Signs of ending. Tomorrow will mark the 25th day in a row. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. It was not the dramatic orange glow we saw yesterday. Even though the sky looked better today experts said their quality was much worse. We have Team Coverage tonight with chief meteorologist bill martin looking for signs of improvement. First, word from airquality officials. An and record 24 day of that error alerts with another one issued tomorrow. Experts say the worst air was in San Francisco tonight, very few places i good enough air to be outdoors. Keys are pub in San Francisco football fans not bothered by this movie conditions for the nfl Season Opener against super bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans. The smoke is heavy and we are all trying to break through it. We are all here to watch football. Reporter the bars manager not expecting outdoor patio to fill up ahead of kickoff. Today im surprised you got this far because the weather. Repo
Many of you know doctor parry was the nineteenth secretary of defense in the clinton administration, a world renowned expert on us foreign policy, National Security, defense policy, arms control and long and distinguished history at stanford. A senior fellow at fsi and the Hoover Institution and codirector of National Security cooperation from 19881993 and bachelors and masters degrees in mathematics at stanford which is impressive to me because i didnt get through as a graduate student. Michael and barbara, Professor Emeritus at stanford, great to reconnect with you, and we also are thrilled to have doctor parrys coauthor here, tom z. Collina. He has 30 years of washington dc experience in nonproliferation issues and senior position at the arms Patrol Association and institute for science and interNational Security. And nuclear testing, with the new start treaty and a degree in International Relations from cornell but we wont hold that against you. I am pleased to introduce my colleag
Cspan, created by americas Cable Television programs as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Secretary of state mike pompeo responded to questions about recent reports of russian bounties on u. S. Troops in afghanistan while speaking to reporters at the state department. He was also asked about chinas National Security law and hong kong and u. S. Policy toward iran. This is 35 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Seeing as we are in the fourth of july, i thought i would lead off with americas founding principles for us this morning. The u. S. Was the first nation established on the premise that government exists to protect our godgiven, unalienable rights. I will say more on that in a couple of weeks. Wewas a revolutionary idea, shouldnt forget about these complex Foreign Policy issues. Important andns was unique. We dont get it right every day. Touse our unmatched power protect rights at home and abroad. Happy early fourth of july to you all and your fami
Sec. Pompeo good morning, everyone. Seeing as we are in the fourth of july, i thought i would lead off with americas founding principles for us this morning. The u. S. Was the first nation established on the premise that government exists to protect our godgiven, unalienable rights. I will say more on that in a couple of weeks. It was a revolutionary idea, we shouldnt forget about these complex Foreign Policy issues. The idea remains important and was unique. We are all striving for a more perfect union, we dont get it right every day. We use our unmatched power to protect rights at home and abroad. Happy early fourth of july to you all and your families. Now turning to the substance of my remarks today. I want to talk about one of the worlds most unfree countries. Yesterday, the Chinese Communist party implemented its Draconian National security law on hong kong in violation commitments it violation of commitments it made to the hong kong people and the united kingdom. In a u. N. Regi
The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the department of defense fiscal year 2021 budget request. Welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service in both dr. Mark esper and general mark we have a pair of marks in this morning. This committees top priority is ensuring the effectiveness of the National Defense strategy. Thats our vote that we had heard, adhere for a long period of time now. About three years. Unfortunately, the last administration we ask our military to do more with less and that got us into trouble between 2012 and 2017 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our Defense Budget in the readiness of our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he inherited American Military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his promise to begin rebuilding the u. S. Armed forces. He negotiated the highest level of defense spending ever, a down payment toward getting our military back to where it needs t