Spee5 the hearing of the Readiness Forces subcommittee of house and Armed Services committee come to order to honor the 17 sailors lost in the uss fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, hernandez, martin, rigby, and the ten uss mccain sailors, bushnell, drake, echoes, thinly, hoagland, ingram, lopez, smith, palmer and each one is so special and i know every person here. Over the course of the past six months the subcommittee has met to understand the factors that led to the gruesome and tragic incidents with the surface ship resulting in the death of 17 sailors. We remain confident in the is the most powerful in the world. But it is not alone in the responsibility as the secretary mentioned in august it is in unpredictability that makes us rigid we cannot deal with new and revealing threats. We know enemies are not standing still. Passing another temporary measure compounds the negative impacts for the military some of those are highlighted by the certification gaps necessitated by increased operatio
Development worker warren weinstein, who was kidnapped by al qaeda in 2011. And 39yearold Italian Development worker giovanni lo porto, who was kidnapped al qaeda in 2012. This week we learned that both men were accidentally killed in a c. I. A. Dren strike in january. Heres how it happened. The c. I. A. Spotted an al qaeda safe house in pakistan and closely monitored it. Judging senior Al Qaeda Leaders to be present, the c. I. A. Attacked. And while the drone killed a number of al qaeda terrorists, including an al qaeda leader and an american fighter for the group, mr. Weinstein and mr. Lo porto were later found to have been hidden in the building. Al qaeda had made sure the hostages couldnt be seen by u. S. Surveillance efforts. President obama apologized for the loss of life. President obama as president and as commanderinchief, i take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations, including the one that inadvertently took the lives of warren and giovanni. I profoundly
Rapid tests which can be completed in half an hour. We have Fox Team Coverage on the latest u. S. And international response. We begin with Steve Harrigan reporting live from cdc headquarters in atlanta. Steve . Jon, the cdc has added six symptoms for the coronavirus to its original three, now making a total of nine. The original three symptoms were fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Now, the cdc has added chills, shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and loss of taste or smell. Meantime, abbott labs now says it has shipped more than 1 million coronavirus tests across the u. S. To all 50 states. Most of those tests of course going to hot spots. This is a test that can give you a positive result in just five minutes. Abbott also says they will be turning out 2 million of those tests a month, come june. And finally, Governor Cuomo in new york said that private pharmacies are now authorized to serve as collection points we have boosted the lab capacity to an extent
But we begin with Mark Meredith. He has the latest from the white house. Mark . Jon, the white house says more help is on the way to Small Businesses now struggling to survive. As you mentioned, we saw the images from friday as President Trump signed into law the stimulus bill passed this week to replenish funds for the paycheck protection program. This was considered an emergency measure after the original funds were depleted very quickly. The bill is broken down a little bit more than just the paycheck protection program, offering 310 billion for that as well as 60 billion for disaster loans, 75 billion for hospitals and 25 billion for testing. White house Officials Say they are open to pouring more money in if needed. I think that given the popularity of the program, both with the american people, and with everybody on the hill, that if we run out of money in that program, i would expect it would be relatively easy to get more money into it. Meantime, up on capitol hill, there is al
Facing a lot of backlash including from the president himself for reopening parts of his state. Steve harrigan in atlanta one of the cities with open businesses outside of the c. D. C. Steve. This has been a controversial decision, people on both sides. Bowling alleys, barber shops, nonessential businesses opening up, well see more on monday with movie theaters and restaurants and the governor saying a couple of factors motivate that decision. For one he said there was decline in confirmed cases of the virus here in georgia and says that the economy is getting crushed. Onefifth of georgians and theyre glad to have a chance to earn a living. Wooer a he going out to grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations, why shouldnt our business be allowed to try and adapt and survive. The criticism has been intense, even right here in atlanta with the c. D. C. Criticizing the move. The mayor of atlanta, also, and as you mentioned, President Trump saying georgia is just going too fast. Georgia has mo