The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. The presiding officer madam president , last week the Judiciary Committee held its hearing on judge Amy Coney Barretts nomination and it was easy to see why judge barrett is held in such high regard by her colleagues, students, and peers and why the American Bar Association gave her its highest rating of well qualified. We knew well before the hearing that judge barrett possesses an extraordinary intelligence and comprehensive command of the law. After three days of testimony americans got to see her qualifications for themselves. They saw why she has been described as a jurist, a formidable intellect, a brilliant and conscientious lawyer and staggering academic mind. Even the democratRanking Member on the committee couldnt hide the fact that she was impressed. Judge barrett understands the proper role of a judge in our system of government. As judge barrett made clear, she understands the job of a judge is to interpret the law, not
Measures fail to emerge. On the monetary side, the bank of england, becomes the latest to cut rates treasury yields hovering around 80 basis points. Full Team Coverage of todays market plunge. Mike san tolly is with us and meg on the latest on the coronavirus. But well begin with breaking news out of washington major Bank Executives meet with the president today. Well get to wolf at the white house. Reporter the president and the Vice President and the treasury secretary currently hosting in the white house behind me the leaders of the major Financial Institutions of this country in attendance we have the leaders of jpmorgan, bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, wells fargo, black stone making it the type of gathering we havent seen since the peak of the financial crisis. Theyre all inside, as we speak. What will be on the agenda well, two main things. Number one, liquidity and the functioning of markets number two, lending to businesses that are most affected by the coronavirus.
Excellent panel and were start off with heather. Thank you so much. I think the arctic is the best place to talk about the intersection of climate stress and security. In many ways, the arctic is telling us, both polar regions are telling us theyre under the most stress as the arctic is warming two to three times faster than anyplace on the planet. In many ways, were now dealing with a very new ocean. In fact our former coast guard commandant called the arctic americas fourth coast. I thought that was a powerful way of thinking about it because Many Americans do not know the United States as an arctic nation to bring it home, this is homeland security. We now have a new coast that requires our protection. That is what in many ways the nexus between the rapid diminishment of the arctic polar ice cap is now creating new borders, new coasts to protect. Which is why we need enhanced coast guard presence. Certainly thats through the enhanced ice breaker component, what we call a polar secur
I am honored to be here because the secretary has been involved in the foundation for about 15 years now and it was hard for us when she became secretary of the army because she had to step off the board but now that shes no longer secretary of the r. Air force. Im going to say to introduce debbie and she will be formally introduced by allison of the National Press club, she has been a friend for many years and set the example when she was at scic she was leaving people and was president of the Technical Division of the Largest Division and she doesnt mince words. Shes always there and when she became secretary of the air force, i used to stay up at night watching cspan and she with a decisive leader. She always made decisions quickly and i look forward to being here today where i dont have to watch on tv but have had the opportunity to learn about her leadership style and shes been a role model the last decade. I would like to introduce Alison Fitzgerald kodjak who has been so kind to
Air force. Im going to say to introduce debbie and she will be formally introduced by allison of the National Press club, she has been a friend for many years and set the example when she was at scic she was leaving people and was president of the Technical Division of the Largest Division and she doesnt mince words. Shes always there and when she became secretary of the air force, i used to stay up at night watching cspan and she with a decisive leader. She always made decisions quickly and i look forward to being here today where i dont have to watch on tv but have had the opportunity to learn about her leadership style and shes been a role model the last decade. I would like to introduce Alison Fitzgerald kodjak who has been so kind to host us today for this book event. Thanks so much. Good morning everybody welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am a correspondent at npr news and president of the press club this year. For the cspan public radio audience