Who is Deputy Editor and Senior Pentagon correspondent for defense news here with us to talk about the efforts to pass the Defense Authorization bill. Aaron, the bill sets programs and policies for the pentagon. How important is it for pentagon operations and for the funding that those programs require . So the national Defense Authorization act, essentially, its the defense policy bill. This is seen on the hill and its one of the mustpass bills and this is how much well pay members of the military and this is how many plane, how many ships and how many guns were going to buy and this is how we want to invest and it can include policy, and regarding some movements in some cases and overseas exercises and things like that. It is very much the bill that sets the next year of the military and in some cases the next five years of the military planning. It is seen in the pent fwon as something they need to get done every year and it is done as a point of pride they get done every year and i
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All right kron fours always tracking local stories here in the bay area. Theres whats happening. Lets going to start in the east bay. Dramatic spike in gun violence in the city of alameda. Its a disturbing trend of the Police Department is working to control kron fours phillipe djegal spoke with city leaders who believe the pandemic is playing a role. The alameda City Attorneys Office says it has made prosecutions of any violent or gun related crimes, a priority. This as the city is in the midst of a rapid rise in criminal activity interim police chief randy fenn says property crimes are down significantly compared to last year, especially burglaries assaults are also down nearly 19 . But robberies have increased more than 5 and a half percent and the use of firearms is escalating i think this is a societal issue why we write why have we come to this point where so many of our grievances are shuttled. With gunfire for 2 years from 2018 to 2019 there were 10 reported shootings in the ci
To come out on top he is currently leading in the Electoral College count. Are her turn you know we believe were on track to win this election. Because they are pressured early vote in a mail in vote thats going to take a war. Were going to have to be patient until were the hard work of talent votes is finished and then over to every vote is counted every ballot is counted. But were fair on her. Bidens biggest victory so far has been arizona its the only state to flip off to chomp on it back and 2016 results are still being counted in wisconsin pennsylvania and georgia all very important states. And in other news ethiopia has begun military operations in the north and made an escalation in tensions the local government in the tikrit region has been accused of attacking federal troops but local authorities have dismissed that accusing the Prime Minister approaching conflict police and ivory coast are surrounding the houses of several opposition leaders after the incumbent was declared t