mr. goodman, is mr. goodman is the founding co-editor in chief of a publication just security, an online forum focused on u.s. national security and that forum is based at new york university school of law. >> mr. goodman is a professor of law policy and sociology at new york university. prior to this, he served as special counsel to the general counsel of the department of defense. ms. janikowski is a global fellow at the wilson center in washington, d.c. she focused on eastern europe. focuses on eastern europe and russia. previously she served as a fullbright clinton public policy fellow. and worked in government relations at the national democratic institute for international affairs. we'll start with kenneth. >> thank you, mr. chairman, senator klobuchar. we, i very much appreciate the invitation to appear before you today. and i want to say at the outset i i believe you're doing real service by holding this hearing and pursuing this issue which, in the course of doing that, you're highlighting what i

mr. goodman is a professor of law, policy, and sociology at new york university. prior to this, he served as special counsel to the general counsel of the department of defense. ms. jankowski is a global fellow at the wilson center in washington, d.c. she focused on eastern europe, focuses on eastern europe, and russia, and previously, she served as a fulbright clinton public policy fellow and worked in government relations at the national democratic institute for international affairs. we'll start with kenneth. >> thank you, mr. chairman and senator klobuchar. i very much appreciate the invitation to appear before you today. i want to say at the outset, i believe you are doing a real service by holding this hearing and pursuing a real issue. which in the course of doing that, you're highlighting what has gottlost in in much of the political controversy in the 2016 election. which is that we are facing an unprecedented and growing threat to our institutions around the globe. in january 2017, the intelligence committee assessed that the russian government directed

mr. wainstein. now professor goodman. >> i want to start by thinking chairman grassley and ranking member feinstein and distinguished members of the committee for holding such an important hearing on such an important issue. it's an honor for me to be here to testify before you. the russian organization that used social media tools to interfere in our most recent election called its mission, quote, information warfare against the united states of america, and court. like the terrorists on 9/11, our enemies used are systems against us. al qaeda use commercial air transportation systems, the kremlin used our social media and communications systems. moscow hijacked platforms such as facebook, twitter, and youtube, and the attack on the united states. the operations wreaked havoc on the election that began long before donald trump or hillary clinton announced their runs for the presidency, code-named, or referred to as the translation project. this specific russian operation to influence the 2016 election began around may 2014. it was initiated with a stated goal to quote, spread distress toward the ca

lift up their names, james cheney, andrew goodman, michael were missing and not yet discovered murdered and as with discovering the body they found other bodies. mrsr moved to california at the age of 31 she went back to college, working part time and from pamona college in 1968 to degree in sociology, remember, she had three small kids at the time. she vigantly pursued justice for her husband when ended when the killer was convicted in 1994. you notice i don't mention his name. the evers home is now a national lant mark on --landmark and location brings to sharp focus the terror that was part of everyday lives of african american leaders during civil rights movement. mrs. ever today remains beautiful, gracious, grateful and propelled by an invisible life force, mixture of compassion, curiosity and righteous anger, martyr or saint. she's defiantly a whole person for african americans preserving personhood is itself an accomplishment. in her own words, this is part of the chapter that i adapted for the magazine online and magazine now. mrs. evers was, i was fortunate to be surrounded by people who loved me dearly. my grandmother and aunt told me i

mr. vegas? like elvis or wayne newton or bugsy siegel used to be? if there is, he would probably be this guy. former mayor, oscar goodman.the bodies are buried. some of them, equally allegedly, by some of his former clients. we meet over drinks at oscar's, the steakhouse that bears his name, and boasts beef, booze, and broads. you had some colorful, uh, clients. who was nice, and who was less fun to have a -- >> oscar: well the truth of the matter is, all my clients were nice to me. because i kept them out of prison. >> anthony: did, uh, alleged mob guys know how to eat? >> oscar: my mother used to say, two things she said -- she's the greatest lady. she said, "oscar's clients don't hurt anybody, they just kill each other." >> anthony: right. >> oscar: and she also said, "oscar's clients take us to the best restaurants." >> anthony: they knew where to go. >> oscar: they knew where to go, yeah. and always treated right. i mean they were always treated like kings and queens. >> anthony: did the feds hold it against you? i mean, you know, you were just doing your job, but i mean -- >> oscar: they didn't see it that way. >>

goodman, who plays roseanne's tv husband, stayed above the fray, seen in this footage obtained by "entertainment tonight." >> i would rather say nothing. it's going to cause more trouble. >> reporter: on wednesday mr. trump waded into the controversy, complaining disney ceo bob iger never apologized for horrible statements made about him on disney's networks. press secretary sarah sanders. >> where was bob iger's apology to the white house staff for jemele hill calling the president and anyone associated with him a white supremacist? >> reporter: disney slash nbc television group president ben sherwood defended the decision to dump barr telling his staff "in the end it came down to doing what's right." >> so here we go again. >> reporter: on abc's "the view" whoopi goldberg criticized barr for retweeting this fake image of goldberg wearing an offensive anti-trump shirt. >> just because you were caught with your pants down don't try to drag other people down with you. >> reporter: comparing black people to monkeys and apes is a racist caricature that dates back hundreds of years. barr appeared to blame her use of that language on ambien. sanofi, the company that makes the sleep drug, responded to b