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Watch live: Intelligence officials testify on global threats before Senate panel 

FILE - In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 5, 2023. U.S. officials say the military has finished efforts to recover the remnants of the large balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, and analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Heads of several federal intelligence agencies, including Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, FBI Director Christopher Wray and CIA Director William Burns, are testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday at a hearing on global threats to security. Topics that could receive special focus range from Russia’s continuing assault on Ukraine and increased tensions with China to cybersecurity and public health threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET.

Watch the live video above.