Been movement and supported and we will be taking will call the just like we did and our teams meeting. This did not change. [indiscernible] orthere any discussion motion regarding the approval of the minutes . Discussion on the approval of the minutes for october 15 . Will you please take a roll call vote . Taken]all vote four ayeir, you have votes. The second item on the agenda is the certification of the november 3, 2020 general election. Thank you, chair brad chop. Chair bradshaw. [indiscernible] all fourike to thank of you for your dedicated service to our stay. The staff recommendation is that you certify. You have before you the results of michigans election. More than 5. 5 million ballot, ars cast a record in our state. Two constitutional amendments. [indiscernible] dissipationng amidst a Global Pandemic is inspiring and voters should be commended for having their voices heard in november. State. Lf of our this is an effort that is unprecedented in scope and difficulty. Long be
We are doing this hearing both with some members present and some members remote. Remote. We also have two of our witnesses that will be remote. So we are its the first time weve been back for a full committee meeting, House Armed Services committee since the covid outbreak so i urge all of you participating and watching be patient as we work out the bugs and give everybody the chance to say what they need to say and run the committee in an orderly fashion. Before we start the basic rules and outline of how were doing the hearing. And i welcome those joining us remotely and those members are reminded they must be visible onscreen within the Software Platform, joining the establi established meeting and remaining a quorum and they must use the video platform during the proceeding unless they experience connectivity problem. If a person remotely have issues, the staff will help you get recorrected. Video of remotely, will be visible on television and the video feed. Members remotely will
Maryland and the move to walter reed is a precautionary measure and they expect the president to stay there for the nix fext few days working out of the offices in the facility they said the president had mild symptoms but larry kudlow described at 3 00 this afternoon the symptoms as moderate the white house has not said whether that is accelerating president recorded a video message and posted it on twitter. I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support im going to Walter Reed Hospital i think im doing very well. But were going to make sure that things work out the first lady is doing very well so thank you very much i appreciate it. I will never forget this thank you. A short time ago the president before boarding marine one. This afternoon the president s physician reported that he was fatigued but in good spirits and received a regeneron antibody cocktail but not yet through clinical trials. The white house reports that the president has not transferred power to the Vice Pre
Hopefully, legislation we can pass on a bipartisan basis. But prior to that working with us to try and accomplish something to start addressing this tremendous problem. The top line is down a little bit because i was projecting this out based on the most recent months. Based on mays number, the total number coming in as an unaccompanied child is just over 800,000 now its just over 700,000 one thing ive been pointing out, since 2017, these bars represent, currently 5 years, nine months, 1,086,000 people coming to the country being apprehended. Of that 822,000 weve returned a whopping 12,021 individuals. I know in your report you make the you talk about 15 having a clear asylum claim. So im pleased to have at the round table four individuals working on the Advisory Council. Ill read your names and pa bio do you want to start with karen . You have it all worked out. Again, take the time you need, but we have karen tandy. The reason we do this round table, its just a more free flow of info
Areas. Norah. Carter evans, thank you for all your reporting this weekend. Well, for a look at when the winter storm warnings will finally break, lets bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. Good evening, chris. Good evening, norah. More snow on the way for the west coast. In some of the Higher Elevations in california and oregon could see another two feet of snow. Meanwhile, in texas, firefighting efforts do remain under way from the ground and from the air. A lot of smoke coming from these massive wildfires that are burning. Mother nature providing some relief for those efforts. Winds are not as strong as they had been over the weekend and especially last week, expecting to stay relatively calm over the next couple of days while that Severe Weather threat is increasing in areas that had temperatures in the 60s and 70s today. But by tomorrow, norah, temperatures will be in the 30s and even 20s. Chris, thank you. In another Major Development today,