chair of the state security department both have denied any link to the killings prime minister robert fitz so seen here. has cautioned against judging the pair without evidence he's offered a reward of one million euros for information about the murders slovakia's culture minister also resigned ashamed that something like this could happen in his country or that the us culture minister i can't deal with the fact that the journalist was killed during my term in office. in brussels european parliamentarians held a minute of silence to honor the journalists to me that's. the truth with determination and didn't answer to anyone. the police declared that he was almost surely killed to stop his investigation. in case they could see x. grieving supporters want his work to be continued they marched in bratislava demanding safety for journalists and an end to corruption could see acts reporting may now have more impact on slovakia than he could have ever imagined. russian president vladimir putin has used his annual state of the nation address to warn global powers that they must reckon with r

another, the state security department chair. both have denied links to the killings.he prime minister, seen here, has cautioned against judging the pair without evidence. he has offered a reward of one million euros for information about the murders. so back he is culture minister also resigned, ashamed something like this could happen in his country. >> as culture minister, i cannot deal with the fact that the journalist was killed during my term in office. reporter: he said. in brussels, they held a minute of silence to honor the journalists. kuciak sought out the truth with determination and did not answer to anyone. >> the police declared he was almost surely killed to stop his investigation. reporter: many of kuciak's grieving supporters want his work to be continued. >> i am a student of journalism, and jan has been an enmeshed -- has been an inspiration to me. i think the journalist involved should not get geared right now. reporter: kuciak's reporting could have more impact on slovakia than he never -- ever could have imagined. brent: at the end of last year,

chair of the state security department both have denied any link to the killings prime minister robert fits so saying he was has cautioned against judging the pair without evidence he's offered a reward of one million euros for information about the murders slovakia's culture minister also resigned ashamed that something like this could happen in his country . as culture minister i can't deal with the fact that the journalist was killed during my term in office. in brussels european parliamentarians held a minute of silence to honor the journalists going to fit me that's. the truth with determination and didn't answer to anyone. the police declared that he was almost surely killed to stop his investigation. incased could see x. grieving supporters want his work to be continued they marched in process love a demanding safety for journalists and an end to corruption could see acts reporting may now have more impact on slovakia than he could have ever imagined. and i'm joined now by drew sullivan he is the editor of the organized crime and corruption reporting project that's a consortium

states. we know they were successful in penetrating at least one voter database. department of homeland security and the f.b.i. alerted states to the threat. the warnings did not provide enough information or go to the right person in every case. alerts were actionable. they provided malicious internet protocol i.p. address to i.t. professionals. but no clear reason for states to take this threat more seriously were given. russia was trying to undermine the confidence of our election system. we're here to express concerns, but also confidence in our state and local governments. now, i think what's important to understand is that tomorrow we will have an open hearing specifically on election security. and i'll be -- we'll be joined by four of our members who are taking the lead on the recommendations that we will post, i think they have -- maybe in the last five minutes gone out. but they will officially be public today. let me distinguish. we very much support state control of the election process. we think there are ways the federal government can support those states. but clearly we've got to

states. we know that eric's successful in penetrating at least one voter database. the department of homeland security alert estates, warnings did not provide enough information to go to the right person in every case. alerts were actionable they alerted officials but no clear reason for states to take more seriously were given. russia was trying to undermine the confidence our of our election system. were here to express concerns but also confidence in our state local governments. it's important to understand is that tomorrow we will have an open hearing specifically on election security. mark and i will be joined by four members for taking the lead on the recommendations that we will post they will officially be public today. we very much support state controls of the election process. we think there ways the government can support those states clearly we have got to get some standards in place that assure every state that the end of the day they can certify their vote totals. what members will shares the recommendations we come with, not recommendations that you should expect legislation. jurisdict

consensus that we came up with was that we were all disappointed that states the federal government the department of homeland security was not more on their game in advance of the 2016 elections. the chairman indicated there are 21 states that were attempted to be an intervention and one that got through the protections. one of the most frustrating things in the aftermath of this information coming out and took the department of homeland security nearly nine months to notify the top election officials that their states assistance had been in their systems have been messed with. i think the chairman and the committee. i think that was important to communicate with the states. reason they didn't have appropriate security clearances, i don't believe in an era where we have to communicate more quickly was an appropriate response. some legislation proposed will help you with that. the truth is, in the months i think dhs has picked up his game. but there's much more to do. there were still 40 states operating with election equipment more than a decade old. much of that had outdated software that you are not able to upgrade

> today on capitol hill, senators are expected to press the homeland security secretary about the department's efforts to secure state elections systems. today's testimony will focus on when russian agents targeted election systems in 21 states including california ahead of the 2016 general election. senators have criticized the department for not moving quickly enough to prevent the russian threat. >> the department of homeland security and the fbi alerted states to the threat. the warnings did not provide enough information or go to the right person in every case. >> the senate intelligence committee is now launching a new effort to prevent foreign meddling in this year's midterm elections. >>> president trump is criticized for a phone conversation he had this week with russian president vladimir putin. on monday, mr. trump went against the advice of his staff and congratulated the russian leader for being re- elected. critics say he should have brought up the issue of russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. presidential election. top american intelligence officials have been warning there could be more interference this

which includes promoting values that i view as being very important for the safety and security of our state department personnel, accountability, which means treating each other with honesty and integrity and respect to one another. most recently, to address challenges of sexual harassment within the department. i want to speak now to my state department colleagues and interagency colleagues and partners at d.o.d. and joint chiefs of staffs most particularly. to my foreign service officers and civil service colleagues, we all took the same oath of office whether you are career, or political appointee, we are bound by that common commitment to support and defend the constitution. to bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and faithfully discharge the duties of our office. at the state department we are bound together by that oath. we remain steadfast here in washington and at posts across the world. many of whom who are in dangerous situations without their families. the world needs selfless leaders like these, ready to work with long standing allies, new emerging partners and allies who are now st

security. veterans affairs. state department. anti-terrorism activities of the justice department. the list goes on. but it is also a fact that we can measure our strength of our country not only in the important military might and security measure bus also in the health, education, and well being of the american people and this bill goes to a place for that. so yes, a yard of bill certainly not read or read to the members. but i contend, in addition to mr. hoyer's list of why people, they're rushing this to the end instead of having this negotiation take place much earlier is because they really don't want their members to see what is in this bill, a, and two, because they really want to get out of town before the march for our lives. before the young people come from all over the country to ask congress to give us responsible, commonsense gun violence prevention legislation. that's what i heard about the republicans. they just don't want to be around when the young people come to town. and so here we are. we could have had this happen weeks ago. transparent h more way to deal with

homeland security, the department of state anti-terrorism activity with the justice department, veterans affairs. it's a security function. so in getting that parity is a big victory. i remind you that president trump had over $50 billion cut from the domestic side in his proposal and there've hope it ends ticket to even and we have gotten if the $260 billion and over $100 billion from where the president came in. this is about again the security functions that i mentioned. it's about opioid and more money for veterans programs and infrastructure. the national institutes of health and the list goes on about the priorities we designate. then there was a larger amount for the committees to negotiate. usually in that negotiation the important bills come at the end. i hope that will be how it goes now and we don't see any reneging on the agreement that we made in addition to what that means for next year. next year is six months from now now. seven months as the new fiscal year. anna left to their own devices appropriators can work it out. these poison pills are problematic and i think well

last night-- the state department closed its consulate in "playa del carmen >>> a popular mexican resort town is now a securityhreat to americans. state department closed the consulate in playa del carmen. they received credible information about a threat. americans are warned to consider this information before traveling there. now what you are seeing here is footage from two weeks ago when an explosion on a ferry in playa del carmen injured two dozen people, including five u.s. citizens. >>> home depot is paying up. the home improvement retailer ordered to pay nearly $30 million for illegally disposing has -- hazardous waste at 300 stores across the state. >>> the golden around ofs -- arched have been flipped to honor women on international women's day. the m is now w. this mcdonald's in southern california is the only location that flipped the big logo outside of the restaurant. you can see the new w. in many restaurants as well on packaging and uniforms but some are saying instead of the logo, they should pay female workers better wages. >>> tom brady decides to shave his head and the heartwarming reason w

states. it brings us the department of fatherland security or motherland security. it's redundant. we are to have the department of defense, the department of justice, it seems like another label to establish new bureaucracy. make supposed to government more streamlined. it's more confusing. i wonder if it's even a construct of the united states. i wonder if this is a ploy out by miland being hosted six or the zionist establishment. host: let's give matt a chance to respond. guest: the idea that the department of homeland security was created accidentally. not by accident, but stumbled into. like the vice president, who is not somebody who is been accused of being reluctant to confront terrorist groups, he was uneasy with the idea of this agency. the bush administration was after into it by pressure the cia and fbi dropped the ball in the investigation. host: dan is on her independent line calling from new york state. caller: hello, mr. ford. i wanted to comment on the idea of it looks like national security is always outward looking at homeland security seems to have been used as

which includes promoting values that i view as being very important for the safety and security of our state department personnel, accountability which means treating each other with honesty and integrity and respect to one another and address challenges of sexual harassment within the department. i want to speak now to my state department colleagues and interagency colleagues and partners at d.o.d. and joint chiefs of staffs most particularly. to my foreign service officers and civil service colleagues, we all took the same oath of office whether you are career, or political appointee, we are bound by that common commitment to support and defend the constitution. to bear true faith and allegiance to the same and faithfully discharge the duties of our office. at the state department we are bound together by that oath. we remain steadfast here in washington and at posts across the world. many of whom who are in dangerous situations without their families. the world needs selfless leaders like these ready to work with long standing allies, new emerging partners and allies who are now struggling democraci

understand that the nigerian for instance he is talking about the possibility of the state security service the department of physics your competitors briefing the nation about what transpired and what the situation is by she and around the town now schools so still some girls missing and their whereabouts are unknown that will be of great concern to very worried parents and deal for ots who have to try and justify what they are going to do next. absolutely because it's a big concern for the parents not her go spoken to that coaches who may not post could be among those that want to use. it to asian a stab phobia of some of these children somewhere else or even one journey. of the detainees into dusty because there are other reports stating that some of these goals actually cracked from where they were dropped off by four far from into custody but that is still confined yet but what we know right now is a seventy six of them in that she not being cared for we are not sure i want to happen to the rest and whether or not to go see issues out on to the cure was a really a just briefly and with the photos cam

future,elieve, in the that the department should have states if the department of homeland security is informed that there are imminent cyber security threats to their election system? >> yes, absolutely. sec. nielsen: yes. sen. harris: will you commit to this committee that you will warm both states when you become states when you become aware of those threats. sec. nielsen: with the interagency, yes. sen. harris: and will you commit to informing the intelligence committee estimates you find out? sec. nielsen: we will work with you on that. the entire process is voluntary. we find a notify others of who the victims are, it has a chilling effect and we no longer get the information from those who have been attacked. sen. harris: will you commit specifically to informing the senate intelligence committee when you become aware of those threats? sec. nielsen: we will continue to work with you on the best protocols for that. sen. harris: so the answer is yes? sec. nielsen: it is difficult for the state to be identified because it is a voluntary relationship. we would have to work with the

they plan to press secretary kneelson on the department's efforts to secure state department efforts as they launch an effort to safeguard against foreign meddling in this year's elections. should start here in just a moment, live coverage on c-span 3. >>> i call this hearing to order. and at the beginning of this hearing i would like to thank all the members, the witnesses, the press, and those visitors that we have today with the inclement weather that was predicted and some has fallen. we thought it was important to continue this hearing. i'm grateful to each our witnesses and those that couldn't make it because of flights today. we have tried to adjust so we've got the appropriate witnesses for the second panel as well. today, the committee convenes the first open hearing to reflect the progress and preliminary recommendations and findings of our investigation into russia's attemptor interfere in the 2016 u.s. elections. i'd like to welcome our two distinguished witnesses, secretary of homeland security kirsten neilson and former secretary of homeland security jeh johnson. jeh i'

to the safety and security for state department personnel accountability which means treating each other with honesty and integrity and respect for one another the cars the emmys are with you i mean we we get here in illinois and voice this man is a bully shaken by what happened today and for all the chaos of the truck white house which the board has come to expect the firing of tillerson i mean is still shocked at this and the question tonight why fire tillerson now. that's a very good question looks a bit this disrespectful towards the secretary of state but also towards the people the secretary of state just talked to he just came back from a trip to africa and the leaders of important american allies such as it the o.p.'s kenya nigeria definite it would wonder why they spend time with a man who clearly had no leverage in the trumpet ministration at the time they met him so that's quite disrespectful the reason the white house gave was that president trump wants to restructure his foreign policy and national security team ahead of a potential summit with north korean dictator kim jong

homeland security for -- department of department of state -- antiterrorism afnghts that the justice department veterans affairs -- it these are security functions. that is 30% of the budget so getting that parody in increase was a big victory. i remind you that president trump had over 50 billion cut from the dmis egg side of his proposal and republicans took it to even -- and we've gotten it over to over 60 billion dollars. above so it's over 100 billion from where the president came in. so -- this is about about again security functions that i mentioned it's about opioids it's about more money for our veterans for the program and -- infrastructure. it's about national institutes of het with the biblical power to cure and priorities that we designated and then a larger amount of money for the cheats committees to negotiate. usually in that negotiation -- deploys come at the end. and -- i hope that's how it will go now and won't see reneighing on that and what it means for next year because next year is six months from now. so it's september 30th. well seven months is the -- new fisc

> today on capitol hill, senators are expected to press the homeland security secretary about the department's efforts to secure state election systems. today's testimony will focus on when russian agents targeted election systems in 21 states including california ahead of the 2016 general election. senators have criticized the department for not moving quickly enough to prevent such a threat. >> the department of homeland security and the fbi alerted states to the threat. the warnings did not provide enough information or go to the right person never case. >> the senate intelligence committee is now launching a new investigation to prevent foreign meddling in this year's elections. >>> new fallout for facebook. a data scandal has users wondering if the social network went too far. anne makovec is live at facebook headquarters. there's a missouri for users deleting their accounts. >> reporter: there's a movement downward when it comes to stock prices. we'll see what happens with the opening bell this morning. facebook stocks has dropped about 10% this week. it is only wednesday. the hashtag delete facebook has been t

. >> and these are important positions, state department, department of homeland security, departmentf labor, the president's ability to put his people in place is being affected here and i think it's why he hasn't made more management change or more changes in his administration. paul: what's the strategy? schumer strategy? >> to run out the clock, to run out the clock and he believes that his base, that this is what his base wants, this is part of the left's resistance. paul: run out the clock on senate time and just stall, make it harder for trump to govern? >> yes, exactly. that is why i think the republicans are coming up with a new strategy, they want to change the rules for getting people through and there's hope that even democrats will go along with -- particularly democrats up for reelection in state that is president trump won. paul: dan, follow-up on that, a 30-hour rule, if the senate wants a debate on any nominee, they can vote cloture and have 30 hours, in the previous administration, when president obama was president, democrats controlled the senate, the republicans a

the state department is telling americans don't travel to playadele carmen mexico, near cancun and very popular for spring break. the state department said there is a security threat there but they didn't give us specifics. government employees are now banned from going to playa del carmen. last month, there was an explosion on a ferry and two dozen people were hurt including 5 american citizens. >>> santa rosa police have a suspect in custody after an armed robbery. a 47-year-old was arrested, accused of holding up a 76 gas station at coffey lane. it shows the suspect pointing a land gun at employees. the clerks handed over cash, and clerks say he drove away in a dark gray volkswagen jetta. police got a tip he was at a hotel and he was arrested with gun, money, and the clothing that the suspect was wearing inside the car. >>> a suspect in santa rosa injured last week in an officer- involved shooting after a failed robbery attempt was released from the hospital and booked into jail. the 41-year-old and another man are accused of trying to rob an armored truck company. both men are facing several felony counts including armed robbery. >>> police have now tol

states. we know they were successful in penetrating at least one voter database. the department of homeland security the fbi alerted threats to the state. warnings do not protect any case. they addressed to i.t. professionals, but no clear reason for states to take this threat more seriously were given. russia was trying to undermine the confidence of our election system. we're here to express concerns but also competence in our state and local governments. i think what's important to understand is that tomorrow we will have an open hearing on election security. mark and i will be joining by four other members who are taking the lead on recommendations that we will post. i think they have, maybe in the last five minutes, gone out but they will be officially posted today. let me distinguish, we very much support state control of the election process. we think there are ways that the federal government can support those states, but clearly we've got to get some standards in place that assure every state that at the end of the day, they can certify their vote totals. so i think what members will share

consensus we all came up with was, we were all disappointed that states, the federal government and the department of homeland security was not more on their game in advance of the 2016 elections. as the chairman's indicated, there were 21 states that were attempted to be intervention in. at least one state that was full hacking that got through the protections and one of the most frustrating things that in the aftermath of this information coming out that it actually took the department of homeland security nearly nine months to notify the top election officials that their states had -- systems had been messed with and i want to again thank the chairman and the whole committee. our hearing last june was an impetus to the department to communicate better with the states and the reason that somehow the top election officials didn't have appropriate security clearances, i don't believe in a era where we have to communicate more quickly more full somely was an appropriate response. some of the legislation proposed will help deal with that. the truth is, in the ensuing months, i think dhs has picked up its game. but they'

policy areas but particularly the tension with the congress and the national security bureaucracy including the state department believed that russia was a threat that had to be dealt with more strongly. and the white house was not on the same page. that, theg said national security strategy that they released in late december, in other words the white house strategy does speak about russia as a competitor. what of course, you can say that you still have to do things to match your rhetoric with the deeds. our: virginia is calling on democratic line from washington. good morning. caller: good morning. i have just one thing to say. you know, i feel as though russia put president trump in office. president trump, mr. trump, it did not want nobody that does not like him, love him, and agree with him. america was strong. i feel as though he has got to go. and got to go in a hurry. if not, i would like to know how much do the united states of america owe russia since he has been in there. host: i want to jump on two of those points. russian meddling in the election and the idea that the president seems to be coalesci

for instance, the security department of the state department is now by far and away the largest of the 75,000 employees the state department has around the world, 45,000 of them are security guards and they actually need more. mike pompeo who is coming in, he made his bones really going after hillary clinton on capitol hill about the benghazi attack he believes security must be bolstered around the world but tillerson really was trying to just get rid of everybody and a lot of the top security people left as well. so that sort of didn't make sense. tillerson just had a tin ear i was with him on his last trip to africa. and we were talking amongst us why are we going to africa when the south koreans are coming to washington a brief the president about their conversations with north korea. that is by far the most important thing going on in the world right now. it was tillerson's biggest agenda item. and he wandered to africa when the most important thing on the north korea problem was in washington >> that seems like a poker tell of how distinctly he had been exiled from the policy maki

hasn't -- what you're saying is you want to hear directly from the president, with the state department, the national security council, others within the security department, what they say? >> when the president of russia directly threatens the united states, i would take that threat seriously, and you would think the president would respond. but as has been true for, you know, two years, the president doesn't seem to ever want to push back on president putin. now, look, i think the reality is, we have very strong defenses, we have the nuclear triad. i think president putin is overstating the case about what he can actually accomplish. but, you know, we're -- you know, that atomic clock is ticking closer to midnight because of the zaniness and craziness with which we're conducting foreign policy these days. >> you don't have confidence in the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, the national security adviser? >> well, i have confidence -- i think general mattis is doing a terrific job. as i said, general mcmaster seems like he's getting pushed out. you don't know whether secretary tillerson ever talk

eighteen the trumpet ministration there needed to be a consolidated coherent national security team in which state department was no longer outside the tent but was inside and with issues like north korea looming very large it was very important to strengthen the team rex tillerson just never found his stride either f. or you bottom working with the state department and in diplomacy nor did he find himself in sync with the president as indeed the president has just said so you or your you viewed rex tillerson as being very much outside the towns and. unfortunately yes i mean there is a man who went to the pentacle of his career but spent you know decades in the oil industry and it turned out that that was not transferable knowledge to rapid public service in state craft and in the plum a c. maybe given more time it would have worked out differently but we didn't really have time in this hectic international relations age that we live in. specialist as a pacific region how does mr tell us and removal and my presumed assumption of the role of change u.s. foreign policy that. well i think my pump indeed has bee

typically that would be the secretary of state and the state department. i'm told the national securitythe way. remember, the state department official is the most experienced meeting and negotiating with north korea, is quitting, and today, the secretary of state said it's going to take weeks to prepare for a presidential meeting. unclear if he will be doing the leg work. >> it's going to be fascinating to watch. thanks so much. sunday on "face the nation" margaret will ask republican senator cory gardner about north korea, the president's tariffs and more, that's "face the nation" sunday on cbs. >>> florida senator marco rubio is a republican member of the foreign relations and intelligence committee and with us from miami. senator, good morning. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> let's start firsts with north korea. president trump has agreed to meet with the world's most dangerous dictator without preconditions. what's your concern? >> well, i actually think there are preconditions and we're not going to get rid of sanctions and continue to move forward on the milita