they wa nt to praise for hutchins's talents.rted me and the judge for his incredible leniency. -- i want to thank the two yea rs leniency. -- i want to thank the two years ago leniency. -- i want to thank the two yea rs ago marcus leniency. -- i want to thank the two years ago marcus hutchins was a hero. he had been credited with stopping the biggest ever cyber—attack to ever hit the national health service. the ra nsomwa re national health service. the ransomware exploit the weaknesses in computer systems, locking up data and demanding money for it back. the malware hit around one third of nhs trusts in england, leading to appointments and operations been cancelled. in fact, appointments and operations been cancelled. infact, links appointments and operations been cancelled. in fact, links north korea, it hit tens of thousands of computers in dozens of countries right around the world. and it was marcus hutchins who discovered a kill switch which stopped the virus from spreading. he talks about it in an interview at the time. i

two years ago, marcus hutchins was a hero. health service. the so—called wannacry ransomware exploited weaknesses in computer systems, locking up data and demanding money for it back. the malware hit around a third of nhs trusts in england, leading to appointments and operations been cancelled. in fact, wannacry, linked north korea, hit tens of thousands of computers in dozens of countries right around the world. and it was marcus hutchins who discovered a kill switch which stopped the virus from spreading. he talks about it in an interview at the time. i checked the message board. there were maybe 16, 17 reports of different nhs organisations being hit. and that was at the point where i decided my holiday‘s over i‘ve got to look into this. but while attending a hackers‘ conference in las vegas shortly afterwards, marcus hutchins was arrested by the fbi as he waited for his flight home. in a case unrelated to wannacry, the us said hutchins had previously written and sold computer code known as kronos that enabled criminals to

marcus hutchins was once celebrated asa marcus hutchins was once celebrated as a hiker hero, he was ableed thousands of the people and the computers on the gloves. businesses, and the uk national health service we re and the uk national health service were among victims who found they we re were among victims who found they were locked out of their networks until they paid a ransom. that hutchins was able to find a flaw in the code. i checked the message board, they were about 17 reports of different nhs sort of organisations being hit. and i met at point where i decided my holidays ever have to look into this. it made him a celebrity. two years ago, he travelled to las vegas to attend a death calm, the biggest hacking conference. i did try to lead the city, he was arrested by fbi offices who had evidence of his own involvement and cyber crimes years before. marcus hutchins would later —— later admit to being behind malicious —— malicious software allow people to login information and financial data from online banking sites. along with an accomplice, he soloed that malware online and wa

scott hutchins. he talked about about some of the progress that's been made in agricultural research and he answered questions about the relocation of parts of the department to the kansas city region and concerns about suppression of climate science research. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, i call this meeting of the senate committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry to order. over two years ago we kicked off the 2018 farm bill, and that whole process was by holding a hearing at kansas city university in kansas. a few months later we held a hearing in this room where we heard from the united states agricultural officials representing research institutions and agriculture producers. we heard about the critical role agricultural research has played throughout our country's history. we also heard about the research priorities for the 2018 farm bill. the needs are certainly great. every day our producers encounter extreme and unpredictable weather and pests to name a few. researches an

hutchins went on to plead guilty to two offences.rt him. prosecutors say that by all accounts, marcus hutchins no longer writes software designed to steal or cause harm. and he now uses his skills to combat such attacks. however, they said that couldn't and shouldn't be used to excuse his past crimes online. jamie is here and we'll be telling us jamie is here and we'll be telling us what is going on in the business. the headlines now. carl beech — a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people — has been jailed for 18 years. borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. there's further disruption for air and rail passengers after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. another delay from mike ashley's sports direct, which says it is "still finalising" its financial results, which were due to be released early on friday morning. we had expected something at 2pm but all we g

the british hacker—turned security expert marcus hutchins has been sentenced to ‘time served' in thed states for writing malicious software. hutchins rose to prominence in the uk two years ago for stopping a cyber attack against the national health service. racing has been stopped in the tour de france after a freak hailstorm and landslide in the alps. frenchman julian ala—phillipe had just lost the yellow jersey to the columbian egan bernal, before the stoppage. at 10pm clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. now it's time for hard drive: the women blazing a trail in the world of motorsport. katherine legge is one of the very best of the very few women racers. this season, for the first time, her team is all female. are you ready? in motorsport, it's a challengejust to make it into the card never mind the front of the grid. katherine legge has proved herself time and time again. i had to fight and claw my way through racing so i had to take every opportunity that was in my way and i have driven my fair share of bad cars as well, to get to where i am and i had

hutchins. i have already, pressed my concern and senator stabinow focused on that question about this relocation. do you truly believe that you're not going to lose significant expertise in areas of research, agricultural research, dr. hutchinson, with this move? >> thank you for the question. i never suggested that we would not lose expertise. i have been part of some major moves in the past and large mergers and so forth and they're never easy and there's always a large attrition with that and there are good personal reasons for that. people are making choices. in this particular situation every employee has been offered a job. i have never been through one of these where there was no workforce reduction in the context of mandated. so that opportunity is there. the numbers that came from this were not at all unexpected. we expect that for these kind of moves. we will be working desperately and deliberately to make sure as chairman reports requested that we do not drop the mission on the short

gerry: my guest is glenn hutchins.k about the challenges for the economy and in particular income and security and job security. there is a presidential election coming up. a lot of democratic candidates. you have been involved with the democratic party. in a close friend of a president obama. tell us how you see the field. and what they're doing in terms of the policy. a lot of people think they're committing to a left-wing agenda. similarlsome openly calling thes the. >> one out of 24. gerry: one out of 20 for the candidates. that is true. >> he is actually going down the pulse. but the first debate, the candidates are asked who would take away private insurance. two of the ten or 12 on the stage raise their hands, elizabeth warren and mayor de blasio. so that is not a left wing group. if you look at the tangible election results. i think rather than where we are right now in this part of the season. what you see the democrats have consistently run from the middle and the republicans are the ones on the extremes. whi

marcus hutchins was convicted of creating malware designed to steal banking information. the judge said he should be spared any further jail time. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the world's biggest bike race — the tour de france — is forced to stop after a hailstorm and a landslide in the mountains. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why people should wander in and say, you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, they were cute. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the us supreme court has cleared the way for the trump administration to use pentagon funds to build

marcus hutchins was convicted in the us of creating malware designed to steal banking information. in prison but the judge said he should be spared any further jail time. some of the world's best video gamers are limbering up for the biggest ever e sports tournament, beginning tomorrow in new york. the winner of the fortnite world cup, will pocket nearly £2.5 million, and asjoe tidy reports, some of the competitors, are still teenagers. it's the biggest gathering ever for the biggest game ever. the inaugural fortnite world cup whittled down a0 million wannabes to less than 200 finalists. now it's time for the cream of the crop to fight for the titles. some of the favourites are british, including kyle jackson, known online as mongrel. it's a lot more serious than people think. it's not just playing a game for fun. you have to play consecutive months, a lot every day. you don'tjust get here three chance. another contender is 15—year—old benji fish from middlesex. him and his team—mate have both qualified as a duo and individually, meaning they are guaranteed $100,000 each before a s

marcus hutchins pleaded guilty to two charges of making malicious software, or malware, and faced a maximumstop a major hack which affected the nhs and many other organisations around the world in 2017. moscow has warned you can working in russia they could face consequences after the uk media regulatorfind a russia today, £200,000 for breaching impartiality rules. it was during its coverage of the poisoning of former spy and his daughter in the conflict in syria. regulators say they broadcasted setting programmes over a period of months which it failed to preserve do it —— do impartiality in response, they said that fine was inappropriate and disproportionate. the retailer, sports direct, has published its delayed financial results, and reported a fall in earnings, following its takeover of house of fraser. sports direct‘s owner mike ashley described the problems with the department store chain, which it bought last august, as ‘nothing short of terminal,‘ and said turning the business around wouldn't be quick or easy. 0ur reporter nina nanji is with me now... what's been happening because

we're in the rockville town square with acoustic guitarist alex hutchins right here and the director> it's free. one ofhe many activities we have here in the center at rockville town center. can you do fitness, salsa-stylea dancing listen to music. we want people to come and be creative. > reporter: try the wheel is what it's called. back to you. >> coming up tomorrow on "news 4 today,"llur mote green will be going back to her childhood to see how women here in this area are joining a national movement to bring back double dutch. >> oh. tomorrow on ing up "news 4 today." check it out and have some fun. >> that takes some serious skill. >> and mollette is goodat double dutch. >> you've seen it before? >> oh, yes. i've seen her in action. >> check h out double dutch game tomorrow. >> still ahead here on news 4, forget the snow stick, find out what our pat collins is up to now. >> and we're working for your family's health. how to keep your kids mentally sharp even in the summer's month. e first 's wrath, damage estimates ater the slam comes ashore after the storm in louisiana. >> and a

and one-time senator him hutchins hutchinson, both were there. >> they say you're cashing in on yource that you gained as a public service. >> i'm fine with whatever rules they want to pass. america is a free country. and people will try to advocate, lobby their elected officials. >> reporter: former senator-turned lobbyist trent lott. he called efforts to ban lobbyists, ridiculous. after you leave the senate, what are you going to be? a brain surgeon? >> it would be hard to dictate to people what their chosen career field should be. >> reporter: and at the moment, it's not an issue that top leaders are concerned about. >> i don't even know what you're talking about. >> one reason why we're seeing david vitter on capitol hill, is because he's through the two-year coolingoff period that was man dated by the ethics law. it passed in the senate. 83 senators voted for that law, including david vitter. >> thanks for joining us this hour. i'm rosemary church. i'll be back in a moment with more news. you're watching cnn. stay with us. thanks for the ride-along, captain! i've never been in o

for answers to that and more, we once again turn to david wessel, director of the hutchins center on fiscal & monetary policy the brookings institution. david, welcome back. >> good to be here. as we just mentioned, last time we loor,d, in decemhe fed was raising interest rates. now they're lowering thewhm. >> they have three reasons. one is that they've made ast e in december. the economy isn't as strong as they had anticipated. two, they're worried inflation too soft. they expected inflation to be moving towards their 2% target, and it hasn't moved there quite as effectively as they had hoped. >> that's prices going up. prices going up. it's hard to believehe fed ying to get inflation going up. for old-timers like us, that seems like an impossible thing. we're used to the fed doi the opposite. the third thing is they're worried about risk to the global economy, not so much the united states, but chairman powell mentioned china and europe and also made clear, and he said this seral times, that trade tensions, president trumphu trade war iting the economy largely because it's depress

sandra hutchins was appointed and later elected as orange county sheriff. >> there were some folks whokly, in the jail. the folks involved with chamberlain are no longer with us, and so we did our own investigation -- internal investigation and dealt with that and did quite a few reforms in the jail. >> those reforms included the removal of all privacy walls in the housing units and the removal of tvs and other electronic devices in security centers that could distract deputies. new state-of-the-art surveillance cameras have also been installed throughout the jail. there's been an increase in staff training, and supervisors are now required to be more directly involved in routine activities. >> i guess if there's a silver lining to this tragic homicide, it's the fact that the orange county sheriff's department and the orange county jail are better than they've ever been before, staffed by the highest qualified professionals who are dedicated to their profession. >> the changes have not gone unnoticed. even carlstrom admits that life in jail has improved. >> the respect level is unbelie

scott hutchins. he talked about about some of the progress that's been made in agricultural research and he answered questions about the relocation of parts of the department to the kansas city region and concerns about suppression of climate science research. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, i call this meeting of the senate committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry to order. over two years ago we kicked off the 2018 farm bill, and that whole process was by holding a hearing at kansas city university in kansas. a few months later we held a hearing in this room where we heard from the united states agricultural officials representing research institutions and agriculture producers. we heard about the critical role agricultural research has played throughout our country's history. we also heard about the research priorities for the 2018 farm bill. the needs are certainly great. every day our producers encounter extreme and unpredictable weather and pests to name a few. researches an