we will go right straight to you terry alston. -- secretary alston. >> good morning distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the chance to testify today as a part of fiscal year 2023. we are focused on three key priorities at the department of defense appeared defending our nation, taking care of our people. our budget seeds million dollars and more than $40 billion to maintain our dominance at sea, including buying a nine moore battleship . . our budget also funds the modularization of the nuclear triad to ensure that we maintain a safe, secure and effective strategic term. of course, none of these capabilities matter much without our people and their families. we are seeking your support for 4.6% pay raise for the military, for personnel and other benefits. we also plan to invest in outstanding and affordable childcare and the construction of on-base child development centers and insuring all of our families can always put good and healthy food on the table. we are deeply focused on the terrible problem of suicide in the u.s. military. we are increasing access to health car

. >> reporter: denise alston lost her friend pearl yung in the attack. >> she didn't care who you was, what color skin, what political issues you shared. she was serving. >> reporter: crime tape still encircles the perimeter of the store. they're working as quickly as possible to process the scene so it can reopen. the suspected shooter remains behind bars after pleading not guilty to a preliminary murder charge. investigator says he scouted targets for months, and officials are now concerned about copycats. >> we have been made aware of many social media posts going around with possible threats. >> reporter: president biden says the u.s. has to get assault weapons off the streets and tackle internet radicalization. and pearl young, one of the victims, was 77 years old. her friend told me she was general trous everyone. she probably even would have been generous to the shooter if the circumstances had been different. buffalo, new york, michael george. ryan, back to you. >> thank you very much, michael george reporting live in buffalo. >>> the man accused of a shooting inside an orange

i've had no stronger partner than secretary alston. >> thank you both for that exchange. it's great to know the first biofuel plane went up 20 years ago. thank you both for that. now we have an opportunity to ask a few more questions. this to reagan, if you have time, we would be happy to welcome questions from other members of the committee and i will just start with myself. i'm pleased to see that for the first time, epa strategic plan includes a new goal focused specifically on addressing climate change. clearly it's long overdue, that we have that focus, and i really look forward to supporting you and your work toward achieving the goal. can you describe a little bit how your budget request intends to achieve the goal and your focus on climate change? >> it's a great way to highlight how a lot of people refer to it as regulation, but they are really technology standards. congress gave us an assignment to phase down hydrofluorocarbons and we proposed rule and finalize that rule. were working to reduce hfc's by 85% in 15 years. and ask for resources for technical expert

the raging grannies will have a procession gathering at the intersection of alston way and martin luther king jr. way. that is near the bay area book fair. those planned demonstrations are causing concern for the oakland catholic diocese. we have learned that the diocese sent notice to parishioners, telling them to prepare for disruptions to services. the raging grannies action league responded, saying women's voices need to be heard. they have no plans to disrupt church services. their protests should be peaceful. mother's day can be a difficult day for families to indulge in. saint anthony's foundation is making sure all mothers are celebrated all weekend long. there is a free clothing program for mothers experiencing hard times or homelessness. the program will set up a store for mothers to browse freely. donations are from the community and large clothing stores. >> moms are the backbones of families. they hold it together. when you're facing adversity, it's nice to be simply treated as a human being with dignity. liz: mothers attending the event will be given a free bouquet of flowe

outside city hall and in berkeley, a procession is set to start at the intersection of alston and mlk way at 2:00. >> the vast majority of americans believe in the right to reproductive justice, which includes abortion rights. the vast majority of catholics also believe that. the vast majority of catholic women practice birth control. liz: the berkeley group does not plan to disrupt church services. speaking of the covid pandemic, the latest cdc map showing an increase in cases in some bay area counties. however, hospitalizations remain low. masks are going back on for san jose city workers for the next two weeks. san jose spotlight says the decision was based on county data out of an abundance of caution. president biden tested negative for covid after attending last saturday's white house correspondent dinner. he was seated next to george cheeks who tested positive yesterday. the biden administration says it is preparing for as many as 100 million americans to get infected with covid this fall and winter if congress does not approve new funding for vaccines and tests. the fda is lim

a handmade procession is set to start at the intersection of alston and mlk way at 2:00. >> the vast majority of americans believe in the right to reproductive justice, which includes abortion rights. the vast majority of american catholics believe the majority of american catholic women practice birth control. liz: the latest cdc map is showing an increase in covid cases in bay area counties. hospitalizations remain low. masks are going back on for san jose city workers for the next two weeks. san jose spotlight says the decision was based on county data and an abundance of caution. president biden tested negative for covid after attending last saturday's white house correspondents dinner. he was seated next to george cheeks who tested positive yesterday. the biden administration is preparing for as many as 100 million americans to get infected with covid this coming fall and winter if congress does not approve funding for new vaccine and tests. the fda is limiting who can get the johnson & johnson vaccine. >> there are some deaths. when you look at the fact 18 million americans got

alston way and martin luther king jr. way at 145 near the bay area book fair. and those planned abortion rights demonstrations are causing concern for the oakland catholic diocese abc 7 news has learned that the diocese sent notice to parishioners telling them to prepare for possible disruptions to services the group. we just mentioned the raging grannies action league responded saying now more than ever women's voices need to be heard. they said that they have no plans to disrupt church services and that their protests should be peaceful. also coming up on this week as democrats pushed to codify the right to abortion martha raditz interviews. senator. amy klobuchar on the party's path forward if the supreme court court does overturn roe v wade, you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos ate this morning right here on abc 7. mother's day can be a difficult day for is to indulge in saint anthony's foundation in san francisco is making sure all mothers are celebrated all weekend long. it's having a free clothing program for mother's

as secretary alston has said, in doing so we seek a 21st century that is far more secure and far less bloody than the 20th. i look forward to the questions. [applause] roger: thank you for those comments and for being here today. we will have about 25 minutes or so of discussion and then we will open up to the audience here for the questions again. we appreciate you doing this. running a defense strategy, coordinating with the white house, you want to make sure that follows a national security strategy and you probably think let the world cooperate so the strategy does not change. how is that going for you? kathleen: it is going well. [laughter] which part of it would you like to tackle first? let us take russia, russia has not been shy about its intentions. we have seen from chechnya, georgia, ukraine, syria, and even last spring with the exercises that the russians were undertaking on their border with ukraine. a very clear set of aggressive activities. that signaled well to us that it was an acute threat. you can bind that with the election interference and other nonmilitary approa

outside city hall and in berkeley, a procession is set to start at the intersection of alston and mlk way at 2:00. >> the vast majority of americans believe in the right to reproductive justice, which includes abortion rights. the vast majority of catholics also believe that. the vast majority of catholic women practice birth control. liz: there is no plan to disrupt church services. in covid-19 headlands, the latest cdc map showing an increase in cases in some bay area counties. however, hospitalizations remain low. masks are going back on for san jose city workers for the next two weeks. san jose spotlight says the decision was based on county data out of an abundance of caution. president biden tested negative for covid after attending last saturday's white house correspondent dinner. he was seated next to george cheeks who tested positive yesterday. the biden administration says it is preparing for as many as 100 million americans to get infected with covid this fall and winter if congress does not approve new funding for vaccines and tests. the fda is limiting who should get the

i want to ask you a question about a directive from secretary alston to strengthen efforts to prevent civilian deaths and improve the way the dod investigates claims of civilian harm in u.s. combat operations. this is relative to drone strikes. you have served in yemen. you have probably seen research suggesting that in areas where we have had the highest level of drone activity, terrorist groups have the highest level of recruitment success. we just want your commitment that you will work with the department of defense to ensure that we minimize civilian harm and get your takeaways as to the upside and downside of our drone activities as a mechanism to combat terrorism. amb. brink: thank you for that question. it is a very complex and fraught issue. i have worked with my dod colleagues very closely in every assignment i have been in in the last 15 years. i have seen firsthand how hard this is. because there was a need to deal with an imminent threat. and they need to balance the civilian casualties. and i welcome the dod's ability to look at this and figure out how to do it better. i

and hold a procession that starts at alston and mlk way. and catholic churches across the country are also preparing for possible protests during sunday. church services today. this is the first sunday since those leaked documents became public, indicating that the u. s. supreme court was planning on overturning the landmark 1973 decision. that legalized abortion, and there are concerns that catholic masses could be a target of demonstrations. today the protests began on the streets of many u. s cities six days ago. and that is when the nation first learned that the conservative majority appeared. be ready to strike down roe v. wade. this has never been about just abortion, right? this is always been about power and control and i am not here for it. if roe is overturned, 26 states are going to move quickly to ban abortion. that's 36 million women living in states who no longer have access. the campbell church has long opposed abortion, and police in new york city have reportedly increased patrols at catholic churches. in response to today's

equally important is for me to have a strong relationship with secretary alston as we think about our national security as it relates to climate change or how we think about contamination and water that has plagued our retirees and our soldiers for years just like some of our civilian communities. there's a lot of consternation around pesticides and herbicides , waters of the u.s. and i cannot make these decisions in a vacuum. there are implications to our technology standards and regulations on economic development and drop -- job growth. as we think about the bipartisan infrastructure law, as we think about these investments that we hopefully get from you all in congress, or leveraging all these resources to make sure the federal government is speaking in one voice and leveraging the partnership we should have with our state, tribal, and local officials. thank you for that answer. we look forward to supporting you in that work. ranking member joyce, would you like to ask more questions? >> thank you again. the goal is to limit emissions from mobile sources, not dictate that recyclab

as secretary alston has said, in doing so we seek a 21st century that is far more secure and far less bloody than the 20th. i look forward to the questions. [applause] roger: thank you for those comments and for being here today. we will have about 25 minutes or so of discussion and then we will open up to the audience here for the questions again. we appreciate you doing this. running a defense strategy, coordinating with the white house, you want to make sure that follows a national security strategy and you probably think let the world cooperate so the strategy does not change. how is that going for you? kathleen: it is going well. [laughter] which part of it would you like to tackle first? let us take russia, russia has not been shy about its intentions. we have seen from chechnya, georgia, ukraine, syria, and even last spring with the exercises that the russians were undertaking on their border with ukraine. a very clear set of aggressive activities. that signaled well to us that it was an acute threat. you can bind that with the election interference and other nonmilitary approa