This is an hour. Good afternoon. My name is liz kennedy and im senior director of democracy and government reform. Id like to welcome you to the center for democracy progress this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing so well be doing todays program with our fantastic panel and well be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned
The center for American Progress action fund this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing. We will begin with our fantastic panel and we will be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in disinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. P. Has addressed these issues and we released a report called war by other means. Just on monday, c. A. P. P. Had an event for the release of our report, Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the district of colombia on their Election Security preparedness. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and has been subject to much less public discussion. The extent to which the russian government uses corrupti
We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and that has so far been subject to much less public discussion, the extent to which the russian government uses corruption and Financial Leverage as instruments of influence abroad and now potentially in the United States. This is not an academic subject but one which has had real consequences for european neighbors and poses a threat to democratic governments wherever russian
Good afternoon. My name is liz kennedy and im senior director of democracy and government reform. Id like to welcome you to the center for democracy progress this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing so well be doing todays program with our fantastic panel and well be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and that h
Im also looking at the treasury yields. You can see that 10year at 2. 77. Things are stabilizing somewhat. Gold had a big move it yesterday as a hedge against all the volatility. Old is still up. We will hit the latest market moves. Oil. Also talk crude on, weittle bit later will be joined by blackrock. I want his take on investing in the markets. Lets get straight to the first reviews. The u. S. House of representatives had passed a stopgap spending bill to fund the government until march 23. A senate vote would send it back to the house before thursdays deadline. President trump said he would welcome a shutdown if democrats refuse his demand for a immigration overhaul. President trump if we dont get rid of these loopholes, people continue to come into our country and kill. That are many gang members we do not mention. If we dont change it, we will do a shutdown. It is it it is worth it for our country. I would love to see a shutdown if we dont get this taken care of. Nejra donald tru