elections destroys the nation and democracy and should not be forgiven. officially the boycott was averted cambodia's national election commission claims about eighty percent of registered voters cast their vote the opposition however believes that number is inflated former opposition leader sam rainsy now living in exile tweeted that no credible election observer would confirm an election process that was quote falsified from the outset. for a majority of cambodians unsent is the only leader they've known he began his career as a military commander for cambodia's camaro rouge but as the regime carried out genocide on its own people don't send defected to vietnam to help overthrow his own government he was named prime minister of cambodia in one thousand nine hundred five when he lost the country's first elections in one thousand nine hundred three he dismissed the results and refused to step down from thirty three years after his career began he remains at the helm. but that. was before there were so many competitors but now there's just one. tell me i hope this country in the future will have a real democracy not fake. vote counting is under way though m

that nation's election commission say preliminary numbers show the leftist candidate got about 53% of the vote there. he ran on an anti-corruption platform. he promised to work with mexico's neighbor to the north, the united states. listen. >> translator: with the government of the united states we shall try to find a relationship, a friendship and cooperation for development. always rooted in mutual respect. and the defense of our migrant countrymen who work and live honestly in that country. >> the u.s. president donald trump congratulated lopez obrador in a feet, atweet addin he's looking forward to working with him and there's much more to be done that will benefit both the united states and mexico. it was one of the biggest elections yet in that nation. in addition to president mexican voters cast ballots in some 18,000 races across the nation. cnn's patrick opman has the very latest now from mexico city. >> reporter: mexicans are celebrating what many are calling a revolution for this country. you see people pouring into the square behind me to celebrate an event they never thou

with me professor mahmood who president of ecowas network of electoral commission chairman also of the independent national election election commission of nigeria with thank you a couple talking to will be with us right thank you tell us about the issues from your perspective coming here to supervise this election and to make sure it goes smoothly well i'm here in my dual capacity as chairman of my neck nigeria were interested in the elections in my early and also as president of the of course no talk of electoral commissions this election is very important to the republic of my life stability peace and progress all depends on the conduct of the election yesterday i had a lengthy meeting with the chairman of the electoral commission mr. wood if you will the election we are pretty confident the polling units of open you know all the twenty three thousand polling stations nationwide for the a point four million registered voters are the level of the sub region it is also a very important election for us and he said he also had a lengthy discussion with the chairman or the head of the election observation mission in

election assistance commission to assist states in replacing voting systems and improving election administration. that bill also created a partnership between the election assistance commission and the national institute of standards and technology to create guidance for voting systems and to certify those voting systems. in general of 2017, the department of homeland security designated after the election year had passed, election infrastructure as critical infrastructure. the first now in election series sense that designation was made. at our last hearing, we heard how this designation would effect information sharing between state, local, and federal governments. today, we want to look for to hearing more about the other aspects of that designation, which is a formalization of information sharing and collaboration between private entities and the federal government through the sector coordinating council. fy2018cently, the spending bill, congress appropriated $280 million to the u.s. election assistance agency to help states enhance their election infrastructure. about 49 states and territories have already requested approximately $350 million of that money, and in many cases, they have

election assistance commission to replace voting systems and improving the administration. that bill also created a partnership between the election assistance commission in the national institute of standards and technology to create guidance for voting systems and to be certified by the systems january 2017 dhs one --dash dhs designated the election infrastructure as critical. so now we are in the first election series since that designation was made and the last hearing we heard with this designation to affect information sharing between state and local federal littl little -- federal governments to hear about the other aspects of that designation. which is the formalization of information sharing and collaboration between private entities and the federal government through the sector coordinating council. more recently flight 2018 spending bill congress appropriated $380 million to the u.s. election agency to have them enhance that infrastructure in 49 states and territories have requested $350 million of that money and in many cases have already received the money they asked for. want to find out about the tools available that the federal government can provide officials w

of the federal election laws that make it illegal to receive a value or solicit something of value from foreign nationals. or filing of false declaration with the federal election commission those funds that you received or didn't receive. so there are three crimes that fall under the umbrella of the shorthand expression collusion. >> okay. and now this whole collusion is not a crime, it has become a thing now, which fits this pattern, talking about rudy giuliani, he's constantly going on tv and dropping bombs to get out in front of the story. maybe take away some of the power or shock value and control of the narrative. would that be fair? a fair assessment? >> well, you know, i'm not one who has ever credited rudy giuliani with strategic thinking in this case. i think he freelances much more than he strategically thinks. but it seems as if what he's trying to say here is even if there is collusion to been found, it's not a crime, which makes no sense to me. because were there a charge against a normal person, not a president, who may not be indictable, then you would charge them with conspiracy or false statements or coordination. they wouldn't be charged with collusion

election leaders. the commission takes great price and the assistance, as well as the vital role we play as a national clearinghouse. private industry. academia and others in the election industry. as emphasized at the last hearing, we are focused on purely the election. our partner -- rely on the eac for a deep knowledge of how elections work and clear line of communications to those in the field who admarch the vote. most recently our partner agency have counted on the eac to fulfill this role. this topic is not new to the state and local election officials it has long been the focus, something they think about 365 days a year. the job description of the e -- appeared voter registration to management and human resources. with the resources and tools that they need the establishment is part of is the critical infrastructure, one way the federal government sought to improve the mechanisms it uses to accomplish this goal. in many ways that a fundamental effort for this. at that time we worked with dhs and the fbi to distribute security alerts and threat indicators to state and territories to help protec

national commission on that. didn't amount to a hill of be beans. we don't even have the optics of that when it comes to cybersecurity in america. >> that's right. for example, on the election interference, we could have use ed a national commission to get to the bottom of the mechanics of what happened. mueller's investigating whether there was criminality, but how about just the policy issues here and what were the gaps in the law, which is exactly what we did after 9/11. we create d the department of homeland security as a society appropriated money. none of that is happening because it requires presidential leadership. people in congress are proposing bills and they're going nowhere. >> thanks. we will of course stay on top of this story and bring you new developments as they come in, but now, opening statements are underway in the trial of paul manafort. the president's former campaign chairman. it took just about fohours for of six women and men to be selected. this is the first skrech from inside the virginia court roochlt he is facing dozens of charges. this is a big test for the mule investigation. the first trial despite numerous indictments. the government seems

situation received wide news coverage the country's election commission ignored reports of fraud declaring kremlin backed victory the winner in national politicians such as former general secretary of nato. became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties in a faltering od will. be able to get. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. and therefore these nonviolent and very orange protests lasted for a month during which time the previous election results were no marred by massive corruption and new elections were announced an important nuance just three months before viktor yuschenko became a victim to a mysterious and still unsolved poisoning but it didn't prevent him from winning in the new election. though as we shall soon see there was much more than just the people's will that led to this victory this peaceful revolution and its leader world warmly welcomed by the international community but the euphoria didn't last long yuschenko its government completely failed with reforms a

national standards on things. that is why i have been a supporter of the election assistance commission. unconscionable that .he funding has been reduced i think that is one area we could do better on, that congress could do better on, that the president has to do better on. i'm curious if you would like to speak to the question of whether the white house should be coordinating strategy. when i talk to people at dhs and the state level, they say they we are not seeing white house leadership on the issue. does that need to be here, or is it sufficient to have these folks at dhs? jim: all these federal agencies report to the president. and the president administration have to take a leadership role in this. we havehe discussions had with dhs and the fbi over of thet two years, one things that has become clear to us is we have all these agencies, the intelligence communities, united, unanimous that the russians attacked us, that the russians will attack us again. we have to be able to work together. unfortunately the person at the top has not been supportive and has sent mixed messages, and

national standards on things. that is why i have been a supporter of the election assistance commission. to me, it is unconscionable that it does not have a quorum. it is unconscionable that the funding for the eac has been reduced. i think that is one area we could do better on, that congress could do better on, that the president has to do better on. eric: i'm curious if you would like to speak to the question of whether the white house should be coordinating strategy. obviously dhs has and working closely with you another states. when i talk to people at dhs and the state level, they say they we are not seeing white house leadership on the issue. do you think that needs to also be there or is it sufficient to have these folks at dhs? jim: all these federal agencies report to the president. yes, i do think the president and the administration have to take a leadership role in this. in all the discussions we have had with dhs and the fbi over the last two years, one of the things that has become clear to us is we have all these agencies, the intelligence communities that are united, una

elections -- national association of secretaries of state. >> i am of the camp that we should have national standards on something. that is why i have been a supporter of the election .ssistant commissioneac is unconscionable to me that it doesn't have a quorum, it is unconscionable that funding for reduced.as been i think that is one area we could do better on, that congress could do better on, and that the president has to do better on. >> i am curious if you would like to speak to the question of whether the white house is recording the strategies -- obviously, dhs has been working closer with you and the other states -- when i speak to people at the state level, they say that there are not seeing white house leadership on the issue. do you think it is sufficient to have thes this contact with folks at -- >> at yes. i think the president has to take a leadership role in in this. over the last two years, one of the things that has become clear is we have these agencies, these intelligence communities. they are unanimous that the russians attacked us. they are unanimous that the russians will attack us again. we are to be able to work together. they have sent mixed messages. that make

elections commission's work conductlocal leaders efficient, safe, and secure local elections. congress established the eac as an independent commission, adopting voluntary voting guidelines and certifying election systems, serving as the national clearinghouse of information on election administration, as well as auditing. i am pleased to report we continue to fulfill this message -- michigan -- mission day in and day out and our work does indeed help america vote. entity is the only focused on the administration -- entity solely focused on the administration of elections. pend only part of this time working on the same issue including those who specialize in technology and cyber security. our partners range from dhs and the fbi to the u.s. postal service and dod, relying on the eac to provide the knowledge about how elections work and a clear line of communication to those in the field to administer the vote. this is not new to those election officials and administered of staff members. that said, you can see from this diagram it is not our only response billy. the work described for the election officials encompasses everything from the ada compliance and voter registration to management and human resources. this is why it's

the federal election commission and other campaign-finance regulators are no better equipped to detect for identity laundering in u.s. elections. while foreign corporations and foreign nationals are prohibited from spending money in elections, our lack of effective disclosure laws would allow for a interest to set up shell companies, hide their identities, and engage in illegal political spending. we would never know it. quite simply, vladimir putin and his oligarchs can use the exact same tactics american special interest use to spend anonymous money in our elections and secure influence. the criminals have long used shell companies to obscure ownership. as we've learned more and more about russian interference in our own elections, and about the playbook abroad, much thanks to previous subcommittee hearings, we now see how the same devices can be used to hide foreign meddling in our elections. last year at a judiciary committee hearing on russian interference election, ken weinstein, when security advisor to george w. bush, noted, quote, it is critical that we effectively enforce the campaign-finance laws that would prevent this type of financial influence by foreign actors

kept defeat of course all kind of act your nation against the government some insinuation that micro-managing thing so far rating fall. from the election commission and the mood from the opposition parties are they going to go for more political instability something that this country can order for or are they going to take their word they already the muslim league now watch. mr. happy to go and get in the open. the people. then that created the award and the religious parties might find them isolated we shall have to wait and see all right thank you for that come on let's go live to us on the binge of ages in the capital of punjab province lahore and they do say they are some of that to have a wins in punjab wins the the leadership of the country how is done in this traditional stronghold oh the sharif supposes. martin as you said this is the heartland of politics in pakistan and whoever controls been job can comfortably control the friendly capital in the punjab the box on this in league was that has won a majority of seats according to these partial results it's taken one hundred twenty seven but it's close neutral behind by the pakistan tehre

the lead but it is worth noting that according to the election commission the farthest on only about thirty percent of the results from the national assembly has come out but because there has been so much at the separation of enron funds if you let me move out of the shot just to show you that this is a busy market street a block by foot in the park or something in there about to pull a liberating a. cruel thing. to speak but this has been the case in the war ever since polls close people have been coming out celebrating from both sides but since the television local t.v. station started project involves favoring. but it's not very it's there's been crowds off the box they can solve have been coming up and they've been coming out in their numbers celebrating what they see as a clear victory so when are we likely to get a confirmed result. but it is going to take some time because we just heard from of these three opposition parties that the essential phones that are due to be handed over to the returning offices people who are representatives of the political parties at polling stations that have not been provided they have some

election assistance commission working to modernize the standards used to test voting systems and provide best practices that support election officials and since 2016 respond to the threat against our nation's election systems. i serve as senior advisor to dhs focused on the work that apartment is doing to support the thousands of election officials across this country and in the second work i can tell you the absolute best part is working the dedicated professionals that administer elections. in the face of real and sophisticated that's these officials have responded by working with us state and local resources in the private sector in academia to mitigate risk and improve resilience. election security is a national security issue and a top priority for the department. our mission at dhs is to ensure that elections for the system owners in this case the 10000 state and local officials across the country have the necessary information and support to assess risk and protect, detect and recover from those risks. this support can come in many forms whether offering no-cost voluntary assistance sharing of best practices or securing on online -- dhs stands ready to help and offer tailored suppor

training, solicited help from the assistance commission and proactively exchanged information through the multistate elections infrastructure and the national association. now with the help of federal grants appropriated by congress secretary gorbea initiating local level grants to increase security and preventing the country's secondary risk omitting audit process. just as importantly, secretary gorbea has implemented reform to increase voter access including online voter registration. secretary gorbea, thank you for making the trip down to rhode island and thank you for the ongoing efforts to expand and prevent foreign adversaries access to the same. this is a position that i once held. i am proud and grateful for the leadership that secretary gorbea has accomplished. i'm very proud of what she has done and i hope you and all of our colleagues take the opportunity to ask about successes and-- and how the leadership can be a model. >> think you both for being here. undersecretary credits for an opening statement. >> members of the committee, thank you for testifying for the efforts to assist state and local election officials. improving re

when the president elected me to serve as secretary of the commission he presented me with an opportunity of a lifetime, one that i don't take for granted. preserving these national treasures as symbols of selfless beacons of freedom, this is not a job for me, folks, it is a reverent calling. a duty for this former infantryman. on the 27th of may, 10, 12 days a podium in the oneican cemetery in france, of the cemeteries that i had an opportunity to visit recently. memorized there 2600der-to-shoulder are soldiers and nearly 500 marines who died during that campaign. then on sunday afternoon, three hours later, we were over at another american cemetery. i understand your visit did not one,t you to go to that but we want you to visit that one at sometime. cemetery where thanks, there are thosewar dead buried in thetiful grounds and 241 on walls, most of whom who lost their lives on the nearby battlefields. the dead that cemetery is a soldier that rested in plot b, grave 15. probably best known for writing the poem "trees." wrote these poetic words taken from a poem. earth nothere is on worthier grave to hold the bodies of the brave than the pride wheren and they nob

commission says it will start announcing results at thirteen g.m.t. mondays was the first election in early forty years without a governor on the ballots. united nations is calling on saudi arabia to release all peaceful activists including women who campaigned to lift the world's longest female driving ban the lifting of that ban in june was hailed as a major step forward for women's rights in the deeply conservative kingdom but a number of women who had been advocating for the change have since been arrested and human rights offices office said genuine reform appeared to be taking place but dissent was still not accepted you know with us now is modern column director of policy analysis. good to speak to you why do you think the united nations is making this call of saudi arabia well i think because of the seriousness of the charges against these ladies the saudi government is actually accusing them of forming so as to destabilize the country and threaten the national security of saudi arabia contacting foreign entities. being agents for for embassies trying to damage also the social fabric of the county if these charges are made against these do the

the president meets today with the european commission president, who is trying to head off a trade war. in pakistan, national electionspeople were killed in an explosion outside a polling station in the southwestern part of the country. 40 were wounded. thevote will determine central ambitions. polls show none of the parties will win a majority. negotiation will ensue to form a coalition government. deutsche bank bowing to defend its position in fixed income trading. it was the weakest second quarter in that business since the financial crisis. income from buying and selling fixed income securities fell 17% from one year ago. bloomberg spoke with the ceo. christian: we built of the capital, bring it back to the business and with the processes we have, the franchise, i am confident we will see growing revenues going forward. taylor: riding high in spain and brazil, offsetting a slowdown in the u.k. and emerging-market volatility. posting orderly earnings beating estimates, profit was up in the largest market, brazil. taking on more loans, we spoke with the cfo. >> we saw healthy growth in latin america. this is positiv

elections. britain's new brexit secretary meets his opposite number in brussels, on the day the commission warns businesses in europe to prepare for "no deal". the israeli parliament has passed the controversialjewish nation—state bill into a law. you can find the text of the law online — this is on the times of israel website — but in a nutshell, it defines israel as an exclusively jewish state, downgrades arabic as an official language and views the advance ofjewish settlement as a national interest. and it also states that the "whole and united" jerusalem is the state's capital. israel's prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has praised the legislation. translation: will keep insuring the civil rights commit israel's democracy. these rates will not be harmed. the majority decides. an absolute majority wants to ensure the state's jewish absolute majority wants to ensure the state'sjewish character for generations to come. the vote happened after hours of heated debate. let's give you a flavour of what was going on. there was outrage in parliament among israeli arab mps as the legisation was passed. they tore up the bill in protest. one is escorted from the room. one of those clearly disappointed with the r

as an independent, bipartisan commission for guidance to immediate the requirements adopting voting system guidelines and certifying election systems, serving as national clearinghouse of information on election administration as well as dispensing and auditing funds. i'm pleased to report that our capable team continues to fulfill the mission day in and day out. and election officials across the country constantly affirm our work does indeed help america vote. the eac is only federal entity focused solely on the administration of elections. we serve as the central hub for other federal agencies that spend only part of they time working on this information issue including those who specialize in technology and cybersecurity. our partners ranging from dhs and the fbi, to the u.s. postal service and dod rely on the eac to provide deep knowledge about how elections work and a clear line of communication to those in the field who administer the vote. election security is not new to those election officials or the tens of thousands of election administrative staff members and election workers that support that work. that said, you can see from this diagram

itself to the police for its national spending in the 2015 general election whereupon the 2015 general election whereupon the labour party was fined by the electoral commissionngoing and that cove rs investigations that are ongoing and that covers a number of the point that covers a number of the point that the honourable gentleman has just raised. but i will say again the electoral commission is an independent organisation, it can undertake an investigation it feels necessary. and indeed it can report back to this house, mr speaker, as you know of course very own committee on the commission. that is its governance. but the point is this, we need to be able to say to the public that i watching this debate that we are getting on with delivering the result of the referendum in which they voted. i can hear some of the honourable members opposite shouting about this come perhaps that is the fraction of the labour party that believes in having a second referendum, or it perhaps it is the fraction of the labour party that believes in not having that or perhaps it's the fraction that doesn't know what it believes in. what we believe in is that our independent... or

nation. but it's important to note that there is something we can do about it. as the president has also urged the u.s. congress to eliminate funding for the election assistance commission. this is very serious because we know that russia assisted in the hacking and attack of over 21 states' election systems. the president may nobt concerned but the congress ought -- may not be concerned but the president ought -- congress ought to be. unfortunately today we expect to have a vote in which we're voting on a bill that eliminates the funding of the election assistance commission. this should be rejected, as we should reject the president's failure to stand up for our values. thank you. dr. fauci: spurp -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. speaker. well, the latest tweets from the president. so many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in helsinki. obviously he's referring to putin. because there's not many people in the united states that saw that press conference as a success. i

nation's 200 million eligible voters and the thousands of hard working election administrators across the straights. in addition, our members are working collaboratively with the u.s. elections assistance commission as well as state and local elections offices to ensure secure, stable and scaleable voting systems. the sec representing the greater elections and voting systems provider in the united states absolutely support the increased focus and attention on the security of our nations election systems. as we know, foreign attempts to probe government voter information platforms during the presidential campaign were clearly aimed at undermining faith in america's democratic institutions. while the consensus among the intelligence community remains clear that no vote tales were altered in any way and there is no hard proven evidence that any private sector provider was compromised, the existence of foreign threats means that we need to continue to be extremely diligent and in protecting our nation's critical voting infrastructure and instilling confidence in our u.s. electoral systems. the sec members are prepared to meet the threats and challenges that exist. however, with less than two dozen pr