perfect time to bring in christopher krebs. he is former director of cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency. he was fired from cisa by trump, via tweet, after debunking the president's election lies and affirming the 2020 election, that it was the most secure, in history. chris, good evening, what do you think of that, what you just saw? >> don, i -- i -- i -- i didn't see it. i don't have a return feed. i heard it. i think i saw a clip of that. you know, you said it, right? this might be -- this might've taken place in america. but this is not an america, that -- that i recognize. this sort of full-frontal assault on democracy. call it what it is, this is insurrection. and it was stoked, it was provoked, it was directed by the president of the united states. i mean, what kind of an example of are we setting, to other countries and other freedom fighters around the world, that -- that are seeking to escape autocracy and dictatorship? that the beacon of democracy in the world is behaving like this. again, it's not an a

one person who has been hired to assess that damage is christopher krebs. the former director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency. he was fired by president trump shortly after he called the 2020 election -- which he helped protect -- "the most secure in u.s. history." he's now a partner at the krebs-stamos group. great to have you back on the newshour. this hack has been described as one of the most sophisticated cyber espionage attacks against the u.s. in recent history. your group has been hired by solar winds, the company that was a victim of this intrusion and lead to subsequent intrusions. do you share the belief this was the russians behind this attack? >> even before i was brought in by the new ceo to help them understand the nature of the attack and also how to help them build a leading edge security program inside solar winds, it was obvious to most of the cybersecurity vendors and companies, as well as what i was hearing from the national security community, that this was very likely, if not certainly, a russian espionage camp

christopher krebs, i appreciate you talking to us in this difficult time.s, anderson. >>> one more note on the hunt for the attackers who invaded the capitol, the fbi is asking for the public's help in identifying and locating this man, the guy carrying the confederate flag through the halls of congress. they say he made an unlawful entry and would like to talk to him. any information can contact the fib at 1-800-call-fbi. you can share what you know online at tips.fbi.gov. the president was ready to award the medal of freedom to bill belichick. what the coach just decided when we continue. i'm erin. -and i'm margo. we've always done things our own way. charted our own paths. i wasn't going to just back down from moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. psoriatic arthritis wasn't going to change who i am. when i learned that my joint pain could mean permanent joint damage, i asked about enbrel. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop permanent joint damage. plus enbrel helps skin get clearer in psoriatic arthritis. ask your doctor about enbrel, so y

perfect time to bring in christopher krebs, a partner of krebs stamos group and former director of cybersecuritynfrastructure security agency. he was fired by trump via tweet after gdebunking the president' election lies and affirming the 2020 election, that it was the most secure in history. chris, good evening. what do you think of what you just saw? >> don, i didn't see it. i don't have a return feed. i heard it. i think i saw a clip of that, you know. you said it, right. this might be, this might have taken place in america, but this is not an america that i recognize. this sort of full frontal assault on democracy. call it what it is. this is insurrection. and it was stoked. it was provoked. it was directed by the president of the united states. and what kind of example are we setting to other countries and other freedom fighters around the world that are seeking to esca escape autocracy and dictatorship, that the beacon of democracy in the world is behaving like this? again, it's not an america i recognize. >> all i can think of as you're talking there is i hope that officer was okay. if y

one person whose been hired to assess that damage is christopher krebs. director of th“" cybersecurity and infra- structure security agency.” he was fired by president trump shortly after he called the 2020 election-- which he helped protect-- "the most secure in u.s. history." he's now a partner at the krebs- stamos group. great to have you back on the newshour. this hack has described as one of the most sophisticated cyber espionage acts in recent history. you're company has been hired by solar winds, is it your assessment this was russians? >> even before i was brought in by the new c.e.o. to help them both understand the nature of the hack, but how to build leading edge program inside solar winds, it was obvious to most cyber vendors and companies out there as well as what i heard from national security community this was very likely, if not certainly, russian espionage campgn tied to what's known as the s.v.r., their foreign intel service. and, again, it's got the hallmark of quiet patient deliberate very well planned and executed they showed in fact

. >> christopher krebs, i appreciate you talking to us in this difficult time.nk you. >> thanks, anderson. >> one more note on the hunt for the attackers who invaded the capitol the fbi is asking for the public's help in identifying and locating this man the guy carrying the confederate flag through the halls of congress. the agency says he made an unlawful entry and would like to talk to him. anyone with information about this man or others who participated in the attack can contact the fbi at 1-800-call-fbi or you can share what you know online at tips.fbi.gov. >>> president trump was ready to award the medal of freedom to bill belichick of the new england patriots later this week. what the coach just decided when we continue. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. area homeowners learn how your neighbors are accessing $100,000s with a reverse mortgage loan from the bay area's #1 reverse mortgage lender. lemme tell you something. i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior. or worse, that it was some way to take yo