If i may go back, i was once part of the private sector, and as a ceo, there was a thought to the risk of business, and depending on what industry you are in or what business you are running, you think about cyber, and what you have done to safeguard your network. Making sure that you have safeguarded that network is top of a ceos list. You are constantly looking at your risks and what you can do to protect your network, it is a top priority for any ceo in this environment. The president has lead this effort, we have a single point of contact in dhs now, which did not exist before, and working very carefully with the private sector on Nuclear Power plants and at the same time increasing information sharing between the federal government and the private sector. That said, we do need legislation. The president proposed legislation in 2011. Congress has not acted on Cyber Security legislation. We need legislation that encourages information sharing but at the same time encourages protecti
From changing regulations particularly telecom . Not particularly. Primarily because the steps that the president announced are steps that are well within his executive authority as president of the United States. And hes directed the agencies responsible for implementing the regulations to make the changes needed to reflect what the president believes is a more effective strategy for dealing with cuba. Lou this, of course, is the same president who ran on a platform of reining in executive power while blasting president bushs reliance on executive action to implement his agenda. Here is thensenator barack obama. I taught constitutional law for ten years, i take the constitution very seriously. The biggest problem that were facing right now has to do with george bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through congress at all. And thats what i intend to reverse when im president of the United States of america. Lou it would appear to be yet another
From changing regulations particularly telecom . Not particularly. Primarily because the steps that the president announced are steps that are well within his executive authority as president of the United States. And hes directed the agencies responsible for implementing the regulations to make the changes needed to reflect what the president believes is a more effective strategy for dealing with cuba. Lou this, of course, is the same president who ran on a platform of reining in executive power while blasting president bushs reliance on executive action to implement his agenda. Here is thensenator barack obama. I taught constitutional law for ten years, i take the constitution very seriously. The biggest problem that were facing right now has to do with george bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through congress at all. And thats what i intend to reverse when im president of the United States of america. Lou it would appear to be yet another
Great. In fact, they are not even fully known. Relying upon the limited data publicly available to answer the health risks would be negligent on my part. I have identified Significant Health risks in the current data. Could Push Administration that Bush Administration officials be tried . They are being accused of war crimes. A man was held in afghanistan as a at a secret cia prison. And the a blindfold door was closed. I was hit from all sides. I was humiliated. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Top u. S. General in charge of forces fighting the Islamic State in iraq and syria says it would take a minimum of three years to reach a turning point against the group. Speaking to reporters, the Lieutenant General james terry refuse to give a more specific timeline. Inthe first strikes were august. This is december. What is that . Four months. I think we have made significant progress in halting th
Radar is starting to light up and those lightning strikes are becoming more numerous and widespread, especially over the last hour or so. Just off the monterey coast this activity is trending to the north, so the north bay, youre going to see the shower activity first. Its going to be very light and spotty, and as i mentioned around this afternoon its going to move through. You can see the timing on this, north bay and the santa cruz mountains, include it there, youll notice 3 00 thats when the heavy rain pushes in and after that, its going to rain everywhere pretty much for about an hour or two and be very heavy rain. We are still talking about the potential of ponding on the roadways and even the potential for downed trees and power lines. What you dont see here are the extremely gusty winds that are going to move through. Well time line the storm and when its going to move out and our next system, the chance to move in sunday night. Well talk about that coming up in that next report