This has got to be one of the more fraught election cycles in our lifetime. Certainly a roller coaster counting process. And still unclear, a full clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. We have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions. What happened, and why . Was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results . If so, what was the cause of that . How are the two parties, democrats and republicans, now going to move forward in terms both their program, their policies, but also how they position themselves electorally. With that, let me turn the mic over to my coconspirator in this endeavor, ellen toscano. Ellen . Hello. I am the cofounder of the inside american politics series. Hostedfor 10 years and last year and this year by the center at nyu. We started the annual conference in 2008 following the historic election of barack obama as president of the united states. Now, we come together to discuss the elec
Carolina. Mr. From california, and mass mr. Raskins for maryland. As we begin, i want to note we are holding this hearing in compliance with the regulations for a Committee Hearings pursuant to the House Resolution nine 65. Generally, the committee would keep microphones muted, to limit that ground noise. Members will need to unmute themselves when seeking recognition, or when recognize for their five minutes. Witnesses will need to unmute themselves one recognize for their five minutes, or when asked for the questions. Members and witnesses please keep your camera on at all times. Even if him to step away for a moment, do not leave the meeting. At this time, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend the remarks, and that any written statements be made part of the record. Hearing no objections, so ordered. Today, we are examining misinformation in the 2020 election. How the spread of false information harms voters, and what can be done to
Suppression then the head of the upcoming20 20 election. In this moment following ongoing unconscionable tragedies of Racial Injustice in our country, i have more hope than ever that are declaration that black lives matter and our protest against support of freedom for all will be unrelenting in bringing about equitable and longoverduechange. We feel incredibly fortunate that tonights guest is one of the nations foremost experts on Voting Rights area lena abrams is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, ceo and political leader. She was the first black woman to become gubernatorial nominee for a major party of the united states. In the race for governor of georgia she won more votes than any other democrat in the states history. Stacy abrams again made history as the first black woman to deliver a response to the state of the union in 2019 and there is no doubt her history making endeavors are far from over. In her new book our time is now, power, purpose and the fight for a fair america
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Reauthorizing the freedom act of 2015. Two panels, basically for parts of the act. Im of the panels to tell us the good, the bad, the ugly, why we need these four tools, why we need to reauthorize the program in your view, what happens if we dont, would you accept any changes . What with those changes be . Im very interested in hearing from the National Security perspective how the usa freedom act of 2015 is still relevant in 2019 and beyond, and the tools available to Law Enforcement and Intelligence Community provided by this act, how they are relevant to the fight we are still in, baghdadi is dead, but the cause lives or the effort to penetrate our countrys ongoing every day. Terrorist groups of different names are trying to come here to do us harm and to americans abroad. The war is far from over. No air force to shoot down, no navy to sink, no capital to conquer. This is an ideology that must be combated and those that embrace this ideology embrace death. The only way you protect