of the nist cybersecurity framework. this is another tool to help develop and prioritize opportunities to improve their suer security posture. nist also conducts evaluation of independent laboratories and provides the eac a list of those laboratories opposed to be credited. this develops testing for accessible and functionality requirements to achieve uniformity in testing among laboratories. nist is addressing election security by strengthening the guidelines for voting systems and by working with our government partners to provide guidance to state and log election officials on how to secure their systems, including voter registration and election reporting systems. thank you for the opportunity to testify on nist's work and i'm pleased to answer any questions. >> thank you, doctor rho mine. mr. masterson. >> thank you, chairman blunt, ranking member klobuchar. thank you for the tine to talk about improving the resilience of america's elections. today's hearing is timely. later this week dhs senior leadership will meet

is it would be outside the purview of a nist function. we are not really in the operational mode. i think we are experts at the development of guidelines and standards and providing tools to people, but with regard to red teaming, that's not something that would be appropriate for nist to do i don't think. >> senator, thanks for the question. as you are aware dhs offers a variety of free services to state and local officials including on-site assessments like risk and vulnerability assessments which are in-depth penetration tests of the systems and so states are -- and localities are able to use these services as they see fit. in addition we offer -- >> what bothers me is in your statement is the word "offered." the ones who aren't asking for it may be the ones who need it. >> senator, i understand your point. i would also add that our offering aren't the only offerings that states are taking advantage of. we have seen as we have met with state and local officials that state services, use of the national guard as well as private sector pa

nist is addressing security by strengthening the guidelines for the voting systems and by working with our government prefers to provide guidance to state and local election officials on how to secure their systems including voter registration an and reporting systems. thank you for the opportunity to justify and i would be pleased to answer any questions that you may have. >> thank you. >> thank you chairma >> thank you chairman blunt, ranking member klobuchar and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify regarding the department of homeland depad security's ongoing efforts to assist state and local election officials, those wh who own and operate the election systems with improving the resilience of america's elections. later this week tha the leadersp will meet with officials and private sector partners as they gathered in philadelphia the birthplace of our democracy for the national summer conference ansummer conferenceand meetingse coordinating councils throughout my career i worked with state and local officials to defend the use of technology to better serve americ

that they speeded me up the fullest uprightly in lieu of the delegates i mean if you like yet the nist is up a school during the experiment they blew up a retired airliner with a bouquet missile and came to the conclusion that the malaysian plane was brought down by the older type of missiles not used by russia anymore but still in the possession of ukraine the company claims that the missile was launched from the territory controlled by the ukrainian military. one would expect that these controversial results would again stir up public interest in the investigation but the tragedy of malaysian flight m h seventeen at already played its role in the big geopolitical game therefore it was soon forgotten the goal was achieved after the third wave of sanctions hit russia the tensions between the two countries skyrocketed so the question presents itself are we truly witnessing the beginning of cold war two point zero and if so what are our chances to survive at this time. in one thousand nine hundred seven the bulletin of atomic scientists introduce the doomsday clock. it represents a count

it's not entirely true actually even the bit sites which loads of materials happens to be a colon nist for said you know it was a bit dodgy being photographed with a no socratic figure like that so i think football is nowadays they know that they are certainly at the top level of the game they know their kind of badge kerry isn't flag kerry is for their nation and for the game as a whole and they have to be a bit careful when they enter the public arena chris i'd like to ask you a little bit more about the t.f.t. itself because we have to mention you know all has not been the only critical voice of the organization where does it go from here and what example is it setting right now for you know young multicultural players of the future which might have concerns because those will himself i mean he's been a figure he's been a symbol of the success of integration in the country right in terms of the criticism the d.f.t. has received the byron chairman quadroon it called them a bunch of amateurs you world cup champion for germany philip echoed the same sentiment say that they need some mo

ve a small what we're watching is not a classic struggle between traders nist and free as many tariff battles in the 19th century were in. days congress set tariff levels pursuant to article 1 ection 8 while the executive pursuant to article 2 section 2 ought to negotiate better market access abroad. this sometimes rutted in deadlock with northern rotectionists blocking the efforts of southern planters to gain better access to european cotton, for their tobacco and peanuts the deadlock was finally 1934 with the delegation of tariff negotiation powers to the present. until about 50 years ago, the trade debate was largely about tariff levels. as a result of multilateral thetiations, tariffs around developed world are relatively low, around 3% to 5%. 1930, the u.s. duty on dutiable imports has fallen from of about 30% to about today. of course, some big emerging markets have higher average levels. india is 13%. and many nations apply much agricultural on products. topped by the 249% canadian applied to dairy imports. the real issues today involve beyond the border, ranging from product s

so upon nist shock in the language of political science. wasn't predicted. the government has to resign. and in the wake of that, he chooses this obscure guy that was working, you know, in the kremlin. at the time he was made prime minister in august, he had a 6 president or 7% -- 6% or 7% recognition be rate. most russians could not even recognize the guy, let alone plus or minus. they didn't know who he was. chosen, i think, mostly to protect property rights of yeltsin and his family, not because he was going to be some reformer. so there wasn't some societal demand for him. so back then, to your point, he was not anti-western as much. you know, i think his analytic framework was put in place, you know, in kgb school, right? if you're a young man like him joining the kgb when he did, that means you have a certain political orientation, and he didn't take poly-sci, he had a mental map of the world. but it was more complex, i agree with you. and in the early faces, he believed in markets. he cut taxes 13%, cut corporate taxes, was ad modernizer, was a modern

one thousand nine hundred eighty nine the somoza as were violently overthrown by the take us on the nist and national liberation front it was a leader for eleven years until one nine hundred ninety one he was voted out since being elected again in two thousand and seven he has tightened his grip on power installing relatives in key posts in april social security cuts were announced then quickly dropped a protest turned into calls for take it to leave office and rights groups say at least two hundred eighty people have been killed since then and a sanchez reports from the capital managua. thirty nine years ago the impasse stood up best known as common bend the seattle fought side by side with the data and other revolutionaries who toppled dictator anastasio. leaders of the sandinista revolution they dreamed of a country free and democratic. he's now eighty two years old but it impressed good is a staunch supporter of president that a lot bigger has governed that i will for eleven consecutive years in three presidential terms. there are social projects food bonuses hospitals free health ca

section one, short title, this act may be cited as the nist small business security act. section 2, improving cyber security -- the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will suspend. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. webster: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to dispensing f the reading? hearing none, so ordered. without objection, the amendment is agreed to, the bill is read a third time, passed, and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. without objection, the title is amended. flops the gentleman from texas seek recognition? -- for what purpose does the jasks of gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> pursuant to clause 7 of rule 22 i present a privileged report. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: conference report to accompany h.r. 15 -- 5515, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019. the speaker pro tempore: ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >>

remember ronald reagan said trust but verify in the case of a stalin nist regime in north korea.ust and mistrust but verify. i'm very happy mike pompeo is on point. he is exactly the kind of person you want. he first in his class at west point. is he former director of ci. >ccia. we need to see some actual movement on the ground when this comes to denuclearization. pete: is there a period of time where we need to see it and they said a year if they start to build how long do we wait? >> no. it's going to be right now. it's got to be the next few weeks, maximum the next few months. you are going to see tangible moves towards denuclearization. there no obstacles to them starting. we have to see the mias come home and that will be a tangible mark. pete: thank you very much. have a great fourth. >> and you. pete: tom perez praising a socialist as the party's new standard. listen to. this alexandria's victory was just a remarkable reminder of the depth that we have and she represents the future of our party. pete: oh boy. tomi lahren says that should terrify all americans and she is o

vamos a continuar con mÁs esta maÑana "despierta amÉrica" retomamos este tema tan importante nist antesd sobre todo en el mapa de avisos y alertas. tenemos una ola de calor sobre la costa oeste. en el Área de nueve en la tierra por supuesto que continÚan lo que son los avisos de bandera roja en parte de nevada y utah temperaturas por los tres dÍgitos. muchísima calor en gran parte los estados unidos. entra en uno sistema que llevarÍa lluvia sobre toda la parte este mejorando la temperatura en lo que es nueva york. por ahora 90 como mÁxima. una mini menos 79 filadelfia tocando los tres dÍgitos. el dÍa de hoy tiene una magia en los 99 con 79, mÍnima para chicago si los despejados. lluvia tambiÉn un poco para trata con 88, regresamos a las temperaturasaltas con houston. 97 como mÁxima, 76 de, mÍnima . parada las 104 el dÍa de hoy, tenemos una mini menos 79, aunque hay 20% cri de precipitaciÓn, el calor es sÚper intenso al igual que en las vegas que tiene como 108. para malas noticias aumenta todavÍa mÁs francisca: todavÍa hay mucho calor en las redes sociales. [risas] alan: muchos fueron l

nist works with just about every country in the world in evolving standards. and standards in getting them agreed with other countries is clearly a very important part of this activity. >> mr. bridenstine, how does mitigation work? i don't have a clue. >> so a couple of things. you mentioned earlier, chairman rogers, that there were going to be these constellations of potentially thousands of satellites and lowers orbit for the purpose of communication. that's absolutely true. where nasa is right now, we participate in what's called the interagency space debris interagency committee. you think of within the u.s. government. when we talk about the interagency space degree coordination committee, we're talking about space agencies from around the world. and this interagency committee includes 13 different space agencies across the world. and what this organization has determined is that every five to nine years if launch cadences stay the same and orbital debris fields stay the same, every five to nine years we're going to have a collision similar to the collisi

loue of the delegates i mean if you like yet the nist is up a school during the experiment they blew up a retired airliner with a bouquet missile and came to the conclusion that the malaysian plane was brought down by the older type of missiles not used by russia anymore but still in the possession of ukraine the company claims that the missile was launched from the territory controlled by the ukrainian military. one would expect that these controversial results would again stir up public interest in the investigation but the tragedy of malaysian flight m h seventeen at already played its role in the big geopolitical game therefore it was soon forgotten the goal was achieved after the third wave of sanctions hit russia the tensions between the two countries skyrocketed so the question presents itself are we truly witnessing the beginning of cold war two point zero and if so what are chances to survive at this time. in one thousand nine hundred seven the bulletin of atomic scientists introduce the doomsday clock. it represents a countdown to global nuclear annihilation. in one nine hu