mr. coleman but he is very familiar with coleman's stance on climate change. david joins me new from up in maine. thanks for being here. >> good morning, brian. glad to be here. >> so i thought it was notable you sent a memo to your whole staff this week and had a weather channel statement come out reiterating the company's stance about climate change. what do you want people to know about john coleman and his involvement in the weather channel in the past? >> what i want people to know is that the science is pretty clear about climate change. we've had this statement since 2007. we've been unwavering on it and i think as always we cover the science. i think some people were confused to hear a statement from somebody who was noted as a co-founder of the weather channel, which is true. we're grateful that he got it started 32 years ago. but he hasn't been with us in 31 years. so he's not really speaking for the weather channel in any way today. our position is really clear, it's scientifically based, and we've been unwavering on it for quite some time now. >> a

mr. coleman began his career as a special agent with the fbi in 1997 and has served as assistant special agent in charge of the san antonio division, chief of the counter espionage session and special agent in charge of the little rock division. prior to his appointment to the fbi, he served as an officer in the united states army for nine years. we are delighted that che could join us today. we ask him to proceed with his testimony. proceed, sir. >> good afternoon, chairman whitehouse. i am pleased to be here to discuss the f bi's efforts to combat economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. the fbi considers this a top priori priority. in 2012, the national counterintelligence estimated a range of loss to the u.s. economy approaching $400foreigi our nation's advantage in the market, this threatens our economy and preventing such loss requires vigilance and aggressive mitigation. the fbi is diligently working to investigate and apprehend targets pursuing economic espionage against academic institutions, defense contractors and government agencies. it has made significant progress in

mr. coleman served as an officer in the united states army for nine years. we are delighted that he could join us today, and we ask him to proceed with his testimony, proceed, sir. >> good afternoon, chairman white house, i am pleased to be here with you discuss to the fbis efforts. the fbi considers the theft to trade secrets a top priority. in 2012 alone, the national counterintelligence executive estimated a range of loss to the u.s. economy approaching $400 billion. to foreign adversaries and kp competitors who illegally obtained trade secrets. degraded the research and development in the global market. this immense loss threatens the security of our economy and preventing such loss requires constant vigilance and aggressive mitigation. the fbi is diligently working to investigate and of a-end targets pursuing against u.s.-based businesses, academic institutions, contractors, and government agencies. it has made a significant progress in putting some of the most egregious offenders behind bars. economic espionage and theft to trade secrets are increasing

mr. coleman began his career as a special agent with the fbi in 1997 and has served as assistant special agent in charge of the san antonio division, chief of the counter espionage session and special agent in charge of the little rock division. prior to his appointment to the fbi, he served as an officer in the united states army for nine years. we are delighted that che could join us today. we ask him to proceed with his testimony. proceed, sir. >> good afternoon, chairman whitehouse. i am pleased to be here to discuss the f bi's efforts to combat economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. the fbi considers this a top priori priority. in 2012, the national counterintelligence estimated a range of loss to the u.s. economy approaching $400foreigi our nation's advantage in the market, this threatens our economy and preventing such loss requires vigilance and aggressive mitigation. the fbi is diligently working to investigate and apprehend targets pursuing economic espionage against academic institutions, defense contractors and government agencies. it has made significant progress in