Everyone please sit down. Know we have people trickling in, but we are starting anyway. Ok. Welcome to the Wilson Center to those who are physically here and those who will be watching us on cspan and by other means. Harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center and former member of congress who is proud of her role in helping create the department of Homeland Security. Today we are pleased to cohost ural Homeland Security Experts Group meeting with support from the miners association, american airlines, and mckinsey. It is the group of the best americann the Homeland Security. It was found over 10 years ago and is now rebooted and housed at the minor corporation. Secretary and my dear friend Michael Chertoff and i are honored to be cochairs, and rob walker is the newly minted director. Mission is to offer independence, nonpartisan advice to key government officials as they face hard security programs, raise awareness, and offer solutions. We are nonpartisan and we hope we add val
Died at the age of 85, just one year after retiring from nearly 50 years of bringing big bird and oscar the grouch to life. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 9th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have toni in from espn. Hey we do begin this half hour with democrats wasting no time setting the stage to unveil articles of impeachment against President Trump this week. Another public hearing is getting under way today to lay out the case for removing the president from office. The president is crying foul tweeting quote no president in American History has been treated like this. Abcs david wright has more. Reporter on the eve of historic impeachment hearings, congress has been burning the midnight oil. We have to act now, you cant wait for the next election because hes trying to interfere with the next election. Reporter the House Judiciary Committee is now charged with drafting specific grounds to remove President Trump. The president leaves us no choice. Report
Fascinating stuff happening in the world of surveillance that can be covered in fully panels and we are always glad to have a lineup and smart focus to address that range of topics in our shorter flash talks and to begin the senior counsel and director of Freedom Technology and freedom, this is a time where we hear a lot about the goal of putting the first but surveillance based in this often creates friction with our allies when our surveillance goals conflict and im happy to welcome that from an international perspective. [applause] thank you and hello. I am with the center for democracy and technology, ww the cdt. Org. I want to talk about the applications of America First surveillance policy. When i say America First i mean americans first, the surveillance policy on the intelligence side of the equation discriminates in favor of americans and against foreigners in a dramatic way when it comes to surveillance that occurs outside the United States. Inside the United States it is rel
And celebrating the man who brought life to sesame street. Whos the fella with all yellow the tributes pouring in for caroll, big birds voice since the characters beginning. Not again. Steve harvey announces a wrong winner during the Miss Universe pageant. What happened this time. And from the equipment mixup nearly canceling the game to the cheerleaders causing a delay. We need the cheerleaders off the field, please. To a fan making the best of his live tv moment. This place is still packed and people are still partying. The must see moments on and off the gridiron this morning. Good monday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Its kenneth moton. Its great to have toni collins from her Sister Network espn in for janai norman. We begin with breaking news this morning, the death toll is rising after a volcano erupted at a popular Tourist Destination in new zealand. Dozens are missing. Police are not sure how many were on the island because volcano experts are warning rescue crews
Helping us track the system. Weav we have the latest. Rob . What we saw was unique when you look at the radar time lapse over my shoulder, from 2 00 to 3 00. You see the band of red, that dropped almost an inch of rain in an hour. You can take into account San Francisco, paved with the concrete and hills, that turned San Francisco into the canyon of concrete where the runoff heads to the lower elevations from 2 00 to 3 00 leading to the Flood Warning and standing water on the roads. The good news as you see, things have quieted down on the radar around San Francisco. Still busy from the eve bay hills toward the trivalley. And the heaviest rain right now is actually around the south bay, fremont, approaching san jose, poolalo alto, redwood cit. Ponding on the roads. Highway 17 a mess. Heavy rain continues to fall there. Notice in the north bay now, things have eased up a bit. The one flash it flood watch we still have up for the bay area includes the kinkaid fire burn scar and some of t