Harvard, MIT, and UPenn Face Grilling on Antisemitism on Campuses, GOP Won’t Back Ukraine Aid Without Border Security, FBI Director Testifies | Dec. 5

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing focused on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. House Republicans won't back additional aid to Ukraine without what House Speaker Mike Johnson calls “transformative changes” being made to America’s border security. Sen. Tommy Tuberville backs off a pro-life battle he has been waging for months. After a rise of antisemitism has swept across American college campuses, presidents of Harvard, MIT, and UPenn testify before the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/05/fbi-director-admits-he-hasnt-fired-anyone-anti-catholic-memo/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Brian Gotstein and this is the Daily Signal top news for Tuesday, December 5th.
0:06.0	Here are today's headlines. FBI Director Christopher Ray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a hearing focused on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA.
0:30.0	The Act was enacted in 1978 and sets out procedures for physical and electronic
0:35.0	surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information.
0:38.7	Their special surveillance powers granted to the FBI under the act and they're
0:44.0	set to expire this month.
0:46.2	Ra's purpose in testifying was to ask lawmakers to renew the surveillance powers
0:50.8	called Section 702 powers and to explain to the Senate why they're a necessary
0:56.5	tool for the FBI.
0:59.0	We hear from Forbes.
1:00.6	As this committee knows, 702 allows us to stay a step ahead of foreign actors located outside
1:08.6	the United States who pose a threat to national security. the expiration of our 702 authorities would be
1:16.3	devastating to the FBI's ability to protect Americans from those threats. But much more than the 702 powers was discussed at the hearing.
1:26.0	Lawmakers used the opportunity to discuss Ray's handling of the FBI and is targeting of certain groups including traditional Catholics.
1:36.0	In January the FBI's Richmond Virginia office issued a memo citing the Southern Poverty Law
1:41.6	Center and urging an investigation of quote
1:44.8	radical traditional Catholic hate groups.
1:48.0	A whistleblower published the memo and the FBI ultimately rescinded it.
1:52.0	Senator Josh Hawley questioned Ray on that memo today
1:56.0	and wanted to know if he had fired those at the FBI responsible for writing it.
2:01.0	Ray admitted he had not. Here's a bit of that lively exchange.
2:05.8	Do you have a problem with systemic bigotry against Catholics in the FBI?
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