[ applause ] good afternoon, everyone. So as we settle in, i often pick a word for the day, it kind of governs how i conduct myself often times and just my frame of mind. But today im going to pick an image of the day. If you look at our screen one of our commissioners shared with me this image and i think it really sets the tone and the stage and underscores the importance of why were here. And of course the significance of this panel. Now this is a chinese book. For kindergarteners and circle, even if you dont speak chinese, circled are two letters, a. I. Kindergarten. Text book. A. I. Now, the senator talked about us tooling ourselves and getting ready from grade school to grad school. Now were talking about kindergarten or even prek if were going to be keep ahead and really stay number one when it comes to a. I. So i just wanted to start with this image. Because again, it really, for me, underscores the urgency of why this commission was formed and why you think and know its so imp
[applause] good afternoon, everyone. As we settle in i often pick a word for the day. A kind of how i govern myself often times and my frame of mind. But today im going to take an image of the day if you look at your screen, one of our commissioners shared with me this image and i think it sets the tone and stage and underscores the importance of why we are here. This is a chinese book for kindergartners and even if you dont speak chinese, circled r. Two letters, ai. Kindergarten textbook. The senator talked about us getting ready from grade school to graduate school. Now we are talking about kindergarten or even pre k. If we are going to keep ahead and stay number one when it comes to ai so i just want to start with this image because again it really for me underscores the urgency of why this commission was formed and why its so important as we are here today. We have a broa had a broad mandh concrete steps the government should take to build and maintain a Machine Learning work force
Walk away from it, its a doubleedge sword for the democrats to go bonn this sword. Maria it sure on, we know the activity that went on in terms of hunter biden. Well, its crazy, to be honest, i dont understand why people arent saying why president made the phone call which was to congratulate the president of ukraine on his partys landslide wins in parliamentary elections the week before, i was actually in ukraine and people are acting as if the president called out of the blue to talk about biden, i wasnt that, a call made for purpose and this might have come up. Maria we will get the transcript soon. On deck this morning chairwoman of rnc, Ronnie Mcdaniel to talk about hearings, texas congressman and House Financial Services Committee Member lance on house leadership and Fox News Contributor karl rove on impeachment hearings, former ambassador to un, new mexico governor Bill Richardson on President Trumps un speech, we have a lot to talk about this morning, top story is the white hou
The good and the bad. Next week, russia will be hosting the world and the global news media at the Winter Olympics in sochi. Consider the cost. 51 billion. Then compare it to what came before. Vancouver in 2010 at just 8 billion. It has been a huge endeavor for the kremlin that amounts to a Public Relations megaproject. In the News Coverage may well determine if the russians get value for money. Journalists in sochi are using these games as a news peg to get at other stories about russia. There is the contentious gay propaganda law, the Environmental Impact of the sochi Development Projects and of course, the enormous costs to the taxpayer. Most of the russian news media havent waited for the torch to get lit to declare sochi a triumph. Step by step through the putin years, the Russian Media particularly on the broadcast side have been brought to heel. The president and his inner circle can manage the message through media through directly or indirectly controlled by the state. Journal
News media at the Winter Olympics in sochi. Consider the cost. 51 billion. Then compare it to what came before. Vancouver in 2010 at just 8 billion. It has been a huge endeavor for the kremlin that amounts to a Public Relations megaproject. In the News Coverage may well determine if the russians get value for money. Journalists in sochi are using these games as a news peg to get at other stories about russia. There is the contentious gay propaganda law, the Environmental Impact of the sochi Development Projects and of course, the enormous costs to the taxpayer. Most of the russian news media havent waited for the torch to get lit to declare sochi a triumph. Step by step through the putin years, the Russian Media particularly on the broadcast side have been brought to heel. The president and his inner circle can manage the message through media through directly or indirectly controlled by the state. Journalism can be a dangerous game in russia. Pushing the boundaries can get foreign rep