all times. we are getting a read from susan we who s following it. we just came out of the committee hearing on coronavirus and return to maintain and control the spread of it, we also spoke to doctor anthony who said he wouldn t be surprised there might be more additional cases. listen. as long as you have a high traffic from china, he will see cases. the chinese response adequately appropriate. putting them in isolation. the cdc is doing contact traces. getting a case in chicago, i wouldn t be surprised if we have additional cases. she says it s a risk to the public, it s still very low in his view and it s not a pandemic. he wants to caution the public to not call it that yet. there s two confirmed cases in the u.s. right now. sixty-three other individuals across 22 cases on top of the 800 cases confirmed in china, death toll at 26. the uk thankfully said all 14 cases have been tested and it s not in their field. it s come back negative for coronavirus. twelve of the
Engagements are and what the price being paid for those engagements really is. Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, i call this joint hearing of the readiness and cpower and Projection Forces subcommittees of the House Arms Services committee to order. First, i would like to honor the 17 sailors who were lost in the uss fitzgerald sailors douglas, noe hernandez, and dakota rigsby, Carlos Victor subayung and the two uss john mccain sailors, kevin bushel, dustin doyen, timothy drake, charles finley, john hogeland, Abraham Lopez and kenneth smith, logan palmer and each one of them is so special to every person here. Over the course of the past six months our subcommittees have met with Navy Leadership to understand the causal factors that have led to gruesome and tragic incidents involving ships resulting in the death of 17 sailors. Our navy remains most powerful in the world. However, the navy is not alone in responsibility. As sales james mattis stated in august. Quote, it creates unpr
D where more than a dozen shipyards really shut her down and leaves us with an industrial basis has for less capacity now. So we need to protect that with everything we can. I think both of you know this but when we stood up at shipyard for mobile, we had the entity under my direction that had to create the workforce for the shipyard in mobile. And we had the lux youre riff time, a whole lot of time, and we had a recession where we had a lot of people lay off. We have exactly the opposite situation right now. We do not have the luxury of time, we have a very active economy where people with those sorts of skills, if we lay them off they can go anywhere and get a job. And its very hard to both train the people that you need to replace them and the people you train will not have the experience that the people theyre replacing had, which means youre going to have a less efficient production schedule. And the ships going to cost more. Which we all dont want the ships to cost more. So i jus
Good afternoon. I call this joint hearing of the readiness and subcommittees of the House Armed Services together. I would like to honor the 17 sailors lossed in the uss fitzgerald. And also the ten uss john s. Mccain sailors. Each one of them is so special to every person here. Over the course of the past six months, our subcommittees have met with Navy Leadership to understand the causeative factos that have resulted in the death of 17 sailors. Our men remain confident that our navy remains the most powerful in the world. However, the navy is not alone in responsibility. As secretary james mattis stated in august, it creates unpredictability and makes us rigid. We can not deal with new and revealing threats. We know our enemies are not standing still, end of quote. Passing another temporary measure compounds the negative impacts for our military. Some of those impacts are highlighted by the demanding training and certification gaps necessitated by increased operational demand. Speake
President skooen. N the scene. That breaking news reverend billy graham has died. He was known as americas pastor. Often speaking to the nations president s during their darkest moments. He counseled president s from both parties. He was the most widely heard christian evangelist in history. He appeared in the bay area at least a half dozen times. Graham died at his home in North Carolina. Were starting to get some reaction now on twitter. Let me show you on my computer. Congressman from louisiana, Ralph Abraham says billy graham touched the lives of millions of americans. He was a tremendous christian leader and will be greatly missed. This tweet from ron de santis, a lawmaker there. A good and faithful servant. He fought the good fight, finished the race and kept the faith. Nothing yet from the president or the white house. I have been checking that. Ill let you know if we get an you date. Graham was 99 years old. More bay area cities and landmarks are tired of your game of drones. A