i remember once talking to a former gru officer.s as a match oh risk wartime operation. so for at least britain has been encouraging them to go out and break stuff.— go out and break stuff. interesting to talk to yon _ go out and break stuff. interesting to talk to you. thank _ go out and break stuff. interesting to talk to you. thank you - go out and break stuff. interesting to talk to you. thank you so - go out and break stuff. interesting | to talk to you. thank you so much. a senior conservative mp has warned the uk prime minister borisjohnson he'll lose the support of the so—called red wall voters in former labour seats, unless he resolves the row about lobbying. several inquries have begun into the former prime minister david cameron's communications with cabinet ministers while he was working for the collapsed finance firm, greensill capital. we'll have more on that story shortly with our political correspondent nick eardley. the royal family has honoured the duke of edinburgh's humour and humanity as he was laid to rest at s

i remember once talking to a former gru officer. a match oh risk wartime operation. so for at least britain has been encouraging them to go out and break stuff. interesting to talk to you. thank you so much. a senior conservative mp has warned the uk prime minister borisjohnson he�*ll lose the support of the so—called �*red wall�* voters in former labour, unless he resolves the row about lobbying. several inquiries into the former uk prime minister david cameron�*s communications with cabinet ministers while he was working for the collapsed finance firm, greensill capital. we have heard about david cameron lobbying ministers in behalf of this company about potential conflicts of interest in the civil service and in the cabinet as well but in a lot of these, it seems like the bills haven�*t been broken so we are increasingly heaving calls for the rules to be tightened. let�*s listen to labour�*s shadow cabinet office minister, rachel reeves. what to labour's shadow cabinet office minister, rachel reeves. what we have seen this _ mini

i remember once talking to a former gru officer.so for at least britain has been encouraging them to go out and break stuff. we have had a reaction from moscow. the russian ministry of foreign affairs have said that they will be taking tough retaliatory measures against the czech republic over their expulsion of those 18 diplomats. they say we will take retaliatory measures that will force the authors of this provocation, says moscow, to fully understand the foundation of normal ties between our countries. foundation of normal ties between our countries. the royal family has honoured the duke of edinburgh's "humour and humanity" as he was laid to rest at st george's chapel in windsor yesterday. just 30 people were allowed to attend — in line with covid restrictions. the queen sat alone, days before she turns 95. the royal family will continue to mourn the loss of prince philip this week, while the period of national mourning has come to an end. supporters of the russian opposition politician, alexei navalny have warned that he risks

many european countries, nato in particular have been saying that the gru, the main intelligence armrussian military is using those spying activities to undermine democracy by influencing elections in the western world. >> yes, there is a high level of awareness of what the gru is doing to europe. it is what nato analysts call ivory warfare or nonlinear warfare. it is a new way to conduct and world and in particularly, europe. and it makes of cyber activities , espionage activities, so using of a military intelligence, and i think that for europe, the most important danger along with the spy activity made by russia is the psychological and informational warfare. a.k.a., the attempt to influence not only the political aspects of life and institution, but the ideas of the public opinion that this is an attempt to change the perception of european citizens towards migration, towards immigration, so this is a very strong energy track because it runs in the long term and not in the short term. there is no proof activities iso influence elections. but through risk is that they can influenc

either the gru or the svr.t this comes at a very delicate time for relations between russia and the czech republic. tomorrow, the deputy prime minister was due to fly to moscow to discuss the reordering of the vaccine against covid. that is now not happening. there were also plans to modernise a nuclear power station and that is under question now because relations between russia and the czech republic, this is perhaps their lowest since the fall of the iron curtain. tell perhaps their lowest since the fall of the iron curtain.— of the iron curtain. tell us more about what _ of the iron curtain. tell us more about what the _ of the iron curtain. tell us more about what the agents - of the iron curtain. tell us more about what the agents are - of the iron curtain. tell us more i about what the agents are accused of the iron curtain. tell us more - about what the agents are accused of doing and why they would want to have done this?— have done this? well, there are allegations _ have done this? well, there are al

these targets were from gru hackers. simply, there is a guy namd forget pergosian. they were doing very targeted social media operations. what would they need? it would be great to know two things. one, what is the trump campaign strategy? two, where would they refine their targeting net? and there is really a third one, which is how far do we want to go with the trump campaign. if you know that data, know both the trump campaign strategy and what the polling strategy is saying and jury vladimir putin, you start to make calculations about how much you want to interfere in the election and where would you interfere in the election? where would you pull those levers going into election day. that's a very powerful loop. it's three parts. it's hacking, it's influence on social media, and now we know about actual agents who were doing inside the trump campaign having connections in terms of what that strategy is. that is the triad of a perfect influence and interference campaign going into election 2016. and i would note, nic

the czech prime minister said the two suspects were members of the gru, russia�*s military intelligence parliamentarian called the claim absurd. it all follows tit—for—tat expulsions of diplomats by the us and russia at the end of last week and western concern over the build—up of russian troops along the ukrainian border. the latest development a serious escalation in a region that is already on a political knife edge. gareth barlow, bbc news. let�*s stay on this. our security correspondent gordon corera told us that the explosion in the czech republic in 2014 was widely— assumed to be an accident. but after the salisbury poisonings investigators went back over the evidence. one of the things they found with an e—mail requesting access to the arms depot that blew up with the names of two people who wanted to visit it. when they looked at the pictures attached to the passport scans they could see these are the same images of the men that carried out the salisbury poisoning and they had entered the czech republic using the same cover names, the same. is they had used to come to the uk in

in the wake of war and oppression the gru bill sent a generation to college and created the largest middleclass in history. [applause] the twilight struggle for freedom led to a nation of highways. american on the moon. an explosion of technology that still shapes our world. and each case, government did not supplant private enterprise it catalyzed private enterprise. they've created the conditions for thousands of entrepreneurs a new businesses to adapt and to thrive. we are a nation that has seen promise amid peril and claimed opportunity for more. now we must be that nation again. that is why even as it cuts back on programs that we don't need the budget i submit will invest in the three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future. energy, health care, and education. [applause] it begins with energy. we know the country that harnesses the power of clean renewable energy will lead the 24 century. and yet it is china that has launched the largest effort in history to make their economy energy efficient. we invented solar technology but we have fallen behind countries like ge

of that, czech authorities, speaking of novichok, have said they're seeking two people alleged to be gruame people who have been named by british authorities as being connected with the attempt on mrs. skripal's life in salisbury. again, one that the russian authorities say they had nothing to do with, also moving novichok. they're saying they want to talk to these people in connection with suspicious blasts in ammunition storage facilities that may have been storing arms destined for ukraine at a time when russia was invading that country and beginning the process of the illegal annexation of the crimean peninsula. so things are all getting wrapped up with european, and more widely, confrontations with america. we've seen three diplomats expelled from poland as well. but in the united states, ten diplomats, russian diplomats, being expelled earlier in the week, or about a week ago. and a tit for tat response from russia. so heightened tensions between russia, both close to home in europe, also with united states. >> thank you for that, sam kylie there. >>> the u.s. and china have agreed

and the gru was the organization that did that infamous hack and leak campaign against the dnc., there is absolutely zero chance that paul manafort did not know konstantin kilimnik was a russian political officer. because one of the political consultants working in the puerto vallarta orbit, a man named phil griffin, a guy that got konstantin kilimnik his job, told "the washington post," i think in 2018, yeah, we all know this guy was a gru officer. it was no big deal. he used to go around bragging about it. this was an open secret. but to have the government finally certify the fact that information was being passed to moscow is very important. it's important from a journalistic standpoint. but also, now let's put the entirety of the u.s. government has found over the last five years together. if moscow had this kind of sensitive polling data, that would allow their intelligence services to better target american electorate constituencies, using various strains of disinformation and propaganda, right? "the new york times" has a pretty good piece out this morning, explaining the

e intelligence community does have stronger confidence that russiae intelligence, specifically the gru, is actively involved with criminal gangs and networks in afghanistan, and they want an explanation from russia about pl that. but on the specific super inflammatory question as to whether that extends to russia having paid cash bounties for criminals and fighters in afghanistan to target u.s. an service members, no firm conclusion.mb and so no sanctions or punishment for russia on that, a at least for now, although the administration says they are apparently continuing to push russia on it while russia of it course continues to deny it. fascinating.on and then there's the election interference. and this is the one that came with an easter egg in the middle of it that i still can't quite believe they just confirmed. so last month, the busy, busy, busy dni's office, director of national intelligence office under avril haines, they declassified this intelligence community assessment about the 2020 election, about what foreign entities did to mess en with our election in 2020. and when i

. >> brangham: jen kates,it is gru back on the "news hour."e talked a lot about the inequities in vaccine distribution, but hearing these people's stories, it is hard not to feel that sense of frustration. these are people who are clearly medically vulnerable. what is your sense, broadly speaking, as to why these people are having a hard time getting their shots? >> yeah, it is hard to hear. these are individuals who all have high risk medical conditions. if they were to get infected with covid-19 they are at great risk for hospitalization and even death. it just shows you we have a lot more work to do. what we found in our research is that for the most part states did not prioritize this population initially, and that was not the recommendation to do, so it has been a lot of waiting, a waiting game, for many with high-risk medical conditions. that's what we're seeing right now. states have mostly opened up eligibility to them now, almost all, but a month ago that was not the case. a month ago, half of the states had done so. so it was very ha

our intelligence community assesses that gru, also known as the manage interaction with criminal networks, we have high confidence in that assessment. and the involvement of this unit is consistent with russia's encouraging attacks against u.s. and coalition personnel in afghanistan. while there is low to moderate assessment of these reports, we felt it was important for our intelligence community to look into it. and we of course will not stand by and accept the targeting of our personnel by any elements including a foreign state actor. this information really puts the burden on russia and the russian government to explain their engagement here. >> jen, given that assessment, does the president have any regrets for how many times he attacked president trump on the campaign about this issue, not taking action related to russia? >> i will not speak to the previous administration but i will say we had enough concern about these reports and about the targeting of our men and women serving, the men and women who are proudly serving around the world, that we wanted our intelligence community t

give that information to a russian who is widely suspected of being a russian spy and connected to the gru. the second question you have which is super interesting is is it possible that the bush -- the biden administration discovered this in the minute and 32 seconds that they have been in office? it is possible. >> right. >> but not likely. >> unlikely. >> and, so, that leaves the open question of who in the government knew this and why on god's green earth wasn't it communicated to the special counsel's office? that is an important fact that we don't know the answer to because i can tell you, as you said, i was in charge of the manafort team. and we were like dogs with a bone. you know, we were trying to pursue every possible lead. >> do you want to name names of anyone in the trump administration that would have been the right person responsible for providing that cooperating information? >> i don't know -- i don't know because what was reported yesterday didn't say where the information came from whether it's the cia, the nsa or some other part of the alphabet soup of washington, d.c.

the gr you -- gru steal stuff and disseminates it.are responsible for the malware attack for about 48 hours almost crippled global commerce. they hacked into the olympics a few years ago. the government has certified what a lot have said but could not prove. this is a major set of revelations. it depends who you are asking. do sanctions prove the case? in terms of being a journalist and reporting, and makes our job easier to make allegations and assertions we otherwise could speculate at. >> angela, i wanted to return to you. president biden says he does not want a spiral of escalation. do you think president putin and is going to feel the need to respond question mark >> i think he will. i think for domestic regions, -- respond? >> i think he will for the mystic reasons strong read that the u.s. cannot push russia around. the signals from his foreign ministry spokesperson and others. you could see more diplomatic personnel expelled from russia. maybe not. you can see other actions. maybe that will not be visible to the public in the

you can't tell who posted first, the gru or fox news or tucker carlson. every time he says this about vaccines, masks, covid, you can see the russian bots and trolls from moscow start repeating it and amplifying it. hi 'essentially becoming a surrogate for our adversaries. >> these are the numbers that the biden white house is facing. among republicans 46% are willing to get vaccinated or have already been vaccinated. 20% will wait and see. i guess that's our hope bucket, and then 35% of republicans will only be vaccinated if required or will definitely not be vaccinated. i know this isn't the vaccine hesitancy that the biden white house expected to contend with. i know a lot of thought and planning and resources went into education and sort of encouraging vaccination in african-americans communities, but this feels like, one, a bigger group and a fact-resistant group. how are they combatting these numbers. >> it will hold them back. it's part of what biden stressed today. that was in his message about mask wearing, and incentive to people who don't want

particularly online through aggressive disinformation, these can be the russian g are you, -- russian grus russian agencies. the russians have gone online and expanded on the ideology from some of these extremist groups. they used both lots, -- bots, robots, trolls, to widen the reach of extremist views, they have helped build front organizations and front websites, front twitter accounts , so step is easily accessible to individuals. the russians have been among the most concerning along these lines. on your first point, i will say briefly that i think on subjects like domestic terrorism, the political polarization in our country is not helpful. i think what people have to recognize again is that we need to come together to push back against any extremists that wants to conduct violence in this country and maybe that means we stop using terms like far-right and far-left it is not helpful, it pulls people into those categories where they become very defensive and they look at the situation through their political ends. -- political lens. host: the report is available on your website. one

russian technology companies that have helped facilitate various cyber activity by the russian svr, the grusitive technology specifically for russia. and it shows the dual use nature of these companies, not just facilitating cyber operations, but it will have a limitation of those companies to operate in europe. one of the things that i think the sanction should effectively do is send a signal to russia that says in part what we're trying to do here, we know you're in some networks 12i8. we're hunting for you. we're going to look for you and root you out, but no further activity is acceptable. what i'm interested in is how does russia respond? presumably, they will kick out u.s. diplomates from russia, but they also may escalate, this information operations may see some proxy nationalist operators launch some attacks against the u.s. so those are the things that if i'm a private sector organization right now, i would be thinking about what my exposure is to some sort of russian retaliation. >> all right. congressman schiff, before we go, i know some see this as long overdue and others see t