School holidays. If we look at the map, we talk about schools open or closed, we do know its a holiday because of lighter traffic. I have my eye on discovery bay. The rest of your commute looks fine. Maybe a factor for 680. Back to you, laura. Thank you very much, mike. 6 01. We begin with live pictures from arlington, virginia. This is Arlington National cemetery where President Trump and the first lady will visit in just a few hours to honor our Fallen Heroes on this veterans day. It is the president s first public appearance since the election. Joe biden will take part in veterans day events. Today in the bays tracie potts is with us live in washington. I know these events happen as the struggle between biden and the Trump Administration continues. Reporter it does, marcus and laura, and we are seeing where republicans are lining up in that power struggle. A few acknowledging and congratulating joe biden on his win. Some lining up with the president saying he has absolute right to c
Barreling toward the location where the Oil Production goes on. Energye about the oil space, what the 2020 policy has to do with that. We are going to turn our attention to the fed, the big event this week. The markets are watching the annual market symposium in jackson hole tomorrow. It will be virtual and the theme is navigating the decade ahead. The kansas city president Esther George spoke with michael mckee. I will offer you from my perspective this has been a useful process, process that really asks of ourselves to look at what we have learned over the past decade, to try to think about how the economy may have changed, and think about how we communicate to the public. The process in and of itself has been a useful one, and i will leave to the chairman to talk. Michael you have been considered an inflation hawk. Where are you on average inflation targeting . Is to bee my focus true to our price stability target, that our 2 really has to represent what is happening in the real eco
He was serving as the d. O. D. , secretary norquist completed the first d. O. T. Audit ever, soon thereafter secretary norquist was audited and confirmed as secretary of defense with all of senate support, he has a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a lot of people aside from my good friend senator purdue who im hopeful will be here a little bit later, the d. O. T. Audit might not coming across as most interesting topic of the world however the Ranking Member cain and i take our oversight responsibilities seriously and are happy to have the support and timely hearing, another responsibility we take seriously is one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our military with the specific focus on restoring readiness. Conducting an audit of this magnitude is a massive undertaking, in fact until secretary norquist arrived it had never happened, the pentagon had never completed an audit, let me repeat it in its history the department of defense an
Norquist completed the first dod audit ever. Soon thereafter secretary northwest was nominated and confirmed as deputy secretary of defense with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i think him for being here today. To a lot of people aside from my good friend, senator purdue, who im hopeful who will be here later the dod audit might not come across as most interesting topic in the world however, Ranking Member kane and i make our oversight responsibilities seriously and are happy to have this important and timely hearing. Other response bullies we take seriously has been one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our military with specific focus on restoring readiness. Conducting an audit of this magnitude is a massive undertaking, as i am sure we will hear. In fact, until secretary norquist arrived it had never happened. The pentagon had never completed an audit. Let me repeat that. In its history the department
Last post plays when you go home, say, for your tomorrow we gave our today. Nimrod plays the familiar sound of nimrod at the National Memorial arboretum and around the country, two minutes silence was observed at 11 oclock to mark Armistice Day. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, to remember the deaths of fallen servicemen and women in the two world wars and in conflicts since. The duke of kent is attending that service at the National Memorial arboretum in staffordshire. The silence is marked every year to mark the day in 1918 when the fighting in world war i was stopped. The allies and germany signing an armistice in and germany signing an armistice in a Railway Carriage in france at 5am on the 11th of november 1918. Six hours later, at 11 oclock, the conflict ceased. The first armistice silence was observed in 1919 and has continued every year since then. Nimrod plays youre watching bbc newsroom live and these are the main stories this morning. The country has just fal