We need stronger on that issues. The cspan Battle Ground states tour. And were live this morning as the Washington Post hosts the Cyber Security summit with remarks from former Homeland Security certificate Michael Chertoff and National Intelligence, james clapper. Live on cspan2. One year ago this morning journalists in Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered in istanbul. The post has been paying tribute to jamal throughout this week and just moments ago post publisher fred ryan and the posts owner jeff baseos spoke at a memorial for him in istanbul just steps from where jamal was killed. Jamals courage and his work will not be forgotten. For me, jamal inevitably brings to mind the importance of a free press. But more broadly, our ability to access information and communicate openly is the life blood of our democratic society. So much of our communication is done digitally over texts or emails, on social media platforms. Our digital lives are encod
Field hearing here within a space defined by the remaining of the onal structure World Trade Center, at what was 18 years ago this week, the of ground zero, makes todays program especially meaningful. Many of you toured the museum last night, some for the first time. The events we chronicle here, he lives we remember, and the aspirations we embrace for a orld free from the scourge of activism are inextricably linked to the work of this committee the topics you will discuss today. Here at the 9 11 memorial and testify to the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on soil. Can and the single greatest loss of escued personnel in a single event in american history. Our exhibitions and programs collective experience of profound shock, andecedented vulnerability, overwhelming grief caused by the attacks. Take away more remaincautionary tale to vigilant to continued threats by sharing the man any follow of courage, coassion and service in response to 9 11, this museum of who we
The hearing took place. In the national 9 11 memorial and museum in new york city, just ahead of the 18th anniversary of the attacks. You, chairman johnson, Ranking Member peters and Committee Members, my name is Alice Greenwald, resident of the ceo of the 9 11 memorial museum. On behalf of everyone associated with the memorial and the museum, i want to express our sincere gratitude for your commitment to securing the safety of our nation. We are honored to have secretaries chertoff, napolitano, and johnson here with us. And i want to thank each of you for your service to the nation. The decision to hold this public field hearing here, within a space defined by the remaining foundational structure of the World Trade Center at what was 18 years ago this week, the epicenter of ground zero, makes todays program especially meaningful. I know many of you toured the museum last night, some for the first time. Museum last night, some for the first time. The events we chronicle here, he lives
Good morning. Thank you, everyone, for joining us today. Its a really great turnout on a really important issue and i am heartened to see so many people here for this important conversation. I want to welcome you to the general Marshall Fund of the United States. Im the director for the alliance of securing democracy here. As an organization dedicated to coordinating global challenges and opportunities in the spirit of the marshall plan, gmf has been at the forefront of the transatlantic challenges and detecting Good Governance and rule of law. Thats why we launched the alliance for securing democracy here at gmf last summer in recognition of the transatlantic effort to understand the a symmetric tools of russia and other states are using to undermine democr undermine democracies to deter such activities. While the threat may seem new to Many Americans our European Partners are all too familiar with these activities and as senator cardon highlights the reports, there are many lessons t
The heavy rain we have seen the last one to three hours here. Flash Flood Warning for Arlington County until 8 00 tonight and for Prince Georges County and southeast d. C. Until 7 30. Once again, looks like a water rescue going on right now through Prince Georges County. Please, i cannot say this enough do not drive through flooded roadways even pictures of it on my twitter and Facebook Pages this evening, dont let it happen tough. More rain coming through once again, following that same line, we call this training. As a result of a train, just like train tracks, the rain is moving over the same tracks well. Continue to keep you posted. Thank you, doug. Now to the technical glitches that captured headlines much of the day today from the impact on wall street to airports around the world. We have Team Coverage on all this begin with chris lawrence. He is at the live desk now. Chris . Jim, flights are still delayed on United Airlines and the dow jones lost more than 260 points by the clo