Order. I have a new announcements before we start. We had a classified section to discuss our most pressing intelligence issues and the threats from nations and the increase in cyberattack capability. Now we turn to our open session where the American People receive the benefit of as much transparency about intelligence as is possible. We are in open section and should be careful not to talk about classified items. And those who hackle members or are disruptive with clothing and appearance or engage in other activities that distract the hearing will be removed. James clapper, john brennan, micha Michael Flynn and james comey is here. The illegal disclosures is outmatched by the shocking volume of critical information that cause stolen and likely disclosed to our enemieenemies. We are not talking about Business Records or phone data. They go to the core of the ability to defend itself and threaten to capability of the armed forces and long into the future the stolen material will threat
Thank you. Mr. Williams. Im going to take one of his second as he went on as you noted. I cut him off as well. I dont cut off director ellmendorf. I cut off members. [laughter] now you get the drill. Thank you mr. Chairman and doctor for your testimony. Im a smallbusiness owner 42 years, family man. Like a taxpayer and a smallbusiness owner rather than a politician. The economy and main street economy is not fixed. Its hurting. I can tell you that. And the 0 hasnt worked in the stimulus money has not worked. The effects are evident from the high unemployment. People are living from paycheck to paycheck. People on food stamps, and frankly larger deficit. We see that. I believe the last thing that we have to fix its economy and turn it around is through Small Business owners and lower taxes. I think that is what we have left and i am a big supporter of cutting the corporate and cutting the cap gains and dividends into the tax employer and employee, accelerated depreciation, and also inhe
Until everything is agreed. The practical needs are certainly an element of consideration, a comprehensive agreement, but so are our concerns about their ability to have Nuclear Weapons, which is prairie that they not obtain a Nuclear Weapon. And so whenever the final agreement is, that is the assurance that is most of concern to us. I appreciate that. Again, if they build ten new Nuclear Power plants, it would be a vast and rich a program that would have to have. Just the complications of monitoring such a program would be exponentially greater, and i just think that we have to keep that on in our mind because that is how they would actually crack this inspections regime in the years ahead, even if we got a comprehensive agreement. Finally, since the november agreement have you seen signs of an uptick in the iran support for proxies and allies around the middle east . Do you have reason to believe that iranians feel they now have greater leeway to intervene more aggressively in the re
Flee a city. This is unsafe on the american highways for all of us. A renewed focus on how tired truckers are while driving on the nations roads. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. It is one of the most stunning election upsets in congressional history and could have ramifications for the republican leadership. It is huge. Stephanie. House majority leader icon tore was defeated by david brat in the virginia primary. The loss is more surprising when you consider cantor outspent his opponent by five to one. Brat an economics professor took 56 of the vote to cantors 44 . The loss is significant, because cantor was the number two republican in the house and the likely successor to Speaker John Boehner. For more on the political upset, Mike Viqueira joins us from washington. I it was a bolt from the blu. Not only was eric cantor expected to become the next speaker of the house, perhaps as early at next year, but this was a year that the tea party was in retreat, a series of stinging defeats thi
Since jan theyve been fighting in the anbar province, taking over fallujah and parts of ramadi. They vol part of the kirkuk province. We have more on the group and its hims. Reporter it has become one of the most power of the fighting groups. Thousands of foreign fighters make up the tracks. They are led by the mysterious figure, captured by forces in iraq, but later released. The group has origins in al qaeda and iraq. Za cowy was killed by forces in 2006. The croupias known as group was known as Islamic State of iraq and levant. The new leader was killed by iraqi forces in 2010. The group got a new leader. This is the unofficial affiliation of al qaeda. It subdescribes to al qaeda ideologies, its an extremist militant organization in the jihadest family. The group moves to syria. It is trying to bring another jihadi group under his control. Al qaeda disowned him. That didnt stop the campaign. His route controlled parts of eastern syria. In january, i. S. I. L. Fighters september a la