At stake on november 3. Senator ted cruz underlined the importance of the next disappointment when he joined me just last week. The descenters are literally erasing the Second Amendment from the bill of rights and we are one vote away. If joe biden wins, the odds are very high, depending upon what appointments he gets that that four votes will become five votes, and the Second Amendment will be erased from the bill of rights thats the stakes of this election. Maria straight ahead on sunday morning futures secretary of state mike pompeo is here, weigh ing in on ginsburgs passing, just days after President Trump presided over the historic findings of a middle east Peace Agreement at the white house, that could earn him a nobel peace prize. This as anticipation over john durhams criminal probe reaches a pitch with House Democrats now calling for an emergency doj review on his investigation. Senate intel chairman marco rubio and jim jordan the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committe
Well. San francisco was the sight of the signing of the it is an appropriate place to hold this debate, the subject of which is foreign and defense issues. The questioners tonight are max trewhitt, and richard valeriani, Diplomatic Correspondent of and be seen news. News. The ground roles are the same questions will be alternated between candidates. Governor carter will take the first question. Each question sequence will be as follows. The question will be asked and the candidate will have three minutes to answer. His opponent will have two minutes to respond. Prior to the response the questioner may ask a followup question to quote clarify with up to two minutes to reply. Each candidate will have three minutes for a closing statement at the end. Resident ford and governor carter do not have it prepared remarks with them this evening but they may take notes during the debate and refer to them. Mr. Frankel, you have the first question for governor carter. Democrats last ran our Foreign
Committee members will be asking him about a whistleblower complaint that top dhs officials interfered with Intelligence Reports to protect President Trumps image and immigration policy. The committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to recess the hearing at any time. Before we turn to the substance of todays hearing let me address a House Keeping matter. First let me remind members should during these proceedings with the exception of when theyre speaking take precautions in light of covid19 including by wearing a face cover such as a mask. Were also limiting staff attendance at the hearing. I would encourage and urge unless youre speaking to please be wearing your mask. Were also conducting this hearing in the Capital Visitors Center auditorium, which affords Additional Space for those present to remain fizz any distant from one another. Before i get into the other House Keeping matter let me just express my best wishes to the president and first lady for
Analysis and as we refer to as ona. Left the committee, no choice but to issue a subpoena on tuesday for his appearance at this hearing today. The department has persistently slow walked security clearance requests from counsel for their clients mr. Brian murphy, a lawful whistleblower and the former acting head of ina and the element within dhs in proceedings before this committee. The committee repeatedly offered to dhs that it would withdraw the subpoena for mr. Maurers appearance if the department authorized the attorney clearances in time for mr. Murphys often rescheduled deposition. Unfortunately dhs refused to do so. Therefore, were Going Forward today with his testimony. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. On august 3rd, amid public reporting of american citizens being scratched off the streets of portland by Law Enforcement officials from the department of Homeland Security, this committee launched an investigation into serious allegations that dhss intelligence a
Quote the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic or largescale outbreak of contagiousd disease. That could lead to a massive disability. Th and severely affects the worlds economy a. Strain international resources, and weak call in the United States support. We must ask ourselves, what are the warnings that are going unheeded . What can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats . Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and persuasive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure we are a nation prepared for tomorrow . That same worldwide threat assessment against Cyber Attacks with china, russia, iran, north korea, raging a silent work capable of shutting down such Information Systems and jeopardizing critical sectors in america. The report states, and i quote , our adversaries and strategic competitors increasingly use the cyber capabilities, including Cyber Espionage, to attack and see