And then it welcome our witnesses in the Senior Vice President of council at google the media has been fixated on the platforms from spreading misinformation during the 2016 election. This was an opportunity for each of you to tell your respective stories of necessary correct the record. My sense is not all aspects of those stories have been told accurately but i will go for the record of this committee now is having the 17th open hearing and the 12th of which we will be discussing russias activities. Im hopeful we can provide an informed an incredible credible assessment how you use your platforms during last years elections. I am also hopeful you will share what your companies are doing to make it harder for foreign actors future platforms automated accounts to falsify stories here in the United States. The National Security shows the unacceptable risk to have a responsibility to reduce that vulnerability. While on the topic of responsibility and will push back on some narratives spr
I call the hearing to order. Good morning. Id like to welcome our Witnesses Today. Before i introduce them, i want to say on behalf of the full committee that our hearts and prayers go to the individuals in new york, the families and the friends of those who were affected by a senseless terror act. To those on this committee, weve come to expect this. We spend countless hours working existh the threats that to this country and around the world, and it is sad we have come to the point where nothing can happen that surprises us. But it is the response of this committee to work handinhand with our Intelligence Community to keep america safe by providing the tools they need to to accomplish their mission. We will continue to do that. As is the case that we are here today, and i welcome our witnesses, the Vice President and general counsel at facebook, the general counsel at twitter, and the senior Vice President and general counsel at google. Theseveral months now, media has been fixating
And doesnt fix it. Chris we will ask senator rand paul, one of the biggest critics of the bill, what needs to be done to finally replace obamacare. Plus, Senate Republicans put off a vote this week as one of their own deals with his own health issue. We will ask our sunday panel what happens if the g. O. P. Fails to keep a major promise. All right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. First some breaking news. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has put off that Big Health Care about this week while senator john mccain recovers from surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye. We will have much more on the effort to repeal and replace obamacare a little later. First our top story. For months, donald trump and his team have tried to put questions about links to russian interference in the election behind them. But that is now much tougher with a stream of revelations about a meeting donald trump donald trump, jr. , and other Campaign Official
Off. Theres a chance that well see a few more and possibly a thunderstorm pop up later this morning and early this afternoon from this line thats moving through western pennsylvania. Its got a ways to go before it gets here. Much of the morning will be dry. Look at how warm it is 57 in new jersey. 60 in philadelphia, and 56 degrees in delaware. Well see a nice warmup, too, with the chance of more showers and thunderstorms. 60 degrees at 7 00. A chance of a thunderstorm at 7 00 in wilmington and at 10 00 this morning. For philadelphia, clouds will be hanging in there. The temperature will climb, nonetheless, to 65 degrees at 11 00 where we have a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Not going to be widespread rainfall. Just enough to keep umbrellas going early this morning and later this afternoon. Then well get sunshine, and look at the temperatures later today they take off well into the 70s. Well take a closer look at when you can expect to see the next round of showers in
Communities and clin igss and governments and others needs to know what works in order to know what to implement more widely. A number of questions arose, how do we do that . How do we know how communities define what works . Thats not always the same as the way researchers define what works. How do decisionmakers define what works and how do the different perspectives intersect . Finally as i mentioned, they noted there were two studies of interventions with the rigorous evaluation. Opportunities that we see from the u. S. Perspective for building on communities, first of all acknowledging that these kinds of problems need shared knowledge and tailored efforts. But when were tailoring intervention interventions, how can we be sure that others are learning from those interventions . If they are successful, whats required for implementation. And once an intervention is implemented, how can one ensure that the intervention can be sustained . So how can the results of successful intervent