Rotc program from the university of texas was 1981. Hes been serving his country long and very well, despite his youthful appearance, hes been at it for quite a while. We look forward to a rich conversation today at the end of which well be able to handle some of your questions if you wish to email us. I will transmit some of those questions to the general. But, first, were going to hear from him with some opening thoughts on the state of the guard and on its health and admiral and much appreciated help in responding to the covid crisis in the United States. That will not be our only topic. This will be an opportunity to think more broadly about the guard and its role in the nations force at this very difficult moment in our history with the return of Great Power Competition and other challenges around the globe. General, thank you again for joining us. Without further adieu, over to you, my friend. Michael, thank you. Thank you to brookings for having me on today to talk about the Nat
Went down shortly after takeoff authorities suspect mechanical problems caused the crash. Iran claims it has killed more than 80 americans. At u. S. Military targets in iraq the missiles reportedly hit 2 bases the Assad Air Base in western iraq and another near the city of the u. S. Defense Department Says its still assessing the full extent of the damage irans revolutionary guard says the attack was in retaliation for the u. S. Assassination of general. On friday. Lets cross over now to tehran where were joined by journalist raiser cost a. Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been speaking this morning what his he said about the attack. Well the leader. Referred to the attack as a slap in the face of the u. S. On the cement the on the line. Should be used instead it was just a slob and as a. Revenge is still coming many speculated that there will be more military attacks on u. S. Bases or interests but he later explains that he meant the manger event is to take the u. S. Tr
Venezuelas opposition denounces what its calling a cost of entry coup of the Opposition Leader on why dole is blocked from attending. Huge crowds of packed the streets of irans capital tehran for the funeral of the military commander salah money the general was assassinated on friday by a u. S. Airstrike in iraq prayers were led by the Supreme Leader ayatollah ali harmony his promised revenge aljazeera is a setback reports from tehran. A nation in mourning and tears from the Supreme Leader for irans top military general assassinated in the u. S. Drone strike in iraq many a friend of customs in the money lead the Funeral Service at the university outside the streets of the capital were packed with the iranians who considered for the money a hero a man who defended his country crowds like this have not been seen since the death of the founder of the republic Ayatollah Khomeini 30 years ago so the on his daughter addressed the crowds you know its hard the hard would see anwar photo ha ha
Around in the dow. From down 150 points to down 44 points. 737 has been dedevilled by safety related issues. Boeing has a backlog across all major carriers on the planet pretty much. Just shipping them to those carriers does not mean they will instantly fly, but it says it is ready to make them fly. Of course a lot of people to write off on this. More people are buying on this. Asking questions later about it. Keep you posted on pretty dramatic developments for boeing. What will be a big test for markets, probably our patience, both sides on capitol hill bracing for what is highstakes public impeachment hearings that could dictate the course of trading. Up to now, really hasnt. Most on corner of wall and broad dont think anything will come of this but you never know. Hillary vaughn with the latest what to expect, who to expect beginning on wednesday. Hillary . Reporter neil, democrats handpicked three witnesses to bring in front of cameras this week to question hem in public to try to
Kateryna shiropoyas works. Our soldiers were successful in some areas of the seversky direction. There have been two events since the beginning of the day combat clashes. One of them continues near the notch. This was announced by the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. Two unsuccessful attacks by the occupiers were repelled by ukrainian defenders in the lybtsiv district in the kharkiv direction. Another battle continues in the vovchansk region. And in the kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked the klishchiivka area twice. One russian assault. Repelled by the armed forces , another one is ongoing, the situation there is currently under control. Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv Region, ihor, a representative of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, reported this prokhorenko. According to him, the Defense Forces stopped the russians within the 30kilometer buffer zone. Currently, the situation is under control, so the ukrainian defenders have