Good morning. The committee has come to order. One thing, i want to thank the witnesses for your testimony. Those appearing in person, traveling to d. C. To give it orally, and, also, answer our questions. The title of this hearing now is, i guess, examining the u. S. Approach to early covid19 treatments. I thought it was i originally set out a title of early treatments for covid, a essential component of a covid solution. It was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic to be politicized into the tragedy it was. From the start, i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response. We were facing a new virus. No one wanted to underreact, and as a result i feared the tendency would be overreact. The challenges facing us were daunting. Our National Strategic stockpile had been reduced during the h1n 1 pandemic. It took time to develop a test. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibit no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I
Covid solution. It was inevitable was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic would be politicized and this is a tragedy that it was paid from the start i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response and we are facing a new virus that caused an entirely new disease. No one wanted to under react and as a result i fear the tendency would be to overreact and create Unrealistic Expectations regarding our ability to stop a highly contagious pathogen. The challenges facing us were daunting and our National Strategic stockpile have been reduced during the h1n1 pandemic and had not been replenished. It took time to develop reliable tests and even more time to Scale Production to meet the demand. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibited no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I have tried not to criticize the elected officials that have had the response ability to make very tough decisions with limited and highly imperfe
Just. Donald trump and joe biden make a last minute bid for votes on the eve of the election with a special focus on the rust belt. Gunman stormed Kabul University shooting students in their classrooms and as they fled in an attack which left at least 22. 00 people dead. And also coming up on the program the International Space station marks 20 years of pardon and human presence. During your. Welcome to the program well weve been following breaking news story for the last hour also coming to us from austria but he have said that several people have been killed in an attack in the center of the capital vienna. Well gunshots were heard in the city center in what the interior minister referred to as a terror attack thats how its been categorized at the moment he said that the incident is thought to have been committed by several people so more than one attacker involved one has been killed and more attackers potentially on the run so this is still a life situation that continues to unfold
Tonights 90 minute debate coming from the university of richmond in richmond, virginia. Tonights program is unlike any other president ial debate in history. Were making history now and its pretty exciting. An independent polling firm has selected an audience of 209 uncommitted voters from this area. The candidates will be asked questions by these voters on a topic of their choosing. Anything they want to ask about. My job as moderator is to, you know, take care of the questioning, ask questions myself if i think there needs to be continuity and balance, and sometimes i might ask the candidates to respond to what another candidate may have said. Now, the format has been agreed to by representatives of both the republican and democratic campaigns. And there is no subject matter that is restricted. Anything goes. We can ask anything. After the debate the candidates will have an opportunity to make a closing statement. So president bush, i think you said it earlier, lets get it on. Lets g
Rootsweb the president is still resisting calls to resign and a nationwide strike is planned for monday u. S. Vice president mike pence continues campaigning off to report suggest at least 5 senior Staff Members have tested positive for corona virus. And a ban on Nuclear Weapons will soon become a reality but is it worth the paper its written on. The program our top story months after the pandemic brought them to a standstill iraq has again been thrown into turmoil by massive antigovernment protests Security Forces fired tear gas and mortar cabinet demonstrators tried to enter baghdads heavily fortified green zone thousands of people returned to the streets of the capital to mark a year since the movement against unemployment and corruption 1st started the rallies led to the resignation of the former Prime Minister Abdullah Abdullah matty hundreds of protesters were killed in months of unrest across the country well al jazeera is Simona Fulton was that when protesters try to enter the