Hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both Ranking Member mister heiss and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person. Especially when we are in session i made a promise to mister heiss that i would fight for that and today is the fruit of that effort i believe when we were in session, to the extent possible, protecting everybodys health and safety, we can and should be meeting like this. At least in hybrid form those members who are not comfortable or who physically cannot join us in the hearing room are more than welcome to join us through the web. We are happy to have them. We ask everybody, when they are not speaking, to wear a mask that is the guidance and the capitol hill position. That is the guidance of the chairwoman of this committee. It protects everybody i really appreciate that cooperation. Let me see. For members appearing remotely, just a few reminders before i get my Opening Statement. House rules require that we see you so pl
Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are more than welcome to join us through web i no noor. We ask everybody when they were not speaking, to wear a mask. I really appreciate that cooperation of for members appears remotely. House rules require that we see you, so police have your cameras turned on at all times during the course of the hearing. If they can let us you can use the chat function to send a request. And if that doesnt work, you can unmute and seek recognition. These arent ideal circumstances, but we are in the midst of a pa
In the world. It takes place in las vegas. Where else . Gadgets and electronics and razzmatazz, it is the highlight of the year in technology. The next ces is just weeks away. Now, the most important events at ces are the keynotes. Major product announcements, diverse gadgets. But in past years, not very diverse speakers. Not diverse at all. You saw it in the headline, the top keynote speakers are all men. Flagship tech conference ces faces backlash for all male keynote speaker lineup noted nbc news. So next year you think the conference will be a bit more woke, but alarm clocks were not a gathet that year either. The headlines for the second year in a row, ces wont feature any female keynote speakers. Ces got its act together, not without a bit of painful reflection and one of the People Holding up the mirror was tiffany moore, she is Vice President of the Consumer Technology association, the Organization Behind ces. She joins us this morning with a preview. Joined by Jennifer Elias o
Authorization by a foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. This is about two and half hours. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] the media will come to order, good morning. Before we start i want to address some housekeeping matters. First, todays open portion is being broadcast live. And streamed on the committees youtube channel. We conducted entirely on an unclassified basis. All participants are reminded to refrain from discussing classified or other information protected from public exposure. It is my privilege to welcome a distinguished panel of leaders today to discuss Intelligence Committee anti threat assessment rate during todays proceedings we will hear from Lieutenant General scott director of the Defense Intelligence agency by the honorable William Burns director of the Central Intelligence agency. The honorable admiral intelligence, general paul, director of the National Security agency. And the honorable Chri
business of the cities, their counties, states, and this nation. their families don t sign up for this to be harmed. and it is wrong. that s san francisco s police chief denouncing the attack on nancy pelosi s husband. we ll have the latest developments since friday morning s targeted assault straight ahead. meanwhile, south korea is grieving a horrific disaster during halloween celebrations. and police are now admitting they made a mistake managing a massive crowd. also ahead, democrats call in the closer with a week to go until the mid weeks. former president barack obama hits the trail in hopes of slowing the momentum for republicans. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 31st. happy halloween. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning new information about friday s violent attack on paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. according to san francisco police, 42-year-old david depepe entered the home by breaking a