Today people will be gathering to remember those who were killed in the gilroy garlic festival mass shooting. It happened one year ago today. The event called rising together will honor victims and heroes, its being held exactly one year after a 19 yearold man used an Assault Rifle to fire into the festivals crowd. 3 people were killed including a 6 yearold boy 19 other people were injured before Gilroy Police officer shot the gunman. The fbis domestic terrorism investigation still ongoing. And well have a lot more details coming up in a live report coming up at 5. 30 this morning. Well to the south bay now woman caught on camera spewing racial slurs at a postal worker has gone viral. Take a listen. What im doing. Well the video was shared on social media and it shows a woman calling an Asian American worker a derogatory term and upsetting the off the customers inside Tyler Brumfield is a man heard off camera condemning the womans rant. A woman is also heard again cursing and repeating
From the center for strategic and International Studies this is just under 45 minutes. Welcome to csis online event. Today were going to be talking about russian influence in the United Kingdom. This is part of a broader report that csis just produced that looks how to counter russian and chinese influence. So last thursday we held a conversation with former australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that looked at chinese influence in australia. Part of the report examined japan and australia and how chinese influence works there. Todays conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the United Kingdom. As part of that broader work we also looked at germany. The reason Malcolm Turnbull was so important is because we use his framing of influence activities. We looked at covert, coercive and corrupting influence factors. Many reports have certainly examined the supply of influence activities, but very few look at the demand side. How democracies use and accept these influence
Japan and australia and how chinese influence works there. Todays conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the United Kingdom. As part of that broader work, we also looked at germany. The reason that Malcolm Turnbull was so important is because we used his framing of influence activities. We looked at covert, coercive, and corrupting influence factors. Many reports have certainly examined the supply of influence activities, but very few look at the demandside, how democracies use and accept these influence activities. So our report focused much more on the demand, how do democratic governments and societies internalize that influence activities. This report was made possible by the state Departments Global Engagement Center through the Information Access fund. Were grateful of course for the support but these are the authors and not of the state department views. If i may, let me briefly go over some of the key findings from this report. Russia and china certainly have
Influence, so last thursday we held a conversation with former australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that look at chinese influence in australia. Part of the report examined japan and australia and chinese influence works there. Todays conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the United Kingdom. As part of a broader work we also look at germany. The reason Malcolm Turnbull was so important is because we used his framing of influence activities. We looked at covert, coercive and corrupting influence factors. Many reports have examined the supply of influence activities, but very few look at the demandside, how democracies use and accept these influence activities. So our report focused much more on the demand come have democratic governments and ci activities. This report was made possible by the state Department Global Engagement Center to the Information Access fund, and administered by the were grateful of course for the support but these are the authors and not
Toxic chemical. What you need to watch out for just ahead. Breaking overnight. Federal agents use tear gas on protesters in portland, oregon. Among them, the citys own mayor. While the president announces federal forces are being sent to other cities, like chicago, to deal with the surge in violence. Well have the very latest. Wild weather. Damaging wind and rain up and down the east coast. Thousands without power. The statue of liberty struck by lightning. This morning, a Tropical Storm watch for the texas coast, with another storm in the atlantic poised to become a hurricane today. All that, plus, the boys of summer are back. Didnt miss that one. Watched that one sail over the fence. Baseball fans coast to coast getting set to celebrate opening day. Today, thursday, july 23rd, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Welcome to today. So happy that youre joining us on this thursday morning.