Minutes. Good morning. Today is thursday, may 21. I am joined by a number of people but the doctor is not by my side. She had another commitment she had to attend to but i am accompanied by medical professionals, dr. Bobby from the Michigan State medical president of ae company. The president of a ship a chevrolet dealership, and Patti Roberts, the owner of once upon a child. I will begin by giving you an update on the emergency situation in Midland County. Over the past 48 hours, i have been working closely with Midland County elected officials, the local Emergency Operations center, the Michigan National guard, the Michigan State police, the dnr, and eagle departments, and the federal government to ensure that Midland County families, who have been impacted by the flooding, have the support they need. I want to start by thanking our first responders, who did heroic work in the late hours in the midst of a global pandemic, to get people out and keep them safe. 10,000 people were evacu
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer encouraged residents to maintain social distancing and Wearing Masks while announcing statewide business openings. Held in lansing, this is 35 minutes. Good morning. Today is thursday, may 21. I am joined by a number of people but the doctor is not by my side. She had another commitment she had to attend to but i am accompanied by medical professionals, dr. Bobby from the Michigan State medical society, and the president of a company. President of ae company. The president of a ship a chevrolet dealership, and Patti Roberts, the owner of once upon a child. I will begin by giving you an update on the emergency situation in Midland County. Over the past 48 hours, i have been working closely with Midland County elected officials, the local Emergency Operations center, the Michigan National guard, the Michigan State police, the dnr, and eagle departments, and the federal government to ensure that Midland County families, who have been impacted by the floo
Officials, the local emergency center, the Michigan National guard, the Michigan State police, the dnr, and eagle departments, and the federal government to ensure that Midland County families, who have been impacted by the flooding, have the support they need. Thanking ourrt by first responders, who did heroic work in the late hours in the midst of a global pandemic, to get people out and keep them safe. 10,000 people were evacuated, and it is truly a testament to the people of the area, but also the first responders. I want to thank people on the ground who have been helping one another. When i toured the shelter yesterday, it was incredible to see the spirit of the community and the volunteering and the attitude they are all in this together. We truly are, and thank you for inspiring me in these challenging days. Serbiannt to thank our our urban search and rescue team. They had been working hard to make sure we are keeping people out of harms way. Last night, i sent a letter to Pres
The scope of your responsibility is quite daunting. I was thinking about what i knew as a layperson and also preparing to talk to you today, reading about that scope is remarkable. So many facets of our nations security, from aviation, infrastructure security, to cyber security, immigration and border protection. As a chamber, we think about these issues because they are linked. Economic security and National Security are so linked. We know we cant have one without the other. We are always delighted to find someone with your talent and experience to share with us what is really going on in efforts to keep our nation safe and secure. We know these efforts have taken on a huge level of complexity even this pandemic, and we appreciate your efforts to keep our country safe and secure. Really, that is kind of where i want to start this conversation. We talk about a whole government response to this pandemic. Could you talk to us a little bit about what it is like on the task force coordinat
About 3 00 a. M. This morning there were some type of altercation and the suspect in this case, pulled a gun and tried to shoot. The victim in this case question him and that is when he was shot in the leg. He was transported to the hospital and apparently, the suspect fled on foot. The Police Department believes that he is held up. Since then, multiple units have arrived and they have geared up, this printer keeps increasing. The media has been pulled back from the scene that it is unclear who this person is and why they believe this suspect is inside of this rv. This is a developing story. You can see where i am part of the units that have arrived. There are setting up a command post. I do not want to give away too much information but i can tell you that this is a large part limits are. Theres no traffic getting through and basically it appears as though the program a tour has increased. Are you able to hear any thing . About an hourandahalf ago i did hear something but i could not