Half. Good morning thank you everyone for joining us today. Im glad to be here. I vested gentle lady from florida to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you representative lee. We are here today to discuss an important, a very important vulnerable part of our population. The exploitation of children through child sexual abuse material. That is what has come to be known as csam will refer to it today as csam . Defined as pictures and videos that capture the sexual abuse of children below the age of 18. The term child pornography mysteries by the public is more accurate to call it what it is, evidence of child sexual abuse. The exploitation of children through kamala materials is a serious issue United States and abroad. Reports of csam continue to grow with 3000 reports in 1998 growing to more than 1 mill
Thank you for the conversation today, thank you for your service, and thank you for being on the front lines of our nation and bringing us together in this important fight. It was an honor to be up here with you today. Thank you for the audience for engaging as well. A to be here. Thank you. Good morning everyone. I hope you guys are able to get your blood flowing. I do want to acknowledge all the media that has been with us for the last four days. We appreciate all your coverage and everything you guys have done for us, so thank you for being here. We would like to follow that fireside conversation with the honorable newberger by taking a more indepth look at the future of cyber. For our next session, 2024 and beyond, the hard road ahead, we have invited a distinguished group of experts to look at the topics through multiple lenses. Moderating this discussion will be renee when, former cio nasa our featured speaker for this conversation on the road ahead are dave frederick, assistant
We have an accident blocking one lane in the north bound direction on 101, excuse me, the south bound direction, its not causing huge delays, a new accident in the Castro Valley on 580, just coming off the 238 connector. We are also tracking slow downs on the south bound 880, is just cleared but expect delays heading into hayward. Its a clear beautiful start to the day although its certainly chilly, taking a live look twowrdz downtown, there is not a cloud in the sky, thats what responsible for making things so much cooler than yesterday. Fairfield was at 31, they are now at 33 degrees, santa rosa, 34, pacifica, 47, the south baw, just barely in the 40s, your headlines, clear start, chilly temperatures, sun and clouds turning to more clouds in the afternoon with light rain on the way. Thank you, republicans in the house are expected to pass the gop plan to overhaul the nations taxes today. It would be the president s first major legislative victory, senator collins of maine announced h
I think we are getting closer to that. Somebody said do you think there will be a president by that time if young enough maybe. Thank you very much, barney frank. [applause] its a hard thing to believe that the United States of america is spending nearly 1 billion per week in iraq and here in new orleans, the United States we are being neglected. Why do we have to beg and plead when our president , our congressman, our elected leaders when we tell them we need help when its on the media everyday. [applause] this is the United States of america. The young lady mentioned earlier that we rebuilt japan after destroying japan. This is new orleans, a very specific cultural society. I love new orleans. We have purchased a total of 107 trailers on four different sites but when you walk across the street here you will see 42 of them set out for teachers and their Staff Members and that was the only way especially back in november that i could get a staff of the school to teach the children beca
[applause] thank you and welcome barney frank. First ill ask some questions and then well go to questions from the audience which i have one of these cards, so i will access or reject them. [applause] i was hoping you can say a little bit about the two stories that you tried to tell, the political stories that you tried to tell in this book which is about your life and also political work. Its as i start writing that there are two things. I was a normal teenager, my father, working programs. [inaudible] so these hearings were fascinated to me. I also decided something i have to get into politics. I was debating and arguing as i was a kid. Better than some adults. [laughs] i could do that. At the same time i realized [inaudible] so i began to say, i want to be influential, but i never will be because im gay. By the time i retired there was a disparity from being gave and politics, but the order has reversed. [laughs] i get married. I was the first member of congress to have the samesex