We have passed federal bills and more than 100 bills across the country so we are really grateful for all of the support from the people. Certainly the support from our , generous people who really just want to make the world a better place. Today is the oneyear anniversary of the First Step Act being signed into law. Tell us what the First Step Act did and how effective has it been. Washe First Step Act actually a negotiated bill. It wasnt even the build we really hoped to pass, which was the sentencing reform and corrections act. It was a groundbreaking reform at safelywas aimed reducing incarceration at the federal level and also reducing recidivism. But also it ensured that we do not have these egregiously long oneences for people like woman who received a life sentence for a first time lowlevel nonviolent drug crime. Effective. Been it has freed thousands who should have been home years ago, but we still have a long way to go, and yesterday actually we thea one Day Anniversary of
Brocaded, different internet for different people . I hope not. We saw china take steps in that direction. Russia announced their desire to create a russian internet. That moves us in the wrong direction. We are a global economy, a global people. The Technology Industry is focused on deploying Innovative Products and services that connect us all. I fear that in some circumstances, we are moving in that direction. China and russia being two examples. I hope we do not end up there. That is not where we want to be. The risk of that israel. The risk of that is real. A lot have business in china. Has it become hard under this administration to do this with china because of the concerns with cybersecurity and issues we have seen raised by trump, but also by congress . These are important issues. To. Companies Pay Attention National Security issues. It is not just a u. S. Issue. Every nation is charged with protecting it citizens at a nations take different approaches. What we have seen from
We are going to open up regional lines for this conversation this morning. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. In mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 always3, and we are reading on social media. You can reach us on twitter at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Again, the idea and concerns about government surveillance has been on peoples minds recently. Infact, there was a story nbc today that i wanted to read to you that talks about some of the concerns about government surveillance. The unsupported claims that President Donald Trump has made for two years about the fbis russia investigation, calling it a witch hunt cooked up by his political opponents, the conclusion by the Justice Department watchdog of the that the probe was justified was big news. But the other major findings of the Inspector Generals rep
A province china where thousands of the just like this one here have benefited from a boom in Online Shopping. Now faced one person has been killed during protests in iran against a 50 percent increase in fuel prices several people were also injured as they tried to enter an oil refinery in the Southern City of sir john iran has some of the worlds cheapest prices because of its heavy subsidies but the government has now introduced rationing as it struggles to combat fuel being smuggled abroad there are reports of internet outages as well in some areas as the protests continue dosage of ari has the latest from tehran. A price increase unlike any other ever seen before in the Islamic Republic or a new world cup to the news and they were shocked that the price of petrol is now up 200 percent the government announced that at midnight friday morning and the iranians have been reacting across the country so far in the capital many motorists have been turning off their vehicles on all the maj
Advisory. That expired. Winds not reaching that level, but still at critical fire. Watch our wind forecast from now up until noon, gusting from 15, 20, maybe 25 in the hills. Look what happens by 4 00. Single digits in the lower elevations, teens and 20s in the hills. Thats below critical fire conditions. We get to that, we can all take a deep breath. We have nice weather coming up for several days, maybe a couple of weeks in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Thanks. Right now is a krirt ccritic. Firefighters are hoping to get through red flag conditions and into calmer weather so they can put this fire out. Liz kreutz joins us from Sonoma County fairgrounds in santa rosa. Liz . Good morning. Right now we are waiting to get an update from cal fire. We hope to get that update within the next hour, 7 00 a. M. Is when firefighters here at base camp get their update. We should have updated numbers on the containment and how much this fire may have grown overnight. Until then we have that