And great set of speakers today, along with acknowledging additional support. I am here for the next 30 minutes with brandon wales, the acting director of cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, for what i hope is going conversationnating about the election, about the covid pandemic, about the state of cybersecurity and infrastructure security and Critical Infrastructure across the country. Brandon, thanks so much for joining us today. Brandon garrett, thank you so much for the invitation. I am very happy to be here and talk about the important work our agency is doing. Is december 3. It is hard to believe that exactly a month ago on november 3 we were sitting down as a country to watch the first Election Results role in. Roll in. It feels like as a country we have lived about 25 years in the last month, and i would imagine for you, it has actually felt somehow longer than that. Byanted to start off today taking you actually back three thursday after the election. They put ou
About the 2020 election. Welcome to Washington Post live. Im david ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post, and its my pleasure to welcome christopher krebs, the former director of the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at dhs, and it is fair to say, one of the heroes and protecting the security of our 2020 election. Welcome. Chris thank a lot. David lets begin with your story. You began preparing for a secure election back in february. And i remember talking with you in august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. You told me on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all the absentee votes, but it would be safe and secure. In august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. Took you told me in and on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all
2020 president ial election and the latino vote. No question that 2020 will be a year of intersecting crises in the midst of a pandemic and the most consequential election in a lifetime. More americans voted in the 2020 election than any other in modern history with 65 of eligible voters casting a valid and for the first time in our countrys history latinos were the largest ethnic minority in the electorate with 32 million eligible voters for record numbers of latinos turning out the vote, highest numbers of latino and latino youth in the previous election cycle. Donald trump and president elect joe biden benefited from higher turnout of latino voters across the us yet the support they received from this diverse and complex electorate buried in different parts of the country. The majority of latinos lean democratic when it comes to faith levels there are differences that cannot be so easily counted on by either party. Todays conversation will highlight have record levels of latino turn
A complete failure. Live from moscow thanks for joining us. Welcome to the program. Of covert cases in germany seeing hospitals in the country stretched to the limit the number of patients in intensive care is up 40 percent compared to the spring. Has the details. German hopes for a loosening of coded restrictions over the Christmas Period look in doubt as cases of the virus remain high across the country on sunday the states. Became the final region to be categorized as an at risk area meaning the whole country is now in the highest risk level according to the scale used by germanys Public Health authority the robot called institute in the south the state of bavaria declared a continuation of a state of emergency is blocked by the fact remains that the numbers is simply too high the figures must come down to the Health System because its already a threat its not just the number of people who have coronavirus which is causing problems its also the intensity of the illness in those that
In moscow you whats your teams national with me Daniel Hawkins were you ought to nights welcome to the program. I was covered cases in germany seeing hospitals in the country stretched to the limit the number of patients in intensive care is up 40 percent compared to the spring for you to all of us has the details. German hopes for a loosening of coded restrictions over the Christmas Period look in doubt as cases of the virus remain high across the country on sunday the states. Became the final region to be categorized as an at risk area meaning the whole country is now in the highest risk level according to the scale used by germanys Public Health authority the robot called institute in the south the state of bavaria declared a continuation of a state of emergency is blocked by the fact remains that the numbers is simply too high the figures must come down to the Health System because its already a threat its not just the number of people who have coronavirus which is causing problems