central command and i have about 10 years of experience in the organization.we've always seen an organization with pakistan as critical. whether at the political level, there's-- up and down we always try to keep the military channel open. there are good reasons to do that, to prevent fratercide and key work to keep that open. >> and one last question, it seems outside of your area of authority, venezuela, but deals with centcom, uae. we do a lot with uae. uae and russia, and-- have you ever asked them about their interaction with maduro in venezuela? >> senator, i have not. >> i appreciate it, thank you. >> thank you, mr. chair and general mckenzie thank you so much for your service to our nation and i echo the thoughts and prayers from the rest of my colleagues on the losses that we've had in the recent weeks. so please extend that to those families, if you would, i remember is. i do take very seriously congress's role in authorizing the use of military force and we have to ensure that our troops have the correct authorities to do the missions that we ask th

central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. we are also in the process of bringing air defense systems ballistic missile defense systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against about another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the united states and the islamic republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u.s. central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal ballistic missiles despite international condemnation around remains the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism now it's important to note that the iraqi parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa maintains a military presence in iraq now iran has other priorities than conducting a war games with the united states let's remember that iran has been pretty hard hit by coronavirus now it's also interesting that the pentagon refers to iran as the greatest source of terrorism in the middle east whe

military's central command has defended the strike saying that targeted iranian backed fighters. the u.s. says the strikes were a spawns 2 rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on wednesday 2 american and a british soldier died 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of reaction in response to these 2. from a wide range of political and military institution condemning them as violation of iraq's sovereignty of course is that in very stark contrast to what we've heard come out of the pentagon today where general kind of mckinsey called these strikes a success that 5 members from the army and police were killed in these strikes these are security forces that used to partner with american troops in their fight against isis of course this is unintended and something that has been raised military actors hearing about and also had a condemnation from the president's office who have used the casualties used as example of these strikes that have resulted in the deaths of 6 people to call for further action against u.s. troops who are present here so the backlash from iraq is qu

central command telling us the opposite take a listen. this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal ballistic missiles despite international condemnation iran remains the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism and now iran has other priorities than conducting a war games with the united states let's remember that iran has been pretty hard hit by coronavirus now it's also interesting that the pentagon refers to iran as the greatest source of terrorism in the middle east when just sunday we saw it 2 u.s. military personnel killed at the hands of the ice ill terrorists these are the 1st u.s. military personnel killed by ice will sense trouble declared the group had been totally defeated take a listen to the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory we're doing a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated eyes as we have won a good study says we've beaten them and we've beaten him badly the isis caliphate. has been decimated in another short period of time like ho

central command. as theo serving commander of central command, he commanded the special operations command. ,n addition to his current role he is also distinguished fellow and national security at the middle east institute. are happy to welcome them. he will talk about a theme that has come up throughout the discussion this morning, which we are all aware of that weren't sure what to think about. in 30 minutes, we will know exactly what to think about it. introduce him.to [applause] it's great to be here. thank you for your flexibility in scheduling. this little light, i gave a speech in new york couple of weeks ago as part of my responsibilities. i gave them one of these new york clubs, very dark and heavily paneled rooms. i was speaking from a podium. i asked my staff to make sure there is a light. good, but it's dark. i need a little bit of light on that. staff,anslated to my candlelight for this guy. -- get a light for this guy. i will report back to them that you did well. thank you very much. wel

central command and he prior to serving as the commander of central command he commanded the u.s. special operations command and the special joint operations command in addition to his current role as the executives for national security he is also a distinguished senior fellow in national security at the middle eastern institute and we have the president of the middle east institute here. he has got to talk about the theme that has come up through other discussions this morning, which we are all aware of but weren't exactly sure what to think about and i think a moment about 30 minutes we will know exactly what to think about it, about how we should think about great power competition in the gulf so. i'm delighted to introduce general joseph votel. he sent to this >> thank you so much it's great to be on the job. thanks for the rotation here. thanks for your flexibility in scheduling. i give a speech up in new york a couple of weeks ago as part of my responsibilities with business executives for national security and i gave one of these typical new york clubs out there a in a ver

central command and prior to serving as commander of central command he commanded the u.s.pecial operations command and the joint special operations command and in addition to his current role at the visit executive financial security he's also a distinguished senior fellow national security at the middle east institute and unwelcome credit -- [inaudible] he will talk about a theme that has come up throughout the discussion this morning which we are all aware of but weren't exactly sure what to think about and i think in 30 minutes we will know exactly what to think about it. about how we should think about power competition in the gulf. i'm delighted to introduce general joseph votel. [applause] >> thanks very much. thank you for the invitation to be here and for your flexibility in scheduling. i'm kind of smiled because this little light, i gave a speech up in new york a couple weeks ago as part of my response abilities and business executives from national security and i gave one of these typical new york clubs of they are, very dark and heavily paneled room and i was sp

central command. he prior to serving as the commander of central command, he commanded the u.s. special operations command. he's also a distinguished senior fellow at the middle east institute. i'm happen foi welcome paul salem here. he is going to talk about a theme that has come up throughout the discussion this morning which we're all aware of but weren't sure of what to think of. i think in about 30 minutes we'll know exactly what to think about it. about how we should think about great power, competition in the gulf. so i'm delighted to introduce general joseph votel. [ applause ] >> thanks very much. it's great to be here, john. thanks for the invitation to be here. thanks for your flexibility in scheduling. i kind of smiled when i came up here. this little light -- i gave a speech up in new york a couple weeks ago as part of my responsibilities with business executives for national security. i gave one of these typical new york clubs up there. very dark and heavily panelled room. i was speaking from a podium and i asked my staff, please make sure there's a light there. be

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central command is telling cnn the two servicemembers and one coalition servicemember were killed in that attack. cnn is reporting there is reason to believe iranian backed fighters or iran's revolutionary guard were behind that attack. 12 others were also wounded in that attack. that is the latest from the live news desk. >>> in southern california and investigation is underway into the mysterious death of a woman who is also the mother of floyd mayweather's three children. 40-year-old josie harris was found unresponsive at her home in the lynch up. she was pronounced dead at the scene. the cause of death is under investigation. in 20 twin mayweather was convicted of attacking her in served two months for the domestic violence incident. a sanity trial began in alameda county after john lee cowell was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2018 killing at a bart station. >>> he is now facing life in prison. he could serve his sentence at a mental health institution. he was found guilty yesterday a stabbing wilson to death at the macarthur bart station in oakland. wilson sister survi

equipped with microphones so that the medical staff and i could communicate with cdc officials with central command down the hall. the room had last been used for the ebola outbreak in 2014. despite the intense measures to guard his health goldman says he doesn't feel all that sick, writing "if i were at home with similar symptoms i probably would have gone to work as usual." >> over 80% of confirmed cases of coronavirus were mild. but again, that's not to say that some people will not have a more severe course. and that's not to say unfortunately that some people won't die from this. >> reporter: fellow cruise ship passengers melanie and john herring have also been divided by quarantine. >> and i have 36.7. >> reporter: we first started skie skyping with the retired couple when they were still on the diamond princess cruise ship. >> this is our first time outside in the sun. and it's beautiful. >> today's day 6. and we're almost over the hump. >> reporter: but then john tested positive and was moved to a hospital in japan. melanie was evacuated to travis air force base and has been quarntded for t

central command, ucom and indopacom. the last piece is with respect to the protective gear and test kits being distributed. we are pushing that forward going to the peninsula of korea. reporter: secretary esper, what will the u.s. do if turkey invokes article 5 in syria? general milley, were russian warplanes part of the - secretary esper: turkey is engaged in combat operations over there and we'll take it one step at a time. i had a brief conversation with secretary general stoltenberg. we take this one step at a time so we're prepared for what may happen. general milley: we don't have clear unambiguous intelligence exactly who was flying what plane. point one. point two, i called my counterparts in turkey in russia and urged de-escalation as quick as possible. reporter: did they close it to greece -- what are you calling n turkey to do? general milley: with respect to whom? reporter: with regards to the border with syria and the people, 900,000 who want to cross into safety, do you think they should open their border t

central command, southern command from 20 of six to 2009, and of course as the nato allied supreme commander. he earned his phd and masters of arts from the fletcher school of law and diplomacy which he subsequently went on to leave after his retirement from the navy. admiral james stavridis is the author of ten books but also in operating executive with the carlyle group which most americans know as the preeminent venture capitalist funding the united states and to chair the boards of the councils at the associate and is among the most treasured guests i have on my radio show and i'm leading a can aim to get him on the board of at least one or hopefully three of the tech companies so google, facebook and amazon bring to the prescription someone knowledgeable about all these things so from his 37 i'd also like to point out he spent 11 of those years of outside so that is quite a recommendation. please join me in welcoming jmiral james stavridis. [applause] >> what we are going to do tonight is a little different from the audience here and watching on c-span. i'm going to ask a few questions

central command in tampa, seller has tested positive for the coronavirus after returning home from the middle east. at the pentagon, lucas tomlinson, fox news. >>> public transit agencies are changing their schedules this weekend due to a significant dip in ridership. all we can ferry service has been scheduled as a way to stop people from getting infected with coronavirus. ferry service has been temporarily canceled to richmond, harbor bay and alameda and south san francisco through the week. these changes will remain in effect through at least the next two weeks. in the north bay, trains are not running on weekends, while ridership is down, smart says there will still be service on weekdays, as many people rely on that to go to grocery stores and see doctors. the soonest we can service could resume is saturday, april 11, and most bay area bridges are temporarily cash free with no toll takers in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. caltrans, there is no change for fast-track use of the people without fasttrack are excited to drive past the toll plaza without stopping to pay. tho

central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran we're also in the process of bringing their defense systems ballistic missile defense systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against up another potential iranian attack. now for more on this we cross live to our to scale up and so more american military kit in the middle east what's prompted this indeed well many believe the tensions between the united states and the islamic republic of iran had actually cooled down but now we are hearing the opposite take a listen. this is no easy task iran is persistent and it's growing at source will boost missiles despite international condemnation iran remains the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism now iran certainly has plenty on its plate right now with the coronavirus on the issue of having an arms race with the united states may not be iran's top priority now it's a little bizarre that the pentagon is citing iran as the primary source of terrorism when on sunday we just saw the death of 2 u.s. troops 2 u.s. military pers

the new trains coming on-line will have the ability to receive communications from central command or elsewhere while deployed in the system. in other words, if we have to make a system announcement, which we will, it will not only go to the stations, but it will go to the new trains if central commands so chooses. is that true? >> it's two different communication sources, but yes, we will have the ability to make centralized announcements. >> chairman heinicke: okay. if there are no further questions, can i have a motion -- >> caller: i have a question. >> chairman heinicke: director rubke. >> caller: thank you. just following up on the funding plan. there's two different places that reference the iraf funding, and i'm just wondering in two different places, it's referencing at sscf eraf, and then another, it's sfmta eraf. can you just articulate the difference? >> we would be happy to follow up, but i believe those are two different fiscal years with different allocation. >> chairman heinicke: very good. okay. any other directors with questions? if not, i'll entertain a motion on it

central command has suggested the attack was carried out by an iranian backed group similar attack in december led to a tit for tat escalation culminating in the assassination of the iranian general qassam sulaimani the u.n. special envoy for yemen has warned the security council that military escalation in risks triggering conflict in other areas martin griffith says it may kick off a new and irresponsible cycle of violence in the country the most alarming military escalation that's taking place in our job of government to the east of santa i'm deeply concerned about the rationale driving these escalations and of course the impact of the violence on our jobs people thousands of families are being displaced by the recent fighting and this escalation could trigger conflicts in other governorates and dragged yemen downwards into a new and irresponsible cycle of violence this would have devastating humanitarian consequences and also political consequences the united nations high commissioner for refugees has pledged $40000000.00 for operations and soon don country has a longstanding trad

military's central command has defended the strike saying they targeted iranian backed fighters. the u.s. says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on wednesday 2 american and a british soldier died off and 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdad so manifold and reports from baghdad that there are calls for more action against the u.s. and u.k. for the attack. well there has been a flurry of reaction in response to these strikes from a wide range of political and military institution condemning them as violation of iraq's sovereignty of course this stance in very stark contrast to what we've heard come out of the pentagon today where general kind of mackenzie's call these strikes a success strikes against positions of the iranian backed groups that would help keep calling the troops safe that would help deter their ability to conduct future air strikes we've heard condemnations come from the joint operations command here in iraq which governs all military activity and what is particularly infuriated them is the fact that 5 m

central command suggested the attack was carried out by an iran backed group some on a full team is in baghdad as she's reporting several different locations across the country have been hit by the strikes. we understand it several positions were hit across iraq at around 1 am local time including areas in just a sucker south of baghdad which is considered a stronghold of the iranian backed popular mobilisation force we also understand the positions were hit in the southern city of quetta balla the airport as well as in bobby long now what appears to have happened is that the u.s. targeted primarily weapons depots drones and facilities of the popular mobilization of forces including groups from qatar of his ball of which is one of the cords that is very close to iran in which the u.s. accused of conducting the strikes against the base entirely which resulted in the killing of 2 u.s. personnel as well as a u.k. soldier stationed there we also understand that another group the typesetter had i was parted as well as another group as idaho had these are groups that are generally referred t

and in central command you're looking at about 70,000 troops currently. there's an adequate rament of force in central command to maintain detense. if that breaks down we'll analyze the situation and do whatever is required to achieve whatever national security objectives are necessary relative to iran. and i'd rather get back to you classified on that. >> i'll pursue that with you in a classified setting. my lastquestion, chairman, your comment about the relative balance of sitcom and paycom. >> again, it depends. if you think you are closer war with korea or china, then you are probably not. so it depends on what the situation is and paycom at the moment in time. we'll do whatever that's required to achieve national security. if something were to happen very skan significantly more than what's current in the middle east. secretary of defense for the right amount of forces. >> thank you mr. secretary. >> on behalf of mr. chairman, i will recognize senator peters. >> thank you, gentlemen for your testimonies today. secretary esper, i would like to discuss

central command has suggested the attack was carried out by an iranian backed group sort of alton joins us live from baghdad so what do we what do we know what's the latest. well we understand that several iranian backed armed groups were targeted in these latest strikes across several positions in iraq including her father son her in the south of baghdad as well as babylon carol and other locations the groups that were targeted include kotite hezbollah which is one of the groups that has been blamed for the latest attack on the taj a military base which resulted in the killing of 2 u.s. service members as well as a u.k. soldier there are also other groups that were targeted including a cyber hug and because i've said assured all of these groups are officially part of the popular mobilization forces forces which is incorporated into the state security forces but they are also referred to as the islamic resistance as groups that are very close ties to iran and that have in the past had a hostile stance towards u.s. presence here now it seems that the objective of these strikes was primar

in the defense of the nation the equivalent would be the head of central command in charge of our operations in the middle east and south asia. >> this assassination took place obviously in iraq. george, could you just reflect for a bit about looking back they came out with 2005. you look back today 15 years. >> certainly not for the united states. it is a failure for us. for iraqis it is harder to say because they are in the middle of the street. we broke them out of prison. that created chaos because we had no plan of making sure with a loa followed was something ane would want to live in. the first take there was a lot of truth to that. they have the most influence in that country by far and look who's in power into his prime minister once parliament, look at how quickly they can get a million people into the streets to denounce u.s. troops after the killing of an iranian. >> they lost the conviction when it came to the united states. >> the political class knows that they need the united states as well as iran and they've been caught between these two conflicting countries and trying to

we don't operate like china where everything is command central. that is why they have the problem they have. we are very independent society. they are very dependent. our citizens don't turn to washington for their answers, they turned to themselves, their communities, but they need some leadership and ours needs to be based on realistic data to and improve the situation. guest,his is our republican congressman joining us until the bottom of the hour this morning. a former small business that hit of the war getting into public business executive before getting into public service. a special line for small business owners with them being the focus of some of the relief we are talking about, (202) 748-8002 --(202) 748-8003 is the number for small business owners. roger, republican, good morning. caller: can you hear me? guest: yes, we can. i used to be a republican. , hee the homophone come in has destroy the republican party. i don't know what we have now. when donald trump put the ban in, that was fine. it was a few weeks, that's ok. but who are t

central command suggested the attack was carried out by an iranian backed group. the chinese journalists association has denounced what it calls u.s. oppression against chinese media workers it follows washington's decision to reduce the number of journalists allowed to work at the chinese media outlets in america beijing has vowed to retaliate is there a clock. it was china's decision to expel 3 wall street journal reporters the triggered a media brawl with the united states the chinese communist party said the expulsion was retaliation for a journal headline that labeled china as the real sick man of asia their borders it also worked on topics considered sensitive by chinese officials and their visas were revoked as a result. china will not be a silent tween salts in smearing and in addition the newspaper defended themselves with you know pendants of opinion from news stories they are being reasonable and shared their responsibilities the explosion came after the united states announced it would change china's state news media outlets operating in america as of

central command has suggested it jack was carried out by an iranian backed militia group a similar attack in december led to a tit for tat escalation culminating in the assassination of iranian general course on sunday money at least 40 people have been killed in fighting between armed groups in the central african republic in the past 2 days it's been take place in delhi and most of that is civilians the violence involved members of the popular front for the renascence of central africa and the movement of central african liberators for justice they also set fire to buildings housing people displaced by the fighting australia's high court has delayed its final verdict on whether to overturn a senior roman catholic cardinals conviction for sex abuse 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne george pell is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. he's the highest ranking catholic official ever to be convicted of child sex crimes . gage was outside the court in cambra she says a decision might not be known for months. all of the arguments today have really b

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central command suggested the attack was carried out by an iranian backed group here is similar to fold seen in baghdad some of the ideas reactions coming out of iraq. well there has been the widespread condemnation of last night's strikes at several different positions in southern iraq belonging to the popular mobilisation forces we understand from the statement from the military death 6 people were killed in the strikes including 3 members of the iraqi army 2 members of the police and one civilian what is noteworthy here is that no members from the popular mobilization forces and specifically. the group that the u.s. blamed for the latest attack on its personnel have been killed in these strikes so this is certainly not the outcome that the united states would have expected from these strikes and it's also unclear how exactly these presumably unintended fatalities could have happened in what secretary of defense mike esper called precipitation strikes now usually what happens in iraq is that you find several different security forces colocated so in one particular military base you ma

year career in extraordinary tv stations along the way including as combatant commander of us central command from 2006-2009 and nato allied supreme commander. he earned his phd in masters of arts and law from fletcher school of law and diplomacy and cynically went on to retirement from the navy. james stavridis is the author of 10 books but is on operating executive with the carlyle group which most americans know as the preeminent venture capitalist fund in the united states, shares awards of the council that the mccarty associates, among the most treasured guests i have on my radio show and i'm leading a campaign to get james stavridis on the board of at least one of the big tech companies so that facebook and amazon from their perspective and discussions, a view to the national security of the united states from someone knowledgeable about all these things. for his 37 years. [applause] >> i like to point out he spent 11 of those years out of sight of land. that's quite a recommendation. please join me in welcoming admiral james stavridis. [applause] >> what we are going to do tonight is a