Selfquarantine themselves or canceling events and closing campuses. Because whether or not youre infected or know someone who is infected or have been in contact with an infected person, this is going to require a national response. Not just from our elected leaders or our Public Health officials, but from all of us. We must, all of us, follow the guidelines of the Health Officials and take appropriate protections to protect ourselves and, and critically to protect others, especially those who are most at risk from this disease. Its going to mean making radical changes in our personal behaviors. More frequent and more thorough hand washing. Staying home from work if youre ill. But also all during the deeply engraged habits in our country like handshakes and hugs. Thats why earlier this week on the recommendation of officials, my campaign canceled Election Night rallies that wed planned to hold in cleveland, ohio. Were also reimagining the format for largecrowd events we had planned in
The committee will come to order. I thank all of our witnesses for returning this morning. We appreciate the recognition of our interest and oversight responsibilities. This is a crisis that is evolving quickly. Since our hearing yesterday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Cdc has now reported that we have almost 1,000 confirmed cases. That is up from 100 reported cases a week ago. A 900 increase. Americans are worried. They are scared. It is essential that we are able to hear directly from the Health Officials leading this effort with just the facts. Im going to go to the republican side first which is where we left off. Before i do that, without objection, the following three letters we sent on march 3rd to hhs and cdc requesting basic information including about t t testing are entered into the record. We have not gotten any response to those letters. And with that, i recognize mr. Higgins. Thank you, madam chair. Gentlemen, thank yo
Outbreak, we wanted to get you information about changes happening at the department impacting Service Members. I want to start with the latest numbers. Today there have been 30 seven reported cases, 18 military, 13 dependents, three civilian, and three contractors. We are continuing to monitor the situation and will provide updates each day as we receive them. Friday, deputy secretary norquist released Additional Guidance on travel. Effective today through may 11, all Domestic Travel for military personnel will be halted unless it meets one of a number of waiver criterias including Mission Central travel or humanitarian reasons. This will also restrict dod civilian hiring on dod installations to people within the immediate area of the facility. The secretary continues to state his top priority is to protect Service Members and family and maintain our ability to complete central missions. We are going to take all those efforts. I want to give a couple additional updates. Hasy, the Depa
The a watch Katie Mcfarland with her book revolution trump, washington, and we the people stop sunday night 9 00 p. M. Eastern on after words on booktv. The u. S. Chief Technology Officer talked about Artificial Intelligence and competition from china, hosted by the Hudson Institute this is about 50 minutes. [inaudible background conversations] [inaudible background conversations] welcome everyone to our meeting on ai and advanced Quantum Information Sciences, quantum computing etc. Im pleased to have an opportunity to welcome michael kratsios, who has a thoroughly intimidating title of chief Technology Officer of the United States. I think weve come to the right place to engage this important subject. The administration has ttaken a very energetic position in trying to advance the stateoftheart and above the applications of Artificial Intelligence and the Quantum Information Sciences to our nondefense applications, there is a parallel effort of substantial scale in the department of d
Enforcement if people keep validating the shelter in place order. This comes after residents packed bay area parks and beaches. The mayor is now closing playgrounds. And is prepared to close other public spaces to make sure that people stay home. Nonessential businesses not complying with the order could face possible felony charges. San jose Police Deployed what they called compliance cards. Officers drive around the city issuing warnings. The Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office and set up a hotline to report nonessential businesses that are staying open. Hundreds of people in the bay area are now able to be tested for the virus. A new drive up testing site open in hayward. We go now to julia on how families and teachers are handling homeschooling. Reporter here we are welcome to a lot of peoples dining rooms kitchens has now turned into a workplace and also a place for students to do schoolwork. You are getting a sneak peak into the window of my world here. We are all in thi