Then with that, again, i thank the chairman and i now welcome our panel of witnesses. First, i would again like to welcome senator angus king, the former governor of maine, who served as cochair of this commission. Senator king currently sits on the Senate Armed Services committee and the committee on intelligence among others and has been a vocal leader on cybersecurity throughout his tenure. I welcome the senator here. Next, representative Mike Gallagher, cochair of the cyber Space Commission and current member of the house of representatives for the 8th district of wisconsin. Mr. Gallagher is a member of the house Armed Services committee and a former member of this committee. I also would like to welcome mr. Gallagher back to the committee again, back to congress after his paternity leave. I thank him for interrupting his paternity leave being with us. Again, congratulations on your daughter grace. In addition to being a huge packers fan, i know youre very proud as a father and for
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A man being repeatedly shot by offices with a taser stun gun javier odone as died shortly afterwards police say the lawyer had broken coronavirus show social distancing roles asunder m. P. s he is in bogota. Thousands of people are out on the streets for a 2nd night here in the capital as you can see behind me we are in front of one of the many Neighborhoods Police stations in bogota and many of them were burned to the ground last night the protesters have been hurling rocks at the police at this station throwing molotov cocktails at this Police Station to try and light it on fire this is just one of the 15 different demonstrations that have been called for this 2nd night of protests and riots that were sparked by the killing on part of the police about 43 year old a lawyer that was out on the streets drinking with some friends in violation of coronavirus restrictions the situation is quite tense here at the it could get quite more animated any moment now. And that were going to have t