Order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Good afternoon, welcome to todays hearing, the future of electricity delivery, monetizing and securing our nations electricity grid. I want to thank all of our witnesses for joining us today. This is such an important topic. Im a young guy as i can tell but ive read some history about what it was like when we first started building the electric brig grade over a century from now. I dont think we could have imagined the tech elegies that we would use to power homes businesses and hospitals and i think the challenge is different. The real challenge was just extending power itself to every corner of our society. There was a challenge that those providing powers knew that they could make money in cities and well Populated Areas and places with businesses and commercial opportunities, but it was not as profitable to take it into the countryside into the hill country of texas for example. The government made a ba
Charter communications supports cspan is a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a frontrow seat to democracy. Up next to look into of the Justice Department can be activated to counter robocalls, ways they can address the countries of origin for fraudulent calls and how Artificial Intelligence can be used to protect consumers. Tech Companies Offer testimony before senate commerce, science and transportation subcommittee. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] i want to thank everyone for being here for the serving of protecting americans from robocalls and first of all i want to thank Ranking Member thune for working with me and my staff what you think his team and i especially want to thank senator fischer for being here with us, as she always is. But especially to serve in an Important Role today as well. Some want to thank you, senator fischer for joining us to preside today. Thank you so very much. And today we will hear from expert witnesses are pro
Show. The odds of the Northern Lights could make it so far south again tonight on abc seven news at seven. Always live abc seven news starts right now. We begin tonight with a powerful tribute to a man who made a difference for so many. The late reverend Cecil Williams, Whose Service turned him into a household name, was honored today in the church he founded. Good evening, im dionne lim. Williams died last month at the age of 94. The civil rights pioneer fought for the poor and hungry and founded glide church, turning it into a worldwide brand. You can see his impact in how packed that church was today for his memorial, a rebel, a pastor. Come on, spiritual leader San Francisco treasure and icon. You know that voice that is former giants announcer renel brooksmoon. Summing up williams legacy. Just one of the big names in the service that featured leaders, locals, even warren buffett. Abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard shows us the fitting tribute to the man who created social cha
Planning to free the Dali Cargo Ship from the debris that has been laying across. Its bow, allowing the ship to eventually be floated and moved from the waterway. This comes a few days after the six and the final body was recovered from the water. Investigations will also are in investigators will also be having a hearing on capitol hill next week to discuss federal response to the catastrophe all right. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me out for greek all right, we begin this hour with dramatic new developments in the middle east. Israeli military forces are calling for the immediate evacuations of some neighborhoods in in the Southern Gaza city of rafah. The idf says about 300 people have already fled the orders, come ahead of an anticipated idf Ground Offensive in an area more than 1 million palestinians where they are seeking refuge. This on the heels of a new report from the white house the Biden Administration says, its reasonable to assess that american weap
The people need to send a message, just as they sent one from the polls last week, that these measures will not be accepted. They are not allowed. We need to stand tall and be strong. Amy than Governor Walker makes 15. We go to wisconsin where he has launched his president ial bid. President obama grants clemency to 46 men and women who faced decades in prison for nonviolent, drug offenses. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has reached a Historic Deal with the United States and five major world powers capping more than a decade of negotiations. Under the deal, sanctions imposed on iran would be lifted in return for iran agreeing to longterm curbs on its nuclear program. Well go to vienna for more on the nuclear deal after headlines. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing protests from members of his own syriza party after accepting harsh austerity measures in exchange for an international ba