attacks on u.s. citizens are unacceptable. we think our mexican and u.s. law enforcement efforts to find these innocent victims, the task force is to ensure justice is done. do you know how many people currently working going about their lives will lose their jobs some. inflation is extremely high and it is hurting the working people of this country badly. he is constantly pointing to china as a critical competitor to the u.s. why w we need a more comprehensive approach to mitigate these threats. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, march 8. 9 3:00 a.m. in eastern texas and matamoros where authorities are working to learn more about the deaths of two of the four americans kidnapped last week. all four were found tuesday. a man is in custody in connection with the kidnappings, but officials vice president said if he is tied to a criminal group. the white house condemned the kidnappings. attacks on u.
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. we are following breaking news at this hour. the president declaring moments ago that he ordered the pentagon to shoot down the chinese spy balloon as soon as possible. the u.s. is in a recovery effort after a u.s. fighter jet launched a precision strike on the chinese spy balloon. it came after days of watching it float from montana, to missouri to the carolinas. here is another video of that strike. this is a tense moment in u.s./china relations. the world will be watching in the hours and days ahead. let s get straight to cnn s oren liebermann at the pentagon. oren, what more are you learning? i understand you were listening to officials explain how all of this went down. what can you tell us? it started on wednesday when president joe biden gave the authorization to shoot down the chinese balloo n as soon as possible. there were tankers and others to shoot this down. it was an f-22 that fired an a 9 side wind er. the ai
Congressman Mike Gallagher spoke about cybersecurity and its role in National Defense. During a discussion hosted by the foundation for defense of democracies. This is 45 minutes. Our cyberprofessionals have helped our allies and partners uncover and defeat cyberthreats in their networks, including they have helped other partners respond to or recover from attacks by iran. And they have defended against attacks. The cyberthreats to our country may be outpacing the growth in our nations cyber capabilities. Er as a result, the margin of safety for americans may be narrowing. So whats to be done . Our panelists today have an answer in a new monograph titled United States cyberforce, a defense imperative. They argue that the United States should create a new independent armed service, a u. S. Cyberforce, alongside the navy, air force marks are incorps and spaceforce marine corps and space force. They say the status quo creates an inefficient division of labor and prevents the generation of
The 14th annual billingtons cybersecurity summit in washington d. C. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] good morning and welcome to the 14th annual billington summit. With the performance of her National Anthem please welcome to the stage oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hail at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight or the ramparts we watched were soaked gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that starspangled banner yet wave or the land of the free and the home of the brave please welcome emcees for the 14th annual billington cybersecurity summit billington cybersecurity chief of staff and director of finance. Thank you. Thank you for that beautiful rendition of our National Anthem. Lets give her another round of applause. [applause] good afternoon and welcome it. We are thri
Congress had eight months of recessed hundreds of military officers were denied their promotions. Hundreds of military families were played as political ponds. Our National Security was undermined. All because one center disagrees with the legal healthcare policy. For more than six months the Senior Center from alabama has blocked every senior military promotion. Now totaling nearly 300 officers. His bid to extort the pentagon to overturn the Reproductive Health care policies, the center claims he is not harming military readiness. But he is dangerously wrong. The secretary of defense and every member of the joint chiefs ofy y staff condemns his whole describes the damage he has inflicting upon u. S. Military leadership. Several retired secretaries of defense both republican andie democratic have condemned the centers actions and urged him to drop his hold. Just yesterday the secretaries of the army, namely, air force rebuked the alabama senator on the damage he is causing to our milit