Technical question but upon real issues of policy and governance that effect the globe all the way around. It is those Accountability Measures that havent been test driven yet. Before the transition was announced. The accountability of icann such as it was depended upon essentially the u. S. Governments exercise of soft power. The persuasion behind the scenes, if you will so it wasnt an explicit control and secretary strickland is right about that, but nonetheless, it was implicit in many ways. Thats whats going away. That sortth soft power control and what is coming in instead set of accountability measure that is will lead to empowered community that has the ability to, essentially, that has been tested in suggesting that the need for testing arises. Im not flying alone out there. Thats what the i can board suggested earlier when the Community Suggested the sole membership model. They said that if that was the model to be presented and the path forward, it may be prudent to delay the
I will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then the Ranking Member. We are here to look at election security. Its hard to imagine a bipartisan issue. Its what president Abraham Lincoln meant when he said a government by the people. When our citizens vote, they not only elect their leaders, they choose a direction and set priorities for the nation. Elections with integrity strengthen democracy and confer legitimacy and public trust in government. Concerns with earlier systems have the passage of the 2002 help america vote act. This requires the National Institute of standards and technology for which we have jurisdiction to work with the Assistance Commission to work on the technical and voluntary guidelines for voting. We will discuss the current guidelines that are in place for the states to protect their voting and elections systems. Though they were voluntary, i hope to hear whether they were sufficient to safeguard and whether the state effectively use them. This discussi
And good if you are wondering what it looks like when the white house truly goes all out to get something done, here is the result. The confirmation vote on Amy Coney Barretts nomination to be the newest member of the Supreme Court. Truly, sparing no effort focusing on the goal achieving it. If all goes as expected, judge barrett will be sworn in tonight at the white house. Yes, you heard that right. The white house, the site of her nomination superspreader event last month. O oh, and the site of a new covid cluster as well. At least five people close to Vice President pence now have the virus, including his chief of staff and two sources tell us his socalled body man. Which only underscores how, even what his supporters might see as a triumph by the president is affected literally in this case by his greatest and most consequential failure. New Coronavirus Infections are now averaging close to 70,000 a day, and that figure is rising. As you can see, the number of people sick enough to
Trump is talking seriously about announcing that hes planning to run again in 2024. Aware that whether he actually does it or not it will freeze an already crowded field of possible republican candidates and republicans say it will keep the wide support he showed even in defeat and could guarantee a lucrative book deal or speaking fees. Sources tell cnn they expect trump to tease a 2024 run when he does finally acknowledge the results. Those sources expect trump to dismiss the 2020 race as a fraud with no proof and hinting ill be back. Sure, this may all work out well for him. But the rest of the republicans are submarining your democracy in the process. This is not America First. It is trump first and only. You need more proof . Just today the cisa, thats the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, part of Homeland Security, trumps own administration obviously, says in a new statement in boldface, there is no evidence that any Voting System deleted or lost votes, changed vot
Were following breaking news at this hour. Former new orleans mayor ray nagin soon may be heading to jail guilty. Nagining corruption charges including accepting 500,000 worth of bribes. Al jazeera has been following the story from new orleans. Ben, what did the jury say . Reporter well, del, as you might know he was charged with 21 counts of different types of corruption including bribery and kickback schemes. The jury found him guilty on 20 of those 21 counts. Count number 7 involved a bribery charge with a Family Business and investment that was to pay off the mayor for city contract. But the jury came in moments ago and deliberated for 6. 5 hours. Three on monday and three and a half today. This is day 11 of this trial. As we talked before, one of the great mysteries was many people figured the mayor had the opportunity to take a deal with prosecutors. This is an investigation that has been at least four years in the making. Six other people have pled guilty or been convicted on ch