[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please welcome the executive director and founder for the center of innovation and research, david becker. [applause] thank you all. Welcome here to beautiful International Spy museum in washington d. C. And those of you watching remotely dont get to see the beautiful views that we see in washington on a gorgeous day in may. Its wonderful to see so many people here in person. Many friends and colleagues ive known for a long time and many people i havent seen for years or ever met in person ever. Thank you all for being here today. When i founded ceir almost seven years ago in the summer of 2016, the field of election was different. Cyber threats were at the forefront and experts concerned mainly concerned of foreign actors illegally attempting to access voter bases or spread disinformation overseas. Election officials were not only free from threat of harassment, Election Officials had a hard time getting anyone to notice them or unde
I appreciate everyone quieting down so fast. All right. Were about to embark on our second panel of the summit, and the second panel is on the topic that for those of you who know me and know my work over the last 25 years in the election space is near and dear to my heart. Its probably the most important thing is were talking about the nuts and bolts of elections for running smooth elections in the United States, and something where we have made fast strike in the last couple of decades, and that is maintaining accurate and complete voter list. Those two aspects are really important. Whereas women talk about Voter Registration come so much of the time when we talk so much of the oxygen is taken up by those who would seek to make it a choice between affording the franchise to all eligible voters and keeping clean lists and keeping those who are ineligible maybe because they moved or died off of the list. And what we know is that thats a false choice, that you can do both and that both
Bret good evening. Im bret baier. Shooting of chechen immigrant we first brought you last night. We will add advance the story tonight. Take you to the epicenter of the border crisis where some migrants wait hours before ever encountering Border Patrol agents. And additional women accuse Sean Diddy Combs of sexual violence. Bret but, first, the push for third party voters is on. Libertarians are getting a real taste of the 2024 president ial campaign this weekend. Presumptive republican nominee former President Donald Trump addresses the National Connection in d. C. Tomorrow. Today independent candidate robert f. Kennedy jr. Tried to convince the audience that he is a viable contender if he got the libertarian nod. R. F. K. Jr. Could quickly qualify for all ballots. Senior National Correspondent rich edson starts us off tonight. Good evening, rich. Rich hi, good evening, bret. Well, those two president ial candidates are addressing the Libertarian National convention this weekend to tr
Amy pressure is growing on britain and the United States to pay reparations and apologize for expelling residents of the Chagos Archipelago in the indian ocean more than a halfcentury ago so the United States could build a Major Military base on the island of diego garcia. We will speak to a leading chagossian activist. Then we go to new mexico where a trump supporter wearing a maga hat opened fire on an indigenousled protest last week against the reinstallation of a statue honoring a 16th century spanish conquistador. One indigenous climate activist was shot and needed to be airlifted for emergency surgery. We will get the latest. And a shocking new report estimates psalm 35,000 people in the United States have been killed at the hands of u. S. Law enforcement since the year 2000. We will speak to two researchers which had revealed a number of brown and black People Killed by police may be more than double the amount that has been widely reported. The Database Project goal is to provi
Amy pressure is growing on britain and the United States to pay reparations and apologize for expelling residents of the Chagos Archipelago in the indian ocean more than a halfcentury ago so the United States could build a Major Military base on the island of diego garcia. We will speak to a leading chagossian activist. Then we go to new mexico where a trump supporter wearing a maga hat opened fire on an indigenousled protest last week against the reinstallation of a statue honoring a 16th century spanish conquistador. One indigenous climate activist was shot and needed to be airlifted for emergency surgery. We will get the latest. And a shocking new report estimates psalm 35,000 people in the United States have been killed at the hands of u. S. Law enforcement since the year 2000. We will speak to two researchers which had revealed a number of brown and black People Killed by police may be more than double the amount that has been widely reported. The Database Project goal is to provi