There is an insufficient regulatory structure in this sector. And in the 2019 Election Security hearing the Brennan Center for justice road his testimony called mac there are more federal regulations for margin one magic markers than Voting Systems and election infrastructure. There may be work for Congress Many have concerns with Remote Access and software we want to make sure companies no longer sell Voting Machines with Network Capabilities in 2019 a group of Election Security experts in ten states would connect to the internet despite one claim the systems were not. We need to understand supply chain. December 2019, a Study Released by a supply chain Monitoring Company 20 percent of the components in a popular voting machine came from a china based company. And furthermore close to two thirds or 59 percent had locations in either china or russia. I have also heard concerns about ownership and control of vendors in public reporting indicates all three major people represented are pa
Too glib maybe not glib enough. The dow did snap that five day winning streak to close down 28 points the s p back slid. 04 nasdaq actually advanced. 05 but while most of the country is spell bound by the prospect of the house impeaching President Trump the effect on the market was minimal, why well in part because we know exactly how the trial in the senate will go more on that, much more on that later. From an Economic Perspective though theres just not a lot at stake here the only outstanding issue that really matters to wall street is the negotiation of the new nafta but thats looking like a done deal in congress because Speaker Nancy Pelosi was willing to compromise mexico is rebelling against the notion of u. S. Labor law monitors in their country, issues of sovereignty. Of course theres the trade war with china just got a phase one deal with the chinese and President Trump agreed to reduce the tariffs as long as the prc plays ball anything that levels the Playing Field with chin
Bushfires burned across eastern australia prompting a Record Number of emergency warnings. In support calls from a multiple olympic and World Champion for athletes the union or its is an effort to unify the best athletes from around the world sit out the boys we hear from triple jump legend Christian Tell you about this new initiative. Protests in hong kong are mourning the death of a student who fell from a building during a demonstration on monday 22 year old child she died of his injuries on friday where people have gathered for a vigil at the cop park where he fell students have been at the forefront of months of protests in hong kong there are fears childs death could spark more unbiassed sarah clarke has the latest from hong kong. The hospital confirms the students death on friday morning chachi luck suffered a brain injury after falling from a car park during a protest on monday but after 2 operations he died of a cardiac arrest was of course. The family wants to tell the media
Americas elections. I will now recognize myself when Opening Statement. Yesterday the director of National Intelligence testified that, quote, the greatest challenge we have as a nation is making sure to maintain the integrity of our election system come close quote. Excuse me. I agree. Our democracy was founded on a government elected by the people, for the people and free and fair elections. They are elections very core of our democracy under a aa tactic special counsel most report in no Uncertain Terms detailed how reform government attack on her 2016 elections. The russian objectives were clear, deep in distress and discord in a society come secure the election of one candidate of president over the other, and in so doing undermined confidence in the integrity of our elections and damaged our nations standing in the world. There is no evidence russian affected the actual vote count of our elections but russia did successfully steal thousands of documents from american citizens that
Yesterday, the director of National Intelligence testified that, quote, the greatest challenge we have as a nation is making sure to maintain the integrity of our election system. Closed quote. Excuse me. I agree. Our democracy was founded on a government elected by the people, for the people and free and fair elections. Today our elections, the very core of our democracy, are under attack. Special counsel muellers report in no Uncertain Terms details our Foreign Government attacked our 2016 election is, the russians objections were clear, secure the election of one candidate of president over another and undermining confidence in the sbrintegritief our elections. Theres no evidence that russia affected the actual vote count of our elections but russia did steal thousands of documents from american citizens that it used to influence public opinion. It also accessed voter data and gained other valuable intelligence which it may seek to exploit in the future. In short, as special counsel