Militarys testing capability, and chinas response to the pandemic. Good afternoon, everyone. The seats are starting to fill up. Good. I want to begin by expressing my gratitude to the more than 62,000 Service Members on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus, including over 3500 medical personnel staffing civilian facilities and embedded operations nationwide. Tomorrow marks the start of National Nurses week. We salute all nurses, military and civilian, who have served and are currently serving. Thanks to their efforts, we are encouraged to see the situation improving in several of the most impacted areas. In new york city, the Javits Centers remaining patients were discharged on friday, indicating stress on hospitals is subsiding. I had a conversation with mayor de blasio last friday. He called to express his thanks for what dod provided his city in a time of need and how warmly they were received by his civilian doctors and nurses. I said to pass along to the force, tho
Civilian facilities and embedded operations nationwide. Tomorrow marks the start of National Nurses week. We salute all nurses, military and civilian, who have served and are currently serving. Thanks to their efforts, we are encouraged to see the situation improving in several of the most impacted areas. In new york city, the Javits Centers remaining patients were discharged on friday, indicating stress on hospitals is subsiding. I had a conversation with mayor de blasio last friday. He called to express his thanks for what dod provided his city in a time of need and how warmly they were received by his civilian doctors and nurses. I said to pass along to the force, those who may be watching may get a readout from this briefing. Over the weekend, the comfort returned to norfolk, virginia, where it will be prepared to deploy as needed. In pennsylvania, the temple alternate care facility discharged remaining patients, while facilities in louisiana and texas are returning to Naval Air St
The seats are starting to fill up. Good. I want to begin by expressing my gratitude to the more than 62,000 Service Members on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus, including over 3500 medical personnel staffing civilian facilities and embedded operations nationwide. Tomorrow marks the start of National Nurses week. We salute all nurses, military and civilian, who have served and are currently serving. Thanks to their efforts, we are encouraged to see the situation improving in several of the most impacted areas. In new york city, the Javits Centers remaining patients were discharged on friday, indicating stress on hospitals is subsiding. I had a conversation with mayor de blasio last friday. He called to express his thanks for what dod provided his city in a time of need and how warmly they were received by his civilian doctors and nurses. I said to pass along to the force, those who may be watching may get a readout from this briefing. Over the weekend, the comfort re
Hello. A report on the Malaysian Airlines flight mh17 disaster in Eastern Ukraine says it was probably caused by the aircraft being struck by multiple highEnergy Objects from the outside. The report by dutch officials says that there are no indications that the crash was due to any kind of technical fault with the plane. There was also no evidence of any emergency or pilot error. The report has found the wreckage on the ground suggests the plane broke up during the flight. All 298 people died in the crash in july. This report doesnt blame anyone directly. I asked our correspondent Anna Holligan about the significance of the findings. This is significant because its the First Official account of what happened. Were told in this report, the flight broke up in the air probably as a result of structural damage caused by a large number of high Energy Objects that penetrated the aircraft from its side. The report goes on to say that the airplane was airworthy when it took off from amsterdam
As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces guarding a contested shoal. Two Philippine coast guard vessels escorting the supply boats, however, were blocked by at least four Chinese coast guard ships for about five hours in the tense standoff near Second Thomas Shoal. The dangerous encounter is the latest flare-up from the long-seething territorial disputes in the busy sea that involve China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei.