co-hosted by the central intelligence agency, the national museum of the u.s. navy and the naval historical foundation. the hour-long event was titled "red navy revealed, soviet navy intelligence and analysis during the cold war." >>> all right. well, good morning, everyone. thanks for coming out to the national press club. the world's oldest and largest organization of professional journalists. my name is kevin wency, on behalf the jetblue and directors of the press club, i want to welcome you and our audience on c-span and other media. thank you very much. we have a special program for you today. first, i wanted to introduce claire sassen from the naval historic foundation claire's the executive director. >> thank you, kevin. can you hear me? i know you want to hear from everyone else on the panel, not me. i'll only take a minute of your time. we are delighted to work with the cia to bring you this, we think, exciting briefing this morning. also, i want to thank kevin and the national press club for hosting us this morning. for those of you that don't know the

so the national intelligence center is considered a new step in restructuring services because something really new in the fact that there was only be different intelligence status but now we have the national intelligence center which is the main focus was that the center is coordination between the various national intelligence programs. but with this indication in article 2 of this degree that this is the role of the national intelligence systems, it's an answer to a concern, since the uprising in tunisia, tunisia has suffered a lot. from the meat of the nation between the, this was the main object. 25 of urse terrorism, but that also mainly to place any of the threat that tunisia is facing since 2011. absolutely, it's all very difficult in coordination and this was one of the main demands during the four years to establish the body and to coordinate between these services and this was established since january. this year. 2007 and 17. and also, the other objective is the development of the national intelligence. so that also means that there is a new vision in order to have an event

national intelligence estimate 111582d. this has been out for some time, and what's important about that is that's the estimate that was a game-changing assessment of the soviet navy, that while not part of this you can see things leading up to it. and i want to at least note the importance from the key judgments that i think is very, very critical because it represented such a departure for american admirals on one hand and to understand the soviet navy and how this worked. and that was this quote. "within the soviets' overall wartime strategy the primary initial tasks of navy remain to deploy protection in conduct thurk strikes and to defend the ussr from enemy ballistic submarines and aircraft carriers." this is something very, very different than the united states navy would contemplate. it's something that took a while to get the united states navy's leadership to understand. the united states navy leadership was worried about interdiction, was worried about the soviet navy coming out. and the fact is how did this work

intelligence? why does any nation-state to -- do intelligence? the simple answer is to reduce uncertainty, reduce uncertainty for a policy maker, whether the policy maker is sitting in the oval office or an oval foxhole. doesn't make any difference. what you are trying to do is to reduce uncertainty and reduce the risk. never eliminate it, based on intelligence, but you can certainly reduce it. that was laura's metaphor. i used to use this a lot on the hill. when members would like to beat me up about policy they didn't like in the administration. i used this metaphor on more than one occasion. i just said, senator, i'm just down in the engine room, shoving intelligence coal. people at the bridge decide how fast it goes, drives the shift, decks. the i don't do any of that. i'm just down here shoveling coal. anyway, reduce uncertainty. why is it a great profession? i guess from the early story with myhen grandparents, i found it always interesting and an intellectual challenge. not only for the work, not only for what is the adversary doing and tr

recently declassified cold war documents on the soviet navy, co-hosted by the central intelligence agency, the national museum of the u.s. navy, and the naval historical foundation, the hour-long event was titled "red navy revealed: soviet navy intelligence and analysis during the cold war. " >> well, good morning, everyone. thanks for coming out to the national press club. the world's oldest and largest organization of professional journalists. my name is kevin wensing. i'm a retired u.s. navy captain, member of the headliner committee here at the national press club. on behalf of jeff balou and the board of directors i want to welcome you and our audience on c-span and other media. thank you very much. we have a special program for you today, and first i want to introduce claire sassen from the neighborhood historical foundation. she wanted to say a word about their partnership on this, and then we'll get into the statements and qs and as. >> thank you, kevin. can you hear me? i know you want to hear from everyone else sitting here at the panel, not me. so i'll only take a minute of your time. we are

the "washington post" earlier reported that national intelligence director dan coats has also received a presidential push to publicly state as a fact that the trump campaign did not work with russia. nsa director admiral mike rogers was also given such a push. neither of them complied with the president's request. now, kindly recall huge the white house has not been telling you the truth about this. the special counsel today noted that in december as the "washington post" reported and shortly thereafter, flynn called the russian ambassador in consultation with trump transition team senior officials specifically to discuss the sanctions that the obama administration had put into place, specifically for meddling in the election. now, when asked about it, press secretary sean spicer on january 13th told the public that that call was to extend holiday greetings. now after "the new york times" and cnn in february of this year reported that intelligence officials were telling us that trump campaign officials had had multiple contacts with individuals known to russian intelligence, then whit

co-hosted by the central intelligence agency, the national museum of the u.s. navy and the naval historical foundation, the hour-long events was titled red navy revealed. soviet navy, intelligence and analysis during the cold war. >>> well, good morning, everyone. thanks for coming out to the national press club. the world's oldest and largest organization of professional journalists. i'm a retired u.s. navy captain, member of the headliner committee here at the national press club. on behalf of the board of directors, i want to welcome you and our audience on cspan and other media. thank you very much. we have a special program for you today, and first i want to introduce claire stasen. she wanted tod say a word and then we'll get into the statements and qs and as. >> thank you, kevin. can you hear me? i know you want to hear from everyone else sitting here at the panel, not me. so i'll only take a minute of your time. we are delighted to be able to work with the cia to bring you this, we think, exciting briefing this morning. i also want to thank kevin and the

so the national intelligence center is considered that there's a new step in restructuring the services because something really new in the past was only the difference intelligence created. but now we have the national intelligence center which is the main focus of that center is the coordination between the various national intelligence organizations. with this indication in article two of the decree that this is the role of the intelligence center it answer to a -- tunisia suffered a lot from the miscoordination between the services. this was the main obstacle to fight terrorism, but also and mainly to face any of the threats that tunisia was facing since 2011, absence of coordination or very very difficult coordination and this was one of the main demand during the three, four years to establish a pod in ordbody in o coordinate between the services. this was established since january of this year, 2017. and also the other objective is the development of the national intelligence plan. that means there is a new vision in order to have a plan and to monitor the execution of that plan,

technology, what are the adversaries doing, and our own to cope with it. >> former director of national intelligenceames clapper talks about his life and career in the intelligence community. we will show you that conversation sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern. on afterwards, christopher scalia, the son of aboutn scalia, talks his book. he is interviewed by the los angeles times supreme court correspondent. >> it was his stump speech. i was looking forward to finding a written version, because i love that speech. it included a wonderful passage where he compared the living constitution approach to a television commercial from the prego commercial where someone is heating up store-bought pasta sauce and his wife says, "you are using this store-bought sauce, you're not using homemade? what about the oregano" it's in there. the garlic? it's in there. my dad would say we have that kind

right after the director of national intelligence said in an open hearing that trump business ties in russia cannot be discussed in an open hearing because they relate to an ongoing intelligence investigation. that was today. and you know, day after tomorrow, on thursday, fbi director james comey was due to be back in the senate in open session testifying on the trump/russia investigation. that will not happen. today the president fired the fbi director at the direction, he says, of the attorney general. and if that timeline of events that i just laid out doesn't make it clear enough exactly what's going on here and how desperate a moment this is for this white house, the piece of it that puts this in the category not just of another trump scandal, not just of another law enforcement or national security firing that can't be explained by this administration. what puts this in the category of history tonight is whodunit. >> the staff recommended recusal. they said that since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. i have studied the

officials say a man blew himself up near the national intelligence agency building.responsibility. a criminal investigation is under way in the philippines, after the bodies of more than 30 people were found following a fire at a shopping mall. it happened at the nccc mall in the southern city of davao on saturday. london's euston station has been turned into a shelter for the homeless, as rail workers and charity staff served around 200 rough sleepers a full christmas lunch today. volunteers worked overnight after the last train left on christmas eve, transforming the concourse with decorations and laying out tables. caroline davies reports. festive preparations under the departures board as network rail volunteers prepare for their homeless guests. it is a part of our community that is here every day and i think some places would maybe just shun them away, but for us they are a core part of the community, they are here, we have to engage, we have to look after them and make sure that they are safe. local charities invited 200 guests to enjoy some festive music and

it is part of the powers of the national intelligence. were asking and this is one of the decisions and a recommendation endorsed by the government that we need to revisit 120 laws and among them is the press law. the law as it stands is inadequate? right now it is under discussion. so press freedoms are guaranteed ? is under discussion. so press freedoms are guaranteed? i am sure, in accordance with the constitution. this is one of the elephants in the room, corruption. you know that when it comes to doing business in sudan all the economic indicators showed that businesses just run scared because it was a lack of transparency, paul regulatory framework, huge reputational risks by doing business in sudan. by saying we are open for business, you have to do a lot more. there is no country in the world that can deny there is no corruption of some kind but i will use the example of saddam getting investors from abroad. until 2009, sudan was number two in getting foreign investments and number three in the whole of africa in getting foreign i

it is within the powers of the national intelligence and this is why, following the national dialogueere asking and this is one of the decisions of the national dialogue and it is a recommendation which has been endorsed by the government that we need to revisit 120 laws, among them is the press law. so, the law as it stands is, you think is inadequate and you are in the process of changing... it is right now under discussion. so that press freedoms are guaranteed ? i am sure, in according with the constitution. this is one of the elephants in the room that we have been discussing, the issue of human rights and civic freedoms in sudan. the other one of course is corruption and you know when it comes to doing business in sudan, all the economic indicators show that business just runs scared. you know, there's a lack of transparency. poor regulatory framework, huge reputational risks that companies take by doing business in sudan. by saying, look, we are open for business now that the sanctions have been lifted. you have to do a lot more? there is no country in the world that can deny t

one, it is, together with the director of national intelligence, to provide the intelligence analysisto present what your analysts have determined. and occasionally, and the president asked me to do this, said, "if you ever disagree with the analysts--" which i had done three times as a four-star battlefield commander, i broke with the intelligence community on national intelligence estimates. that's a pretty big deal. now, in each case there's generally a reason for it. one of them was in the surge they had to cut their data off four or five weeks before i did. another time we saw something-- so when you disagree with the-- but you can-- so he said, "look, if you disagree, i want you to give me what the analysts say but also give me your own view." i mean, i had more time with prime minister maliki than the analysts did or-- when you disagree with the analysts, do you worry about a covert operation on you that they might perform? no. no. do you have to worry about that? the analysts like this. the analysts want somebody who engages them in-- right. and it wa-- it was fun. i mean, the

iraq and the answer was there isn't a national intelligence estimate. what graham is asking for is a top secret document an estimate of what every intelligence agency knows about a particular threat. to be told that here we are about to go to war and no national intelligence estimate has been done was astounding and we asked that it be done what happened was they kept their heads way down you know they didn't want to do an estimate on weapons of mass destruction in iraq because that honest the honest answer was there any. in london player comes to the aid of his friend bush's publishes a dossier on the iraqi weapons. the intelligence picture they want to keep they can be deployed within forty five minutes and iraq is seeking uranium from africa to develop an atomic bomb but in congress graham is not convinced he presses on he wants proof the agency particularly the cia the central intelligence agency was very reluctant and said we don't have time to do this i said we don't have time to know everything we need to know before we commit u.s. troops to comba

it is part of the jurisdiction and powers of the national intelligence., following the national dialogue, many were asking and this is one of the decisions of the national dialogue, and it's a recommendation that has been endorsed by the government that we need to revisit 120 laws and among them is the press law. so the law as it stands you think is inadequate and you're in the process of changing...? right now it is under discussion. so press freedoms are guaranteed? i am sure, in accordance with the constitution. this is one of the elephants in the room that we've been discussing, is the issue of human rights and civic freedoms in sudan, the other one, of course, is corruption. you know that when it comes to doing business in sudan all the economic indicators show that businesses just run scared, you know, there's a lack of transparency, poor regulatory framework, huge reputational risks that companies take by doing business in sudan. by saying we are open for business, now that the sanctions are being lifted, you have to do a lot more. there is no coun

people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the afghan capital the attack happened near a national intelligence agency building in kabul's shushed iraq neighborhood last week i saw came a sponsibility for an attack on a military training center in the city. peru's former president alberto fujimori has been pardoned on health grounds the seventy nine year old was taken to hospital . after a severe drop in his blood pressure has been serving a twenty five year olds the corruption kidnapping and human rights violations from lima. he spent years in prison campaigning for his release. he never acknowledged most of the crimes for which he was sentenced to twenty five years. the former president always claimed his innocence for the murders and disappearances by a government sanctioned death squad critics say the government was the most corrupt improve in history. his supporters created the seventy nine year old former leader with the defeat of shining path rebels and then a nine hundred ninety s. rians where at the cusp of the conflict that killed thousands of people supporters also safe he helped sav

eventually, this percolated to james clapper, the director of national intelligence and mike vickers,hey realized they had a problem on their hands. >> two years into his three-year term, clapper and vickers pull the plug on flynn. >> they went to flynn and said, you are going to serve your two years and then you are going to retire. he was deeply wounded by that. really bitter and upset. >> someone in the army that gets that high, they are very ambitious. they are a workaholic. the job is their entire life. now all of that is taken out from under him. so, yeah, he was livid. >> for the first time in $33 ye years he was a civilian. >> i know he wanted to be like a lot of the people in washington that leave the military and go out and make a lot of money. >> he forms a security consulting firm, the flynn intel group. the following year begins cultivating clients and joins the ranks of former military officials on the paid speaker circuit. controversy rears its head. his appearance at the 2015 anniversary of russia today raises eyebrows. >> president obama thinks he is containing isis.

you can get a lot done so what secretary tillerson, secretary mattis, myself and director of national intelligence, what we are all working on is what we can hopefully control which is how to resolve many of these threats to national security and take advantage of opportunities to advance and protect our interests. chris: the president retweeted videos from group called britain first that purported to show muslims in some cases inaccurately muslim immigrants committing acts of violence. british prime minister may spoke out against the president sending these tweets. here is what she had to say. >> the tact that we are work together does not mean that we are afraid to say when the united states has got it wrong and be clear with them and i'm very clear that retweeting from britain first was the wrong thing to do. chris: general, why did president trump send out those videos? >> well, president trump is the best judge of why he did that but i know it was his intention to highlight the importance of creating safe and secure environments for our citizens, to make sure that we have the right laws in pl

the media are just quoting the james clapper the for you former us the net is director of national intelligence who said russians are genetically predisposed towards to see things can you imagine that a statement being waged against any other ethnic group like in the u.s. and what would happen to an official you are so exactly well it's different for russians because most of phobias the anti-semitic but let's be christian most countries right there is evidence of that but this politicized move to be banned right.

bombing in the afghan capital kabul the blast occurred near an office belonging to the country's national intelligence agency during the morning rush hour the so-called islamic state that's claimed responsibility. bruised president has part of the country's former leader alberto fujimori on medical grounds throughout the one nine hundred ninety s. who he wanted held an iron grip on power in peru but was later given a long prison sentence for crimes committed during his tenure the former strongman supporters are cheering his release but others are condemning the move. more. hospital bed his son kenji reads out the text of the pardon for quote humanitarian reasons citing doctors' determination that he suffers from incurable and degenerative medical problems. was but on the streets of lima outrage at the pardon among human rights and left wing activists they say he should remain in jail . where totally opposed to the pardon because fujimori is a war criminal he sterilize women against their will and had union leaders and journalists killed. in that salute indignation we will never forget what has happene

ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack close to afg hanistan‘s national intelligence agencycapital, kabul. the bomber targeted people as they arrived for work. the so—called islamic state group said it carried out the attack. anbarasan ethirajan reports. the mangled remains of the car hit by the suicide bombing. most of the passengers of the car died in the impact of the explosion. the bomber was on foot, and detonated before the security guards could stop him. two guards were among the dead. several people were injured. translation: i heard a big boom, and then realised it was an explosion. i was so scared. and then the security forces arrived. translation: the sound was so loud, then it was dusty, and people were fleeing from every corner. security forces came quite soon. and, fearing the possibility of a second explosion, they stopped people getting close to the area. the islamic state group said it carried out the attack. it comes a week after militants stormed a building near the same intelligence agency. in may, a truck bomb killed at least 150 people in the heavily pr

bombing in the afghan capital kabul a blast occurred near an office that belong to the country's national intelligence agency and took place during the morning rush hour so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. for when police say they believe a man who crashed his car into the headquarters of the social democratic party on christmas eve was trying to commit suicide fifty eight year olds but hostile. from minor head injuries police found several canisters of petrol in the vehicle. a walk slide in austria's the vols valley has cut off an entire village from the outside world rocks oil entries fell across the communities main service road just ten minutes before the rocks came down a number of locals who travelled out world to get to christmas mass no injuries happened reported. turning out to christmas celebrations christians around the world across continents and cultures are celebrating christmas pope francis has given the traditional be at or be a blessing from a balcony overlooking st peter's square as one of the most sacred addresses in the catholic calendar. they put in these. days. it

bombing in the afghan capital kabul a blast occurred near an office belonging to the country's national intelligence agency during the morning rush hour the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. for limply to say they believe a man who crashed his car into the headquarters of the social democratic party on christmas eve was trying to commit suicide a fifty eight year old has been taken to the hospital for minor head injuries police found several characters of petrol in his car. the united arab arab emirates says intelligence about a possible terrorist threat was behind its decision not to let several tunisian women board a flight to the u.a.e. on friday emirates airlines prevented the tunisian women from flying without giving an explanation in response to mission authorities suspended emirates airline flights to the north african country made a marco has joined the royal family for their traditional christmas day service at the queen's that send them a state gets a break with tradition unmarried partners of or else have previously not been invited to the state well prince harry and mar

suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy square near an office belonging to the national intelligence agency it tack happened during the morning rush hour a so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility earlier this month the group's militants also attacked an intelligence agency training center in a bowl. and we'll bring you more on that story just as soon as we can get it for you turning to other world news in rome pope francis has used his christmas eve mass to issue a strong defense of immigrants saying that religious faith obliges believe is to give welcome to migrants addressing a huge audience at some peter's basilica he described the desperation felt by those who flee their homeland and compared their plight to that of the biblical figures of mary and joseph. already known as an outspoken reforma the pope had a clear message he compared mary and joseph journey to bethlehem with the mass migration seen today. the holy couple had arrived he said at a place where there was no room for them to stay. see. many other footsteps he didn't the steps of joseph and mary. we see the

officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy square there an office belonging to the national intelligence agency it tech happened during the morning rush hour so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility earlier this month the group's militants also attacked an intelligence agency training center in kabul. we're going to catch up now at some of the other stories making news around the world. has banned planes belonging to the dubai eline emirates from landing in its capital tunis officials say they're responding to moves by the united arab emirates to block june is young women from flying to transiting through the u.a.e. for security reasons the measure has spawned don't cry among gymnasiums. the president of guatemala jimmy morale is says his country will be following the u.s. example in a moving its embassy in israel to jerusalem to modern war on the nation this is a side with the u.s. and a united nations general assembly vote last week that rejected president donald trump is there. turning to peru now where the president has granted a medical pardon to the country's former leade

official says suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy square near an office belonging to the national intelligence agency the attack came during the morning rush hour a so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for this month the group's militants also attacked an intelligence agency training center in kabul. to russia now where opposition leader alexei navalny has been holding rallies across russia as he bids to run in next year's presidential election he's hoping the show of support will persuade officials to overturn a ban on his candidacy due to a court conviction of alan is considered the strongest potential challenger to president vladimir putin putin is nevertheless expected to extend his term by another six years as. a show of support for alexei navalny the opposition leader needed the endorsement of five hundred people to initiate a presidential bid but far more than that took to the streets on sunday here in new katherine book and in nineteen other cities across russia. russia needs a new president and new economic policies we need to stop fighting and start working together you

officials say the bomber, who was on foot, blew himself up near the country's national intelligence agencyic state group said it carried out the attack. the bodies of 36 people have been found after a fire at a shopping mall in the philippines. a criminal investigation has been ordered after the fire at the nccc mall in the city of davao on saturday. christmas is meant to be a time of giving for all, but one family from west yorkshire has gone further than most with their seasonal goodwill. the clarkes from halifax collected clothes, sleeping bags and food, and drove to calais. they've been giving them to some of the thousands of refugees and migrants still in the area, despite the closure of the so—called "jungle" camp. here's their story in their own words. i'm katie clarke from halifax, west yorkshire. good morning! we have had people leaving donations. thanks very much, that's great, and they are clearly marked. so we've filled our van up with mats, sleeping bags, blankets, hats, socks, gloves. bye, everyone. my name's andy clarke. there are some people who say that they should stay wh

kabul a blast occurring during the morning rush hour near an office belonging to the country's national intelligence agency so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. for all and police say they believe a man who crashed his car into the headquarters of the social democratic party on christmas eve was trying so aside the fifty eight year old been hospitalized for minor head injuries police found several canisters of petrol and as car. iraq saw it and austria's valls valley has cut off an entire village from the outside world rock soil and trees fell across the communities main service road just ten minutes before the rocks came down a number of locals and travelled the road to get to christmas mass no injuries have been reported. makes me queen elizabeth has given her traditional christmas day address she paid tribute to the london and manchester city's for their handling of the terror attacks this year the queen also remember the seventy one victims of the ground felt tower fire this marks the sixty fifth christmas speeches monarch and the first televised broadcast then since nine hundred

bombing in the afghan capital kabul the blast occurred near an office belonging to the country's national intelligence agency during the morning rush hour so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. the united arab emirates says intelligence about a possible terrorist threat was behind its decision not to let several tunisian women board a flight to the u.a.e. on friday and mark's airlines prevented the tunisian women from flying without giving an explanation in response to the suspended emirates airlines flights to the north african country. meghan markle was join the royal family for their traditional christmas day service of the queen's sandringham estate it's a break with tradition unmarried partners of loyals have not previously been invited to sandringham prince harry and morkel are set to marry in may. well it's christmas day across the globe so merry christmas to everyone celebrating santa and rudolph are still quite busy at the moment as they enter the final stretch of their world tour for those that offer on their travels on christmas eve they made a stop in alexandria virginia the d

bombing in the afghan capital kabul the blast occurred near an office belonging to the country's national intelligence agency injuring the morning rush hour so-called islamic state has claimed. its ability. to news year has banned planes belonging to the dubai online emirates from landing in its capital tunis officials there say they're responding to moves by the united arab emirates to block to his young women from flying to transiting through the u.a.e. for security reasons the measure has bottomed out to try among two nations. people in the philippines are clearing up the devastation left by tropical storm temby in the storm killed at least two hundred thirty people and displaced tens of thousands has strengthened to a typhoon over the south china sea that is now heading for vietnam. and the president of guatemala jimmy murat this is his country will be following the u.s. example and moving its embassy in israel to jerusalem to all that was one of only eight nations just saw it with the u.s. in the united nations general assembly vote last week that rejected president donald trump's decision. now t

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bombing in the capital kabul the blast occurring near an office belonging to the country's national intelligence agency during the morning rush hour so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. now just months ago the iraqi city of mosul was an islamic state stronghold a place drained of its residents as they fled the violence of iowa six treatments now though with iowa's driven out many are coming back including most old christians on sunday hundreds of them attended the first christmas service since the city was liberated. i. i christmas mass in mosul. a year ago it would have been unthinkable back then the city was under the firm grip of the so-called islamic state. but since the militants were driven out in july more and more christians have been returning home. to us and are met with without peace there is no life after of a tree over islamic state messages that we missed old cold the peace the first in our hearts until it can be reflected on the outside. it's been six months since the iraqi army drove i asked out of mosul replacing the militants flag with the national flag of iraq.

second a reporting requirement for the attorney general and the director of national intelligence to outline to congress current and future challenges to the effectiveness of foreign intelligence surveillance activities under fisa. the third provision put in is the whistle blower protections for contractors. do other members wish to be heard on this amendment? seeing -- seeing none, no -- no further members wish to be heard, the previous question is ordered, the question is on the amendment. those in favor will say aye. >> aye. >> those opposed will say no. >> no. >> in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. do any members wish to be heard -- recognized for an amendment? mr. schiff has an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will designate the amendment. >> amendment number two, offered by mr. schiff of california. >> without objection, the amendment shall be considered as read. i now recognize mr. schiff to speak on his amendment. >> mr. chairman, this amendment is in the nature of a substitute to the manager's amendment. it is the text of the bill withou

we know, according to the director of national intelligence, all of our intelligence agencies with highessments have judged that the russians were behind this. so it's no longer a question. the president should be confronting vladimir putin, telling vladimir putin, we know you did this, and any further attempts to meddle not only in our election, but also as mr. rogers and mr. morrell said, but also in american society more broadly. and the russians have not yet received that medical, katy. >> let's look back a little bit. the washington report said while you were in the obama administration, it was flailing for ways to combat the russian threat. there were all sorts of ideas that were floated, potential ways to combat this. there was an i.d. to launch an r.t.-style propaganda network, like the russian version of it. there was an idea to get hollywood to make blockbuster movies, to spread a pro-west message. there was an idea of how to improve how you track and counter russian spies in realtime, arming spies with counterpropaganda or zapping russian servers that are used to control fake

ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack close to afg hanistan‘s national intelligence agency the bomber was apparently on foot, and targeted people as they arrived into work. the so—called islamic state group said it carried out the attack. 0ur correspondent, khalil noori, is following developments in kabul where he sent this update a short time ago. a suicide attackjust happened right in the morning rush—hour time. hospital and security sources say that at least six people, including four civilians and two military or security personnel are killed, and five others are wounded. police say the suicide bomber was a young boy on foot, trying to reach one of the national security intelligence agency facilities. before he reached the target, he was recognised by police. and one of the security personnel held him tight. and he was able to blow himself up. this is the second attack that has been claimed by so—called islamic state in as many weeks. does that suggest they are getting a foothold in afghanistan? as you mentioned, it is the second attack by is in the capital in a couple

bombing that killed at least five people in the afghan capital the attack happened the other national intelligence building in kabul's shasta neighborhood last week i still claim responsibility for an attack on a military training center in the city five opponents of peru's former president alberto fujimori have clashed with police over his pardon for what he was released because of failing health has been serving a twenty five year prison term for corruption and human rights crimes committed during his ten year presidency the united nations has passed a resolution criticizing me and mass treatment of the ranger it calls for full citizenship rights access for aid workers and for refugees to be allowed to return home it was passed despite opposition from nations including china and russia. and russia's best known opposition leader alex in a valley has cleared the first hurdle towards running for president against vladimir putin he submitted the paperwork needed to be a candidate in the election next year but there are serious doubts he'll be allowed to run last week president putin announced he'll

of this group, this campaign that is pushing to end this probe. >> the former director of national intelligenceames clapper, had sharp criticism for the president after trump said vladimir putin thanks him for the u.s. intelligence that diverted a terrorist attack in st. petersburg. here's what clapper had to say of putin's relationship with trump. >> i think this past weekend is illustrative of what a great case officer vladimir putin is. he knows how to handle an asset. and that's what he's doing with the president. i'm saying this figuratively. i think we have to remember, putin's background, he's a kgb officer. that's what they do. they recruit assets. and i think some of that experience and instincts of putin has come into play here in his managing a pretty important account for him, if i could use that term, with our president. >> joyce, what does that do to a prosecution case, so much like if you can claim everything adds up, all the communications with kushner and the president's son and all his people and flynn and carter page, all of them, all that stuff constitutes a rico charge that