Sleep tonight, but i think it will be worth it. The covid19 pandemic has shown the devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic. And we can imagine the impact of biological threat here or in the horizons that have more than a 1 fatality rate. The biological threats that are enabled by advances and Synthetic Biology is make possible to design pathogens that are even more severe, even more deadly than what we find in nature and the capabilities are accessible not just to state and biological weapon programs that unfortunately persist today but also to individuals. To help us understand the threat we face and what we can do about them, we are fortunate to have two congressional leaders on National Security issues and the distinguished panel of experts including one of my mentors on the topic for 15 years. Im honored to first welcome that distinguished guests, representative mike turner that represents the tenth Congressional District in southwestern ohio which includes dayton and
Preparedness and emerging bio threats from other nations. Nonstate actors and natural causes. They also talk about the role of government partnerships with the private sector and International Communities as well as intergovernmental coordination. Im the ceo and president of the Rand Corporation a nonprofit and nonpartisan Research Organization committed to the public good. This is my first public event in my new role and i am grateful that its the topic that id lost the most sleep over the last 20 years. I expect i will be losing more sleep tonight, but i think it will be worth it. The covid19 pandemic has shown the devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic. And we can imagine the impact of biological threat here or in the horizons that have more than a 1 fatality rate. The biological threats that are enabled by advances and Synthetic Biology is make possible to design pathogens that are even more severe, even more deadly than what we find in nature and the capabilities are
He started shouting. He is charged with killing his mother, paroled from a death sentence for swaumt sexual assaulting and killing two teenaged girls years ago. He made this stunning admission in court today a few minutes into what was a short hearing. And is not suspected to enter a plea today. He was rolled in by bailiffs in a chair. He started to cry then said in a series of short outburss quote i plead guilty to everything. I did everything. This is the third one. And the statements came dispit efforts to keep him quiet. Her body was found on the property on wednesday after dennis called police. In the 1960s shlgs he was convicted of kimming two teenagers. A brutal crime involving their abduction, rape and murder. Hes been convicted of several other kidnap rapes. Prosecute kbrers say prior murder convictions do provide a special circumstance to the current charge that could bring him the death penalty. I know his death jents was commute skped was given a life sentence and paroled i
Last week. More than 26 Million People have filed for unemployment now over the past five weeks, officially erasing all of the job gains since the financial crisis of 08. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell facing bipartisan backlash for suggesting that states should file for bankruptcy which by law they cannot do, instead of receiving federal assistance. New york republican congressman peter king called the comments shameful and indefensible, while new yorks governor called it just a dumb idea. Not to fund state and local governments is incredibly shortsighted. They want to fund small business, fund the airlines, i understand that. But, state and local Government Funds police and fire and teachers and schools. How do you not fund police and fire and teachers and schools in the midst of this crisis . Senator Elizabeth Warren made the heartbreaking announcement today that her oldest brother died from the coronavirus. Warren said don reed died tuesday night in oklahoma. He was 86 year
Appears to be past the plateau of its cases, we are seeing new outbreaks across the country, particularly in places that have not put adequate mechanisms in place to protect people. Only way we can ease restrictions in a way that wont be a disaster from a Public Health or Economic Perspective is to vafrtly scale up testing. This is not not a secret knowledge or esoteric expert idea. Pretty much everyone across the ideological spectrum. In fact, extensive testing is a central component of the white houses own plan for, quote, opening up america again. Vicepresident mike pence along with the president has been claiming, however, the testing structure to start easing restrictions is already in place. There is a sufficient capacity of testing across the country today for any state in america to go to a phase one level which contemplates testing people that have symptoms of the coronavirus, and also doing the kind of monitoring of vulnerable populations in our cities, in our Nursing Homes t