A rise in coronavirus begins to overwhelm the country. Ignoring physical distancing warnings crowds flock outdoors for the u. S. Holiday weekend. The battle for tripoli has taken another turn with russian mercenaries fighting for libyan war clay for hoft are retreating from the frontlines after us forces have been trying to capture the capital for 13 months now but they have suffered a string of the fates in recent weeks and battling the un backed government that supported by fighters from turkey the marathon email 8 confirmed the russians left from an air base in the town and 3 military planes im going to tell ahead reports from the libyan capital. These are the pictures the libyan media says show russian medicine a reason leaving Police Frontline they were meant to shift the balance of power on the battlefield in favor of the libyan warlord plea for have. But a series of defeats has left a half that are struggling to fulfill his ambition to take the capital from libyas internationall
Us out but really only going to be helping a few of us out closer to the coast and in areas like berkeley and oakland. But welcome definitely at that. A couple of touches the fog right at the coastline aside from that though todays another Crystal Clear day and that cool ocean breezes not going make its way inland. So yet again hot weather for the vast majority of us impeach heat advisories again in effect today and of course ap and Solano County or how to spot today excessive heat warnings remain in effect. Temperatures are currently coolest at the coast and a pretty comfortable right along the bay concord in pittsburgh as well as fairfield some of your warmer spots, currently in the 70s its going to take no time at all for temperatures to climb a little later on this morning out again into the 80s 90s and spur some back into the triple digits. Antioch back at one 02 today which just one degree cooler than yesterday, not enough of a difference to really make it feel any better conquer
Belief that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity the u. K. Prime minister of defense is chief adviser whos under pressure to resign over claims breach that lockdown. And dont calm protest is mobilizing there are thousands rallying against chinas plan to impose National Security goals. We begin the news hour in libya where russian mercenaries who have been fighting in support of the warlord holly for how far are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that theyre evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli this follows a series of setbacks for have terrorist forces whove been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government mahmoud head is in tripoli for us. The major advancement after us forces achieved over the past year is mainly attributed to that all of the russian mercenaries from the bag no group that have been recruited by have to us forces and as you
It is just getting underway. Just the narrow focus of Nuclear Deterrents. Having recently served as a commissioner on the strategic, Posture Commission is incredibly urgent that we look at deterrence in a broader lens. Looking at strategic deterrents of which of course Nuclear Deterrents is a key foundation. The reason we need to look at this more broadly is we are facing new threats. New threats of escalation. New domains that can lead to rapid or inadvertent escalation in competition or conflict with china and russia. New domains such as space, cyber. Adversaries might be able to take more risks and we have Strategic Systems that are vulnerable, for example in space. And that could lead to miscalculation or rapid escalation to Nuclear Weapons use. To deal with these new threats we need to also think about innovation in terms of concepts and technologies. This is why im excited about having our three panelists this morning to discuss those issues and the challenges and opportunities a
Urgent that we look at deterrence in a broader lens. Looking at strategic deterrents of which of course Nuclear Deterrents is a key foundation. The reason we need to look at this more broadly is we are facing new threats. New threats of escalation. New domains that can lead to rapid or inadvertent escalation in competition or conflict with china and russia. New domains such as space, cyber. Adversaries might be able to take more risks and we have Strategic Systems that are vulnerable, for example in space. And that could lead to miscalculation or rapid escalation to Nuclear Weapons use. To deal with these new threats we need to also think about innovation in terms of concepts and technologies. This is why im excited about having our three panelists this morning to discuss those issues and the challenges and opportunities ahead. We will first hear from professor andrew ross who iscurs a professor in the department of International Affairs at texas a m university. He was appointed to Int