Next discussion of the progress of defeating are isis in iraq and syria. Well hear about Coalition Forces have made gains in the region and the role that they will play in combatting terrorism. Held by the middle east institute, this is an hour. Good morning everyone. Good afternoon depending on where you are. For the next hour or so ill be talking to major general, Deputy Commander resolve, which is the u. S. Led campaign against isis in iraq, and syria. Todays event is the ninth episode of the defense leadership series. Its a highlevel platform that we traded back in june, of this year. And it is a platform where current and former military in defense leaders from both the United States and the region are able to discuss some of the most important policy issues facing the two sides. We were extremely fortunate to integrate the series on june 10th, with a conversation, frank mckenzie. Since then weve had the honor of hosting some of the most seasoned leaders in the defensive space inc
States against all enemies foreign and domestic and i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and i take this obligation freely without mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which im. Bout to enter, so help me god [applause] i grow book ladies and please stand for the posting of the colors. Please be seated. Gentlemen, the. Oint chaired chief of staff mr. President , Vice President , this doing this distinguished guests, thank you for being here today and your unwavering support. We are all deeply humbled by your presence. Thank you for the confidence you have placed in me and for your personal leadership and commitment. You can rest assured that i will warm, provide you with a candid military advice for you, and the National Security council and to the congress. Vice president pence, thank you also for your leadership and continue to us continued support. Many women like those who stand before you,
With out reservation. I will faithfully. I will faithfully. Discharge the duties. Discharge the duties. So help me god. So help me god. Congratulations, chairman. [applause] [laughter] [applause] [applause] attention. Honor guard. Attention. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the posting of the colors. Post the colors. [drums] please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, general illey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Mr. President , mr. Vice president , secretary esper, distinguished guests, family and friends, thank you for being here today. And for your unwavering support for our men and women in uniform. We are deeply humbled by your presence. Thank you, mr. President. With the confidence you have placed in me to become the next chairman of the joint chiefs, for your personal leadership and commitment to our uniformed men and women. You can rest assured i will always provide you with informed, candid, impartial , to you, thece secretary of defense, and the congress. Secretary
Today on Inside Politics, jim jordan abandons a vote. Jor deny will back someone else temporarily to get the government up and running after more than two weeks afwithout a house speaker. Plus a prime time test for joe biden. He will make an address to lay out the stakes for american support for two democracies under siege. Israel and ukraine. Plus the mccracken cracks, Sidney Powell admits she spread lie after conspiracy after lie about the 2020 election. She will testify at trial, including against donald trump. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics. Up first, best laid plans, scrapped. We entered today expecting a third vote right around this time to try once again to give jim jordan the gafl. That vote is no longer happening. Now we are told that jordan will get behind plan d or e or ive lost track of the letters at this point, but sources are telling us that jordan will back giving more power to a speaker place holder Patrick Mchenry, and that will happen
The san mateo coast. There is cloud cover zipping down from the northwest. A little bit of fog out to the valley. Mostly sunny today. A very dry pattern for us. There are hints of an off shore or northerly breeze. Maybe not that strong. Higher elevations stronger. 30s, 40s 50s. Gilroy at 37. 30s in the santa cruz mountains. Acampbell says 38. If you want rain, go north. There are some up in portland and seattle. Theres none here. There wont be for a while. 60s and 70s, above normal temps. Around pinole you had an issue. Is that taken care of or still causing problems. Well, the accident is cleared but the slow traffic remains on 80 westbound coming away from the carquinez bridge and heading west at richmond. There was a crash at pinole road. You can see the traffic will be slow westbound as you drive through hercules. It is getting a little better. Now there is more slow traffic appearing downstream, if you will. At one point we had a 62minute backup. Now down to 40 minutes. Things are