This report the Expert Witnesses on russia Christopher Steele and the Intelligence Services own institute for statecraft which are helps journalists get to the truth in the fast ways it was really remarkable for me to see someone who is been fully discredited in the United States in Christopher Steel appear as an Expert Witness just 2 days before we learned that steele had been an Expert Witness on this suppressed and overhyped report the Senate Judiciary committee revealed that several sources that steel used on his notorious dodgy dossier had called into question his credibility and said that they couldnt really attest to the legitimacy of the report that it was all over the place and then you have Chris Donnelly who is the head of a covert troll farm operating under the under cover as illegitimate. Institute for statecraft think tank that was actually the Integrity Initiative and was organizing clusters of journalists and friendly cold warrior politicians to meddle in other countrie
Underground the 1st u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson claimed that this weeks you gain teligent in Security Committees so called russia report showed allegations of russian control of elections in britain was just froth it was left under attack from members of his own body of a money and energy semitism to ramp up the cold war rhetoric and arguably call for the end of a free press in britain the report also highlights serious distortions in the coverage provided by russian state and International Broadcasters such as russia today the high court has ruled that russia today broadcasts the potential harm just the Prime Minister agree with me that its time to look at good but the licensing for russia today operates in the u. K. Johnson rebuked him for talk of defacto banning r. T. Television in britain referring to appearances by stars and predicts as a Jeremy Corbin having appeared on this show but that hasnt stopped britains state mandated medias fixation with the russia reporter who el
And update now on new york States Coronavirus response. Governor andrew cuomo outlined the States School reopening guidelines and talked about president trumps approach to schools as well as the overall federal pandemic response. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. A pleasure to be here this morning. Beautiful new york city. To my left with dr. James whos been working on among other things the School Reopening plan and hes here to talk to us about that today. To my right, melissa, secretary to the governor. To her right rick cotton was the head of the Board Authority whos been doing an extraordinary job overall, building laguardia airport, first newport and the United States in 25 years, redoing john f. Kennedy airport and then if that wasnt enough he had to do was something called covid which obviously impacted the airports and were were so lucky to havm and want to thank you very much for everything he has been doing. This morning were going to
U. S. The global focus. Ines surged cases surged california and texas. Walmart demands customers wear masks. Knowing green. New south wales has a new plan for renewable power, energy and the environment. Quick check of the markets, u. S. Futures opening flat. This after u. S. Stocks climbed to a fiveweek high in the regular session. We have 10 of 11 s p 500 sectors closing up. He had vaccine developments bringing this rush of optimism to financial markets. This, despite escalating tensions between china and the u. S. Moderna and astrazeneca are rising on the optimism. More positive ecodata, u. S. Industrial output rebounding in june. Pickup in Economic Activity. Take a look at what oil is doing. Under a little pressure, headed towards the 40 per barrel level. This after jumping to a four month high. We had strong ecodata and we have President Trump indicating he doesnt want to add more sanctions against chinese officials for now, not to mention a report on a drop on u. S. Crude stockpi
To participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep p their video function on at all ible for hemsel theyre notot recognized by the chair. Ve the members are also reminded ey that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. To mute themselves after they r have finished speaking. Consistent with regulations, 96s astaff will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise an otherre embarrassments. Members are reminded that all house rules related to order ano decorum apply to this remote trn hearing. G this hearings entitled exposure notification and Contact Tracing, how ai helps localities open safety and researchers finn it pure. Statem i will now recognize myself for four minutes to give an openingc statement. Good morning. Todays hearing will focus on the essential trade offs that ry the covid19 pandemic is forcing upon us to make between life, liberty, privacy, and the pursuit of happiness. A and the r