This is an hour. Good afternoon. My name is liz kennedy and im senior director of democracy and government reform. Id like to welcome you to the center for democracy progress this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing so well be doing todays program with our fantastic panel and well be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned
We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and that has so far been subject to much less public discussion, the extent to which the russian government uses corruption and Financial Leverage as instruments of influence abroad and now potentially in the United States. This is not an academic subject but one which has had real consequences for european neighbors and poses a threat to democratic governments wherever russian
Good afternoon. My name is liz kennedy and im senior director of democracy and government reform. Id like to welcome you to the center for democracy progress this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing so well be doing todays program with our fantastic panel and well be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and that h
First look of what could be a historic opening. Is the hype for real . Thats in the skinny on this friday, december 16th. From abc news, this is world news now. Are you going to see it . I cant wait. I have to wait until the crowds are gone, and not saying that as a disney employee, but are you pumped for it . Well see. All right. Takes a lot of work for me to go to the movies with the sleep schedule all jumbled up. You know what im saying . Easier to watch on netflix. I feel ya. No offense to the movie theater. Not hating them, but its one place you want to be this weekend, at least for 100 million americans. Yes. Its nice and warm in a theater near you. We begin with the extreme Winter Weather gripping the entire northern half of the country. In fact, there was a blizzard warning overnight in effect for upstate champs of ice fishing wow. Be jealous. They expect 610 inches of lak effect snow. Theres high wind warning and wind chill warnings. The west coast not spared. Eugene, oregon s
First look of what could be a historic opening. Is the hype for real . Thats in the skinny on this friday, december 16th. From abc news, this is world news now. Are you going to see it . I cant wait. I have to wait until the crowds are gone, and not saying that as a disney employee, but are you pumped for it . Well see. All right. Takes a lot of work for me to go to the movies with the sleep schedule all jumbled up. You know what im saying . Easier to watch on netflix. I feel ya. No offense to the movie theater. Not hating them, but its one place you want to be this weekend, at least for 100 million americans. Yes. Its nice and warm in a theater near you. We begin with the extreme Winter Weather gripping the entire northern half of the country. In fact, there was a blizzard warning overnight in effect for upstate champs of ice fishing wow. Be jealous. They expect 610 inches of lak effect snow. Theres high wind warning and wind chill warnings. The west coast not spared. Eugene, oregon s