security official for the us defense intelligence agency, he's now a scholar for the carnegie endowment for international peacer your time. should we ta ke thank you for your time. should we take this at face value? yes, the fbi has a strong record of these cyber attribution which is whatever we call it when the government identifies the perpetrator of a cyber operation. i was on the inside helping to make these judgements and often the information is quite sound. i will say, in this case, the government is edging slightly by saying this is cyber activity by china affiliated actors which suggest they are actors which suggest they are actors with a relationship with the chinese government but they may not be acting for the chinese government. the government possesses all sorts of intelligence about cyber operations and hacking by foreign states and it is very selective in when it chooses to reveal this information, usually for some policy goal. in this case, it would have been easy to go to the individual companies and institutions targeted and worn them privately. it is likely them privately. it is likely the

official for the us defence secretary — currently a scholar with the think tank the carnegie endowment for international peaceons, which is what we call it when the government identifies the perpetrator of a cyber operation. i'm a former intelligence officer and i was on the inside helping to make these judgements and, often, the information is quite sound. i will say, in this case, the government is hedging slightly by saying this is cyber activity by china—affiliated actors, which suggests that these are actors with relationships to the chinese government but they may or may not be acting at the behest or direction of beijing. so if you trust what is being said, it is still, i guess, a political decision about when to say it? that's right. the government possesses all sorts of intelligence about cyber operations and hacking by foreign states and it is very selective in when it chooses to reveal this information, usually for some policy goal. in this case, it would have been fairly easy for the government to go to the individual companies or institutions being targeted and warn them privately. it is likely t

some joint military exercises in an effort to engage became regime in dialogue the carnegie endowment for international peace has said the following about that paring back canceling crucial exercises detracts from seoul's very ability to manage the threatening neighbor it has been in gauging with by downgrading south korea's military readiness and compromising its ability to conduct operations with u.s. forces aren't you concerned that you might not be right if kim washes all. i have full confidence in our military authorities in collaboration with the u.s. military authorities to keep up that robust preparedness this fight the. struction of the exercises you know the that is done to support the diplomatic track certainly but all the while making sure that the preparedness is not in any way undermined but it doesn't help certainly that your relations with the united states are not as good as they once were you're currently at odds over the defense cost sharing the u.s. has rejected your offer of a 13 percent increase in spending and instead is demanding a 5 fold increase how do you want to come to an agreeme

doug paal is with the carnegie endowment for international peace. >> if we're discriminating in the way we respond, we can create more debate in china about whether or not xi hasch osen the right tools for the >> schifrin: but the pro-suff fd beijing's crackdown, call that naive, and are asking the u.s. to respond harshly. >> partial sanctions, embargoes or even freeze the separate economic entity in hong kong would also be the weapons for the world to let beijing to know that it's a must to completely >> schifrin: president trumpy lt says he will announce the u.s.' response, tomorrow. the fate of hong kong as a global hub, is in the balance. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: it is a toll unimaginable to many before thec pandtarted. more than 100,000 americans have died from covid-19 so far. the u. now has about a third to get some perspective on this moment, i'm joined by presidentialistorian michael beschloss. and andy slavitt, former acting administratoof the centers for medicare and medicaid seices. he's been a notablhealth voice about all of this. he hosts a pod

your analysis thank you for your time talent bunk there a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. european countries are creeping out of octomom balancing the need of their economies with the risk of a 2nd wave of infections the u.k. what the continent's west outbreak has still deliberating of a when and how schools should open sonic a cover for pts. soaring temperatures high humidity the 1st heat wave of the year has descended on greece in the capital afghans the easing of the lockdown did little to tempt people onto its streets instead it was the beaches that many drifted towards all the while remaining one of the half meters apart travel across the mainland will be allowed for monday but it will be another week after that before its islands will allow visitors again. slowly the country continues to open up its churches unlock their doors to the faithful for the 1st time in 2 months. i'm taking precautions because they ordered it not so much because i'm afraid i always kept distancing and kept apart from my grandchildren. in the u.k. the lockdown has been extended until at leas

washington post," foreign policy and is currently a non-resident scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace in washington. her first book "the secretary" was a new york times best seller. miss ghattas regularly speaks, continues to speak on american television and radio, born and raised in lebanon, but she now lives between beirut and washington d.c. if you have questions, please write them on the cards. the bush school ambassadors who have the blue blazers on have with them, they'll be -- they walk up and down the aisle, but they'll continue to do that and then once you write the questions, pass them to the aisle, they will pick them up, give them to me and i'll go through them after miss ghattas speaks, the two of us will sit up here and i'll ask her questions and then take your questions from the cards. please join me in welcoming kim ghattas to the stage. [applaus [applause] >> good evening, everybody. it's really a delight to be here this evening. thank you for the very generous introduction. thank you for hosting me here at the conference center. i thank to you scowcroft institute and