security. i briefed this counsel about a.i. in july 2023. as i said then, those that feel like technology is moving very fast must understand the simple fact, technology will never move in the future as slowly as today. in the short time, artificial intelligence has moved at breakneck speed fueled by record investments, today's ai models keep getting more powerful, more accessible, combining not only language, image, sound, video and also automating decisions. artificial intelligence is not just reshaping our world, it is revolutionizing it. that required years of human expertise are now completed in a heartbeat. the risks are equally huge. these rapid growth results are raising fundamental questions about accountability, equality, safety and security, and about humanity's role in the decision making process. artificial intelligence without human eversight would leave the world blind and perhaps nowhere more recklessly than in global peace and security. mr. president, ai tools are already makin

just like the social security fairness act.hat i'm about to sign, when i came to office and promised i would also protect social security, i never thought we would have to make that promise but we still do. i said that if anyone tried to cut these programs, i would stop them. that is the promise we have kept. even in the face of cutting these programs, i know there is a lot more work to do to improve and expand benefits including those who need it most. to protect social security for the long-term and asking the wealthiest to pay their fair share and so much more. we could not have done this alone. to the people in this room, the people around the country who did the work and kept the faith, thank you. our economy today is the strongest economy in the world. we have more to do but it is the strongest economy in the world because we have the best workers in the world. we do. [applause] i might add, when i went to south korea to get communications and samsung to send back their chipmakers to the united states, they said yes and i

operations will operate to maintain a seamless security plan comes to permission. the 2025 counting a certification of electoral votes starts this busy period monday, january 6, the first time the nec designation has been granted for election certification. chief major will provide the bulk of the details around securing this event, which will look and feel like a state of the union address for those that live and work in washington, d.c. president carter's funeral ceremony will immediately follow after three days of events in georgia. the late president will arrive at joint base andrews in the afternoon of tuesday, january 7th. the funeral procession will travel to the naval memorial, into the u.s. capital. chief smith will offer details on traffic applications and other regional impacts. meanwhile, i advise everyone that the secret service will use drones as a part of our comprehensive security plan. do not be alarmed, we are training in the days ahead. president carter will lay in state in the capital wednesday, january 8, and members of congress and the public

what is seen as a national security threat to president biden might not be seen as a national security threat to president trump and his team. the criteria might be different for trump and his team, and we will just have to wait and see. host: in general, is there a sense if this deal were to take place have those employed by u.s. steel would be affected, when they lose jobs, would they be able to keep their jobs, any sense of what would happen to the employees? guest: that is what was because nippon steel -- this is what was so striking big pond steel committed to honoring all of the labor union terms and conditions that they had already worked out. so they weren't going to touch any of that. they were going to keep all those employees, keep all of their salaries and benefits. they also agreed, and i personally have never seen this before, they agreed to give the u.s. government veto power over any potential plant closures in the united states. and that was interesting because that touches on u.s. government interest in keeping up industrial capacity. so that was a big thing driving t

security perimeter. other events do not get that level of treatment, and it's possible the barricades erected -- it's obvious the barricades were not sufficient to stop a vehicle attack like this. we saw that in 2017 in lower manhattan. after that event the nypd reevaluated their approach to crowd events and mass gatherings in new york city. they began using sand trucks and dump trucks to try to head off avenues of vehicle attacks. it's the kind of thing tt occurs to people once it's happened. there may have been a lack of imagination here. that's not to fault anyone. crowds have been gathering on bourbon street for more than a century. new orleans authorities can be forgiven for not anticipating the idea of a vehicle attack. even if they erected additional barricades, you cannot possibly stop every avenue of approach in a city where people are gathering block after block. it's, no doubt, going to be the subject of a lot of introspection and examination in the days and weeks ahead, whether, you know, the

in place, one way or another. security was in place, one way or another-— or another.bsolutely, they find a way to _ or another. absolutely, they find a way to carry _ or another. absolutely, they find a way to carry out - or another. absolutely, they find a way to carry out theirl find a way to carry out their terror. but we have to make sure we do everything physically possible to protect the residents and public, especially for these large events had put obstacles in place. i understand that i don't have this confirmed yet, it was advertised on a city website that these barriers were removed and under repair. i see no benefit to let the public know that. their only benefit that would be would be to somebody looking for a soft spot to get a vehicle on bourbon street, and of those were advertised, who was responsible for putting that on a website to let a terrorist know that those barriers were down? that needs to be investigated.— down? that needs to be investiuated. ., ., investigated. now, we mentioned the su:ar investigated. now, we mentioned the sugar bowl, _ inv

security council meets or a briefing on yemen. the u.s., china and others remember the legacy of jimmy carter who passed away one day before the meeting convened. >> i should like to pay tribute to james earl carter, the 39th president of the united states of america, who passed away yesterday at the age of 100. president carter was a peacemaker who worked tirelessly and effectively in support of conflict mediation, the furtherance of human rights, and the strengthening of democracy. while he was in office and during his many years of service thereafter. the members of the security council convey their deepest sympathy to president carter's family and the government and people of the united states. i would ask all in the chamber now to rise and join in a minute of silence in memory of president jimmy carter. i thank you. the provisional agenda for this meeting is threats to international peace and security. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the councils provisional rules and procedure, i invite the representativ

they are the ones that provide for the physical security and personnel security around the venue.vice personal unformed and secret service agents are working the event. they are the primary security focus. the f.b.i.'s primary role is before the event, intelligence gathering. atf is a federal partner with all the agencies and the capabilities you just heard mentioned are a response capability. if there is any kind of incendiary device, ied, anything like that, firearm, they investigate the sources and try to determine what, when, where and how along with the f.b.i. local and state partners. >> bill: the city of new orleans says they didn't have those steel barricades in place on bourbon street during the night of the terror attack because they are currently being replaced with something better ahead of the super bowl. that is very unfortunate for the 14 people who passed away. for people going to the super bowl, should they feel confident or nervous in your opinion? >> well, you know, bill, the one thing we don't want to do is become the victims of terrorism. it's one thing to be

three special security into one month before has happened? worked out with him to special agent secret service he may be able to address them. >> no, that is never happened we had to over 815 did. what are tober flexible. we are adaptable. we can work on these for some cases years and monthsab indefinitely over several months for all of them for we are going to be prepared the team is flexible and we are going to get itit done. >> abc news. speaking of personnel, you asked for 4000 additional officers from across the country. i was wondering i know you hit that goal feeling there is so much happening in the district are you adding to that goal or asking for additionali officer? in additional to the national guard has not been approved and gone through? >> you always has to questions every time i'm upha here. for the quick first question, we aree close to the 4000 additionl resources we have asked for across the united states we are very happy for that we think law agencies who have been reaching out to ask us if they can provideti assistance.

but i can say there's, we need them for economic security. the panama canal was built for a military. here to there was a robust response from panama or officials. last saw it on in the sovereignty. if i can, i is non negotiable, as it is part of the history of struggle and, and in the best of all, the chief months that i received from also has canada, in his sites, saying he would use economic force to try to bring a balance. and onyx ation, canadian prime minister, just in truth tweeted in response that isn't, says no goals, thomas seen how the candidate will become part of the united states. i have to say donald trump certainly isn't making any friends with his foreign policy agenda was a mess. and in 2 weeks time, the world will begin to find out how his words will translate into action as he returns to the whites house for his 2nd term. about approaching reality of trumps. the 2nd term is forcing american allies here in europe to reevaluate the relationship and how to keep it in good standing today, denmark's foreign minister tried to lo

obvious, we have to secure the border. got to make sure resource -- our border patrol agents have the right directives and resources to do their job and secure that border once and for all. we've not to take care of the courageous illegal criminals who have come over, and all that's participant of it as well. and we've got to shift immediately to the economy. maria, you know, you talk about it every day, we've got to revive the u.s. economy, and is we can. we know how to do it. a part of that is preventing the largest tax increase many if history. we're going to make sure that happens. we're going to incentivize american companies to manufacture in the u.s. again, and we're going to make sure that thing regulatory burden9 and the red tape that has smothered our free market is reduced and e flamed. and we're going to be dismantling the deep state all along the way. we're going to restore american energy dominance. so many different pieces to this, maria. they all have to work together. and, of course, the president has aske

the station at class incomes west to israel's to security.ipping time down approach and see how it will provide regional international actors indicative breaches security forces financial support necessary to help new palestinian government can discern and rebuild gaza. some in israel argue that accepting a political horizon palestinians, would reward hamas. and in fact, hamas has ready kill the idea that he states for decades to destroy with relentless suicide bombs, as i do scribble the peace initiative by launching the passover tax. far from rewarding them doing something political right and horizon will be the ultimate review to the stylistic agenda of death and destruction. and we sincerely hope the parties be h prepared to make tough choices going forward. yet, in the reality is that up to this point, if either failed to make these decisions or acted in ways to deal long-term peace further from each. israel's government systematically undermine capacity and the dude to betsy of the only viable alternative to hamas palestinian authority.

where security isn't.to be vulnerable people out there. >> mike, from your perspective, when you hear that precautions could have been better, what could have been different in avoiding this? >> what we notice in the video we just recently got was there was a police car. now, i agree, we didn't have cement trucks blocking the ingress and egress. you did have a police car actually blocking that street. when he drove down canal street and made that right on bourbon, he had to pass a police car, go up on the sidewalk and put his truck between a sidewalk and a pole to get into that block. we're just getting that video within the last ten minutes or so. again, you can always do a little bit more and make it a more secure area like the other towns did. >> mike, how do you assess the reporting we've gotten that this suspect may have been shooting from a long gun rifle as he was plowing into the crowds there on bourbon street? >> we haven't gotten that yet. there's been some indication that he might have had one o

we have a national security problem.ping that mike to johnson, who is the right man for the job, i am so glad he got to be speaker, he's a wonderful man. i hope he can do the by may. but here's what i want america to understand: every day that we don't deport a violent criminal is another day that we're exposed the their actions. if every day we don't shut down that border is another day for terrorists to come in. and every day we delay in combating the fentanyl problem, 3,000 americans die every two weeks. so count me in for cutting taxes, but my purpose on this show today so the warn americans that that this broken border is a national security nightmare. donald trump has a plan to fix it. it costs $100 billion. if we can get him the money, that's all he needs to fix it for four years. no democrat is going to help us, folks. if you think they're going to help us, you shouldn't be allowed to drive. maria: well, i understand all of that, for sure, but can't some of these things that you're envisioning that will belong in

projected this as a security risk just in a few words. yeah, of course. so i think this action was unnecessary strain on us to japan and korean relations at a time when we need to focus on what finding ways to work. walker typically in the face of challenging circumstances in, in, in the pacific, darnell structural reasons why this should really form our cooperation, but it's a very unwelcome in a necessary distraction. williams, thank you very much for your analysis. that was william to the hudson hudson institute. great, thank you. thank you very much. i as you're watching dw news from berlin up next we've got a documentary for you, the cocaine wars looking at germany's fight against drug games and terry martin for me and all of us here is dw, thanks for watching. the name is the calls back, saved loud. thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do that. it's all about saying it aloud. that's what it being nosy bay, like good. everyone to king. check out the award winning called com. so hold back the.

one on a privately owned vehicle, biased to keep private security company carrying 5 of the security person. i was struck by a drone at missile on this particular vehicle and the stock in 5 would cost would be with securing the delivery of commercial and administrative trucks. a designated point that this is a patent that we have seen in the past few months. that security 1st and now those were volunteer from the local community being targeted and killed deliberately in what it seems to be. and that's just by this really monitor to create further power vacuum and it's for the entire javascript into, in may have and it pay us a role in as a, as, as the work continues to happen on the, on another, a talk, a residential home in the center parts of my life, the evacuation during that time residential home in the middle of 10 sites at for a particular family. 7 of the 7 members of that family where critically injured and was transferred to not the medical conference of call. i had been told more before and killed were killed in a, in a drone strike, as you were walking down the roads, int

security rationale.ngress said we are passing th for two reasons. we really care about data security and we hate the speech on tiktok. the data security alone would sustain that law. >> you are eg we don't want foreign adversaries to be able to manipulate the content on thisorm with we hate the content. i'm just trying to understand why. >> because content manipulation is by definition a content-based distinction. everybody manipulates con tent. cnn, wall street journal, the new york times are manipulating their cont that is core protected speech. that's where they put so much weight o this mere covertness. >> but that analysis is just about content based versus ntent neutral and whether you apply strict scrutiny. i'm in the strict scrutiny world. i'm assuming that you are right that strict scrutiny applie now prom number one in that rld is does the government have a compelling interest. so i' trying to understand why thrnment's argumen that we have data manipulation concerns which i understood you in co

was there a security failure here? >> i don't know that there was a security failure. i can tell you that new orleans puts on mardi gras and new years and sugar bowl. we've done it for years, and i think all security measures that we typically have in place are in place. we are increasing security around the game tonight. and for the super bowl. and so again, with our local law enforcement partners, our national law enforcement partners, we will be ready for the game tonight and for super bowl. >> just to follow up quickly though, was there in terms of the security preparations and what actually happened? was there any change in the security posture in the overnight hours from around midnight, when you had the biggest crowd there until, you know, 315 when this took place, was there any change in posture? >> my understanding is that law enforcement was on site and that there was no change in posture. we are a 24 hour city and so we have security measures in place to, um, to make sure that our citizens and tourists are safe on a 24 hour basis. we know that the sugar bowl

the department of homeland security has predesignated inaugurations as national security events. this designation allows the federal government, along with our state and local partner, to use all available resources to implement a comprehensive security plan. the secret service offers this scufort complan and coordinates with many of the public safety officers in this room and beyond. the majority of nsse's are held in and around washington, d.c. with need everyone -- and everyone here know what is needs to happen. regular training, constant communication and the frequency of these events puts us in a position to succeed. the joint congressional committee organize the upcoming inauguration which thousands of special guests will attend, including president biden, vice president harris, several former presidents, supreme court justices and lawmakers from the house and senate. hundreds of thousands of attendees will be on hand to watch the peaceful transfer of power. the public is invited to view the inauguration from the nearby national mall. the chief will provide more information

we also need to continue to index social security payments, so that if inflation rises, the social security payments would rise a commensurate degree to let the buying power of a social security check continue intact. in the past, the relationship between social security and medicare has been very important to providing some modicum of aid for senior citizens in the retention of health benefits. governor reagan, as a matter of fact, began his political career campaigning around this nation against medicare. now, we have an opportunity to move toward national health insurance, with an emphasis on the prevention of disease, an emphasis on out-patient care, not in-patient care, an emphasis on hospital cost containment to hold down the cost of hospital care far those who are ill, an emphasis on catastrophic health insurance, so that if a family is threatened with being wiped out economically because of a very high medical bill, then the insurance would help pay for it. these are the kinds of elements of a national health insurance, important to the american people. governor reagan, again, typic

people of new orleans are — security team. people of new orleans are sending - security team.orleans are sending an unmistakable message that they will not let this attack and cosmic deluded ideology overcomes us, we will relentlessly pursue ice is and other terrorist organisations where they are able find no safe harbour here. fix, where they are able find no safe harbour here. a potential islamic grows _ safe harbour here. a potential islamic group attack _ safe harbour here. a potential islamic group attack on - safe harbour here. a potential islamic group attack on us - safe harbour here. a potential| islamic group attack on us soil could resonate across the country. here new orleans officials say they will be reviewing security measures ahead of upcoming mardi gras to make sure music go on. you saw that security across the city, especially here around the scene of that attack, butjust another around the scene of that attack, but just another sign of how the city and community are beginning to move forward. bourbon street which yesterday was open only to pedestrians, now op

security protocol being in place. especially as we speak to the inauguration, obviously. they have been prepared for months to ensure the security of these events in the safety of those attending them. this is something we have worked through for monthsfe now. so we arere working tirelessly every single day to ensure the safety and security of major events that you just laid out. it is important to the president we continue to protect others said at the top american communities and certainly that is what he wants his team to focus on and that's what they have been focusing on. >> in new orleans and las vegas and the military. >> says the president find that aspect of this troubling? and is he concerned about the problem of radicalization the military? >> i was to the fbi's continuing their investigation but they can speak to the fbi. in the department of defense as you just stated because of their status and affiliation to their military service. i have to refer you to the department of defense to speak to that. speci

homeland security secretary of the hydro's mayor lucas joins us.an update at the very top on what you have learned especially as we get an update from las vegas where officials say they have not been able to make a connection between these two attacks. they haven't ruled anything out or n on that yet. what update can you give us? >> thank you very much for having me. our hearts break for the families and the loved ones of the individuals who lost their lives in new orleans. yesterday. indeed, the federal bureau of investigation that is leading the investigation both in new orleans and in las vegas, nevada, has not found any connection between those two incidents. the most important development in the yet still preliminary investigation in new orleans is the fbi's reassessment that in fact this individual born in the united states, a u.s. citizen appears to have been acting alone and not in concert with other individuals. >> sandra: indeed, the fbi has confirmed that was 100% and isis inspired attack. what assurances can you give us that there are n

security advisor. are well you he also served as us deputy national security advisor. are well versed served as us deputy national security advisor. are well versed in you are well versed in negotiations in this region. with all of these positive soundings is in a place where we had been before or this and seem a deal is truly coming now? ., , ., ,, ., seem a deal is truly coming now? ., , ., , , ., ., seem a deal is truly coming now? ., _,, ., .,, seem a deal is truly coming now? ., , . .,, , now? no. they appear to be very close. everyone _ now? no. they appear to be very close. everyone wants _ now? no. they appear to be very close. everyone wants to - now? no. they appear to be very close. everyone wants to get - close. everyone wants to get this in place before the trump administration comes in and god knows what that will bring. secondly the israelis have achieved essentially all that they can do militarily. now it is time for the people of gaza to seek peace and for the hostages to come home, that is what this deal, if it is executed as you said, very close as you said, will do

suddenly tulsa gabbert is some kind of national security threat? you guys are -- leading us, we are not stupid. this is why everyone in america hates everyone in washington and why we really -- elected a reality start. host: let me ask you, do you think it was wrong of tulsi gabbard to come out and say that this is a tool that she will continue to use? caller: yeah, i mean honestly she really sold out. i know she's trying to get into power, but it's time that we had leaders with a real spine who said that washington cannot continue to push around the entire world. we are about to cause world war iii. you are a bunch of clouds up there. guest: i will note when it comes to section 702, this is something that republican senators were saying to me was a problem for them in terms of her confirmation prospects. i don't think any of us in the news media are necessarily playing it up as something that is a must-have or super important. we brothers information to the trump transition team and that is what caused them to issue this statement to us on behalf

the department of homeland security and federal law enforcement as well established the security protocols in place, especially as we speak to the inauguration, obviously, so they have been preparing for months to ensure that the security of these events and the safety of those attending them -- this is something that we have worked through for months now. so, we are working tirelessly every single day to ensure the safety and security of the inauguration, the safety and security of major events, that you just laid out. it is important to the president that we continue to protect, as i said at the top, american humidities, communities across the country. >> do they find that act troubling and is he concerned about radicalization in the military? >> i am going to obviously, they have the is continuing their investigation so they can speak to them. as you just stated, because of their status and affiliation to their military service, i would have to refer you to the department of defense, to speak to that specifically. i do not want to get into a back and forth on this. but we can say is we

then at the for new american security. she did academic holding a doctorate in political science from columbia and numerous security and democratic reform in the middle east and north africa. just one week ago she was appointed by the white house to serve on the commission on security and cooperation in europe. bring your diplomatic skills to protect human rights and freedom across the region at a time of tremendously increasing importance printed together here we also have patrick work vice president strategy impact patrick also served as a nonresident senior fellow for the freedom and prosperity center at the atlantic council. lots of points of intersection. patrick is been instrumental in helping to develop freedom and prosperity center research and programming on freedom and democracy. this year alone he has authored or co-authored five reports for the council offering a variety of concrete policy initiatives for the u.s. government to promote democracy abroad. he also cocreated our state of the parties paper series an

you can't have national security if you don't have border security. -- i don't understand why they don't get that. i mean it's common sense. >> tammy: you know, and this is -- people are thinking about, you know, the nature of who comes across the border as you've mentioned. there's dozens of other countries, other than mexicans. o.t.m.s, as they call them, from china, from tajikistan, right, cuba and we're flying them in. it's a remarkable statement, without any vetting at this point. it's almost like a deliberate unforced error. like, you want this dynamic in here, and it's frightening. what will be some of the first day -- we always wonder what president trump will do on his first day for you, what is your first-day agenda? what are the first things you need to get rid of and do? like the app and dealing with some of the elements at the border. what's on yours fir -- on your first day agenda, first week, first day? >> i think day one, president trump's going to secure the border. i think at the same time we secure the border and we do that by endin

we also need to continue to index social security payments, so that if inflation rises, the social security commensurate degree to let the buying power of a social security check continue intact. in the past, the relationship between social security and medicare has been very important to providing some modicum of aid for senior citizens in the retention of health benefits. governor reagan, as a matter of fact, began his political career campaigning around this nation against medicare. now, we have an opportunity to move toward national health insurance, with an emphasis on the prevention of disease, an emphasis on out-patient care, not in-patient care; an emphasis on hospital cost containment to hold down the cost of hospital care far those who are ill, an emphasis on catastrophic health insurance, so that if a family is threatened with being wiped out economically because of a very high medical bill, then the insurance would help pay for it. these are the kinds of elements of a national health insurance, important to the american people. governor reagan, again, typically is against such a

and that is a demonstration of security. the fact that far from ukraine and europe what is the biggest european security since the end of cold war in our countries have worked to deepen on the prc and security shared values. should we have worked to forge together a common vision for the global economy governed by rules of the road. and in so many ways, partnership between us producing results that matter in the lives of our people. i am convinced in the years to come our countries will continue to work together and lead together on the world stage. because of the challenges we face demand our engagement and partnership and cooperation. freedom and opportunity and security to the people entrusted to represent so the work we've been able to do together in the work countries will continue to do together we simply say thank you and share my gratitude and conviction that when our countries are working in cost to elect, there's nothing we can't accomplish. thank you. >> i wanted to, we've been on this trip with you, we first went

the department of homeland security and federal law enforcement have well established as safety and security protocols in place especially as we the inauguration obviously . so they have been preparing for months to ensure the security of these events and the safety of those attending them so this is something we have worked through four months now so we are working tirelessly every single day to ensure the safety and security of the inauguration, safety and security of major events that you just laid out . it is important to the president that we continue to protectas i said at the top american communities, communities across the country and certainly that is what the president wants his team to focus on and what we have been focusing on . >> in more than lossy vegas, in the military does the president find that aspect of this troubling and the problem of radicalization in the military? >> the fbi is continuing their taaminvestigation and the department of defense as you stated because of their status and affiliation to their military service, i would have to refer you to the department of

it is airtight securities. security particular— airtight securities.use - airtight securities. security l particular tight because what has just unfolded in lens of one of the things the security service will look at intently, and we have jesting the lines and we have jesting the lines and crowds along pennsylvania avenue, security for this particular event. security today will be quite tight, you would expect at the capital. absolutely. the weather is something that is interesting, in terms of if this had happened four years ago, january 6 have happened is open question, just concerned how bad the snow is —— would it have happened? it must be absently faultless. jimmy carter deserves that, especially as a man who braved the security threats deciding to walk in his inaugural, in a time a very heightened concern. we hadjfk time a very heightened concern. we had jfk who had time a very heightened concern. we hadjfk who had been assassinated not that long ago. you also had this great disillusionment at going on toward the federal government, so he certain

there is really tight security. i think the capital is more prepared and there's not the expectation there will even be any sort of demonstrations or lawmakers on the floor trying to overturn this. >> this is one of the first orders of business for the 119th congress. we just saw speaker michael johnson walk a tight rope to keep the gavel on friday. what type of congress or the president have once he begins his term? >> a tenuous one. what we saw really shows us that governing is going to be difficult and interestingly enough the people that will probably give the most problems for the agenda are the house freedom caucus and hardliners who theoretically are the most trump of the entire conference. they are trying to stand up for things like fiscal responsibility and spending cuts, that will come to a head as they are trying to enact this massive bill which is a fast track process they will try to use as a vehicle. i will also point out republicans are about to lose two more members when they leave for the trump admi

and so we must stand up for our security. we must hold firm to the bedrock principle that aggression is a and we must never lose our nerve. so let me again urge countries of conscious from around the world to help ukraine succeed and to ensure putin does not prevail. to my breathe the creamy and teammates and to my friends who have already given and sacrificed far too much let me urge you to stay in the fight. we have come so far over the past 25 years, the past 25 meetings of this contact group. and the structure of this coalition is built to succeed, built to adapt and built to last. three years of the founding of this contact group i said here at ramstein at this coalition reflects a galvanized world. it still does. i called putin's war baseless, reckless and. it still is. and i called the kremlin's onslaught a challenge to free people everywhere. it still lives. i will always be proud that the ukraine defense contact group has held high the torch of security and freedom. so i will keep saying it. free people must refuse -

security event. both election certification of funeral ceremonies were given the same designation. this designation allows the federal government, along with their state and local partners to use all available resources to implement a competence of security plan. ticket service offers a security plan and coordinate assets with many of the public safety partners in this room and beyond. the majority are held it in around washington d.c. everyone here knows what needs to happen, regular training, constant communication, and the frequency of these events puts us in a position to succeed. joint congressional inaugural ceremonies organize the upcoming inauguration thousands a special guest will attend. these included president biden, vice president ayres, former presidents, supreme court justices and lawmakers of the house and senate. hundreds of thousands of attendees will be on hand to watch peaceful transfer of power on the capitol grounds. the publics also invited to view the inauguration by the near

security council resolution. some partners have expressed their willingness to contribute troops for the mission but only if it's agreed gaza and the west banks are reunified under a reformed p.a. as part of a pathway to a independent palestinian state. and therein lies the rub. reaching an agreement will require all parties to summon the political will to make key compromises. they will have to support palestinian led governance and preventing hamas' return. the p.a. will need to carry out swift, far-reaching reform to build more transparent accountable governance, continuing a process it began last year. israel will accept gaza in the west bank under a reformed p.a. and all must embrace a time bound, conditions-based path towards forming an independent palestinian state. these principles are time enforcing and time bound because no one will accept a endless process. palestinians need and deserve a clear and near horizon for political self-determination. conditions-based because while palestinians have a right t

president trump's national security nominations. the nominations but also, you know, energy independence -- >> absolutely. cheryl: that's something that you have mentioned repeatedly. >> unleash american energy independence. cheryl: drill, baby, drill. let's take a look at futures before we send it over the ashley webster. nasdaq up 189, s&p is up 41 and change and, real quick, just want to point out that we came off the best year for trade anything 2024 since 1998, 1997. hopefully it's the not another dot.com situation coming up, had add to to allowance that out there. john lonski? -- throw that out there. >> the dot.com bubble didn't burst until march of 2000, so hold on to your seats. cheryl: this is the it for me, ashley webster's

it's actually easier to secure a site like the sugar bowl than it is to secure a site like this, so i'm not i don't want to say i'm not as concerned they're going to do their due diligence. they'll add more personnel if they need to, maybe close an entrance or two to funnel people through a specific entryway, maybe, you know, be really alert and doing searches on people, putting them through magnetometers. so i think that they're going to do a good job. but it's easier to secure a site like that because it's enclosed. right. i have a i have a perimeter around it. i've got a structure, i have my people, they go through security, i make sure they're clean. we use the term clean. nothing's on them. they enter the facility, they've been checked. and i know everybody within my facility, within my structure is safe and clean, and i secure that perimeter. a site like this event, like where we saw this, this individual put their vehicle through similar to what we saw. actually, this is coming off the heels of the event we saw in germany, christmas market in germany. a driver takes his car and d