Devoted to 56164 to approve the legislation. The Current Authority expires january 19. The debate is just under an hour. Section 702 is one of the most, if not the most Critical National security tool used by our Intelligence Committee to overseas. Elligent some claim 702 packages all information. This assertion is simply false. 702 is a targeted program was roughly 106,000 foreign targets worldwide. It given that the worldwide population is about 7. 5 billion, this program can hardly be described as a question. Improvise foreign adversaries who threaten the United States and locating them is crucial to protecting our troops and homeland. As an example, the second in command in isis was located via section 02. He was later removed from the battle 702. He was later removed from battle. This demonstrates the necessity of this authority. Subject to oversight by all branches of government, section 702 is one of the most intelligenceerseen authority. While compliance incidents occur in our
A newsweek piece regarding President Trump and a limited strike consideration against north korea. And andrew steer will be here to discuss environmental and International Development stories for 2018. That is all for todays washington journal. Have a good saturday. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] here is a look at our schedule. Coming up next on cspan, house debate on a measure that reauthorizes pfizer section 702. Later, Speaker Paul Ryan announcing a new house dean, don young. After that, a Senate Health hearing on opioid addiction in the u. S. Then President Trump signing a bill into law that is designed to stop the flow of synthetic opioid fentanyl into the u. S. This weekend on American History tv on cspan3, saturday on lectures in history, Lebanon Valley College Professor James broussard on the lead up to the american
Entirety at cspan. Org. The senate about the gavel in, reauthorizing the house approved fisa program reauthorization. A vote on that set for 5 30. D the senate. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the fountain of wisdom, as our lawmakers do the work of freedom, give them the assurance of your provisions and prevailing presence. Remind them of your promise to never leave or forsake your people. Nourish our senators, this day, with spiritual verities and moral qualities that will make our nation strong and good. Surround them and their loved ones with the shield of your divine favor, being for them a shade by day and a defense by night. And lord, in this land we love, draw together the diverse men and women from every race, creed, and culture forging us into a united force for good. Empower us to accomplish your purposes on earth, as we remember that words matter and that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempor
The comments of the senator from new york state. Also he has talked about 702, and let me refer to that a bit. Section 702 is in s. 139, the amendments reauthorization act of 117. Were going to vote very soon whether to cut off debate and block any amendments on the fundamentally flawed piece of legislation that fails to reform one of our most important surveillance tools. Section 702 of the fisa Amendment Act was intended to provide for vast and powerful surveillance of foreigners overseas who might do harm to us, and it does. But the fact that it is an effective surveillance tool used against foreigners abroad is not the concern you hear about today. Today youre going to hear a concern that section 702 has become an unexpected and powerful domestic surveillance tool. Not one directed at those abroad who might do us harm but potentially directed at every single american in this room and throughout this country, allowing the government to search for americas emails and other substantiv
Its about bringing justice to that family. Francisco sanchez admitted during a jail house interview he shot kate steinly. Did you shoot kate steinly . The lady on pier 14 . Yes. You did shoot her . Sanchez says he found the gun in a tee shirt in a bench wednesday, the day of the shooting and that the gun accidentally went off. His story has many inconsistency inconsistencies. But his record has not. Five five previous deportations and release from custody from ice his record ignited a National Fire storm. San Francisco Police officer association fired off this blistering letter reading in part sanchez is an illegal alien, not an undocumented immigrant. And if he was where he belonged mexico this innocent victim would still be alive. And if the politicians in San Francisco, or other cities with similar sanctuary policies do not act on this i, my fear is that this will happen again. Sanchez goes back to court july 27th. Vic lee abc7 news. California senator feinstein sent a letter to ed