Conference. However, he and mrs. Baker contracted covid19. Im pleased to report that they now have covid19, the illness, in their rear view mirror. Today the secretary will be interviewed by talmage boston. Talmage in his own right is a highprofile persona in texas and across the nation. He is a leading trial lawyer. He is known in our profession as what we call a goto lawyer or a super lawyer. Talmage is also a historian, and he has a special focused interest on the qualities of leadership in the public and the private square. Recently he authored a book where he sat down with authors. Im pleased to announce this is the sixth lecture in the star federalist papers lecture series. The lecture series endowed by john and marie chiles in choernhonor of judge starr is where we can learn more about the federalist papers and the role of the federalist papers and the ratification of the United States constitution. The papers were authored from 1787 to the time of the ratification of the consti
Oall the urgency to have a safe and effective vaccine available and with those being developed with socalled warp speed interest and understanding the E Development process has never been greater. Weve got the experts both inside and out to help us do that. Let me briefly introduce our speakers today. The 24th commissioner of the food and Drug Administration and clinician having trained in both medical oncology and radiation oncology. Prior to joining he served as the chief medical executive is the university of texas and the anderson cancer center. Before that he chaired the department oncology at the university of Pennsylvania School of medicine. Twentyfirst commissioner of the fda before that founding Vice President and Senior Scientist at the Nuclear Threats initiative, a foundation dedicated to reducing Nuclear Chemical and biological threats. More recently the foreign secretary for the president and board chair of the association for the advancement of science. For the oped at th
Welcome to do you. Glad you could join us our grand military parade over the weekend in north korea has left analysts concerned about the Nuclear Threat posed by the how. The calls of the. New missile a mock up of fish was put into during the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Workers Party of north korea if fully operational the missile could be capable of carrying multiple Nuclear Warheads and targeting American Cities now north korea already has missiles capable of striking u. S. Cities but it is the multiple warheads that any misfiled carries that makes defending against it much harder and more expensive has more on what many believe gives north korea a very potent bargaining chip in future negotiations with the United States. It was a kind of military has become used to seeing in north korea. With a vast array of military hardware on show. And the usual statement of defiance from the countrys dictator kim jong un we need to physically here we will continue to strengthen selfdefe
A hearing jointly mosted by Foreign Affairs committee, Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence and emerging threats in capabilities. In a moment mute all participan other than chairman bar a. All participants are asked to keep themselves muted when not actively engaging in the discussion which should help limit echoes or other disruptions. Do not remember to remute themselves, the host will do so to limit background audio. Members and witnesses are responsible for unmuting themselves any time they wish to be heard. It may take a few seconds for your microphone to unmute. Please keep that in mind when speaking. A timekeeper will monitor the time for this hearing. If you are on the computer, review the time by switching your personal view in the upper right corner of your screen to grid or active speaker and thumbnail view. You can also pan the timer by right clicking or hovering you cursor ore the timer and pressing the thumb tack icon. With that, we are ready to begin. Chairman bar
Western city of cologne so new rules put in place over the weekend clubs and restaurants not have to close by 11 at night. And get moved up is chief Political Correspondent Melinda Cross welcome how worried is the German Government about these increases in hotspots its definitely worried the government spokesman said today that the situation is serious that the country is standing sensually at the beginning of a 2nd wave and that germany is also seeing more severe cases involving the need for intensive care and hospitalization and so he called this a very decisive moment for germany Going Forward and people in germany are looking at a patchwork of new regulations as each state introduces its own rules why. Well under germanys federal system state authorities local authorities do have the right to decide what kind of restrictions to impose and the fact is that the situation is very very different if you compare say a big densely populated city like berlin or munich with the much more Ru