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I want to say on behalf of the full committee the families and friends of those effected by a senseless terror act. To most on this committee we have come to expect this. We have spent countless hours working through the threats that exist to this country and around the world and its sad we have come to the point where nothing can happen that surprises us. Its the responsibility of this committee to work hand in hand to help keep america safe by providing the tools that they need. It is in sprea...

And then it welcome our witnesses in the Senior Vice President of council at google the media has been fixated on the platforms from spreading misinformation during the 2016 election. This was an opportunity for each of you to tell your respective stories of necessary correct the record. My sense is not all aspects of those stories have been told accurately but i will go for the record of this committee now is having the 17th open hearing and the 12th of which we will be discussing russias activ...

I call the hearing to order. Good morning. Id like to welcome our Witnesses Today. Before i introduce them, i want to say on behalf of the full committee that our hearts and prayers go to the individuals in new york, the families and the friends of those who were affected by a senseless terror act. To those on this committee, weve come to expect this. We spend countless hours working existh the threats that to this country and around the world, and it is sad we have come to the point where nothi...

Santelli. Just as a note to viewers, we are monitoring fbi director comey testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary committee. Hes already made some emotional comments defending his decision to make public that investigation before the election last fall. Any further comments into russias role into the election, the trump campaign, the clinton campaign, well bring them to you. In the meantime, its 8 00 a. M. At at apple headquarters and 11 00 a. M. On wall street. L squawk alley is live. Good ...

Didnt know how we were going to make it. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, the nations top Law Enforcement officer, attorney general jeff sessions, refuted what he called appalling and detestable lies. Sessions asked for todays hearing before the Senate Intelligence committees investigation of russian tampering in the president ial election. This was the administrations first sworn rebuttal of former f. B. I. Director james comey, who testi...

And on that, the attorney general didnt say much about that. He was not answering the questions. We saw in nancys piece, the attorney general declining to answer many questions. Where does that go from here . Hes asserting a privilege the president has not asserted. Hes saying the president could stay assert privilege. What would happen is the congress would have to hold him in contempt. There are republicans running congress. They are not likely to do that. But were they to hold him in contempt...

Homeland security jay johnson. Mr. Johnson, thank you very much for being here this morning. As a reminder to our members, we are and will remain in opposition. This hearing will address only unclassified matters. To our guests in the audience, welcome. We appreciate the public and media interest in the committees important work. We would expect proper decorum will be observed at all times and disrussians to todays proceedings will not be tolerated. At this point in time, mr. John be so, will yo...

Homeland security jay johnson. Mr. Johnson, thank you very much for being here this morning. As a reminder to our members, we are and will remain in opposition. This hearing will address only unclassified matters. To our guests in the audience, welcome. We appreciate the public and media interest in the committees important work. We would expect proper decorum will be observed at all times and disrussians to todays proceedings will not be tolerated. At this point in time, mr. John be so, will yo...

Good morning. Ive asked Rick Crawford to open with a plan. Lord, thank you for the blessing of this nation. I ask that her people would strive to be worthy of that blessing. Prey for humility and temperance and all that we do be pleasing to you. Amen. In consultation with adam, without objection i make a motion to give each member seven minutes to question the witnesses. Is there discussion on the motion . Ask unanimous consent. Everybody would get seven, including adam and i. Thank you. The mee...

Watch live coverage of the Senate Health care debate on cspan two, cspan and our free cspan radio app. Former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson appeared before our House Intelligence Committee hearing on russian interference in the u. S. 2016 election. He said the russian government and the direction of Vladimir Putin conduct did Cyber Attacks to influence the president ial election. Also discussed his rationale for designating u. S. Election systems as Critical Infrastructure in early jan...