of the house armed services and intelligence committees were briefed by ashton carter and admiral winfield house members and senators are purchase a baby in a closed briefing at 5:00 p.m. eastern -- house members and senators are participating in a closed briefing at 5:00 p.m. eastern. refers include susan rice -- --efers include james rice susan rice, james clapper, and martin dempsey. then rice commented on seriousness of the situation at the new america foundation earlier today. this is about 45 minutes. >> hello, everybody. i am the very new president of the new america foundation. i have been here a week and i have already come to appreciate the enormous work that goes into setting up an event like this one. thanks to all of our teams. since all of you are here to see ambassador rice, since she has kindly helped us gather you, i cannot go without a love for the weekly long, our new digital magazine. sign up for that on your way out. it's a great pleasure to be will to introduce susan rice, the national security advisor. she became national security advisor in july, the first woman to