The meeting will come to order. Today we welcome the acting commissioner of u. S. Cuss thotos and Border Protection mark morgan. Thank you for being here today. We look forward to go etting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements for fiscal year 2021. The fiscal year 2021 budget proposes 15. 6 billion in zregs nare discretionary fwunzing for rbp a700 million i bov the level. And 2 billion for the construction of 82 miles of border barriers and an increase of 625 million, over the current year appropriation for nearly 88 of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns about spending another 2 billion on Additional Border barriers. But aside from any debate we might have about them, this administration continues to circumvent the will of congress, by diverting billions of dollars above what congress specifically appropriates for this activity. The house bill was simply not, does simply not include this funding. Even more to the point however is that the
Expected to hear from rail representatives to prevent train accidents. Good afternoon. Today the committee gathers for a hearing to examine the next steps in positive train control implementation. Im glad to convene this hearing on this important issue with my friend and colleague Ranking Member senator cantwell. I want to thank our panel of witnesses for appearing. Mr. Ron batori, administrator of the railroad administration, susan, director of infrastructure, u. S. Government accountability office. Bob, Vice President of Strategic Development web tech corporation. Chris matthews assistant Vice President of Network Control systems. And jim, chief executive officer and executive director of metro. Todays hearing will evaluate progress, implementation of positive train control, ptc and examine the potential challenges in meeting the final implementation deadline of december 31st, 2020. As recent Committee Hearings have highlighted ptc is an Important Technology which has the ability to
This Atlantic Council event is about two hours. Director of the cybersecurity and if a Structure Agency at the u. S. Department of Homeland Security and principal associate Deputy Attorney general at the u. S. Department of justice. Going to go through some questions and we will have time to take questions for b i wonder if you could get us started. Talk through some key framing assumptions for the strategy. What were two or three places you wanted the team to focus on shifting the debate. To talk to you. Strategy. There are some fundamental shifts as you recognized in the strategy. First we have to start with what we wanted cyberspace to look like. What are we trying to achieve, what is our northstar . That is to have a defensible resilient Digital Ecosystem that is aligned with our values. That is what we are trying to achieve. At bottom our constituents are American People. How do we do this for in American People and at its core, it is reliant, significantly rely on collaboration a
Address. Police say there were only minor injuries. Lets take you to some live pictures from new york city where you can see there is still presence. Lice this explosion just months after the deadly terror attack in manhattan. We go live for more on this situation. Still a heavy Police Presence here on 8th avenue just outside Port Authority where four people were injured, including the suspect, when an explosion went off in the middle of the rush hour and the middle of this busy Holiday Season right here in Port Authority in what the new york city mayor is calling and attempted terror attack. During the height of morning evacuating thece bus terminal at Port Authority after an explosion below ground at to the worlds busiest and the nati subway station. Its one of our worst nightmares. In custody,n is four people injured, including the suspect. Anor deblasio this was attempted terror attack. The suspect is a 27yearold fromamed akayed ullah bangladesh. He has been living in the u. S. For
You think that the people you hire to do a service for you are people you can trust. At last check with police, they cannot confirm whether or not the driver worked for a forhire company as they are still searching for him tonight. Tonight, that man described as a hispanic man, medium build, slickedback hair with moles or freckles. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Back to the new york city terror scare. A bomb going off in the middle of a pedestrian tunnel of the subway system right under the Port Authority. Its the busiest bus terminal in the country. Alison it was at the outset of the morning rush today and amazingly, the bomber survived. Michelle three people were injured. Elizabeth hur with what we are learning about the attacker tonight. Elizabeth good evening to you. We are now learning that there were four officers Authority Bus terminal behind me here. When they first noticed people running for cover. Officials say what the officers saw next was th