mr. cruz: senator blackburn by video. mrs. black: thank you, mr. airman, and thank you -- mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you all for being here and i appreciate us having this hearing and i know that our constituents -- i hear from tennesseans every single day about how very concerned they are. so, let me just kind of follow on with where we are right now. mr. seuss nellie. while your teams are out there stopping rioters, how do they make that turn and protect peaceful protesters? because they have to do each at the same time. so how do they work, how to do -- do they handle this, how do they segment the crowd so people who are peaceful are protected and rioters who are there for the purpose of violence and injury and harm and destruction so, that they are properly dealt with? mr. cuccinelli: senator, that balance is so critical to their work. i appreciate the question. and it goes also to senator whitehouse's question twor of them actually -- or two of them actually. professional law enforcement officers encounter people in tense situations and they're the o

blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. yates, thank you for coming to us willingly. i actually left the hearing room and came back to my office to ask the questions because i think we can do a little better this way and can move through more quickly and you won't have to repeat yourself because we do want to get some things on the record, so thank you for this. i want to be sure that i've understood some of your answers and statements. you had a standard process for reviewing fisa applications, is that correct? >> yes. >> you stated that your review of the carter page fisa application was no different from any other,ff is that corre? >> no, i did not state that. >> was your review of that we needed different from any other fisa application pgh yes i reviewed this one more carefully. >> what led you to review it morebu carefully? >> a a significant and sensitive matter. >> okay. whobu briefed you on that application? who actually gave you all the background information and briefed you on that application? >> there were a number of lawyers both from nationals could div

senator blackburn: thank you so much. mr. chairman, thank you for the hearing and i yield back. senator cruz: thank you, senator blackburn. senator coons. senator coons: thank you to our witnesses. i joined many of my colleagues in expressing concerns about the intersection between important widespread national protests against the brutal killing of george floyd, expressing concern about racial injustice and the ways in which the injection of federal law enforcement into portland may have exacerbated rather than reduced incidence of violence -- incidents of violence. let me repeat something that is worth covering again. there is no one here condoning or supporting violence by either protesters or law enforcement if unlawful and unnecessary. memberope that ranking hirono's comments were heard loud and clear. i think senator durbin expressed clearly, and i will join him in that, we need to hold accountable perpetrators of violence. those who have caused any harm to law enforcement, our law enforcement officers have a difficult and demanding job. you are right, mr. cuccinelli, virtu

blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member and members of the commission, first thing i want to say, i just want to thank the commissioners for making it very difficult to determine who was a republican appointee and he was a democratic appointee, this is a way that the commission should operate, it is a way that the commerce committee likes to do it and it's a real pleasure to dig into the issues without necessarily digging into each other. my first question is for chairman simon on credit reporting, what action does the ftc verify the credit reporting agencies are following the cares act provision and what is the ftc doing to ensure the data from insurers are accurately reporting the data question we are monitoring for that if we see a problematic that's a priority. >> do you want to add anything with critter reporting and about the public-policy question of whether or not consumers should have access to their own credit reports? >> i really think we are long overdue for broader reforms, what i se

blackburn. >> inc. you mr. chairman. thank you for coming here willingly credit i actually left the hearing room and came back to my office to ask the question. so i think we can hear you. maybe your you a little better this way. and move a little bit more quickly you will have to repeat yourself because we do want to get some things on the record. so thank you for this. i want tois be sure that i'm understood some of your answers and statements. you got a standard process for reviewing fisa applications. is that correct. sally yates: yes. >> and you stated that your review of the cover page fisa application was no different from any others. is thatt correct. sally yates: no i did not say that.rn >> was your review any different from any other fisa application. sally yates: yes, i reviewed this one more carefully. >> what led you to review it carefully. sally yates: a very significant . [inaudible]. >> and who briefed you on that application. sally yateswho actually gave yoe background information brief you on that appli

mr navalny as well directly to the russian president. thank you for joining us. people living in the english town of oldham — and parts of blackburnith anyone from outside their household from this weekend. the extra restrictions are to stem the spread of coronavirus — but workplaces, childcare facilities and businesses, including restaurants and pubs, will remain open. we can speak to our reporter yunus mulla, who's in oldham for us this morning. yunus, how have people there been reacting to these extra measures ? what people feared the most here was they could end up in the town with a full lockdown, similar to the lockdown imposed on leicester. that has not happened today. what they have got our restrictions mainly based around socialising and not economic. so nonessential businesses have not been affected and that is a huge relief to people here, they can still go to work and still go shopping for example. the leader of oldham council shopping for example. the leader of old ham council has shopping for example. the leader of oldham council has warned it would be an economic catastrophe if nonessential businesses were included

blackburn. >> thank you to each of you for the time to be here today. mr. chairman, i think that chairman simons, i think you know that the facebook compliance is very important to us in dealing with social media is very important to us. you're hearing a lot about it from letters and notes that are coming to you. we are hearing a good bit about it. n >> okay. there we go. unmuted. are you talking about the facebook privacy order or are you talking about a facebook antitrust investigation? >> let's take privacy first, and then we can go to antitrust. >> okay, sure. so the order, the negotiated order settling the order violation section 5 case against facebook was finally entered, i think, on april 27th or 28th of this past year. it was in litigation in front of a judge in the d.c. district court. >> we know all of that. where are you? where do you feel they are on compliance? are you satisfied with the progress? and then i'll add something on because the clock is ticking. what kind of legislative balance do you think we need to strike to make certain that yo

from his wife, second lady karen pence, senators marsha blackburn and south dakota's governor, and many more, but before her speech tonight, mrson. ainsley: you're welcome. what can we expect tonight? >> it's exciting because this is the third night and the theme is as you said is " land of heros" and america is made up of people would are hero s and every day americans so you'll hear from some everyday americans as well, but for my part, i get to talk a little bit about our military community, and i know that you know that's near and dear to my heart, and i've worked a lot with military spouses to help them with employment and i've also done a lot of work with veterans on preventing suicide, so, it'll be an exciting night to highlight the heros in this great country. ainsley: one of them is the son that you are raising because he's a marine we're proud of him >> semper fi. ainsley: as a school teacher what do you think about schools reopening should they? >> it's interesting you ask me because today is the first day of school that i teach at and i'm not there because i don't teach on wednesdays but we are open. we had 100% ki

mrs. blackburn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. president. are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mrs. blackburn: i ask that we dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. blackburn: thank you. last week journalists at espn had an article about human rights violations at nba training academies in china. when you think about a basketball camp, you think of drills or running spirits, but these camps looked different. the investigation focused on training camps in china and has achieved level of notoriety for the violence the government officials inflict on the weaker muslim minority. and so it's no surprise that the stories told by trainers, coaches, and other nba employees who helped run these camps employ disturbing and familiar imagery. according to the espn investigation, one former league employee compared the atmosphere at the xinjiang camp to world war ii germany. an american coach who worked at a similar facility described it as a sweat camp for athletes