Isis is so much more adept at social media than anything we have able unable to do then able to do. Rep. Mccaul we have a new generation of terrorists that are very effective on the internet that have radicalized enough people to recruit 40,000 jihadists into iraq and syria, the largest convergence in history. Now they do the external operations, same with northern africa. We have to counter that message. Some private companies, google, facebook, they are stepping up to the plate to counter the message. I think the United States government could do a more effective job leveraging the local communities. At the end of the day, these are sunni arab communities, they need to step up to the plate and protect their own backyard and protect their own religion. Its important to understand the legislation coming out of the Judiciary Committee as well, when the Just Announced a policy of not examining publicly available social media, that is important to do. Because it can give you leads include
F. B. I. Director james comey is concerned about the rising murder rates. Donald trump set to rally any moment now in billings, montana. Earlier today he was in north dakota and laid out his plan for Energy Independence. And he celebrated hitting that magic number, 1,237. I want to thank the delegates. I was coming out of my building this morning, and there was a big newsflash that donald trump had won the nomination. North dakota, you brought us over the line, folks, and i will always remember that. Charles you know how much we grappled with that number . Donald trump officially securing that number, the delegates needed to become the official republican nominee. President obama doesnt seem too excited. He argued in a speech today that foreign leaders are quote rattled by the Successful Campaign of donald trump. Saying trump thought it was a good thing. Take a listen. They are rattled by it. And for good reason. Because a lot of the proposals that he has made display either ignorance
The month. David is here with the reaction. It is not very good so far. Certainly, we are continuing to see the headwinds from wall street friday. The gdp number that came out for the fourth quarter, not exactly the most ideal. A drop of 5 to 2. 6 picked 2. 6 . That is what asia basically woke up to. Kicking off a new trading month, take a look at what is happening with the nikkei 225. I will get to why a lot of these stocks rising. We are down about 1 . Dollaryen at a threeweek low. The yen is stronger against its u. S. Counterpart, despite the fact we have the u. S. Dollar strengthening against most other currencies. Some safe haven plays. A lot of ecodata coming out. China adding to the woes pmi unexpectedly drop into 49. 8. We were expecting to see a slowdown. Data suggest that the first quarter, we will see a little bit of pain in china. South korea, we are flat right now. The trade surplus falling. We are looking at 7. 2 billion, still a hefty amount for the current account. Of c
Weve had some private discussions this. Im concerned similar vain, that we have just a skeletal staff there in the embassy given the issues that occurred there but i think that its an important time there. Were going to have a noncastro head of state for the first time later this month. Yes. And so anyway, if we could beef that staff up, it would be great as well. Thank you. Thank you. Senator . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. And thank you for your service, director pompeo and we really appreciate having your family here look forward to you answering our questions. I want to follow up. Ive worked with senator flake quite a bit on cuba and follow up on the cuba issue. Cuba is about to choose its first leader which is not a castro. Yet, the u. S. Presence in the country has been reduced significantly and as a result, other countries are filling this vacuum. Will you work to help improve ties with cuba, relationship that benefits many states hoping to increase trade with the island .
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