Washington Today (7-19-24): WH monitoring global IT outage; Gov. Cox (R-UT) endorses Donald Trump

Global IT outage after the company Crowdstrike releases a flawed software update causes havoc with computer systems at airlines, banks, hospitals, businesses, media and government offices. Gen. CQ Brown, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks about the any harm to the military and the larger issue of cybersecurity and national defense. Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) changes his position and endorses Donald Trump for President, saying that after the assassination attempt, he was “grateful” to hear former President Trump’s call for unity and to “lower the temperature.” President’s Biden reelection campaign manager Jen Dillion O’Malley says he is ’absolutely’ staying in the race, as now a third Democratic Senator - Martin Heinrich (NM) - and more Democratic House Members are calling on the president to drop out, some saying outright that he cannot beat Donald Trump and his candidacy risks losing control of the House and Senate to the Republicans.. Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich is convicted by a court in Russia of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison. We will get Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s reaction. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan previews Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, DC next week. The bipartisan Afghanistan War Commission - created by Congress - to examine what led up to the war and determine lessons learned & recommendations for the way forward holds its first public hearing. Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at Explore C-SPAN’s Free Educational Resources at C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Follow us: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: Newsletters: Visit the C-SPAN Shop: #cspan