Implement the laws on behalf of women and girls. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the u. S. Central commands social media websites were hacked today. The hackers called themselves cybercaliphate and said they acted on behalf of Islamic State militants. Threats posted on centcoms twitter feed included a warning that said american soldiers, we are coming. Watch your back. Other postings showed soldiers at work, and
Congress gets that to consider renewing or changing elements of the patriot act. Our question is how concerned are you about homegrown terrorism . It is 202 7488000 if you are calling on the democrats line. For republicans, 202 7488001. For independent and all others 202 7488002. We welcome your comments on facebook as well. Facebook. Com cspan. On twitter, send us a tweet. We will get to comments momentarily. Front page of the Houston Chronicle in a headline courtesy of the museum. The broader issue of homegrown terrorism. Keeping track of foreign fighters. They write the specter of americans drawn to violent jihadist is drawing scrutiny from texans in congress on the littleknown Foreign Fighters Task force which gets briefings and traveled to the middle east to assess the threat. The panel has been meeting in under the radar sessions for at least a month in a secure room at the capitol starting before the attack in garland last weekend that left two radicalize roommates from phoenix
The Defense Committee but we see overlaps. My amendment would make changes to d. O. D. Computing systems using software bought and modified for the purpose will not result in the disruption of their service. I want to recognize an unsung hero of the computing age who invented the first compiler for a Computer Programming language and was a visionary who worked to make it possible. Rear admiral grace Murray Hopper is not well known outside of the technology field, but i admire her work. This will provide the chief privacy officer with the tools it needs. The chair the gentlelady is recognized for 0 seconds. Ms. Jackson lee thank you. Chief privacy officers with the tools it needs to make changes to the d. O. D. Computer networks. In this world of hacking and the importance of securing our infrastructure of cybersecurity, i believe that this amendment will contribute to the improvement of the d. O. D. And protect against cyberattack. With that, i thank them for including my amendment and
Theres a conflict of interest. 2027488001 if you say no theres not. You can make a comment via social media. cspanwj is our twitter handle. Facebook. Com cspan. Send an email to journal cspan. Org. Heres jack shafers article in politico. The great stephanopoulos mess. George stephanopoulos who has excelled at politics and journalism, appears to have failed both professions with a single transgression. As my colleague reported to date abc news this week and Good Morning America host stephanopoulos has donated 75, 000 to the Clinton Foundation, something he had not disclosed to viewers or employers. Stephanopoulos apologized for not disclosing the gifts. Abc news called the oversight a mistake. A sentiment stephanopoulos amplified and an afternoon interview. We stand behind him, the network offered. Corporate speak for we will bind george and barbed wire the minute he becomes a distraction. The donation corrodes much of the journalistic credibility stephanopoulos has labored so carefully
This week on press pass, breaking the political gridlock that consumes congress all too often. Its a bipartisan approach by two veterans who offer their in sights in the book the partisan divide. Im joined by mark frost, a democrat from texas and tom davis a republican from virginia. Gentlemen, welcome to you both. The issue of gridlock and partisan divide it is now actually the number one concern. Now that the economy seems to be coming back when you talk collectively to voters, what does washington need to work on . The first thing is breaking the gridlock. Youre trying to offer up a recipe . The purpose of this book is what . We wanted to describe how this came about. You had 15 to 20 years that caused this. You still have a lot of good people that want to do the right thing, but theyre really not allowed to by the rules of the game. Single party districts, media polarization models and the growth of the internet, and of Course Campaign finance where the money has moved from the par