Topics include readiness, modernization and how to meet the demand of the future. This is two hours and 20 minutes. Good morning. Today to receive testimony on the plans and programs of the department of the navy, fiscal year 2018. I want to thank each of our witnesses for their distinguished service to the nation as well as the sailors, marines and civilians they lead, who are serving around the world today. In recent months our nations senior civilian defense and military leaders have testified to this committee about the severe threats we face around the world. Theyve reported shortfalls in readiness that our military advantage over our potential adversaries is eroding and the dire need for new, modern capabilities. As secretary mattis testified here on tuesday, the greatest immediate threat that our military faces is right here in washington, because uncertainty, continuing resolution, arbitrary and inadequate caps on defense spending, more years of the budget control act and the t
The chair notes the presence of a quorum. Committee meets today to consider and mark up h. R. 2010, the National Defense authorization act for fiscal year 2018. For 55 straight years, under congresses and president s of both parties, and annual ndaa has been signed into law. Im certain that this you will be no different. The members of this committee have an overwhelming commitment to the duty placed on us by the constitution to support the men and women who serve our nation in the military. Every member of this committee has contributed to this legislation. Committee member suggested 1531 separate legislative provisions for consideration in the marks. Over 330 amendments were filed for today. But members also contributed by asking thoughtful questions at our briefings and hearings, by traveling to visit our troops at home and overseas, by sharing their personal experiences and insights, and by talking with one another about how to solve problems. And so first i want to express my appr
Claims this morning that the russians have damaging information on mr. Trump and that his lawyer met with russian officials and said Cash Payments to them. The lawyer says totally untrue. Trump angrily calls it a political witch hunt and fake news. The russians say they have no compromising material, but its all over the media. It will come up at the tillerson hearing and it wil be center stage at the News Conference. So, here is the state of political play. The left continues its full court press to discredit and undermine the trump presidency. They are in attack mode. You will see how trump responds. Varney company is about to begin. Exxonmobil chief Rex Tillersons confirmation is about to be gavelled to order. Youll expect questions, hostile questions from democrats on russia and Climate Change. We have liz peek. Judge andrew napolitano, spokesman rick grinell, Ashley Webster and liz macdonald. Well quote him on a couple tweets. Russia said the unverified report by political opponen
Passed the area and as he drove out he began to shoot at the Police Officers. Other officers in the area return gunfire. The subject was hit and he is deceased. This will be an active scene for quite some time. What do you know about this man and his behavior . All i know at this point is that its a male who is involved. The napa County District Attorneys Office will be the lead Investigative Agency on this case. As such i do not have information for you. We dont know if he was brandishing her shooting his gun at someone if there was a threat involved. I dont have that information. This is a chaotic situation for your officers to arrive in. That he just fire at them as they drove in court my understanding is one of the officers was parked and he began shooting at that officer who was out of his car. It was a chaotic scene. A horrific scene for Police Officers to go through and have someone start shooting at them. It is also a tragedy for the family. When we go through that, any time yo
Now, breaking news. Breaking news is crews on the convenience of a house fire in santa clara. Matt keller arrived at the scene, this is south of levi stadium. What are you seeing . Matt there is an intense fire battle going on at this house in santa clara. It is five minutes away from levi stadium if you walk directly. 10 minutes to drive here. You can see firefighters on the roof cutting a home in the roof to ventilate all of the heat from inside. Firefighters are inside, the smoke is dissipating the last two or three minutes. They were here 20 minutes ago along with us and you can see it looks like they have a handle on the fire. The homes are close together. There is a lot of concern they would spread. I talked with family members who escaped. They say everyone is out and okay. They say when i said, what happened, they said they think there was a candle lit outside that may have started the fire. Firefighters are here. They have a handle on it. Everyone is out. That is the good news