Intelligence official and a former member of the neonazi group called the National Socialist group. Held by new america, this is an hour and a half. Good afternoon, everyone. We are going to get started. Thank you for coming to america and coming to this session, control, alt, delete, hate. An approach to targeting violent. My name is melissa and i am a senior policy analyst with new Americas International security program. For those of you new to new america, we are a think and action tank to connect research institute, technology labs, Solutions Network and media hub and public forum. We aim to provide evidencebased analysis of some of the toughest security challenges facing american policymakers and the public from homegrown american terrorism to United States drone and the new warfare rotted by new technologies. I would like to introduce jesse morton who will begin with a presentation on the new initiative before we jump into panel. Jesse was once a jihadist who muslim, a new york
Minor injuries in lane 15. Its over here off the camera and right near the koens. A big rig is involved. 5 01 now and breaking news out of maryland where u. S. Representative Elijah Cummings has died. He was serving his fifth term in the house he was, as you may know, a key figure in the impeachment probe. He and the president had major differences earlier this year over issues tied to his district in baltimore. Cummings was 68 years old. Just last week he had a medical procedure and the Statement Issued by his staff only says that cummings death was tied to longstanding health challenges. The congressman was 68 years old. On capitol hill, a lot of fallout after a meeting between President Trump and leading democrats goes south. They were supposed to talk about the situation in syria. Instead House Speaker nancy pelosi and senator Chuck Schumer ended up storming out. Today in the bays tracie potts is live this morning. What happened here . Reporter marcus, it depends on who you ask. Wh
President or rather the former Vice President joe biden has responded fighting back oh everybody should be clear you should try. To start funding you should be im not going. I. Mean youre not going to be sure nursery i dont care what you are you still. Shear. True joy youre going to meet no 0. Time inching could could focus testimony to the president today kimberly. Well it is particularly damaging if it is made public right now this is a closed door hearing that is taking place on capitol hill and we should point out that the u. S. Special envoy kurt volker was adrian pretty much of an obscure diplomatic figure hardly a household name but now his name has been thrust into the headlines given the fact that he was not only on the orders of the president traveling to ukraine but particularly the timing that he went the day after that july 25th phone call that the u. S. President had with the ukrainian leader what the investigators on capitol hill in the form of the Congress Members are n
What weve heard from President Trump about how. He wants to ask china and the ukrainian press the president to investigate joe bodies and what does this mean for the impeachment investigation against them. Well hes just digging as hone hole deeper by. Reaching out to other governments for assistance not just the chinese but now apparently also the australians we dont know who else and this is a classic tactic by President Trump that hes used quite successfully as entire life deflected i dig in an attack and thats his effort if you saw that extraordinary press conference yesterday with the president of finland he never answered any of the questions he just attacked attack deflected and he thinks that this is going to work for him and it may have worked for him in business but it will not work in the United States government theres a checks and balances and what he will slowly learn and the faster the better because everything is going to come out what was the purpose of withholding the
Brett brennan thanks very much indeed great to get your thoughts there thanks for joining us there live from West Virginia to be with here. The iraqi Prime Minister is calling for calm after 3 days of government process and left at least 31 people dead 11 alone were killed on thursday as a day has asked for says says to raise their demands with his office so a resolution can be reached is also crack down on corruption sacking over a 1000 Government Employees well theres widespread anger against a lack of jobs per Public Services in iraq imran khan has the latest from baghdad. They defied the curfew imposed by iraqs Security Forces. And for not following soldiers orders bullets were fired at the. Anti government demonstrations in the capital baghdad for the past 3 days have also spread to other cities such as bus are necessary at an m r a as the violence escalated Security Forces blocked major roads and the internet is also blocked in most parts to sever social media i protest as are de