responded well for more on this to break it all down let's bring in captain devastator the communications committee chairman with the allied pilots association capitated always a pleasure to have you and have your expertise on this program what do you make of the administrators test flight and his comments following. well i'm a $737.00 pilot he lived up to his commitment to get in that aircraft and see what boeing fix this was not part of the certification it was just a leader saying i'm going to be 1st at the stick we don't know what profile he went through you know we reviewed a lot of the training right now and he submitted comments along with the rest of the globe and found some areas that we still think need improvement but they're not on the end. the m.k. we did not provide comment nor did many other folks regarding net and i think mr dixon said that the m.p.'s cared much more benign but then he also went on to talk about what the ethiopian and the inability to manually trim that aircraft after was ripped from them basically by the m.p.'s that's an area of focus for us and other pilot groups

internet speeds double. >> brendan carr is one of the three republican commissioners on the federal communications committee. we appreciate you both being on the communicators. you are watching c-span, your unfiltered of government. created by america's greatest television companies as a public service. grazie today by your television provider. this week, the senate judiciary committee held a confirmation hearing for amy coney barrett. this weekend will show some of the questioning of the nominating from committee

this is in the first the intelligence community has refused to serve political interest of the person in the oval office. 45 years ago committees in congress investigated the abuses and of another corrupt administration abuses that included not only secretive attempt to45 assassinate foreign leaders that efforts by her intelligence community to spy on exercise exercising their constitutional rights by monitoring their political activities. in 1975 seems like an long time ago but somey of those abuses seem all to me today. the church committee provided a series of recommendations including standing committees that was act as a check on the intelligence community. these committees are direct outgrowth of richard nixon's abuse of the intelligence community radar job today and everyday him as his committees to ensure that those abuses do not happen again and that is why we have called you here to testify mr. maher. joseph maher is the senior official performing the duties of undersecretary office of intelligence and analysis at the department of homeland securit. mr. maher is here due to a subpoena issued earlier this week are the

when we refer to the intelligence community over which this committee has primary jurisdiction, that office is one of those 17 elements of the intelligence community? >> it is. >> the reason you're doing this is because your immediate predecessor has been -- he alleges in a retaliatory way, dismissed, and he's filed a whistleblower complaint, in fact, and i think you and i could agree that whistleblower complaint is -- is, well, contained very serious allegations. is that fair to say? >> contains serious allegations. >> those allegations, those allegations include improper political interference in the reporting of russian interference in an american presidential election, abuse of civil liberties of american protesters, and perjury before congress. that's what's in that whistleblower complaint by the senior official in the intelligence component of the department of homeland security. i think that's a fair summary, right? that's what he's alleged. in fact, he's alleged violations of law. i mean, you're nodding your head, right? there's nothing controversial about what i'm saying. i'm

to the national press club members for planning this program in partnership with us and the communicators committee. it's going to be a very interesting and informative conversation. first among our wonderful panelists and then we hope you'll join in by sharing your questions using the q & a queue. so i'm going to turn this over to our moderator in a moment, michael carter who is usa today managing editor, ethics but first i want to say again welcome and thank you to our panel and amanda barrett, fda managing editor of the associated press. sanchez, editor and senior vice president at the minneapolis church news and dorothy packer, investigative reporter for wbbm. in my hometown of chicago and president of the national association of black journalists. thank you all for being here. and michael over to you. ,>> take you for having me. they could to our panelists. thank you to everyone. i hope you get a lot of out of this correlation. off witht to kick us an overarching question here. announcing ae been lot of great changes over the last two months. new diversity leadership positions. they are creati

historical and we know this site work and the district should be from the nhip community and established by the sfuds samoan advisory committee. the collect sieve important in this work and the partnerships with even when the political categories that group us and from the black and latinx communities. >> hello. and i am speaking to you now and in support of who is active in the pacific islander community. >> hello, commissioners. and to be modelled in the other districts and in the bay area. and the building support around the nhpi and with the partnership and the groups are instrumental. and the path forward to succeed with efforts will need to be as a village. if the pacific islander way and require coordination through the entire process and this will be an the feedback and cultural needs. >> thank you. >> go ahead. >> good evening, commissioners. and i am here to support the nphi board of resolution and commissioner to play out the plan with the school district to close out the opportunity gap for samoan students and today as well as to the future generations. and the dream and revision and renaming the school after long

however the department is still with holding the vast majority of documents relevant to this committee's over sight of the intelligence community and moreover we're dismayed that the security clearance for mr. murphy's attorney, denying him the right to have counsel present for the deposition where we could learn more about his allegations. allegations that the committee has a duty to independently investigate. some allegations may prove accurate and others may not but we have a duty to find out given their seriousness and that some of the allegations involve the threat to the upcoming election, we need to find out now and without delay. because some of mr. murphy's allegations are classified and particularly those regarding the politicization of threats to our upcoming election it will be testify f-- necessary to testif in closed session. and now to testify to matters under investigation by the committee. we'll hold a classified session with mr. ma her so you may further testify about the allegations of misconduct that we're investigating. finally, mr. maher we may ask you about the nature of the threats facing our country. th

heather's book looks at the context of what is happening in detroit in terms of the black community and white committee. i am more interested in how they radicalized the black community. there is a struggle between the old guard civil rights leadership in the black power leadership. and i would argue what emerges a. young.s is coleman you wouldn't have a figure like young 1973 if it hadn't been for the black power struggle. i think the league was the backbone of detroit, but it was also the most advanced expression of black liberation and ideology in the country. i think also, as we have activists today fighting white supremacy and racial capitalism, it is the benchmark example to turn to when looking at the struggle today. thank you for your time. i hope we can get some questions. >> author brandon winford discusses his book, "john hervey wheeler, black banking, and the economic struggle for civil rights." a panel of scholars examines the role mr. wheeler played in the civil rights movement in north carolina for his position as president of mechanics and 1950's bank in the and 60's. glad to be here an

the transportation committee. supervisor mandelman has been at the forefront of a contentious issue working with the house labor and working with the restaurant community and the chinese chamber of commerce. i think we are very close. there may be some non-substantive tweaks that could happen in committee today or at the full board of supervisors next week. with that, i'll turn it over to supervisor mandelman. >> thank you, chair peskin. thank you to all members of the meet for engaging with this legislation over a few of these meetings. as you will recall, a week ago the committee accepted several amendments to the legislation, but continued it to give the broader community additional time to review and understand some of the amendments. one of these was an amendment to include a waiver process for restaurants that require gas facilities for their unique cuisine or cooking style. again, these waivers would be appealable to the board of examiners as specified in the ordinance and also to the board of appeals as well. i've had a chance to discuss this with the chinese chamber of commerce and the san francisco chamber of commerce as well. i want to be cl

the intelligence community nd in the senate select committee on intelligence concluded rush interfered in the election we know foreign enemies primarily russia, are again trying to influence how we vote and undermine confidence in the election based on the reports from dod and i and the fbi just release the most pointed warnings to date know many foreign actors could try to confidence foreign adversaries right now are meddling in our elections we cannot allow this to continually happen. in response to ensure colorado remains at the forefront of this and coloradans are confident, created the rapid response elections securities cyberunit to combat misinformation and cyberthreats the rescue team is coordinating with partners to increase information on the electoral process by implementing public outreach efforts to make sure coloradans know to ignore the information is not reliable to know that we can rapidly respond to misinformationnfor by releasing accurate information and to ensure county and nongovernmental partners work with us to rule out correct information we also working with dh

and yet there are places where this committee has acted like it is the job of the committee to delve into people's religious community. that is nuts. that is a violation of our basic civics. that is a violation of what all of us believed together. this is not a republican idea. this is not a democratic idea. this is an american idea. the good news is, whether you think you are religious beliefs might be judged wacky by somebody else, it is not the business of this committee to delve into the context of any of that, because in this committee, this congress, and in this constitutional structure, religious liberty is the basic truth, and whatever you or i or judge barrett believe about god is not anybody's business. we should all believe in that in common, we should all reaffirm that in common, and that should be on display over the course of the next four days in this committee. now a couple of terms that all of our eighth graders no as things we should reject in common. again, shared rejection, not republican versus democrat of democrat versus republican but i shared american rejection, and the first is this -- judici

for example, for the committee communities of color and all across the country the question is how dok the cycle will. the answer is justice. i know the nation is strong enough to provide safe streets for the families and small businesses and too often to bear the brunt of looting and burning which is never justified. we have no need for the armed militia roaming the streets. we should have no tolerance for extremist white supremacist groups managing the communities. reading what is happening in michigan, the governor is a good friend. they are in the driveway with assault weapons. what about those guys you talk about all the time lacks he said i would tell them to stand back and stand by. i worked in the committee in delaware and that is called a dog whistle. they say we should trust the american law enforcement communities through their job as i do and let them do their job without the groups acting as vigilantes. they say we have no need to face racial injustice in this country. you haven't opened your eyes to what's been going on in the country and has for a long time. i decided t

the board and the committee. we believe that we should continue to examine how white supremacy culture affects the experience of our communities and committed to being anti-racist leaders. we want to make sure students are not subjected to attending schools which have caused harm to the communities they represent. engaging all of our stakeholders will take longer than the two months that we've been given. we want the opportunity to engage our community in thoughtful dialogue. when done with care, renaming process can bring the community together and strengthen commitment to progress. with a current timeline of process, schools can engage community virtually to come up with list of names. this process may cause further harm by rushing what could be a meaningful community-driven process and recommitting to a new identity as a school. we want to support our teachers and staff to ensure all students can access classrooms, parents are engaged children on learning and to support our communities with the resources children need to be safe. in closing, we are invested in this process and believe by pausing we would best position to re

the committees, just briefly about the committees. vice president taylor, you're talking about the implementation committee and oversight committee. the thought was we would have an implementation that listens to community policing in the city, the state, and the country and then work with the captains and the department to implement it. the oversight committee would review the community policing practices, would review problem solving, problem oriented policing and problem solving, the work that's being done on the ground at the station level, and they would hold the members, the personnel, the captains accountable, to make sure that they're doing right and they're doing it. so we figured we would have two separate committees with these two separate lenses that we wanted to look at. >> vice president taylor: thank you. that's more clear to me. and then, the second question? >> well, has been explained by the chief, and i'll also say that, you know, we really wanted to take our time. we wanted to get the executive sponsor working group and have a lot of people, a lot of input, a lot of meetings. as i mentioned in the timeline that we kicked off, 35 meetings, we were meeting every two weeks. and then, wh

the committees, just briefly about the committees. vice president taylor, you're talking about the implementation committee and oversight committee. the thought was we would have an implementation that listens to communityolicing in the city, the state, and the country and then work with the captains and the department to implement it. the oversight committee would review the community policing practices, would review problem solving, problem oriented policing and problem solving, the work that's being done on the ground at the station level, and they would hold the members, the personnel, the captains accountable, to make sure that they're doing right and they're doing it. so we figured we would have two separate committees with these two separate lenses that we wanted to look at. >> vice president taylor: thank you. that's more clear to me. and then, the second question? >> well, has been explained by the chief, and i'll also say that, you know, we really wanted to take our time. we wanted to get the executive sponsor working group and have a lot of people, a lot of input, a lot of meetings. as i mentioned in the timeline that we kicked off, 35 meetings, we were meeting every two weeks. and then, when

providers putting a heavier burden on the tpas like optumserve upfront, can you come provide the committee an update on how the committee is reducing care to community care providers in your network and are there anyin challenges that you're facing that we can be helpful with ? i think that's really the bottom line. you're not going to have the providers. >> i could not agree more and prior to launching the three regions one of the significant areas of getting providers into the network was because of the challenges of the past . i can report to you today that i think we're in a very good place. we are paying providers first which is a change and we are paying them 11.9 days, almost 99 percent of the time and then the va is actually reimbursing us around seven days . so that system is working right now and we keep a very close eye on it because it is how we retain high-quality providers. >> very good. again, optumserve now is in arkansas and has taken over which again is great. there's concern about people that are under other providers that have had a long-term relationship with them . for a veteran whose current provider is notin the network , wha

but the apple ecosystem created millions of jobs millions tim cook told the judiciary committee over the community, if apple is a gate keeper, what we have done is open the gate wider. we want to get every app we can on the store access to apple's app store is worth every penny and some they're making their clients fast money could they be doing well if the customers hate it? wake up and smell the darn coffee amazon you know what? i think it is telling that so many retailers use amazon web services rather than going with non-competitors google cloud or microsoft azure. some people think you have to be on amazon to get your business going. we got our friends at etsy, that stock never quits. how about spopify? give me a break. on the cloud side, amazon web services cutting its prices rele relentless who are their competitors? when three big companies controlled the entire street, it could manipulate prices. finally alphabet between google search and youtube and google cloud, they are too close to be a monopoly their stocks could go higher the sotp is worth so much more i would say bring on the scalp

the senate commerce committee hearing involved the communication's decency act as it relates to big tech in the digital age. some republicans use the opportunity to accused tech companies of anti- conservative bias in social media. at one point senator ted cruz lashed out. >> mr. dorsey who elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed to report what the american people are allowed to hear and why do you persist in behaving as a democratic super pac silencing views to the contrary of your political. >> we are not doing that this is why i opened this hearing for calls for more transparency. we realize we need to earn trust more. we realize more accountability is needed to show our intentions and show the outcomes. i hear the concerns and acknowledge them. >> we have to call this hearing what it is, a sham. this is bullying for electoral purposes do not with united states senate believe into carrying the water for those who want to advance misinformation. >> some democrats criticize today's hearing six days before the election. >>> major league baseball condemning the act

wow you you ask questions like you're the communications department for the democrat national committee here. i said so many on the left and i'll give you examples as i did in that interview i believe the speaker of the house attacking law enforcement officers but not condemning those who are committing the violence mayor ted wheeler of portland oregon who went out to speak to the violent looters and they're not protesters they're rioters and and he thought they were his friends and they shouted him down and begin rushing his space's own police had to declare a riot and rush him out of there governor brown of oregon who in 4 months of violence has yet to use her own national guard she has over 7800 national guardsman whose part of their purpose is stablish in peace in their violent outbreaks in her state and she refuses to do it and instead condemns the ministry for protecting a federal courthouse and federal buildings in portland oregon that's so just to be clear you mentioned adding officers in portland we were doing that to protect federal facilities we don't just go into a city even

well how you ask questions like you're the communications department for the democrat national committee here. i said so many on the left and i'll give you examples as i did in that interview i believe the speaker of the house attacking law enforcement officers but not condemning those who are committing the violence mayor ted wheeler of portland oregon who went out to speak to the violent looters and they're not protesters they're rioters and and he thought they were his friends and they shouted him down and begin rushing his spaces own police had to declare a riot and rushed him out of there governor brown of oregon who in 4 months of violence has yet to use her own national guard she has over 7800 national guardsman whose part of their purpose is stablish in peace in their violent outbreaks in her state and she refuses to do it and instead condemns the administration for protecting a federal courthouse and federal buildings in portland oregon that's just to be clear you mentioned adding officers in portland we were doing that to protect federal facilities we don't just go into a city

last august so it's a clear signal to boast the western community the international committee of their seriousness to try to to to to negotiate with armed groups and try to find a peaceful solution it shows that there are conversations happening between the government and the armed groups it also shows 'd that that the authorities take are taking steps active steps in order to free hostages but as as we as this happened today there has been attacks happening against mali and troops in the region of just by the border of brooklyn afonso 1000000 soldiers were ambushed just today so the fighting continues between armed groups and the modern state but clearly a relief like president many male micro has said and it's also a victory for the transitional government so and we are trying to reach the family of similar sisi who've been waiting for this to happen for months so i mean they they are waiting impatiently for his liberation thousands of 100 sorry of his supporters are gathered outside the airport we also know that the sun. was just interviewed just moments ago on french t.v. also in t

well how you you ask questions like you're the communications department for the democrat national committee here. i said so many on the left and i'll give you examples as i did in that interview i believe the speaker of the house attacking law enforcement officers but not condemning those who are committing the violence mayor ted wheeler of portland oregon who went out to speak to the violent looters and they're not protesters they're rioters and and he thought they were as. friends and they shouted him down and begin rushing his space's own police had to declare a riot and rush him out of there governor brown of oregon who in 4 months of violence has yet to use her own national guard she has over 7800 national guardsman whose part of their purpose is stablish in peace in when there are violent outbreaks in her state and she refuses to do it and instead condemns the administration for protecting a federal courthouse and federal buildings in portland oregon that's just to be clear you mentioned adding officers in portland we were doing that to protect federal facilities we don't just go into

well how you you ask questions like you're the communications department for the democrat national committee here. i said so many on the left and i'll give you examples as i did in that interview i believe the speaker of the house attacking law enforcement officers but not condemning those who are committing the violence mayor ted wheeler of portland oregon who went out to speak to the violent looters and they're not protesters they're rioters and and he thought they were his friends and they shouted him down and began rushing his spaces own police had to declare a riot and rush him out of there governor brown of oregon who in 4 months of violence has yet to use her own national guard she has over 7800 national guardsman whose part of their purpose is stablish ing peace in when there are violent outbreaks in her state and she refuses to do it and instead condemns the administration for protecting a federal courthouse and federal buildings in portland oregon that's so just to be clear you mentioned adding officers in portland we were doing that to protect federal facilities we don't just go i

the chair of the standing committee on the federal judiciary told the committee directly that with individuals in the legal profession and community who know judge barre barrett, whether for a few years or decades, not one person, not one uttered a negative word about her character. this outstanding nominee is exceptionally suited to this j job. i know we all know that. she's an exceptional nominee to the supreme court will make the senate and the country exceedingly proud. there are a few around to have experienced this up close and personal and i am one of them. those of you who have followed parts of history from the outside and now you are making history. it is a matter of fact, a matter of history that it was senate contemporary difficulties with judicial nominations in 1987. it initiated every meaningful escalation, every single one of them from then up until the present day. every escalation was initiated by the other side. 1987, kennedy and friends introduced the country to this america. the first effort to smear a fully qualified judicial nominee based on insulting, apocalyptic scare tactics. even some of the people direc

mom three committees the foreign affairs committee, the judiciary committee and the ranking member on the business committee. my principle responsibilities to make sure the people in this community and all over the country have jobs because half of the people who work in america work for small businesses. 70% of the new jobs created in america are created by america's small businesses. they were ready to go under as a result of this covid pandemic. we at to take it seriously in a bipartisan manner. we passed the cares act. relative to what she just said about not supporting the $3.3 trillion direct payments to illegal immigrants. she maybe for that but i'm certainly not. >> ms. schroder. >> we are suffering as a country right now that would give the president of failing. on his response for this is not a political issue. this is a pandemic who doesn't know who is a democrat in who is a republican and none of us are safe until all of us or say. we need to come together as a community in the country and put our best foot forward and responding to this. united states is less than 5% of the worlds population and yet we are around 20% of the worlds deaths due to covid and that's beca

the coverage. was crossed by john and paul or. we can now speak with zorra i'm attorneys are is communications manager for the international committee of being a red cross in armenia thank you for taking the time zorra today we have been hearing reports of civilian casualties on both sides but the information is so far contradictory from what your organization has seen how bad is the situation. well unfortunately there has been obviously very an escalation in the conflict along the line of contacts since it started its own decision as a member to 7th our organization that being actually on the ground represented the bull's sides of the line of contrasts as being a little to spoil their humanitarian consequences so far reaching among others civilian injuries and deaths including children and we shall be reported. as alive on time but also in armenia unfortunately whether it's if their ports of many people trying to move themselves to safety as well all have or are we do not have more details on this displacement or for now we don't have a clear idea of the scale of hollow ever we receive reports and we see the recent calls of people

. >> brendan carr is one of the three republican commissioners on the federal communications committee. we appreciate you both being on the communicators. you are watching c-span, your unfiltered of government. created by america's greatest television companies as a public service. grazie today by your television provider. this week, the senate judiciary committee held a confirmation hearing for amy coney barrett. this weekend will show some of the questioning of the nominating from committee members. watch coverage on saturday and sunday beginning at 10:00 eastern on's c-span. -- c-span. next, the president holding a rally at the center of georgia. ♪ god bless the usa from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee, across the plains of texas, from sea signing see -- shining sea, from detroit down to houston, new york to l.a., there's pride in every american heart, and it's time we stand and say that i'm proud to be an american, well at least i know i'm free, and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me, and i'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still

the transportation committee. supervisor mandelman has been at the forefront of a contentious issue working with the house labor and working with the restaurant community and the chinese chamber of commerce. i think we are very close. there may be some non-substantive tweaks that could happen in committee today or at the full board of supervisors next week. with that, i'll turn it over to supervisor mandelman. >> thank you, chair peskin. thank you to all members of the meet for engaging with this legislation over a few of these meetings. as you will recall, a week ago the committee accepted several amendments to the legislation, but continued it to give the broader community additional time to review and understand some of the amendments. one of these was an amendment to include a waiver process for restaurants that require gas facilities for their unique cuisine or cooking style. again, these waivers would be appealable to the board of examiners as specified in the ordinance and also to the board of appeals as well. i've had a chance to discuss this with the chinese chamber of commerce and the san francisco chamber of commerce as well. i want to be cl

the recent surge in cases was fueled by an infection in the highly altered ox that highly orthodox communities. -- highly orthodox committeesion of how to reopen schools has been perplexing israel's government for weeks. in ultra-orthodox towns and neighborhoods, they just reopened, in violation of the law. and e date issued in the name of an influential rabbi, himself infected with the virus, was enough for hundreds of religious schools to welcome back their students. >> i call on the ultra orthodox public took call dennis to follow the guidelines. there is a large group that does not follow them. >> israel's prime minister is in a bind. ultra orthodox bodies make up a majority of his -- has seen netanyahu criticized for being too lenient. ultra-orthodox life is deliberately separate from the mainstream. the secular state as best mistrusted. communal prayer and religious education are critical. when political protests were allowed at a time when the government was saying synagogues should be closed, many ultra-orthodox voices complained of double standards an conflicting coronavirus policy and a breakdown in trust. >> this

the norwegian nobel committee honored the u.n. agency for fighting global hunger and the use of hunger as a weapon of war the committee also said the award was a call to the international community not to underfund the f w p it's perhaps the most prestigious award in the world the nobel peace prize is craved by world leaders including one of this year's nominees stunnel trump but the jury decided to honor an organization not a politician for promoting peace the prize came with an urgent appeal here with this year's award than a week nobel committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the millions of people who suffer from a face the threat of hunger the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation in making food security an instrument of peace. last year the world food program fed almost a 1000000 people at risk of starvation. the u.n. body is active in 88 countries this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause delays conflicts to flare and trigger the use of violen

the chair of a.b.a.'s standing committee on the federal judiciary told the committee directly that, quote, in interviews with individuals in the legal profession and community to know judge barrett, whether for a few years or decades, not one person, not one uttered a negative word about her character. of course, madam president, there is another way you can tell that judge barrett is so impressive and so qualified, is the fact that the people who precommitted to oppose her nomination have completely retreated from arguing the merits. virtually none of the politicians, pundits, or special interests who oppose judge barrett -- opposed judge barrett from the beginning have even tried to lay a finger on her qualifications or credentials. we have seen inaccurate claims that it would be abnormal for the senate to fill this seat. we have seen bizarre, barely disguised insinuations about the nominee's religious faith. and now this morning's improper press scrutiny of her children. we have heard democrats try to take hostage our very institutions of government to stop this precedent-backed process from moving forward. but none of the distortions can even begin to c

>>the relationships that we built in the community we can't do this alone. the committee this help us all right now murders in oakland stan did 80 up 38% this year compared to last with more juvenile victims and shooters you ask why. >>i think we know that the number one driver of a crime for juveniles was that after school periods 03:00pm to 06:00pm well there is no school so these juveniles have no structure. no intervention support mentoring from those adult relationships, whether in school athletics know structured activities and really no lifeline and pipeline opd also showed off some of the more than 1000 weapons that have been seized during arrests so far this year they say they're seeing an ever increasing amount of high powered weapons. >>and high capacity weapons. >>what you see on the table behind this his weapons of war. these are not weapons that should be in anybody's yet we see them being used. >>any stocco opd his message we're all in this together. they say they know there's a problem they're making headway and they will do whatever it takes to protect th

the norwegian nobel committee praised the agency's work in fighting global hunger. the committee described the award as a call to the international communityot to underfund wf p. >> it is perhaps the most prestigious award in the world. the nobel peace prize is craved by world leaders, including one of this year's nominees, donald trump, but the jury decided to honor an organization, not a politician, for promoting peace. the prize came with an urgent appeal. >> with this year's award, the norwegian nobel committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the millions of people who suffer from the effects of hunger. the world food program plays a key role in multilalateral corpororations on m making food security and instrument of peace. >> last year, the world food program fed millions of people at risk of starvation. the united nations body is active in 88 countries. this has made it an agent of peace, says the nobel committee. >> the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle. war and conflict because food insecurity and hunger, just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flareup and trigger the

are worried that a full recovery to prepare is still years away for more on the sector let's turn to . communications committee chairman dennis tater denis good to see you let's start with the t.s.a. numbers here are we seeing more consumer confidence as we head into this holiday travel season. absolutely and i've been flying if you fly into more of a line out there since the deal is struck that you referenced clearly seeing a change in passenger behavior people know that it's safe to fly from the mass of the earth loads of the cleaning. go in the iraq testing that i've seen talking about clearly a 1000000 mark is a lot of where we want to be but this shows that when people feel like they have a place to go they're not going to has safe travel safe but they need a place to go and they need. to be behind them to do that well last year aaa reported a record this was a record number of 115600000 americans that travel during the holiday season and travel data from o.a.g. it reported in late september for thanksgiving reservations usually one of the busiest weeks for airports the reservations are actually down by a

justice, the department of homeland security and the intelligence community have strengthened and coordinated our defenses. here in the senate intelligence committee years studying what went wrong in 2016 and published a 1300 plus page report with recommendations. in the last two years alone we passed more than $800 million to fund and support secure elections. iranian and russian operations described last night or being combative by the federal government and close court nation with state and local officials and the earth. details are being shared with congress and the public as appropriate. madam president this is precisely how the process should work. we are miles ahead of where we were. even the washington democrats who years talking up our election infrastructure are now admitting that we have made huge strides. just a few days ago the junior senator from connecticut admitted quoteai we are going to have a free and fair election because we spend significant money in the federal government to beef up protections of our voter list and our voting systems end quote. now it's a separate questions whether democrats ability to express a sick patriot

i'm also the chair of the eastern neighbourhoods community advisory committee. and i'm speaking here to support this excellent project and i also have (inaudible). the developers here have continued to exude community expectations. the community benefits are just superb. they've been noted before. the hiring of such a well regarded arc. >> teri: actuaarchitect actual d as we repair a contract for many years, of working on many large historic projects. frankly i didn't expect the owners to undertake the huge expense of restoring station a. i did listen to the community and they've stepped up with great preservation and excellent design. i can't wait to show them the waterfront to visit the power station and i strongly endorse the station a design. thank you, very much. >> caller: good afternoon, commissioners, i'm allison heather, chair of the potrero boosters development committee. when i was last with you for a power station hearing, i spoke specifically about protections for station a. the build out was slated for development during phase 4 in 2028. so much cou

yet, there are places where this committee acted like it is the job of the committee to delve into people's religious communities. that is nuts. that is a violation of basic civics. that is a violation of what we believe together. this is not a republican idea. it is a democrat and republican idea, but it is an american idea. the good news is whether you think your religious beliefs might be judged wacky by someone else it is none of the business of this committee to delve into any of that. in this committee, and in this congress and in this constitutional structure, religious liberty is the basic truth. whatever you or i or judge barrett believe about god is not any of the government's business. we can believe in that in common and reaffirm that in common and that should be on display over the course of the next four days. now a couple of terms that all eighth graders should know as things we should reject in common. again, share rejection, not republican versus democrat or democrat versus republican, but a shared american rejection. the first is judicial activism. judicial activism is the idea judges get to ad