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Cases. Indiana University Investigating this crowded boat party and northeastern expelling 11 students for partying and not refunding their tuition. Coronavirus cases now rising in 30 states tripling in just one week and topping 27 million worldwide. Plus, the Big Questions for staying safe this fall as flu season and covid collide. Top Health Expert dr. Jha joins us live. Tensions running high. Overnight protesters taking to the streets in portland, oregon and rochester, new york after a violent weekend. Firecrackers and gasoline bombs set off in portland. Police blanketing the streets with tear gas as jacob blake speaks out from his hospital bed for the first time. September snow . This morning, the labor day winter storm watch. Denver bracing for weather whiplash right after a tripledigit weekend heat wave. Abc news exclusive. The former number two at the nra speaking out. Gun owners across america should be horrified by what i saw inside the nra. Alleging corruption and moral failu
Libyas un recognized government says its taking complete control of the capital after months of fighting against the wall Khalifa Haftar. Russias president demands swift action after delays in cleaning up a fuel spill in the arctic polar region. And joining us youre still with the sports including talk n. F. L. Quarterback drew brees apologizes after a backlash from teammates over empty racism protests in the u. S. Welcome to the new could have your company cities across the United States are bracing for more protests as crowds gather to remember george floyd within the past 15 minutes the body of the 46 year old black american has arrived for the 1st of the memorial gatherings in the city of minneapolis where he died 10 days ago after a policeman. Now its on his neck as he was arrested the mobile really is due to be attended by friends civil rights leaders and of those who shared the outrage over the death all full officers involved now face charges a key demand of protest as meanwhil
Yourself and make up your own mind. With cspans campaign 2020, brought to you as a Public Service by your Public Television provider. Acting Homeland Security secretary chad wolfe and former Homeland Security secretary michael cher nof talk about National Security priorities. At a forum hosted by the Homeland Security Experts Group. Afterwards we hear from initials about how the federal is handling Election Security threats. Welcome, to those physically here and those who will be watching us on cspan and by other means. Im jane harmon, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center and former member of congress, who is proud of her role in helping to create the department of Homeland Security. Today we are pleased to cohost the inaugural Homeland Security Expert Group Meeting Experts Group meeting, or hseg with support from the miter corporation, American Airlines and mckenzy. Thanks. Its the best experts in american Homeland Security. It was founded over ten years ago at the Aspen Institu
Thank you very much for being here, and i want to thank him because he graciously allowed to have the subcommittee hearing and for me to be able to chair it. This is a discussion really important to so many of us here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly, hes used as a weapon. Democracies like ours require a well informed electorate, but our enemies are increasingly trying to undermine that principle through socalled disinformation campaigns designed to mislead voters. Malign actors like russia systematically exploit social media, radio, television, and print to twist facts to suit their needs and distort the truth to an unsuspecting populous. Its not just about elections. We see it today with regard to the coronavirus and misinformation thats being spread. Its an interesting tactic because its inexpensive and yet can be very effective. It has a high degree of deniability. Its anonymous almost always and if