introduce undersecretary of defense michael griffin are at the hudson institute undersecretary griffin will be speaking and conversation on precisely the question of the preeminence and the great power competitors to exploit those technologies against u.s. interests. undersecretary griffin and his chief technology officer for secretary of defense mean he looks at defense capabilities how to improve them technologically with the transformation and how to hedge against uncertainty and engineer by training most recently from the university of alabama at huntsville before returning to the department of defense serving as administrator of nasa 2005 through ten -- 2009 prior to their key with head of the space department at john

. >> the hudson institute hosted a discussion with defense undersecretary michael griffin -- michael griffin on technology and national security. undersecretary griffin who also served as nasa administrator in the george w. bush administration discusses how the department is working to increase its military edge against rising powers like russia and china. this is just over an hour. kenneth: good morning and welcome. i'm ken weinstein, president and c.e.o. of hudson institute. i'd like to welcome our audience here at hudson as well as the c-span viewing audience. hudson institute is dedicated to american leadership and global engagement for a secure, free, and prosperous future and key to american leadership is continued american technological pre-eminence. and given that that's the case, i'm delighted to be able to welcome and introduce undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, michael griffin, here to hudson institute. undersecretary griffin will be speaking today in conversation with senior fellow rebeccah heinrichs on precisely this question of technological preemine

. >> the hudson institute hosted a discussion with defense undersecretary michael griffin -- michael griffin on technology and national security. undersecretary griffin who also served as nasa administrator in the george w. bush administration discusses how the department is working to increase its military edge against rising powers like russia and china. this is just over an hour. kenneth: good morning and welcome. i'm ken weinstein,

delighted to be able to welcome and introduce undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, michael griffin, here to hudson institute. undersecretary griffin will be speaking today in conversation with senior fellow rebeccah heinrichs on precisely this question of technological preeminence and thousand to -- and how to preempt our enemies from using these against us. undersecretary griffin is chief technology officer for the secretary of defense, meaning he looks at current defense capabilities, looks at how to improve them technological, how -- technologically how to hedge , against uncertainty. he's an aeronautical engineer by training. most recently taught at the university of alabama at huntsville before returning to the department of defense. he of course served as administrator from nasa from 2005 to 2009. prior to service at nasa he was head of the space department at johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory and of course served as president and chief operating officer of incutel a private, nonprofit enterprise funded by the c.i.a. to identify and invest in cutting edge te

delighted to be able to welcome and introduce undersecretary of defense for research and engineering michael griffin here at hudson institute. undersecretary griffin will be speaking today in conversation with senior fellow rebecca heinrichs on precisely this question of american technological preeminence and how to preempt our great power competitors and rogue actors from exploiting the technologies against us or against u.s. interests. under secretary griffin serves as chief technology officer for the secretary of defense which means he looks at current defense capabilities, looks at how to improve them technologically, defense technology transformation, how to hedge against uncertainty. he's an air row knowledgecle engineer by training, recently taught at the university of alabama at huntsville before returning to the department of defense. he, of course, served as administrator of nasa from 2005 to 2009 prior to service at nasa, he was head of the space department at johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory and also served as president and chief operating officer of incuetell, private

preeminence given that is the case we are delighted to welcome and introduce undersecretary of defense michael griffin are at the hudson institute undersecretary griffin will be speaking and conversation on precisely the question of the preeminence and the great power competitors to exploit those technologies against u.s. interests. undersecretary griffin and his chief technology officer for secretary of defense mean he looks at defense capabilities how to improve them technologically with the transformation and how to hedge against uncertainty and engineer by training most recently from the university of alabama at huntsville before returning to the department of defense serving as administrator of nasa 2005 through ten -- 2009 prior to their key with head of the space department at john hopkins physics laboratory and served as president and ceo of private nonprofit enterprise funded by the cia to identify and invest in cutting-edge technologies serving national security interests. undersecretary griffin will engage in conversation rebecca is well-known in defense circles with her work on missile def

michael griffin was confirmed in that position about two months ago and among other things is the former administrator. dr. eric smith is the chairman of the defense innovation board and formerly chairman and chief executive officer of google where he remains a technical adviser. he is here however only in his capacity with the defense innovation board. we are very grateful to have both of you here. i might alert members that after , immediately after this open hearing lou obery convened and classified session to go into greater detail about some of these issues. let me at this point yield to the gentlelady from california who is the acting ranking member. >> thank you mr. chairman and i certainly appreciate the chairman's calling this hearing on the need for more innovation technology development and we are honored to have both of you here today as witnesses on this critically important topic. we been talking about for a long time but actually addressing it in a way that is going to continue to make a difference is part of what we want to see happen. maintaining a culture of innovation

michael jordan said never say never, limits like fears are illusions. shaquem griffin paid attention. came in the fifth round and the sea hawks selected the speedy line baker who is missing his left hand. had to be amputated as a child. he started in central florida and played as a prosthetic, he will join his twin brother. he was over come with emotion. >> i couldn't breathe and i didn't know what to say. i was trying to get the words out. it was tough. i did everything i was supposed to do. >> okay, remember at 6:00 we'll have the answers whether curry will play tonight. the sharks round two under way and we'll have the highlights of

michael griffin was a physicist and an aerospace engineer who helped to design missile defense technology satellites early in his career. sean o'keefe was an engineer in the navy who worked on nuclear submarines. before leaving nasa he served as deputy director of o.m.b., secretary of the navy and comptroller for the department of defense. daniel golden was a mechanical engineer who had previously been a vice president at a space and technology company. he was nominated by president george h.w. bush and served under presidents bill clinton and george w. bush. richard truly served as vice admiral in the navy before he became the first former astronaut to head the space agency under president george h.w. bush. so the reason we are having a robust debate about mr. james bridenstine to lead nasa is that this is the first time in history that we have someone without similar qualifications to run such an important agency. jim bridenstine, the nominee that we are considering, served as a navy pilot, and i thank him for his service. but that does not qualify him to run nasa. just because you know

just how close is michael cohen to the president? drew griffin>> reporter: he has been with donald trump since 2007, personal lawyer, 100% defender and has made no apologies for his unyielding support for donald trump. cohen responded with his tweet. thank you for your accurate depiction of me and my role for our president. >> my job is i protect mr. trump. that's what it is. if there's an issue that relates to mr. trump that is of concern to him it's of concern to me, and i will use my legal skills within which to protect mr. trump to the best of my ability. >> reporter: the skills have included threatening reporters, buying silence, bullying tactics to prevent the release of damaging information >> he's the guy you call 3:00 in the morning when you have a problem. >> do you have stories of donald trump calling him at 3:00 in the morning? >> i've dinner i've been at with michael, the boss has called. >> reporter: it is with that background that makes the details about the stormy daniels deal somewhat incredulous. cohen explained he made the stor

drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >> michael cohen may have just one client. david chalian, kristen powers, anne milgram, jeffrey toobin, paul begala, and mike shields. jeff, you know, the president saying that basically linking all this to robert mueller, the person who actually authorized this raid would be the head of the southern district who's an appointee of the president. >> geoffrey berman. the u.s. attorney. appointed by donald trump. not just that. remember, he didn't have the authority to order a search warrant by himself. all a u.s. attorney can do is make an application to a magistrate judge who decides whether there's enough evidence to grant a search warrant. so it's not -- his complaint is not just with robert mueller. it's with his own appointee, geoff berman, and the judges who approved the search warrant. so the idea that this is somehow bob mueller off on a rogue tangent by himself is just completely belied by the facts >> it's also interesting to hear them, the president talk about the fbi kind of breaking into his -- as if it's like danie

michael jordan said never say never, limits like fears are illusions. shaquem griffinaid attention. came in the fifth round and the sea hawks selected the speedy line baker who is missing his left hand. had to be amputated as a child. he started in central florida and played as a prosthetic, he will join his twin brother. he was over come with emotion. >> i couldn't breathe and i didn't know what to say. i was trying to get the words out. it was tough. i did everything i was supposed to do. >> okay, remember at 6:00 we'll have the answers whether curry will play tonight. the sharks round two under way and we'll have the highlights of him pitching. it was fun. his teammates laughing in the dugout and look at this, the first one to beat them. >> a tease until 6:00. >> it we need to help more tocalifornians get ahead.d, that's why antonio villaraigosa brought both parties together to balance the state budget with record investments in public schools... and new career training programs. as mayor of la, he brought police and residents together to get illegal guns off the st

griffin at the pentagon. thank you. following the strikes early saturday, there's been a debate about whether president trump went far enough in sending a message. michaeltz is a former green beret mentor and florida g.o.p. congressional candidate. he stayed with us late friday and into saturday. qaddafi with estimate. i want to play a little bit of what we are hearing from lindsey graham. about what he thinks about how this went. here's what he said. >> if you are assad, you heard the president saying i'm going to make you pay a big price. you are an animal. what did assad see? a military strike they didn't change his life at all. so assad wakes up the next day and goes back to work. >> shannon: beyond that, he's worried about the message you did or didn't send to russia and iran as well. what do you think? >> well, i think the strike was proportionate. there was a real concern from secretary mattis that we risked an escalation with russians. i also share senator graham's concern in that i would have liked to have seen more in terms of taking out the syrian air force and their ability to deliver these chemical weapons in the future. and it would neuter

griffin from the pentagon live. >> sandra: president trump's attorneys trying to find out what documents were seized from michael cohens ordered to appear in a federal courtroom today. stormy daniels will be there as well. what can we expect from this showdown in federal court? judge andrew napolitano is on deck. >> when the judge was asking questions of his counsel and the counsel unfortunately did not have answers to these simple questions, the judge wasn't happy about it. hi i'm joan lunden. today's senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. and there's never been an easier way to get great advice. a place for mom is a free service that pairs you with a local advisor to help you sort through your options and find a perfect place. a place for mom. you know your family we know senior living. together we'll make the right choice. here's something you should know. there's a serious virus out there that 1 in 30 boomers has, yet most don't even know it. a virus that's been almost fo

michael aven a-day -- michael avenatti, stormy daniels' lawyer, was spotted at the parties. and happy person -- kathy griffinthe comedian, was there as well. host: judy kurtz. she is the columnist for "in the know." thanks for being with us. caller: thanks for having me. host: back to your phone calls. brett is joining us from searchlight, nevada, hometown of former number credit leader harry reid. caller: good morning. -- i find it hard to believe the media. i listen to them when they say, this poll, 93% of americans do not believe the president is doing a good job -- then you look at how may people are asked. 300. 600. 900. 1187. -- 93% oft 90 americans? that is 93% of how many people are asked. i watched the interview with the russian lawyer. where she said i am a lawyer, and i am an informant. said she said "i'm a lawyer and a spy." that is not what she said. host: thank you. we have our own unscientific poll on our facebook page. more than 1400 people have weighed in. we are asking do you trust the news media? 42% say yes. 58% say no. add your voice by voting in this poll at facebook.com/cspan. or send

the featured speaker is michael griffin who serves as defense undersecretary for research and engineering. this is from the hudson institute and it is just over an hour.

. >>> next on c-span 3, hear defense undersecretary michael griffin talk about how the defense department is working to advance the military's technological capabilities. . this discussion hosted by the hudson institute is an hour.