dr. griffin's staff and dr. griffin in particular to ensure that the funds that were allocated for directed energy and the funds we requested make it down to our level. >> the last question i have for you, in your written statement i wanted to shift gears a little here but in your written statement you discuss the need to develop technology and capabilities that will take out icbms and their boost phase of icbms and their boost phase of flight. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac retired marine corps general. >> this is funded by a great.

dr. griffin's staff and dr. griffin in particular to make sure that the funds that were allocated and the funds we requested make it down to our level. >> the last question i have for you, in your written statement, you discussed the need to develop technology and capabilities that would take out icbms in their boost phase of flight. can you explain how in the fy '19 budget being requested, how that would help those technologies? >> yes, sir. basically, it's the amount that we've got allocated to do laser scaling. we've been able to demonstrate 30-kilowatts in the lab. we need to continue the work to upgrade that power level demonstration capability to 100-kilowatts to get to the 500-mega watt level. so, the technology work is absolutely essential so that we can demonstrate the capability on the ground and in the air as part of the plan before we leap to a full system with promises which we haven't delivered the high-technology level of capabilities we need to develop and deploy the system. >> okay. and so you fe

dr. griffin. >> let me pose a disturbing hypothetical to you. there's a break down in congress and we decide to go back to the funding levels for the years. what does that do to what you are responsible for? >> well, certainly, the congress in its recent actions have shown great confidence in the defense department leadership to come forward with the kind of programs and capabilities to defend the nation. >> it was a two-year deal -- what happens to what you're responsible for if this is a break down and we go back to the spending levels under the budget control act. >> it proposes a substantial concern. the levels -- we are operating now and the national defense strategy makes clear and enter a period of competition amongst the great powers with china and russia being the principal concern and states like north korea and iran and the fight we are in, posing a substantial threat so certainly and substantially smaller defense budget envisioned under the caps would be a significant concern for us. >> would it endanger your ability to defend americ

dr. michael griffin was confirmed in that position about two months ago and among other things is the former administrator. dr. eric smith is the chairman of the defense innovation board and formerly chairman and chief executive officer of google where he remains a technical adviser. he is here however only in his capacity with the defense innovation board. we are very grateful to have both of you here. i might alert members that after , immediately after this open hearing lou obery convened and classified session to go into greater detail about some of these issues. let me at this point yield to the gentlelady from california who is the acting ranking member. >> thank you mr. chairman and i certainly appreciate the chairman's calling this hearing on the need for more innovation technology development and we are honored to have both of you here today as witnesses on this critically important topic. we been talking about for a long time but actually addressing it in a way that is going to continue to make a difference is part of what we want to see happen. maintaining a culture of innovation

dr. griffin has asked i call him mike, i'm going to call him mike , my upbringing is telling me i shouldn't do that, but mike is -- i've known mike for several years, i am thrilled as many of you are that he is where he is at this time in history because i think he is the man for the job. so thrilled that you're there. thrilled that you're here, sir. i'm going to turn the floor over to him and let him talk for a while about his priorities, where he sees the current landscape and what -- how he's going to prioritize over the next coming months an years and then he and i will engage in conversation and then if you have questions, please just go ahead and write those down, i'll save some time at the end so you all can participate as well. michael: thank you. i'll try not to spend too great a length of time pontificating. but let me maybe set some context. the job i'm in is a new job. it has existed at significantly lower levels in the organization before but not since the goldwater-nichols act of 1988 a tnl as and entity, not since then has the r&e organization occupied undersecretary level st

dr. griffin asked i call him mike. my upbringing is telling me i should not do that, but mike is going to -- is -- i've known mike for several years. i am thrilled, as many of you are, that he is where he is at this time in history because i think he is the man for the job, so thrilled that you're there, thrilled you're here, sir. i will turn the floor over to him and let him talk for a while about his priorities where he sees the current landscape and how he's going to prioritize over the next coming months and years. and then he and i will engage in conversation and then if you have questions, please just go ahead and write those down because i'm going to save time at the end so you can all participate as well. >> thank you. i'll try not to spend too great a length of time pontiff cating. let me maybe set some context. this -- the job i'm in is a new job. it has at significantly lower levels in the organization before, but not since the goldwater-nicoles of 1986 which created acquisition, technology and logistics as

dr. griffin. i kind of bumped my hand on the wall. i climbed up on top of the counter trying to get a knife out and cut my fingers off. my mom caught me in the kitchen. >> i was holding him, trying to get him back to sleep. i thought what is it i have to do. >> she held me that night and the next morning that's when she took me to the hospital. >> 4-year-old shaquem never looked back. >> i remember after the surgery the next day, my mom said don't get your fingers dirty and play with the ball. i came back inside with a bloody bandage and felt better. the joy to play with my brothers was more than everything. >> especially playing with twin brother shaquille. >> what was it like for you when your brother came home with one hand? >> he looked the same to me. i didn't see no difference, no change. i just seen my brother. >> what were these two like when they were little together? >> always competitive from day one. always competing against each other. who can eat the fastest, the most. who can run the fastest, who can catch the most ball

many comedians are coming to wolf's defense including jimmy kimmel and kathy griffin. >>> dr. ronny jackson will not be returning to the white house as the president's chief physician. he was replaced when he was nominated to be head of the veterans affairs department. now, jackson withdrew his nomination amid allegations of poor management at the white house medical unit. the website politico was first to report jackson will return to the unit but not as the chief doctor. >>> turning our focus overseas and south korea's military says it will remove the loud speakers it used to blast propaganda into north korea for decades. it's the first concrete action following this weekend's historic summit. at that meeting the north korean leader kim jong-un promised to invite outsiders to watch as his country's nuclear test site is shut down. speaking on abc's "this week," the secretary of state mike pompeo new on the job saying when it comes to whether to trust north korea's promises, the trump administration has its eyes wide open. >> we know the history. we're not going to take promis

it has done nothing wrong, but drew griffin says the little known firm appears to be at the center of a new type of campaigning weaponizing target messaging. here's drreporter: they created what they call a database of truth. the ability to collect shopping records, social media connections and voting records to create individual profiles on almost every voter in the united states. and according to chris vickry, used that information to influence voters in a way never seen before. >> kind of like being able to whisper in somebody's ear any message you want and nobody else is going to find out about it. think of all the things you can do with that ability. >> reporter: he's director at data risk security firm. it was slue hthrough his sleuth that he came upon this work product, used in targeting voters for the ted cruz pac, for texas governor greg abbott, a super pac for john bolton, along with several different campaigns supporting the uk's brexit referendum. >> ted cruz's actual personal e-mail is in here. >> reporter: he said it was out in the open until aggregate i.q. was notified. the company took just 11 minutes to take it down. what was there?