Welcome to the Brennan Center at nyu school of law. I am your moderator i am a journalist at the atlantic and a staff writer in the ids section. The Brennan Center is a nonprofit im sorry nonpartisan that reforms and revitalizes when necessary to defend the systems of democracy and justice. You can keep up with their work online or follow them on facebook or twitter and listen to their podcast. One second. Sorry. Tonight we are hosting one of our own mike german who is a fellow with the Liberty National security programmer he focuses on Law Enforcement and intelligence oversight and reform. He used to work at the aclu for National Security and privacy and before that serve 16 years as an fbi special agent with domestic terrorism and covert operations and discussing his book speaking like a terrorist im sorry his second book that was his first book you should also read disrupt and discredit and divide how the new fbi damages our democracy. Since 9 11 it has transformed itself to be famo
Likely a prelude to a new stage of conflict with incredibly high stakes for israel, the palestinians and for the United States and the world. Air strikes in gaza have intensified today ahead of a possible Ground Invasion intended to crush hamas. Nbcs ellison barber captured this video of a steady stream of tanks about two miles from the border with gaza. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken was in israel today reiterating the yaunts decades long and steadfast commitment to israel. Here is what he had to say about the conflict ahead. On the humanitarian situation in gaza, i think its first important to remember fundamental issue that makes this complicated. Hamas continues to use civilians as Human Shields, something thats not new, something that theyve always done, intentionally putting civilians in harms way to try to protect themselves or protect their infrastructure or protect their weapons. So thats one of the basic facts that israel has to deal with. Of course, civilians should
Minutes. If i werent involved they wouldnt be talking about olympics right now u. S. President donald trump credits absolve for the upcoming talks between north and south korea. Also new arrests in the kingdom of saudi arabia eleven princes are detained after a rare show of protest at a palace in riyadh. Also surviving the war but will they survive the cold wet winter a plea for help from syrias internally displaced. Doctors are good to have you with us protests against the Greek Orthodox patriarch of jerusalem of overshadowed all the docs christmas celebrations the alleged sale of church to israelis has sparked ted seems as well have a judge judy explains from bethlehem. The protests were unprecedented in a display of an. Toward the Greek Orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehems manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in propert
Good afternoon, everyone. Id like the call this subcommittee meeting on the emerging threats and capabilities to order. Ill start with the Opening Statement, and then we will have an Opening Statement from you, and move on to the witnesseses. Thank you, gentlemen for being here. The subcommittee on merging threats and capabilities made to d today to receive testimony on the department of defenses efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction and we welcome assistant secretary for defense of Homeland Defense and Global Security, deputy rapuano, and Joseph Osterman who is the deputy officer of socome, and thank them for appearing before us today. This hearing is coming at a troubling increase in the proliferation of wmds by rogue states and terrorist organizations that pose a direct and growing threat to the National Security. While we are familiar with and concerned by the growing size and capabilities of north Koreas Nuclear program, we should be mindful of the efforts to expand the c
Maze and the drive time shows the not bay commutes in a few minutes. We have breaking news in San Francisco an attack on a muni bus police are looking for a hand who stabbed a passenger. It happened at 9th and miss on 14 bus line. One passenger stabbed another passenger with a knife. Or a razorblade. No word on a possible motive. The victim was taken to the hospital the scene now is cleared. It will not affect the morning service. Shooting after shooting on highway four cameras are coming to the freeway in hopes of preventing more. And elissa has what to expect. They voted to install cameras on highway 4 to fight the crime. This is where the city but the cameras, from the sentry boulevard overcrossing to then the bart line east of bailey road, this have been several shootings along highway 4 in less than a year. Two people have been killed in only the past they weeks. Hours before years meeting, there was another shooting at onramp and the suspect sped off and later were arrested. Memb