Fred good afternoon. im fred kempe, president and ceo of the Atlantic Council. Im delighted to welcome you all here at the Atlantic Council today on behalf of everyone at Atlantic Council, on behalf of people of pulled this together so its to you every thing were doing and initiative for the launch of this crucially important report, and you know, people standing at the podium say things crucially important. It really is. Hacking the election lessons from the defcon voting village. Here the Atlantic Council we operate under the Enduring Mission of working together to secure the future. This has meant seriously because the founders of Atlantic Council desecration, one of the people who helped found this was dean acheson wrote the book of the International Double order. We see that order is being under threat and we see one of the things exposed that most of the threat in the order we created is the advance and the protection and security of democracies. We believe a stable prosperous wo
Here. Im magnus. Im the director of the initiative here at the Atlantic Council. Its great to see such a big crowd in july for this event. I also want to add a special welcome to our guests who have travelled far to be here today. Michael mickleson whos the chairman. And christian, who is the under secretary for defense policy at estonias ministry of defense. As some of you may know, christian served previously here at the embassy in washington so its great to see him back in town. So im just going to say a few words before we let our experts and representatives loss. This is important and why were doing this here at the Atlantic Council. So this is clearly a summer of or a big summer of exercises in europe. Two major nato exercises just wrapped up in Northern Europe. And nato also just completed a big exercise off the coast of ice lan. In the very near future, the focus will shift to the black sea region where nato will conduct a number of exercises as well. This is obviously all in r
Coronavirus suggesting in a tweet just a little while ago that dr. Deborah birx, Coronavirus Task force coordinator is, quote, pathetic. While the president isnt explicit about what hes upset about here, you can assume the alarm dr. Birx raised on cnn yesterday is not something he wanted to hear. Lets listen to this. We are in a new phase, but i want to be very clear. What were seeing today is different from march and april. It is extraordinarily widespread. Its into the rural as equal urban areas, and to everybody who lives in a rural area you are not immune for protected from this virus. And it also appears now that dr. Birx is now not immune from the president s attacks. When speaking the truth about where the country is right now in fighting this virus, well over 4. 6 million cases in the country, more than is 55,000 deaths, more than any other country in the world, but apparently now speaking the truth is pathetic. And that isnt the end of where the president and dr. Birx actually
Reckoning is looming. An article of impeachment is expected monday unless the president resigns, of course. Even some republicans say he went too far. I have to say i do think the president s behavior this week does disqualify him from serving, but weve got ten days left, 11 days left. He is not going to be serving after that time. One of the things that im concerned about frankly is whether the house would completely politicize something. I do think the president committed impeachable offenses but i dont know what is going to land on the senate floor, if anything. Now, the lives of Vice President pence, his family and u. S. Lawmakers were imperiled by wednesdays riot. Sources telling cnn the president and pence havent spoken since that day. Extraordinary. Weve also learned that pence will attend joe bidens inauguration and he has also reserved the right to invoke the 25th amendment as a last resort. Five people died in the carnage including a Capitol Hill Police officer yet the white
It is just a matter of days donald trump could be impeached for the second time as the magnitude of the deadly riot he incited comes into sharper focus. A political reckoning now looming. An article of impeachment could come as soon as monday, unless the president resigns, of course. Even some republicans say he went too far. I have to say, i do think the president s behavior this week does disqualify him from serving. But weve got ten days left, 11 days left. He is not going to be serving after that time. One of the things im concerned about, frankly, is whether the house would completely politic sigh something. I do think the president committed impeachable offenses, but i dont know what is going to land on the senate floor, if anything. The lives of Vice President pence, his family, and u. S. Lawmakers were imperiled by wednesdays riot. Sources told cnn the president and pence havent spoken since that day. Extraordinary. Weve also learned that pence will attend joe bidens inaugurati