Spirit welcome to the policy briefing a serious bid im tom gilligan, director of the Hoover Institution. Its at Stanford University and one of the most preeminent research centers. For more than a century homage and has been dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, National Security and democratic governance. The assimilation of our work has led to sin of vacant impacts on important Public Policy initiatives here and around the world. We begin to take steps that will lead us of the crisis i hope you find value in these important discussions as we look forward to ways to mitigate potential effects that the coronavirus has had on the u. S. And on the world. As a reminder, we will be taking audience questions and encourage you to submit yours using the button at the bottom of your screen. Todays briefing is from larry dimon, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Larrys advised the world bank, un, state department and other governmental and nongovernmental
Hoover institution stanford is one of the preeminent Research Centers the nation has been dedicated to policy ideas Economic Prosperity and democratic governance to have a Significant Impact but the Public Policy initiatives here and around the world taking steps to lead us out of this crisis to find value in these discussions as well as look forward to have those effects the coronavirus has had. As a reminder we will take audience questions and encourage you to submit yours using the button at the bottom of the screen. Married im a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution advising usaid world bank un and state department and other governmental and nongovernmental agencies and development chinas influence in americas interest and saving democracy thank you for joining us today. Its a pleasure to be with you and the audience. Youre an expert on china and Democratic Institutions around the world. Several Leaders Within the Chinese Communist party have claimed their government has performe
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 65, the nays are 28. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 655. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, department of defense, victor g. Mercado of california to be an assistant secretary. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion.
Research institutions. We have been generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, National Security and democratic governance. The dissimulation of the work has a Simple Impact on important Public Policy issues here and around the world. We begin taking the steps to lead us out to this crisis we help you find value in these important discussions as we look forward to ways to mitigate potential effects of the coronavirus has had on the u. S. And on the world. As a reminder, we will be taking audience questions and encourage you to submit yours using the button at the bottom of your screen. Todays briefing is from larry dimond who is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is with the u. S. World bank and other governmental and nongovernmental agencies dealing with developments. His recent books include his influence in american interest, and ill wins, saving democracy from russian rage, chinese ambition and american complacency. Thank you for joining us today. Thank yo
Should know were on top of this. Little information is being released about the patient, who is from Solano County but currently in treatment at Uc Davis Medical Center in sacramento. She is a female who had been out in the community for several days, was not in contact with any of the evacuees isolated at Travis Air Force base, and Health Officials are tracing everyone she might have had contact with. Step by step, we look at where theyve had, where theyve been and who they might have been in direct communication with. Reporter newsom emphasized the most urgent need in california is for more testing kits and testing locations with quick turnaround. We expect that those kits will be here any day now, and we already have a number at the moment. So this will just augment that capacity. Reporter the states medical and Health Coordination center was activated last month, a command center for the various agencies monitoring and responding to the virus. First and foremost, im an american cit