Should be talking to you about today. But i know we just have a limited amount of your time. I really want to focus more than anything on the pacific. I know you come from the regent relatively recently prayed the National Defense strategy prioritized the competition and especially china and russia. But i think most people when they think about the army, they are thinking obviously of ground intensive environment like europe. They are not thinking about those effects. Is the pacific really a priority for the army . And what does it mean if it is . Yes, historically we are focused on europe. The National Defense strategy to put the indo pacific at the top priority. It is certainly a priority for us. And we take a look without the pacific that was my first overseas trip as a chief in september 2019. That was my first trip with covid out into the region. Emily look at the region theres a great competition is about the people. The people reside in the land domain. The secret the solution t
Lets head straight to the markets desk where julie hyman has breaking economic numbers for us on the Services Side of this economy. The nonisn Manufacturing Index for january. Julie the nonManufacturing Index coming out at 53. 5, worse than the 55. 1 economists had been estimated. We saw a revision higher in december to 55. 8. This number is an important one. The largest part of the u. S. Economy. We have seen stocks turn lower in the past i should say in the first 30 minutes of the session we have seen it give up gains. It is the fourth consecutive month we have seen manufacturing declined, but we are looking at nonmanufacturing to see what happens on the Services Side of the equation. All three major averages are now lower. The dow is not lower by very much. I also want to mention some headlines that came out of wells fargo. It denied a report in hedge fund alerts that it was in talks to buy banks and credit squeeze businesses. Fargo spokeswoman has denied that speculation and denied
Alone. San jose international is also near the top when it comes to Security Breaches including this now infamous breach when a 15yearold hitched a ride to hawaii in a planes wheel well. The fence line those issues the fence line doesnt keep people out who want to penetrate the fence. Reporter aviation consultant Mike Mccarron says the key is constantly updating airport security. Any mechanical system is going to last as long as you maintain it there is a big variableness are the people who operate the system who work at the airport. And thats something that is hard to control. Reporter meanwhile sfo says it will improve fencing, cameras, and training to keep intruders out. Now even the faa admits its expensive to keep intruders out of airports. For example, in israel, ben gurion airport, no incidents during that time but they do spend 200 million a year on airport perimeter security. At sfo, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Interesting numbers. Thank you, scott. More detail news. Seve
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