brad blakeman let me start with you.you are running a campaign you can't run it in isolation right? you have to take into account who your opponents are what the temper of the times are and what issues voters are paying attention to. can you ignore donald trump? >> you can't ignore him and you should not ignore him and do so at your peril if you do. we have seen people leave contract wise his brand whether it's a restaurant in the hotel they are building in washington, whether it's macy's and its clothing line, the gop must protect their brand. the candidates who are running for office must protect their brand. when any candidate goes off the reservation either by going at odds with the party platform or the norms in decency of what the party stands for. so the party and the candidate in this race must protect that brand against anyone who seeks to denigrate it. >> jeannie zano when another candidate is something like a free agent he doesn't have to worry about the normal protocols of raising money, of kissing the ring o

brad blakeman we will be talking more about them later in the show. in the meantime cuba was once a sworn enemy of the u.s. but obama set out to normalize relations with cuba. in the caribbean country that was once a state sponsor of terrorism, once again has a known and this the in washington. the cuban flag raised over that embassy for the first time in 54 years. several hundred people looked on from the street just outside of the gates. the american flag will not be raised in the u.s. embassy in havana until the secretary of state john kerry visits which is going to be on august 14. turning to politics in a heated war of words between presidential hopeful donald trump and senator john mccain. standing by his comments that he is not a war hero but the avalanche of criticism is not slowing down. we have cheap little correspondent karl cameron who has our report. >> we have interesting things going on, the veterans are suffering. it's a disgrace. >> a shot at john mccain by donald trump, he refused to apologize for the firestorm caused by this speech.

up what that means for national security and politics with kt mcfarland and senior staff member brad blakeman

joining me dakota woods, senior fellow at the brad blakeman and.he accountability project. welcome to all of you. and blake, i want to start with you on this one. you look what happened with isis. more and more they're using social media to reach out to vulnerable americans. finally fbi saying we have a problem. are we too late to quell the issue? >> you know many times, technology is ahead of where government should be. whether in the private sector or in the government. here we're finding ourselves behind the eight ball. one thing for sure. we've experienced this problem before with this snail mail. the mail that gets delivered to our home. it is encrypted is it not, inside of an envelope. you have to get a warrant. email is the same way. encryption is seal on the information. we have to figure out a way to do it, that is legal and justified and it is warranted. the congress needs to take a look at this immediately but so does the courts. cheryl: mickey, i want to play this -- now lawmakers are involved. here is what dianne feinstein had to say o