National intelligence John Ratcliffe as we are learning the country is doing human testing to genetically enhance military. Focus on stimulus this morning, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it will be done by christmas, we will hear from former nyc barrasso and Mick Mulvaney. Marks are lower. We will start the week in the red, dow industrials down 145 points, nasdaq lower by 15 and s p 500 weaker by 16 and 3 quarters. All three major indices up out of the last 5 weeks, last week we are up 1 on the dow and 2 on the nasdaq. Mornings with maria right now. Maria european markets look like this, dax index in germany lower by 63. In asia overnight, markets finish mostly shower. We had Economic Data, that is the fastest pace of exports since february 2018. The growth also helping to generate a 75. 4 surplus. The data, of course, coming from the Chinese Communist party and this has been the big fight between china and the u. S. , the fact that we are buying more products than china is buying from the
Of widespread fraud in the president ial election. President trump fired the directory. Former cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director Christopher Krebs talked about the 2020 election. David its fair to say one of the heroes in perfecting the security of our 2020 election. Chris, welcome. Chris thanks a lot. David lets begin with your story. You began preparing for a secure election back in february. And i remember talking with you in august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. Took you told me in and on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all the absentee votes, but it would be safe and secure. I want to ask you, did you get any pushback from the white house back then . Unhappiness you were contradicting the president in effect . Chris let me frame this in terms of time and history. We have actually been preparing for we had been preparing for a secu
Have access to fast, reliable internet. Cspan, howard my cable up next director of National Intelligence avril haines testifies about some of the potential foreign threats to the 2024 elections. She addresses why thesehr threas which could come from russia, china or iran have become more complex to manage. She is joined by other Security Officials including cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director jan easterly at the Senate Intelligence committee hearing. Im going to call this hearing to order at about welcome todays witnesses. What want them at the outset we are finishing up one vote. Photograph of another one, go to the process of people slipping in and out. I think you understand. Our Witnesses Today are outlays come director of National Intelligence, jan issue to come corrective subs get into for secretary zinke agency, cisa, and lisa knapp, assistant director for nationals could break at the fbi. Welcome to all of you. Todays hearing built on this committee is bip
Host good morning. Thanks for tuning in. Looking back at the week in the news, abortion is now set to be a top issue in another pivotal state in the 2024 president ial race, with arizonas Supreme Court allowing a neartotal abortion ban in the state to kick in within a few weeks, and after several failed attempts, the house of representatives reauthorized a controversial spine law. We want to hear about your top news story of the week. Our line for republicans is 202 7488001. For democrats, 202 7488000. Independents can call in at 202 7488002. And you can text us at 202 7488003. Be sure to include your name and where you are writing in from. If you would like to reach us on social media, we are at facebook. Com cspan and on x, cspanwj. We have been following that abortion story as well as the reaction on the campaign trail to the news out of arizona with former President Trump issuing his stance in various ways on abortion. We also heard about speaker johnson being under fire by Marjori
Washington state requiring pharmacies containing something that this was an embryo at fertilization, criticized nevada for opening casinos before church is saying there is no Blackjack Club in the constitution. What is creating a firestorm, all summer long theres been a political fight over the role of scientists like Anthony Fauci in Public Policy decisions and how democrats say they will listen to experts. Justice alito had this to say about it tonight. Justice covid19 restrictions highlighted the Movement Toward rule by experts litigation about those restrictions has pointed up the emerging trends in the assessment of individual rights. We have never before seen restrictions as severe, extensive and prolonged as those experienced for most of 2020. The covid19 crisis has served as a constitutional stress test and in doing so it has highlighted Disturbing Trends that were already present before the virus strike. Rule by experts and unprecedented restrictions. As the biden team sounds