We are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of misses Barbara Barrett to be secretary of the air force. And Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Standard questions, whether you like it or not. You have to answer audibly so it can be heard. Do you adhere to the laws regarding conflict of interest . Yes sir. Staffl you ensure your complies with questions . Yes, senator. Will you provide witnesses in response to congressional requests . Will they be protected from testimony . Yes, senator. Are you under taking actions which would appear to have presumed the outcome of the confirmation process . No, senator. I really believe we are in the most dangerous situation we have been in in this world in my lifetime. Thought id say i would look back wistfully at the days of the cold war, i would say things are bad. Problems. Rious we have a National Defense strategy. I cant believe that. This is kind of unique. Total agreement. We are locked into that. They are catc
Yes, we are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force. And miss Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thank you for being here today. We have the standard questions that whether you like it or not, you have to answer, answer audibly so it can be heard. I would appreciate it very much. If you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing the conflicts of interest. Yes,. Yes, sir. Will you ensure that ur yo staff complies with deadlines established for requesting communications, including questions for the record in hearings. Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefers in response to congressional requests. Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for the testimony and briefings. Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes senator. And do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communicat
Resources oft all the federal government are focused on the arriving storm, i am decided to send our Vice President mike pence to poland this weekend in my place. It is something very important for me to be here. The storm looks like it could be a very big one indeed. Mike will be going. Polishst spoken to the president and expressed my the wishes of and the american people. Our highest priority is the safety and security of the people in the path of the hurricane. I will be rescheduling my trip to poland in the near future. We are gathered here in the rose garden to establish the United States Space Command. A big deal. Command,west combatant it will defend americas vital interests in space, the next war fighting domain. I think that is obvious to everybody. It is all about space. We are joined by Vice President mike pence, secretary of defense dr. Mark esper, acting director of National Intelligence joe of the, acting secretary army, ryan mccarthy, acting secretary of the air force m
Hour of trade, barry knapp back. Certainly the tone feels better. Do you think its fundamental with the trade tensions or some month end rebalancing stuff . I suspect theres a bit of month end rebalancing going on i think its too early to tell whether the Macro Economic fallout from the latest negative Business Confidence shock has what degree of effect its had next weeks ism on tuesday, payrolls on friday, will be much more important bempl marks to see whether were over the hump sort to speak on this i tend to be cautious and not chase the move today. On the big stories that we are watching today, kayla has the story. Josh lipton is tracking tariff concerns for apple kayla . The hope began when chinese officials said there was some Effective Communication of the two countries and it continued this morning when President Trump said in a radio interview theres a conversation scheduled today. I have talked scheduled theres a talk scheduled for today at a different level and yeah, they ha
Well take you live to the president as soon as those remarks are coming up. Deirdre dorian could strike florida as a category 4 hurricane. This is the development over this weekend. Well bring you latest on preparations, why timing wise the hurricane is expected to hit. Connell busy hour. Fox Business Team coverage of all the top stories. Edward lawrence at white house, gerri willis on floor of the new york stock exchange, phil flynn at chicago and edward we start with you. Reporter chinese say they will not continue titfortat. A Chinese Commerce Ministry Spokesperson saying current level of retaliation is sufficient. That was, what he said when asked if the, about the president s increasing tariffs on september 1st and october first. President will up tariffs on 300 billion of chinese imports on september first, starting from 10 to 15 . Now part of that tariff goes into effect on sunday. The other part goes into effect on december 15th. This is designed to increase pressure on china.