Ill send it back to you. U. S. Stock futures indicating a higher open. October has actually ended up higher 50 times in the last 86 years. Oil a little higher, but still in the 98 range. Gas, he paid 2. 89 a gallon. Tencareer yield, 2. 49 . The strengthening u. S. Dollar has been and continues to be a bigger story. There is some chatter out there, guys. It could see parity. One to one euro slshl dollar. Weve been talking about this for a long time. At 1. 26, its already split quite a ways. Parity . That is a long way to go. We were there, but a long time ago. 50 pounds ago, actually, in my case. Gold is trying to hang on above 1200 bucks. Do you sit here in the afternoon in this seat . Yes, i do. How did you know . Because i watch you and i see youre messing with all the computers. Now i know who to plame. No, i need to raise them. No. Ing on, better. Were going to get to this mornings confirmed story. A confirmed ebola patient in texas. Meg, good morning. Good morning, andrew. A few d
Spring. Live coverage on cspan2. This is expected to get started in just a couple of moments. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are live at the Hudson Institute for discussion on effective preparedness, response and recovery from biological and chemical threats. At a long discussion includes the Blue Ribbon Study Panel Blue Ribbon Study Panel on biodefense but among those you will hear from former connecticut senator Joe Lieberman secretary tom ridge, former senator tom daschle and former hhs secretary Donna Shalala. This is expected to start momentarily. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] again we are live at the Hudson Institute this morning waiting for the start of the discussion on biodefense but it should get unde
Partners and how their actions decisions, capabilities might play in our assistance of their defense or how it may limit our ability, depending on what choices they have to make. Nato, for instance has a very detailed bmd plan for the intercept of missiles for nato territory and europe. What are other elements that the Nato Alliance can bring to bear fence an antagonist. They are a military alliance after all. They are not the eu. What sort of connections and relations with the eu, the economic deciders of europe need to be engendered in order to come up with an effective response. In the interleaving of these capabilities do they fall under the nato command structure or some other entity. The eu council of governments, unclear. Earlier we were talking about exchanging information. Frank mentioned that. How do you coordinate this with owe allies and partners. Some of us can be very sensitive. But some of it needs to be planned and thought of ahead of time. Do we need to extend the conc
Chemical or biological attack, a few recommendations for ensuring effectiveness would be, one, that the federal government must provide accurate and timely thread information to local . ; First Responders. 3o . Jrering the multitude of potential threats and certainly we still see budgetary constraints of local government, local First Responders need to know which threats they should prepare for. If groups are promoting violent extremism and publishing training materials on the internet or social media, the federal government should provide information about tactics and techniques which are being taught, again, in order for local entities and agencies to be prepared. The local joint Terrorism Task forces are working to build strong relationships with local Law Enforcement to help local fire and Emergency Medical Service departments to obtain this information. Chief, ill tell you what. I know you have lengthy testimony. Id like you to submit it as part of the record here and wed be pleas
Accidental hazard material and chemical terrorist attack is the necessity of working with federal, state and local Law Enforcement agencies to preserve evidence and maintain seen security for the criminal investigation. A little bit more complex situation might involve an Infectious Disease such as smallpox and in that event, the Public Health community would play a larger role in working with us to manage that incident. It would be important to track down who was exposed to the disease and who came in contact with these patients in this type of event this is where you see symptoms they not be present or may not arise immediately, but in the doing days. Although each of these agents are chemical involved, might have their own intricacies. There are some commonalities within response to a chemical or biological attack. Firstly Accurate Information is one of the most aspect of that. One of the goals of a terrorist attack is to cause public panic. It is important Accurate Information abou