The hearing will come to order. Director wray, appreciate you coming over. Try to get you out of here by 1 00. You have an agency to run. Well do seven minute rounds. If theres cleanup, well try to accommodate. Briefly, the oversight hearing comes at an important time. Even though theres no evidence the russians changed the tally of the 2016 election, i think they exceeded their wildest expectations in terms of interfering with the 2016 election. I think all of us are interested in what to do to make sure it doesnt happen in 2020. I am very interested in what china is doing, section 2015 authorities are about to expire. I want to hear from the director what that means to the country. We have a fisa warrant investigation coming soon, a problem with media leaks at the fbi. Having said all that, it has been a difficult time for the fbi. Lets not let a few bad actors taint a great organization. Before we start, we appreciate what you do. Without their service, this country would be a dange
The oversight committee. He address Election Security and fbis response to domestic terrorism and white supremacist violence and other topics are chinese espionage and threats from an official. This is just under three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] come to order we appreciate you coming over director ray we will try to get out of here by 1 00 oclock you have an agency to run and if there is any cleanup we will try to accommodate. Very briefly the oversight hearing comes at an important time even though there is no evidence the russians change the tally of the 2016 election they exceeded their wildest expectations or interfere with the 2016 elections. All of us are very interested in what we can do to make sure this doesnt happen again in 2020 and after what china is doing section 2015 authorities are about to expire to hear from the director what that means to the country with a pfizer warrant investigation we that is coming also media leaks at the fbi. Hav
The environment. Work our waye to through campaign 2020, we ask you this morning how important is Foreign Policy to your vote . How important is Foreign Policy in campaign 2020 . Here is how to take part in the conversation. 202 7488000 for democrats. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 if not by phone, you can weigh in about Foreign Policy and campaign 2020 on twitter. cspanwj is our handle. You can also post on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Talking about the democratic side of the race, 2020 democrats see opportunity on Foreign Policy. A picture of senator Kamala Harris there. Some of the leading democrats in the contest are working to strengthen their Foreign Policy addresses, eager to their own inexperience on matters and draw a contrast with the president s unpredictable approach to trouble spots overseas. They writes that vermont senator sanders is considering a trip abroad. Californias harris growing Foreign Policy team is highlighting her access to the nations
Cspan radio app. Host we have another busy week in washington. We will talk about everything going on in washington with two guests back at the table again for another discussion. We will talk about everything going on in washington with two guests back at the table again for another discussion. One of them is Jonathan Tamari with philadelphia inquirer, National Political reporter there. Thank you for being with us. Guest thanks for having me. Host we also say hello to Jonathan Tamari with axios. The president with Alayna Treene axios. What is the president going to say today on the environment . Why is he doing it now, why is it weird . Guest it is odd because a lot of people within the white house that we spoke to were the ones that were like this is odd this is more of the democrats issue, and something the president elect take it upon ourselves to tout our record on the environment. It is a controversial issue involving the Trump Administration because the president has not been on
And that is the involvement of Security Experts in development of the Design Excellence program. I know there were some who were on the commission to develop it. But ms. Munaz and mr. Green, if you could address the actual input of the Security Experts into the program and setting standards in the program, and whether theres an ongoing effort to keep the Security Experts involved. Beyond what the state department comes up with on its own. One of the criticisms that has happened has been that the state department has underestimated the security needs and the security threats. And i want to make sure as we move forward and build these embassies that security considerations are part of that ongoing process of assessment. So if you could sort of address that, starting from who was on the initial commission and whether that involvement and security continues and mr. Green, if you could gives your assessment as a security expert yourself. Im not really a security expert. You led the committe