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CANTON  City Council on Monday approved a $257 million temporary budget for 2021.  It allows city departments to spend money before the council adopts a permanent budget by the end of March, as required by state law. "We will do a bigger presentation on the budget when we cross into 2021," Finance Director Mark Crouse told council members.  Councilwoman Christine Schulman, D-at large, and Councilman Frank Morris, D-9, were absent for the vote, which received no objections from those presen...

Program. it isnt new. its because the vas billing and collection systems are outdated and cumbersome. the good news is the administration under president trump are implementing reforms that will hopefully fix this. >> i want to show you the statement from the va on the report. they say va is reviewing the claims related to other health insurance highlighted in the report and will notify affected vet answer about their options for corrections, potential reporting and revisions. do you believe -- ...

Director today, what would you be doing right now? >> i would be trying to make sure we have our collection systems in place that were able to detect early indications that the russians or others may be trying to have intrusions into the system. i would still be on my soapbox asking congress to create an independent commission that is really going to take a look comprehensively at this digital environment. the intelligence community along with the fbi and deputy of homeland security need to be w...

Candidate or campaign has had as much contact with a foreign government before the election and immediately after. im not going to get into a timeline. unlike some others were actually going to not overtally politicize this. next week well take a very important step. well come out with a series of bipartisan recommendations on election security. one of the great frustrations i have is that we know the russians intervened in 21 of our states, electoral systems in 2016, they did it with impunity. ...

Veteran of the u.s. intelligence community, malcolm nance, and msnbc chief legal correspondent and host of "the beat," ari melber. >> i want to pop in. i want to flag nancy pelosi, calling to paul ryan to remove devin nunes as the intel chair. i mean, it is not a surprise she feels that way. >> right. >> shes made that statement. >> malcolm, i want to get to you on this. because you have been in intelligence for more than 30 years youve worked in the field. tell me what the danger is if the fbi ...

Presidential campaign? >> i think our collection systems have increased over the years, and so, i dont know whether or not its a result of better collection or because there were more contacts this time. i just do not have a basis to make a determination about that. >> thank you. yield back. >> gentleman yields back. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. brennan, for being here today and your candor in this conversation. have you ever been asked to give your opinion to the fbi about whether...

Foreign adversary and a presidential campaign? >> i think our collection systems have increased over the years. so i dont know whether or not its a result of better collection or because there were more contacts this time. i just do not have a basis to make a determination about that. >> thank you. yield back. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. brennan for being here today and your candor in this conversation. have you ever been asked to give your opinion to the fbi about whether intelli...

People that they suspect leaked this information. so where does that put donald trump with the intel community now when they have this type of information in the future, do they reveal it to the president of the united states? >> i think thats one of the hardest questions. your viewers need to understand why this is so serious. this isnt just more criticism of donald trump. this kind of intelligence is what keeps us alive. there are people out there in the world, isis and other groups, who would...

The impact of collection systems and capabilities can be grave. so i do think its important to be able to stop the leaks, the information can be coming from any if you remember of corridors, intelligence community, congress, a lot of people have access to this information. i do think its premature to be pointing if i canners at anybody whether this administration or the other administration, as people point fingers about the leaks, i certainly welcome to stop the leaks because they shouldnt be t...

Just easier to get rid of these people this and would push the collection back to russia to where they would have to use strategic electronic collection systems, rather than having a nest of spies right here in washington, d.c. and new york state. >> this is so fascinating. does the u.s. have something similar in russia, per se? >> if i knew i wouldnt tell you. >> good answer. >> dont want to discuss it at all, but, you know, i dont believe that, you know, the united states is far more robust ca...