Cspan. Org landmark cases. Thursday morning were live in montgomery, alabama, for the next stop on the cspan bus 50 capitals to work. Alabama Senate President pro tempore del march will be our guest on the bus during washington journal. Starting at 9 30 a. M. Eastern. Witnesses from facebook, youtube and twitter talk about what the companies are doing to prevent criminal activity by users and the tech sectors cooperation with Law Enforcement. The Senate Commerce and finance Committee Held a hearing last week. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. I want to thank everyone for being a to examine what social Media Companies are doing to combat terrorism including terrorist propaganda and terrorist recruitment efforts online. The positive contributions of social media platforms are well documented. Youtube, facebook and twitter among others help to connect people around the world, give
Remain dry through the middle of the month. Month. Breaking overnight. In the east bay. A gunman is on the loose this morning. Police say he was armed with an assault style rifleand was seen running into an apartment complex in Pleasant Hill. A swat team was called in and neighbors were asked to shelter in place. Kron 4s Camila Bernal is in Pleasant Hill this morning. Camila, has the lockdown been lifted . At about 10 31 pm the department received multiple calls reporting a man was seen with an assaultstyle rifle and wearing a bullet proof vest walking in front of 100 boyd road. Pleasant Hill Police Officers arrived within seconds and saw the man in front of the apartment complex at 100 boyd road. Officers confirmed he was in possession of an assaultstyle rifle and was wearing a ballistic vest. He ran into the apartment complex. Local residents were contacted and advised to shelter in place. The central county Regional Swat Team was activated. The subject was not located and his identi
Well, good morning. I want to thank everyone for being here to examine what social Media Companies are doing to combat terrorism including terrorist propaganda and recruitment efforts on online. The social media are well documented. Youtube, twitter and facebook among others give voice around the world and provide a forum of discussion of outlets. They have thrived online. But as is so often the kascase, enemies have sought to take over this. Isis has been particularly aggressive in seeking to radicalize to go over the internet. Our companies have a very difficult task, preserving the openness upon which their platforms are thrived and swart the actions that have used it for other purposes. Islamic terrorists using social media platforms to inspire well documented. For example, the killer responsible for the orlando nightclub shooting in which 49 people were murdered reportedly digital material readily available on social media. And this itch sue not new. Over the course of several yea
A few days before the deadly attack police say spyres attacked a person right here in Friendship Heights just a block from the dc maryland line. Police caught him a few minutes late err just down the street. They charged him with that crime as well as hitting the officers who arrested him. Prosecutorss ended up charging with a lesser crime. Police also located the knife. Now spyres attorney asked to release the client but the judge pointed out that he was on release from an earlier incident where he attacked another person just days earlier. While we were down here at the courthouse right across the street i happened upon an incident where a baby was abandoned on the street and police were responding. We will show you that video of this incident. This is spencerville road in burtonsville. Rescuers had to cut the top of the van. Were told that the victims are expected to be okay. Three people in the hospital tonight after a transformer fire in the district this morning two of them have
Well, good friday morning to you. Im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. We begin with those three fallen firefighters identified killed wednesday battling a wildfire in Washington State. They were part of an elite group that scouts wildfires ahead of the arrival of larger groups of their colleagues. As the fight against the blaze that took their lives continues, theyre being honored as heroes. This morning, a somber procession, more than a dozen fire and Police Vehicles escorting the bodies of three firefighters, 20yearold tom zbyszewski, 26yearold andrew zajac and 31yearold Richard Wheeler dying on the front lines. All killed when their vehicle crashed overtaken by flames in twisp, washington. It hurts deep, but the job goes on. Reporter another firefighter, 25yearold daniel lyon, suffering critical burns. This was his first season as a firefighter. Hes the kind of kid that his mother and i and family are so proud of. Reporter lyon was flown to a hospital in seattle and is now fighting