Good afternoon, everyone. Id like the call this subcommittee meeting on the emerging threats and capabilities to order. Ill start with the Opening Statement, and then we will have an Opening Statement from you, and move on to the witnesseses. Thank you, gentlemen for being here. The subcommittee on merging threats and capabilities made to d today to receive testimony on the department of defenses efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction and we welcome assistant secretary for defense of Homeland Defense and Global Security, deputy rapuano, and Joseph Osterman who is the deputy officer of socome, and thank them for appearing before us today. This hearing is coming at a troubling increase in the proliferation of wmds by rogue states and terrorist organizations that pose a direct and growing threat to the National Security. While we are familiar with and concerned by the growing size and capabilities of north Koreas Nuclear program, we should be mindful of the efforts to expand the c
City of San Francisco february 24, 2016 , Fire Commission meeting please stand by. Pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. This is a reminder that under administrative code, the use of cell phones and similar sound producing Electronic Devices is prohibited during meetings. Set all pagers and cell phones and other devices to vibrate or completely off now. Today is february 24, 2016. Item no. 1, roll call. Francee covington, Ken Cleaveland, Michael Hardeman. Item no. 2 Public Comment. Members may address any matters within the commission and not on the agenda. Speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or Department Personnel. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker. The lack of a response by the commissioners or Department Personnel does not n
Good evening, everyone. Im terry mcsweeney. Peggy bunk ser off tonight. Were learning new details about a Deadly Police chase through San Francisco last night. It started around 10 00 when police tried to pull over robbery suspects. They took off, hitting and killing a woman and hitting another woman a few minutes later. Christie smith is in San Francisco with the latest on the victim and the suspects. Reporter good evening. The suspects still havent been caught tonight after setting off a wild and deadly night here in San Francisco. A woman died from her injuries after she was hit by a car that contained a number of robbery suspects. Tonight, that woman has been identified as 42yearold bridgette collector of San Francisco. She was in the crock at california and kearny. A second person was hit at a different location by the same suspects but is expected to survive. San Francisco Police say this started around 10 pp when three men committed an armed robbery, the latest in a series that
Pandemic. The cases are still rising. But they want to dissolve the task force. The president confirmed it today. The Vice President says this should happen around memorial day, which is 20 days from now. Asked why he would end the task force now, this is how the president responded. Reporter with the doctors saying there might be a recurrence of coronavirus in the fall, can you just explain why is now time to wind down that task force . We cant keep our country closed for the next five years. You can say there might be a recurren recurrence, and there might be. Some doctors say it will happen, and it will be a flame and were going put the flame out. Weve learn aed a lot. Just keeping him honest here, no one said close the country for five years. Its a complete exaggeration. The president admitted the crisis isnt going away, but hes trying to downplay the risks. Saying it willby the flame, but theyve learned a lot and they can put it out. Why end the task force, though, the hub of the
For the next seven months. If the yearlong sequestration goes into effect. That is just one of hundreds of examples. Were going to hear today that the military service was are already taking actions to mitigate the impacts of the continuing resolution and the impending sequester. For example, the department of defense has instituted hiring freezes, reduced or eliminated temporary or Term Employees and deferred Facility Maintenance and began postponing or canceling maintenance of ships, air and ground vehicles. They will also implement furloughs for most pleas, cut backs in flying hours and other military training and contracts. In addition, hundreds of investment programs, acquisition programs and research and Development Projects may become unexecuteable. Even if many of the short term actions are still reversible if we act promptly they will have longterm costs. The longer congress postponed action the higher those costs will be. For example, the army informs us if sequestration cont