M. P. s are back in Parliament Suspension but the problem is. Flying from both sides. Prime minister told. The. British businessman our own banks it is leave. The wrong doing he was accused of receiving millions in funding from overseas including from russia. And he would do this thursday live from moscow with the latest when it will news update thanks for joining. Us summary of the phone call between the u. S. New cranium president led to an impeachment inquiry against donald trump. Been released us democrats claim the president abused his powers by attempting to pressure the ukrainian leader in to investigate a potential election rival of trumps in return for military aid funds though as expected the democrats and republicans have interpreted the summary to fit their very different political agendas. Please know that call by the white house confirms this behavior which undermines the integrity of our election the dignity of any presidency and our National Security that is the smoking
Commissioners of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, vice chairman bill hippel and commissioner weidner. Today we know under the offices of the Advisory Commission we called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, and state department, and the executive director, it is my honor to open this event. And for opening comments, i want to tell you how things will go today. And to principal speakers, they speak to the tagteam formation and at the end of their formation we will take your questions and comments. Please hold your questions and comments until they finish their presentation. For the moderated q and day session there will be a microphone. Please speak into the microphone, and your questions and answers are part of the transcript that will be part of public record. It is important to capture your question so we can reflect them accurately. It is my great pleasure to turn it over to the chairman. Thank you for the audience being here. The president of Public Di
Clerk we have a quorum. Could you please read the next item. Clerk Citizens Advisory Committee report. This is an information item. Mr. Larson, good morning. Good morning chair peskin and commissioners. I am chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee to report on last wednesdays meeting of the cac. They reviewed the motion of support for 26 million in prop k allocation and one 100,000 prop k appropriation request on item 5 on the agenda. They responded regarding undergrounding the k and m lines to the twin folks tunnel and out to stones town. This harkins back to a Feasibility Study for less extensive that was to proceed to preenvironmental design in 2015. It was expanded in scope in 2016. When sf m. T. A. Staff was asks if this was to proceed. They need priority against other major transit projects as part of the overall connect effort. It would be premature to engage in Environmental Review until the transit corridor and streets and freeway studies recommendations could be evaluated. W
Democracy regarding Disinformation Campaigns. The remarks came during the symposium hosted by the office of the federal commission chair, pan america and Stanford University cyber policy centers digital incubator. This is two hours. We have a very important guest with a limited timeframe. So were going to get started. I am Ellen Weintraub, the chair from the federal Election Commission and im delighted to welcome you to digital disinformation and the threat to democracy information integrity in the 2020 elections. A symposium i am cosponsoring with pan america and stanfords Global Policy inkub incubator. This has weaponized our most cherished freedoms to sow disorder. Here in the u. S. , we saw russia deploy disinformation as one of its tools when in the words of the Mueller Report, the russian government interfered in the 2016 president ial election in sweeping and systemic fashion. Alarms are being sounded throughout Americas Intelligence Community in the halls of congress, by the de
Clerk we have a quorum. Could you please read the next item. Clerk Citizens Advisory Committee report. This is an information item. Mr. Larson, good morning. Good morning chair peskin and commissioners. I am chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee to report on last wednesdays meeting of the cac. They reviewed the motion of support for 26 million in prop k allocation and one 100,000 prop k appropriation request on item 5 on the agenda. They responded regarding undergrounding the k and m lines to the twin folks tunnel and out to stones town. This harkins back to a Feasibility Study for less extensive that was to proceed to preenvironmental design in 2015. It was expanded in scope in 2016. When sf m. T. A. Staff was asks if this was to proceed. They need priority against other major transit projects as part of the overall connect effort. It would be premature to engage in Environmental Review until the transit corridor and streets and freeway studies recommendations could be evaluated. W