Preparedness response and communications will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on the state of First Responder communications. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I want to welcome all witnesses here this morning on an issue that is vital to our Homeland Security. The ability of our First Responders to communicate. As noted in the 2006 national interoperable baseline survey, there is a, quote, direct correlation between effective communications, interoperatedability and First Responders ability to save lives, end quote. In my hometown of new york city we know this all too well. Both the first both the office of Emergency Communications and First Responder Network Authority were established in the wake of the communication failures of 9 11 and later in hurricane katrina. We have made a great deal of progress since those fateful disasters. States and localities have invested billions of dollars in their Communications Networks, including
But i do want to say that its been one of the great honors of my life to have the opportunity to serve with a man of integrity and honor and decency and commitment to not only arizona, but the United States of america. I have seen jeff flake stand up for what he believes in knowing full well that there would be a political price to pay. I have seen him stand up for his family. Ive seen him stand up for his forebearers who were the early set he he early settlers of e state of arizona. There is a place called snowflake, arizona. Obviously the flake part comes from his direct predecessor. It is the flake families and families like them that came and worked and slaved and raised families and made arizona what it is. And it has never had a more deserving son than jeff flake and his beautiful wife cheryl and children. So i would just like to say, jeff, ive known you now for a number of years. I know you have served arizona and the country, and theres one thing that im absolutely sure of and
Intel officials have been telling us. At the former Vice President critics say that joe biden lied about the business dealings. Dividing campaign has yet to deny the authenticity of the emails. Several of them are real. Late night on thursday, the mistake for the Trump Campaign who focused on the hunter biden laptop stories because undecided voters may think its a distraction. The hunter biden story is important, it gets to the heart of the antiestablishment movement that put donald trump into office in the first lease. The story allegedly showing the president has a bank account in china, most of the media has no interest in the allegations regarding hunter. Welcome to fox news at night, im Shannon Bream in washington. Of lets get to the latest of the news. Good evening shannon, new and damaging allegations have come forward about hunter biden including some questions that are now being raised about whether or not the former Vice President talk to us on about his business dealings. It
The age of eighty five. Thank you for your company u. S. Senators who vote later on saturday where the controversial candidates judge brack cover no will join the Supreme Court on friday a number of possible swing senators made it clear that they would support the nomination two republicans Susan Collins and joe manchin confirmed their support making it likely that the vote to pass by at least two ballots unless there are some dramatic last minute changes meanwhile demonstrations against a possible appointment of coven all continue in washington. For more lets cross to washington where d. W. Stephens humans is standing by on capitol hill. So stephanie it looks like judge kevin was confirmation to the Supreme Court is all but assured. Yeah absolutely right it is it looks like that in a few hours we expect the vote to happen in the building right behind me and let me fill you in this is of course where congress is also Congress Building here robbie i mean let me fill you in though first