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Meanwhile Federal Reserve not even thinking about raising rates now. Fed chair jay powell saying the current economic down torn is the most severe in our lifetime. Warning containing covid is essential to protecting our health and the economy. Big tech in focus all reporting today, their earnings after the bell, ceos grilled on capitol hill yesterday about anticonservative bias, Business Practices, privacy and china. Highlights from the fiery hearing coming up. Markets this morning pointing to s...

Next, Defense Department officials testified at a House Oversight hearing on the f 35 joint star fighter jet program. They were asked about maintenance issues and concerns that prime contractor Lockheed Martin provided defective spare parts and Outdated Technology systems for the aircraft. And generalsident manager of the f35 program at Lockheed Martin corporation also joined the hearing remotely to answer questions from lawmakers. The committee will come to order. Like to all, i would congratul...

Heard from victims advocates on changing how Sexual Assault are reported in the military. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. This is military personnel subcommittee. I am the chair jackie is my name. Today we are going to have a hearing entitled , me to moment. An examination of Sexual Harassment and perceived retaliation in the department of the defense and at fort hood. Hearing will now come to order. We are here to discuss a pernicious military culture. That time and time again the reports ex...

Today. Member granger and all subcommittee members participating via video. I want to offer a brief explanation of how this will work. Configuredm has been for the appropriate social distancing. Some members have opted to use teleconferencing, which allows them to participate mostly. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight is delay. Speaking into the microphone activates the camera. If you dop ui remarks not immediately see the screen switch. If it does not change after several seconds, ...

Symbols of suppression. White supremacy, racism ngs and other toxic beliefs exist in our ranks impacting how black soldiers advance, their assignments, career fields, and how they are treated and assessed. Africanamericans comprise just a single digit percentage of Fighter Pilots and navigators, only 5 of army green berets, 2 of navy seals, and only 0. 6 of the air forces rescue jumpers are black. Structural racism still exists in our military formations. 43 of Minority Service members report th...

U. S. Troops and the debate against military bases named after confederate soldiers. Chairman smith i call the meeting to order. I welcome our witnesses, secretary of defense esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley. We appreciate you being here today. I do have to read an Opening Statement here about procedure in light of the fact that we do have members who are participating remotely in his in this hearing, in accordance with house rules. So i will do that and then a couple other...

Heard from victims advocates on changing how Sexual Assault are reported in the military. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. This is military personnel subcommittee. I am the chair jackie is my name. Today we are going to have a hearing entitled , me to moment. An examination of Sexual Harassment and perceived retaliation in the department of the defense and at fort hood. Hearing will now come to order. We are here to discuss a pernicious military culture. That time and time again the reports ex...

All the orders. Hes one of the most divisive figures in american Politics Today to some hes washingtons most famous warmonger to others a fearless defender of u. S. Interests john boltons decades of conservative Foreign Policy have influenced the position and actions of the United States in conflicts worldwide. From iraq to iran syria and north korea to mention just a few. Ever since 1st serving on the president Ronald Reagan the administration back in the 1980 s. Bolten built a career as a soli...

See the sun is battling us from the east while the clouds try to move in from the west. It is about 53 fledegrees in sa francisco. Today will be a lot like yesterday temperaturewise, what you will notice, the high clouds will be rolling in, but still plenty sunny and you will still need to wear the sunscreen if you will be out for any extended period of time. Large summer spread from 60 at the coast to low to mid90s inland. Well talk more about the hot weekend coming up. The increase in coronavi...

Benefits of having a big civilization with lots of interactions, lots of people meeting people, doing business on the creating culture, all the things that make coronavirus really dangerous. Host salim furth on with us to talk about the effect of coronavirus on cities and urban areas across the country. A common headline we are seeing in fact, this morning in the hill, americans leave large cities for suburban areas and rural towns. It is early. Is data in to support that, and is there any idea ...