Catholic organizations. Read more at thehill. Com. Next up, lawmakers education advocates, students and former Education Department officials talk about race and education, including improving urban School Systems, desegregation and Minority Access to Higher Education. Its from the Congressional Black Caucus foundation from last month. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher. Increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. I am Melanie Roussel newman, the chief Public Engagement and Communications Strategist for the naacp Legal Defense fund, the organization that i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. And so, i want to give a little bit of hello . Oh. Sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am i have been with the Leal Defense Fund since march of this year but worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time.
Csp csp cspspan. Or cspan. Org. Next, a look at hacking attempts by russia which may have targeted as many as 21 u. S. States. We heard yesterday from the person in charge of Cyber Security for the Homeland Security department janet manfra and other intelligence officials. From capitol hill this is a little over three hours. Hearing is in order. Today the committee convenes the sixth open hearing of 2017 to further examine russias interference in the election. This is an opportunity for the committee and the American People to drill down on this vitally important topic. In 2016 a hostile foreign power reached down into the state and local levels to touch voter data. It employed sophisticated cyber tools and capabilities and helped moscow to potentially build detailed knowledge of how our elections work. There was another example of russian efforts to interfere into a democracy with the goal of undermining our system. In 2016 we were woefully unprepared to defend and respond and im hope
[inaudible conversations] today that ca committee convenes their sixth open hearing of 2017 to further examine russias interference in the elections. This is another opportunity for the committee and the American People to drill down on this vitally important docket. In 2016, a hostile foreign power reach down to the state and local levels to touch motor data. It employed relatively sophisticated cyber tools and capabilities and helped moscow to potentially build detailed knowledge of how our elections work. It was also another example of russian efforts to interfere into a democracy with the goal of undermining our system. In 2016, we were woefully unprepared to defend and respond, and im hopeful that we will not be caught flatfooted again. Our witnesses are here to tell us more about what happened in 2016, what that tells us about russian intentions, and what we should expect in 2018 and 2020. I am deeply concerned that if we do not work in lockstep with the states to secure our elec
Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. After a ninemonth offensive, the americanbacked iraqi army won the battle for mosul today. They ousted isis fighters from the city it had held for three years. Soldiers waved iraqi flags and celebrated in the streets, even though sporadic resistance by cornered isis militans continues. It was safe enough for iraqs Prime Minister Haider Alabadi to go to mosul and announce its liberation and congratulate troops on their victory. This victory has had its costs. Iraqi Army Casualties were high the army wont reveal figures, but the pentagon has said the elite unit that spearheaded the offensive suffered 40 losses. In addition, thousands of iraqi civilians died, so many trapped in what was iraqs second mo
Today. Topics included Voter Registration procedures and the civic value and duty of voting and cyberSecurity Issues of voter information. I will call the item back to order. We are continuing with item number 4 in our agenda. The first part is, just a restatement of the mission that is laid out in the executive order of may 11th, 2017. Its the executive order 13799, members of the commission to have a copy and of course, it is available on the white house website. Ill just read it, section 3 of the executive order states, mission, the Commission Shall consistent with applicable law, study the registration and voting processes used in federal elections, the commission will be solely be advisory and submit a report that has the following. A, those laws, rules, policies, activities, strategies and practices that enhance the american peoples confidence in the integrity of the voting processes used in federal elections. B, those laws, rules, policies, activities, strategies, and practices