mr. lester, would you respond to mr. larson question that you didn't get a chance to respond to before. >> sure. so i think you are talking about the cost -- >> 30 seconds. >> i think you are talking about the costs of regulation, right. so mr. rosen talked about the cost of regulating this. and i'd just like to mention a cost which is $16.7 billion to be precise, that's the amount that was stolen as a result of identity theft in 2017. the cost of not regulating is in the billions. and furthermore, what we are talking about is restoring the social security number to its original purpose, to it be used only by the social security administration, that's what it was intended for. congress has many times looked at this when they passed the privacy act in 1974, that's originally what it was intended to do. >> thank you. >> last month, mr. grant, the ways and means committee marked up a bill to protect children and consumers from identity theft. it was hr 5192. by helping reduce the prevalence of synthetic identity fraud, the

mr. lester, welcome. please go ahead. johnson,r: chairman ranking member larsen, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. my name is sam lester. i am the council at the electronic privacy information system. it is a nonprofit research organization here in washington, d.c., established in 1994 to focus public attention on the privacy and civil liberties issues. i appreciate your interest in this critical topic. i cannot overstate the urgency that we update our privacy laws. there is no other form of personal information that poses a greater threat to privacy than the social security number. the recent equifax breach exposed the social security numbers of over half of the u.s. adult population. an ssn was never meant to be all-purpose identifier in the private sector. inn it was first introduced 1936, it was to be used only for the administration of social security taxes. the fact is that it is now so pervasive is both -- as both an identifier and authenticator, username and password, has

mr. lester holt. trump did the interview with lester holt and he said the russia thing was on his mind. mueller wants to ask the president what he meant by that. what was the purpose of the may 12th, 2017 tweet? when trump posted this tweet. james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. >> mr. comey says in congressional testimony, lo"lor, i hope there are tapes." we never found that out. what did you think of mr. comey's june 8th testimony regarding mike flynn and what did you do about it? after the testimony, trump called him a liar. mueller wants to ask about that. what was the purpose of the september and october 2017 statements including tweets regarding and investigation of mr. comey. comey should be investigated and the white house press secretary also made critical comments of mr. comey's testimony. mueller wants to ask about that. what's the reason of your continued criticism of comey and andrew mechan andr andrew mccabe. what did you think and do regarding the recusal of mr. sessio sessions. what did i think and what did

mr. lester, please go ahead. >> chairman johnson ranking member and members of the subcommittee thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i am the consumer privacy counsel an independent nonprofit research organization here in washington d.c. established 1994 emerging privacy and civil liberties issues. i appreciate your interest in this critical topic i cannot overstate the urgency that we update our privacy laws. there is no other form of personal information that poses a greater threat to privacy than a social security number. the recent equifax breach exposed social security numbers of over half of the u.s. adult population. it was never meant to be the all-purpose identifier in the private sector when first introduced in 1936 to be used only for the administration of social security taxes. the fact that it is now so pervasive as the identifier and authenticator username and password undoubtedly contributed to the alarming rise of data breach and identity theft and financial fraud. the keys to the kingdom of identity thieves a criminal possession of your ssn can file fraudulent

mr. lester, welcome. please go ahead. >> chairman johnson, ranking member larsen, members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify to. my name is samuel lester, consumer privacy counsel at the -- this is a nonprofit research organization in washington d.c. established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues. i appreciate your interest in this critical topic. i cannot overstate the urgency that we update our privacy laws. there is no other form of personal information that poses a greater threat to privacy than the social security number. recent equifax breach exposes the social security numbers of over half of the us adult population. the ssn was never meant to be an all-purpose identifier in the private sector. it was first introduced in 1936, it was be used only to the social security taxes. the fact that it is now so pervasive as an identifier and authenticator, a username and a password, it is undoubtedly contributed to the alarming rise in

mr. kelly? >> reporter: well, lester, remember secretary of state rex tillerson was ousted in march after a number of policy disputes, but white house officials also say mr. trump never got over reports that tillerson called the president a moron, so is kelly the second chief of staff leaving any time soon? several white house officials say that's really anyone's guess, but there is broad agreement that kelly's standing has been diminished. lester? >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> and while that drama plays out behind the scenes, president trump went in front of the cameras today with delicate negotiations over nuclear programs hanging in the balance on two fronts, iran and north korea. the president rejecting the notion his threats to leave the iran nuclear deal could somehow jeopardize talks with north korea, and citing evidence offered by israel today he's been "100% right about iran." nbc chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has that story. >> iran lied. >> reporter: showing off slides and speaking in english, the israeli prime minister today addressing an audienc

. >> what did you mean in your interview with lester hot about mr. comey and russia? resident trump told lester hot he was thinking about the russian investigation when he fired comey. let's listen. >> regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey, knowing that it was a real good time to do it. in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself. i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story, an excuse by the democrats having lost an election that they should have won. >> renado what's your reaction? >> clearly many of these questions, don are meant to try to pin down the president as to what his intent was when he was firing comey. look, the president can fire the fbi director for legitimate reasons, for example he did a bad job. if you're firing the fbi director in order to stop an investigation into you or your friends that is obviously obstruction of justice. and so, all these detailed questions about tweets and conversations and what did he think of comey before these meetings and so on. obviously this question about the

mr. lester would like to join me for dinner tonight? perhaps we could continue the conversation then.al within chinese intelligence. he has three ph.d.s, a massive brain. if he claims he has something, he will have something. >>. >> hold on. >>. >> do you want any other sizes? snoo >> no, thank you. >> are you shopping? >> i have to. >> you just don't know what? >> if in doubt, don't go out. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. it works. >> oh, hi, darling. >> i'm so sorry i didn't call before. i was just -- >> hey, darling. >> what's going on? >> um -- hi. >> oh, hi. oh, guys. hi. i'm so sorry i can't be there. i had this last minute work thing. fantastic. >> give me one minute. >> hey. >> my god, why didn't you remind me? >> i didn't want to stress you out, and i know you're working. >> yeah, but, i could have rescheduled. >> written the diary for months. >> okay. >> he wants us to go. apparently i have to make an impression. >> being you are not going. >> yeah, i doubt that. >> you go back to the gang and tell them i'm sorry i can't be there. i'm just -- >> saving the world. >> yeah. w

what did you mean in your interview with lester holt about mr. comey and russia, mr. president.ho cares. he's no brian williams. as the president has discarded the constitution and rule of law as suggested by your questions, he needs a stern course correction. these would be objective violations in any other era. but wrongdoing is a dynamic and suggestive sport that is only bad when your opponent does something. mueller seems to be compromised in his choice of legal elves and his choice of james comey. and he has a legion of anti-trumpers to make sure he's unfirable. this entire process is so politicized. it's not unreasonable knot not to see scene outcome. leftists see government as the ultimate tool of will-bending force to right the wrong decisions much dumb, simple people. that's the memo. [♪] are you sick of issues like the mueller investigation riding our great nation? our next guests will argue for the opposition. >> it's time to party swap. all right. look at them. here is how it's going to work. our liberal marie harf is going to argue for the conservative side. our con

namely what, did you mean in your interview, lester holt about mr. comey and russia. here's this is interview with lester holt. >> but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. >> well, additionally mueller wants to know what the president meant when he told russian diplomats that firing comey had taken the pressure off the russian investigation. mueller is also interested in the president's discussions about terminating him, that's firing him as special counsel as well as whether trump asked his attorney general jeff sessions to protect him. kim, i talked to myself and i thought to myself i might have a problem with russia. it's amazingly incriminating statement. he got rid of the guy because he was coming at him with the russian probe. isn't that sort of like obstruction? >> i think on its face it's really problematic for mr. trump. this is the president of the united states. t

mr. comey even before the meeting with the russians i believe trump did that interview with lester holt in which he said that the russia thing was on his mind when he fired mr. comey. mueller wants to ask the president what he meant by that. what was the purpose of your may 12th, 2017 tweet? that was -- oh, when trump posted this tweet, "james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press." mueller apparently wants to ask him what was the purpose of that tweet? you'll remember that famously in response to that tweet mr. comey said in congressional testimony, "lordy, i hope there are tapes." we've never found out if there were any tapes. what did you think about mr. comey's june 8th testimony regarding mike flynn, and what did you do about it? after he was fired mr. comey testified about his conversations with mr. trump and described him as preoccupied with the fbi's investigation into russia. after the testimony trump called him a liar. mueller wants to ask about that. what was the purpose of the september and october 2017 statements includ

one of the special prosecutor's questions is, what did you mean in your interview with lester holt about mr. comey and russia? and as we all consider what donald trump's answer to that question might be, let's take another look at what he said toe lester holt. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. >> ron klain, how do you tell your client how to answer the question, what do you mean in your interview with lester holt? >> yeah, so lawrence, there's the old saying, it's not the crime, it's the cover up. in this case it's not mueller's investigation, it's the idiot he's investigating. trump said this in an interview with lester holt and laid out, he had gone through elaborate rituals to try to claim he was firing comey because of his handling of the e-mail investigation and then he says on television, i fired him because of the russia matter. what's interesting is if you look at all these questi

what did you mean in your interview with lester holt about mr. comey and russia? he said i was going to fire comey knowing -- well, i'll let the president say it himself. here it is. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election. that they should have won. >> so the question what did you mean in your interview with lester holt, that seems like an important question. what do you see, michael, when you look at these questions? >> well, we see that there are a lot of broad topics that mueller probably relayed to the white house counsel's office and said we want to talk about this and that then questions were put forth from white house counsel to the president's in a circle to say this is what we would likely talk about. the questions that you just highlighted you have the loyalty request of comey, the firing of comey, the

what did you mean in your interview with lester holt about mr. comey and russia? >> when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> an nbc news exclusive report today detailing eroding support in the west wing for white house chief of staff john kelly. that's according to eight current and former white house officials who spoke with me and my colleagues here at nbc. >> president trump lashing out after nbc news reported exclusively his chief of staff john kelly made disparaging comments about the president behind his back. even calling him an idiot, according to multiple administration officials. mr. trump tweeting the fake news is going crazy, making up false stories and using only unnamed sources who don't exist. >> we spoke to a number of administration officials who said kelly repeatedly questions the president's grasp on policy issues and the functions of government and will often say i'm the one here saving the country. >> new claims iran has lied about nuclear weapons as presid

what did you mean in your interview with lester holt about mr. comey and russia.et's play that interview that has gotten their attention. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. >> not surprisingly that has come to the attention of mueller's investigators. here is another one, what was the purpose of your may 12, 2017, tweet. they want toe know, here is that tweet. james comey better hope there's no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. that would be a good question, jeffrey. what was the purpose of that tweet? >> it's a great question. and i certainly like to know the answer. i mean, going back to the lester holt question and answer. what makes that answer so significant is if you remember when comey was fired the white house put out the explanation that

. >> dana: the next one is what did you mean in your interview with lester holt about mr. comey and russia? >> there is nothing particularly sexy about the question but it is a golden opportunity if you were going to answer the questions to tee off on comey and talk about kind of revisit an answer that hurt the president. the president blurted out something about well, i knew because of russia i was going to get rid of him. here is an opportunity to say no, i was going to get rid of him for a hundred reasons and here they are. you can talk about everything from how he looks without a tie to what he has done in his past to how he treated you. i mean there are a million things to throw out there to kind of elaborate on that answer at comey's expense. >> dana: you say the next question of yours that you think is interesting is a wolf in sheep's clothing. it's what knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by paul manafort, about potential assistance to the campaign? that gets to the question of collusion, right? >> it's the fundamental question. like

not forget the legal side often historic events attached to it lester for him thank you very much for that i'm going to give our last word to mr high there in islamabad how is the next government going to deal with this and make it happen yes definitely it will be definitely a big challenge but then you will need because the debate and goldman is going to package system in next. week saw the next government is not going to create a problem because this issue has been given a proper legal and constitutional cover so the next government whose. job it would be and whatever political party would be in poverty it would be constitutional obligation on the part of that political party the party which would be in power to audit all the commitment to audit all the i get image to honor all deploy just that this president obama has begun the pile of dog stand one stop are double is being. talked on house as part of the legislation so the next government will have to definitely give financial resources will have to give all of that. definitely to the tribal areas which will be part of the k.p. case so the next government will have to fulf

mr. markle in this situation. for harry and meghan, this wedding is intense except millions will watch including the queen, in person. lester? >> keir simmons in london tonight. >>> coming up, the tributes pouring in tonight for the actress that brought lois lane to life on the big screen. >>> easy miss, i got you. >> you got me? whose got you? >> one of the most famous saves and most famous lines in movie history. she was the beloved lois lane to christopher reeve's "superman" and tonight fans are mourning the loss of actress nicole kidder. her career spanned decades but her most famous role was in the four "superman" films in the '70s and '80s. in recent years she lived in montana where she passed away in her sleep on sunday. no cause has been released. she was 69 years old. >>> a private high school in miami caused an uproar after putting a live tiger in a cage with live music and pyrotechnics. it sparked outrage among many animal lovers and activists. the principal issued an apology and planned to reevaluate the school's planning policies. >>> scary moments at the airport caught on camera when two planes collided on the

lester the balance of his term. we'll find out if i'm right or wrong, but i think he will resign the presidency. >> mr.trump will not surround his term, no way, know-how, he will be forced to resign. >> i believe will be forced to resign due to tri information tt will come to light due to our case and other rates. >> steve: finally, let's connect stormy daniels and brexit. that something you never thought you would here in one sentence. in the u.k. the ruling elite is plotting to overturn pop this revolution that led to the brexit vote. the question as to whether to have a second referendum because the people got it wrong the first time. stormy daniels, brexit, the russian investigation, it's one extremely ugly picture. the ruling elite saying to the people, how dare you try to take power away from us. we are not going to stand for that. were witnessing the counterrevolution from elitist everywhere. for the sake of democracy must be confronted and disputed. i would like to know what you think of that. follow us on steve hilton. now the executive editor of the national review. we don't have enough ball

mr. holt about comey and russia? this is what the president told lester last may. >> and i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> reporter: other significant questions from mueller's team, what did you think and do regarding the recusal of mr. sessions and what discussions did you have regarding terminating the special counsel? the president's lawyers overnight declining to comment to nbc news. the special counsel's office not confirming the authenticity of the questions released by "the times" or whether it's a complete list. "the times" doesn't reveal its source beyond indicating the list was provided by a person outside mr. trump's legal team. overnight i spoke to harvard lawyer alan dershowitz. he describes these as deliberate softballs designed to lure the president into long and incriminating responses. he said if he were advising mr. trump and he's not, he would tell him to skip or take the list to court to try to narrow the scope of the investi

mr. trump himself hadn't gone on record for his reasoning for firing james comey clearly saying, you know, in the lestert interview it was part and parcel because of the russia investigation, that would put rosenstein's investigation more squarely within the investigation. as a former federal prosecutor, when you have the words from the horse's mouth, you know, whether there are two or three or four other individuals down the line that may echo those same thoughts to me doesn't put them kind of squarely into the investigation, given that the subject or maybe eventually targeted that investigation, has already pronounced his reasoning for doing it. >> okay, notes, notes, notes. jeremy, it was reported last year that mccabe took notes about his interactions with trump. we know comey did too. and trump responded to that back in march, tweeting, spent very little time with andrew mccabe but he never took notes when he was with me. i don't believe he made memos except to help his own agenda. probably at a later date. same with lying james comey. can we find them fake memos? how does the president possibly sa

mrs. kennedy's table. he had just orbited the earth. anyone who wanted to talk to john glenn would soon run for the senate for ohio for the first time, lester pearson, canadian liberal party leader, won nobel peace prize on suess crisis, he would be elected prime minister of canada the following year. robert frost was there, he was 88, he was a magnet all evening for people. of course, frost was -- had become famous for his reciting of the gift outright poem in inago intraiciÓn -- inauguration and president kennedy would send him on a mission, cultural affairs mission to the soviet union. katherine anne porter was there, she had written one novel, she mostly wrote short stories but her one novel on that very day reached number one in "the new york times" best seller list. only nobel female was there, mary hemmingway, as mentioned in the introduction, she sat at president's kennedy table but she also got into an argument over cuba policy that hemmingway had lived in cuba for 20 years and had perspective on the day of pigs which is not shared by kennedy and also fidel castro. people enjoyed themselves that evening even those who would have or