Acting deputy Homeland Security secretary Ken Cuccinelli and the head of the National Counterterrorism center. The fbi director said at the hearing that the fbi has not seen widespread voter fraud. Wisconsin senator ron johnson chaired this two hour, 40 minute hearing. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to first welcome and thank our witnesses, christopher wray, the director of the federal bureau of investigation, christopher miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism center, and kenneth cuccinelli, the senior official performing the duties of the deputy secretary. This is our annual threat hearing. When i take a look at all of the threats that this committee has considered and all of the threats facing this nation, i think its pretty interesting, you know, how many hearings weve held on so many of these things. Before i proceed, i guess i would ask for unanimous consent to have my written Opening Statement be entered in the recor record. If you consider t
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Criticism by world leaders. And while lebanons economic crisis could be made worse by u. S. Sanctions targeting syrias government. Result with sensational accusations against the u. S. President made by his former National Security advisor john bolton says donald trump asked foreign leaders including chinas president for help to get reelected in november its just one of a number of accusations made in exits of boltons new book said to be released next week i cannot reports from washington. The democrat controlled house of representatives impeached President Trump for his dealings with ukraine ruling that hed withheld aid to leverage information about his political opponent Joe Biden John Bolton refused an invitation to testify before the house but now alleges that this action was typical of President Trumps dealing with a number of countries and he criticizes the house for limiting its investigation to ukraine had they taken the time to inquire more systematically about trumps behavior
And england will face croatia in their opening game for euro 2020, on ilijune. Good evening. One of the victims of the London Bridge attack has been named as jack merritt a cambridge graduate who was helping to coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near the scene. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent, Daniel Sandford. 25 years old and a keen traveller, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. He was described by his father today is a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he had helped organise. In the aftermath, his killer was wrestled to the ground by other former prisoners
For political reform plus. We have moved. To for. The 1st time in years theres a feeling of optimism that political tensions could. Meet this week in riyadh also. Little. Song thousands taking aim at colombias government. The head of the f. B. I. Investigation into a shooting at a u. S. Naval base in florida says theyre working on the presumption the attack was an act of terrorism Saudi Air Force officer Mohammad Saeed shot dead 3 students on friday Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin solvent as call the u. S. President to express his condolences and her schapelle has more. More information from the f. B. I. About Mohammed Saeed nani a junior officer in the royal Saudi Air Force who shot 11 people on friday killing 3 sailors our main goal right now is to confirm whether he acted alone or was he part of a Larger Network we carli assess there was one gunman who perpetrated this attack and no arrests have been made in this case. The opened fire in a classroom using a gun that hed legally purc