i believe this commission will be also a great asset as director comey acknowledged or director comey as he starts his term as the fbi director. the men and women of the fbi have done an outstanding job preventing terrorist attacks over the last 13 years. and the committee and the american people are grateful to them and i believe this review will assure we're able to focus resources to continue to help them do this important work. i recognize that the panel is just beginning its efforts so i expect this session to be one of laying out a road map rather than a presentation of findings. we look forward to hearing your plans after you have given your statement. we will take members first, but first i would like to recognize mr. fatah for my comments. >> i want to thank you the chairman for holding this hearing. because i think it's appropriate for us to take a minute and to pause and to hear from you about where we are in this process. so often times we're just focused on the, you know the numbers and but this is a, i think the commission did such a extraordinary public service that the

we're awaiting the arrival of fbi director james comey. he's going talk to be talking at hate crimes here at the conference after the recent shootings outside of a jewish community center and other buildings in kansas. and we are just awaiting things here. running a little bit late. we will bring you his comments as soon as he arrives. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and we're here at the anti-defamation league conference waiting for fbi director james comey. he's expected to appear any moment to talk about hate crimes after the shootings in kansas that were outside of jewish community buildings. while we wait for him to take the podium, going to take a look at a recent discussion hosted be by the export-import bank. this is elon musk, he's the founder of tesla and spacex, and he had remarks for the export-import bank recently. >> we're going to turn up the volume, it's been a quiet conference so far, but i figure when we brought elon musk in here, i had a chance to meet with elon when scott and i were out in san jos

james comey met with staffers in the chicago field office yesterday. he says fighting violent crime is a high priority for the agency. one hundred f-b-i agents in chicago are currently devoted to violent crime ... many of them work on joint task forces with local police and prosecutors. >> i think the relationship with the chicago police department is excellent. we have a number of violent crime task force's working with the cops. we will explore whether there are other things to do i don't want to just throw resources but if there are need for more officers or resources we want to contribute. >> comey says new congressional funding will allow for 2- thousand new hires nationally over the next year and a half. sue the t-rex is experiencing one of the risks of space travel.. flight delays. nasa canceled yesterday's launch of the space-x falcon nine, because of a helium leak. the launch is rescheduled for friday afternoon. microbes from the dinosaur skeleton at the chicago field museum will be on board when it goes. the space capsule will also carry scie

later, james comey talking about the bureau's role in investigating hate crimes. and at 2 p.m. eastern, the senate returns from its two week recess for a period of general speeches followed by roll call votes on judicial and executive branch nominations. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> host: this week "the communicators" is on capitol hill to interview members of congress about some pieces of legislation that they've introduced. joining us this week, marsha blackburn and steve scalise, both republicans, both members of the energy and commerce committee, as well as jared polis, a congressman and democrat from colorado. first up, here's steve scalise. representative scalise, when it comes to telecom bills and the fcc, what's sure general philosophy, your approach? >> guest: my philosophy is that one of the things that we've seen in terms of great innovation, job creation and technology in the technology industry is the fact that technologies move so fast that governme

as commissioner ed davis said, i want to commend the new fbi director comey for bringing a model of cooperation have talked about the state and local cooperation. they are a great or small the flyer to an agency that is very resource strapped. the locals know the streets. they are the eyes and ears on the ground. i think it's indicative that one of the first things the director did was to bring police chiefs to the table to renter into a memorandum of understanding. they did not know what was happening on the jttf's and that needs to change. the emphasis of that, i know his chief of staff is a big state and local fan. this will ultimately make america safer. i think your recommendation to codify them into law is an excellent idea. reports are coming out all the time but if it is codified and has the full force and effect of law it is even stronger. i commend you for that recommendation as well. i also want to thank the staff on both sides of the aisle for all the work that they put into this report particularly my staff that has worked day in and out for a year with all of the relevant agencies

maggie is that when you comey would put your best foot forward i don't know how she really feels about where she is and if she actually comprehend what it is like one of the big step this is for her and told her well meaning it's going to keep getting how is she going to deal with. everything you say does being just. the way he was being just you know all of these elements can add a lot of stress. so you need to toughen up. how are you ted so normally bend down and talk to you nice thing is we have basically a great story to cover this weekend and you will never know but it is it's a great story basically it's a russian be for me it's like a usual russian tradition to die for in. this cold. for. i was swimming basically so they just swim for little bit just dive in and come back but it's like it's a great tradition and a lot of people were doing this so it's like it's really tough sometimes because it's winter and russia cold take a look at the pictures please seems like a nice one for the weekend race yes peter are you serious going to do this this week or you think they're inferior i

director james comey and the homeland security secretary jay johnson r t contacted both the d.o.j.and the f.b.i. for comment but have yet to hear a response. and still ahead here on our t.v. and imprisoned army whistleblower seeks a legal name change chelsea manning requested that the court recognize her current first name and now the court has made its decision more on that after the break. nothing has been done this complex by the military since world war two. this is portrayed here historical terms the berlin airlift the reverse. order so of course i would go down to barbara low to take off cause you're going to be able to. talking really billions of dollars to move millions of dollars worth of work for what for you is the pulse no longer worth your precious. i marinate joining us for in-depth impartial and finance our forests commentary interviews and much much. only on the bus and i only just saw. some of the. it was a. very hard to take. once again. supply houses that had sex with her right there the least little bit of please. please. please. please. please please. let the p

comeis an agency we've all to rely upon american people need to be able to rely upon it also.go to theis interagency process at all? we ask the cia for informational the time, every day. we are always asking for information. why did this -- why is ben rhodes, a political appointee involved at all? >> that's a good question. first of all, it was very important we coordinated the talking points with the rest of the intelligence community because this was an intelligence community judgment i mentioned earlier. somethinggive you without coordinating with those people, that's number one. itber two, we had to provide to the fbi and department of justice because they had just and itan investigation was very important that we not say anything in an unclassified fashion that could put that at risk. number three, we thought it important to share her talking points with the state department that had just lost officers. we were giving talking points to a congressional committee to talk about a very important national security issue and it was important to let the white house know when you

director james comey and homeland security secretary jeh johnson r.t. contacted both the d.o.j. and the f.b.i. for comment but i've yet to hear a response. and still ahead here on our t.v. and imprisoned army whistleblower seeks a legal name change chelsea manning requested that the court recognize her current first name the court decision after the break. well it's a. day to day list. because of the media. on the seat cover and it is really doesn't do much to add revenue my culture joining. american farmers based in indiana just fall out do you think this is going to create more of the cia do you think this is what's triggering a race america's the largest economy in the world it's also the largest debtor nation in the history of the world prettiness it is mostly about alternatives to the status quo but what might the new alternatives to the points on the working toward the american dream the next they were just trying to survive it's time for americans and lawmakers in washington to wake up and start talking about the real causes of. the really. good you know the price is the

later, james comey talking about the bureau's role in investigating hate crimes. and at 2 p.m. eastern, the senate returns from its two week recess for a period of general speeches followed by roll call votes on judicial and executive branch nominations. >> c-span, created by america's