Devices of meeting. Be advised that pagers and similar soundproducing devices are prohibited and please be advised the chair may order the removal of any person responsible for the use of a cell phone, pager or soundproducing device. Announcement of time allotment. Any member of the public has up to three minutes to make Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Commission Adopts a shorter period on any item. It is strongly recommended members ha wis who wish to addre commission, fill out a speaker card. Report on actions at a previously close session and there are to reportable actions. The next order of business is item 4, matters of Unfinished Business and no matters of Unfinished Business. The next order of business is item 4, matters of unfinished excuse me, the next order of business is item 5, matters of new business consistenting of consent and regular agenda. First a consent agenda, 5a, approval of minutes from september 17th, 2019. Mr. Chair . Madam secretary, any speake
From their platforms. This is a matter of serious importance to the safety and wellbeing of her nations communities. I sincerely hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. Today we welcome representatives from the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and on line platforms. We hear from ms. Monika bickert, head of the local policy management for facebook. And mr. Nick pickles Public Policy director of twitter. Mr. Derek slater global director of information policy at google and mr. George salim Senior Vice President of programs for the antidefamation league. Over the past two decades the United States has let the world in development of social media and other services that allow people to connect with one another. Open platform like Google Twitter facebook and instagram and youtube have dramatically change the way we communicate and have been used p
We welcome those who join us on heritage. Org. For all the guests inhouse, we that yourtesy check cell phones and other noisemaking devices have been muted as a courtesy to our speaker. Is a graduate of west point and serves as an adjunct or foster an adjunct professor at georgetown university. He serves on the board of trustees at the Marine Corps University foundation and the Advisory Board for the west point center of oil history, the of oral history. Help me in welcoming jim c arafano. James thank you. Pete is not only a great friend, but the definition of a great american. He graduated from princeton and harvard. Stars. Nze having put his life on the line, im not sure what possessed him to write this, but i think in dangerous and politically incorrect in the world in which we live, he deemed to write a book about who are we in who we should be, that seems quite oldfashioned and distasteful to address anymore, but those of us who have walked around the island of the potomac and wal
Faint memory of that day when we once were relevant in basketball. Ill note you won this year at uva because of a guy from indianapolis. Lets not forget that. Amy has just published, her book is right here. The book is title em bbattled freedom. Its published by the university of North Carolina press and part of the civil war america series. Amys had a pretty good year, id day. Sit tight. It will take a while for me to tell you all the awards this important book has received. Its received the 2019 Tom Watson Brown prize from the society of civil war historians. 2019, avery craven award. The john book prize as well. Youve cleaned up. Congratulations. Its well deserved. This is a very important book. Amy is not only a terrific scholar, shes an excellent teacher. You received a Teaching Award from the university of kentucky. It is my pleasure to introduce to you, amy murrell taylor. [ applause ] oh, my goodness. That was kind. Thank you. I was thinking back to my junior year in college wh
Massive power outage left traffic blocked off for hours. And how the governor says it could have been much, much worse. And we are still keeping an eye on Tropical Storm barry. It was a hurricane but it didnt last very long. Even as a storm barry still caused problems and bay area First Responders heading to the area to try to help. More on that and a live report from louisiana. But first, lets check in with rosemary. These Tropical Storms really can cas havoc. Yes. They are expecting more rainfall in inches as we get into sunday. Here is a look at where it is right now. Still a Tropical Storm at this time with winds at 45 Miles Per Hour. Really it is the rain that everybody is worried about, of course ing see it is moving north, just about 6 Miles Per Hour. That has been the issue with barry. It is creeping through the state of louisiana. Here is a look at where the rain continues. We call it trains, it doesnt move very fast. The same areas continue to be hit for several hours at a ti