to today s outage suffered by the wall street journal site and by united airlines. more on both of those in a bit. sources tell cnbc that the new york stock exchange problem may have been the result of an overnight software upgrade and traders got a little bit of warning because before the exchange opened this morning there was a bulletin sent out, we have got some kind of a technical problem. so, when it actually struck about 11:30 there wasn t panic there wasn t a big selloff, because there still was trading. these stocks that couldn t be traded on the new york stock exchange could be traded on the internet on something called bats. so, in summary, problem fixed, not a hack attack and no official word on what caused the worst technical outage ever to strike the new york stock exchange. steve handelsman, thanks steve. now to the other big computer glitch that s still causing a summer travel nightmare for thousands of people. united airlines was forced to ground some 35
eastern. then we ll talk to sally yates who will discuss the russian interference in the 2016 election. sally yates was joined by a former acting solicitor for discussion on the rule of law. #. so before we begin the discussion, it s worth a word on the concept of the rule of law, the concept of rule of law goes back to the greeks and it s meaning has evolved over time. but eventually what it s come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. you have to understand that it has several requirements. both officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. a third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. and the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by
journal friday morning. join the discussion. next remarks from former acting attorney general sally was fired by president trump for not enforcing his executive order on immigration and travel. she talked about the ongoing rush investigation and expressed confidence in robert mueller who was appointed after james comey was fired. from the aspen ideas festival, this is an hour. [applause] so before we begin the discussion, it s worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law. the concept of rule of law goes back a long way. the greeks and romans talked about it and its meaning has evolved over time. but eventually what it s come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. internationally, the understanding is that it has several requirements. the most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. second is that laws are protective of the
several requirements. the most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. a third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. and the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators that are independent of the forces that be. with that, i will begin by asking our commentators to talk a little bit, before we turn to the more immediate issues, for their perspective drawn from their backgrounds. neil is one of the nation s leading supreme court advocates. he s argued 34 cases before the supreme court of the united states, and one of those involved the guantanamo detainees, so, neil, if you could talk a little bit about that experience and how that illuminate the idea of the rule of law. mr. katya
so before we begin the discussion, it s worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law. the concept of rule of law goes back a long way. the greeks and romans talked about it and its meaning has evolved over time. but eventually what it s come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. internationally, the understanding is that it has several requirements. the most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. a third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. and the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators that are independent of the forces that be. with that, i will begin by asking our commenta