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Here and i want to salute tim kaine and this has been a passion of his for decades or years . Somewhere between decades and years. Tammy duckworth, dick durbin, they all work dedicated lee on this but i want to speak and say a few words and then i will have to go and then tim will it take over, i guess. Okay. Look, what the senate did today behind the leadership of the colleagues behind me is what we should be doing every day. Working on a bipartisan basis to make a real impact for our country. ...

And the message exist but the first question is how do we get access . Thats a very important question. Right now we have no access to this data however there are initiatives of an industry Academic Consortium with this communication data and having trouble getting access. So in the past two weeks that not only does facebook read delay releasing the data that the projects approved they are planning to pull out by the end of september if facebook doesnt release the data they promised to release. ...

Release a weekly statement from the president. Chairman eliot engel from new york made the democratic address highlighting a bill that imposes sanctions on turkey for its invasion on Northern Syria following the president s decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from the region. Congressman engel im eliot engel, congressman from new york. As chair of the House Foreign Affairs committee, i spend a lot of time focused on americas role in the world. And, we know that our Foreign Policy can and should be...

This week on the communicators. Professor, but a recent article in Science Magazine, and you start that article by saying to what extent a democratic elections vulnerable to social media manipulation . Whats the short answer . Guest the short answer to the question is that we dont know. So Robert Mueller who is possibly the most understated man in washington, has said election manipulation is among the most serious challenges to the democracy history and his entire career. Fbi director Christoph...

Adam schiff says the transcript from two others kurt volker and u. S. Ambassador to the European Union will be released tomorrow. In response, President Trump tweeted this morning alltime high for the stock market and all the fake news is the impeachment hoax. The Brookings Institution is hosting impeachment foreign interference and how best to safeguard the 2020 election. Cspan will have live coverage of that today at 3 30 p. M. Eastern. Also coming up this afternoon on cspan two. Democratic Na...

Host washington journal for october 4. That was the vote on the house floor that ended representative Kevin Mccarthys tenure as speaker of the house, ate republicans voting along with all House Democrats to remove him. His critics said he did not keep promises made to them when he campaigned for the office. The move through the house into uncertainty, especially as the government funding deadline approaches. Then there is the question of next steps to elect a new speaker. You are invited to expr...

Some of the biggest names did not make the main stage. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. President obama is asking americans to join him in supporting the landmark nuclear deal with iran. Just a short time ago, mr. Obama wrapped up a very highprofile speech at American University on the 50th anniversary of the test ban treaty. He says its the strongest nonproliferation treaty ever negotiated. Is the strategy for selling the deal working . He still has a bit of time, david. Cong...

Mr. Chairman secretary mattis im a new congressman and i have to tell you i am surprised but we have across the globe and i quickly became the captain of a 335 ship me. With that to future Defense Strategy might change or evolves . And dont want to put words in your routes. So sowetos major conflicts simultaneously so do you envision and i know your crystal ball may not be perfect but what about that aspect changing over time . The enemy or our adversary that is like what he uses with that unpre...

Year 2018 budget requests. We welcome secretary mattis for the first time before our committee. We welcome chairman dunford ba back. The question today, as it is each year for this hearing is, how well the administrations proposal meets the security needs of the nation. Factoring both the external threats on the current state of our military. This committee has repeatedly heard testimony over the last two years that our country faces more serious complex pretty challenges now than we have ever f...

Committee meets to receive the testimony of the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chief of staffs on the administrations fiscal year 2018 budget request. We welcome secretary mattis for the first time before our committee and we welcome chairman dunford back. The question today, as it is each year for this hearing, is how well the administrations proposal meets the security needs of the nation. Factoring in both the external threats and the current state of our military. This co...