dr. howard, thank you very much. i'm reminded after listening to all of the testimony that the 1960's strategies of russia were simple. it's bad for america, it must be good for us. and it seems like this is rooted in the same foundational strategic vision that they had then. the chair would recognize himself for five minutes. i'm going to ask all of you to follow my chart over there. i just want to get your comments relative to whether this is accurate or not. the red line represents the russian activities of the ira, twitter activity, and relative to outside the united states, the blue line is u.s. focused ira activities. it shows a huge spike up in the 14-15 time frame, which was the invasion of the ukraine. the next two jobs of the line up, 15-16 and crimea. and the regional politics in belarus specifically. and then the specific blue line of the united states. i think the fascinating thing here is that the spike is in 17 and 18 which tells us-- and correct me if i'm wrong, the activity was more in the leadup to

dr. howard. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to testify on operations in the use of social media platforms. i am a professor at oxford university. my expertise includes political communication and international affairs. i have been leading a project on computational propaganda funded by the european research council that started with support from the national science foundation in this country. i have an working on these questions in 2010, left the project grew in the summer of 2014 when the malaysian airlines flight was shot down over ukraine. in hungary where i was raised at that time, many of my friends got multiple, ridiculous stories about what had happened. we knew these came from russian sources. there was one story that democracy advocates had shot the plane down because they thought putin was traveling on commercial from amsterdam to malaysia. there was another story that americans had shot the plane down because the u.s. had stationed troops in ukraine. and my favorite was the story of a l

dr. howard, dr. fine, dr. howard. >> it took people's minds off their real troubles.lways looking for something to eat. come on, boys, we've got to get something to eat. i think i saw a roasted turkey. >> can you give us something to eat? >> you're hungry, huh? >> i never appreciated how funny they were, how intricate and well written a lot of their things were. >> this is football, chump. all you've got to do when a man gets the ball is tackle him. get it? the man with the ball. bring him down. >> throw me the ball. >> moe howard was tremendous at getting them to rehearse. so every movement is perfectly planned, like a ballet. >> i'm a victim of circumstance. >> who you hitting? >> they checked a lot of boxes. they were visually funny, they were physically funny, the situations were funny. and the insults that moe would fling were genius. >> i said we can't come over. >> oh, a coward, huh? it's a golden opportunity to see the great lengths we go to for high performance. like testing our performance line the equivalent of up to 24 laps around the world. all to craft a

dr. howard, i think he used one that struck me earlier, confrontational propaganda. and my suggestion is that we not come up with a single oneea because we did it with a generational issue at a fake somebody alluded to it earlier that it's much easier to take a generation that grew up with these devices and accomplished some type of change that is for somebody that has struggled like me to learn how to use the device speeded you can watch this entire hearing on our website, c-span.org. we will leave it at this point as daniel elwell, the federal aviation administration acting administrator speaks at an annual aviation safety forum hosted by the air line pilots association labor union. >> one that manages 50,000 flights per day and staffs more than 7000 employees and overseas a $16.4 billion budget. as a second measure of the fedel aviation administration, dan elwell also supervises the nextgen program, transition air-traffic control infrastructure from ground-based radar to state of the art satellite-based technology. mr. elwell is twice has held a wide range of post

dr. howard samuels says nine days is an unusually long hospital stay following an overdose.ng to our source, the 25-year-old pop star suffered from nausea and fever prompting doctors to keep her under their care. we're told demi is serious about her sobriety. >> for somebody like demi who has created a lot of wreckage here -- to her reputation, to herself personally -- she has to come to terms with that. and you want her to be in a safe place in order to achieve that. >> we know you can do it, demi. we believe in you. >> let's shift gears now, talk about "top gun 2" casting news. we already know miles teller will play goose's son. >> that's a big role for him. and for the newly cast glenn powell -- you may remember he played astronaut john glenn in "hidden figures" -- well, it seems he's charmed his way into the danger zone. >> it's every guy's dream to be in an action movie. >> it's all about to come true. after he lost to role that was won by miles teller, we are toll the studio behind "top gun 2" was so impressed they created a part just for him, reportedly as maverick's

dr. howard samuels described demi's hospitalization as unusually long following an overdose. >> we don'tw exactly the drugs that demi was using but for her to be in the hospital for days sort of suggests to me that maybe they're detoxing her off an opiate or a benzo such as xanax or valium, and they didn't want to release her until she had gotten these drugs out of her system. >> as for what's next for demi and wilmer, well, listen to what demi told keltie last year. >> i value my time by myself now, and i value my time with my friends. >> but then seeing all of this footage, i'm like i kind of want them to end up back together. is that still a possibility? >> you never know what's going to happen. i don't know what's going to happen. >> let's move on to meghan markle and prince harry. the royals showing a quite of bit of pda at a polo match. >> could be a little scandalous. >> look out. >> meanwhile meghan's father, thomas, seems to be tripling down on his attacks on the royal family and his own daughter. i won't be silenced, says meghan's estranged father. in an almost nine-hour interv

dr. howard. >> thank you, chairman burr and vice chairman warner for the applicants justify on the fourthinfluence operations and the use of social media platforms. my name is phil howard. i'm a professor at oxford university and director of the oxford internet institute. my own area of expertise include political communication and international affairs. at the institute i been leading a project on competition propaganda currently funded by the european research council and something that research initiative started with support from the national science foundation in this country. i begin working on these questions in 2010 but the project really group in the summer of 2014 when the malaysians airline flight was shot down over ukraine, and in hungary where i i was based ate moment at that time, many of my hungarian friends got multiple, ridiculous stories of what it happened we knew these came from russian or russian sources. there was one story that democracy advocates had shot the plane down because they thoughtt putin was traveling on commercial from amsterdam to malaysia. .. there was

doctorate in economics from mit and has taught at san francisco state, michigan state and howard universities. additionally dr. malveaux served as president of the historic bennett college in north carolina. her writing has appeared in such publications as "usa today," blackish use in higher education, ms. magazine, essence and the progressive. additionally, she is a political commentator who has shared her insights on stations ranging from cnn, bet, pbs to nbc, abc, fox news, c-span, among others. dr. malveaux's contributions to the public dialogue on issues involving race, culture, gender and their economic impact have helped shape public opinion across the nation. please help me to welcome dr. julianne malveaux. [ applause ] >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm so happy to see everybody here. i am so happy to be here. this museum is one of my favorite places in the world. the poor people's campaign was one of the most important movements that we as a people experienced with dr. king's audacity. let's not forget what he wanted to do. he wanted to literally shut government down. he wanted us to go to every feder

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dr. king spoke to us in texas across to florida, we cannot use a public toilet. war.e nafta prisoners of we went to ice cream with howard1964, -- the voting rights act. -- he beatthe rules nixon by 112,000 votes. lesson one vote per precinct. be -- by 100,000 votes. one, she is the winner of the 2016 election. [applause} >> one person, one vote democracy. lose,ng whether to win or let's talk about chicken leaks. new york pennsylvania, michigan, though on one day only. tricky. carolina,in north reduce the number of days in ohio proposing wikileaks. trying to close the access. georgia, mississippi, we can win if we fight the wikileaks. we can win in georgia. [applause} court -- thereme voting rights act. for us to hite the rules and fight back. , and some three days to have a country back again. the rules matter. our part is that it left nor right. they got out of the great depression. social security was demolished. truman -- the military. a formal health care for all. not health care for some. not left or right, but raqqa right. -- wrong or right. was globalize human rights. globalize women's rights. in chicago, not lon

dr. king spoke to us in washington. from texas across the florida, we could use a public toilet. we could not buy ice cream at howardroom at holiday inn. here we are today dealing with rules. by 112 beat next and votes. less than one vote per precinct . nixon beat humphrey by 40,000 votes. hillary clinton won. she is the winner of the 2016 election. [applause] jackson: one person, one vote democracy. it is hard to win by 3 million and lose. we talk a lot about wikileaks, let's talk about tricky leaks. removing precinct in north carolina. tricky leaks. reducing the number of days for voting. tricky leaks. in rural georgia, they are trying to close off voting access. tricky leaks. , in mississippi, no one else can win if we fight the tricky leaks. we can win in georgia. [applause] reverend jackson: june 25, 2013, the supreme court had the voting rights act. it is time for us to hit the road and fight back. we passed resolutions. in 73 days we could have our country back again. democratizing the rules matters. the strength of our parties, neither left nor right, but the moral center. the democratic party got us out of

dr. julian julianne malveaux. of as the director nonprofit organization based here in washington, d.c.. she earned her doctorate from m.i.t. and has taught at san francisco state, michigan state, and howard universities. additionally, she served as president of the historic than it college in carolina. her writing has appeared in such publications as "usa today," andsmagazine," "essence," the progressives. on has shared her insights cnn, bt, pbs, to nbc, abc, fox news, c-span among others. to the publicon dialogue on issues involving race, culture, gender, and their economic impact have helped shape public opinion across the nation. please help me to welcome dr. julianne malveaux. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. i am so happy to see everybody here. i am so happy to be here. this museum is one of my favorite places in the world. the poor people's campaign was one of the most important movements we as a people ever experienced. let's not forget what dr. king wanted to do. he wanted to literally shut the government down. he wanted us to go to every federal department and ensure that whatever had to happen with housing, education happened. of course, he died before the campaign took pla