March vote also coming up in liberia prepares for its first democratic transition of power in more than seven tactics the president ial runoff pits a former soccer strong against the countrys current Vice President. Welcome to the show my name sara harmon thanks for joining us russian president Vladimir Putin is on another six year term in office and now he has been formally endorsed to participate in next years vote for his fourth term for in society to run as an independent to make the most of his personal popularity amongst russians one of the six hundred supporters including prominent lawmakers and actors gathered in moscow for the endorsement their support allows putin to take part in the march election as an independent candidate. These Young Russians came to see the kremlin new years tree but were treated to a surprise appearance by Vladimir Putin. One of the children had the courage to ask the president how he feels about the opposition. I got that as you know which is. Positiv
Independents, 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social media on twitter at cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. More from the hill about how operations are underway for the midterm elections and keeping them secure. Top Cyber Security officials at the department of Homeland Security said wednesday that they expect the department to complete a rigorous sElection Security test requested by a number of tests in april. Acknowledged previous reports of backlog of brisk and phone ability assessments, which the department has offered to states as part of its designation of election infrastructure as critical. Politico reported reported that there is up to a ninemonth wait, leaving little time before the 2018 election for states to mitigate potential flaws in their Voting System. Lets take a look at what he said about the efforts to secure security and how the department is taking it seriously. [video clip] i would say we have seen evidence the russian government has changed the
Washington jiewrt and was the first time the house of Commons Committee broadcast a live session outside of the u. K. This portion is an hour. Good afternoon. Welcome to the seconds session of evidence here today to Washington University as part of our committee inquiring into this information and fake news. We heard in the previous session from the Tech Companies and would be joined by people who are leading the investigation and research into the issues we were discussing in the first session, and committee of questions directly but also through as session goes on certainly welcome an immediate observation that you have on the evidence we received from her Tech Companies. I wanted to start this first with david carol. In the session with facebook, there was a reference made to an investigation that the u. K. Information Commission Office is conducting and this is your case. So i thought perhaps you could tell us something about it and my understanding is you made an application to da
And return live with more coverage of the george washington, d. C. Field trip of house of commons on this socalled fake news. Again, live coverage here on cspan3. And for this to be joined by people who are leading the investigation and research into the issues that we were discussing in the first session. And not only question you directly, but through as the session goes on to welcome any immediate ob sservations on the Tech Companies, but i wanted to r start with david carroll. In the session with facebook, there was a reference made to an investigation that the u. K. Information commissions office is conducting and this is your case. So i thought that perhaps you could tell us something about it. My understanding is that you have made an application to Cambridge Analytica for the data they hold about you that was linked to the election period in america in 2016, and that because at some point that data must have been within the u. K. Jurisdiction, the u. K. Information Commission O
Welcome to the second session of evidence today. We heard in the previous session and weretech companies joined by people who were leading the investigation and the search into the issues we were discussing in the first session. As the session goes on, we would certainly welcome any observations you have on the evidence we received from tech companies. I wonder if i could start first with david carol. In the session with facebook, there was a reference to the investigation the u. K. Investigation commission conducted. This is your case. I thought perhaps you could tell us something about it. My understanding is that you made an application to Cambridge Analytica for information they hold about you that is linked to the election period in america in 2016. Because at some point that data must have been in u. K. U. K. Office ishe looking into that. Area i am interesting sure will be interested in following up with the commissioner when we are back in the u. K. We welcome any insight you c