hand, how do you get heidi heitkamp, joe manchin and john tess extra under the most pressure, claire mccaskill? i think it is easiest to lose one of the two republicans with judge barrett, because she's so

lawmakers, senator claire mccaskill. does the fact that they have already gotten through this election cycle, is it an indication that it may be too late to really try to stop them? >> so when i take a look at this, this is token russian gru. and for those that don't know, russian gru is akin to the u.s.' defense intelligence agency. they targeted personal accounts. they're aggressive. i often describe them as a thunderstorm moving through the network. the one thing that really resonates to me that it's not surprising that they haven't stopped. they obviously don't care about public shaming, considering that it was publicly available news that russia was responsible for election meddling since june of 2016. that obviously is not a good deterrent for them, so they're going to keep coming. it comes down to one fact. i'll tell you, russia has built a magnificent overt offensive cyber capability that cannot be deterred as of this point. and it's something really the u.s. has yet to master is this overt offensive cyber capabi

collections and clair mccaskill confirmed that. a russian attack on her in a key race.evant to actual national security threats to this country today. >> yeah. i mean, this is really not talked about enough. this is a maligned force that has attacked us and continues to attack us and republicans and democrats on capitol hill acknowledge that they're continuing to attack us. members of this administration acknowledge that they're continuing to attack us. and try to hack into our elections and manipulate our elections. and yet, the president is proffering invitations to putin, putin's proffering invitations to the president. the president stands on a stage and completely deferential and never raises this issue in public. and never challenges putin on it. i can only view this if i'm putin as a green light to continue doing what i'm doing. and, you know, i think the mccaskill report is probably just the tip of the iceberg. we don't know what the rest is right now. and it's really, really concerning because these are very competitive elections. the president has a lot at sta

i mean is there a way to know if this was just one attack on claire mccaskill, she would seem to be a valuable target for them. do we know and can we tell if other attacks or other varians of this might have gotten what they wanted? >> that's a great question. this attack i'll take microsoft at their word it was thwarted. but you're right. there could be other vectors that the gru used to try and get into there candidate's files. and we know nothing about parallel attacks they've done against other candidates. we know there are at least two more. so there's a lot yet to be known about just how much activity there is out there. >> kevin paulson is, senior national security correspondent for the daily beast who broke the important news ms. senator mccaskill has been targeted ahead of the midterm elections by russian hackers. congratulations on the scoop and your good work in this field. you make this stuffed make sense to those of us who don't always get the technicalities on first skim. thanks for helping us understand it. >> thank you. >> much more ahead tonight including what i'm tol

quote, senator claire mccaskill is a top target for republicans. it turns out russia's fancy bear hackers are going after her staff, too. that makes the missouri democrat the first identified target of the election interference. the attempt against her office was a varant of the password stealing technique against clinton campaign chairman in 2016. they sent forged notification e-mails claiming the target's microsoft exchange password had expired and instructing the target to change it. if they clicked on the link, they would be tina login page, a single sign-on point for e-mail and other services. each one had a different link coded with the recipient's e-mail address. that's important because that allowed the fake password change website, the fake one, to display the e-mail whaeds the target arrived at that address, making the site appear all the more convincing. the daily beast reporters explained how they investigated which congressional candidates might have been targeted following the announcement from microsoft that microsoft had spotted thr

analysis finding that the russian intelligence agency behind the 2016 election cyber hacks targeted claire mccaskill. the attempt against mccaskill's office was a variant to the password-stealing technique used by the hackers against clinton's campaign chairman, john podesta. this marks the first identified target of russia's interference in the 2018 elections. in an effort that already looks a little bit like too little too late, donald trump met this afternoon with his national security council for the first-ever meeting to discuss election interference. coming on the very same day, putin extended an invitation for donald trump to visit him in moscow, which the white house has said, wait for it, he's open to. the panel and matt miller are still here. alicia? >> so often when we talk about election integrity, we focus on the apparatus. that's for something reason because we know in 2016 russian hackers were able to get into voting files to tinker with them and delete some voters. this is a very sobering reminder that it's not just about our aging equipment of voting, it's not just about auditing eq

putin and trump are double teaming claire mccaskill.looks like that. >> whether or not the president is aware what the russians are doing, it is coincidental. that at the exact same time then the russians start attacking. >> who is the monkey and the string and who is the guy with the organ grinder. >> thank you. up next, 100 days out from the midterms now. the tea leaves are looking good for the democrats. are those predictions overestimating the public's concern with russia. this is "hardball." the democrats are taking the house. and going to pick up at least 30 seats. i have said it before. -we're in a small room. what?! -welcome. -[ gasps ] a bigger room?! -how many of you use car insurance? -oh. -well, what if i showed you this? -[ laughing ] ho-ho-ho! -wow. -it's a computer. -we compare rates to help you get the price and coverage that's right for you. -that's amazing! the only thing that would make this better is if my mom were here. what?! an unexpected ending! the kayak explore tool shows you the places you can fly on your budg

>> claire mccaskill. there's gradations of the resistance in the democrats. claire mccaskill is much more part of the camp than heidi heitkamp that gets on air force one, talks about tax cuts, talks about voting with the president. >> exactly. >> and you might even pick up a couple more of them. it will be interesting. i'm watching with susan collins and lisa murkowski, pro choice republicans, what they're going to do. they say we can't vote for someone that is openly hostile to roe v. wade and they're not going to talk about it and a assume you will respect precedent. >> you have to keep your caucus if you're a democrat or a republican. it's up to mitch mcconnell. >> and it's up to chuck schumer to keep his party in line. the funniest thing about this is the fact that the president keeps saying i'm going to announce it in prime time at 9:00 p.m. monday night. it's like "the bachelor." we're going to see who gets the rose. >> it will be interrupting "the bachelor". >> way to get in that -- >> by the way, i would say that the hot odds are on top hardiman. he w

following news that russian hackers tried to break into claire mccaskill office computers.that russian hackers targeted claire mccaskill shortly after trump called for her ouster is chilling sign of kremlin plans for mid-terms. at dan coats said the warning lights are flashing. all americans of all parties must denounce this even if trump won't. this comes as the president convened the first security meeting. anden alex marquardt reports not much came out of it. >> facing growing criticism he hasn't focus ds on the election cybersecurity threat the president met with the security team in the white house situation room to discuss election interference. so far the administration vague on the details. >> just rest assured there are actions under way to protect our -- our elections or to expose any external -- any by anybody external efforts to influence the american public, to show false news, that sort of thing. >> it comes as missouri senator clair mccaskill accusing russian operatives of trying to hack into her office. saying while the attack isn't successful it's outrageou

you have to get past that and then hopefully take on claire mccaskill.the president do for you yesterday? >> huge to have the president and vice president's support and have them in the state and really clarifies the stakes of this race. this is one of the most important senate races in the country. a clear contrast. do people in missouri want someone like mccaskill who will not secure the border or support the president or meet with brett kavanaugh. someone who wants -- supports people who want to abolish ice. or do they want somebody who will stand with the president and get things accomplished in washington that's what this race is about. >> bill: it is really close here. the president won the state by almost 20 points in 2016. she has a lot of money and she is spending it, too. she spent already 3 1/2 million. she has 12 million on hand. you have around 3 million. that could matter in the end. how do you make up that difference? >> well, i tell you, you trust the voters and by having a record that respects the wishes of the voters. you're right, the

already have some evidence of one democrat who has faced an attempted hack by the russians, claire mccaskill, in a key senate race. but the fact that the national security adviser talked about it as a witch hunt this week in a statement where he revoked the invitation to vladimir putin, that is so astounding because the national security adviser is supposed to be the person supporting the intelligence community or at least, you know, assessing their report. and they have been consistent repeatedly, as we know, that there was real russian meddling and it was to try to help donald trump's election. >> reporter: it was stun to go re -- stunning, andrea, to read that, john bolton calling the investigation a witch hunt. the president has a new legal team now. remember when he was represented by john dowd, ty cobb, they said, look, we don't want you engaging with, attacking in any way, shape, or form, robert mueller and his investigation. that will be the fastest way to get it over as quickly as possible, we want to be honest brokers in this. we have seen the president and officials on his team st

they're hacking or attempting to hack political campaigns, we saw claire mccaskill is one of the targetsf this, and that she was a target the same week that donald trump was evidently saying publicly that she needed to be defeated. that has an echo of july -- of the election year in which donald trump said publicly, hey russians, if you're listening, hack hillary clinton's e-mails. on that date they did try to hack the clinton campaign. >> congressman, respectfully, to push you on that, he would probably be on record against the reelection of most any incumbent democrat. >> that's certainly true. but it also looks like the russians may have been listening when he called for claire mccaskill's ouster. the timing, again, is very suspicious. the timing of that attempted hack of her campaign took place not months after he mentioned claire mccaskill. and it wasn't like there was a tremendous volume of campaigns that were the subject of attack. according to to microsoft, there were only three, and that was one of them. so the timing is certainly suspicious. but it looks like, because they've i

claire mccaskill, the first to be linked to phishing attempts to infiltrate her campaign through staff's the time of the hack attempt, president trump was in missouri chastising mccaskill and asking the crowd to vote her out of office. we first learned about the hacking attempts last week during a security forum. >> earlier this deal, we did discover a fake microsoft domain had been established as the landing page for phishing attacks and we saw metadata that suggested those phishing attacks were being directed at three candidates who are all standing in the midterm elections. i can tell you that they are all people who, because of their positions, might have been interesting targets from an espionage standpoint as well as an election disruption standpoint. >> senator mccaskill has been highly critical of russia and is a top senate democrat facing tough re-election this year. she issued a statement saying the cyber attack was unsuccessful and, quote, it is outrageous that they think they can get away with this. i will not be intimidated. it's an amazing report. worth everybody's read at

they want the best candidate to go up against claire mccaskill. leland: i'm not talking about the primary. i'm talking in the general as it shapes up for november. >> it's still going to be mostly about if the republicans can get the extra seat in the senate. it's not really about whether or not it's a referendum on president trump. i don't see that being the case at all. his support remains incredibly overwhelming in both of these states from his staunch basin his staunch supporters. the people that don't like him, still don't like him. it's know the different from a few months ago. that hasn't changed it's just making sure that grass roots and the bases rally around the primaries and turn people out to beat a claire mccaskill in missouri. leland: we've seen the president turn out folks in the primaries. whether or not he can in generals remain to be seen. you have the issue of the tariffs and the economy and next what the president is dealing with overseas, russia. the latest fox news poll, president trump on russia, 5% say he's too tough. 53% s

putin and trump are double teaming claire mccaskill.> whether or not the president is aware what the russians are doing, it is coincidental. that at the exact same time then the russians start attacking. >> who is the monkey and the string and who is the guy with the organ grinder. >> thank you. up next, 100 days out from the midterms now. the tea leaves are looking good for the democrats. are those predictions overestimating the public's concern with russia. this is "hardball." the democrats are taking the house. and going to pick up at least 30 seats. i have said it before. i was just excited for it to be over. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b which may flare up and cause serious liver problems

what clair mccaskill is going to do in missouri will work for clair mccaskill in missouri.t will work in the 32nd district in dallas will work for him. when we talk about the midterm, we're talking about very specific districts. i think there is a separate conversation to be had about a presidential campaign. but we are a little over 100 days out from midterm elections and i think that's what democratic voters, democratic strategists and candidates alike are focused on. when people are out there in their districts, john, they are talking about health care. they are talking about the economy. they are talking about the fact the republican party is just okay with putting kids in cages. and those are things that are resonating with voters across the spectrum. so i think there is a conversation to be had about what -- like, who is it that we want to be? i think democrats have been very clear that we want to be the party that gets things done, we want to be the party that keeps health care for millions of people in this country. republicans, that's just not what they're interest

in missouri, claire mccaskill, a liberal red state senator, is trying to run to the right of josh hollynd a big battle in that stay on trade as well. so you have a very tip topsy-turvy landscape where trump is running to the populous side on trade and the conservative candidates trying to figure things out. >> dana: and look at the quinnipiac poll with white voters agree, 49%. it's a 19-point swing. where does a president travel right before a mid-term, it matters. the president is headed to dubuque, iowa. why does that ring a bell for you? >> he's in iowa, a republican district in illinois as well today. these are areas that were trump country. they swung dramatically from president obama to president trump in 2016. look at the congressional numbers. they're worrisome to republicans. trump is trying to re-assure the people that voted for him, some democrats as well, blue collar democrats, that all is well on the trade front. all is well on the economy front. but it's concerning that you have to campaign in your strong holds. >> dana: if i could get a last word on something. a lot of pe

and the hacking attempt, or the phishing attempt on senator claire mccaskill is an example that russiarn themselves with what we're going to do. >> what about the president threatening to veto the security clearances and former intel officers who criticized his response to russian interference. what's your reaction to that? >> it's just another example of the politics of personal destruction that president trump plays by. this is extraordinary. no one has ever done this. the last person who actually wrote down an enemy's list and decided to go after them was richard nixon. and you saw how that ended. that's precisely what that is. saying that you're going after security clearances of two of those people on the list because everybody else had surrendered their clearances or no longer have a billet for that, the president was just being petty. and people in that community understands what that means. >>> mike pompeo, i want to get your take on his appearance before the senate foreign relations committee. first take a listen to how he found out what was discussed with the president's one-

we've already seen where clair mccaskill was a victim and there will be other victims.. in fact, i was the one that started the democratic chant after that that was very strong. usa! usa! usa! it went over very well. we had another attack in our country and they sat on their hands. they will have to see the government judge them sharply in the long run, not the short run. >> thank you, representative. >>> why president trump's hotel could be could be at risk and why he eralt with boost®. new boost® high protein nutritional drink now has 33% more high-quality protein, along with 26 essential and minerals your body needs. all with guaranteed great taste. the upside- i'm just getting started. boost® high protein be up for life boost® high protein that's confident. but it's not kayak confident. kayak searches hundreds of travel and airline sites to find the best flight for me. so i'm more than confident. how's your family? kayak. search one and done. sharper vision, without limits. days that go from sun up to sun down. a whole world in all its beauty. three innovative techn

it basically dick durbin said to every red state democrat, claire mccaskill, joe manchin, heidi heitkampbill nelson, all these people. we want you to commit political suicide. >> it's more important to stop the presidents court court nominee than worry about the midterm election. tell that to joe mansion, in west virginia. donald trump. that state by 41 points. a couple quick points. the left will oppose this nomination and come out hard to come up they already are. i know father and seller who was mentioned, that judge kavanaugh mentioned. he's someone with a beautiful family and he works with father to feed the homeless. by the way he noted that he was hired to teach at harvard by law school by elena kagan who is one of the most amazing supreme court justices we've ever seen. strong catholic faith, he's feeding the homeless, hired by elena kagan, a liberal justice to teach at harvard law. never to come up this president likes people, nominee is out of cast. he said to get me mad dog mattis. he didn't like tiller's and at first, get me mike pompeo. he's my vision of the secretary of sta

. >> bill: josh hawley is trying to unseat claire mccaskill in november. can he win the race in missouri? >> absolutely. folks in missouri will say are we moving in the right direction as a country. are we choosing the right person at the very top to actually make nominations to the united states supreme court that will look at the decisions based upon what the constitution would have us believe is correct as opposed to try to write new legislation themselves? and i think that's exactly what josh hawley brings to the table. do you believe the president should have support as he continues to nominate and get conservative judges on the bench across the united states. >> bill: interesting race to watch. president trump did very well in missouri in 2016. we shall see. senator, thank you for your time and appreciate it. mike rounds from south dakota on the hill. thank you. >> julie: iran responding to a lengthy threatening tweet from president trump yesterday as the united nations security council gets ready for a big meeting on the middle east. we're live from

claire mccaskill, it was interesting.e'd have more to say about this next week after they went over this. but it's a pretty detailed story. it doesn't look like it's some pr stunt. >> no. but this also goes into the warning signs that the intelligence community has been given about this not only happened in 2016 but it's going to happen in 2018. and the reason why it's so important that the president has not given the support of the intelligence community to continue to investigate this, yesterday two members of congress, senator cantwell, senator graham sent a letter to president trump asking for an overview, an investigation into not only hacking of the electrical grid, but others are also talking about, look, what are you doing for oversight? what are you doing inside your administration to ensure that this hacking doesn't take place? in the elections. and they haven't gotten any response yet. and so there's no answers that congress is getting from the administration on what sort of oversight, what they're looking into

democratic senator claire mccaskill has confirmed that she and her staff were target thed unsuccessfullyt targeted nonetheless by russian hackers. now, mccaskill is one of at least three lawmakers or congressional candidates confirmed as targets of russian hackers by microsoft. the major security conference last week. mccaskill saying: while this attack was not successful, this is outrageous. i will not be intimidated. this as president trump and his national security team 11 minutes ago went behind closed doors at the white house to discuss election security ahead of the midterms. blake burman is outside the white house. blake, this meeting's being called less than two weeks after a deluge of criticism against president trump and his handling of the summit with vladimir putin. what's the administration saying about what's really happening in this meeting? >> reporter: well, this is going to be the president right now here inside the white house with his national security council, and the claire mccaskill example is a really good one because it is the intelligence community who continues

we learned that russian military intelligence tried to hack into senator claire mccaskill and tryingu.s. grid. my panel is with me now. congressman swalwell, you sit on the house intelligence committee. what does it say to you that while russia continues to attack the united states, whether claire mccaskill or the u.s. grids, that president trump is also to have this meeting, whether putin coming to the white house or him going to moscow? >> sends a green light to the russians. they believe the president is morale lined with them than he is with us. if they believe that, they'll keep doing that. intelligence officials don't have directives from this president to stop the interference campaign. it's on congress. if the executive isn't going to defend the country, our congressional leaders need to unite and say we're going to do all we can to protect the ballot box. >> where are the republicans on this? >> i think the one chance they had to rebuke the president on something firm that came out was what we learned happened in helsinki, when we learned president trump discussed the possib

reporter: explosive revelations, russian hackers targeted the senate offices of missouri senator claire mccaskill. an issue she's railed against in the past. >> i never thought i would see the day russia would go after the heart of our country. >> reporter: the democrat is facing one of the toughest races in the fall. in a fiery statement, mccaskill saying, i will not be intimidated. i've said it before and i'll say it again, putin is a thug and a bully. the hackers used the same strategy to break into the e-mails of clinton's campaign chair but this time they failed. >> russia built a magnificent overt offensive cyber capability that cannot be deterred. >> reporter: late today, president trump held his first security meeting on election meddling with 100 days until the midterms after the white house releasing a statement that doest n ruia but insists mr. trump will not tolerate foreign interference but publicly the president sent mixed messages. >> i accept our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election toalso. r contradicts his own intelligence agencies who

government has not deterred this behavior at all and the attempted hack of claire mccaskill suggests the russians are not deterred from trying to hack into political campaigns. >> you think what we're learning about mccaskill, it's just scratching the surface. we're just only about 100 days out from the midterms. a lot going on. ken dilanian, thanks for being here on a friday night. i appreciate it. >>> it has been a big news day. we have a lot to get to, including what happens when you are less than trough when you talk to the u.s. congress? someone quite close to this president may be about to find out. more on that in a minute. stay with us. mother...nature! sure smells amazing... even in accounts receivable. gain botanicals laundry detergent. bring the smell of nature wherever you are. . get your groove on with one a day 50+. ♪ get ready for the wild life ♪ complete multivitamins with key nutrients that address 6 concerns of aging, including heart health, supported by b-vitamins. your one a day is showing. you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advanta

clair mccaskill won't support him on any major issue. unbelievable display of on jurisdictionism which has beeobstructionism which has been her whole agenda. >> with that in mind do you think claire mccaskill will see, probably not for the first time that smirs trump country and with regard to kavanaugh she will have to be one of the democrats signs on to his inauguration or continue to ignore it and vote along the chuck schumer lines and say what will be will be? >> she has voted with chuck schumer 80%, close to 9% of the time. we tallied up the vote over 2007 times. >> i have called on senator mccaskill to say now she will vote yes. she has been wrong on supreme court nominees every single time in her career. she was wrong on justice gorsuch she voted no. wrong on justice alito back in the day. she supported all of barack obama's liberal no, ma'am niece. she has been wrong consistently. this her chance to actually listen to the people of missouri and get it right. instead, she is listening to her big liberal donors. i call on her, list

reports that one of the targets is claire mccaskill. so while donald trump doubts much of this is even during, his pentagon chief does say there are secret actions now underway to combat it. >> what is the government doing to halt russian interference in the next elections? >> i'm not at liberty to explain what we're doing in that regard. just rest assured there are actions underway to protect our elections, or to expose any, by anybody, external efforts to influence the american public, to show false news, that sort of thing. we have ongoing efforts. but i'm not going into any details right now. >> we've seen this pattern before with the administration. with the president either papers over the issue or questions the threat of the source of foreign interference, or waters it down, the closer he is to putin. while these top officials are pointing to him, they say it is very real and they even say they're doing things, maybe seegt things to stop it. so you have the president sharing this today on election security. it is worth rememberin

deterring russia from doing this, and the answer seems to be, no, we're seeing this week that claire mccaskill's senate office was the subject of a phishing campaign by the same hackers who attacked the election last time. and dan coats, director of national intelligence, has said that russia is on a daily basis interfering in our politics on social media. look, the white house just simply has not made russia pay a price for this behavior and until that happens, they are going to continue to do it. >> what do they say about the fact there is no national security adviser for national security at the nsc? a lot hasn't been done here. how do they explain that? >> they don't explain it, david. they are not a talkative bunch, this white house, on substantiative policy issues. they've eliminated the cybersecurity coordinator, also fired tom bossert, the deputy national security adviser for homeland security and are not replacing him in that capacity, so it's not clear who is minding the store at the white house level. after 9/11 we reorganized the government, the united states did, to make sure that k

leland: back to claire mccaskill, her opponent coming up in the general, most likely her opponent isl down there, a guy named josh hawley, said that this is going to be, her vote on the supreme court nominee, is the defining issue of the campaign. come november are voters can to really remember what happened here in the summer and if there's a vote in september? >> well, i think that the economy will still always trump all, but the answer is, yes, because claire mccaskill's made a decision. she's part of the resistance. you might as well give her a tattoo and something to cover her face when she goes about protesting. she wants to be resistance 24/7, 365. well, resistance to common sense conversations or resistance to a justice who's clearly qualified regardless of whether it's amy coney barrett or mike lee or one of the others, that's resistance and obstructionists, and america isn't into obstructionists. there are independent voters and moderate voters who aren't interested in that. claire mccaskill has better had entire career against this and she's not running against todd aiken.

claire mccaskill wants liberals in charge. that's how she votes.issouri's way, and it won't be my way. i'm josh hawley. i know our way of life is at risk. that's why i approve this message. >> way of life. mccaskill voted against neil gorsuch's nomination and told politico that she does not expect president trump will nominate someone she is comfortable with this time around. whether the supreme court fight becomes a pivotal issue in this race as well as in the races of other moderate democrats, like heitkamp, donnelly and manchin remains to be seen. republican josh hawley sure seems to want it to be. we'll be back with more "mtp daily" right after this. ccolis. through dna i found out that i was only 16% italian. he was 34% eastern european. so i went onto ancestry, soon learned that one of our ancestors we thought was italian was eastern european. this is my ancestor who i didn't know about. he looks a little bit like me, yes. ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. get started for free at ancestry.com i saw my leg did not look right.

>> despite the fact we saw attempted spear fishing against senator claire mccaskill, most u.s. intelligence officials are saying they are not seeing the kind of preparing the groundwork for attacks on election systems. what they are seeing, though, is bot and trolls on twitter manipulating u.s. public opinion on a daily basis. it's hard to measure how that will impact the electorate. it surely does have some effect. >> ken dilanian, thank you very much, appreciate it. >> you bet. >>> and imagine traveling to outer space without sound. one woman is on a mission to become america's first deaf astronaut. nbc's digital team takes you on her journey. >>> they take getting used to. >> i need the support of everyone, and it's not just about me. it's a whole community. >> congratulations, julia, you have won our student astronaut competition. we were so impressed with your passion -- >> oh, my gosh. this is so cool. my hope is with this particular experience that i was maybe able to educate the people there that there are different ways to communicate that don't rely solely on sound. y

holly is running to unseat incumbent democratic senator claire mccaskill.onald trump will fund raise next week. mike pence making a stop in illinois to stump for mike bosse. >> today donald trump will sign an executive order to expand vocational training for american workers. ivanka trump outlining the plentiful job openings around the country. >> the council will work to develop a national workforce strategy and bring together leadership for work already being done to further amplify that. >> they will pave the way for 500,000 new jobs. executives from ibm, fedex and lockheed martin expected to attend today's event. rob: america's best athletes come together for former professional race car driver danica patrick hosting that event in los angeles and taking a few political jabs. >> the national anthem controversy. i have not seen a russian displeased with washington since, well, two days ago. jillian: and more touching moments, three coaches killed in the parkland school shooting honored for saving lives with the best coach award. >> jim kelly was fighting

missouri that went hard for donald trump, democrats worry incumbent 2018 senate candidates like claire mccaskill answer to democratic socialist talking points making them less palatable to potential crossover voters. >> reporter: donald trump opening the white house to business owners to showcase products made in the usa. >> after many years of decline american manufacturing is coming back bigger, better, stronger than ever before. we are in the midst of a great economic revival in the united states. jillian: lindsay and susan rice were at the event and join me with their reaction to the america first business message. thank you for joining us. tell me how the day was. >> it was exciting, thrilling and quite an honor to throw up the fine product that skilled tradesmen and craftsmen, across the united states, make a hand knitting iron for people at home to make their own knitwear and enthusiastic about it. jillian: your business has been around since 1821, the last remaining you'll spinner in the usa. tell us about it. >> originally started in 1821 with the race family. the motion as if you were

democratic senator claire mccaskill in a fight to hold onto her seat, recently announcing russians unsuccessfully tried to hack her office. david, facebook says it's investing heavily in security, but acknowledges these adversaries are determined, well-funded and are constantly changing tactics. david? >> rebecca, thank you. >>> and today, in new york city, president trump's homeland security chief left no doubt who meddled in the 2016 elections. not long after the president stood behide vladimir putin, saying he offered a powerful denial. >> let me be clear. our intelligence community has it right. it was the russians. we know they. they know that. it was directed from the highest levels. and we cannot and will not allow that to happen again. >> vice president mike pence also saying today it is, quote, unambiguous, the conclusion of the u.s. intelligence community that russia did meddle in 2016. >>> there is new evidence tonight that north korea's nuclear threat may not be over, despite president trump's claim after the summit that there was no threat. u.s. intelligence showing tonight it appear

mccaskill network but it had interesting timing. >> we must lower our taxes. and your senator, claire mch mchas -- mccaskill must do this for you. you have to vote her out of office. >> now earlier in week the president finally acknowledged ongoing russian efforts to interfere in the 2018 midterms though he claimed it would be to help democrat the. it's good that the president is recognizing russian ef for forts. over the past few years russia has been attacking the united states in cyber space and laying the ground work for future strikes. one of the most recognizable is the social media influence they waged during the 2016 election spreading fake news and touching on the most sensitive of social issues across the spectrum all exposed in hearings last fall. but also the attempts by russian or russian-backed hackers to penetrate systems in 21 states. red states, 18 by the way publicly identified. red states, seven of them are what senior officials said haven some way. now, "the washington post" described how in 2014, russian hackers tried to break into the unclassified systems of the state department, congress, the white house,

lou: claire mccaskill in missouri, she is pursuing a scorched earth policy as far as prevailing againstrney general there. what do you think will be the outcome? >> what's happening in missouri ways you see happening in the senate races everywhere. precisely for the reasons we just said. republicans have a good message. democrats are struggling. they don't have an issue to run on so they are doing what they do best, which is personal attacks. the attorney general is relatively new to politics. he doesn't have any skeletons in his closet. so she is going after one of his donors. a private citizen expressing first limit rights views, and it's a real scorched earth policy and i don't think it will help her in the end. lou: kimberly strassel of the "wall street journal." up next. alex jones suspended by facebook and youtube. pastor robert jeffress will be here. stay with us. time and time again, you know when i'm doing street magic..i'll walk up to someone and i can just see they're against me right? they don't want to be amazed. they don't want this experience to happen. ♪i needed to try b

price increases, as chairman of the senate aging committee, along with then ranking member, claire mccaskill, i launched an extensive bipartisan investigation into the extreme spike that we were seeing in drugs that have been off patent. in other words, they are patent that had expired.and yet, they did not have a generic equivalent. the drugs that range from drugs to treat dangerous cardiac conditions. it is often found as a standard drug on hospital carts. and drugs used to treat rare genetic diseases. severe infections, such as tuberculosis. and other life-threatening conditions. the findings of our investigation were troubling to say the least. at our first hearing december 2015, we centered on four companies i had acquired decades old off patent, affordable drugs then ranged their prices suddenly and astronomically. so that they were no longer affordable. i remember that one of the drugs had first been entered the marketplace the year after i had been born in, 1953. it first became available. it had been off patent for many, many years. and stably priced for many, many years. the invest

by these price increases and the chairman of the committee along with the then ranking member claire mccaskill i launched an investigation into the extreme spikes that we were seeing in drugs that path and expired yet they didn't have a generic equivalent. the drugs that we examined ranged from my true price which is used to treat dangerous cardiac conditions and it is often found as a standard drug on hospital cards to the drugs used to treat rare genetic diseases, severe infections such as tuberculosis and other conditions.eatening the findings of our investigations were troubling to say the least. at the first hearing in december of 2015, we centered on four companies that have acquired decades-old affordable drugs and then raised their prices suddenly and astronomically so that they were no longer affordable. i remembered that one of the drugs had first been introduced in marketplace a year after i had been born in 1953 it had been available. it was stably priced for many years. the investigation covered up a monopoly business model that these companies used for selecting life-saving presc

. >> reporter: it comes as missouri's senator claire mccaskill accuses russian operatives of hackingo her office last year. saying in a statement, while this attack is not successful. it is outrageous if they will think they can get away wit. i said it before and again, putin is a thug and a bully. mccaskill is one run running for re-election this year. people have been targeted targeting democrats in 2016. >> they were people because of their positions might have been interesting targets from an espionage standpoint as well as an election disruption standpoint. >> reporter: the hackers used sfauld phishing attacks. they are on high alert for similar pages they say they take down when discovered. it's the campaign rather than the voting systems among the most vulnerable targets. >> i think the fact is the campaign staffer will neff get to the level of these adversaries and staring them down. we're talking about the most sophisticated intelligence the russian intelligence, the iranians. >> reporter: the white house is coming under fire for not thwarting cyber threats. >> i think it's

seeking the republican nomination in this year's missouri senate race against the incumbent, claire mccaskillthis is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the stage vfw national commander keith harmon. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. we're grateful for your service and -- oh -- [inaudible] [laughter] but that's a great way to start off. [cheers and applause] what a better way to bring greetings to the president of the united states. and it took my introduction, so it is with a great deal of pleasure and honor for me to introduce the president of the united states, donald j. trump. [cheers and applause] ♪ and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free -- ♪ and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me. ♪ and i'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today. ♪ 'cuz there ain't no doubt i love this land -- ♪ god bless the usa. [cheers and applause] ♪ from the lakes of minnesota, to the hills of tennessee -- ♪ across the plains of texas, from sea to shining sea. ♪ from detroit down to houston and to l.a -- ♪ well, there's pride in e

[applause] unfortunately, we have tremendous opposition for lowering your taxes from claire mccaskillievable. she wants to know and if so you pay more. figure this one out. i don't know, is that good? in the first quarter of this year alone, american companies repatriated a record of nearly $309. this isn't the first quarter. and it's coming back into our country with our company is in our employment in building plants and factories and headquarters in our country where it belongs. [applause] we think the number of this is all because of our tax reform and tax cuts. the numbers close to $4 trillion coming back into our country. it would never been seen by you or us or me. just like i promised, we are confronting the unfair trade deals and we are doing it like nobody's ever done because our workers have been cheated. our companies have been cheated. they've stolen our wealth and brought it to other countries. as you know, i campaigned in that issue. it's very close to my heart. i understand that issue better than anybody. i don't like it when they close a factory in your state. or a pl