. >> this morning, jessica herrera-flanigan, former staff director and general counsel of the homelandy committee previews cybersecurity legislation that could come before congress this week. then "washington post" investigative reporter spencer investigative reporter spencer hsu

host: let's hear from jessica herrera-flanigan.guest: the president is looking at the domestic issues and the private sector, but there is another important part of that. what are the nation's overseas problems? the military has an important role to play and it is important not to forget that. some of our investors come in from other nations. some of the worst offenders in terms of stealing information from private systems comes from nations like china and russia. so, we need to have a role for the intelligence community and the department to counter such efforts. we have learned what opponents may be doing. those hon not necessarily nations, but roe groups or terrorist organizations. the question is -- where do those lines get drawn? of between the department of homeland security and the fcc to take a role. host: give us a broad sense of the resources dedicated to this. host: the department of homeland security has a cyber security section that looks at cyber security and communications issues. the division is called the national

>> host: let's hear from jessica herrera-flanigan. >> guest: part of the cybersecurity mission, partwith the homeland security and working with domestic issues and the private sector. there is another important part of that what are our nations overseas doing? cyber threats, the nsa and the military has an important role to play and, important not to forget that. some of our cyber threats are coming from foreign nations. we know for example, that some of the worst offenders in terms of stealing information from both our government systems and private systems are coming from nations like china and russia. so we need to have a role for the nsa, for the intelligence community and for the department of defense to counter such efforts and learn what our opponents may be doing. also to counter whatever cyber-terrorists might be doing. those are not necessarily nations but rogue groups or terrorist organizations. there is an important role to play there. the question where do those lines get drawn and where do we then allow for the domestic side, the department of homeland security, commerc