Warner is, i dont know, approaching old age. I will not say he is there. Is approaching old age but you would never know it. We have been sitting in the back and talking about this race and that race and all kinds of things and i was thinking about his career and it is absolutely incredible. You can go back as far as world war ii and korea. He was in both of those and you didnt have to. He was always willing to jump in and participate. He did lots of things in between. Lets start with secretary of the navy in the early 1970s, head of the bicentennial commission. Those of you old enough to remember the wonderful celebration of the bicentennial of the us which helped bring the country together. And he went to a place many of you never heard of, the United States senate. He was elected in 1978, elected very narrowly, 5000 votes, very narrowly. That was the end of his time test. Occasionally he would have one within a few Percentage Points but mainly was unopposed. In the u. S. Senate from
Was running for president. Afterwards, she took questions from the audience. [cheers and applause] hey, good afternoon. Im chair of the Johnson County democrats. Im not here to make an endorsement im here to welcome you and i know the reason youre here. And that reason is you want to make the change in the way our state and our government in washington is being run. [applause] absolutely. And really whats the best way th do that . Get involved. You can get involved with the Johnson County democrats and what to do is go to jcdems. Org. Thats jcdems. Org, get out your phones right now and had their, and sign up for our weekly email. On the email there is a newsletter that will give you the latest of the important political events going on in our area as well as you can have details about the caucasus, where youre going to caucus, information about training on what, and also in person online. So please go to that site, join the Johnson County democrats and help us take back the state, the
Johnson county democrats. What you do is go to jcdems. Org, get out your phones right now and head there, sign up for our weekly email. On that email there is a newsletter that will give you the latest of the important political events going on in our area, as well as details about the caucuses, where you will caucus, information about training online, and also in person, so please go to that site, join the Johnson County democrats, and help us take back the state, the country, and support our local democrats. Thank you. [applause] next, please join me in welcoming state senator joe bolkcom to the stage. Snoo sen. Bolkcom good afternoon, iowa city. Happy holidays. I am state senator joe bolkcom. Thank you for coming to next, please join me in welcoming state senator joe bolkcom to the stage. [applause] sen. Bolkcom good afternoon, iowa city. Happy holidays. I am state senator joe bolkcom. Thank you for coming to see Elizabeth Warren this afternoon. If youre already a committed warren s
Democrats. Im not here to make an an endorsement but im here to welcome you. I bet i know the reason youre here. And that reason is, you want to make ail change in the way our state and our government in washington is being run. So, absolutely. Whats the best way to do that . S get involved. You can get involved with the Johnson County democrats, and what you do is go to jcdems. Org, thats jcdems. Org, get out your phones right now, head there and sign up for our weekly email. And on that email theres a newsletter. Its going to give you the latest of the important political events going on in ou area as well as you can have details about the caucuses, where youre going to caucus, e information, about training stt online and also in person. So, please go to that site. Suppr join the Johnson County democrats and help us take back the state, the country and support our local democrats. Thank you. Next, please join me in welcoming state senator joe bolkum to the stage. [ applause ] goods a
Joining us this morning from los angeles. He is from George Mason University law school, the founder of the National Security both for area thanks being here this morning. Jamil jaffer, we will start with you. Theave a conversation about usa freedom act and what congress has to get to and reauthorized. Tell us first what the usa freedom act is and why it was passed in the first place. Caller sure, well, bill, you aspiringe are three provisions in the usa freedom act that would be rubberized by the legislation if it were renewed by december 15. Reauthorized by the legislation if it were renewed by december 15. Somewhere he added years later your specifically, the provisions expiring now are one that allows the government to identify and surveil terrorists who do not have a proven connection to a foreign power, and the second is called the wiretap authority, that gives ability to follow suspects when they switched their cell phones or emailed address rapidly to avoid surveillance. And th