and as you know mda has an incredibly important mission. we develop and deploy missile defenses to protect the homeland and protect our deployed forces and allies all over the world from the threat of missile attack. i'm incredibly proud of that mission. it is a noble mission and i'm proud of the men and women of mda that make this possible. i would like to turn it over to miss michelle atkinson who is director for operations. who can run you through the budget request. >> thank you, admiral. good afternoon. i appreciate the opportunity to brief you today on the missile defense agencies fiscal year 20 budget request. our budget request is consistent with the president's commitment to expand and improve our missile defense capability while at the same time recognizing we must be able to address tomorrow's threats which continue to expand and advance. next chart. in fy20, mda will continue to expand the deployed forces, allies, and international partners against increasingly missile defense. next chart. mda's priorities for missile defense ar

mda's priorities for missile dense are nested within the national defense strategy priorities and are as follows, first, we must continue to focus on increasing system reliability to build war fighter confidence. we need to increase engagement capability and capacity and also rapidly address the advancing missile threats. our budget request maintains operational missile defense capabilities for existing homeland and regional defense forces, continues to increase interceptor inventory and will use existing technologies to improve sensors, battle management, fire control and kill vehicle capabilities to address the evolving threats. next chart. the current bmds can defeat the current ballistic missile capabilities of our adversaries but we require additional capacity and advanced capabilities in order to stay ahead of the evolving threat. the projected missile threat is complex and volatile and includes evolving ballistic and hyper sonic missile threats. it is critical we continue to develop break through technologies to outpace missile capabilities against the homeland. this evolving t

but the trump administration asked for 9.9 for mda and now this year asking for 9.4 billion. the missile defense defeat -- defense and defeat numbers -- that's additional funding that -- that comes from outside the missile defense agency but will contribute to missile defense mission. now, one of the reasons that there is a dip is because during -- when president trump and kim were trading insults going back and forth and we were ratcheting maximum pressure with sanctions president trump to his great credit also increased the missile defense budget on the fly right then. with a supplemental funding. and he increased the number of ground-based intercepters. that would be deployed on the united states homeland. so, remember, when we say million missile defense everyone -- we -- it's actually a system of systems you have the homeland missile defense process and then regional missile defense systems. now the line is sort of blurred between regional and because we are testing sm 32 a the missile sber we are cooperating with the jpz. we are testing against a icbm class target. whic

incredibly proud of that mission, it is a noble mission and i'm incredibly proud of the men and women of mda that make this possible. at this point

caller: i just want to comment that none of the medicare advantage policies are accepted at mda and cancer center in houston, which is the largest cancer hospital and it has the largest breast cancer department. i was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago and i have been missed diagnosed -- miss diagnosed 46 -- for three years and told i had a cyst. by the time i was able to get to anderson.on, -- md i have been told i have a 40% chance that it will come back. i might be dead by now if i had not been able to go to md anderson. i would not have been able to go with any medicare advantage policy. medicaid,medicare, and many specialty doctors and hospitals, you are not allowed to go there if you have a medicare advantage policy. i happen to live in the state with the most uninsured people in any of the states. it is a big issue. host: thank you for sharing. guest: that has to do a lot with what i was talking about. when you are shopping for medicare, you have to decide if you are going to use the traditional plan or medicare advantage. the trump administration has created tools that peo

the cmpd took another positive step on reporting in december issuing policy guidance describing h mda data in a matter that protects consumers privacy. continuing to make implementation of 2155 a top priority and i encourage the cmpd to take steps to provide meaningful relief that will ultimately benefit consumers. data privacy is another issue that the committee will spend significant time on. americans are rightly concerned about how their data is collected and used and how their data is protected by government agencies and private companies. have long raised concerns about big data collection. especially with respect to credit card and mortgage information. although there have been positive changes in recent years under new leadership, the cmpd must ensure that the collection of consumer information is limited, information is retained only as long as absolutely necessary to fulfill the obligations and that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect it. also worth examining how the fair credit reporting act should work in a digital economy and whether certain data brokers and ot

>> it is evaluated by the team at mda and d.b.h. they evaluate it every three years and they determine which areas are high injury corridor orders. obviously a changes with the streets. some areas are no longer on the high injury corridor, but they evaluate them. >> is it a list to follow in terms of where this -- went to station the patrol unit or the motorcycle cop? >> a lot of times we look at -- it is not only the fatalities, but also the injuries. we look at all the collisions and the number of collisions, even if it has a minor injury, it is still an important piece. we look at that, and if there has been -- at their have now been two fatalities. this is obviously extremely concerning for us. we are asking m.t.a. to evaluate and reengineer that area to slow down the speed -- the focus of the vision zero -- vision zero group is to slow down vehicles and cyclists from exceeding speed limits, or even the speed that can kill someone, so the numbers in regards to anyone over 60 is higher than anyone below 60 and 70 and 80 of the li

one is, we are working with mda to get the paint done in the street outside of station 16, as well as signs on the street, indicating it was a fire station station five, there has not been an official update yet, but what i am understanding is that the contractor is likely to ask for an extension of seven days, but that is not yet official. as soon as we hear, we will let you know. our moose boat is still docked at the hyde street. it will be moved soon because we have many of our members who are almost complete with their training. we will be able to put it up where the rescue is. the jet dock is about 60 days out. the training division, all the training staff underwent implicit bias training, and then most of the command staff as well has undergone implicit bias training. that 123rd class has completed their probation in early february, so they are eight full-fledged members now. the 124th class has completed their six-month evaluation testing, and as you know, the 125th class is currently in, and they have just split into engine and truck groups, 5050. provision aerate drilling and

they were supposed to do this 180 days after the mda was inactive.to my account is 226 days now, long overdue. can we expect that sometime in the near future? >> yeah. i will look into that, i was unaware we had an overdue. i will look into that and get you a response on when we believe we can complete that task. >> thank you. are you back. >> thank you. before i turned to mister rogers, i want to thank you ms. torres, for your comments, and i do want to say to the secretary, i think there was an account left for me called the u.s. strategy for engagement in central america, we had appropriated $4 billion, to lessen the account. i would hope that we can continue this discussion, to know for your perspective what we have accomplished, what remains to be accomplished, a great deal. what we can do about it. i'm not sure it's just another billion. that's a lot of money. but i would like to see from you a review of all of our actions. that have frankly addressed the serious challenge in the region. >> we will provide that to you and your committee. >> tha

. >>> the san francisco mda considering getting rid of regular traffic and certain streets. according to the chronicle the board of directors wants to study which city streets could become muni only. the car free street designs with not just benefit muni. it also lead to more safety for people who walk or ride bikes. the idea was brought up at the boards regular meeting yesterday after more than an hour of public comment calling transit officials to make the streets safer . >>> a santa rosa homeowner taking a neighborhood dispute to a whole new level, he set up this display in his front yard. naked mannequins at a tea party. he originally built a tall fence to keep his dogs on his property but a neighbor complained to the city about the fence and the city ruled the fence was in fact too high. so any show of defiance, he said to the fence and displayed the mannequins. he owns a moving company and said he found the mannequins left behind at a clothing store. >> i put up as a statement to the neighbor that, you know, he reported me to code enforcement so i cut my fenced out. i

caller: i just want to comment that none of the medicare advantage policies are accepted at mda and cancerter in houston, which is the largest cancer hospital and it has the largest breast cancer department. i was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago and i have been missed diagnosed -- miss diagnosed 46 -- for three years and told i had a cyst. by the time i was able to get to anderson.on, -- md i have been told i have a 40% chance that it will come back. i might be dead by now if i had not been able to go to md anderson. i would not have been able to go with any medicare advantage policy. medicaid,medicare, and many specialty doctors and hospitals, you are not allowed to go there if you have a medicare advantage policy. i happen to live in the state with the most uninsured people in any of the states. it is a big issue. host: thank you for sharing. guest: that has to do a lot with what i was talking about. when you are shopping for medicare, you have to decide if you are going to use the traditional plan or medicare advantage. the trump administration has created tools that people