rochelle kelvin, greg cook, megan henry, niki mcginnis, emily, an of course james wiley.rom the office of general counsel, thanks to david, bill, and angeles. with that, we move to a vote on the item. commissioner -- >> aye. >> aye. ajit: the chair

wireless emergency alerts a more effective tool community safe joining me at the table is nikki, megan henry james for the communication reliability division and engineer of the bureau licensing division. also those our colleagues who have provided their expertise throughout the process. >> takes important steps to improving the utility of wireless emergency alert is a life-saving tool first requiring participating providers to deliver via messages to match the target area specified. the alert originator. we define matching the target area to deliver the message 100% of percent of the target area with no more than one tenth of 1 mile overshoe. this would apply to all new devices and existing devices capable to be updated to support the standard. we suspect they would match in all instances except if they are not technically capable to do so. in those limited circumstances when a consumer turns off the location services on their device wireless providers are required to approximate the target area. some members of the public tivo only those alert messages to give emergency managers those tool

rochelle, graham, megan henry, nikki, emily, and, of course, james wiley. from office of general counsel takes to david horwitz, bill richardson. with that will move to a vote on the item. commissioner clyburn? the chair of votes imac is willt the item is adopted. privileges granted as requested. thanks to the great work. thanks dean appeared very much. i will have a few comments and be happy to take your questions. today the sec took a major step forward in improving our wireless emergency alert system. many in the public safety community have said wireless emergency alerts need to be more precisely targeted to areas where there is an emergency. when deadly wildfires igniter in northern california last october, some local authorities chose not to push out a wireless alert. they cited fears you look would have gone out to people who are not in harm's way. potentially provoking a mass exodus that could clog the roads and prevent those action in danger from reaching safety. with today's action of the commission has addressed this problem and made an important

rochelle, graham, megan henry, nikki, emily, and, of course, james wiley. from office of general counsel takes to david horwitz, bill richardson. with that will move to a vote on the item. commissioner clyburn? the chair of votes imac is willt the item is adopted. privileges granted as requested. thanks to the great work. thanks dean appeared very much. i will have a few comments and be happy to take your questions. today the sec took a major step forward in improving our wireless emergency alert system. many in the public safety community have said wireless

rochelle kelvin, greg cook, megan henry, niki mcginnis, emily, an of course james wiley. from the office of general counsel, thanks to david, bill, and angeles. with that, we move to a vote on the item. commissioner -- >> aye. >> aye. ajit: the chair votes aye as well. thanks for the great work. >> c-span's state of the union coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. now a preview from "the washington post." >> hi, everybody. thank you for being here. we are eager to talk to kellyanne conway. we're going to talk about starting with the state of the union. a year ago, the president gave first speech to the congress. in the days that followed, or a number of controversies that created a more polarizing .nvironment i'm wondering, what can the president do for the deals. -- president is working -- the president is working on this speech, it's a reflection on the past year's accomplishments, but also the accomplishments not as just checking a box, a to-do list, but really what is the nexus between what has happened and your own life on to or your own business or your own aspiratio

ukip suspends the girlfriend of its party leader, henry bolton, after she allegedly made racist remarks about prince harry's fiance, megank of anti—austerity protests, tunisia is marking the anniversary of the revolution that sparked the arab spring in 2011. commemorating the overthrow of the old regime of president ben ali has coincided with social unrest over tax rises and price hikes, some of which turned violent. from the capital tunis, mark lowen reports. there is a bittersweet mood as tunisians mark the seventh anniversary of their revolution. pride that they ushered in a parliamentary democracy of some sort, but frustration, too, that the dreams of 2011 for a better life for all as they did. seven years from the revolution till now, we think alongside with the tunisian people themselves that politicians... they have seen waves of social unrest, terror attacks and a sharp drop injuries. this week's protests sparked by an austerity filled budget to satisfy tunisia's lenders. around 800 people were arrested as violence flared. we are protesting against the new budget for the country. they are raising the price is way

henry provided incredible help throughout the entire year. laura kerry was an instrumental part of getting this done. megan barkley helped us with making sure that all of the sources were properly cited. i also want to acknowledge my democratic staff leader, jessica lewis, who really was the one who decided early that we could get this done and encouraged me to move forward. and lastly, mr. president, this report has received considerable attention since i released it yesterday. considerable attention because this is the first comprehensive report that's been authored that deals with russia's maligned activities which are global in nature. and sean bartlett was capable of making sure that this story would be heard, and i thank him for his professional work in the way that we were able to get this report circulated. following the 2016 elections, i thought it was important that we shed more light on russia government's efforts to interfere in deckses beyond our own. for anyone who thinks that the threat posed by russia is limited to hacking e-mails on the american election in 2016 are missing the real story,

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