first, the former director of homeland, michael chertoff. second, the former director of national intelligence, james clapper. each knows cyber and these issues and the difficult political and legal background as well as anybody. i want to start with a question that is on everybody's minds. it involves the question of interference in our elections. this is the complaint that has been raised by the still unidentified whistleblower whose complaint is before the house intelligence committee and is the subject of an intense discussion. without asking what you think about the president should be impeached, i want to ask you the baseline question, whether you as experts in this area find the whistleblower complaint, which we have now read, urgent and credible. those were the words used. and whether you would think that it ought to be investigated to determine whether it is accurate. >> maybe i should start. i am very familiar with the intelligence community whistleblower protection act and the complaint submitted with it. of all the whistleblower

former director of national intelligence james clapper and michael chertoff, the former homeland security secretary, discussed cyber security threats at an event hosted by the washington post. they also talked about the whistleblower complaint against president trump. and the resulting congressional investigation. this is 30 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming this morning. i want to join in what chris said at the outset. this is an anniversary that has a lot of meaning for us of the post, the fact that our publisher and our owner traveled all the way to his temple to speak on behalf of of my colleague and my friend illustrates a commitment they have made personally, which all of us feel very grateful for. i wanted to share that with you.

michael chertoff and james clapper. at 4:05 the role of the inspector general. hear from author bob jason chaifetz. societyn 3, federalist host journalists to preview the upcoming supreme court term and comeases expected to before the court. >> now charlie cook in conversation with radio host bill press. the event int of washington d.c. looking at key house and senate races in the upcoming elections. world tonight to the hill center. >> good evening. thank you, john. it is great to see you all and it is great to welcome our friends from c-span around the world tonight to the hill center. we know we have some stiff competition tonight because it is a playoff game for the nats. go nats. the game does not start until 8:00 p.m. we promise to have you out in time to get home and watch the game. i want you to know that charlie cook made the ultimate sacrifice tonight. he has tickets to the game. he gave them to his son so he could join us. [applause] >> small price to pay. we thank you for that. also wanted to mention that we have a couple of exciting programs coming

then, a cybersecurity summit with remarks from michael chertoff and james clapper. , a forum onp.m.overnment oversight and the role of the inspector general. woodwardear from bob and jason chaffetz. on c-span three at 12:30 p.m. eastern, legal scholars and journalists preview the upcoming supreme court term in the case is expected to come before the court. ♪ campaign: our c-span 2020 bus team is visiting key battleground states in the 2020 presidential race, asking voters what issues they want presidential candidates to address during the campaign. shouldress in washington do more to address the climate crisis, because defense spending or any other partisan divide will not matter if we don't have a planet to live on. >> i think an important issue washington needs to address is lgbtq a quality at the federal level and protecting individuals from discrimination. right now, they are not protected under the constitution when it comes to getting a job as a bisexual woman, someone can fire me for being gay. that is an issue that needs to come to the forefront. >> the system overall, the d

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first, former director of homeland security, michael chertoff. former director of national intelligence, james clapper. each knows cyber and these issues and the difficult political and legal background, as well as anybody who has served in government. i want to start, gentlemen, with a question that's on everybody's minds this week. it involves the question of interference in our elections, but this is the complaint that's been raised by the still unidentified whistleblower whose complaint is now before the house intelligence committee and subject of an intense national discussion going all the way to the issue of impeachment. without asking you what you think about whether the president should be impeached, i do want to ask you each the baseline question, whether you as experts in this area, find the whistleblower's complaint which we've now read, urgent and credible, both of the words used and then second, whether you would think that it ought to be investigated to determine whether it's accurate? >> well, maybe i should start since it's-- i'm

policy toward syria and on c-span 2, a "washington post" cybersecurity summit from rmer secretary michael chertoff and james clapper. we'll hear from author and "washington post" columnist bob woodward. and on c-span 3 at 12:30 eastern, the federalist society hosts legal scholars and journalists to preview the cases expected to come before the supreme court. >> on wednesday, boris johnson delivers the closing address at his party's conference in manchester, england. atch live at 6:30 eastern on c-span 2. listen on the c-span free radio app. >> next, charlie cook in conversation with radio host bill press. it took part in washington, d.c. looking at key house and senate races in the upcoming elections. >> good evening. thank you, john. it is great to see you all and it is great to welcome our friends from c-span around the world tonight to the hill center. we know we have some stiff competition tonight because it is a playoff game for th

former national intelligence director james clapper and the former homeland security secretary michael chertoff, part of a conversation on cyber security threats. nasa talked about the whistleblower complaint against president trump. this if it hosted by the washington post. >> eddies and gentlemen, thank you for coming this morning. i just want to join in what chris friday said. this is an anniversary that has a lot of meaning for us the fact that her publisher, and are owner traveled all of the

former national intelligence director james clapper and the former homeland security secretary michael chertoff, part of a conversation on cyber security threats. nasa talked about the whistleblower complaint against president trump. this if it hosted by the washington post. >> eddies and gentlemen, thank you for coming this morning. i just want to join in what chris friday said. this is an anniversary that has a lot of meaning for us the fact that her publisher, and are owner traveled all of the way to speak in behalf of my colleague and friend, illustrates the commitment that they have made personally which i think all of us want here at the post are very grateful for. i just wanted to share that with you. today were going to talk about cybersecurity interference in our 2020 presidential elections. the very innovative new way of trying to do with that. and avoided talked with two of the people who are most familiar with these issues. first former director of homeland security, michael, former director of national intelligence, james, each knows the cyber in these issues in a difficult politic

it c-span 2 at 9:00 a.m., we join the washington post cybersecurity summit with remarks from michael chertoff and james clapper. at 12:05, a forum on government oversight and the role of the inspector general. we hear from author and washington post columnist bob woodward and jason jason -- jason chaffetz. the federalist society hosts legal scholars and journalists to preview the upcoming supreme court term and the cases expected to come before the court. an hour, catherine glenn foster, president and ceo of americans united for life discusses legal challenges to roe v. wade. at 8:30 a.m., paul rosensweig discusses impeachment efforts and the supply complain. her recentalus on piece on asylum-seekers at th u.s.-mexico border. ♪ host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal" for wednesday, october 2, 2019. we would like to hearrom republicans only this first hour. republican callers only to hear your thoughts on the impeachment inquiry on president trump. do you still support him? how do you think he is responding? we will also look at the latest polls on how other republicans are feel