Recovery Committee for coming together with the Ranking Member and me to hold this hearing. We are here to discuss federal and state efforts to procure critical supplies in response to the coronavirus pandemic. I want to acknowledge the federal Emergency Management agency, which was put in charge of the federal governments response, was asked to testify today. Fema is not here today, but i understand there is an administrator to appear before the full Committee Later this month. Im pleased to hear this, because its vital we Work Together to address this challenge. I look forward to meeting with administrator gaynor soon and hearing what administrators have to say to form the discussion. Theres no denying the coronavirus pandemic has presented unparalleled challenges. One of the greatest challenges has been procuring a
Its fullness in eternity, we bring our petitions to you using some of his final words. Bless the members of this peoples house and those in authority on all levels of society with wisdom and courage to address the unholy oppression that awaits so many of our brothers and sisters of color. May there be a new creative way of establishing Something Like Community Policing that peace and security might be enjoyed where we live. O lord, do we dare to consider the power of nonviolence in our homes, our communities, our nation, and perhaps in leadership for our world. Might we truly be called, if not challenged, to beat our swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks so that nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall we learn war anymore. And as we are reminded, the greatest expression of nonviolent challenge to injustice is the vote. Bless all efforts to secure access to the ballot for all american citizens. Help us, o lord, to answer the highest calling of our he
The inland spots as well. That gray start. Well, our temperatures are running mid to upper 50s to low 60s at this hour. And heres what you can expect as we take you through our day. So right around the bay well see partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies and topping out at just 63 in San Francisco and 70 in oakland and 82 in san jose with a little bit more sunshine inland and 86 for concord. So seasonal if not just a little bit below average for this time of year. Well talk about our warmup through the week coming up in just a few minutes. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we just got word of a computer hack on the vatican linked to the chinese government. That is according to a u. S. Firm that tracks state backed cyber attacks. It said that this began in may. The vatican and beijing expected to engage in talks this year over the renewal of a deal that stabilized their relations. But this report says those targets included communications between the Hong Kong Diocese and the vatic
Story an explanation of why and rejection is so reviled and all of this is coming up right here but were going to give. With a bold declaration by china that seems to imply that its simply had enough with quote us stretch to interfere and will now move forward to the dollar rise and strike back against the United States by creating a global currency to compete with the u. S. Dollar china has long considered joining russia and fighting back against u. S. Control of the worlds ability to trade or transfer goods without u. S. Interference or say so but now china is announcing that its actually preparing to be cut off from the u. S. Financial system. And theyre taking what appears to be real steps to protect itself. Why or maybe the better question is why now ok the reason is that while the United States has been heavy handed in the past it has never according to china and chinese experts and officials gone so far as to weaponize the u. S. Dollar the way that the trumpet administration is
Rose still who tragically died on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 and thank them for participating. March 10th marked the 1year anniversary of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 which was preceded by the loss of land near flight 602. The aircraft involved in both accidents was the boeing 737 max. Our deepest sympathies go to the families of those loved ones who are among the 346 lost in these crashes. Since the Ethiopian Airlines crash the committee has heard from many whistleblowers at boeing and in the Aviation Industry. It is increasingly clear from the investigation that the faa has the number of serious problems, the investigation staff of dozens of witnesses, thousands of documents and emails who have been diligent in pursuit of these facts no matter where they lead. However, i must express my profound frustration with the agencys lack of response to most of my requests dating back to last april, documents that stem from whistleblower disclosures. On april 2nd, 2019, i sent