About today is can intelligence agencies operate in a Democratic Society and be successful in protecting the government and its citizens while also upholding the same citizens rights. Especially the right to dissent. In other words, are liberty and security compatible . No doubt, there is a need for intelligence communities to operate. Threats exist from foreign and domestic sources. Theyve been real throughout history. They come from across the political spectrum. For over a century, in addition to taking action against real threats to the lives of american citizens, bureaux and agencies within the United States government have surveilled those who expressed what the Cato Institute describes as, quote Strong Political views that run counter to the political paradigm. It challenges the notion often expressed by those who have a surveillance state of some sort. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Well come back to it later on. Maybe you adhere to the view. Maybe youre
Members. Heres exactly what he said on tuesday. Looking back was the relationship that you had with her appropriate . It was certainly professional, and there wasnt any inappropriate fashion to it. My own struggle with emotions is a completely different thing. After the Sexual Harassment claim surfaced House Speaker pall ryan removed ryan from the House Investigative Committee which investigates these claims. Pennsylvanias gop chair said in a statement at the congressman, quote, made the right decision for the seventh district and himself. He added this was a sad ending to an otherwise note worthy career. The chairman of the National Republican Committee Said this. I think him for his dedication to our district. We must always hold ourselves to had highest possible standard especially when serving in congress. We are counting down to the super bowl. The super bowl festivities in minneapolis will get under way today. The foelgs fan festival is setup at a down town mall. It features live
20 degrees right now in the suburbs. Philadelphia, lee high valley, new jersey, everyones going to be seeing sunshine. A little slower to begin with. By 11 00, well see 36 degrees in wilmington. Ask the winds that are coming out of the east at 11 00 become southerly this afternoon. Thats going to boost all of the temperatures in every neighborhood today. 43 degrees for the suburbs and the lee high valley and up to 44 degrees in delaware. And today begins a warming trend thats going to continue right on through the weekend. A look at that when im back in ten minutes. But first katey zachary has your first alert traffic. And were going to start things off on a good note, a green note. All in the green, that indicates no construck thats affecting things, no crashes. Average speeds across the board in the low to mid60s. You cant go wrong with that starting the 6 00 hour. Route 73 on cedar hill road where throughout the morning theres been pretty light to moderate traffic. If you were to co
Also why hes bullish about Artificial Intelligence. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Reporter its still pouring rain. Just hour by hour, this rain does not stop. It does not let up . Hurricane maria ranges on in the caribbean. Devastation in puerto rico. Stunning. It reminds them of harvey. Over all of this, they smile. President trump announced tough new sanctions. I want to be clear. The order only targets one country and that country is north korea. In mexico, recovery crews still digging through the rubble, but time is indeed running out. Facebook saying its going to give ads. I dont want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. Kurky leaders gave a speech in new york. Snow already falling. The last day of summer. All that touchdown, los angeles. A wild night for the rams. Rams won it, 4139. And all that matter. Kim jongun called President Trump deranged, and a dotard. Dotard . I said dotard before the break. Tomato, tomat
Executions last month. The judge may never lose his or her humanity, and the judge as judge never forgets that the law has to be followed in a matter how he or she feels about a particular issue. Amy plus, we will look at the economic crisis in puerto rico as the island moves to close 179 Public Schools days after seeking bankruptcy protection. And we speak to a dreamer at Rutgers University in new jersey who is now facing possible deportation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In france, former investment banker and political centrist Emmanuel Macron was elected president on sunday in a decisive victory against farright candidate Marine Le Pen. With the majority of votes counted, macron won about 65 to le pens 35 . Even though le pen lost, it was a record performance for her party, the national front, whose antiimmigrant policies once made it a pariah. Le pen had campaigned on an openly xenophobic and