Confirmed cases of the virus were reported today. Thats a new record for us. So far this week over 15,000 of our fellow citizens have died including another 2,856 souls just today. Yet today did bring more good news on the vaccine front. A few hours ago moderna became the second brand name vaccine to receive fda emergency use authorization. Nearly 6 million doses of this vaccine will be distributed as soon as this weekend. First doses could be administered into arms on monday. Unlike pfizers vaccine modernas does not need to be kept in ultra cold temperatures so its easier to ship, easier to store, easier to get out to rural areas of our country and thats critical. At the same time we did get a reminder today from dr. Fauci just what were up against. All of this is sort of bittersweet because at the same time as were moving ahead with what will ultimately be the answer and the final solution to this, were living through very, very difficult times. I mean, if you look at the number of n
11 00 eastern time. John dean will be talking about his book the nixon defense. Authors, 13 evidence over to the below days. Booktv. Org for the full schedule. Cspan3 is American History tv. You have some options over the weekend besides the Public Policy that we show you here on cspan. I hope you have a great rest of your friday. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] south korean officials arent washington, d. C. This week meeting with a u. S. Counterparts. Of stateing, secretary john kerry is meeting with the Korean Foreign minister. We will have live Coverage Later this hour when they speak to reporters. The commander of u. S. Forces in korea will lead todays Defense Department briefing starting at 11 11 30 a. M. And that we are live again with the White House Briefing. Josh earnest will answer questions about the new york ebola
Host is 10 00 a. M. On the east coast. We booked a to a hearing and a second. This is on the benghazi attacks. It is the Senate Armed Service committee that will be conducting this hearing. Secretary panetta and joint chiefs chairman general dempsey will both be testifying at this hearing about the benghazi. Last thursday, we went to the same Committee Room that we will take you to now. We went there to hear defense nominee chuck hagels testimony. They will come in soon. A little bit later, at 2 30 p. M. In the Senate Intelligence committee, John Brennans confirmation will be life. You see senator mccain. You have the ranking for the Senate Armed Service committee. This should begin in a second. Let us watch. We will cavill and to hear from defense secretary leon panetta and general Martin Dempsey about the attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi that resulted in the death of four americans. One week ago today, this Committee Heard from senator Chuck Hegel Hagel to be the next defens
Coastal city of sinpo, home to north koreas submarine base, u. S. Pacific command saying it was a failure, almost immediately after launch. And what i have experienced in the past when im inside this count country, its never reported in the statecontrolled media. Of course a successful launch would be a lead story with pictures of the north Korean Leader overseeing the event. Given that this appears to be this test appears to be a failure, probably most north koreans, the vast majority, will never know that it happened, ana. And, will, explain the difference between this failed launch and an actual nuclear test. Reporter so north korea has conducted a number of Missile Launches since the beginning of last year, three dozen missile tests. Its fairly easy for north korea to fire these. They probably dont have a warhead inside the trajectory, has them falling in the waters off the korean peninsula. There was a simultaneous missile
launch last month where three missiles landed within 200 n
Next, the commanders of the u. S. Strategic cybercommands talked about the spending cuts and what it could impact as far as security goes. General Robert Shapiro and Keith Alexander took questions. This is two hours and 45 minutes. Today we received testimony from the u. S. Strategic command and the u. S. Cybercommand. Let us welcome the two generals. I thank them both. We thank you for your great work. We thank you and we hope that you will pass along your thanks to those who work with you. We greatly appreciate all the service. This hearing comes at a time when the department of defense and other federal agencies face the twin threat of sequestration. And an expiring continuing revolution. We want to hear from eyewitnesses what impact budget restrictions and uncertainty are likely to have on their programs and operations over the coming months. First, the general hear some of the issues that we hope to address this morning. Thank you, the status of our Nuclear Deterrence, and are we