Election, a new White House Commission, we will find out, i will talk with the chairman of that commission. And the president s travel ban facing a new challenge tomorrow from the ninth circuit of court of appeals. Its it heading for showdown to the supreme court. Attorney general of texas will join us live as we look right now in sunday morning futures. Maria search for new fbi director gaining steam this morning. President trump saying that the white house would name james comeys replacement as well as soon as this upcoming friday. The Justice Department is interviewing candidates, they interviewed eight candidates so far this weekend with a few other names reportedly in the mix. All of this taking place as james comey says hes willing to testify before congress, however, he only will do it in public, not behind closed doors. Newt gringrich, former white house speaker, understanding trump, hes also a Fox News Contributor and joining me right now. Mr. Speaker, always a pleasure. Great
Csp csp cspspan. Or cspan. Org. Next, a look at hacking attempts by russia which may have targeted as many as 21 u. S. States. We heard yesterday from the person in charge of Cyber Security for the Homeland Security department janet manfra and other intelligence officials. From capitol hill this is a little over three hours. Hearing is in order. Today the committee convenes the sixth open hearing of 2017 to further examine russias interference in the election. This is an opportunity for the committee and the American People to drill down on this vitally important topic. In 2016 a hostile foreign power reached down into the state and local levels to touch voter data. It employed sophisticated cyber tools and capabilities and helped moscow to potentially build detailed knowledge of how our elections work. There was another example of russian efforts to interfere into a democracy with the goal of undermining our system. In 2016 we were woefully unprepared to defend and respond and im hope
Committee, this is an hour and a half. Today the committee will examine the Justice Departments enforcement of a Foreign Agents registration act. I want to thank the witnesses here today for working with the committee to schedule this hearing. I know that some of you even had to change your travel plans and i want you to know that the committee appreciates your cooperation. We had to postpone this hearing while trying to schedule two new witnesses and obtain the cooperation of a third who was first invited on july the 5th. It is unfortunate when uncooperative witnesses cause unnecessary inconvenience for those of you who are easy to work with. After a failed negotiation with the committee to, in good faith, i issued a subpoena with in the cooperation with senator feinstein to Glenn Simpson for his appearance today. I withdrew the subpoena after mr. Simpson agreed to a transcribed staff interview about, number one, his involvement in creating the trump dossier and, number two, his alleg
Committee, this is an hour and a half. Today the committee will examine the Justice Departments enforcement of a Foreign Agents registration act. I want to thank the witnesses here today for working with the committee to schedule this hearing. I know that some of you even had to change your travel plans and i want you to know that the committee appreciates your cooperation. We had to postpone this hearing while trying to schedule two new witnesses and obtain the cooperation of a third who was first invited on july the 5th. It is unfortunate when uncooperative witnesses cause unnecessary inconvenience for those of you who are easy to work with. After a failed negotiation with the committee to, in good faith, i issued a subpoena with in the cooperation with senator feinstein to Glenn Simpson for his appearance today. I withdrew the subpoena after mr. Simpson agreed to a transcribed staff interview about, number one, his involvement in creating the trump dossier and, number two, his alleg
Senator Chuck Grassley is the committee chair. This part of the hearing is about 90 minutes. Today, the committee will examine the Justice Departments enforcement of the Foreign Agents registration act. I want to thank the witnesses here today for working with the committee to schedule this hearing. I know that some of you even had to change your travel plans, and i want you to know that the committee appreciates your cooperation. We had to postpone this hearing while trying to schedule two new witnesses and obtain the cooperation of a third who was first invited on july 5th. It is unfortunate when uncooperative witnesses cause unnecessary inconvenience for those of you who are easy to work with. After a failure to negotiate with the committee in good faith, i issued a subpoena with cooperation with senator feinstein to simpson for his appearance today. I withdrew the subpoena after mr. Simpson agreed to a tr transcribed staff interview about, number one, his involvement in creating th