National counterintelligence and security center. The Senate Intelligence committee considered the of texas congressman John Radcliffe to be the next director of National Intelligence. Since august, the position has been occupied by officials in the absence of a senateconfirmed director. Representative radcliffe was asked about whistleblowers, his view on russian interference and the origins of the coronavirus as well as his ability to be nonpartisan as the nations top intel chief. This hearing will be a little different. It is perhaps the first congressional hearing held during the extenuating circumstances of a pandemic. We have a sparse crowd and an expanded dais reflective of the committees adherence to guidelines put forward by the rules committee and attending physician. We thank our members and staff are there patience and understanding as we work through the logistics involved in holding this hearing, which is a critical part of the committees ongoing oversight of the Intellige
Congressional hearing held during the extenuating circumstances of a pandemic. We have a sparse crowd and an expanded dais reflective of the committees adherence to guidelines put forward by the rules committee and attending physician. We thank our members and staff are there patience and understanding as we work through the logistics involved in holding this hearing, which is a critical part of the committees ongoing oversight of the Intelligence Community. Members will be joining us on a rotating basis throughout the morning. Again, this afternoon, as we move to close session. Their absence now is not a reflection of the importance they place on this matter. We have asked members to watch as much of the hearings as they can from their offices, only coming into the hearing room to ask questions. I would also like to thank the press corps for your accommodation of the restrictions we are placing as we seek to fulfill our requirements to hold this nomination hearing in an open setting,
With two california universities that aims to streamline and speed up the testing process. We specifically have a new partnership with uc davis, and uc san diego to create a minimum of 57 hubs where we have high input, where we will work with different vendors, not be prescriptive on the exact type of testing. But working with these hubs to significantly increase our Testing Capacity and our collaborative spirit. Within those hubs. California is nearing 13,000 cases and 288 deaths in the bay area. There are more than 3000 cases and 87 deaths. The majority in santa clara, and more than 1000 or with more than 1000 deaths in that county as well. Governor newsom also responded to a suggestion from a President Trump that the nfl start is regularseason with fans in the stands in august or september. Today Governor Newsom said that likely will not happen here in california. And said the resumption of sporting events that large would be based on data. Newsom said that would also apply to Colle
100 26,000 people have been tested for covid19 across the state of california, but he says that number is too low. Here in california there are nearly 14,000 cases and 322 people have died. The governor also announcing today the 2300 people are currently hospitalized and 1000 are in icu beds. That is 18. 9 increase from yesterday. 12,000 people tested positive for covid19 today, a 12. 4 increase from yesterday. The governor says the state is distributed more than 41 million n95 masks to healthcare workers. He governor has launche new task force to help speed up coronavirus testing here in our state. He hopes and says the goal is to increase testing fivefold by the end of the month. How the governor plans to make this work. Reporter one of the ways this is going to be done is by making more test kits available as well as testing sites. As of today, california has tested 126,700 people. The governor says that number is far too low and he has promised to do better. I am not going to expla
The truth and erode our ability to fight, creating a set of it that no narrative or use source can be trusted at all. Some of the ttts in this space wont necessarily come as as a surprise to you but we talked about intrusion and u. S. Government networks and medical organizations, hack and leak operations related to compromise or embarrassing situations, Cyber Attacks against our eroding infrastructure, the targeting of u. S. Persons or elected officials by social media and disinformation, suppression of voter turnout by spreading misinformation regarding polling and voting, manipulation of media through the injection of false stories, and news reporting. And then subsequent application of the disinformation to shape of the discourse. Shape Public Discourse. There are a few overarching similarities regarding the manner in which our two principal adversaries, china and russia, execute these objectives. Both countries use a whole of government approach. And use sophisticated and aggressi