Series on elections, covering election operations, election integrity, and election security, which will be the focus of our conversation today with our guest, a former department of Homeland Security secretary, mr. Michael chertoff. Im going to read a little bit about mr. Chertoffs bio before i turned it over to our host, elliot burke. As secretary of the u. S. Department of Homeless Committee from 2005 to 2009, Michael Chertoff led the cutHomeland Security from 2005 2009, Michael Chertoff transformed fema into an Effective Organization following hurricane katrina. His greatest successes have earned if headlines because the Important News is what didnt happen. At the chertoff group, mr. Chertoff provides highlevel Strategic Counsel to corporate and government leaders on a broad range of Security Issues, from Risk Identification and prevention to preparedness, response, and recovery. For heading the department of Homeland Security, mr. Chertoff served as a header will judge on the u. S
Our part to reach out beyond our comfort zone, listen to others, lower the temperature, and find some common ground. Next nasa straight oher jim, testifies on changes at the agency due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Ziverbs is it would be helpful if the administrator would highlight how nasa is implements Lessons Learned from commercial crew development. In november of last year this committee passed the nasa authorization act demonstrating strong support. Legislation strongly supported nasas key science priorities, aeronautics research, plan terry exploration, and other initiatives. Today the administrator can provide an update on these missions and describe any major impacts on cost, schedule or operations caused by the pandemic. Nascar plays an Important Role in americas whole of government approach to securing the space do name. Great power competition in space is a reality. Chinas space ambitions are wellknown and the communist party has devoted resou
[inaudible] [inaudible] the hearing will come to order. 2020 has been a year of challenge and triumph for americas space agency. The covid19 pandemic has disrupted planning and daytoday operations, but nasa and its commercial partners have achieved many successful outcomes. These include launching american astronauts to the International Space station and returning them safely to earth. And returning that launch vehicle safely to earth. Launching a perseverance rover to mars and preparing the space launch systems sls rocket and orion crew capsule for the first deep Space Exploration Program Mission next year. Im pleased that nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine is here to provide us with an update on the missions and programs and the agencys plans for the future. Further progress on the program is critical to achieving the goals of landing the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024 and establishing a sustainable presence opresent on or around r circus by 2028. Congress has given su
2020 has been a year of challenge and triumph for americas space agency. The covid19 pandemic has disrupted planning and daytoday operations, but nasa and its commercial partners have achieved many successful outcomes. These include launching american astronauts to the International Space station and returning them safely to earth. And returning that launch vehicle safely to earth. Launching a perseverance rover to mars and preparing the space launch systems sls rocket and orion crew capsule for the first deep Space Exploration Program Mission next year. Im pleased that nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine is here to provide us with an update on the missions and programs and the agencys plans for the future. Further progress on the program is critical to achieving the goals of landing the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024 and establishing a sustainable presence opresent on or around r circus by 2028. Congress has given support for many key components of the arguments, notably
Your questions, your audience questions. To ask a question as a q a box at the bottom of your screen. You click on that and typing your question will try to get to as many of those as possible. There is a chat for you guys but if you could keep all of your questions in the q a, just make things a little bit easier. With all that out of the way, it is my honor to introduce jean guerrero. She is an Investigative Reporter contributing to npr, the pbs news hour and other public media. She is the author of, shes also the recipient of an emmy of the k pbs americas. That should be discussing her new book, hatemonger, steven muller, donald trump and the White Nationals agenda. Its from a spiteful teenage troll to one of Donald Trumps chief advisers. Muller who has outlasted many others in the trump forces has encourages his bosses worse impulses and helped him. From the muslim ban, the family separation policy at the border, millers finger prints have been all over the cruelest and most decisi