The russian cyberattack target ingago dizzying number of government agencies, but it was not until today we heard the sitting president address it. Not only did he downplay it, but he shifted blame to china without a shred of evidence to back up the claim. And he added another wild theory into the mix that maybe Voting Machines were hacked too. That was the president today. Here was his secretary of state yesterday. This was a very significant effort, and i think its the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the russians that engaged in this activity. In a shock to no one, russian president Vladimir Putin denies being involved. We know donald trump wont call putin on the carpet for it, so here we are. Chris krebs, the former director of the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who we should note was fired by President Trump for defending the results of the election is pushing back against the president s claims, tweeting do not conflate Voting System security
Were waiting on the fda to give emergency approval to a second coronavirus vaccine. The Moderna Vaccine is expected to get the okay today. Great news, that is being tempered by some major distribution issues. Governors across the country, democrats and republicans alike, say they were told they will be receiving significantly fewer doses of the Pfizer Vaccine than they were initially promised. The white house is blaming pfizer for the shortages, while pfizer is blaming the white house. It says it has millions of doses ready to go, but has not received guidance from trumps team on where to send them. Former fda commissioner under donald trump scott got lean who now sits on the board of pfizer explained the problem to stephanie ruhle. Theyre holding back doses. In part they say they want to hold back a second dose for everyone who receives the first dose. The 25 million doses that the companys promised for december has largely been manufactured, and many more of the lots are released, re
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the chaplain, chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Almighty and powerful god. Our creator and defender, we call upon you this day to speak into the whirlwind of the life threatening storm surge and catastrophic winds that now bombard the florida peninsula and have left behind unfathomable destruction in cuba. As Hurricane Ian rages, those who are caught in its ravages are filled with dread. Their personal calamity is its own whirlwind around them. In their distress and anguish, they and we on their behalf pray to you for their safety and refuge. For you, alone, have the power with but a word to cause the tempest to still and the wind and waves to be hushed. So speak your word. Shine your light into the darkness of these days. And listen to these fervent prayers. Deliver the thousands of evacuees from their plight. Leave them to find shelter in you from all that threatens them this day.
Beach. Lets talk, for a moment, about the revenue you have seen over 2013. It turned out to be a rather challenging year . Yes, it was a challenging year. We saw a fairly sizable reduction in our mining business, which frankly surprised us a little bit. In 2013 to do a lot of things in our company. We are very proud of our team. Strengthening the Balance Sheet, the debt equity ratio today is the strongest it has been in 25 years. If you look at the fourth salesr, we actually saw drop 10 . 1. 7 billion dollars less in sales. Taken from what we had in 2012 compared to operated earnings, we were better. We are very happy about that. The quality of products has never been higher. The Safety Record in our plants and offices is good. There are things to celebrate. More than just the top line. I know that you did a lot of cross costcutting in 2013. Cut 400 million in spending. As we look ahead into this year, do you anticipate more cost cutting . Constant Cost Management mode around here. We