and a half hours. national geo spatial [ banging gavel ] i d like to call this hearing to order. i would like to welcome our witnesses today. director of national intelligence, dan coates. general robert ashley, director of the federal bureau of investigation, chris wray. director of the national security agency, general paul nakasoni, and robert kardella. i thank all of you for being here this morning. i would like to welcome the two newest members who in typical senate fashion are not here yet. senator ben sass of nebraska and senator michael bennett of colorado. they re both great additions, and i look forward to working with them. and with you to fulfill the committee s critical oversight mandates. before i go to my formal remarks, i want to extend my condolences of this committee to general ashley and his work force at the defense intelligence agency, as well as general nakasoni and his work force at nsa. on january 16th, a d.i.a. employee and cryptology technology tec
just a very emotional thing to see the last couple of days. today ruth bader ginsburg received an honor that no woman ever received before. she laid in state at the united states capitol. as the new york times put it, justice ginsburg breaks one final barrier. she s the first jewish person and first woman to lay-in state at the u.s. capitol. joe biden paid his respects today and senator kamala harris. one striking scene today was as bipartisan group of female senators and female members of congress who lined thesteps of the capitol as her casket was carried. after all of these honors, justice ruth bader ginsburg will be laid to rest at the arlington national cemetery with her husband. she will be lay to rest alongside her husband. tomorrow, saturday, at 5:00 p.m. eastern, the president is due to announce his nominee to replace justice ruth bader ginsburg on the court. it is not clear whether or not that nominee will be confirmed before the election, confirmed before the in
confirmed cases of coronavirus with more than 203,000 american lives lost to covid-19. and the university of washington model often cited by the white house is now projecting another 168,000 american deaths by the end of the year. the model also says that more than half of those lives could be saved if most americans were to wear masks. also breaking this hour, democratic presidential nominee joe biden weighing in on president trump s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he were to lose the race. biden saying bluntly, and i m quoting him now, he ll leave. let s begin with more on the breaking u.s. supreme court news. our senior white house correspondent pamela brown is working the story for us. pamela, multiple sources, i understand, with knowledge of the search, are telling you that the president intends to make an announcement tomorrow, and he knows who he has in mind. that s right, wolf. my colleague jamie gangel and i have learned that president trump
thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy to have you with us. it has been a historic week, and it is about to be a historic next few days as supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg laid in repose outside the supreme court building for these last two days, we saw so many dramatic images of the public turning out to pay their respects. long lines from 9:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night. people turning out to mourn her. more than 150 law clerks who served in her chambers over the decades turning out to be her honorary pallbearers. it s just been a very emotional thing to see over these last couple of days. today ruth bader ginsburg received an honor that no woman has ever received before. today she laid in state at the united states capitol. as the new york times put it in a headline today, quote, justice ginsburg breaks one final barrier. she is the first woman to ever lie in state at the u.s. capitol. she s also the first jewish person to ever lie in sta
today ruth bader ginsburg received an honor that no woman has ever received before. today she laid in state at the united states capitol. as the new york times put it in a headline today, quote, justice ginsburg breaks one final barrier. she is the first woman to ever lie in state at the u.s. capitol. she s also the first jewish person to ever lie in state at the u.s. capitol. democratic presidential nominee joe biden paid his respected today as did his running mate, senator kamala harris. one striking scene today was a bipartisan group of female senators and female members of congress who lined the steps of the capitol as her casket was carried to the hearse. after all of these honors for the past few days for justice ginsburg, she will ultimately be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. her husband, martin ginsburg, who preceded her in death, he s an army veteran. he s buried at arlington as well. she will be laid to rest alongside him. tomorrow, saturday at 5:00 p