Your number is 2027488001. Ask and if you think the Trump Administration has had no impact on nato, we want to hear from you at 2027488002. You can always text us your response on twitter. Com cspanwj and at facebook. Com cspan. Host here is President Trumps talking about the nato conference. President trump the relationship i have with other countries is really good. Yeah, they cant totally love me when i say you are not putting up your money. Youre not spending the kind of money that you are supposed to be spending because were giving you protection. Youre getting the protection of the u. S. And the greatest military force in the world and youre not paying youre delinquent. So i tell some people theyre delinquent. Theyre not going to love that. Otherwise, theyre going to be the way they are in the last 15 years, not paying and not pay up to the 2 level which frankly isnt that high. 2 isnt that high but i had a lunch yesterday that was great. I call the 2 ers the people that were at t
On behalf of my friend and colleague, Jamal Khashoggi illustrates a commitment they , have made personally, which all of us feel very grateful for. I wanted to share that with you. Today, we are going to talk about cybersecurity, interference in our 2020 president ial elections, and Innovative New way of trying to deal with that and we will talk with two of the people who are most familiar with these issues. First, the former director of homeland, michael chertoff. Second, the former director of National Intelligence, james clapper. Each knows cyber and these and the difficult political and legal background as well as anybody. I want to start with a question that is on everybodys minds. It involves the question of interference in our elections. This is the complaint that has been raised by the still unidentified whistleblower whose complaint is before the House Intelligence Committee and is the subject of an intense discussion. Without asking what you think what youou think think about
May consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Himes madam chair, i rise in support of the amended resolution which demands rovision to the congressional Intelligence Committees of a whistleblower complaint which withheld. D. N. I. Has the law, however, required the submit it to to the committees. This is a serious matter, madam i. C. For whistleblowering, congressional oversight and the rule of law. It, let me ing to express my deep gratitude for he actions of a courageous and anonymous individual in the Intelligence Community. That person wanted to report allegations of serious wrongdoing and did the trickeding by acting in ccordans to proper whistleblower procedures. This will protect National Security. That mechanism, in august, the whistleblower made a complaint to the inspector Intelligence Community. According to the Justice Departments legal opinion complaint, which it today released to the public, the whistleblowers allegations content of a telephone cal
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair reserve the right to reset the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things. Faithfully execute his or her office, and protect and defend the constitution. That old, of course, cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. Our National Security is jeopardized, in our country is then thefended, ability to faithfully execute the office becomes smooth. The duty to defend the nations foundational to the responsibilities. But what of the second responsibility to defend the constitution . What does that really mean . The founders were not speaking of course of a piece of parchment, rather they were expressing the obligation of the president to defend the. Nstitution to defend the rule of law, a principle on which the idea of america was born that we are a nation of laws, not men. If we do not defend the nation, there is no constitution.
Expected to get underway in about seven minutes. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair reserves the right to reassess the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things. Faithfully execute his or her office and protect and defend the constitution. Oath of course cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. If our National Security is jeopardized, if our country is left undefended, the necessity to faithfully execute the office becomes moot. Where there is no country, there is no office to execute. And so the duty to defend the nation is foundational to the president s responsibilities. But what if this second responsibility to defend the constitution . What does that really mean . The founders were not speaking of course of a piece of parchment. Rather they were expressing the obligation of th