Carl quintanilla joining us Spark Capital quinn and roger, good morning to you both pressure continues to mount on Silicon Valley as u. N. Today, leaders from the uk, france and italy will call on social Media Companies to remove terrorist conten from their sites within two hours or be held liable for content on their platforms facebook, microsoft and alphabet are attending todays summit roger, it is sort of a continuation of the political pressure they are getting from all sides. To me its legitimate pressure facebook and google in particular take the position that they are not responsible or accountable for anything that happens on their platform. Given the things that happened over the last year, i think there is a need for the conversation about exactly what the limits ought to be i would think terrorism is only a small peaiece of the problem. Megan, is it possible with todays technology to remove the content in one to two hours. Theres all kinds of nseemly comments on social netwo
Reporter you can see the heroism of ordinary americans in the worst of circumstances. Bring the guy in the chair. Reporter victims of the Las Vegas Shooting being led into a vehicle before it sped off to the hospital. One of those Andrea Castilla was out celebrating her 28th birthday with her sister athena. She deserved a chance to get help. She was literally dying in my arms. Reporter and in trying to piece together his motive, authorities have been questioning the shooters girlfriend, marilou danley. Danley says when Stephen Paddock sent her to the philippines and wired her money, she worried he was breaking up with her. Authorities believe paddock had planned to escape and question if he really acted alone. Its troublesome this individual was able to move this amount of gear in a hotel room unassisted. Reporter and the Authorities Say that he also had explosives in his vehicle along with about 1,600 more rounds of ammunition. They believe he had planned an escape but that he had mon
Good morning, this hearing will come to order. I would ask that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. Without objection. I want to welcome secretary kelly for a hearing on the Homeland Security fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time secretary kelly has been before this committee, the second time as secretary. We appreciate your service to this country, your many years of it. I just want to make a couple of comments. By vocation, i am an accountant so i have gone through budget meetings many, many times. I want to talk about the history of the budget of the department of Homeland Security. When you take a look at total Budget Authority, when the department was first stood up, the first fiscal year was 2004. Wasdepartments budget 36. 5 billion. Had that budget just grown by inflation, todays request would be a little under 50 billion. The total Budget Authority is 70. 6 billion, a 93 increase. From my standpoint that represents on a bipartisan fashion, preside
[inaudible conversations] good morning. This hearing will come to order. I would ask consent that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. Without objection. I want to welcome secretary kelly. This is a hearing on the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time that the secretary has appeared before this committee, the second time as secretary of the department. And, again, we welcome you and appreciate your service to this country, many, many years of it. In lieu of my written Opening Statement, i just want to make a couple comments. Im, by vocation, im an accountant, so ive gone through budget meetingsing many, many times meetings many, many times. First, i want to just talk about the history of the budget of the department of Homeland Security. Were not quite ready for the chart. When you take a look at total Budget Authority when the department was first stood up, the first fiscal year was 2004, and the departments budget was thi
Morning, this hearing will come to order. I will ask my written Opening Statement be entered in the record. Without objection. I want to welcome secretary kelly. This is a hearing on the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time secretary kelly has appeared before this committee. The second time as secretary of the department and, again, we welcome you and appreciate your service to this country, many, many years of it. In lieu of my written Opening Statement, i just want to make a couple comments. Im by vocation, im an accountant. So ive gone through budget meetings many, many times. First, i want to just talk about the history of the budget of the department of Homeland Security. Were not quite ready for the chart. When you take a look at total Budget Authority. When the department was first stood up, the first fiscal year was 2004. The departments budget was this is total budgetary authority, mandatory and discretionary, 36. 5 billion. Now, had