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South Korea's foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha held a press briefing Sunday morning in Singapore

about the results of this year's ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

Minister Kang said there were three main takeaways from this year's meetings -- the ASEAN states'

support for the Moon administration's New Southern Policy, her encounter with North

Korean foreign minister Ri Yong-ho and the participating nations' support for change

on the Korean Peninsula.

She said, with the recent developments in Pyongyang's denuclearization, the overall

atmosphere of the meetings was very positive and supportive of the Moon administration's

efforts.

She did not elaborate on what she discussed with the North's foreign minister Friday night

when he rejected South Korea's request for bilateral talks.

But in that brief encounter at a gala dinner, she said the two did have sincere discussions

about complete denuclearization... and about the progress so far with Washington.

For more infomation >> S. Korea's FM says ASEAN states positive about Seoul's policies - Duration: 0:54.

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VT Sec. of State: Election Security An Ongoing Problem, We Need More Support - Duration: 4:39.

"MATTER OF FACT WITH SOLEDAD O'BRIEN." THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING AGAIN.

THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SAYS NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM IS STILL A HOT TARGET FOR HACKERS -- ESPECIALLY AGENTS OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.

WE'RE LESS THAN 100 DAYS UNTIL THE MIDTERMS.

AND DESPITE WARNINGS FROM INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS THAT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS WILL TRY TO INTERFERE, THE SENATE SHOT DOWN A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN STATES AN EXTRA $250 MILLION TO

BEEF UP SECURITY 46 DEMOCRATS AND ONLY ONE REPUBLICAN, SENATOR BOB CORKER, SUPPORTED THE MEASURE.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, CONGRESS GAVE STATES $380 MILLION TO SAFEGUA THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

AND REPUBLICANS WANT TO KNOW HOW THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT BEFORE THEY RECOMMIT TO MORE.

IN 2017 WHEN HOMELAND SECURITY DESIGNATED ELECTIONS AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, MANY SECRETARIES OF STATE INITIALLY OPPOSED THE DESIGNATIO JIM CONDOS, VERMONT'S SECRETARY

OF STATE, WAS ONCE A VOICE OF OPPOSITION BUT HAS CHANGED HIS MIND.

HE JOINS US FROM BURLINGTON.

IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US.

YOU WERE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS DESIGNATION AS I JUST MENTIONED.

WH JIM CONDOS: SO SOLEDAD, THE WHOLE REASON WHY WE ACTUALLY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND CONCERNS IS THAT WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

DESIGNATION MEANT.

AND MANY OF US -- MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I -- WE FELT THAT THIS LOOKED LIKE AN OVERREACH OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO TAKE OVER.

AND IT WASN'T REALLY UNTIL ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS LATER THAT WE ACTUALLY LEARNED EXACTLY WHAT THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNATION WOULD DO FOR US AND THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL

RESOURCES.

SOLEDAD: SO $380 MILLION WAS APPROPRIATED.

HOW DID THE STATE OF VERMONT USE THAT MONEY?

WHAT CAME OUT OF IT?

JIM CONDOS: SO FIRST THING WE DID WAS WE DID A COMPLETE PENETRATION TEST OF OUR ELECTION SYSTEM, WHICH CAME OUT IN GOOD SHAPE.

AND THEN, WE'RE ADDING TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION FOR ANY ACCESS INTO OUR VOTER ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SOLEDAD: DO YOU HAVE -- I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE PROOF THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BREAK INTO YOUR VOTER ELECTORAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EVERY DAY?

JIM CONDOS: YES, WE DO.

WE MONITOR EVERY DAY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- WE HAVE A GRAPH THAT SHOWS THAT SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION SCANS PER DAY.

ABOUT 800,000 OF THOSE PER DAY ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER UNAUTHORIZED SCANS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE THE DEFENSES IN PLACE TO BLOCK THEM.

SOLEDAD: SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS $250 MILLION.

I MENTIONED THAT THE SENATE SHOT THAT DOWN.

THEIR RATIONALE WAS WE WANT TO SEE HOW EVERYBODY SPENT THE PRIOR MONIES THAT WERE ALLOCATED BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS NEXT ROUND OF MONIES.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S A VALID RESPONSE FROM THE SENATE?

JIM CONDOS: I DO NOT.

I THINK THAT FRANKLY, IT KIND OF SURPRISED ME TO HEAR THAT.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAD $380 MILLION APPROPRIATED TO THE STATES.

AND WE DIDN'T START RECEIVING THAT MONEY UNTIL SOMETIME AROUND THE END OF MAY OR EARLY JUNE.

AND TO THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE SPENT THAT MONEY ALREADY IS REALLY UNREASONABLE.

SOLEDAD: I MENTIONED THAT IT WAS NOT EXACTLY A BIPARTISAN VOT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BOB CORKER WHO SIDED WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON IT.

WHY IS THIS A POLITICAL ISSUE?

THE SECURITY OF ELECTIONS IT SEEMS TO ME THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE LIKE, "YEAH, SECURE.

THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING." JIM CONDOS: WELL, WE THINK THAT VOTING IS THE BEDROCK OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON

THE JOB AT HAND.

WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED SINCE ESPECIALLY SINCE 2016 WHEN OUR WORLD WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SECURE OUR ELECTIONS PROCESS.

SOLEDAD: SO, SHOULD PEOPLE NOT JUST IN VERMONT BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY BELIEVE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME THEIR VOTE AND THE ELECTION IS SAFE -- OR IT'S NOT SAFE?

JIM CONDOS: SOLEDAD, ONE OF THE THINGS TO REMEMBER IS CYBER SECURITY IS LIKE A RACE WITHOUT A FINISH LINE.

IT'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

IT'S AN ONGOING CONCERN, AND WE NEED TO FOCUS AND KEEP FOCUS GOING FORWARD.

SOLEDAD: YOU WOULD LIKE THAT $250 MILLION THAT THE SENATE DID NOT APPROVE.

JIM CONDOS IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE STATE OF VERMONT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

APPRECIATE YOUR TI

For more infomation >> VT Sec. of State: Election Security An Ongoing Problem, We Need More Support - Duration: 4:39.

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AMERICA FACTS || COMPANIES || USA INFO AND History || 5 August United States AMERICA Eng Subtitle - Duration: 4:03.

5 August 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert

establishes the first English colony in North America,

at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

5 August 1620 The Mayflower ship departs from

Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach

North America.

5 August 1735 Freedom of the press New York Weekly

Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of

seditious libel against the royal governor of New York,

on the basis that what he had published was true.

5 August 1861 American Civil War In order to

help pay for the war effort, the United States government

levies the first income tax as part of the

Revenue Act of 1861 3% of all incomes over $800

5 August 1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.

5 August 1862 American Civil War

Battle of Baton Rouge Along the Mississippi River

near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops

attempt to take the city,

but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.

5 August 1864 American Civil War The Battle of Mobile Bay

begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama,

Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla

through Confederate defenses

and seals one of the last major Southern ports.

5 August 1882 The Standard Oil of New Jersey

is established.

5 August 1884 The cornerstone for the

Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island

(now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.

5 August 1926 Harry Houdini

performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes

underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.

5 August 1957 American Bandstand,

a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers"

by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time,

debuts on the ABC television network.

5 August 1963 Cold War

The United States,

the United Kingdom,

and the Soviet Union

sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

5 August 1964 Vietnam War

Operation Pierce Arrow American aircraft

from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation

bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes

against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

5 August 1974 Vietnam War

The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion

limit on military aid to South Vietnam.

5 August 1981 President Ronald Reagan

fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers

who ignored his order for them to return to work.