Subcommittee. This is just over an hour. Chair norcross good morning. If the member is experiencing technical difficulties, they should contact staff for assistance. I would like to turn to my opening remarks. We believe we have until 11 00 or maybe quarter of, but we will stretch that as far as we can and we appreciate you working with us. First of all, i would like to welcome the principal civilian deputy secretary of the navy. And the commanding general for marine combat corps command. Thank you for being with us today. I look forward to this discussion. It is important we acknowledge the context of this years marine corps modernization budget requested three years ago budget request. Three years ago, there was an orientation to better align the marine corps with challenges posed by today and tomorrow. Certainly anybody who is reading any defense news, there is plenty to be said about that. Over these three years, congress has found the marine corps modernization strategy has been s
Individuals hail from virtually every denomination of faith, christian or buddhist who suffer horrifically because of their faith. Met with a great buddhist leader who has been relegated to his pagoda, he cant step one foot outside of that pagoda without the secret police rushing in. He told me if he took one step out with me to say goodbye, there would be an onslaught of these bully boys who would push and shove and worse mistreat him. A great democratic activist who was being mistreated a only one of many. Not just the religious leaders in particular or individuals who are victimized by the government. Entire communities are also targeted by the regime. One testified at our april 11 meeting and told my subcommittee. Bout the brutality experienced individuals have been beaten to a pulp. Some have died and they have confiscated their property. April 11 meeting, we heard of a sister of a vietnamese woman who was forced to work in a brothel. To liberate those women, it was the embassy in
And the president who got bored of the virus and decided to sacrifice Public Health for the sake of the economy and his reelection may not end up succeeding with any of it. In arizona where theyre experiencing one of the worst surges in the country, a Record Number of patients were hospitalized yesterday and cases continue to climb with 20 testing positive. Governor ducey announcing today the state is on pause and admitting the worst is yet to come. This is arizonas first wave, and this will not be our last wave. We expect that our numbers will be worse next week and the week following in terms of cases and hospitalizations. The largest hospital in texas reached 100 capacity in its intensive care unit today. As the state hit a new record high of nearly 6,000 cases. California set backtoback records today for the most daily new cases of covid and hospital zbiegss are surging there as well, up 32 over the last 14 days. Florida recorded more than 5,000 new cases today for the second day i
The president has a fouryear term. Scientists tell us that there are approximately ten months left in his term. Ill speak with senator al franken about the unprecedented obstruction. And, senator harry reid unloads on his republican counterparts. When trump calls immigrants rapists and murders, he is doing what he learned from generations of conservatives. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. At the highest levels of the conservative movement and Republican Party, there is now a plan coming together to stop donald trump from taking the republican president ial nomination by whatever means necessary. This morning, a, quote, Secretive Group of republican operatives and conservative leaders convened for more than three hours to discuss ways to unit the right against donald trump. The Washington Post reported strategist affiliated with the antitrump group told msnbc the group is focussed on preventing trump from getting the 1237 delegates he needs to wi
Obstruction. And, senator harry reid unloads on his republican counterparts. When trump calls immigrants rapists and murders, he is doing what he learned from generations of conservatives. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. At the highest levels of the conservative movement and Republican Party, there is now a plan coming together to stop donald trump from taking the republican president ial nomination by whatever means necessary. This morning, a, quote, Secretive Group of republican operatives and conservative leaders convened for more than three hours to discuss ways to unit the right against donald trump. The Washington Post reported strategist affiliated with the antitrump group told msnbc the group is focussed on preventing trump from getting the 1237 delegates he needs to win the nomination outright. Seeking to rally around an alternative who can beat trump at the convention, including potentially someone who has already dropped out of the r