policy center here at hudson institute. i am can weinstein, president and ceo of hudson institute. we are a policy research dedicated to leadership in global engagement for a secure, free and prosperous future. i would like to welcome our audience as well as her c-span viewing audience and i'm truly honored to welcome a remarkable public servant and a good friend of hudson institute to be with us this afternoon. director of national intelligence dan coats. dan coats served with great distinction as a member of the house and senate from indiana as well as the u.s. ambassador to germany during a long career in public service, he told me he has twice failed retirement. once returning to the u.s. senate for a second time in thee senate after his term as a master to germany, and then becoming director of national intelligence. he's a long and distinguished career in public service both in foreign policy and true leadership on defense and national securityrs issues. he's a good friend of hudson institute her before he left for ge

i am ken weinstein, president and ceo of hudson institute. hudson is a policy research organization dedicated to international leadership and international engagement for secure, free and prosperous future. i'd like to welcome our audience and our c-span viewing audience and i'm truly honored to welcome a remarkable public servant and a truly good friend of hudson institute to be with us. director of national intelligence dan coats served with great distinction as a member of the house and senate from indiana as well as the u.s. ambassador to germany during a long career in public service, he has twice failed retirement once returning to the u.s. senate for a second time in the senate after his term as ambassador to germany and then becoming director of national intelligence. along distinguished career focused both on domestic policy and the compassionate conservative agenda and true leadership on national security issues. before he left for germany he and his wife transferred the governance of their foundation for american renewal to hudson

in a written statement to the bbc, mr nixon said: the hudson institute told us a member of the film'smber if they could distribute the film, thinking nothing of it, he agreed. in retrospect, the institute said they prefer it hadn't happened. lobbying and controlling the output of television stations are just two fronts of the battle for influence. but a new and important struggle is also taking place online. in recent yea rs, also taking place online. in recent years, arab audiences have flooded onto social media to get their news. every month, over 100 million users access facebook. in saudi arabia, three quarters of the population are using the messaging service, snapchat. but can they trust the information they are getting there? at the university of exeter, professor mark 0wen jones at the university of exeter, professor mark 0wenjones monitors social media across the gulf. twitter and facebook were seen as the zeitgeist of the arab uprisings and it was increasingly important to authoritarian regimes in the region to have a handle on how people use these platforms. these regimes n

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john: good morning, i'm john walters, chief operating officer of hudson institute. welcome to the betsy and wally stern policy center. welcome to those joining us on c-span and online. founded in 1961, hudson institute is a leading voice in washington and capitals around the world, promoting democracy, american leadership and partnership with our allies for a secure, free, and prosperous future. our thanks, publicly, i wanted to make these to our many friends and supporters who allow this work to go on. we hope you can join us for some of our future programs, including july 13 when the director of national intelligence, dan coats, will be here to discuss u.s. intelligence transformation efforts and the possible impact of russian cyber influence on the u.s. midterm elections in november. we also hope you will subscribe to our new podcast available now on itunes and google play. we have an important and timely program today. on sunday, mexican voters elected mr. lopez obrador, their country's new president in a landslide. he and his newly formed party have promised to

welcome to hudson institute. welcome to those joining us on c-span and online. 1961 hudson institute a leading voice in washington and capitals around the world. promoting democracy, american leadership and partnership with our allies for secure free and prosperous future. our thanks publicly i want to make these to many friends and supporters who allow this work to go on. we hope you can join us with future programs including july 13th when director of national intelligence dan coates will be at hudson to discuss u.s. intelligence transformation efforts. we also hope you're subscribe to our in-depth podcast policy talk. we have an important and timely program today. on sunday mexican voters elected mr. lopez obrador. their country new president in a landslide. he'll be sworn in on december 1st and other proposals he has proposed to increase subsidies to those less fortunate in mexico and review path policy to private investment. while it may come as a surprise to some americans mr. lopez obrador did not campaign

>> good afternoon and welcome to the hudson institute. we are a policy organization dedicated to the global engagement for a secure, free and prosperous future. i would like to welcome our audience present, as well as the c-span during audience. i am truly honored to welcome a remarkable public servant and a good friend of the hudson institute, to be with us this afternoon, director of national intelligence, dan coats. dan coats, of course, served with great distinction as a member of the house and senate in indiana, as well as the u.s. ambassador to germany. during a long career in public service, he told me as we were coming up here today, he has twice failed retirement. he wants to return to the u.s. senate for a second time in the senate. he became ambassador to germany, then he became director of national intelligence. he has had a long and distinguished career in intelligence. as i mentioned, he is a true friend of the hudson institute . before he left to be ambassador to germany, he and his wife governance ofe their foundation for

an event hosted by the hudson institute in washington dc. efforts to protect the countries. for structure. -- country's infrastructure. this is 45 minutes. 9 clinton -- i would like to welcome the audience present as well as the c-span viewing audience and i am truly honored to welcome a remarkable public service and a friend of the hudson institute that is here with us this afternoon. dan coats served with great distinction as a member of the house and senate and indiana as well as u.s. ambassador to germany. during a long career in public service, he told me as we were coming appeared today, we of place filled retirement. he wants to return to the u.s. senate for a second time in the senate. then, becoming a director of national intelligence. he is had a long and distinguished career and intelligence. true leadership on defense and national security issues. he is a good friend of the hudson institute and before he germany,mbassador did they found that the foundation for american renewal at the institute. administration, he has been interested with a job with deep responsib

he is a good friend of the hudson institute and before he left us ambassador did germany, -- as ambassador, they transferred the government of their foundation for american renewal to their institute. in the trump administration, he has been interested with a job with deep responsibilities. he serves as the head of the u.s. intelligence community overseeing and direct and -- directing and implementation of the u.s. intelligence program and at him as the principal advisor of the screening council and the homeland security council on intelligence matters related to national security. when he is in town and when the president is in town to do the daily presidential intelligence brief with senior members of the intelligence communities. as i mentioned earlier, we are truly honored to have been with us today. he has chosen hudson as the menu -- the venue to make remarks on a number of critical issues on security abroad. to do so on the eve of the historic summit in helsinki between president trump and vladimir putin. the order of the business today will be that director coats will offer remarks

up on the pond is director of initiative on the future of india and south asia at the hudson institute thank you so much for your time u.s. president donald trump is denying he knew about a meeting between his aides and a russian delegation that offered to to help him win the twenty sixteen election transform a lawyer michael cohen has claimed he was present when the president's eldest son donald trump jr told his father about the meeting according to u.s. media reports cohen is willing to speak to the miller investigation into alleged russian meddling in the election. as the u.s. president worked to focus the american media on strong economic numbers the question of his potential ties to russia continue to follow him right here right oh it just days after donald trump postponed a white house invite to russian president vladimir putin a reciprocal invitation was extended for trump to go to moscow but whose comments come as there are fresh allegations against trump from his one time personal lawyer michael cohen cohen claims that then candidate trump was aware of a twenty sixteen trump

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ponding is director of the initiative on the future of india and south asia at the hudson institute and she says in monk they have trouble delivering on his promises . the people who are wanted for the young people are the primary reason is imminent is seen as somebody who is not corrupt mr clean is a messiah who will come in in jeans dynastic politics in pakistan unfortunately. the problem there is that one. most of the people in iran's party who have been elected are people who belong to other political parties where the p.p.p. or. those and they are and the other the same caught up politicians whom iran promised to get rid off secondly as we all know most politicians most parties do end up being corrupt and so corruption is not going to go away simply because iran has come into a bar. and thirdly the main problems that the young people face which is employment . education. a stable society. pushback against the jihadi an islamist elements we not happen under iran. because because his b.s. as well as the military support those policies so the young people will very soon actually see t

gutierrez fernandez: first of all, let me thank the hudson institute for inviting me to be a part of this morning's event. thank you john walters, and it's a pleasure to be in this dialogue with you. it is certainly a historic moment for mexico. people, mexico's political transition has taken a long time. some would argue that it started in 1968 with the student movement. some would argue that it started in 1997 when for the first time there was not a divided government. some would argue that it started in 2001 present fox won. it has been argued that it has taken a long time. what happenedas sunday. the most important thing i would point out in this respect to sunday's election is the fact that i think it reflects that mexico is a mature democracy, that we have a strong democratic institution. i think that there was a very clear result in favor of mr. r, one that has been very timely recognized by not only the competing candidates, but by everybody else. i think that is extremely positive. i think they did so with a very clear sign of statesmanship and patriotism. and i think that's

hudson institute is a leading voice in washington and capitals around the world promoting democracy, american leadership in partnership with our allies for a secure, free and prosperous future. our thanks, i want to make these publicly. we hope you can join us for some of our future programs including july 13th when director of national intelligence dan coates will be at hudson to discuss u.s. intelligence community transformation efforts and the possible impact of russian cyber influence on the u.s. midterm elections in november. we also hope you'll subscribe to our new in-depth policy talk available on itunes and google play. we have an important and timely program today. on sunday mexican voters elected mr. lopez obrador, the country's new president and landslide and they have promised to address the rising violence in mexico, corruption and deep inequality. he'll be sworn in on december 1st. among other policy proposals, he has proposed to increase subsidies to those less fortunate in mexico and review past policy that opened mexico's energy sector to private investment. while it

. >> good afternoon and welcome to the hudson institute. we are a policy organization dedicated to the global engagement for a secure, free and prosperous future. i would like to welcome our audience present, as well as the c-span during audience. i am truly honored to welcome a remarkable public servant and a good friend of the hudson institute, to be with us this afternoon, director of national intelligence, dan coats. dan coats, of course, served with great distinction as a member of the house and senate in indiana, as well as the u.s. ambassador to germany. during a long career in public service, he told me as we were coming up here today, he has twice failed retint

significant threats in the counterterrorism state that director codes and his address to the hudson institute use that terminology to get our attention but in this case not the policymakers that was already highly focused on cyberthreats if you hear that in the worldwide threat assessment the dni has given you heard that in the remarks of secretary nielsen this week so we are very much focused on cyberthreats with regards to russia i agree with the characterization they are the most foreign aggressive actor we have seen in cyberspace there is a lot of focus on the activity and 2016 against the election infrastructure with the influence efforts but it is important to wyden the view and also look at the other public announcement of the fbi and the administration have made about russia's cyberefforts and the attack that infiltrated the ukrainian accounting software system and manipulated the way the country pushes updates so instead of getting your normal popular update it downloaded malware instead and according to the administration the single most instructive and costly cyberattack in history

of what he promised as a new pakistan summer job with al-jazeera lahore well apart from the hudson institute she says imran khan may have trouble delivering on his promises the people who are wanted for him the young people are the prime reason is imminent is seen as somebody who's not corrupt mr clean is a messiah who will come in change dynastic politics in pakistan unfortunately. the problem there is that one. most of the people in iran's party who have been elected are people who belong to other political parties where the p.p.p. or b m l n or others and they are in the other the same cut up politicians whom iran promised to get rid off secondly as we all know most politicians most parties do end up being corrupt and so corruption is not going to go away simply because iran has come into power. and thirdly the mean problems that the young people face which is employment. education. a stable society. pushback against the jihadi and islamist elements we not happen under iran. because because his b.s. as well as the military support those policies so the young people will very soon actually

director codes in his address to the hudson institute use similar technology again to get our attention but in this case not the attention of our policymakers. that is already very highly focused on cyberthreats. you can hear it in the worldwide threat assessment that dni has given the past two years and would cyber threat's lead is the number one year-over-year. we heard it in the remarks of director wray secretary nelson deputy attorney general this week and so we are very much focused on cyber threat spread with regards to russia i agree with the dni and others characterization that they are the most aggressive foreign actor that we have seen in cyber space. there has been ace lot of focusn their activity in 2016 against our infrastructure and their malign influence effort but i think it's important to widen our view and to also look at the other public announcements that dhs, the fbi and the administration have made just this year about russia's cyber efforts against the u.s. and against our allies. malware infiltrated the ukrainian accounting softwarehe system and manipulated the w

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charles: that was national intelligence director dan coats speaking at the hudson institute, warning internal systems are under attack. the top three threats are russia, china, and north korea. i will bet you couldn't have guessed them. here to discuss, dan chin. and back with us steven yates. lester, on this notion -- i guess we always said the grid is vulnerable. but it feels like perhaps there is a great sense of urgency to do something about it. >> that's right. we have mueller indicting russians for their bad acts. the last time of this happens the administration followed up and imposed sanctions. it would be nice to see the administration step up on do that again. despite the soft rhetoric we heard from the president earlier today. charles: last week indictments, it was sort of embarrassing. so many of these things came from good old-fashioned techniques that had been around for 30 years. if we are not up to snuff on stopping spear phishing, russia can do harm to our economy. >> they aren't the only ones. we have become much more aware of the risk of cyber-security. but we are

the hudson institute, rebecca on this.ese allegations or at least suspiciouses? enough to get the secretary of state there, but what do we know? >> they're a big deal. all of these reports coming out are based on evidence that has been collected from open source. not classified information. the u.s. government has had all of this satellite imagery from before. they're not surprised. the administration is not surprised, new information to us. pompeo, cia director, he understands the kind of work the north koreans are inclined to do and what they have been doing. what pompeo needs to do on this trip if this denuclearization is going to happen, he needs to get the north koreans to provide a full accounting of all of their nuclear work. missiles, the nuclear piece both of them. we don't have a full accounting of where everything is and all of the work that they're doing. so we can't even begin to talk about how we're going to start a dismantlement process without the north koreans fully complying, fully playing ball, and reall

. >>> good morning, i am john walters, chief operating officer of hudson institute. welcome to hudson's betsy wally stern policy center. welcome to those who are joining us on cspan and online. saturday, 1961, huston hudson institute is the leading voice of capitals around the world. and our thanks publicly, i want to make these to our many friends and supporters to allow this work to go on. we hope you can join us for some of our future programs, including july 13, the director of national intelligence will be at hudson to discuss intelligence community transportation efforts, and the possible impact of russia cyber influence on the elections in november. we also hope you will subscribe to our in-depth podcast, available now on itunes and google play. we have an important program today. on sunday, mexican voters elected mr. lopez over to their country's new president in a landslide. he and his newly formed party have promised to address the violence in mexico, and equality. he will be sworn in on december 1. among other policy proposals, he has proposed to increase

advisor to the obama campaign and rebecca is national security analyst at senior fellow at the hudson instituterst of all, i will start with you. the two summits, how different were they? >> president traffic was tough on our nato allies beard but he was tough on them because they e not contributing enough to our own security. western nato allies, not as tough as our eastern nato allies who do contribute. there is a 2% minimum gdp. the reason he was tough on them was because if russia was a threat to all of us, we have to contribute more to defense. he gave the chancellor a hard time about that gas pipeline from russia to germany. he thought it was a very powerful, very strong take toward our nato allies, but it was all because he wanted them to be tougher towards russia. he turns to russia with a much more softer tone about putin really did not give him a hard time in the press covers. >> why do you think that is? >> vladimir putin is the one we have a hard time with. it really is not nato. he could be a little bit tougher with nato allies, because they are not rt. vladimir putin is the one we

>> well, jon, it is notable that his prepared remarks at the hudson institute on friday came shortlyfter the justice department announced the new russian indictments, and just days before the president meets putin. an important message from the head of u.s. intelligence. he warned about escalating cyberattacks on u.s. digital infrastructure as well as the power grid ahead of the midterm elections. director of national intelligence dan coats issued the kind of warning reminiscent of pre-9/11 intelligence warnings that went unheeded. >> the warning lights are blinking red. again. today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. every day foreign actors, the worst offenders being russia, china, iran, and north korea. >> the u.s. intelligence director singled out russia as the most aggressive foreign actor in terms of cyberattacks against the u.s. he accused russia of continuing to undermine u.s. democracy, adding, quote, we are just one click away on the key board from a similar situation repeating itself, a reference to the 2016 election hack. this w

well let's take this on we can speak to rich white souse the director and senior fellow at the hudson institute center for political military analysis and joins us now from washington d.c. and mr rudd said tell me what you think about this deal what's your reaction to. when the reports first came out it sounded like it was a somewhat different than the previous patterns in the sense that look like the russians were going to take a stronger role in taking over some place in the angry meant not allowing syrian government forces to mediate return but latest reports in past hours so appear it makes it appear it's just like the standard agreements in which the rebels agreed to yield there are heavy weapons and then either we integrate into a local community or go to or some other region and so i mean this this fall this is the development is pretty inevitable i think the next stage is more interesting a little less predictable ok well let's is this particular deal is concerned it's a turning point is that the revolution is effectively over isn't it. well you know there is still the yes i mean in a s

table that we need to deal with in terms of the context here, rebecca heinrich analyst at the hudson institutee pointed out today in 2010 president obama hosted the former russian president dmitry medvedev and said we need more flexibility. they rode in the beast together to get a lunch in washington that same year, the nasdaq was found to have monthly ware omallware ton capaf taking out. still have the president meeting with the russian president. moving forward i know the white house has had problems clarifying exactly what happened this week. i think they finally came to a good explanation of what they are going to do moving forward, secretary of state mike pompeo is moving forward on the north korean front. president trump has said that russia is helping with that issue. there are bigger issues now that we need to move forward with finally, congress, about a month ago, was supposed to show up at a briefing held by homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen and christopher wray. out of 400 plus congressman guess how many showed up? less than 100, all about election meddling. bawl preventin

>> well, jon, it is notable that his prepared remarks at the hudson institute on friday came shortlyce department announced the new russian indictments, and just days before the president meets putin. an important message from the head of u.s. intelligence. he warned about escalating cyberattacks on u.s. digital infrastructure as well as the power grid ahead of the midterm elections. director of national intelligence dan coats issued the kind of warning reminiscent of pre-9/11 intelligence warnings that went unheeded. >> the warning lights are blinking red. again. today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. every day foreign actors, the worst offenders being russia, china, iran, and north korea. >> the u.s. intelligence director singled out russia as the most aggressive foreign actor in terms of cyberattacks against the u.s. he accused russia of continuing to undermine u.s. democracy, adding, quote, we are just one click away on the key board from a similar situation repeating itself, a reference to the 2016 election hack. this week's justice

joining me right now, "bullseye brief" author and founder, adam johnson, hudson institute screen i don'temember fellow, michael pillsbury. good to see you both. michael, i think how china has come into its own the last 30 years. coincidentally the last 30 years america has struggled. we've seen median income really taper off, not go anywhere. it hasn't budged. improving a little bit right now, thank goodness but on the flipside the chinese seen an explosion in income. how do we think about capitalism in a global economy that will still benefit american workers? >> well, that's a a great question, trish. the chinese don't have a capitalist system. more than half of the economy is controlled by the state. they're able to select areas of technology or markets or pick their own companies, calling them national champions. the government helps them in violation of trade rules and all kinds of rules. trish: ultimately that fails. the government can not be out there picking winners and losers f they do so, that company is not incentivized to perform at its very, very best. >> yes. trish: continu

here now is rebecca heinrich, hudson institute senior fellow. what do you make of that?> you know i think that they will continue moving forward the negotiations. they have to get the meat on the bones, after the singapore summit which the agreement was very broad, vague, very scant on details. there is only one bullet point mentioned. denuclearization. we have to come to an agreement with the north koreans about what we mean by that, both sides. melissa: yeah. >> there is new media reports, secretary sarah sanders just talked about this in the press conference, new media reports indicate satellite imagery that north koreans are continuing improvement on missile production facility. last week they continue news on research, development on nuclear facility. these things are continuing. the white house neither confirmed nor denied them. melissa: right. >> they're concern egg. the trump administration has to get information about this, trying to get the north koreans to head into a different direction. melissa: all those reports you mentioned are speculation, based on satel

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before that trip took place he was speaking at the hudson institute.bout bells ringing when it comes to the risks that we face, russians -- >> comparing the environment to pre-9/11. >> exactly. the most natural reaction we have seen in some time from a trump administration official to this news that the president wanted to invite president putin back. then he walked it back, saying some press coverage has mischaracterized my response. it was in no way meant to be disrespectful or criticize the actions of the president. what do you make of his role in that walk back? he seemed to be standing up to what was a real surprise there on thursday. >> nobody gets out of this administration with their dignity intact. so i think we are seeing that. it really seemed for a moment not just at the aspen security forum, but before then when he put out a statement that was diametrically opposite to what trump said when he was standing beside putin about there is no doubt about russians's interference in the 2016 election and they let it be known that had not been clear

seen that groups across the ideological spectrum from the center for american progress to the hudson instituteand its kleptocracy initiative have all flag this is a really important national security problem here i think that having brought attention to it through this committee early on, we're in a position to have a recommendation to our colleagues to begin doing things about it with any luck in time to determine a little bit the misconduct in the upcoming election -- deter -- i appreciate how chairman graham has led this subcommittee. i think this is real progress and i appreciate it very, very much. >> inky. i'll return the compliment. you have been terrific on this. you have obviously done your homework, and the combination of bad things are almost endless and it seems to me that we need to up our gain. with that in mind will try to up our game. the record will remain open for one week. the hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> .. [inaudible conver

david: joining me hudson institute senior fellow rebecca heinrichs. go to the videotape, the head of nato himself, the horse's mouth talking about how nato members will pay more. let's play the tape yesterday. >> after years of decline when allyies were subtracting billions, now they're adding billions. before the trend was down, the trend is up. there is new sense of urgency due to president trump's strong leadership on defense spending. today allies agreed to redouble their efforts and this will make nato stronger. david: so a lot of people right now are quoting macron and saying that the president misspoke. based on what the head of nato just said, that's not a misspeak at all. >> no, that is not a misspeak at all. i think that president trump certainly got commitments from individual countries to move faster. verbal commitments to get to that 2%. you know it is hard to explain why certain countries are peeling off saying they can't meet that or they won't meet that but i think the bigger question here is, why won't these other countries, even with

on friday, he was speaking at the hudson institute, among other things, michael, he said, "the warning signs are there, the system is blinking, it is why i believe we are at a critical point. today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack." is there anyone who deals with this on a day-to-day basis who doesn't believe that's true? >> no, everybody believes it's true. and let's underscore, we've done next to nothing in terms of policy responses to those vulnerabilities. so we've been talking about this for years now. i want to underscore, years. and yet, basic things to protect our electoral systems from future cyber attacks have not been done. paper trails for votes have not been done. that's the most minimal thing to do. let's all say at a minimum, let's have a paper trail for votes cast in the event that there might be another cybersecurity attack in 2018. we haven't done those policy things because the president of the united states refuses to admit the truth about the russian intelligence operation against the united states of america. >> what do

we want to bring in general anthony tata and rebecca line democratic, hudson institute military mattersyou for being with us. he took questions from all over the world which brings to light how important our country is to the rest of the world. >> this is what leadership looks like to me. this is the president of the united states leading the nato alliance of making sure that they are following him, that they are coming behind and meeting their obligation. i have been on the battlefield with many nato countries. and they have all these different caveats and they never provide exactly what they're supposed to provide. they don't have the same rules of engagement. they don't do their -- it's just because who they are. and what nato has become is a political organization that really has been supporting the globalist agenda. this is the president saying this is america first. we're not going to be abused anymore by this collective security arrangement. we lead this collective security arrangement you don't lead us and that's what the president is saying. brian: from a policy standpoints the

hosted by the hudson institute live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. and this morning, president trump and british prime minister theresa may held a news conference at the prime minister's country home. we'll show you the entire 50-minute news conference coming up tonight on c-span. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable and sat -- or satellite provider. >> treasury secretary steven mnuchin testified yesterday before the house financial services committee on the international financial system he also answered questions about president trump's tariff increetses against china and u.s. allies in europe and the effect on jobs in the u.s. this is three hours. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] >> the committee will come to order. order. all member

he addressed the hudson institute in washington, d.c.riday saying the warning signs are there, the system is blinking. it is why he said i believe we are at a critical point. today the digital infrastructure that serves the country is literally under attack. he compared the warning signs to those the united states faced ahead of the september 11 terrorist attacks. that is the cnn story on his statements for the hudson institute from late last week. john in trenton, new jersey, go ahead. caller: thanks for taking my phone call. i don't think donald trump should be meeting with putin because of the pending investigation by mr. mueller. i would suggest to viewers to understand this. if he did not have anything to t he make allldn' his income tax returns available for congress to inspect? why would he need to meet with putin one-on-one? there is something going on and there is something wrong in denmark. i'm an independent. i'm sort of going toward the democrats now because he is not answering our problems. he should be home answering our pr

. >> it is notable that his remarks at the hudson institute came shortly after the justice department announced the new russian indictments and just days before the president meets vladimir putin. he warned about escalating cyber attacks on u.s. infrastructure and even the power grid ahead of the midterm elections. the director of national intelligence issued the kind of warning reminiscent of pre-9/11 intelligence warnings that went unheeded. >> the warning lights are blinking red. again. today, the digital infrastructure that serves the country is literally, under attack. every day, foreign actors, the worst offenders being russia, china, iran and north korea. >> they singled out russia is the most aggressive foreign actor as far cyber attacks against the us. accused russia of continuing to undermine u.s. democracy adding quote - we're just one click away on a keyboard from a similar situation repeating us up at a reference to the 2016 election hacked. this week's justice department indictment says half a million u.s. voters had their data stolen by the russian military intelligence

director coats in his address to the hudson institute last week used similar terminology, again, to get our attention, but in this case it's not the attention of our policymakers, that's already very highly focused on cyber threats. i think you hear it in the worldwide threat assessment, that the dni has given the past few years in which cyber threats lead as the number one year over year. you heard it in the remarks of director ray, secretary nielsen, the deputy attorney general this week and so we're very much focused on cyber threats. with regards to russia, i agree with the dni and others' characterization that they are the most aggressive foreign actor that we see in cyberspace. there is for good reason a lot of focus on their activity in 2016 against our election infrastructure and there influence efforts, but i think it's important to widen our view and to also look at the other public announcements that dhs, the fbi and the administration have made just this year about russia's cyber efforts against the u.s. and against our allies. the not petia attack, this was malware that inf

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service agent for the usama bin laden medvedev summit and rebeccah heinrichs senior fellow at the hudson institutenews security national analyst and author of the upcome book why we fight dr. sebastian gorka. good to have all three of you. dan bongino, let's start with you, going in, we have no idea what they are going to do. what are your expectations about what will happen. >> well, steve, i think the best way to look at it is where are there potential areas of disagreement and where are there going to be significant frixz points where there is likely to be no agreement at all. in the areas of agreement, obviously fighting international terrorism, there has been some successful communication between us and the russians before in that effort. and nuclear nonproliferation. are we going to get any kind of a consensus opinion on those issues here? probably not. but, even some kind of communique or commitment to fighting that would be interesting. on the other side, the friction points, it's highly unlikely there is going to be, i think, any agreement on syria. the russian interests in there are not

institutions in the presidency in baseball. he was forged in childhood in a different world right here along the hudson river and later with much of the globe at or near the war thinking roosevelt was president love to reminisce about his youth and crippled at polio at 39 and never again as we all know to walk he tried to relive his boyhood life by secretly returning time and again here to hyde park to a time when all things must've seemed possible. perhaps you remember sliding down a small hill before polio or in the spring stealing his first toy vote in water formed by the melting snow. in the summer with his dogs he dug into [inaudible] woodchuck holes and picked up a wooden bat and the young fdr hope to play baseball and is a would-be player like many of us your into hit. before long like millions of american youth he brought it easier to cheer then hit and learning again to quote mr. berra, that baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical. by the time he entered new england school roosevelt even left his dream behind of making a team. instead, the future president became a team manager and a picture showing stron