Pasadena. He has served as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee intelligence. Before joining congress, he was a member of the California Legislature for six years, and also served as an assistant u. S. Attorney. Welcome, congressman schiff. There is a lot going on in the world and a lot going on with the Intelligence Committee. I thought i would give you a few minutes before we start to offer your thoughts on the state of the world. [laughter] rep. Schiff ok. The state of the world is in perfect harmony. [laughter] things are pretty good and there is really nothing much to talk about today. Mr. Feist all right. That wraps us up. [laughter] rep. Schiff we were talking backstage about what i might start out with for a few comments. So let me start by telling you about a hearing will have next week on the subject of deep fakes. It is a Fairly New Technology that allows you to create very realistic audio or video that is almost indistinguishable from the real, but that is compl
Capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on a seat of american democracy. It was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u. S. Government, the nations process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the president ial election. I must emphasie that the indictment is only an allegation and that the defendant must be presumed innocent until Proven Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We will talk with three Trump Administration figures who could testify. Vice president mike pence and two officials who also told trump there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Attorney general bill barr and the head of the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency now a cbs news expert and analyst, chris krebs. Trump attorney john lauro will also be with us. What do americans think . Every time they file an indictment we go way up in the polls. We need one more indictment to close out this election.
Capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on a seat of american democracy. It was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u. S. Government, the nations process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the president ial election. I must emphasie that the indictment is only an allegation and that the defendant must be presumed innocent until Proven Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We will talk with three Trump Administration figures who could testify. Vice president mike pence and two officials who also told trump there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Attorney general bill barr and the head of the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency now a cbs news expert and analyst, chris krebs. Trump attorney john lauro will also be with us. What do americans think . Every time they file an indictment we go way up in the polls. We need one more indictment to close out this election.
Indictment, we know who that individuals are in the company. It goes back as far as 2014, and apparently they were impersonating u. S. Entities and individuals as they try to interfere with the election. We have any idea of the location of these people or where these companies are . Kevin that is where this is all headed, whether or not number one, these russian folks and businesses are going to cooperate with the u. S. Authorities, and we have seen of course, some backandforth on this. Think back to other week with the Treasury Department announcing a list of companies, and it was greeted with criticism from republicans on capitol hill. The question because of the russians will cooperate and will Vladimir Putin have a response indictment ong u. S. Authorities. President trump cast doubt on russian meddling on elections, but tell us a little bit about what his stance has been so far. Be aere is going to crowded gathering watching him to part for florida as a result of todays developmen
The week in washington, it would be unusual. I can think of another word, too. Donald trumps to strike a deal with the democrats. He tweeted this morning even worse the bill cleared Bipartisan Legislation to suspend the debt. Bloombergs chief washington correspondent joining us from capitol hill. Great to have you here. Today 90 republicans voting against the measure to increase the debt ceiling, including relief for Hurricane Harvey. Are you surprised by that number . Megan i am definitely not surprised, but we have to remember the politicking going on. They knew their boats would not matter because it would pass no matter what. Votes would not matter because it would pass to matter what. We have seen a little bit of blowback to the bill. We saw the Steve Mnuchin blowback. Fascinating. Hat so you hear this in washington all the time, but donald trump withing this deal democrats has ignited a lot of talk about him being a democratic president. That is not what happened. Donald trump ha