Defense Department Officials reaped reporters in the state of Covid Vaccination distributions in the military. Other topics included the state of negotiations with the taliban, the future of u. S. Troop presence in germany, and extremist views in the military. Good afternoon, everybody. Looks like a familiar place. Thank you. Thanks for joining us today for the first of what we hope will be regular press briefings. It is really good to be back here with you. Today, we are going to do something different. Today, we ao something different. I want to start with efforts the department is undertaking to deal and contribute to the federal governments efforts to battle covid. We start with guest refers first. I am going to bring up general paul friedrichs, who many of you know, as well as max rose, who recently came on board as the Department Covid coordinator. Many of you probably member mr. Rose as the representative to new york states 11th congressional district. We are very proud to have
That was just about half an hour ago. The president saying its a great deal for the United States and he is now calling on congress to pass, formally pass the usmca deal in short order. We have political and market reaction. We will take you live to the white house in just a second. But wall street had reaction here. Took the news in stride. We saw the dow turn around. The dow had been lower by about 204 points earlier in the session. You can see all of that wiped away. We are up about 14 points, mostly thanks, though, to eyepopping Consumer Confidence numbers which came in, this is for early may, and they had a 15year high. One problem with that number. We will tell you about it in just a minute. Right now we have the s p not quite making a go of it, still down three. The nasdaq lower by 31. Medicare for all has been a rallying cry for Bernie Sanders, of course, a president ial candidate and other people who support socialist ideas. But could capitalism solve Americas Health care prob
Welcome to todays hearing. Pursuant to house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via zoom. For members appearing remotely, i know youre all familiar with zoom by now, but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, the house rules require that we see you, so please have your cameras on at all times. Secondly, members appearing remotely who are not recognized should remain muted to minimize background noise. Third, i will recognize members verbally, but members retain the right to seek recognition verbally. In regular order, members will be recognized in seniority for questions. Lastly, if you want to be recognized outside of regular order, you may identify that in several ways. You may use the chat function to send a request. You may send an email to the majority staff, or you may unmute your mic to seek recognition. We will begin the hearing in just a few moments when they tell me they are ready to begin the live stream. Let me say that this is
House oversight and reform committee. They discuss future attacks and educating the public about online security. Welcome, everyone. Welcome to todays hearing. Pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via zoom. For members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with zoom by now, but let me remind everyone of a few points. First the house rules require we see you, so please have your cameras on at all times. Secondly, members appearing remotely who are not recognized should remain muted to minimize background noise. Third, ill recognize members verbally, but members retain the right to seek recognition verbally. In regular order members will be recognized in seniority for questions. Lastly, if you want to be recognized outside regular order you may use the chat function to send a request. You may send an email to the majority staff or you may unmute your mic to seek recognition. Well begin the hearing in just a few moments when the
Welcome, everyone. Welcome to todays hearing. Pursuant to house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via zoom. For members appearing remotely, i know youre all familiar with zoom right now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, the house rules require that we see you. So please have your cameras on at all times. Secondly, members appearing remotely who are not recognized should remain muted to minimize background noise. Third, i will recognize members verbally, but members retain the right to seek recognition verbally. In regular order, members will be recognized in seniority for questions. Lastly, if you want to be recognized outside of regular order, you may identify that in several ways. You may use the chat function to send a request. You may send an email to the majority staff. Or you may unmute your mic to seek recognition. We will begin the hearing in just a few moments when they tell me they are ready to begin the livestream. Let