and tools to defend themselves and help them confront the risk but it is important, 2008, and to bob mueller. and met any engagement -- called him up a call from a senior official at the fbi to talk to him about the chinese infiltrating systems in the obama campaign. we have seen in 2008, and the election system, we may be crossed into a new threshold. it is incumbent upon us to take stock of that, to review, to conduct some after action, to understand what this means, what has happened and impart those lessons learned and that is what we will go with. >> in 2008 and this time, the chinese got into the system in an effort to change or manipulate the electoral process. and is that something he expects before he leaves office in january, before he leaves office. >> he expects to get a report prior to leaving office. we will see what comes out of the report. >> with a month left in office, i will pander if i can. >> what about the other one? >> very forward and i would like to look back a little bit. the president -- eight years, no more parents authorization successfully acting on, president b

at the top of that list is bob mueller, the former director of the fbi. to the extent i was an effective chief of staff it was because he was exceptionally clear that i spoke for him. i had all the authority of the directors office. nobody doubted them all that i played and that's because he was a tremendous leader and was very clear about the wall about it later in the same is true and i think all of us feel that support and that clear direction from president obama. of those things are really quite similar. unsurprising to use as income on the going to wade into into your second question. [laughter] >> who in the audience can do a better job that i have done in getting lisa to tell us what was really going on? do i have any takers for some questions for this great group? right in the front. >> you guys it's a that a lot of male mentors. do you think that because men have always been kind of giving other men advice just, and that's kind of like normal for them? and for women maybe it's different, or do you think it was for a different reason? >> you know

i was chief of staff to bob mueller. in 2008-2009 and what i saw was a very professional transition from the bush administration to the obama administration, something the president has spoken of that was very important to him and he told us we needed to meet that bar and exceed it. >> there has been talk about lack of interest by the president-elect in the presidential brief and what that might or might not say about interests in the intelligence community, do you have a sense of lack of interest on homeland security on the cyberfront be change i have not had the opportunity to sit down with the person who will be my successor but the president-elect moving to name a range of personnel, i hope you have the opportunity to sit down with my successor. >> a concerted effort by the administration to lay down publicly a lot of policies, broad, strategic things, a lot of detailed memos were kept secret for a long time. what is the goal of that, how durable do you think they will be? many of them are executive directives and gi

janet reno and bob mueller. some of you are chuckling because these are two fundamentally different types of people, but they had something very similar that i respected which is they lead their institutions first and foremost focus on the facts of the law and completely impervious to clinical influence. -- impervious to political influence. packaging.ent >> i would say mentoring is like dating. it has to be mutual. in my experience, i have found -- i have developed a mutual bond. one of my mentors in my career who is a popular with everybody is a robert gibbs. he was one of the best bosses i ever had. for me, that was because he gave me a safety net to know that i could go to him. a long leash to figure out things on my own. everybody needs different mentoring and different relationships that will help you develop, the best version of that. -- develop the best version of that. i never thought about that, men helping men and the kinds of advice men give versus the kinds of advice women tend to give. that is some

i was chief of staff to bob mueller. in 2008-2009. and what i saw was a very professional transition from the bush administration to the obama administration, something the president has spoken of that was very important to him and he told us we needed to meet that bar and exceed it. david: do you get any sense -- there's been talk about lack of interest by the president-elect in the daily presidential brief and what that might or might not say about his interest in the intelligence community. do you have a sense of lack of interest on homeland security on the cyberfront be change i have not had the opportunity to sit -- on the cyber front? lisa: i do not. i have not had a chance to sit down with my successor. but the president-elect moving to name a range of personnel, i hope you have the opportunity to sit down with my successor. >> there's been a concerted effort by the administration to lay down publicly a lot of policies, broad, strategic things, a lot of detailed memos were kept secret for a long time are now leaking. what is th

former attorney general janet reno and bob mueller as i just explained. some of you are chuckling because these are two fundamentally different types of people. they had something very similar that i greatly respected which is they led their institutions first and foremost focused on the facts of the law and completely impervious to political influence. that was incredibly formative in my political experience but came in different packaging. >> i would say mentoring is kind of like he dating, it has to be mutual. i would say in my experience i have found that i have developed, kind of a mutual bond -- one of my mentors in my career and this isn't popular with everybody, is robert gibbs. he was probably one of the best bosses i have ever had. and for me that was because he gave me a safety net to know that i could always go to him and in guidance. but always gave me a long leash to kind of figure out things on my own. and everybody needs different mentoring and different relationships that will help you develop, you know the best version of that. but i do

i was chief of staff to bob mueller 2008 two 2009, and what i saw was a professional transition from the bush administration to the obama administration, something the president has spoken of, was important to him, and he told us we will need to meet that bar and exceeded. mr. cook: there has been talk about lack of interest by the president-elect in the daily presidential brief and what that might or might not say about his intelligencehe community. do you get any sense of a lack of interest in the homeland security and the cyber front? ms. monaco: i do not. again, i have not had the opportunity to sit down with the person who will be my successor, but the president-elect and his team is moving to name a range of personnel. i hope i have the opportunity very soon to sit down with my successor. mr. cook: great. josh from politico? has: i wanted to ask there been a concerted effort by the administration in the last few months to lay down publicly a policies,sies, -- brought and strategic things. suddenly a lot of detail memos that were kept secret or a long time are put on the record.

it's been an odd stew of celebrity, larry king, al gore, mitt romney, bob gates, d.c. mayor, mueller bouzer, laura ingraham, marla maples, a new york mayor, bill de blasio, and wrestling executive, linda mcmahon, just to name a few in this potpourri. anyway, here was trump today, telling the press to get ready for his show. >> we've got some great people coming in today. you'll see 'em. >> what do you talk about with mayor bouser from washington, d.c. today? >> we have a lot of people coming up. a great group of people, doing very well. >> god, it's like ed sullivan in the old days. a really big shoe tonight. trump has also mastered the spectacle of making dramatic announcements. last week, it was a deal to save $1,000 jobs at the carrier plant out in indiana. today he tweeted his threat to cancel a deal with boeing. here it is. boeing is building a brand-new 747 air force up with for future presidents, but costs are out of control. more than $4 billion. cancel order! that was trump. trump was asked about that earlier today. let's watch. >> well, the plane is totally out of control.