Thank you for being here this afternoon. Last night was the 52nd consecutive night of violent activity in Downtown Portland, targeting federal facilities and federal properties. Mainly the federal courthouse. The departments mission is very clear. We are charged with protecting federal facilities across the country. We have been protecting the courthouse in Downtown Portland since 1997 when it first opened. We began to see a rise in violent activity targeting federal facilities in late may in portland, coinciding with the death of george floyd. Let me reiterate that the department fully supports those who wish to peacefully protest. Let me say this again. We support and we will protect those who want to peacefully protest. Unfortunately what we are seeing in portland every night, roughly from midnight to 4 30 or 5 00 a. M. , is a complete opposite. Again, what is occurring in portland in the early hours of every morning is not peaceful protesting. These individuals are organized and th
Japan and australia and how chinese influence works there. Todays conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the United Kingdom. As part of that broader work, we also looked at germany. The reason that Malcolm Turnbull was so important is because we used his framing of influence activities. We looked at covert, coercive, and corrupting influence factors. Many reports have certainly examined the supply of influence activities, but very few look at the demandside, how democracies use and accept these influence activities. So our report focused much more on the demand, how do democratic governments and societies internalize that influence activities. This report was made possible by the state Departments Global Engagement Center through the Information Access fund. Were grateful of course for the support but these are the authors and not of the state department views. If i may, let me briefly go over some of the key findings from this report. Russia and china certainly have
Influence, so last thursday we held a conversation with former australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that look at chinese influence in australia. Part of the report examined japan and australia and chinese influence works there. Todays conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the United Kingdom. As part of a broader work we also look at germany. The reason Malcolm Turnbull was so important is because we used his framing of influence activities. We looked at covert, coercive and corrupting influence factors. Many reports have examined the supply of influence activities, but very few look at the demandside, how democracies use and accept these influence activities. So our report focused much more on the demand come have democratic governments and ci activities. This report was made possible by the state Department Global Engagement Center to the Information Access fund, and administered by the were grateful of course for the support but these are the authors and not
A lot. Is it a congregation that is in transition year after year or do you have people who stay around . There is both. Theres a really interesting mix of people in the congregation. There are a lot of students, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students and that turnover happens pretty fast. Sometimes with the grad students not as fast as they would like it to, but eventually they that is always hard for us. There is also a group of people who are alumni and who decide to stay involved in the congregation. They might move a little bit further out from palo alto, but they continue to come back. Members of the Neighborhood Community are part of the congregation. One of the most interesting groups in the congregation are people who are involved in a Campus Ministry congregation when they were in school and have moved to the area to work for a company and seek out a Campus Ministry congregation to be a part of. Thats what i wantto ask ministry congregi went to a pri Roman Catholi
Reporter before they left the diamond princess, and before they got on the flight this morning, they were screened. The number of new cases on board the ship continues to rise. So, the evacuation of these passengers follows a recommendation by the u. S. Government that american passengers and crew members leave back at your life juliette, it is not exactly known what time these passengers will arrive at Travis Air Force base , but we are estimating about 11 00 p. M. Arrival. What an ordeal, i cant even imagine them being confined to their own state rooms on the cruise ship, let alone now what is going to happen. Will they have to then be in quarantine for the next two weeks . What happens . Reporter yeah, this ordeal for them is not yet over, they will be on u. S. Land, finally, but once they reach the military base year they will be under federal quarantine for another two weeks, before they can return home and of course, they will make sure that they are showing no signs of the coron