Id appreciate it. Im going to take the role now, vice chair. Present. Commissioner palmer. Here. Commissioner thomas hicks. Here. So we have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon, i thank you for joining us today as the u. S. Election Assistance Commission convenes an Election Security forum for the security challenge Election Administrators face ahead of the 2020 president ial election. This vital conversation will provide us with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues, including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002, it established the eac as the only federal entity solely focused on Election Officials and voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse on Election Administration. It is this responsibility that brings us here today and guides our Election Security efforts. Eac prides itself addressing significant issues and th
Points higher right now. The s p 500 looking to open little over four points higher lets show you what happened over night in asia as well maybe were pushing a little bit i was going to say, i thought it would be the opposite situation but the hang sang off little over 1 almost 1. 5 . Shanghai composite down. European equities as well right now. We see whats going on there there you have green arrows across the board finally the number that Alan Greenspan says he likes to look at, treasury yields. Show you where things stand. Thats a sad i look at all those things its a sad commentary on our life. I dont know if its sad. Sad that its the first thing i do oh, to see before coffee, before brushing my teeth, before anything. Yeah. Shaving shaving any way, developing story this morning, over the british ship that was seized by Iranian Revolutionary guards last week, iran releasing new video over the weekend shows commandos repelling on to the deck tanker from helicopters uk leaders spent t
Power lines are barely visible, hundreds of houses and garden plots are flooded, 25 settlements are without power. Additional ambulance crews are on duty. Authorities are calling on all residents in the danger zone to evacuate. In the tomsk region , ice drift, frightening footage, the elements are taking over everything in its path. Authorities previously reported that in the worstcase scenario, if there is an ice jam, another 10 settlements will fall into the flood zone. In tyumen. And this is the road to one of the villages of the kazan region, a significant area is completely under water, in the orenburg region, despite the fact that the situation is stabilizing, more than 600 houses are flooded in the Regional Center alone, the situation in the area of the village of ilek remains difficult, the water has risen above a critical level. Details in the case of the assassination attempt on exsbu officer vasily prozurovov. The fsb reported that a second defendant had been detained.
Important person doesnt like it doesnt mean its not happening. As investors look for emerging markets one of the underappreciated may be Eastern Europe. This is a look at a meeting at a Software Company in the Czech Republic. A recent mckinsy report says Czech Republic, hung gary, can all expect strong growth. Of course, all this comes in the midst of uncertain times, a russian president putting pressure on Eastern Europe and a u. S. President actively discouraging American Companies from looking for opportunity overseas. Vaclav muchna is willing to talk about it then theless. He grew up under communist rule. Joined by sarah lacy and park nu. Now, we can talk about Eastern Europe but you have to understand most of us slovenia and slovakia pretty much the same country. That is not an area of the world that americans are particularly familiar with. I mean, some people must say you are from czechoslovakia, right . Many do. How do you bring them up to speed on what is Eastern Europe these
For 12 years, the ngo fund for peace has been publishing an index of fragility around the world. While many countries are politically and economically stable, others like mozambique or south africa are more fragile. The situation is particularly bad in syria, somalia, and yemen. Reporter wind whistles through the gaping hole in alis parents home. The saudi missile attack that caused the damage also killed his father. Ali now lives with his uncle. He hopes to get his house repaired at some point when peace has returned and people no longer live in fear of foreign bombs. The situation in yemen is very bad. This war has to stop. Reporter the saudi attacks have left their mark not only on the buildings. At the marketplace, traders have a lot of time to chew khat leaves, the local stimulant. Theres hardly anyone here with money to spend. After 20 months of war, yemen is in ruins, and its civilians who suffer the most. Many districts no longer have access to electricity or water, so every da