back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is their call and if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info was is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear on nation oppose these companies must do more than take down one website the survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more author a tarion only lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can be tracked down yep that covers just two of the twenty. and you've been trying to with the reports well we've got reaction from . who's hoping to be the u.s. libertarian party's next presidential candidate he thing social media has deviated from its original purpose the idea freedom of speech is a legal pr

refusing to accept the result raising fears of more violence also coming up to the actual football star mr cruz you'll spark a debate on racism here in germany now a new poll shows that the majority of people here also think the issue is a serious problem. hello i'm terry martin and welcome to the program in zimbabwe president emerson and god has called for unity after being declared the winner of the country's first presidential election since the ousting of robert mugabe the electoral commission announced the result last night saying the new dog was secured just over fifty percent of the ballot but zimbabwe remains on edge following post-election violence the main opposition is questioning the polls outcome and demanding the release of what it calls proper and verified results. after days of unrest the long awaited results were delivered in the middle of the night zimbabwe's electoral commission declared a narrow victory for the country's incumbent president. of the party is therefore julie declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe with effect from the third of august twenty eigh

back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is their call and if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info wars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear our nation oppose these companies must do more than take down one website the survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more off there were terry and only lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can be tracked down yeah that covers just two of the twenty. libertarian politician arvind vo social media has deviated from its original purpose. the idea of freedom of speech is a legal protection that says the government cannot restrict any freedom of speech it doesn't say whether or not private

back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is their call and if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info was is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear a nation of posts these companies must do more than take down one website the survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more author a tarion only. lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can't be tracked down yep that covers just two of the twenty. and there's been so much reaction to this story we got some from our of involved who's hoping to be the us libertarian party's next presidential candidate he thinks social media has deviated from its original purpose the idea of freedom of speech

back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is there a call that if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info was is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear our nation the posts these companies must do more than take down one website the survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more author a tarion only lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can be tracked down yep that covers just two of the twenty. well amid all of the accusations that twitter is in the debates it was actually one of the few platforms notes about that exchange to report just mentioned was banned by a host of other social media this is led to twitter to being criticized fo

back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is their call and if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info wars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear a nation the parts these companies must do more than take down one website the survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more author a tarion only lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can be tracked down yep that covers just two of the twenty. despite closing numerous accounts twitter is the only major platform that has not blocked alex jones who was only a mention was banned by a host of social media giants this is led to twitter though being criticized for being too tolerant in respons

back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is their call and if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info was is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear a nation the posts these companies must do more than take down one website the survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more author a tarion only lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can be tracked down yep that covers just two of the twenty. now despite closing numerous accounts twitter is the only major platform that has not blocked alex jones to mention was banned by a host of social media giants this is led to twitter though being criticized for being too tolerant in response to what

back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is their call and if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info was is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear on nation oppose these companies must do more than take down one website the survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more author a tarion only lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can be tracked down yeah that covers just two of the twenty libertarian politician are going vote things social media has deviated from its original purpose. the idea of freedom of speech is a legal protection that says the government cannot restrict any freedom of speech it doesn't say whether or not private

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back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is their call and if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info was is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear our nation oppose these companies must do more than take down one website the survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more author a tarion only lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can be tracked down yeah that covers just two of the twenty libertarian politician are involved rob thanks social media has deviated from its original purpose. the idea of freedom of speech is a legal protection that says the government cannot restrict any freedom of speech it doesn't say whether or not priva

back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is their call and if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info wars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear our nation oppose these companies must do more than take down one website the survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more author a tarion only lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can be tracked down yeah that covers just two of the twenty saudi arabia is threatening to escalate its dispute with kind of i will have more on that story and others when we come back off of the short break. you know world's big partners through things a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper

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mr. chairman. sen. cruz: i would now recognize the ranking member, senator nelson. if you care to make an opening remark. sen. nelson: thank you, mr. chairman. i would point out that the science mission directorate is an incredible amount that they do. 30% of the nasa budget is here. and they are operating 60 missions on 80 spacecraft. it is vast. they want to unlock the secrets of the universe. you all have talked about the search for life and improving life here on earth. so, legislation we are putting together is to add the search for life's origin, evolution, distribution, and the future of the universe. that is about everything, all rolled into one. so, this is one of the gee whiz parts of nasa. and it is complimentary with the human missions of nasa because one complements the other. we can't do one without the other. it is going to be a real challenge for us to protect human life going all the way to mars. we've got to get there faster than we get there now, and we've got to protect them from being fried in the process by radiation. what we will learn in that

mr. cruz: is the senate in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are not in a quorum call. mr. cruz: madam president, i rise today to recognize the first anniversary of hurricane harvey's destruction along the texas gulf coast. this saturday marks one year since the most destructive storm in texas history made landfall. hurricane harvey is now considered the second most costly hurricane in u.s. history. second only to hurricane katrina. but, more importantly, more tragically, hurricane harvey took many, many precious lives. harvey started out as a category 4 storm hitting south texas, making landfall at corpus christi and victoria and port aransus and aransus pass, and refurio, doing devastating damages with 135-mile-an-hour winds. it took down power lines, it clogged sewage systems, it devastated people's homes, people's businesses. i visited each of those communities many, many times in the weeks and months that followed hurricane harvey. and i've seen the transition those communities have undergone. dealing with the disaster and then rebuilding. but harvey wasn't done after m

mr. president, sir, mayor cruz of san juan is on the line. >> i was expecting this phone ll.'m sure she wants to tell me what a great job i'm doing. [ laughter ] yes, mayor? t you wanted to tame? >> ah. yes, mr. president. phone. glad to have you on the i'm begging you, puerto rico needs your help.yo >> i healoud and clear, and you called the best person for the job. trust me, i know things are, as thlocals say, "despacito." [ laughter ] we're going to get more help to you. we'll get it to you immediately, probably by tuesday or wednesday at the latest. >> mr. president, that's not good enough.d >> well, you shove paid your bills. [ audience groans ] fema takes a few days, unless you join fema prime. >> what are you talking out? >> ma'am, i don't know if you know this, but you're on an islandth

cruz. senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. next to each of you for being here.i'd like to start with you, mr. szabat. i want to talk to you a little bit about supersonic flights. as you know since 1973, the faa has prohibited commercial supersonic flight over land. there's been just a complete man on this. -- complete man. there been a lot of technological developments of course that might change the picture to support the idea of revisiting that man so that the u.s. could become a leader yet again in supersonic flight? >> centrally, thank you for the question for talking about this important emerging or in case of supersonic flight reemerging technology that we're looking at as possible way to advance the national aviation, national system we have in the united states. so the short answer to question is yes. a longer answer is within the department of transportation we always want to relook at technologies as there are advances and asked her to voice a look them to find, integrate them into our aviation system. secretary chao number one priority to do this is i

cruz: mr. albence, can you in your answer discuss the implications, the conferences of the flores consent decree and how that constrains your abilities? >> the biggest issues, is when we have a family held together, the flores decision which was from 1997 and then reinterpreted by the judge in 2016 and applied -- the uac requirements the family detention, even though it did not exist in 1997, it requires us to release those individuals within 20 days of taking them into custody, and we cannot effectuate the entire immigration hearing process, asylum process within that 20-day period. as a result, we have no choice but to release these individuals out into the communities, and most times we do not see them again. sen. cruz: thanks. >> i cannot agree with your statement more that the administration has mishandled family separation and i would say you sit here now in the middle of a humanitarian crisis largely of the trump administration's creation. the zero-tolerance policy as led to the separati

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator cruz. that was remarkable. you end and get everybody on the same page. all right. kumbaya. [laughter] all right. good. well, i think we've pretty much covered all the bases and we appreciate very much the members of the commission for being here. this this is a critical part of what we do here in terms of oversight and appreciate your responses to the questions. we will have additional questions that will be submitted by members for the record, and we'll keep the hearing record open for a couple weeks and hope that you all will get any responses to those questions back as quickly as possible. thank you for being here. thank you for enduring the slings and arrows of being in public as was as was noted that sometimes there are lines that get crossed by people that shouldn't get crossed when it comes to the work that our officials do. and so we appreciate your willingness and your family's willingness to engage in this sometimes difficult and challenging business. but there is so much in front of the commission, s