The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the department of defense fiscal year 2021 budget request. Welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service in both dr. Mark esper and general mark we have a pair of marks in this morning. This committees top priority is ensuring the effectiveness of the National Defense strategy. Thats our vote that we had heard, adhere for a long period of time now. About three years. Unfortunately, the last administration we ask our military to do more with less and that got us into trouble between 2012 and 2017 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our Defense Budget in the readiness of our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he inherited American Military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his promise to begin rebuilding the u. S. Armed forces. He negotiated the highest level of defense spending ever, a down payment toward getting our military back to where it needs t
Im called aspen thanks for joining us italy has set another record for the most deaths from corona virus in a single day nearly 1000. 00 people have died in the past 24 hours that brings the total death toll to more than 9000 thats the highest number of any country and Health Officials say the worst may be yet to calm hospital wards are still full although doctors say the number of patients is now studying contagion rates appear to be slowing as well giving hope that the strict social controls in effect may be working but the lock down is hitting the Italian Economy hard churches and charities are struggling to care for people in need of basic supplies are those bring in journalist seema go to shes following the situation from rome sima 1st of course just lets talk about the bad shocking number nearly 1000 people dead in just 24 hours of is there a sense that italy is is now approaching perhaps the peak of this crisis. Well col what the officials are telling us is that it is not near t
But its a one way street with people allowed in but not happy we have the latest from china. Plus south korea has been called a role model for flattening its coronavirus curve but fears of a 2nd wave of infections are growing as the country reports an uptick in cases our correspondent reports from seoul. Im michael thanks for joining us spain is the 2nd worst hit country in europe on friday it saw its highest one day rise in virus fatalities with more than 800 people die overall more than 72000 people have been confirmed to have covert 19 and nearly 15 percent of them are health care workers. A burial in hazmat suits. One of thousands of victims of the corona Virus Outbreak in spain. Hospital staff in madrid dont need to see the statistics to know spain does not yet have a handle on the epidemic. It has been a deadly week for the country 2nd and daily fatalities only to italy. Shortage of equipment and medical staff has left doctors and nurses overwhelmed Amnesty International reports
And joint chiefs of staff chair general mark milley were on capitol hill to testify on the president s 2021 budget request for the pentagon. They were also asked about military modernization efforts and defense funds being diverted from border wall construction being diverted for border wall construction. [indiscernible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] the Committee Meets today to receive testimony for the 2021 budget request. We welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service. After mark esper and general mark milley. Top priority is ensuring the effectiveness and implementation of the National Defense strategy. Unfortunately under the last administration, we asked our military to do more with less, and that got us into trouble and 2017. 12 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he a country in crisis. Rican military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his
Well im terry martin and welcome to the program governments across the world are intensifying their efforts to contain the coronavirus many countries are closing borders and shutting down all public life saying thats the only way to slow the spread of the disease stock markets have sustained the biggest losses in decades more on that the moment but 1st a look at how Many Americans in europe are scrambling to return home before a ban on travel to the u. S. Comes into force in a few hours time. A rude awakening for Many Americans in europe departure halls were packed as travelers scramble to get home after hearing that the u. S. Is restricting travel from the European Union starting at midnight Eastern Standard Time on friday it was pretty crazy because it sounded like 2 am we were on a. Train to the airport 3 flights were on a fly by like 9 am yeah i thought a little bit more heads up would have been nice because we freaked out and we found out so i guess communication wasnt great the b