Pick and we will see how she works out. Chris we will get reaction to the bidenharris ticket from somtrump Campaign Senior advisor chris as we said, this weeks Virtual Convention will steve cortes buried end. Be different than any weve ever ive directed the secretary of the treasury to send direct seen. Theres been a marriage of Party Conventions in television for payments, 3,400, for a family of more than six decades now. Four, to all americans. Democrats are holding this up. The big speeches and funny hats and balloon drops have produced a great show and provided some perhaps you mistook them for someone who gave a damn. Indelible moments in our chris we will ask a panel politics. And for much of the action, ive about the continuing stalemate of a Coronavirus Relief package. Been lucky to enjoy a front row plus our power players of the seat. Week. The hope still lives in the the Democratic Party assembled for its National Dream shall never die. Chris a look back at Great Convention a
Lord, were grateful that though wrong seems strong, you continue to rule. Fill our lawmakers with reverence and trust in your prevailing providence. May that reverential awe keep them on the path of courage, integrity, and wisdom. Lord, remind them that you have invited them to seek and discover your might. You declared in psalm 50 15 call me in the day of trouble, and i will deliver you. We praise your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the house of representatives has passed a bill thats kind of like a onesizefitsall for elections. That everything ought to be run out o
Highlight, promote, discuss this great new book, which just came out on tuesday i believe the third would be official launch date. This is about a topic which is incredibly relevant important but as the authors discuss, understudied and on underemphasized. I dont want to waste too much time at the big long intro. I will only have an intro so i can highlight the work of ab next to me whos been doing really fantastic reporting for the wall street journal on the same topic and im going to quote from one of her stories from this year because it sets us up nicely where in a piece coauthored with her colleague dustin boltz she says, chinese spies are increasingly recruiting Us Intelligence officers as part of a widening sustained campaign to shake loose government secrets. Current and former u. S. Officials say china has also grown bolder and more successful in traditional spy games including targeting less conventional recruits and she quotes the now infamous statement by Christopher Wray t
United states citizens would not be required to submit to this intrusive Surveillance Technology as a condition of traveling this new notice suggests that the government is reneging on what was already in sufficient promise. Which is not surprising given that the u. S. Governments history of making promises to respect our privacy is about is its about as trustworthy as your boyfriends but delany while vacationing in bagus over Super Bowl Weekend come on we all know we cheated and that my friends is why we must always be watching the whole this. Is the. Real thing its like. The blood of. Like you know that i got. To. Welcome everybody to watching the hogs i am i wrote them for and joining us today to discuss Homeland Security his new love affair with facial Recognition Technology is legal journalist and contributor contributor to americas lawyer with might happen tony of the fantastic malia boils molly always a pleasure thank you. Thank you all right so is this new push by the d h s to
A pleasure thank you. Thank you all right so is this new push by the d h s to implement facial Recognition Technology and u. S. Citizens entering an exit in the country was it do you think was ultimately inevitable i mean were we always going to end up in this direction because thats just seems where our government wants to go. I think thats exactly right this department is for pres facial recognition checks for all people now traveling in and out of the United States including as you said u. S. Citizens not just foreigners not just visitors and this is new but as you said it probably was something theyve been wanting to do all along youve seen other Law Enforcement agencies already attempting to do it theres a 1000000000. 00 in fact set aside for the f. B. I. To build a data system and well talk about that in a 2nd but before this particular proposal citizens had been exempt from those mandatory checks no no no were not going to scan your face but now they want to scan your face homa