Be secretary of state and john kerry as the new president ial envoy for climate. Following his remarks, Vice President elect Kamala Harris close doubt the event with brief comments. This runs about 30 minutes. Gooddentelect biden afternoon, everyone. Today, i am pleased to announce nominations for staff for critical Foreign Policy and National Security positions in my administration. It is a team that will keep our country and people safe and secure, and it is a team that reflects the fact that americas back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it, once again sit at the head of the table. Ready to confront our adversaries and not reject our allies. Ready to stand up for our values. In fact, in calls from World Leaders that i have had 18 to 20 of them so far, im not sure the exact number in the weeks since we won the election, im struck by how they look forward to the United States reasserting its historic role as a global leader, both in the pacific, as well as the atlantic, all
we ll speak with a self described iranian troublemaker targeted for her activism. good day. lawyers for donald trump have one week to back up their client s unsubstantiated accusations that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. trump s allegations have not been made in court, only on social media and on fox news. but now special master judge raymond dearie is telling trump s lawyers this is their, quote, final opportunity to raise any fact all dispute as to the completeness and accuracy of the detailed property inventory. let s get right to justice and intelligence corespondent ken dilanian, michael steele and phil rucker. and as well as glenn kirschner is joining us today. so ken, this is the judge that the trump team wanted but it seems like judge dearie is telling trump to put up or shut up any guess more civil words. absolutely right. you have to wonder whether the trump team is second guessing their decision. he didn t have to do this way, he was under instructions f
and tearful families saying good-bye to loved ones departing for training. putin wants 300,000 new fighters to help turn the tide as the russian military suffers setbacks in ukraine. russia is saying the call up would be limited to those with military experience but reports say civilians also now are being conscripted. the new york times tells the story of a husband and father of five who received a summons at a 4:00 a.m. meeting where a train had been organized to take him to a military center. many men are fleeing russia to avoid the forced enlistment. this is traffic as people escape to nearby georgia. russian airporting have been packed with people trying to get out of the country. one human rights group said more than 1,300 people have been arrested in anti-car protests in moscow and st. petersburg over the past few days. also today, voting begins in four regions of russian-occupied ukraine, in a sham referendum that could lead to the annexation of 15% of ukrainian ter
President obama will unveil an executive order on immigration policy tomorrow night offering temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants. The measure could provide permits for up to 5 million people. You will have live coverage at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspan. A house panel looks at the technical and Security Problems with the healthcare. Gov website. We will hear from the chief Technology Officer todd park korea congressman paul brown shares the subCommittee Hearing. This hearing on the committee will come to quarter. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing. In front of you are packets containing the testimony, biography and the truth and testimony disclosure for todays witness. I recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I want to thank my colleagues for being here today and i want to especially thank the witness for his presence. Weve been waiting a very long time to be a
Are not simply putting out the fires. We also have to think longterm, it seems to me, or we are in for a 100year war. Exactly right, sir. This morning at an open meeting, nsa director rogers said there should be no doubt in our mind that our nation states and groups with the capability festa to forestall our ability to operator basic infrastructure whether it is generating power or moving water and fuel. How concerned are you about terrorist groups using their capacity for what i call hackers for hire to attacker infrastructure . How serious is this cyberattack threat . I would agree with the nsa director in what he said this morning. As i understand it, the threat he is referring to is more acute from state actors that present them for an individual terrace or establish terrorists. Isil has shown a pretty good capability with the internet. Exactly. Certainly one they aspire and exercise. And so, knowing that, we are looking for ways to be ahead of them in our ability to defend her inf