. >> thank you, senator langford. it is the practice of the homeland security and governmental affairs committee to swear witnesses. if each of you would please stand and raise your right hand. do you swear that the testimony you will give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> you may be seated. so we will have an introduction for dr. shogan, but we are waiting for one of our colleagues to show up. he has any hearing so i will start with rdc judges. -- our judges. i first nominee is vijay s henker, senior litigation counsel did fall -- detail in the criminal -- he investigates violations of the corruption act and advisors on a range of legal issues in litigation matters. previously, he served in the office of the assistant attorney general for the criminal division, first senior counsel and is acting deputy chief of staff. he has been awarded the john marshall award, consistent attorney general's award for exceptional service and the assistant

senator langford.senator scott. >> i want to thank chair peters and ranking member portman for holding this hearing on this topic. from listening to you all you know the importance and are taking it seriously. to fund technology i propose legislation such as the counter chinese drone t act and american security drone act to protect the privacy of american citizens. i am proud to pass the act in the senate but we have to go further. the legislation is the next step to ensure the federal funds cannot be used to obtain communications provided by or produced by communist china companies like dgi so i have questions on preventing emergency threats act. current law waives certain specific provisions in the fraction taken against drones. this waives all of title 18 so why do you need to waive all and why not keep the existing waivers in place? >> a couple things. there's a broad waiver so it helps us operate with them if we have the same authority as they have so that's one. two while you're correct theri cur

thank you, senator langford, senator scott, you're recognized for questions. >> i want to thank chair peter 's hand ranking member portman for being here on a important topic. clearly, from listening to all of, you the importance of this, you're taking it seriously. as we know, technology like drones can steal data. i propose legislation such as the counter chinese drone direct, and the american security drone act to help protect national security, and the privacy american citizens. i am proud to have led the effort, i think we have to go further. the legislation is the next step to ensure that the federal funds for the federal communication commission cannot be used to obtain communications, agreement, services, or provide, or produce -- like the gi. i have a few questions on the reauthorization and preventing the emergency threats act. >> mr. wyden, and i, say right? current law already waves certain provisions and prohibitions taken by doj against drones. this proposed bill waves all of title 18. why do you need to waive all of title 18 and why not keep the existing waivers in plac

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with me are benedicte paviot from france 2a and eleanor langford from politics home. tomorrow's front pages. writing in the sunday express borisjohnson calls on his mps to end in—fighting and back his sucessor, who'll be announced on monday. the observer says front runner liz truss is being warned not to pack her cabinet with borisjohnson loyalists if she wins the leadership race. truss tells the telegraph she'll do away with sticking plasters on the ecomomy and the energy crisis. the front page picture is of our bbc colleague george alagiah, speaking to the paper about his cancer. the sunday times reports on president zelensky saying the energy crisis is a price worth paying to avoid world war. the sunday mirror says some tory mps are plotting to "bring back boris" if liz truss wins the leadership race. the mail on sunday say the bbc is facing scrutiny over anti—tory bias following several attacks on the tory leadership candidates on primetime tv. welcome to the programme. for very obvious reasons, lots of politics on all the front pages. we are very close to a new p

with me are benedicte paviot from france 2a and eleanor langford from politics home.in—fighting and back his sucessor, who'll be announced on monday. the observer says front runner liz truss is being warned not to pack her cabinet with borisjohnson loyalists, if she wins the leadership race. truss tells the telegraph she'll do away with sticking plasters on the ecomomy and the energy crisis. the front page picture is of our bbc colleague george alagiah, speaking to paper about his cancer. the sunday times reports on president zelensky saying the energy crisis is a price worth paying to avoid world war. and finally the sunday mirror, says some tory mps are plotting to �*bring back boris�* over a lack of confidence, particularly in leadership candidate liz truss. if she wins the leadership race. welcome to you at home and welcome to you both, a lot of politics on the pages as you would imagine given what is coming up next week. that start with the sunday telegraph eleanor,

evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are benedicte paviot from france 24 and eleanor langford of lymphoma, and would not let the illness interfere with her climate activism. prince charles and the duchess of cornwalljoined thousands of spectators at the highland games this afternoon, an annual celebration of scottish sports. it was announced yesterday that the queen would miss the event, which she attends most years. it is understood that the decision was taken for the comfort of the queen, who has been suffering from mobility problems. the braemar gathering is a popular highland games event which attracts crowds from across the globe who watch competitors take part in the caber toss, hammer throw, and tug—o—war. tributes are being paid tonight to the musician drummie zeb, the lead vocalist and drummer for the british reggae band aswad, who's died at the age of 62. aswad were the first reggae band in the uk to sign for an international label in the 1970s — going on to release dozens of albums. ali campbell from ub40 is amongst those paying tribute to drummie zeb calling him a

evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are benedicte paviot from france 2a and eleanor langfordr of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has taken place in moscow. the 91—year—old, who helped to end the cold war, died on tuesday. thousands of people queued to file past his coffin which was flanked by a guard of honour — but he wasn't given a state funeral, and president vladimir putin didn't attend, saying he didn't have time. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. in the columned hall of moscow's house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state, a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour but no state funeral. a sign that vladimir putin fuzz mccrimmon has little interest in honouring mikhail gorbachev�*s legacy. vladimir putin didn't even come today. many russians blame mikhail gorbachev of the collapse of the superpower but out on the streets, muscovites old and young were queueing up to pay their respects. gorbachev had given many hear their first taste of freedom and democracy. into the bus like russia, those things are

benedicte paviot, who's the uk correspondent for france 24, and eleanor langford, political reportern the 40—year—old steps onto courtjust after midnight in the third round. but it's the end of the road in new york — for this year at least — for britain's andy murray. he lost his third round match against the 13th seed from italy, matteo berrettini, paying the price for a slow start as he lost in four sets. and it's also the end of tournament for british youngsterjack draper, who was level at a set all with russia's karen khachanov when he had to retire with an injury. cameron norrie and dan evans play tomorrow. england's in—form cricketer jonny bairstow will miss the rest of the summer season and crucially the whole of the t20 world cup, which starts next month after injuring his leg in a golfing accident. he slipped walking to take a tee shot and has a suspected broken leg. bairstow has been brilliant this year, scoring over 1,000 runs including six centuries in test cricket, and is a key part of england's short format game. another wicket keeper batsmen ben duckett has been added

i yield back my time. >> thank you, senator langford. senator hawley. >> mr.i know that facebook has said in the past that their position as a private company, you are not subject to the first amendment. is that right? >> that is correct, senator. >> but the united states government is subject to the first amendment. i think we can probably all agree on -- hopefully that is still true in this country. is it appropriate for facebook to work with the united states government to avoid the first amendment, help the u.s. government avoid the first amendment? >> senator, we do think it is sometimes appropriate to be in contact with government and with government organizations. >> to help them avoid the first amendment? >> senator, i'm not sure what specifically you are referring to. >> let me ask you this. do you think it is appropriate to work with the united states government to target private individual speech that is constitutionally protected? >> senator, i am not aware of that. >> let me educate you. on july 16, 2021, facebook, an employee at facebook wrote to

. >> senator langford talked about the prisons. they have been used to drop drugs, weapons and contraband to inmates. cartels are using it to smuggle contraband across the border to prisons. how will this improve law enforcement efforts to counter this threat? >> the capturing drugs act? >> just dealing with the prison fight issues. doesn't change anything? >> we already have the authority to protect prisons, but it expires in october if we don't extend it. we have the authority in prisons we just need to extend that authority. >> the proposed reauthorization would authorize a limited pilot program under which dhs and doj in consultation with the department of transportation could permit certain agencies to use counter drawn detection and mitigation authorities. can you talk about the selection process for this pilot program, and heavy you talked to agencies in florida? ms. vinograd: i will turn to colleague from the department of justice in a moment. what we are seeking is two things for state, local and tribal partners. the autho

langford democrats, go ahead. caller: good morning.as calling to figure out when they were going to pass the exemption provision to do away with that for teachers, firefighters are different ones who have several jobs. what are they going to do with that 15 extension provision? guest: that is the question from federal employees, and other public employees, who are subject to a category of provisions, which i will describe as trading off one benefit for another. in other words, you have earned a pension and you and your partner have learned -- earned pensions or various kinds of benefits. you discount one against the other so that they do not get a windfall of benefits. that is an acceptable definition and we have dealt with this to some degree. we dealt with provisions among seriously injured veterans. there are efforts in every congress. i tend to be sympathetic to these bills because people have earned these benefits. they may have gotten a pension. they may have earned some sort of medical benefit. there is no reason that is obvious