we heard from michael rodgers this week that we are likely to see that same kind of interference in upcoming election cycles. . we are already seeing european elections -- we certainly saw it in the french elections, russia from theed to the dump and thecandidate responsibility hasn't been definitively established but signs are certainly pointing in that direction. german officials have issued a dire warning about russian operatives, who are known to hack into the german parliament, the bundestag. i think it's a matter of time before we start seeing some leaked documents from compromised german computer systems. they will try to boost the right-wing candidate. host: you mentioned the nsa director, mike rogers. here he is speaking of the senate hearing about russia's possible goals. >> on the u.s. side, speaking as the director of the nsa, there were three primary goals. first was to undercut the united states and its broad principles of democracy, to try to send a message that they are not this high on the hill, perfect structure. they have heaviness, they work against each other. to undercu

senate intelligence committee will investigate worldwide threats, cia director mike pompeo and michael rodgers and national director dan coats cover -- testify. live coverage beginning at 10:00 eastern on c-span. the senate panel looks at 70 -- security and computer happening -- hacking. james clapper and former cia and nsa director michael hayden. live coverage from the armed services committee beginning at 9:30 eastern. you can watch live coverage of both hearings at c-span.org and listen using the c-span radio app. saturday, at noon eastern on book tv. military historians discuss their books on world war i at 2017 colby military writers symposium. speakers includes -- include other jennifer in key -- jennifer keene, michael with his book the path to war, how the first war war created modern america, retired colonel and his book "over there: america in the great war. and the recipient of this year's colby award and his book "waging war: the clash between president and congress." watch the 2017 colby military writer symposium saturday at noon eastern. on c-span two's book tv. afterwards, on p

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both dan coats and michael rodgers refused to comply with trump's demand, which they reportedly found inappropriate. meanwhile, former national security advisor michael flynn says he'll invoke his fifth amendment rights rather than comply with a subpoena compelling him to testify to the senate intelligence committee as part of an investigation into whether trump campaign officials colluded with russia to allegedly influence the 2016 election. top committee lawmakers say they may hold flynn in contempt of congress if he pleads the fifth, which protects citizens from being forced to incriminate themselves. during the campaign trail, donald trump blasted people who plead the fifth. mr. trump: if you're innocent, what are you taking the fifth amendment? amy: meanwhile, top democrats on the house oversight committee have accused flynn of lying to pentagon investigators last year when he applied for a renewal of his security clearances. in a letter released monday, the lawmakers say flynn told the pentagon he had not received any money from foreign companies, only two months earlier he had

intelligence experts, including michael rodgers.testimony before congress, he said his agency had detected an 11th hour attack targeting the newly elected french president. he also said the nsa was certain who was behind the hack. have a listen. >> if you take a look at the french elections, and unclassified hearing, i will not get into specifics -- but we have become aware of russian activity. wepocounterparts prior to the es attributed this past weekend. we gave them a heads-up that we are watching the russians, we have seen them penetrate your infrastructure. here is what we have seen, what can we do to assist? we are doing similar things with our german counterparts, british counterparts. we are trying to figure out how to learn from each other. brent: the lyrically motivated hacks are also the agenda here in berlin. republic of -- republica, is taking place in the german capital. organizers say they have seen the internet or what with its early promise succumbing to difficult realities. delegates are debating comments like hate

once we get to the q&a portion of the proceedings, we will have mike pompeo, michael rodgers commitments and stewart -- vincent stewart and so on. you can follow the whole thing on tv . >> systems will be at risk for years. ♪ mark: once again, we are monitoring a senate intelligence committee hearing live on capitol hill. acting fbi director andrew mccabe is set to field questions from lawmakers. this comes a day after james comey was fired from his director post. we will bring you the question and answer portion as soon as it begins. warner that is mark giving his prepared testimony now. will be giving his testimony and then we will get into the question and answers portion. time for futures and focus. oil climbing for a second consecutive day. is the us from the cme chief market strategist -- thank you for joining, bob. why are we getting a slight bounce for oil when stockpiles are really giving us the impression that we should be getting a drop? bob: there's a couple of reasons. i'm not necessarily seeing this as a slight rebound. i'm seeing it as a respectable move. we've had the

mike pompeo, michael rodgers and dan coats testify. live coverage beginning at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. c-span3, a senate panel looks at cyber security and state-sponsored computer hacking. witnesses included james clapper and michael hayden. live coverage beginning at 9:30 eastern. you can watch live coverage of both hearings at c-span.org and listen using the c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal live with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, heather mcghee will join us to talk about the aggressive agenda in the trump presidency. george washington university fbiessor, on the firing of director james comey. be sure to watch washington journal. join the discussion. ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> next senate democrats host a meeting on the republican of care replacement bill.

the president asked both the director of national intelligence daniel coates and nsa director michael rodgers to publishly deny any evidence of connections between his team and russia. they came in late march. this is all allegedly document ed in an internal memo , written by a senior nsa official, both coats and rodgers refused to comply with the president's request. >>> meanwhile former national security advisor michael flynn taking the fifth in the investigation into russia's possibly lex meddling. flynn and his legal team said in a letter to the senate intelligence committee said they would not turn over personal documents despite congressional subpoena. also yesterday top house democrat cited new evidence that shows flynn may have lied on a security clearance background check. this is all going on as president trump is on his first foreign trip as president. >>> new jersey governor chris christie said he told him so. christie said he warned president trump about making general michael flynn national security advisor. here it is at a news conference christie said quote if i were president

president trump in march petitioned the new director of intelligence, and nation nal security agency michael rodgers to try to debunk the claims of collusion, and trying to tamp down reports, perhaps slow down the investigation. he would not confirm or deny today, let's play a little bit of that. >> if you get called in front of the negligence committee, will you share your findings? >> i do believe that the investigation and discussions that i have had with the president are something that should not be decision closed. on the other hand, if i'm called before an investigative committee, i would certainly provide them with what i know and don't know. >> basically saying he will tell an investigative committee what he knows, but not what he said to the preponderate, but what we do know from our own reporting is that the two officials, so concerned, that there was memos written about this incident. they were concerned about whether or not he was trying to interfere with the investigation, and the president was concerned enough that he was trying to tamp it down. >> that would be a nightmare scenario t

amy: so you have cnn reporting askedent trump michael rodgers and dan coats to publicly state that presidentrump's campaign did not colluded with russia to allegedly influence the 2016 election. according to cnn, the request came after former fbi director james comey publicly confirmed in march the fbi was investigating possible collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials. both coats and rogers refused to comply with trump's demand, which they reportedly found inappropriate. coats also testified yesterday -- the significance of all of this, congressman green? >> this is additional evidence that will support the primary evidence that has got your attention. all of this evidence indicates the president had a great deal of concern. that concern can emanate from the fact there are things that could be harmful to it. whether it is ever reuven that he colluded or not, whether he is convicted is not important. important in the sense that it shows additional things, but when it comes to the obstruction of justice, that act was down. and what happens with the collusion is a totally sep

this after a morning of testimony from nsa director michael rodgers. the first we've heard from him since the unmasking of names caught up in foreign surveillance aled of the election last year. katherine herridge joins us live from washington. good to see you. has there been any change in russian behavior since the election? >> reporter: the nsa director testified this morning, because there hadn't been a strong 3ub lick rebuke by the united states against russia, hasn't really cost the russians anything financially. they had taken the lessons they learned through the interference last fall in the election here in the united states and they're now applying those lessons to other democracies. >> we've seen another russian attempt to affect the outcome of the election in france. do you see any slackening reduction in russian/chinese efforts to commit cyber attacks and even affect elections? >> no, i do not. >> have you seen any reduction in russian behave kwhror? >> no, i have not. >> reporter: the nsa director also testified this morning that he predic

john cornyn of texas and michael rodgers are the top candidates for fbi chief.ur party leader jeremy corbyn plans a new corporate tax if the party wins in the election. the tax would hit companies that pay staff more than $425,000 a year. it is part of policies aimed at reversing years of conservative party rule. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: thanks. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. ,e have some good charts particularly what is going on with merkel and macron. $1.1042. 45. vix, 10. unchanged.iss seems i put in euros lottery showing -- euro's lottie -- euro-'s lottie -- euro-zlaty. expectations a little below what analysts were thinking. this is a picture of european stocks. regaining earlier. $1.1042.ar, a fifthar weakening for straight day, having to do with the report that trump revealed ossified information. and iea, the price of crude up $49.23. it cuts different ways, whether it is this was frank or the japanese yen. this is zloty

cia director mike pompeo, director of national intelligence dan coats, and nsa director admiral michael rodgers. the answer questions about the rush investigation and the firing of james comey. this is two hours and 20 minutes. coats.or dan 2:20 s sen. duckworth: sen. burr: i would like to call the hearing to order. i would like to welcome our witnesses today. the director of national intelligence, dan coats. good to see our former colleague. director of the central intelligence agency, mike pompeo. director of defense intelligence, vince stewart. director of the national security agency, mike rogers. director of geospatial intelligence agency, robert cardella. and acting director at the fbi, andrew mccabe. thank you for coming in on such short notice. since 1995, this committee has met in an open forum to hear about and discuss the security threats facing the united states of america. i understand that many people tuned in today are hopeful that we would focus solely on the russian investigation and their involvement in our elections. let me disappoint everybody up front. while the committee c

senator john cornyn, andrew mccabe, alice fisher, judge michael garcia, adam lee, judge hudson, frances townsend and former congressman mike rodgers. i want to ask you about senator cornyn he was quoted saying the idea he fired comey to squelch the russia probe is a "fake narrative." >> i'm not getting into specific names but i'd say this more generally, jake. first, the nominee should be not a partisan politician, not part of either party. this demands a serious down the middle investigation. second, it ought to be somebody who is experienced. you need a really good prosecutor here, somebody who knows how to do it and third, it should be someone with courage. if there is interference or attempted interference to shut down the investigation, to misdirect it, you need somebody who is going to stand up. so those are my three criteria. i'm not going to name any specific people, nor criticize or evaluate any people who have been named until they name somebody, by the criteria are pretty obvious. >> you just called for a special prosecutor to investigation this possible collusion between the trump team and russia. your party has not se

rodgers, strong. fran townsend worked in the bush white house interesting and judge michael garcia has strong bipartisan support, so it's a very serious list there that he's working off, and if it's to be believed, it suggests that what trump will not do is put in some kind of crony, which he realizes would be very difficult. >> i think one of the tasks might be what these people have said on russia. john cornyn said this say valid line of inquiry. mccabe in his testimony, doesn't seem like he'd be on the top of the list after what he said last week. i think just some of these folks haven't talked about the russia investigation but i think that's going to be something that is worth looking at as we go through this process. >> ron, quickly, you know, there are reports out axios for one, not seeing it entirely matching yet there's a big white house shakeup coming. any thoughts on that? >> you could make the case, right? this has been as rocky a start as you can have with by far the lowest approval rating. the paradox if you sweep clean the white house you only add to the sense of disarray which is part of

michael garcia, who was a judge from new york, sitting texas governor, alex fisher, henry hudson, a virginia judge, and special agent adam lee. now, the last interview we're expecting to see today is mike rodgers. he should be here within the hour. he received a very big endorsement today from the fbi agents association. they represent a lot of active and a former fbi agent mike rodgers was in the fbi himself before he left to go into politics. julie. . julie: all right. and what is the timetable for all of this? could the administration make a decision soon? >> well, president trump says that it's possible there could be a decision as early as this week. take a listen to what he said on air force one. >> almost all of them are very well known. you know, they've been vetted over their lifetime, essentially. but very well known. highly respected. really talented people. and that's what we want of the fbi. >> the fbi director is a position that typically lasts for ten years and before that tenure can begin, the candidate would need senate confirmation. julie, back to you. julie: all right, ellison, thank you very much. a fox news alert with the pentagon confirming right now north korea has launc

later this morning, michael rodgers who heads the nsa and u.s. cyber command gives his assessment on global cyber threats. that hearing getting underway at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. the confirmation hearing for john sullivan. watch said here on c-span. later in the day, the army corps of engineers testifies before a senate subcommittee on ports and waterways in the u.s. that is life here on c-span beginning it to: 30 p.m. eastern -- beginning at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >> sunday night on afterwards. physician and journalist examines the business side of health care in her book, "an american sickness: how health care became big business and how you can take it back." she is interviewed by david blumenthal. >> i wonder if it give you any thought about whether health care is a free market, whether we can solve our problems from free market forces. >> what we have seen is the answer is probably not. at the beginning of the book, i put out a tongue-in-cheek list of the economic lists of the economic dysfunction of the market. if you think of health car