the senates live in confirmation for nicholas rasmussen. dianne feinstein and and taxi chambliss-- and saxby will be here as soon as it gets underway. later tonight, obama announcing his executive action on immigration. his plan would shield 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation. scheduled to is address the nation at 8:00 eastern time. we will take your live calls on c-span. you can tune on c-span radio. live shortly here at this hearing for the national counterterrorism director nominee, and that is nicholas rasmussen. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span bringing you live coverage from the senate confirmation hearing for nicholas rasmussen. that chair of this committee was just on the senate floor casting her vote. incould see her momentarily the hearing room. we will take a look at immigration and the president's expected announcement tonight. this is from a convers

thank you all fo nominee nicholas rasmussen to his confirmation hearing. will come tong order. let me just say that the soon to be chairman of this committee, this is not my usual way of operation. i like to be on time. we got into a bit of a problem in the caucus, and i just wanted to say that to you/ -- to you. the committee will come to order. session to hear nicholas rasmussen to be as the director of the national counter resin center. center.erterrorism olson's resignation, it is my intention pending today's session to move this nomination quickly to the senate and seek his confirmation before our adjournment in december. mr. rasmussen has been the director since 2012. prior to this, he served from 12 as the senior director for counterterrorism at the national security council. in terroristrsed threats to the united states and the growth of terrorist groups around the country. mr. rasmussen's service goes back to 1991, with a series of positions at the department of state, nsc, and nctc. mr. rasmussen, i enjoyed reading in the background materials for this hearing that pub

. >> in his senate confirmation hearing today nicholas rasmussen, the nominee to be director of the national counterterrorism center discussed a variety of security threats including isis, iran and cyberattacks. he is currently deputy director of the agency. senator diane feinstein chairs this hour-long hearing of the select intelligence committee. >> [inaudible conversations] >> this thing will come to order. let me just say that the assumed to be chair of this committee this is not my usual way of operation. i like to be on time. we got into a bit of a problem in the caucus and i just wanted to say that to you. the committee will come to order. we meet today in open session to consider the president's nomination. mr. nick rasmussen to be the trick of the counterterrorism center, or as we call it nctc. mr. rasmussen is well-known and respected why the committee. he has appeared numerous times in closed session as a deputy to her of nctc. and since matt olson's resignation as the acting director, it is my intention pending today's session to move this nomination quickly to the senate and see

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