using. i think this is a real opportunity for us to gain some important information and knowledge today. i have enormous concerns that i will summarize. technology, the technology here is problematic and inconsistent. it has not been perfected. images of law-abiding people have been acquired in the security of the databases is an issue after we've seen with recent breaches of databases. private companies acquiring and scraping their information and selling it to the feds, manipulation can take place. it expands the surveillance state we have been railing against. the gao gave important concerns. those -- that's a brief summary of some of these things that i'm concerned with. i think we can work to find common ground. if we are talking about nationalizing police forces, i don't think we will get there but if we are finding some kind of meaningful regulation and oversight of the implementation of facial recognition technology which is what the chair is alluding to, then i think we can find a l

for shining on us. let us thank these lawyers. let us thank the prosecutors. let us thank the activists. that was called a mob. that marched and stood up. let us thank all of the people that believed, and let us more than anything thank the mothers and fathers. of ahmaud arbery. they lost a son. but their son will go down in history, as one that proved that if you hold on, justice can come. this mother would tell me, reverend, we are going to win this, when i had doubts. she kept praying. we have to get some justice for my son. let the word go forth, all over the world, a jury of 11 white men and one black in the deep south stood up in a courtroom and said that black lives do matter. >> payment. -- >> amen. >> let it be clear, for 10 years after trade, not once, but the sun was proved that if we kept arching and kept fighting, they would hear us. we have a lot more battles to fight, but this was an important battle. this has proven that our children know their value. that is why those people that marched, the people here, they were here when nobody else was he

. >> let us pray. almighty and loving god, we come before you this day to honor our nation's veterans. those men and women who have bravely given of the cells -- themselves. throughout our nations history, you god created our nations veterans with unique if, abilities, talents, and values which would guide them to a unified calling and mission, the defense of our nation's freedoms. we are ever so grateful for those men and women who sacrificially chose to leave the comforts of family, friends, home, and security to use their god-given gifts and abilities for the most noble mission of the preservation of our nation. our nations veterans have faced horrific challenges on land, sea, and air. you, as our omnipresent god have strengthened and upheld our service members and veterans through their darkest hours. you are the god who sees. who sees and understands each of us. though humanly, we do not know the names and diverse characteristics of all who have served, you know. as the inscription on the tomb rem

but i don't think it's good enough fors us to -- for us to complain how hard it is. we are all volunteers many what we have to do is do the hard work and we have not done it since i've been here. we've not done the hard work to build that consensus in order to pass meaningful immigration reform. and we need to do that. and it's on us. we can't blame somebody else. we're the ones responsible. we haven't done it and we need to do it. but i would just point out and the senator from illinois knows this, my state has a 1,200 mile border with mexico. this is ground zero for the humanitarian crisis that's currently appearing at the border. the biden administration reversed a lot of the poll advertise of the previous administration without having an alternative plan in place. and it was interpreted as laying out the welcome mat for anybody and everybody who wanted to come to the united states. that's why we're seeing these unprecedented numbers, or at least numbers we haven't seen for 20 years. and people trying to stream across the border into the united states. and i know

the 2002 aumf is not in use. it is long overdue for repeal which is why we have voted multiple times to repeal the 2002 aumf with bipartisan support. since coming to congress, i have been very clear, congress must reassert congressional authority in decisions of war and peace. the authority is required by our constitution and it's fundamental to our representation of our constituents, especially our service members. our men and women in uniform deserve to see a new era of congressional accountability, one where members of congress do not shirk their accountability when it comes to issues of war and peace. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. meeks: i'm proud to yield one minute to the vice chair of the subcommittee on international development, international organizations, and global corporate social impact, the gentlelady from california, ms. jacobs. the speaker pro tempor

data but it gives us much more information than we were accustomed to getting about the use of many of these authorities. the trend is in a positive direction. surprisingly, several key patriot act authorities effectively expired about a year ago. used to be that when sunset rolled around, these authorities weretemporary and had to be renewed . you would see this panic about going dark and we will be blind in our intelligence agencies will be helpless if you don't reauthorize these authorities with little debate. several of them have expired about a year ago and there doesn't seem to be that level of panic. it's probably because there is a grandfather clause that allows many of them to continue to use. it's part of a seachange where in part, republicans have become a little bit less unreservedly trusting of the intelligence community. there are trajectories in a healthy direction but we also see in an enormous number of people being surveilled under these powers and routinely, we keep discovering compliance issues where the fisa court has not really been adequately informed and searche

, i think move the needle, help us movie that -- helped us move, ,and inspired us uh, with what, what can actually be done here, my staff says, my wife says, you say you quote opera einstein way too -- i quote albert einstein way too much and too things that einstein said that i, i only know two quotes one of his definition of sanity to do the same thing over and over again expecting different results. but the one i really love is in adversity lies opportunity. there is huge adversity here, huge adversity here. we see it every day as we travel through our neighborhoods are in -- or in our states. we see it when we were in our rivers and what's in our oceans. great adversity, real opportunity to opportunity to o. opportunity to strike a blow for our planet. an opportunity to put a lot of people to work and to leave this earth a better place for our kids and grandchildren. so that's that's a challenge. that's your opportunity. thank you for helping us to realize that opportunity with that i think i i need to say some housekeeping, unanimous consent. i'd ask unanimous consent to submit f

in fact, we made an amazing experience using augmented reality with uwb where you can use your phone and see exactly where in the room, what pillow your keys are located under. but apple refused our request, and therefore, we cannot bring that innovation to the market for the benefit of our customers. yet the air tag is going to use uwb because apple has decided to reserve its use exclusively in its product. if that were not enough, two weeks ago apple confirmed that it's about to go live with something called a fine line network accessory program, which the house has already found to be anticompetitive. the program was originally touted in the media as a procompetitive concession to titles concerns giving the customers access to the troves of location data otherwise reserved for a fine line. not so, in order for our customers to get that benefit, we have to give apple unprecedented control over our business and direct our customers to find their lost items. basically the program holds critical data hostage to coerce the developers to abandon the apps and networks. it deprives custom

it was built to imprison us. it was built against us. oftentimes, we see people who are supposed to protect and serve, supposed to protect and serve. they do the total opposite. on the first day of trial, we had a press conference and we kneeled for eight minutes at 46 seconds. and when i got up and it was my turn to speak, i said that every time i come here, it is hard. because this is the exact place where they took somebody from me that i loved. i absolutely dislike coming here. but i also said, this time, it was easy. we came for one thing and one thing only and that was justice for george lloyd. and today, that is what we got. [applause] so this time, it wasn't hard at all, it wasn't hard at all. i am big on faith and prayer. i had a lot of faith. but i was also optimistic. we need police reform hadley -- badly. these guys are able to wear a badge and go out into the field, which means they are qualified and trained to do their job at a high level. but when you shoot and kill a man that is running a way that doesn't pose a threat, e

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and the use of daylight. by modernizing north american rules of trade, our businesses are better able to meet the most pressing challenges of our time from the pandemic to climate change. our renewed commitment to the automobile, for the automobile industry is an excellent example of this. by working together under this new agreement, we are incentivizing knot american production -- north american production of zero emission vehicles and turning our countries into global leaders in the clean energy vehicle market. this is strengthening our long-term competitiveness, generating sustainable growth and creating good jobs across our countries. in closing, i would like to underscore something of vital importance. by working hard in of a of our -- each of our countries to implement the new and a half nafta -- behalf tasker we're sending a strong message. it is a message about our renewed commitment to the trilateral economic partnership, one that protects workers, supports small businesses, creates opportunities fo

to use the mandatory sanctions that congress pvided to us. we've met on several occasions with members of the committee staff here to hear from them in terms of the evidence that they have. we also work closely with the department of justice to make sure that we have a good understanding of the legal authorities that we have in order to be in a place where we can take actions when we have the appropriate evidence. >> but the president's actions are completely unilateral, they are outside of the law, and i want to know on whose behalf. european union or multinational relationship overwhelmingly opposed the release of nordstream 2. it has natural gas produced in russia, moved via pipeline like nordstream 2. besides captivating european allies to a single source, setting that aside for the moment, has through the life cycle of that gas a 41% higher greenhouse gas emission footprint than natural gas produced in the united states and liquefied and sent to the european allies. that doesn't include the methane leakage. what's the good reason for lif

and being able to use that. the technology in mdl, i speak about that come is geared to use on really any fun because there are multiple ways you can interact with that for in person, and we expect we can cover vast majority of phones that are out there provide them something that allows for the transmission. i think that would be a huge step towards accessibility for everyone for mobile identity. >> when we do this how do we make sure the equity issues are addressed properly? let's go to the phd material scientists to weigh in on this who seemed very interested and involved in this set of issues. >> as soon as you start to drive access for everybody then there are lots of different solutions you can put in place. we're establishing a a baselif a point have access to some kind of device, then i think that really levels the playing field. undressing avenues have a smart phone. everyone needs to have access to something and that's a big hurdle serling uk going about on that .6 don't have access you could say someo

for something so we use it and we actually use it for proper educational tools? does that make sense? >> that is something we are hearing, not just for your area. go back to the original intent of these dollars. we are using the funds and approving the plans. there is no extension on the timeline but understanding what you're saying. maybe this is something that will be discussed in the future. >> would you be opposed to that? quite the focus is on safely reopening the school. the dollars can be used for infrastructure. i would like to know more about particular issues. our staff has worked very closely with many of the issues around compliance that we are facing. we will always continue to do that. >> you are open to it? we are actually trying to do the right thing. let me switch. my second question is for esther call. inflation has reached the highest point in years. americans seem to be paying more for everything. tuition over the past 30 years has increased over hundred 30% -- 130%. we are giving more money in federal aid to colleges and universities that are

those trying to dismantle democracy want us to give up. they want us to disengage. they want us to pay attention to the many other things, climate change, freedom of choice, and protections over safety in schools. all of those things which are at the forefront of so many of our hearts all come back to whether we have access to democracy our work really over the next year is to push back on efforts to dismantle democracy by telling the truth. that it's not just an effort to make it harder to vote, it's an effort to reduce our ability, our block our ability of citizens to hold our elected officials accountable and ensure they represent us and our voices in -- carolyn: thank you for that. really good points. secretary griswold, what are your thoughts? secretary griswold: well, number one, carolyn, i'm so glad a lot of us were in 2018 and 2020, we are seeing the worst adults salts on democracy the big lie in 2020 has grown bigger. i think we can conceptualize what is happening and basically a three-pronged stool. number one, lie, lie, lie, lie. extreme election official

it is on all of us. particularly us non-vets. to serve with as much heart and soul as they have served us. fulfilling that obligation can come in a lot of forms. for most americans listening today, it can be something as simple as reaching out to the vets in their lives and bending a hand. -- lending a hand. for the great reporters in the room, it means telling the stories of veterans and servicemembers members of the wars they fought and the challenges they face, stories that in many cases, would not otherwise be known. at the v.a. it means providing veterans with world-class and timely, as lisa pointed out, timely health care, with the benefits they have earned and so rightly deserved, and with a lasting resting place that is a tribute to their service. the point is that we all have a part to play. no matter who we are, or what position we hold. as we approach veterans day, i asked that everyone watching or listening today renew that commitment to serving veterans, and to serving them well. because that is our most sacred respo

thank you for joining us today. rep. rodgers: good to be with you. thank you. caitlin: thank you for joining this afternoon for another virtual conversation that made everyone smarter.

the united states and use our technology. the question i think that has to be asked, are they doing it in a legal way where they pay for it or get a license to produce their technology, or are they stealing it? >> we are going to leave this discussion, but you can find "washington journal" online. we take you now to maryland with governor larry hogan and a discussion on infrastructure policy. you are watching live coverage on c-span. gov. hogan: i want to thank each and every one of these leaders for their willingness to come together in the spirit of bipartisan cooperation, and to explore ways we can find common ground on this issue, which is an issue so fundamental to our economy, to our environment, and to our way of life. i am pleased to report we had a terrific summit yesterday and today. we reached agreement on a series of principles that should guide any federal infrastructure package. the first and most important thing we agree on is that any infrastructure package should be both developed and passed with the support

but not us. we are based on an idea that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. we are unique in the world. i had a long conversation for two hours recently with , president xi, making it clear to him, that we can do nothing but speak out for human rights around the world, because that is who we are. i will be meeting with president putin in geneva, making it clear that we will not, we will not stand by and let him abuse those rights. folks, we are unique in all of history. we really are. but the names on that wall, and on every other wall and tombstone in america of veterans, is why we are able to stand here. we can't kid ourselves about that. so, i hope i hope that the , nation comes together. we are not democrats and republicans today. we are americans. we are americans who have given their lives. [applause] and it's time we remind everybody who we are. god bless you all, particularly the goldstar survivors and families and may god protect our troops

use a wikipedia model. there's a version history and a contributor record so people can see how these different types of arguments and facets of information have developed over time. >> we have to leave this conversation there. thank you all for joining us here today. for our final interview, we interviewed nick clay of facebook on monday. that interview is coming up in just a moment. thank you so much for joining us today. we did serve together on the transatlantic commission on election integrity. he resigned upon taking his position at facebook. thank you for joining us here today. >> it's great to be with you. >> facebook is a behemoth. 70% of americans logon regularly to the platform. i want to talk today about facebook's obligation to provide accurate and factual information and what the implications are for american democracy. let me start here. who is responsible for the accuracy of the information on facebook? >> we have a shared responsibility. the people who post the content. social media is diff

they guide us. they pull us out of harms way. they touch and caress us with loving kindness. one of my most powerful memories comes from holding my dad's hand. i was hurt very badly and lying in an icu bed following a bad accident. it was the middle of the night yet my father was by my side after a long day of work. i was squirming in pain and anguish. without a word he just took my hand and squeezed it with a fathers love. it instantly relaxed and put me at peace. the last night of his life i walked in to see him. now he was the one line in an icu bed. he could not see or speak to me. so i took his hand, just as he had taken mine decades before, i knew everything was not going to be okay. i wanted him to be at peace. but again i i felt my fatherse in that hand. that hand that took my mothers hand in matrimony, that hand that held me as a baby. that hand that signed report cards, tot baseball, fixed old cars. that hand that signed treaties, saluted servicemembers and gestured joyfully were telling a story. that hand is still now, but it left a deep imprint on the lives of fam

of us, 194 of us. the roll is going to be called and not beyonder, but here. and i hope so many of you are there when that roll is called. leader mcconnell knows it's the right thing to do. this is senator mcconnell's words. let me make it perfectly clear. hear me, my colleagues, mr. speaker, and hopefully our people, mr. mcconnell, the minority leader in the united states senate, the republican leader, let me make it perfectly clear, he said the country must never default. the debt ceiling will need to be raised. he didn't say unless you stop pushing your policies, democrats, that you ran on, to help people, to help children, to help businesses. he didn't say that. he said the debt limit must be raised. in 2015, when republicans were in the majority and asked democrats to address the debt limit and he tweeted again, this is senator mcconnell, the leader of the republican party on the senate side, quote, when the united states makes promises, it keeps them, which is why the house voted today to avoid t

thanks so much for being with us today. dr. adams: great to be with us. dr. wen: thank you for having us. dr. parekh: we have heard from senator and doctor frist and dr. fauci that cover range of topic. i want to get your thoughts on several of them. jerome, maybe we can start with you with respect to where we are in the pandemic. as dr. fauci has noted, we have done well as a country. vaccinating americans, but we are still at a point right now where daily cases are quite high. there are about 1,000 preventible deaths occurring every day in the united states. what more do we need to do to suppress the virus and particularly your thoughts on how to reach better the 60 million or so eligible but unvaccinated americans. what can we do better? dr. adams: thank you so much for having me today. i think first of all we need to remember it's not one tool. there is a toolbox that we now have that we need to do a better job of utilizing. vaccinations are the strongest, most important tool in that toolbox. but we need to continue to promote testing so that we can ident

i've made use that in the future. -- i may use that in the future. it does raise the larger issue about industrial policy. like you said, as a free-market conservative, i believe markets are more efficient than government mandates and control, but i'm afraid china has changed the playing field so dramatically by their investment in everything from 5g to artificial intelligence to quantum computing and now semiconductors, and their goal is to dominate the world and us economically and as may become increasingly belligerent, out of the south china sea, and threaten taiwan. they are battling their saber very loudly. this is another reason why, when he talked to a guy like chris wray, the fbi director, about the counterintelligence threats that china poses, everything from confucius institutes to students studying in the united states that are coerced into cooperating with their intelligence agencies, china seems to be everywhere. and you are right, sometimes people want to make this an issue about the country of china or the chinese people. this is the

it does not include corn used in feed. emily: but they want to eventually use corn in feed. sec. vilsack: it makes a big difference to producers in the united states. let's make sure we are talking about the right thing. i've had conversations in addition with the ambassador at the trade representatives office. she is well aware of the concerns and has had recent conversations with her counterpart and there is a process under the usmca for raising these issues and having these conversations and i'm confident these conversations will continue to be raised and concerns will be voiced and there are processes we could potentially use. we are not anywhere near there yet. it's important to distinguish between what mexico is currently thinking about doing and the fact that it's not going to have as great an impact with everything all at once now. emily: i wanted to ask about the relationship between the u.s. and china. obviously that is something that has been discussed a lot in terms of agriculture and trade, correct me if i'm wrong, could you talk a little bit -- correct me if i'm wro

he moved back home with us and live at home with us. even us as his parents did not know the extent of his struggles with the diabetes. he did not have health care. when he could get what insulin he could, he had to ration it. what happened is with the diabetes and not being able to get a job, he felt like a failure. he did not have anywhere to turn. where could he go? we could only help him so much ourselves. we are working class. we have three sons, a mortgage, car payments, we pay ourselves close to $10,000 a year for health insurance. we pay $184 a month. really, that adds up to our mortgage minus the escrow a month for what we pay for our health insurance. on top of that, still pay for prescriptions and out-of-pocket for things. i feel that our system failed my son. if there would have been somewhere where he could have gone to get the help he needed to get the medication he needed, not only for diabetes but for his mental health. not even just mental health -- medication, counseling, therapy, he could be with us today. unfortunate

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our work is not about us and will never be about us. it is about those we seek to up left about our communities. it is about those we are called upon to defend and protect by uplifting their stories and journeys. by making sure the realities of our people is uplifted every single day. and as importantly, it is about having the courage to take action about the realities that our people, people of color, a rising majority, are living every day. to demonstrate the convictions, the values and beliefs we hold so dearly to our hearts. such was the case of -- it seems like it was an eternity ago, but the commitment march on washington was only this past august and yet it feels like so much has changed in our world, even since then. i want you to think about what just happened a few days ago when not far from the grounds where we stood this past summer, where great leaders of the circle for justice can still be seen and heard and their souls can be felt, a mob of instructive domestic terrorists attempted to overthrow our very democracy. they we

used to great effect and we believe will be useful in the future. there is also an aspect that increases our flexibility, our probability, and allows us to address core structure issues in the space force as well as the need for our -- over time, as well. that report is in the final stages of coordination and close to delivery. we look forward to working with congress on the implementation of that report. >> thank you very much, general. again, the capabilities of citizen soldiers can be so positive, as you know. and then, you highlight the importance of multinational space wargames in creating deterrence and identifying how our capabilities complement those of our allies and vice versa. these exercises require partners with developed operational concepts and commitment to voice designs for their own space forces. what is the current maturity of our allied space capabilities , and are we doing everything we can to coordinate them in wargaming and experimentation? general thompson yes, sir. :over the last decade, our allies and partners have made tre

tell us about that. sen. kaine: if you ask what would be publicly -- public immorality, it would seem to me that the highest public immorality would be to -- people volunteer for the military. my son served. they knew they were getting into a line of work that could be challenging and where their lives could be at risk, but if we are going to order them onto the battlefield, as congress we should not shortcut it. if we are asking them to be brave, we need to be brave enough to let them have the vote. since the ink was dry in 1780 seven, congress tries to advocate responsibility when they can. i think it was back and forth letters between jefferson and madison where madison said our constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrate that it is the executive most interest in war and thus most prone to it so we have placed the question of war in the legislature. so all of the framers saw george iii the overreaching executive and underestimated the advocating legislative. congress was like man

we have used in the past we believe will be useful in the future. there is an aspect -- and i think you will see -- that increases our flexibility and allows us to address poor structure issues for the space force but the need of the guardians over time as well. that report is entitled stage and i believe -- is in title stage and i believe we look forward to working with congress on the implementation of that report. >> thank you very much. the capabilities of citizen soldiers can be so positive as you know. you highlight the importance of the space wargames in identifying our capabilities to complement those of our allies and vice versa. these exercises, in another war fighting domain and requires partners operational concepts and commitments to force designs for their own space forces. what is the current maturity of our allied space capabilities and are we doing everything we can to coordinate them in wargaming and experimentation? >> yes, sir. over the last decade our allied partners have made tremendous gains. one of the things we have done is

some of us may be done with covid-19, but covid-19 is not done with us. third, we must prepare leaders who will fight and win in future conflicts. these conflicts will look different than any of those experienced by any of us today. we're in an era where our freedom to operate in the air and space cannot be taken for granted. as our air force chief of staff, general charles brown, stated, we must accelerate change or lose. our academy will do just that. developing innovative, creative, and bold thinkers and leaders, prepared to solve the unknown problems of tomorrow. finally, we must foster a culture of dignity and respect. this will not only make our campus a better place to work, live, and learn, but it also is a strategic imperative for our air force and our space force. the cadets on our campus formed the most diverse classes we've ever had at our academy, and they will lead increasingly diverse airmen and guardians. they must enable and empower the diversity of thought that can be derived from this uniquely american strength. they must also be able t

us from doing our job. that is saving the economy from a catastrophic event. i think, frankly, it is hypocritical, dangerous, and disgraceful. there obstruction and irresponsibility knows no bounds. especially as we are clawing our way out of this pandemic. democrats will meet our responsibility and obligation to the country. we are not expecting republicans to do their part. they made that clear from the beginning. we tried asking, to no avail. we are just asking them not to use procedural tricks to block us from doing the job they won't do. a meteor is headed to crash into our economy. democrats are willing to do all the work to stop it. republicans just have to let us do our job, just get out of the way. if you don't want to help save the country, get out of the way so you don't destroy it. we don't have time to delay with elaborate procedural schemes which republicans proposals require. scores of votes without any certainty at all. many of which have nothing to do with the debt limit. that is when accid

sent us this text. isn't the humane thing to do for people immigrating into our country is to have the u.s. stop intervening in the internal views of other countries? guest: well, in the main -- host: internal affairs of other countries? guest: well, in the main i understand now what i didn't understand when i was a younger man. i understand that you can leave the world alone but it doesn't mean the world is going to leave you alone. and if the world is positioning itself in certain places -- to do us harm, then i do believe we have to prevent people from harming the people who live in this country. that's one of the first responsibilities of a government is to protect its people. we went to afghanistan because there was a need to deal with some forces there that were ostensibly in a position to cause harm or may have caused harm. i'm not a person who believes that we cannot have a military anyplace other than within the borders of the united states at all times. the world is just not a safe place. it's

us or text us or whatever means you use. elaina in washington, d.c. looking for work. caller: yes i am. i worked for the -- the one tier supervisor wanted to give me a raise but the second tier did not and he did everything he could because i am black and native american to dissuade me from getting hired even further. i had a job interview on the same job. the woman asked me, and i had been there for 10 years, what does the agency for international development do? which was a white woman and i told you my nationality. so, i negated to speak and walked out of her office. that is the treatment you get for being black and a woman of color. host: if i may ask, as far as looking for work what kind of work are you looking for and what is the opportunity currently? caller: i am a paralegal and i can do any job that i can be qualified for. but the qualifications and the standards they require in the descriptions of the jobs don't match. host: what do you mean by that? caller: oh, it will tell you all you need is a high school educat

he was writing it for us, for all of us, people he would never know. but the dream could exist in the country he formed. this is what he wrote. he wrote you shall never know the sacrifices that were made to secure for you your liberty. i pray you make a good use of it for if you do not, i shall repent in heaven forever having gave the sacrifice at all. as adams looks down on us in this country today, what would he say our obligation is? what can we do to make sure that he does not repent in heaven for having made the sacrifices that laid the foundation for the greatest country the world has ever known. without -- we are not storming over the border in mexico because this is in the greatest place for opportunity. they not waiting in line in countries all across the world to come here legally because this isn't any longer the country where everyone has a chance to be great. we already have that. we are the luckiest people in the world. we have the birthright to be americans. many in this room a have immigrated legally. and worked to gain your citizenship

there systemic, have preceded us, and will continue after us. it is a good thing that we recognize that. host: dan caldwell with concerned veterans for america. he will be joining us for the next 35-40 minutes. if you are a veteran, (202) 748-8000. if you are active duty military, (202) 748-8001. for all others, (202) 748-8002. will continue to take your text messages and suites at c-span wj -- tweets and c-span3 j. u.s. intelligence experts belief that government of the afghan president could survive as long as two years once he withdrawal is completed. that is roughly the same interval between the u.s. withdrawal of vietnam and the fall of saigon. the latest view of intelligence analysts and u.s. senior military officials, however, that the government in afghanistan and its capital could fall between six and 12 months after american forces depart. that is according to some officials. when you hear that, what is your reaction? guest: we have spent 20 years in afghanistan. we have invested over $1 trillion in the country, security forces, helpin

fenton for coming before us today to hear our questions and hear from us. in your testimony you discuss fema's roles in supporting our hero, the national guard, expanding vaccine access and these are no doubt important parts of the work you're doing. however, i am incredibly disappointed that iowa has yet again been forgeten in if all of this. there's no mention of the 2020 derecho that wiped out much of my district. your testimony states operating in overlapping environments creates an additional challenge with an already complex mission requirement. in my mind the weather event that devastated iowa in the middle of a pandemic deserves your attention as well. the same farmers keeping our country fed and fueled were severely harmed. it was a one-two punch for my district yet my constituents have had nothing but difficulty getting fema's assistance. when they asked for extensions for relief applications, they were denied. denyied in the middle of their lives being ripped apart. it's unsulting to the people of my district, to iowans that you come today before

many of us use whatsapp to mina kate, but i know a lot of -- use whatsapp to communicate, but i know a lot of people use it to get news. either of you can address the proliferation of these messaging services and where people get news, because sometimes it is just easier. rocky: i will be brief -- on the positive side, it brings news to a lot of people, it makes news more accessible, and that is a great thinker journalism, for democracy, and for the world. on the negative side, whew, it makes misinformation super hard to counter. these apps are end-to-end encrypted, which they probably should be to counter authoritarian influence, but there is also the issue of privacy as well, and a lot of conversations are extensions -- it really puts journalists and others involved in fighting misinformation in a tough spot, and relies more on society -- a societal approach to countering misinformation than no platform with the public square commit is easier to do things there. enrique: very quickly, on the positive side, it brings a certain degree of closeness with the audience that can be very i

how we used our phones then is commeemently different to how we use it today. the type of information they're going to need is going to change. it has changed and we're going to see it continue to change. figures net has evolved and changed with those needs. it's been a good example of why technology has been able to i involve and why we at first net has been able to keep up. >> how has the sberment changed? >> we've seen a dramatic change. i mentioned 2.2 million users. that's up an extraordinary number. i note the pan itemic as well as how public knows they can rely on something like first net. in boulder, colorado, the shooting that took place there. their team were on first knelt and were able to use it in a way they hadn't before. and also the type of coverage we've been able to deploy. tavept tate has been able to deploy in areas where there previously wasn't that high-speed as much as before. public savet always has that prioritized and preerive service. but at&t is able to provide commercial uses on our spectrum when public safety doesn't require it. yo

fundamentally, it was before the virus hit us that made us sitting ducks for the virus itself. why was our health is poor as it was despite our spending? the reasoning our health was as poor as it was his we did not invest in what makes us healthy. it is different than what makes us healthy. clean air, drinkable water, having been free from violence. those are the conditions that create a healthy life. host: a fair economy, accessible education, a clean environment racial and economic injustice. it has long been known to us as improvements to society. it is part of a cohesive vision for health. you don't mention food here. are all of these things equal? where does that rate compared to the other things? guest: there are levels that affect our health fundamentally. what i eat, what i exercise. what determines that is what i eat, healthy food or not. whether or not there is pollution. the food, exercise, that is ultimately what goes in my body. the subsidies that we give to food, the historical injustices that have been done who determine whether or not if i or people like me hav

and all of us collectively. a number of those questions were from the audience. there was tremendous interest in hearing from you. i also want to thank usni and hii in support of this and i want to conclude buys thank -- i thanking you and the marines in afghanistan, most recently, those who put their lives on the line in the service to the country. and, thank them and their families for what they continue to provide to the united states, and all of our allies and partners. thank you for what you are doing and your marines as well. they make us all proud. gen. berger: thank you for allowing me sometime today. i wrote down 2.5 pages worth of questions so now we have to go back and learn more. i think people on the net will help the marine corps learn. we do not have all of the answers. regarding the marines, i think you are spot on. the people wearing the uniform today are the best that america has. they literally are the best we have. they know that what we are doing makes a difference and they are very proud. w

. -- see us through. dr. hamburg: thank you for a very rich overview of all that who is doing or not all but some of what who is doing and it is a lot. one way where the u.s. re-engagement now hopefully can make a very significant difference is, the u.s. really helping to support the global vaccination effort both by investing in the kovacs -- the covax accelerator program and other important ways as well. i would imagine that you just made a very powerful case of how the variants only underscore the need to communicate clearly and advance the issues around the public health measures that can limit spread and reduce disease , accelerating our vaccination efforts and make a difference as well. the recent reports have been very worrisome about the limits and supply and capacity for really achieving targets for vaccination and so many countries around the world and i wonder if you might just say a little bit more about that set of issues as we think about the many challenges before us. dr. van kerkhove: yeah, on

that your general public could use. chair powell recently announced that the federal reserve will publish a discussion paper on the benefits and costs of creating a cbdc. this topic is of special interest to me since i have worked on monetary theory for the last 20 years and researched and written about alternative forms of money for the past seven. my speech today focuses on whether a cbdc would address any major problems affecting our payment system. there are also potential risks associated with the cbdc, and i will touch on those at the end of my remarks. but at this early juncture in fed discussions, i think the first order of business is to ask whether there is a compelling need for the fed to create a digital currency. i am highly skeptical in all the recent exuberance about cbdc's advocates point to many potential benefits of a federal reserve digital currency. but they often fail to ask a simple question -- what problem would a cbd solve ? -- what problem would a cbd solve? alternatively, what market failure or

and assume that has plans for us and the purposes he has created within us are not good. we need to individually change that mindset and understand how good god is. we need a healthy fear of god. when you have that within you you are not going to mess with his plans, his creation, is perfection. that is what is lacking generally speaking in society today. people of faith and people who understand, who have reverence for god and his creation, we need to be bold and we need to put on a happy face and be happy warriors for the faith. letting people know how people it is to stand strong on god's principles and truth. really how simple it is. god does not make it tough. if he made it tough i think a whole lot of us will be crumbling and failing. and really being lost. god makes a pretty dog on simple. just follow him. but our lives in his hands. if he is so perfect in the creation that he has provided for us, the natural resources for responsible youth, everything he has created, then man come if he can do that, then think of what he can do in our little lives if we just put o