and brad thomas, author of "the trump factor." brad, let me start with you. the debate on wednesday. the final debate. do you think it will be the highest rated debate yet or are people sick and tired of this stuff by now? >> i'm predicting this will be a record turnout. i think we're really getting closer and closer. and i really think three weeks away. we've seen all the media. you covered it great on the show today. and i think what we're going to see is, you know, voters really wanting to focus on the most important elements of this election. we're hearing all the media on both sides of the ticket. i think what voters really want to see from this debate are the most important things. the security of this country and financial security of this country. those are the two most important things. i hope that's what we'll see this upcoming week. >> i in the back of my mind thought that trump might bring out clinton's accusers at the third and final debate. since he did that at the success deba -- second debate, are you expecting something else, something lower?

brad thomas, author of "the trump factor, unlocking the secrets behind the trump empire." great to see you all. brad, let me start with you. you were with the trump campaign on friday. you've been paying close attention to how trump is engaging here. are you surprised by his recent behavior saying that hillary clinton should take a drug test, saying there is a massive media conspiracy against him. based on what you know about him, are you surprised by this? >> no, i'm not, brian. i was at the rally in charlotte on friday. i've attended quite a few rallies over the last year or so, and i'm seeing these voters really start to gain more energy. donald trump has really energized this campaign sorks whsorks, so what you're seeing in terms of the media has energized his brand. >> the media shows that trump is actually waning. are you saying the results from the campaign trail apply to the whole country? >> i haven't looked at the polls in detail. the market is ultimately going to decide what happens. we are three weeks away from this election, and i think the two most important t

randy anderson and brad thomas, author of the book, "trump factor," right? >> absolutely. with the newbie. it's a little alarming that these companies -- i remember a couple years ago when smithfield foods, the chinese bought them, and everybody was in an uproar. then it faded away, and there's never uproars anymore. >> well, you know, it's a global economy. the world's getting smaller. people aren't looking across the border any different than they're looking domestic. they're looking for the best risk-adjusted return. and today wee sitting there, and it's a perfect storm. everybody wants growth. well, if you're in europe, it's not there. brexit's accelerated that a problem. in asia you're starting to see growth. in japan you're seeing a stronger yen, you're already teetering on recession, so you're out there looking for opportunities, the u.s. looks attractive. while we're not growing fast, good risk-adjusted returns. charles: even tonight at midnight we're going to hand over partial control of the internet. i mean, what's -- okay. i know we're all business guys and we a

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brad dewitt as staff director of the infrastructure protection and security technology subcommittee for the u.s. house homeland security committee. thomas hicks, commissioner of the election assistance commission and finally, rich barger, chief information officer and cofounder of threat connect in which many people will be familiar with. i want to start with rich and talk a little bit about the modem of a cyberadversaries online. russia and china are constantly probing if not gaining access to institutions around d.c. and it's not really an overstatement to say they're interested in intelligence value of the information they find. could you talk a little bit about that? >> with regard to the intelligence value, it really depends on what motive, what operation to know what effect they are trying to deliver. he might look at the traditional chinese espionage we've seen that has gone after a variety of companies, businesses as well as organizations such as opm and make it to market quicker or perhaps if they wanted to look forward recruitments or operators within their borders. what we've seen recently with the russian attacks, we are sti