Streaming of cspans debate coverage. Director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, and fbi director, christopher wrays, held a News Conference wednesday evening on Election Security. He said some Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran and russia in an attempt to push ms. Information. Heres a briefing here is the briefing. Good evening. The president has instructed the intelligence and lawenforcement communities to ensure that the 2020 elections are the safest and most secure in our nations history. We take that mandate and responsibility seriously. There is nothing more sacred in our republican the fundamental democratic principle of one person, one vote. It is our duty to ensure this entity of u. S. Elections. That includes ensuring the security and voting the security of voting systems. The role of the Intelligence Community is to assess the intentions, capabilities, and actions of foreign adversaries. Our duty also includes empowering the American People to un
Good afternoon. And thank you, secretary azar, for joining us today at cdc headquarters. It is a privilege to have you with us and we appreciate your leadership throughout this unprecedented response. Covid19 is the most significant Public Health challenge our country has faced in more than a century. And the pandemic is not over. Earlier this week, covid virus cases reached over 40 million globally. Here in the United States, we are approaching a critical phase. In a few moments, dr. Jay butler, cdc director for Infectious Disease and the former Incident Manager of the cdcs covid19 response will provide you a brief update on our current situation. I know it has been a difficult year for americans, but we are going to come through this on the other side. I am also optimistic that we will have a limited supply of one or more covid Vaccines Available for distribution before the end of this year, but were not quite there yet. That is why it is so important that all of us remain diligent i
Our republican the fundamental democratic principle of one person, one vote. It is our duty to ensure this entity of u. S. Elections. The role of the Intelligence Community is to assess the intentions, capabilities, and actions of foreign adversaries. Our duty also includes empowering the American People to understand information or perhaps more accurately this information that they are seeing, particularly in the internet, and make informed decisions for themselves. With that in mind, we would like to alert the public that we have identified that two foreign actors, iran, and russia, have taken specific actions to influence Public Opinion relating to our elections. First, we have confirmed that some Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran, and separately, by russia. This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in american democracy.
Rosen announced Purdue Pharma agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay more than a . 3 billion in fines. The settlement also includes members of the Sackler Family, owners of Purdue Pharma, who will pay additional fines for settlements. Dep. Atty. Gen. Rosen good morning. I am jeff rosen, and i am pleased to be joined today by vermonts u. S. Attorney, christina nolan, new jerseys First Assistant u. S. Attorney, rachael honig, our acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Division, jeff clark, and the eastern texas u. S. Attorney, steve cox. This morning, subject to court approval, the department of justice is announcing a global resolution of our criminal and civil investigations into the opioid manufacturer, Purdue Pharma, as well as a civil resolution with members of the Sackler Family, who comprise the shareholders of the company. Before we address the specific terms, i want to provide some context of how todays announcement fits into dojs wider efforts to address th
Going forward what lesson should policymakers learn from this recent rise of populism on both the left and the right . Today i were discussing these issues with two great guests, first Casey Mulligan is professor of economics at university of chicago and he served as chief economist for the council of economic advisers in the Trump Administration from september 2015 august 20 because most recent book released last month is your hired, untold successes and failures. Michael strain is a john scholar and director of Economic Policy studies here aei, the author of the American Dream is not dead but populism could kill it, released in february of this year. Heres how the event is going to go. To start up k she will speak for about ten minutes and then mike will offer a ten minute response and after that we will have a Panel Discussion for a while, and towards the end of the discussion about 10 45 we will do a q a so please submit your questions on twitter with the hashtag ask aei econ. With