brad smith will be coming as a witness as well. >> ♪ ♪ >> sean: maybe the judge can be questioned as not he understands what the sixth amendment of the constitution is or his -- maybe he can explain why the narrative on -- identify the crime that trump was being charged with or how they were able to opt charge from a misdemeanor with statute of limitations over now into some election law felony. i would like the answer to that and maybe bring in and grown as well and expand how he came to evaluation of mar-a-lago of 80 millions. when the property is close to worth -- worth to close a million and evidence was overwhelming. jim jordan, thank you. when we come back, the biden white house loves, loves, loves giving out government handouts. know they want to give out and be told you last night deer and birth control. by the way except when it comes to the military. not so interested in helping them out. we'll explain. >> ♪ ♪ (♪) ♪ i don't care if we ever come back ♪ ♪ that i always remember the fun we had ♪ ♪ i love fishing with dad ♪ now through june 14th save 10% on dad's favorite gift,

brad smith appeared at a hearing on the security actresses.estioned on the security practices. microsoft is at the centre of two major hacking campaigns allegedly carried out by chinese and russian spies. adobe is projecting strong sales, which suggests customers are adopting their new ai tools. there were concerns about generative ai cutting into the market, but analysts say better—than—expected earnings show the company's ai efforts are gaining support among customers. the global demand for al is causing a big increase in the use of energy hungry data centres. can tech giants, who are at the forefront of the ai race, be doing more to mitigate their environmental impact? my colleague aaron heslehurst sat down with the head of data & ai at computer and software giant ibm. we have data centres all across the world and what i will tell you is that the way in which we build these data centres, we really look for that sustainability from the beginning, 74% of all of the energy that our data centres consume, come from renewable sources of energy. w

omin >> brad smith will be comingwi as a witness as well. oh, maybtnesell.e the judge cant be questioned as to whether or not he understands what the o sixth amendment to thens constitution is ortituti his. ep maybe you can explain why they didn't identify what the crim why e that trump was was being charged with or how they were able to upcharge frommisdem a misdemeanor whose statute of limitations had run out o ino some election law felony. i'd like the answer to thatgrow and maybe bring in engoron as well and explain how he came to evaluatasl ane the mar-a-lage of 18 million whenrt that property is worth closeo r a billion. and the and the evidence was overwhelminge , jim, thank you. >> when we come back, the biden white house loves loves giving out government handouts. >> now they want to give out. as we told you last night, beer and birth control. way by the way, except when it comes to the military. not soent interested in helping them out. them out. >> we'll explain. we believe a new day, usa. we believe a new day, usa. we have a nobl

he is allowed to say he entered in agreement with them and they broaden as they try to bring in brad smithorth is wait awa minute. as there was an adverse witness charge with the voucher the invoice nobody put donald trumpt on any of those as their the 1sh you made the decision as you ca presume they would've said something for the prosecution to make a think the first ones are stronger as they talked with thein sentencing.i >> the accused onlthy person thp delegates ever want to put ino prison everyone elsepu they let out so it's ridiculous he 70e ar something former president no track record nonviolent misdemeanors frankenstein didn't to a felony if r this judgane ts this is going to be a revolution in the country but if biden is still down like he is on july 11th i wouldn't put past braggag and the judge to get together and trhey to put him in jail may be house arrest but wouldn'tdn't that just move this rate to the supreme court judge, could you do an emergency appeal?tu >> the issue is you have to behe able to show there's due process violation and interference witho the election and

>> judge jeanine: oh, the third element of the appeal as they blocked the testimony of brad smith.david pecker two, number one, cohen was allowed to say i pled guilty to a federal election campaign violation, and david pecker was allowed to say i entered a nonprice agreement wih the department of justice or the fec, and then when they brought in oklahoma they tried to bring in an fec guy, brad smith, and the judge basically said no, and then the third or fourth is, wait a minute, you should have an adverse witness charge because of columns, the voucher, the invoice, and the check. nobody put donald trump on any of those important bookkeeping records. allen weisselberg was the guy who made the decision. the prosecution didn't call him. that's a missing witness that the jury should have said you can presume he would have said something negative to the prosecution. that's why they didn't call him. >> harold: i think your first two are stronger. what did you think about the jail, what they are talking about in terms of the sentencing? what do you think is going to happen? >> jesse: i t

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and then when they brought in, t they tried to bring in an epicon guy, brad smith. judge basically said, no. urth >> and then the third or fourthi is, wait a minuts,e, you shoulds have an adverse witness charge because of columns voucher the invoice and the check. nobody put donal t d on any of those important bookkeeping records. >> alan weissenberg was the guy who made the decision that them. prosecution didn't call him. >> that's a missing witness, that the tha should have said.e he you can presume he would have said something negative to the prosecution. >> that's why they didn't call him. i think that onc >> he a week and i think your first two are stronger. what do you think about the the jail did you thi, what theyt about in terms of the the sentencing? >> what do you think is going to happen? he's only person the democrats ever want to put in prison. everybody elsedemocrat let out.. so it's ridiculous. idiculouhe's 70 something. he's a former president. he's got no tracnt, hek record. these are nonviolent misdemeanors, frankenstein, into a felon y if this ju

brad smith is here. michael knew back is here.crosoft, mastercard, foundations, melinda french gates was one of the earliest to contribute as much as $10 million for the women, the digital inclusion focused on women, the ford foundation. essentially, this is how it all happened. the simplified version. i got on the phone and called a bunch of people. i called to say, i know that you have some interest based on the work you have done before. we collaborate? in a focused way that develops some energy around a public/private partnership? the foundation f the work being digital inclusion, understanding all business at this point is technology business and any business, in economy -- an economy that is going to grow, much less be sustainable between now and the future, must integrate, adapt, and adopt technology. in an institutional way. this includes, as youe described, mr. president, your mother. it must be the people, not just the governments and corporations, that understand how technology works. another piece of the focus was some

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>> coming up tenant on c-span2 microsoft and vice a chair and president brad smith testifies before the house homeland se r lures. and then independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr. highlights his foreign-policy platform during an address at the richard nixon t outside of los angeles. later treasury secretary janet yellin discusses the biden administration economic agenda how it is benefiting the u.s. economy. we have that and more coming up tonight on cspan2. ♪nt is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. including ♪ ♪. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ pub television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> correct microsoft and vice a chair and president brad smith testified before the house homeland security committee on recent cybersecurity failures. their operations in china and actions a company is taken to prevent future cybersecurity threats from chinaussia and other nationstates. this is about three [background noises] the committee on homeland security will come to order. that objection the chair made it clear that co

microsoft's president brad smith testified in front of the house committee on homeland security aboutt networks including 60,000 us state department emails. mr smith said microsoft's new internal security plans addressed concerns that where raised by a whistle—blower who accused the company of not fixing critical security vulnerabilities. former microsoft employee andrew harris told propublica that he alerted the company of flaws in its cloud storage software earlier than what was reported to lawmakers, but several teams ignored his findings. let's bring in renee dudley from boston. she's the reporter at the non—profit organization propublica that's been following this investigation into microsoft's security. good to see you. watmore have you found out about microsoft's security gaps?— security gaps? andrew harris was a former _ security gaps? andrew harris was a former microsoft - security gaps? andrew harris i was a former microsoft engineer and in 2016, he was investigating a breach on a major tech company and saw something very unusual. the microsoft product that helps people log

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microsoft's president and vice chair, brad smith, said at a press conference that one of the reasons sweden is because of the country's plentiful access to green energy. the big part of the reason we're able to do this is because of sweden's forward—looking energy policy, the plentiful access to green energy, whether it's carbon—free energy or renewable energy. it's because of a partnership with a company like vattenfall that has been so important to our growth here. and so part of what we're doing here is committing ourselves to run these data centres with the world's best water conservation and the broadest commitment to the use of green energy. but, will commitments like that be enough to reduce the carbon emissions from the growing number of data centres we need around the world to satisfy all of those ai demands? well, let's find out, because i decided to catch up with the big boss of one of the world's biggest data centre providers. andy power, a real pleasure having you on the show. and, andy, let's start with this, cos i'm kind of wondering to what extent have you seen the da

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imposing a gag order on him and refusing to allow the full testimony of former fec commissioner brad smith we are going to be appealing it on many different things. he would not allow us to have witnesses, he would not allow us to talk or do anything. the judge was a tyrant. i'm willing to do whatever i have to do to save our country and to save our constitution. >> trace: >> reporter: so the deadline for posttrial motions is in under two weeks but trump's attorneys indicate one of the reasons for appeal is a perception of merchan's bias. the judge donated $35 to democrats back in 2020, including $15 to then candidate joe biden. merchan's daughter also works for a democratic political campaign firm. but the state commission on judicial conduct already dismissed an ethics complaint about merchan. trump lawyers may also revisit key rulings from merchan during the trial like denying a mistrial motion after salacious testimony from adult film actress stormy daniels. the defense may also challenge the trials overall fairness given it's publicity and trump's status as a celebrity and former pres

lawmakers grilling microsoft president brad smith yesterday at a house hearing a homeland security, takingged ties to china year after hackers broke into microsoft systems to spy on thousands of u.s. state department emails. a report in april by the cybersafety review board slammed microsoft for its lack of transparency over the hack. smith says the company accepts responsibility for the findings in the report and it's working on the board's recommendations. >>> boeing is investigating a kault issue with undelivered 787 dream liner planes. the company says it discovered some fasteners were incorrectly installed on the fuselage. boeing says current fleet of 787s can continue to operate safely. boeing's woes is under increased exc scrutiny from multiple regulators in its safety practices. apple sued for paying women more than women for same jobs. it seems to represent a class of 12,000 women employed at apple who have worked in several departments since 2010. an apple spokesperson said the company has achieved and maintained genders pay equity since december of 2018. >>> another nasdaq indic

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so microsoft's president brad smith testified before congress last week that his company accepts responsibilityorks but defended their presence in the country, saying the company does not comply with the chinese national intelligence laws that requires firms to hand over information requested by the government there. here's what he had to say when questioned about florida congressman carlos jiminez. >> there's two countries in the world, those apply every law theyening, those that enact certain laws but don't always apply. china, for that law, is in the second category. >> do you believe that? look, i sit on the select committee on china. that's not the information we get. all companies in china have to cooperate with the intelligence agencies of china and the people's liberation army. you operate in china and you're sitting there telling me that you don't have to comply with the laws of china? >> i will tell you there are days when questions are put to microsoft and they come across my desk and i say no. we will not do certain things. cheryl: gordon, what do you make of that exchange? >> well,

another issue trump brought up at trump tower yesterday was lack of testimony former fcc commissioner brad smith. the defense team decided not to call smith to the sand after merchan ruled he would not allow testimony explaining his ruling it would be him to explain the lot to jurors. back to you. >> there in front of trump tower but the m3 buses right behind you would know where you are, see beat cotton thank you very much. by the way it former advisor to house speaker jon weiner, glaspie joins us on how trump's conviction could affect the 2024 race. >> with donald trump's trial now over the trial of president biden's son, hunter, is just about to begin jury selection set for monday and hunter's grunt gun trial in delaware one of two federal cases ac is not r sudden coming months what is this all mean and the race for the white house? with more on that will check in with madeleine rivera joins us live in d.c. today. >> hunter body will spend the next two or three weeks cooped up in a courthouse in wilmington, delaware bay today he is with family seen this one on a bike ride with his father pres

testimony of the statute itself, the vagueness of the underlying crime, the fact defense expert witness brad smith or severely limited in what they should say. that presidential immunity we are all waiting for the supreme court. when you think is the best option on appeal? seventeen number of options at their disposal pit may be the best what is challenging the notion the fraud, misdemeanor dissent distant legal and put i. presto they have 34 felonies. the jury was instructed on those long thin difficulty grappling with the instructions. i suspect the trump legal team is going to come out pretty hard on the idea there was an underlying predicate crime that was sufficient to convert this from a misdemeanor to a felon. this argument on the exclusion of the bulk of their expert thet testimony i think the trump legal team the jury needed to understand the ins and outs of election law in order to decide this case that prevented us and put on the testimony we need to hear. shannon: hindsight is 20/20 how the prosecution to come with te defense did, how trump's team blew it this aghast essay it's an opin

operations amna: also on capitol hill today, lawmakers in the house grilled microsoft president brad smithies plan to improve its security. that comes after china-linked hackers stole 60,000 state department emails by breaking into microsoft's systems last summer. smith took responsibility for the attack, and said the company is working on reducing its engineering presence in china. u.s. officials granted the makah tribe in washington state a waiver to hunt gray whales today. the decision paves the way for what would be the tribe's first permitted hunt since 1999. the makah had hunted whales for hundreds of years, but quit in the early 20th century after commercial whaling shrank populations. the tribe has spent more than two decades trying to resume the practice. even with the waiver, the makah will still need a permit, which could take months. and animal rights groups could challenge the decision in court. tropical downpours pounded southern florida for a third day in a row today, adding to the already life-threatening floods in the area. parts of miami have seen more than 20 inches of r

but on thursday microsoft president brad smith went to washington with a voluntary may occulta for someecent cybersecurity failures as you can imagine, you get a report you look at it, it's difficult to read. >> you sort of thing. how are you going to react? when i sat down with satya nadella, microsoft chairman and ceo, we both resolved immediately that we would react without any defensiveness, without equivocation, without hesitation, and we would instead use this report to make microsoft and the cybersecurity protection of this country better that's our goal. >> and part of that, frankly involves accepting responsibility and apologizing to those that were impacted microsoft was at the center of two widespread hacking campaigns. >> and the last year allegedly carried out by chinese and russian spies a report issued by the us cyber safety review board found that the tech giant committed a quote, cascade of avoidable errors that allowed hackers to for each microsoft's network, including the email accounts of senior us officials. now, apple edged past microsoft on thursday to become the

brad smith.me. >> thank you. >> would you talk to us about the connection microsoft has kenya? >> we've been in kenya a long time. it's been a huge source of development than 500 employees software africa development center in nairobi. well. this has been an extraordinary week and it think it's just so fitting that today is the cap stone for it. out, i think, investment that is being driven, not just by thel the future, but the reality of the present. for us at all about partnering with others. it starts with the g-42, our most important partner for investing inenya. and a billion-dollar commitment to build a data center run green geothermal energy. know kendra will get more into it, but it's about conne it's about skilling, it's about securi a.i. to work not only in english swahili, with a swahili-english large language model. it's about making kenya a trusted hub for all oeast africa, with a trusted data zone being put together with the help of the kenyan government, all of upport of the u.s.

not allowing brad smith to testify the way he wanted. this is one of the world's leading experts on federal election law, limiting the scope of examination of robert costello who i believe had absolutely damning information about the prosecution's case, on decision after decision after decision, judge merchan, i think departed from normal courtroom procedure, normal courtroom prookts to essentially stack the deck against president trump, and these are all issues we're going to raise on appeal. we're going to raise them vigorously, and we believe that we're going to win. >> george: another criticism that has been labeled against the trump legal team was that it was a mistake not to acknowledge the relationship with stormy daniels and they say that put the president's defense up against a wall. >> i think the truth needed to come through. i think that president trump has consistently denied this affair. stormy daniels previously denied this affair. i don't think that lying about what happened would have helped anything here, but again, i j

brad smith.>> would you talk to us about the connection microsoft has to kenya? >> we've been in kenya a long time. it's been a huge source of development for us. we have more than 500 employees, software developers, working in our africa development center in nairobi. but i think ruth captured it well. this has been an extraordinary week and i think it's just so fitting that today is the cap stone for it. because it is all about, i think, investment that is being driven, not just by the potential of the future, but the reality of the present. for us at microsoft, that's all about partnering with others. it starts with the partnership with g-42, our most important partner for investing in kenya. and a billion-dollar commitment to build a data center run entirely on green geothermal energy. [applause] i know kendra will get more into it, but it's about connectivity, it's about skilling, it' about security. it is about putting a.i. to work not only in english, but in swahili, with a swahili-english

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brad smith serves as the air and president of microsoft where he plays a pivotal role inthe strategicirection of legal affairs. he joined microsoft in 1993 leading the legal and corporate affairs in paris various senior roles in the corporate affairs department. under his leadership they have tackled significant legal charges the forefront of -- among other issues. he has testified before united states congress and other governments on these policy issues. before joining microsoft, mr. smith worked at covington and burley a prestigious law firm in washington, d.c. i i know recognize mr. smith for five minutes to summarize his thank you mr. chairman and thank you ranking minority member thompson. thank you for the opportunity to be here today.# between the two of you you captured so well important for us to talk about this afternoon. most important words to heed our words that are difficult to hear. as you can imagine, as i listene two of you just now, it was not how i hope might spend an afternoon in june. e here for an important reason. it starts with the role that this committee pl

for example, brad smith was allowed to testify within a certain range but not on irrelevant things. she said it should have been the full 100 yards of the football field and not the 20 yards that he was allowed to testify in, that is an appellate argument. ms. hageman sounds like a criminal appeals layer but is grounds for the rule and of latin america any system of justice in york much less the federal system of justice which had nothing to do with it, and they are deliberately confusing people about that, hunter biden was prosecuted by federal prosecutors in federal court. donald trump was prosecuted in that particular case instacart by state prosecutors. i thought state law and the federal system was something the supported but apparently not if it goes against donald trump. is are just appellate arguments and donald trump as far as i know is going to exercise his right to appeal. so i am happy to go outside with you ms. hageman and you can give me three hours of discussion about the appellate arguments are going to be but ultimately an appellate court is going to sort it out. i

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brad smith serves as the vice chair and president of miwhere he plays a pivotal role in steering thection he joined microsoft in 1993 leading the legal and corporate affairs in paris and then held various senior roles in the corporate affairs department. under his leicant legal charges and they have been at the forefront of -- among other issues. he has testified before united states congress and otpolicy issues. beforeinand burley, a prestigious law firm in washington, d.c. i think the witness for being here and i recognize mr. smith for five minutes to summarize his opening statement. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you ranking minority member thompson. thank you for the opportunity to be here today.■ between the two of you you captured so well, so much of what is so important for us n. a lot of times in life the most words that are difficult to hear. as you can imagine, as i listened to the two of you just it was not how i hoped i might spend an afternoon that we are here for an that this committeeplays. protection of homeland security of the united states and yo cannot protec

for example brad smith was allowed to testify within a certain range but not on irrelevant things. now she says it should have been the full 100 yards of the football field and not the 20 yards that he was to testify. sounds like excellent criminal defense appeals lawyer but grounds for attacking the rule of law in america and the system of justice in new york much less the federal system ofti with it and deliberately confusing people about that. hunter biden was prosecuted by federal prosecutors and federal court. donald trump was prosecuted not n that particular case in stateeral prosecutors. i thought state law and the e federal system was something they supported but apparently not, not if it goes against donald trump. they are willing to throw it out theum window. dona going to exercise right to appeal. so i'm happy you know, to go outside with you and you can give me 3 hours of description of what the appellate arguments are going to be buty an appellate court will sort it out. i'm interested in the r law and injustice how quote liz cheney head of t said at this moment we are

in a statement, microsoft president brad smith said, in part, we appreciate the additional clarity provided today and work to provide solutions to address the commission's additional concerns. you you have to hand it to the eu. basically, in the socialism land over there in europe, there's no innovation. they don't have any new tech companies. they are not good at entrepre entrepreneurship. they see what we are doing over here. it kills them. why not get 10% of the revenue instead of really doing anything yourself? would that not be a great answer? $38 billion from apple? why start a company? is there any silicon valley in france? >> not that i know of. >> there's wine. stuff like that. rich, creamy sauces. if that was -- if you could have a high multiple put on rich, creamy sauces. >> going to paris next month. >> i don't think they will keep me there, are they? >> we'll see. >> they don't want me. you know what i'm saying. really? are these companies so egregious, are they just good at what they do or are these things egregious antitrust problems? >> according to the eu, there are problem

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j brad is a top aide to jack smith and i know you must be aware that he attempted to pressure the defense attorney for a close trump aid with a judgeship if the attorney when along with the desires and his demand. are you aware of that? >> i know them to be an excellent lawyer and prosecutor and a person of high ethics and i know the issue you talked about is disputed. those facts are disputed in the district court in florida and will be resolved by the judge in that case. >> that is why the case was stopped because obviously it is of concern and there is something there. are you aware that special counsel smith himself acknowledged in a court filing that after the fbi seized evidence on mar-o-lago, that some evidence was altered or manipulated or disturbed? is that standard procedure? >> i have not read anywhere that he said that. again, i can't accept that characterization. >> mr. attorney general, are you living in a bubble? >> i am not living in a bubble. >> everybody saw it and heard it and smith himself said it and that is why that case was stopped. >> if you can show me where he ma

j brad is a top aide to jack smith and i know you must be aware that he attempted to pressure the defense attorney for a close trump aid with a judgeship if the attorney when along with the desires and his demand. are you aware of that? >> i know them to be an excellent lawyer and prosecutor and a person of high ethics and i know the issue you talked about is disputed. those facts are disputed in the district court in florida and will be resolved by the judge in that case. >> that is why the case was stopped because obviously it is of concern and there is something there. are you aware that special counsel smith himself acknowledged in a court filing that after the fbi seized evidence on mar-o-lago, that some evidence was altered or manipulated or disturbed? is that standard procedure? >> i have not read anywhere that he said that. again, i can't accept that characterization. >> mr. attorney general, are you living in a bubble? >> i am not living in a bubble. >> everybody saw it and heard it and smith himself said it and that is why that case was stopped. >> if you can show me where he ma