. >> host: emily wagster pettus is was the associate press mississippi political reporter. do we know where thad cochran is going to be today and chris mcdaniel as well? >> guest: thad cochran after he voted on saturday, so does that have to do that today, he will be out among supporters but we know he will be in suburbs. chris mcdaniel is voting this morning down in his home, and after that he is making a number of appearances as well. >> host: and where are you going to be and what region of mississippi are you going to be watching, especially close today as the results come in? >> guest: i will be out during the day at precinct most likely in the jackson area, looking for what's going on among voters, particularly looking to see if there is a strong turnout in democratic areas. this evening i'll be either in hattiesburg at the mcdaniel event or in jackson at the cochran event. >> host: emily wagster pettus, thanks to much for joining us this morning on "washington journal." hope it's not too late of an eye for you as you're watching this today. >> guest: thank you. >> yo

. >> host: emily wagster pettus following the story for the associated press. she joins us from mississippi. thank you very much for being with us. >> guest: thank you. >> mississippi just one of eight states holding primaries for house, senate and governorships. poles will start to close at 8:00 eastern. we'll have updates on those races this evening on the c-span networks. >>> this morning defense undersecretary for intelligence, michael vickers discussed u.s. intelligence challenges in russia, syria and al qaeda and cyber threats everywhere. after his remarks a panel discussed these issues. the center for strategic and international studies hosted the event. >> good morning, everybody. welcome, we're delighted to have you here on a glorious morning. it's an absolutely fabulous. of course we deserve it for the winter we had, you know. it was a tough winter. welcome to all of you at the military strategy forum and my special thanks to our friends at rolls royce who make it possible for us to make this series available to the policy community in washington. we'