The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on a department of Homeland Securitys use of facial recognition and other Biometric Technologies. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning. The committee on Homeland Security is meeting to examine the department of Homeland Securitys use of facial recognition and other Biometric Technologies. The governments use of biometrics is not entirely new. For example, fingerprints have been used as an identification tool for many decades. Other biometrics include dna, voice pattern, and palm prints. In recent years, facial recognition has become the new chosen form of Biometric Technology. As facial Recognition Technology has advanced, its used by the government and the private sector has also increased. Currently dhs is collecting and storing several different kinds of biometri
President ial push. Get out and vote for roy moore. With just three days to go to the election in alabama, President Trump rallies voters to get behind Senate Candidate roy moore as one of the women who accuse moore of Sexual Misconduct speak out. I guess we as women dont matter because were not part of the old boys club. All that plus dozens hurt after a charter bus flips over on a San Francisco highway. A warning from doctors about an already dangerous flu season that could get worse. And suri cruise making her public debut helping mom introduce taylor swift at this years jingle ball much to the delight of fans. Today, saturday december 9th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, craig melvin and dylan dreyer live from studio 1 a. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us. Im craig melvin. We are getting ready. Snows coming. Sure is. Winter is a few weeks ago but snow doesnt care. No. Southern texas 7 inches of snow. Its wild. That snow of course our top sto
President ial push. Get out and vote for roy moore. With just three days to go until the special Senate Election in alabama, President Trump rallies voters to get behind Senate Candidate roy moore, as one of the woman who accused moore speaks out. I guess we as women dont matter because were not part of the old boys club. All that plus a charter bus flips on a San Francisco highway. Warning from doctors about a flu season that could get worse. And suri cruz making her public debut, helping mom, katie holmes, introduce taylor swift at this years jingle ball, much to the delight of fans. This saturday, december 9th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, craig melvin and dreyer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on a saturday morning. Im craig melvin. Im sheinelle jones. Dylan dreyer is here, as well. We are getting ready, arent we . Snow is coming. It certainly is. Winter is a few weeks away though, but i guess
Wildfires under control. President ial push. Get out and vote for roy moore. With just three days to go to the election in alabama, President Trump rallies voters to get behind Senate Candidate roy moore as one of the women who accuse moore of Sexual Misconduct speak out. I guess we as women dont matter because were not part of the old boys club. All that plus dozens hurt after a charter bus flips over on a San Francisco highway. A warning from doctors about an already dangerous flu season that could get worse. And suri cruise making her public debut helping mom introduce taylor swift at this years jingle ball much to the delight of fans. Today, saturday december 9th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, craig melvin and dylan dreyer live from studio 1 a. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us. Im craig melvin. We are getting ready. Snows coming. Sure is. Winter is a few weeks ago but snow doesnt care. No. Southern texas 7 inches of snow. Its wild. That s
Atlanta today. Nbc 10s drew smith is live at Philadelphia International airport with more on how this power outage is having a major impact even in philadelphia. This time of year were looking at the sky and hoping that snow wont mess up the plans and did not expect a major power outage to impact thousands of flights around the country. Power outage causes pandemonium so im not in the pandemonium stage yet. Passengers reading up on the bad news when they talk about when they can lead philadelphia after a power loss at atlantas airport that puts the transit hub in the dark. It is a hunk airport so theres no and out of there now. Its closed. We really want to get out of here so i dont want to stay other in atlanta. Delta is the maine carrier to atlanta and already had to cancel several Outgoing Flights other at phl. Passengers say the airline is not putting people up at hotels so they are scrambling avoiding to spend time in the terminal. I have to call some friends to pick me up. Georgi