Calling on the president to step down. And calls for sudans government to do more to prevent future disasters the tackles the worst flooding in a century. The u. S. Has broken with almost every other member of the u. N. Security council on dream post sanctions on iran washington insisted as a legal right to do so was part of the Iran Nuclear Deal even though it pulled out of the agreement 2 years ago our diplomatic editor james bays has more. Its aroud its even pitted the us against some of its closest allies its now over 5 years since the Iran Nuclear Deal was signed in vienna joining the negotiations the us team under the leadership of the very end secretary of state john kerry devised a mechanism called snap back if iran breached its commitments all internet. Sanctions could snap back into place but thats not the way things played out the United States will withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal it was the u. S. Under President Trump that pulled out of the deal 2 years ago. Despite thi
Good tuesday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with Morgan Brennan and jon fortt live at post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange we begin with text stocks this morning and the continued rally in the sector, another record close, apple, facebook, and alphabet at alltime highs Jeff Richards joins us now along with james lee guys, good morning good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having us so james, im looking at tech stocks up more than 30 in just the last three months. A short list apple, tesla, amd, snap, spotify, zillow. You like facebook and byedo in this market, but how much can you like some of these names given how quickly they have run up yeah. Jon, that very good question we think valuation right now is still very attractive. Look at facebook coming to the year, a lot of investors are very concerned about regulations. I think as we get into the year, a lot of people getting more comfortable because some of the regulatory issues or policy that happened over th
Yesterday, the director of National Intelligence testified that, quote, the greatest challenge we have as a nation is making sure to maintain the integrity of our election system. Closed quote. Excuse me. I agree. Our democracy was founded on a government elected by the people, for the people and free and fair elections. Today our elections, the very core of our democracy, are under attack. Special counsel muellers report in no Uncertain Terms details our Foreign Government attacked our 2016 election is, the russians objections were clear, secure the election of one candidate of president over another and undermining confidence in the sbrintegritief our elections. Theres no evidence that russia affected the actual vote count of our elections but russia did steal thousands of documents from american citizens that it used to influence public opinion. It also accessed voter data and gained other valuable intelligence which it may seek to exploit in the future. In short, as special counsel
Directors, government representatives and International Technology companies to talk about what state and local governments need to improve their systems. if you could silence your cell phones electronics i would appreciate it. Im going to take the role now. Vice chair ben hovland. Commissioner thomas hicks. We have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us today at the u. S. Election system to examine the security challenge Election Security faces ahead of the 2020th president ial election. This vital conversational providers with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002 that established the eac is the only federal entity solely focused on supporting Elections Officials on the voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse of information on the Election Admini
Id appreciate it. Im going to take the role now, vice chair. Present. Commissioner palmer. Here. Commissioner thomas hicks. Here. So we have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon, i thank you for joining us today as the u. S. Election Assistance Commission convenes an Election Security forum for the security challenge Election Administrators face ahead of the 2020 president ial election. This vital conversation will provide us with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues, including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002, it established the eac as the only federal entity solely focused on Election Officials and voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse on Election Administration. It is this responsibility that brings us here today and guides our Election Security efforts. Eac prides itself addressing significant issues and th