[background noise] the university of massachusetts amherst announced the acquisition of papers of Daniel Ellsberg, which will be available to the public. In an event marking the acquisition, pentagon papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg talks about the proper problem with Nuclear Weapons. His recent book the doomsday machine, confessions of a Nuclear War Planner details his three pentagon papers work as a teacher analyst for the Rand Corporation strategic analyst for the Rand Corporation. He talks about the role of whistleblowers in the 21st century. All right, good evening, good afternoon, good evening. Thetings and welcome to 21st annual friends of the Umass Librarys fall recession. I am the dean of libraries here. Today i have the honor of welcoming you to a special program, planning to celebrate the acquisition of daniel bysbergs personal archive the university. This represents an important addition to the Umass Library archives and the university. The Library Special collections a
Starting with what you will see before you. And then second beginning at 315 with the problems of tackling disinformation and we are delighted to start off today with remarks of those run the frontline we have the director performance security and infrastructure security at the department of Homeland Security and then coming right from the frontlines to deal with these issues he will give us an overview of what that government is trying to do to tackle the issue head on. And then most recently was the National Security council and the director for resilience and then to be engaged in Election Security and integrity. At that the Harvard Institute of politics and with that Public Outreach and the various issues so we would be concerned since the 2016 election. Mark will be joined by a david founder for the center for election and research one dad is devoted to this precise issue and has spent many years at the Pew Research Foundation looking at public am pulling opinion. And last but not
And then second beginning at 315 with the problems of tackling disinformation and we are delighted to start off today with remarks of those run the frontline we have the director performance security and infrastructure security at the department of Homeland Security and then coming right from the frontlines to deal with these issues he will give us an overview of what that government is trying to do to tackle the issue head on. And then most recently was the National Security council and the director for resilience and then to be engaged in Election Security and integrity. At that the Harvard Institute of politics and with that Public Outreach and the various issues so we would be concerned since the 2016 election. Mark will be joined by a david founder for the center for election and research one dad is devoted to this precise issue and has spent many years at the Pew Research Foundation looking at public am pulling opinion. And last but not least and that many of you will know in the
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, give our lawmakers the wisdom to remember and be grateful for all the things you have already done. Lord, you have sustained our nation during seasons of war and peace. You have helped us to find creative ways to strive for a more perfect union. You have provided us with solutions to difficult problems, just when we needed you most. Let this day be a time when senators find time to thank you for your bountiful blessings and faithfulness. As our lawmakers strive to live one day at a time, may they keep their focus on your power and love. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding
Violence and play a role in calming the nation. Mayor bowser good afternoon, everybody. I am muriel bowser, im mayor of washington, dc. I am joined by members of my administration, the chief of Police Peter Newsham and the city administrator rishaad young. We are here today to provide an update on the districts response to protests in the district overnight and yesterday. He district overnight and yesterday. I want to start by saying we certainly recognize and outragee with the people feel following the killing in minneapolis last week. Thate certainly empathize the killing of george floyd was not the first and people were expressing outrage and demanding action. We also recognize that we are proud of our city and we do not destroyed. Ty to be so, police and firefighters and members of the Public Safety team for washington, d. C. , along with our federal partners have been working to make sure people can exercise their First Amendment rights while not destroying washington, d. C. I wou