[inaudible conversations] thank you very much for being here and i particularly want to thank chairman barrasso because he allowed us to have the subcommittee hearing and for me to chai chair if this is a discn thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International P
Thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International Partners. The Bipartisan Legislation within the state department is now the law and to get it up and going we will hear more about that today but we are pleased that we are making progress. They lead, synchronize
Saturday, april 13th, and you are watching velshi on msnbc. I am filling in for my friend ali velshi. In two days the country will witness something that literally never happened before the first criminal trial of a former president of the united face of america. This coming monday, it is the beginning of Donald Trumps hush money trial. It may also be the only case it goes to court before election day. The man who was widely expected to be the star witness in the trial Michael Cohen sat down exclusively with the morning cast of my colleagues from the weekend and he had this to say about how we should be thinking about the case. The prosecutors are going to put forth their case and im just the narrator and rest assured, alvin bragg and the prosecutor a team over at the District Attorney of new yorks office would not have brought this case unless they thought they were going to be successful. So far, trumpet his legal team have been pretty successful in their delight. There is no trial s
Election. Towards obama youre watching aljazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up countdown to catalonia has a big announcement to the regional leader arrives at parliament to make an important speech on the future of the region. And i see relationship grows even colder turkeys president calls for a battle meetings with the u. S. Ambassador as tension grows between the two countries. With the wind driven event this fire change behavior very rapidly is moving throughout the area turned at one hundred people missing on twenty thousand evacuated as wildfires spread in the u. S. State of california. Well lets just begin with the breaking news coming out of kenya its Opposition Leader. Has withdrawn from the president ial election due to be run later this month rather had been numerous protests since the electoral body announced the incumbent president who rican yet or as the winner of the august eighth election lets get more on this with our correspondent term have of the d
Welcome to life in my head and me and its a problem i had. Kenyas Opposition Leader with from the president ial election. Says the Election Commission give him a fair chunk. Of the escalating diplomatic between the United States and turkey. And assesses the damage as. The us state the day. His leader has stepped back from declaring independence instead calling for talks to resolve spains was political crisis and decades. Did sign a symbolic declaration but its unclear if it has any legal status john holl reports from barcelona. He arrived to the Parliament Building bristling with expectation a heavy Police Presence into the weighty announcement to come but carlos president of catalonia is Regional Government stopped short of a full declaration of independence. As president its my responsibility to declare that catalonia should become an independent state in the shape of a public. Should become the words greeted with rounds in applause in the chamber before the independent state party w