Economic struggles. We do not have to live like this. We get better leadership into washington d. C. We can actually solve some of these problems are a quick Senate Debates get heated including an unusual race in utah. We need to send people to washington who are willing to stand up to both republicans and democrats for. To suggest some beholding to either party is contradicted by this plane affects practical senator mike lee about hes reelection in a deep red state. Then. We need to do our job at the border. The migrant crisis is meeting new highs. As asylumseekers flooded new york. But one texas city said it plans to stop sending the buses north and wait until you hear why. We will have a live report from the border and bring in Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar eight moderate in the competitive race for his texas seat. Then a new poll that shows a Big Change Among Independent women. Lester sunday panel which candidates could benefit. Plus foxbusiness kudlow on fears of recession.
At any time. Ill now recognize myself for five minutes for my Opening Statement. Good afternoon. Thanks for being here. Its been over 240 years since our forefathers declared independence and a democratic experiment began. Throughout the entirety of our existence our adversaries have sought to suppress our voting process. Voting is one of our fundamental rights. Our existence as a democracy depends on free, fair and accurate elections. Today we are here to talk about the best way to protect the integrity of our Voting Systems bu the cybersecurity of our Voting Machines and election systems. There are over 10,000 election jurisdictions nationwide that administer elections and even within states, counties use different systems and different technologies to conduct elections. Over a year ago, last september. Ranking member kelly and i held a hearing in the subcommittee titled cybersecurity and sharing the integrity of the ballot box to discuss potential cybersecurity issues with the upcom
Security, additional investments in technology, federal Cyber Security, cyber education, new cyber 10 went in the and improved cyber infinite response. Dhs has auroral role in zero most every aspect of this plan. As reflected in the 2017 budget request, we went to expand our Cyber Response team from 10 to 48 and double the number of Cyber Security advisers to make house calls to assist private sector organizations with in person customized Cyber Security assessment and best practices. Building on dhs is stop, think, connect campaign we will promote Public Awareness on multifactor authentication and collaborate with underwriter laboratories others to develop a Cyber Security Assurance Program to test and Certified Network devices within the internet, such as your home alarm system, refrigerator or even your pacemaker. Last year we greatly expanded the capability of dhs national Cyber Security Communications Integration center. It increased its distribution of information, the number of
Every election cycle will remind us how important it is for citizens to be informed. Home for political junkees and a way to track the government as it happens. Its a great way to stay informed. There are a lot of fans on the hill. My colleagues will say i saw you on cspan. Theres so much more that cspan does to make sure that people outside the beltway knows whats going on inside it. Next, Homeland Security security jay johnson. Topics include counter terrorism, Immigration Enforcement, Cyber Security and refugee admission programs. From the Wilson Center, this is just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Im jane harman the president and ceo of the Wilson Center. I want to take a moment to recognize all my colleagues from the aspen institutes Homeland Security advisory council, especially my cochair michael chert off. In the middle there. Hes Homeland Security number two. And he has a list of other dignitaries. Let me first recognize my colleagues from that committee. In addition to
Potential disaster. And the natural catastrophes like super storm sandy and the details and alarming new report. It is all happening now. But first. We are now waiting for president obamas final News Conference of the year. We expect the president to take questions on cuba and the sony cyber attack that the fbi initially blamed on north korea and welcome to happening now and i am eric shaun. And im heather in for jenna lee. A live look at the white house where president obama is expected to take reporters questions 30 minutes from now. And thens few hours later, the first family is expected to jet off to hawaii for a christmas vacation. Well start with ed henry. Hello and a dramatic statement from the fbi a short while ago, blaming north korea for the hack attack on sony. What is the president expected to say about this if anything. Reporter there is cuba and first chance to dwelve in to that and what is next there, but the situation with north korea, the fbi statement is pretty strong