Investigative report on u. S. Disastere joins us to discuss a report on u. S. Disaster response. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host it is tuesday, september 3, and this is washington journal. The house and senate in for pro forma sessions. They will likely face new requests for more disaster aid money in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. As we begin the program, we americans to ask are have we become too reliant on government assistance during and after disasters . Andou live in the Eastern Central time zones, that number is 2027488000. Mountain and pacific, that line, 2027488001. If you live in a disaster prone area, particularly if you are anticipating Hurricane Dorian, that line, 2027488002. Also looking for your posts on facebook. Facebook. Com cspan and your cspanwj. Well at we will talk to florida congressman on the coast and fema. The front page reporting of usa today on the hurricane, bahamas b
The hearing will come to order. Director wray, appreciate you coming over. Try to get you out of here by 1 00. You have an agency to run. Well do seven minute rounds. If theres cleanup, well try to accommodate. Briefly, the oversight hearing comes at an important time. Even though theres no evidence the russians changed the tally of the 2016 election, i think they exceeded their wildest expectations in terms of interfering with the 2016 election. I think all of us are interested in what to do to make sure it doesnt happen in 2020. I am very interested in what china is doing, section 2015 authorities are about to expire. I want to hear from the director what that means to the country. We have a fisa warrant investigation coming soon, a problem with media leaks at the fbi. Having said all that, it has been a difficult time for the fbi. Lets not let a few bad actors taint a great organization. Before we start, we appreciate what you do. Without their service, this country would be a dange
Provider. Next, testimony from officials with the atf and the air force on proposed firearm regulations. And updating the criminal background check system. The measure proposes banning bump stocks and similar devices that enable guns to fire as fast as an automatic weapon. Senator Dianne Feinstein is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary committee. She introduced the legislatio and thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts of an evil man in las vegas and Sutherland Springs and those two places get all the attention, but theres lesser numbers of people who have died other places as well. Today with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1st, 2017, few americans knew what a bump stock was. Then a shooter used bump stocks to fire more than 1,100 rounds into a crowd attending a
Back into positive territory captivated by donald trump. Yes, they were. Just a correlation. Yes, they were. The Energy Sector is leading the comeback outperforming the Broader Market after Oil Prices Rally from losses and settled nearly 35 a barrel and theres the Energy Sector up 1. 3 on the day. Technology and health care, the two minus signs in that tally today. Not all good news in the Energy Sector. Natural gas prices plunging to the lowest levels in 17 years, despite a larger than expected decline in supplies. Coming up, well look at the fallout that could have for the pipeline operators. Plus, republican frontrunner donald trump fighting back against mitt romney. Well have the latest in the war on words and which stocks could feel the pain and gain from a trump president. A remarkable day in the world of politics. Lets start with the fallout from the continuing slide in the energy patch. Morgan brennan looks at the bankruptcy pressures on pipeline operators. Thats right. Dozens
Directive, gives us a lot of authority in this area, and if countries want to be in this program, they should agree to these security enhancements. Thats been the mechanism for our seeking greater assurances on that. But this is a concern of mine, and im always asking my staff that exact question. Any legislative authority we could use let us know, and on the name recognition data my understanding theres concerns there. Is there anything we can do to tighten that up as well . Maybe we can get back to us with a specific answer. On the Syrian Refugees in general, as you know, spent time focus on the issue of special immigrant visas for enter thor serve with our troops in afghanistan iraq. We have had a hard time for interpreters to go through the citer process. Im skeptical what i hear about 10,000 syrians coming into the country having an expedited process to screen them. Having gone through the experience with the interpreters. Could so i would ask you today, and director comey, you ex