but we have resolved all the issues related with the liaison between the federal customs service between. other agencies because it requires a concerted efforts we've provided for funding. does have funding and then started to be financed by the finance ministry directly we have nothing to do with it or the sports ministry since june. does not belong to the ministry of sports it's part of the. moscow state university together with moscow state university and with why do we signed a collaboration of independence of these organisation and it's been fully complied with the so we've done so much work in terms of legislation to be honest. we could be a role model for many other countries and many other countries have asked for assistance. particularly in drafting into turpin legislation. what else can i say. i don't like words like political but sometimes i do come to that conclusion. it's interfax and i like to ask you. how could you respond to mr fanous who said that the leadership of the russian sports should be toppled and that the actions that russia has staking have been inadequate to t

away or services away from those customers that it has already begun expanding the benefits of broadband. >> host: when you think of characterizing your own market where money or state and federal support may be needed to provide those services is it strictly just lack of population density or geography or what are the things that make it tough for you as consolidated to go we should serve this community but we can't because of market forces are asked? what are the barriers to extending fiber to this or that community? >> guest: it is specifically density. in some cases it's density plus of the challenges of the terrain and the cost of investment and i think in the past to a certain degree it has been the cost and availability of technology. both have come together but have begun to come together and the availability of a solid wireless alternatives with bigger bandwidth also the natural extension over fiber networks has enabled those wireless opportunities to be short and distances so it's a lot of things coming together that now position as well to jump started with funds that with investment at the federal or state or city or town level that help close that business case gap

customer service reps. we look at who is creating that automation. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: federaled a sweeping proposal that mandates tracking of drones. the federal aviation administration says the measure would remote public safety and help event terrorism. the rules call for tracking terror networks so lawmakers can stop the devices flying anywhere. fashion designers, interior designers, graphic designers -- now, there is a chatbot designer. bloomberg looks at one company creating these automated tools that are in almost every corner of the internet. [telephone rings] [indiscernible chatter] ♪ >> around the world, businesses field hundreds of requests from much -- from us each year. we want our flights change, a purchase refunded, our claim reviewed. that takes millions of agents to tend to our every need, but soon, automation will take over much of that, and it starts with the painstaking work of this 23-year-old. >> my name is laura morales, and i am a chatbot designer. >> you probably know the dominican republic for its beaches, but further west in the country's capital of s

customer service desk. i always make sure to check the cards packaging has not been tampered with federal and that the pen stickersll in place. so there you go, just a few tips. to avoid a disaster. now apple is reaching for the starts. sort of, the company is reportedly working on getting its own satellite up into space so that it can be dated right down to your iphone directly. chicago grady. >> is the potential to cut out the wireless carriers. the secret think according to bloomberg is made up of engineers about a dozen of them who have experience in the aerospace industries as well as with satellites and in design. any mention beaming beaming data directly to apple devices. also trying to figure out ways to link devices that went out those traditional networks that we use right now. what have this data for this program up and running within the next five years. this could be an incredibly costly program for apple but the company has been pumping billions of dollars into research and development on his current hemp tempo, $16 billion in fiscal year 2019 alone. other companies have given this dive boat phone te

customer service simple, easy, awesome. not my thing. here's a quote from the wall street journal that says it all. the federaleau of investigation had its worst week in modern history. they had deceived a federal court and abused american civil liberty. today we had james comey admit he was wrong, kind of. >> i'm responsible, that's why i was telling you, i was overconfident as director in our procedures. >> of course what he said today was hopelessly inadequate. standby for the investigation to bring some real. [inaudible] he was the one in charge, no one knows better than we do how guilty he is and all of this. we put him on trial right here on the show last year. stop expecting comey to be dismissive. what i was not expecting was the reaction of current fbi director christopher wray. he's the guy who supposed to be cleaning all this up. >> the inspector general did not find a local bias or improper motivation impacting the opening of the investigation or the decision to use certain investigative tools during the investigation. >> to have any evidence the fbi target the trump campaign unfairly. >> i do not.

services away from those customers that are already begun experiencing the benefits of broadband. >> when you think of territories in your own market where rdof money, other types of state or federal support might be needed, is it strictly just like a population density? is a geography? what are the things that make it tough for you to go we should serve this community but we can't because market forces are asked? what are the barriers to extending fiber to this or that community? >> guest: it is typically density. in some cases it's density plus the challenges of the train, the cost of investment. in the past to a certain degree it is than the cost and availability of technology. both have kind of come together, have really, not kind, everly come together. the availability of solid wireless alternatives with bigger bandwidth, but also the natural extension over the last ten, 15 years of fiber networks has enabled those wireless opportunities to be shorter hops and shorter distances. it's a lot of things coming together that now position us well to jumpstart it with funds that come with investment at the federal, at this date, , at the city or town level that help close that busin

customers who are seeking federal loan forgiveness loan consolidation and reduced payment programs. fury admitted that he instructed his employees to follow misleading sales scripts and deceptive tax sales tactics, so that customers would enroll for servicested at sfo on december 5th as he was attempting to fly to mexico. but instead he's now facing a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if he's found guilty. coming up this morning on kron 4 news weekend. we have new chilling video that shows the final moments of a man's life at the hands of sheriff's deputies will look into the actions being taken against the deputy involved. >>and after the break an investigation reveals pg e was not fully prepared before it started shutting off power across the bay area we'll take a look at the persistent problems plaguing the troubled >>morning we're back on kron 4 news weekend recently pg e has been under fire for a number of reasons, especially when it started shutting off power to much of northern california all this an effort to lower the risk of wildfires, but as we know that controversial plan was not always successful and a new study into that practice is raising even more concerns about the utility kron four's dan kerman has more. are you a

customer service simple, easy, awesome. not my thing. >> heather: welcome back. the suspect in the new york comic and staffing is facing federalcrime charges. 37-year-old grafton thomas is accused of entering a rabbi's home in the town of monsey and seriously injuring five people with a machete. the fbi has said they found anti-semitic journal entries and internet searches. lauren green joins us now from our new york city newsroom with the latest. >> while his family pleads that it was mental illness, federal authorities say there was enough evidence to charge grafton thomas with federal hate crimes in the blood he attack at a rabbi's home while dozens celebrated hanukkah. federal charges filed monday against thomas. officials say he had handwritten journals with anti-semitic references and then search online to find information on hitler, including inquiries asking "why did hitler hate the jews." prominent companies founded by jews in america. according to the complaint, thomas entered the rabbi's home in monsey new york on the seventh night of hanukkah. wielding an 18-inch machete, he slashed and stabbed the group, sending f

customer service simple, easy, awesome. not my thing. >>> any moment now former trump campaign deputy chairman rick gates will be sentenced in federal courtthis after pleading guilty to conspiracy and lying to the fbi. his attorneys are asking for a more lenient sentence of just probation, and prosecutors say they will not oppose it. this we should note after gates worked extensively with special counsel robert mueller's investigation, cooperating with that investigation. >> a major witness for the mueller probe testifying against se several in the president's inner circle including former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and roger stone. shimon prokupecz is all over this. we are moments away from knowing his fate? >> possibly. the court hearing, the sentencing is underway now. glowing reviews, probably the best way to explain how prosecutors there are describing him to the judge indicating how important his cooperation was to their investigation, not only the mueller investigation but keep in mind he cooperated in the roger stone trial. i was there. he testified. other investigations that he helped the department of justice in, and

customer service simple, easy, awesome. not my thing. >> before heading home for the holidays congress passed a $1.4 trillion spending view with the shutdown and funding the federalending spree with president trump getting 1.2 trillion dollars for his border wall and democrat scoring 25 million for gun violence research and 425 million for election security. we are back with dan, kim and james. this is the thing you love about government. >> yes. it is depressing. i wish the president would take the justifiable anger toward speaker pelosi and channel it to opposing or spending priorities. he hopes he can mention the economies going 2.1%. the government revenue are growing at 4% and spending growing at a percent. >> were in an environment where it's cheap for the government to borrow but the idea that you can grow your government four times as fast as your economy over time -- >> without increasing revenue there is a budget problem which is not revenue. the tax cut has not reduced spending from year-to-year with only expectations of the revenues being higher. >> i think the basic problem is ideological. the two parties are so far apart in the democratic party stan

customer service simple, easy, awesome. not my thing. >> why would all of these people, four times over the space of half a year, deliberately mislead a federalourt? >> we don't make a conclusion as to the intent here. i want to be clear about that. that was precisely the concern we had. there are so many errors, we couldn't reach a conclusion or make a determination on what motivated those failures other than we did not credit what we lay out here with the explanations we can't. >> doj inspector general michael horowitz they are. i was yesterday in the hill where he had told lawmakers he has not cleared the fbi's top brass of wrongdoing for the slew of errors in the agency's russia probe. his remarks coming on the heels of a rare public rebuke from the secretive fisa court. the chief judge they're saying the fbi must fix the problems the horowitz report identified and directed the bureau to respond with how it will ensure accuracy of future applications. to the heightened duty of cand candor. that's where the buck stops. this is the court saying, you lied to his community to be more candid. >> this is an extraordinary order from a new cord.

customers who are seeking federal student loan forgiveness loan consolidation and reduced payment programs it'd he instructed his employees to follow misleading sales scripts and to employ deceptive sales tactics, so that people would enroll for services without fully understanding exactly what they're paying for for was arrested at sfo in december 5th as he was attempting to fly to mexico. for air faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. >>homelessness in the nation has risen nearly 3% and according to authorities it is being driven by the major increase in the homeless population in california, the department of housing and urban development reported that california's homelessness has jumped 16.4% in 3 years hud says california's homelessness is at a crisis level. meanwhile governor newsome has invested an unprecedented billion to fight the problem while some parts of the nation have made progress has said that the 2.7% increase in the past year. >>was caused entirely by the increase in california's homeless population. and there's data from bart shows one group of people was cited more than others for fare evasion and that is raising some questions are they being targeted kron four's allison the money and is here to. >>talk

federal witnesses on this important topic. i am pleased we have witnesses from customs and border protection, transportation security administration, secret service and the national institute of standards and technology before us. they represent just a few of the agencies involved in a government increasing use of biometric technologies. i look forward to hearing from them about how they are using biometric technology currently in their future plans and what they are doing to address these concerns. as congress, it is our job to ensure they protect the rights of the american people before they move forward. i expect a good conversation toward that end today. and continued oversight by the committee in the future. i ask unanimous consent to enter the following news articles and letters into the hearings record. june 10 washington post article entitled u.s. customs and border protection has photos of travelers taken in a data breach. july 7 washington post article entitled fbi, ice find a state driver's license photos a gold mine of facial recognition searches and a july 9 letter from american association of airport executives in a national biometr

federal witnesses on this important topic. i am pleased that we have witnesses from the custom and border protection for the transportation security administration, secret service and the national institute of standards and technologies before us. they represent just a few of the agencies involved in the government's increasing use of biometric technologies. healthhow big are using is it cy in the future plan. i expect a good conversation towards the end of today the "washington post" article entitled u.s. customs border protection had photos of travelers who been taken in a data breach. a july 7 "washington post" article entitled fbi, state drivers license photos are a gold mine of facial recognition searches and july 9 letters in the biometric association and with privacy and civil liberties group many of whom were in the meetings and briefings last month. without objection, so ordered. the chair now recognizes the ranking member of the full committee, the gentleman from alabama for an opening stateme statement. >> they have the potential to secure. they range from facial recognition to fingerprints to dna. each of these present unique privacy considerations