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Measures. The army puts on a show of force on the streets of lists total were alive in the capital and mesereau. And Hong Kong Police arrest key prodemocracy figures months after mass protests. Are more than 3900000000 people thats half the worlds population are under lockdown to prevent the spread of corona virus just over 2000000 cases have now been confirmed worldwide the challenge for governments is deciding when to ease restrictions balancing Peoples Health with plummeting economic wealth the u. S. Has the highest number of cases and deaths but with 22000000 people unemployed at the president s putting pressure. On some of the democratic governors to quote liberate their States Donald trumps been accused of inciting dangerous acts iran was already in economic trouble when the outbreak began in late february businesses in the capital tehran are reopening despite warnings of a 2nd wave of infections iran has reported 4958 deaths there is a Success Story in a country of 1300000000 pe
I am. So u. S. National guard troops are being deployed to a city in new york state now thought to be the center of the corona Virus Outbreak in the country new rochelle north of new york city has been sealed off it has the largest known cluster of cases in the u. S. Troops will be sent in to help disinfect areas and quarantine people meanwhile the Trump Administration is drafting an economic stimulus package to ease the burden of the outbreak expected to include payroll tax relief and paid family leave for small and medium sized businesses as get the latest from roslyn jordan in washington d. C. Ross tell us more for us about the measures being imposed in new rochelle which has now the largest cluster of cases in the u. S. Thats right foley at least 109 confirmed cases in the city of new rochelle the state Governor Andrew Cuomo expects that number to go up and so in order to try to stop the rapid spread of coronavirus in this Bedroom Community of new york city the governor has ordered
Chairman inhofe our hearing will come to order. We meet today to continue receiving our hearing will come to order. We meet today to continue receiving the posture statements. We have quite a few more. This is the time of year, and we have general todd walters, and i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. And general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with it from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combata
Appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with it from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladimir putin, who has repeatedly shown his willingness to use force to achieve his political objectives, and then there is transcom, focused on fullspectrum mobility operations. Both of which face capability shortfalls. I just returned from the security conference with several others here at th