mr. johnson: yes. mr. crawford: 50 states that all have that many different versions, variations and methods of voting. that must be very difficult to be able to synchronize that or harmonize that and implement comprehensive types of security strategy, correct? mr. johnson: that is not quite the nature of a critical infrastructure designation. that is not what it does. it prioritizes our assistance when they ask. certain level of confidentiality in their communications with us and gives them the protection of domestic and international cyber norms. not any type of federal takeover. mr. crawford: i understand. i wouldn't want that to be the case. but to your knowledge are there any states who have their actual voting terminals, are they online? mr. johnson: there are states that have aspects of their systems online. are states, for example, i believe that use the internet for absentee voting. mr. crawford: that could be compromised. is that possible? mr. johnson: it is a potential vulnerability, yes. walk i

mr. jeh johnson when he appeared before the house intelligence committee. if this was happening, why wasn't the bell rang louder? why didn't more people know of it? here's the washington times -- brian, independent, go ahead. caller: i just want to comment on the aspect of computerized voting apart from russia interference or not. i have a degree in computer science. i don't like the thought of votes being on computer. notink physical machine connected to any network is the way to go. host: why do you say that as some and who has knowledge, expertise on computers? partly because of the testimony the one professor brought forth, who has a decade of experience looking into these machines. i have read some -- not all, but a few of those things. partly because of the testimony the one professor ck-proof this not exist. if you make it so that the physically go out there, you cannot launch hundreds of attacks at once. you have to send out hundreds of people to do that. host: would you trust paper ballots? caller: yes. host: ok. brian, an independent. let's go to

mrs. johnson and -- the special guest of mrs. johnson and linda.ion] ofrator: is the second day talks -- as the second have talks continued, heavy rains last weekend's, but the witnesses to history stood the ground. they had talked for more than four hours, delving deeper into issues that separated their two countries. >> we made further progress in an effort to improve our understanding of each other's inking on a number of questions. i believe more strongly than ever that these have been very good and very useful talks. narrator: the premier had been visibly touched by the warmth of the people. he thanked them and saluted friendship between the soviet and american peoples. president johnson: these meetings have not ended our troubles and dangers and i cannot promise you that that will not happen again. the world remains a very small and very dangerous, and all nations, even the greatest of them, have very hard and painful choices ahead of them. but i can tell you and i have no does about it at all, it help a lot to sit down and look a man in the

mr. johnson. i want to start by asking you, mr. gowdy's questions and your responses established this is not a new thing. this meddling in our election, we've seen it before. i want to come back to that. we've seen it before and we've heard from others that the meddling in the 2016 election was unprecedented in its scope and reach, so i wonder if you might take a minute or two and help us better understand why it was unprecedented? what was different about this particular array of meddling versus what we've seen in the past? >> we've seen a history of various different types of bad cyber actors intruding into infiltrating political organizations, political campaigns and that's what i was referring to. when i say that this effort was unprecedented, what i mean is, that we not only saw infiltrations but we saw efforts to dump information into the public space for the purpose of influencing the ongoing political campaign and it was widespread. in that respect -- and we knew it was happening, so in that respect it was very much unprece

mr. johnson indicated this is his last term to have a meeting there in plano, texas, that would honor mr. johnson and the committee and this particular topic area that he so vitally is concerned about. i also want to recognize , chairman heard who is with us in the lead democrat, robin kelly for being here in our meeting room as well. since 2014, hundreds of americans have lost their personally identifiable information including their social security numbers to large scale cyber attacks. the number was originally created in 1936 for the purpose of running the nation's new social security system. however, its usefulness as a unique governmental identifier has made it near ubiquitous across government and the private sector. today, social security administration hasn't suffered any large-scale data breach, but ongoing vigilance is needed including adequate support for updating and modernizing social security and ministration it structure altogether social security ministration has been able to remove the nine digit from about one third of the mailings it to sense out moving forward then com

mr. johnson for being here. i appreciate it. we're here to get some lessons learned and path forward and hopefully we can do that on a united front. i appreciate your insights here today. when you came in in 2013, it's obviously after an election, were you given information on previous attempts in previous elections say in 12 or 8 or 4, and the kind of things that take place because it's been said many times russia for example, they have been trying to do this type of stuff since the soviet union. so were you given any background to maybe help you? >> i was certainly aware not just from my experience at dhs but from my experience as the general counsel to the defense department, that there had been nation state efforts at espionage for the most part, into various political organizations and campaigns. >> pleased to see that you have agreed with secretary kelly to make cyber top priority. probably very good advice. during this process, was it ever reported were there attempts on the rnc for example with phishing

mr. johnson has been very gracious saying we will have an opportunity to make sol gent social security for all of -- >> i now recognize mr. hurd for his opening statement. >> thank you. two years plus that i have been in congress i have learned one thing and that is that americans protect the federal government to protect their personal information. sadly as evidence by the devastati devastating data breach, this is not the case. social security numbers can be used to perpetuate identity theft or worse. you never know what a piece of information the bad actors need to achieve their goals. the oversight committee recently held a hearing on the irs data breach and used that information to file fraudulent forms with the irs. in fact, tomorrow the house is scheduled to consider a social security fraud act and prohibits folks by sending social security numbers by mail. the social security administration has over 175 mlg wage earners and records on everybody living and dead. veterans administration has held records on over 800 -- the va currently uses social security as a patient identifier. pro

mr. johnson and humidity. we can't keep it at bay much longer. start with the four day holiday weekend. it's going to start hot. low 90s. low 90s on sunday. a couple of storms. low 90s on monday, and 91 or so on tuesday with yes, the 4th, some storms possible. not a wash out. but the humidity is going to stay in check for maybe 3 more days. speaking of 3, i think we're in pretty good shape. 84 today for a high. the humidity, i've been harping on this all day, is so low. a live look at the ballpark. we're hosting the cubs tonight. you can watch it here at 7:00. dew point still in the upper 40s. humidity only 31%, but about as good as it gets in june. cooling morning camp, temps 59 to 70. nice tomorrow, yes, we're tracking a few stray showers, not yellow weather alert worthy at all. warmer on wednesday, but still nice. humidity still in check. the 90s are lurking. 90 on thursday. 91 friday, and 92 on saturday. okay. looking at tomorrow morning, 61 in la playa. 50s to the north. a really comfortable start. even 65 downtown. that's a good deal. by 9:

mr. johnson. >>> we're talking about temps going up, and humidity going up especially by the end of the week temperatures, we forecast temperatures in the 80s, to 89. i did that because it's a dry air mass, and dry air masses can heat up quickly. just ask your friends in phoenix. live look outside. it's 84 right now. dew comfortable, winds are gusting out of the south at 28 miles an hour. for tonight, comfortable. lows in the 60s in the burbs. almost hot, but not humid. hot and humid both thursday and friday. afternoon storms friday, and some storms are going to linger into saturday. i mentioned this earlier, if i had to pick a weekend day right now, i'd pick sunday, looks better than saturday. future cast, generally clear to partly cloudy. 77 downtown and 75 in buoy. by morning, there's going to be a lot of 60s here. 61, 62 in damascus. 63 in gaithersburg. 62 in manassas. by noon, the temps respond to the sunshine. summer rolls in shortly after midnight tonight. by 1:00, 87 downtown. maybe a sprinkle by frederick. maybe an isolated storm, a disturbance in 87 downtown, 81 in gaithersburg. bu

mr. johnson. i want to start by asking you mr. gowdy questions and your responses establish that this is a not a new thing. this meddling and we heard from others that the meddling in the 2016 election was unprecedented. so i wonder if you'll take a minute or two and help us better understand what was unpresdenned and what was different about this array of meddling versus what we've seen in the past. >> what we've seen a history of various different types of various cyberactors intruding into infiltrating political organizations, political campaigns. and that's what i was referring to when i say that this effort was unprecedented, what i mean is that we not only saw infiltrati infiltrations, but we saw efforts to dump information into the public space for the purpose of influencing the ongoing political campaign. and it was widespread. and in that respect, and we knew it was happening. in that respect, it was very much unprecedented. >> distilling your testimony, we had seen scanning queries, what we might consider espionage, tryi

mr. johnson. i want to start by asking you, mr. gowdy questions and your responses established this is not a new thing, this meddling in our election. we have seen it before. wasn't to come back to that. you also stated and we heard from others that the meddling in the 2016 election was unprecedented in its scope and reach. i wonder if you might take a minute or two and just help us better understand why it was unprecedented, what was different versus what we have seen in the past. >> we have seen a history of various different types of bad cyber actors intruding into, infiltrating political organizations, political campaigns. that's what i was referring to. when i say that this effort was unprecedented, what i mean is that we not only saw infiltrations but we saw efforts to dump information into the public space for the purpose of influencing the ongoing political campaign. it was widespread. and in that respect -- we knew it was happening. in that respect it was very much unprecedented. >> can i just distilling your testimony, we

mr. johnson: if i could get an additional minute? mr. nadler: i yield the gentleman an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: with over 57 co-sponsors, it's clear that the mobile work force state income tax simplification act of 2017 is an idea whose time has come. i thank my colleagues for their work on this bill and in particular congressman bishop for his leadership on this bill in the 115th congress. he's carried the torch for our esteemed former colleague, the late howard coble, who passed this bill out of the house last -- in the 112th congress. i also thank our staffs who have worked tirelessly to build support for this legislation along bipartisan lines. this bill is a testament to the good that can come from working across the aisle on bipartisan tax fairness reforms. i'm optimistic that the passage of h.r. 1393 augurs well for the passage of other fairness legislation which is critical to countless small businesses across the country during this congress. in closing, i urge my coll

mrs. johnson and i was on the road. >> reporter: eunice johnson, wife and founder of ceo of johnson publishing, created the ebony fashion fair and looked for models representing every shade of black america. >> the fur is cut into contemporary art here at the museum said it wasn't just about the fashion show. >> when you bought a ticket to the show you had entrance into the fashion show. a portion of it was for a subscription to ebony and "jet magazine." it was about giving back. it helped raise over $55 million for charitable causes. and while the johnsons became some of the best customers of the great fashion houses around the world, there were early roadblocks. >> many designers were reluctant to sell to the johnsons because they were afraid that the sales would suffer with their designs on black skinned models. >> reporter: but designers were soon to realize they were wrong. their brands were actually enhanced by the enchanting shows that were the ebony fashion fair. >> this looks nouveau chic. >> people who attended the fashion fair were generally people who were not seeing themselves rep

mr. johnson is not alone in seeing the brexit vote and the aftermath as an opportunity for personal advancementr than a threat to national prosperity and security mr. hammond should take the opportunity to make the counter case a lot of talk about whether theresa may will make it the next week or year. and phillip hammond is a name that may be considered for the most part theresa may seems stronger than she did 24 hours ago. >>> my pick is titled the trump budget still short changes the military since 2010 the defense budget has been cut by more than 20%, but the world has not become 20% safer. to get planes, ships and equipment ready to deploy to the middle east, the military has had to take parts off of other planes, ships and units. this has diminished america's readiness. the american military is not ready to carry out missions it may be asked to do in times of war. this may be a discussion as the secretary of defense, jim mattis heads to the hill. he is testifying in front of the senate where trump's proposed defense budget will be the topic of discussion. >> jeff sessions will be in focus

mr. johnson's testimony also raised questions about why election officials across the country refused federal cybersecurity help. should that change by next november? joining us now, organ rights, cybersecurity analyst and peter fellow. he offered the vast resources of the federal government to help these states protect their election systems and it sounds like nobody took him up on the offer. >> i think this issue demonstrates that lack of trust in the federal government. they view their sovereignty the same way the united states views its sovereignty with russia. when you look at some of the statements that came out after he testified, i think it was one of the national associations, they talked about the fact that they asked to jay johnson if there was a direct threat or an issue and three times leading up to the election he said no. if it's not a threat, they are pretty content doing what they're doing. we are way behind building out our infrastructure so we don't have to have these conversations in the future. >> jon: there is no question that russia tried to meddle in the election, trie

mr. johnson, a great surprise for you. very positive development. your tests came back positive, okay. i don't know who's going to pay for it. surprise!" ( applause ) dr. trump. ( cheers and applause ) enjoy! of course, even though the republicans control every branch of government, trump knows who's to blame: the democrats. >> we won't get one democrat vote, not one. and if it were the greatest bill ever proposed in mankind, we wouldn't get a vote. >> stephen: wait, is the greatest bill ever proposed in mankind an option here? because you should just propose that because this one suction. that's not just me. that's not just me saying it. because how bad does it suck? according to a new poll, only 12% of americans approve of the te jee, i don't know why democrats won't get on board the "s.s. trumpcare." ( as trump ) "you guys want to go for a river cruise? so far, all we have is the anchor. here, hold this and jump in the water." ( cheers and applause ) and "the new york times" is not the only media outlet trump is mad at. yesterday, i told you that

mr. johnson. mr. johnson: i want to thank my colleague, representative murphy, for holding this special order. it's such a critically important topic. you mentioned that my district borders the state of pennsylvania and it does. incidents so many my ngagement with constituents on the opioid addiction issue. several of them really stick out . representative murphy, one of those happened in pennsylvania. occasionally because my district goes all the way up to the top -- into northeast ohio, occasionally i fly in and out of pennsylvania and i was there a couple of years ago. i was sitting in the lounge waiting for a flight. i happened to be on a phone call and a gentleman -- i in thed that he began to -- i noticed that he began to look my direction. he very parently waited until i got off the telephone -- patiently waited until i got off the telephone. he came over, introduced himself. he recognized me and he said, i'm not one of your constituentses but i know -- constituents but i know that you represent

mrs. johnson and i was on the road. >> reporter: eunice johnson, wife and founder of johnson publishing, created fashion fare and looked for models representing every shade of black america. >> the fur is cut into strips. >> reporter: the curator of contemporary art at the museum said it wasn't just about a fashion show. >> when you bought a ticket for the show, you had entrance to the fashion show, a portion of your ticket price was for a subscription to ebony or jet magazine. >> and it's also about giving back to the community from the shows played. they helped raise over $55 million for charitable causes. while the johnsons became some of the best customers of the great fashion houses around the world, there were early roadblocks. >> many designers were reluctant to sell to the they were afraid that their sales would suffer with their designs on black-skin models. >> reporter: but designers were soon to realize they were wrong. their brands were actually enhanced by the enchanting shows that were the ebony fashion fair. >> this look, the nouveau chic. >> the people who attended the fashion fa

mr. johnson, he would not be too pleased with. charlie: lots of people have played churchill. lythgoe. brian: he sent me a gmail. saying welcome to the fraternity -- he sent me an e-mail. there is albert finney,, robert hardy and burton who did him on the sound, radio. there's john lythgoe. and gary oldman, too. charlie: gary oldman did as well. in terms of trying to capture him beyond whatever physical thing you had to do, what was it about him? the voice i s clear. brian: the voice, the childlike quality. you do that because of just the physical image and also his, you know,i tell you, this is absolutely true. i was really thinking about churchill and thinking because i knew there was something in the child. and i happened to be watching. i live here. my kids, my american children, they love family guy. you see this? huge fans of seth mcfarland. i'm sitting watching "family gotuy". thethere on the screen is baby winston churchill, stewie. he is this cantankerous, off-the-wall youth, can only communicate with his dog. his parents are not understand him. this was winston's pro

mr. johnson: do i. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. it's with great disgust i rise in condemnation of president trump's withdrawal of the united states from the paris climate accord. despite his promise to make america great again, the president's pull out from this agreement does exactly the opposite. it puts america behind 194 other countries that have placed truth and reality over ignorance. climate change is real and it's man-made. it's a threat that must be addressed. frustrating that this administration has chosen to withdraw from the global fight against global warming. this pullout sends a message that the united states is no longer interested in leading the efforts to stop global warming. and it's a self frustrating tha this administration has chosen to withdraw inflicted wond -- self-inflicted wound and undercuts trust in american leadership. it won't save the coal strirks it won't make america great again, and another impulsive and destructive decision by this administration that hurts our fut

mr. johnson again. >> mr. our ankle. >> do we believe it now? >> i mean, sure. >> okay. why not? >> why not? >> other things to really worry about in this world. >> put that one in the back and move on. >> 8:41 right now. let's check in with wisdom and maureen. you still saying no. >> nope. >> nobody has explained the shirt. nobody has explained the shirt yet. >> that's all i'm saying. >> here's what we need wis. >> we need to see him do it again. >> not just him. his co-workers. tmz cameras capture that. >> facebook life. >> boom. >> in the meantime. >> in the meantime we have developing news to talk about. president trump tweets names his new fbi director as dormer -- former one gets ready to testify about his firing at the hands of the president. we're live with what you need to know. >> we continue to follow the double murder in montgomery county. they both were set to graduate. we are live as police search for their killer also developing at 9a we go live to day three of the bill cosby trial. his leading a

mrs. johnson, with her mother to corroborate to say, yes, what she said, presented an appealable issue.e prosecution in bringing in -- remember, there were a couple questions here. the big question was also about, you know what, what about the fact that she didn't report it for a year later? >> yes. i didn't know that so often happens. >> but they brought in a psychologist to explain that. >> that's also admissible evidence. the delay in reporting is admissible evidence on the issue of credible. >> you say, no, he will not be convicted. you say yes? >> i think it is likely he will not be convicted. i hate handicapping things. >> pick a side already. >> i say that it's likely he will not be convicted. but if he is, it will likely go back on appeal. there are so many appealable issues in this case. >> a lot of news, so let's get right back to it. >> he's considering terminating the special council. >> the echoes of watergate are getting louder and louder. >> the president is clear. he wants this to be investigated as soon as possible and be done with it. >> it's been an honor to be able t

mr. johnson for your service to our country. we have heard since last year about russian bots that were released on the internet generating and disseminatining fake news. how do these work and how did we come to discover them and how effective were they in shaping opinions? how do they interact with social media to make their campaign most effective? >> congressman, you are testing me here. >> you are a brilliant man, sir. >> a technical level that i'm -- there are others who can sit here and give you a better answer. it's hard to know -- the activity you cited i know is prevale prevalent. it's hard to know to what extent it influences public opinion. like i said earlier about the election result, it's hard to know to what -- it's not for me to know to what extent the russian hacks influenced public opinion and thereby influenced the outcome of the election. >> sir, do you think, as i do, that the kremlin on some level managed to stoke uncertainty about our electoral institutions and thus their operation was successful? secondly

mr. johnson, when they were in the midst of it, and he was still not allowed to go utter the word "russia," at the time, because they hadn't turned out their first intelligence reports on it. so, by the president not acknowledging this, he's basically sending the message, i'm not going to make this a priority to get ready for the next election. and you know, it would be so easy for him to say, you know i was elected legitimately, no matter what the russians did, nobody has indicated that it actually affected the outcome. but the mere fact that a foreign power was inside our election system tells us we have something that desperately needs to be fixed. and we haven't heard that, and if you don't get presidential leadership from that, you're not going to get others in the administration working hard to fix it. >> and there are members of both parties looking for that statement right now. all right. guys, thank you so much. much more to talk about tonight, including the president's rally that is just wrapping up in iowa, where he just made some news signalling a potentially big change in imm

mr. johnson from louisiana, reported by unanimous consent from the energy and commerce committee. the bill h.r. 2457 authorized the federal regulatory energy commission, ferc, to extend the time period during which a licensee is required to commence the construction of commission project numbers 12756, 12757, and 12758 for you were -- for up to three con sec ty two-year periods. i would encourage all members to join me in support -- and support passage of this bill as amended. thank you, mr. speaker, i reserve -- reserve the balance of my time. the speaker: this gentlelady from colorado. ms. degette: i yield myself such time as i man co--- as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. the get: this is the last bill in our bills we are considering today, i hope mr. peters bill will help us not to have to do in the future. the j. bennet johnston waterway hydropower extension act of 2017 was introduced by representative johnson. it will extend the period during which the license yes must commence the project. additionally, the legislation defers the obl

referendum, when there was the leadership race to see who would become prime minister, mr gove have supported boris johnson'sime minister, mr gove have supported borisjohnson‘s bid or the way through until he was seen to knife borisjohnson way through until he was seen to knife boris johnson in way through until he was seen to knife borisjohnson in the back and running for the leadership himself. when mrs may became leader she prom ptly when mrs may became leader she promptly sacked michael gove as justin secretary and he has not been in government since. it is a significant move and helps you up her position amongst mps, particularly leave mps. and also in defra there will be important work to do around brexit because things like the common agricultural policy, disentangling britain from those policies of the eu will be significant work and she may feel michael gove is the right man for thejob but michael gove is the right man for the job but the michael gove is the right man for thejob but the big picture is this isa thejob but the big picture is this is a continuity candidate. this is a limited shuffle an

mr. johnson of louisiana and mrs. love green of california. it received consideration by the judiciary committee. in honor of state local act. it was reported by the judiciary committee on may 24. as a co-sponsor and strong advocate of the act i support the passage of that legislation before the full house. today we have the full opportunity to move an important piece of that bill forward and strengthen policies that throughout america's laws. mr. speaker, the no sanctuary for criminals act is common sense. john adams said we are a government of laws not of men. as approach the 4th of july week, america's foundation is that of the rule of law. yet, we have seen local jurisdictions ignore federal immigration law and declare themselves sanchtu area cities as though their actions have no corner sequences for their neighbors. the reality, however, is that the localities that refuse to enforce federal immigration law undermine public safety and break the democratic contract. mr. speaker, the sanctuary cities do not act in a vacuum. they endanger li

mrs. johnson, jack valenti, me, horace busby and a couple of others. and there were all the kennedy people but they were so grief stricken and so shattered that we felt as if we were alone on the island, and the island was in the midst of this great tsunami. and so i just put my files and all my correspondence, cables and all that in the files, here i was 29 years old and there were cables coming in from the uprising in nigeria, and the civil war in cypress, and the turmoil of the british government which was in trouble, and the information about the movement of chinese troops towards the border of korea, and right on down the line there was one issue after another. and what did we know about them? what did i know about them? i had been at the peace corps. even lyndon johnson who had been in many of those meetings with president kennedy, what did he know about them? and suddenly decisions were being made about issues for which there was very little time to collect the evidence. you know lyndon johnson kept saying to me, in all those years, "a man is no

mr. johnson: the united states has welcomed refugees. to escape religious persecution and imminent death. they seek refuge and safety. we should be the last to perpetrate an environment that causes them to live in a state of terror right here in america. georgia. t clarkston, it is referred to as the most diverse square mile in america. are taxpayers and they get jobs and self-sufficient within six months. the great diversity and cultural richness that they bring to our communities has been the 4th district a better place to live, work and play. today, we should stand to send a message we should continue our work to support receive few depees as they boost economies and croibt to our economies with their unique and enriching cultures. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, right now -- mr. veasey: we are facing one of he greatest hu