the director of national intelligence john ratcliffe is here on why he says china is the one nation that can kill the american dream forever. the threat of a potential change in policy on china. and the president's legal road ahead with active cases in wisconsin and georgia, and the pennsylvania case on its way to the supreme court this week, plus the fbi and the four people pulling suitcases of ballots out on election night in georgia outside legal analysis from alan dershowitz and ken starr on the president's charges all here right here right now on "sunday morning futures." >> and first this morning the trump adminitration is increasing its spending in response to the china threat, dn i john ratcliffe saying the united states will shift resources in the fiscal year 2021 budget to increase china spending, by nearly 20%. this as joe biden puts together a potential incoming national security team, will the u.s. policy on china change and what's at stake? joining me right now is the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe. director great to have you thanks very much for being he

creation of post- 9/11 the organization of government enhance the intelligence and national securityorities and abilities of the country. director of the cia, the intelligence community was understood to function before. what you make of that and what do other cia directors make of that? >> funny story about that because i was very lucky when my book was launched, i had a zoom party and they attended by zoom i was asked a question about the dni and what i thought of it and i proceeded to say that after 9/11, congress essentially had the intelligence committee do something. they created this office called director of national intelligence and essentially it goes on with authority and confused everyone. at which time the screen showed pulsating and he started waving his hand and then he jumped in and defend the restructuring of the intelligence committee dni office was occupied. they jumped on me, too and said he could never in the cia, i was a 24/7 job without having someone with jim klapper to take care of intelligence services. i finally conceded that they had some points. i do thin

and he is installed a partisan sycophant in john ratcliffe as director of national intelligence. at makes gino's job as the honest broker of intelligence not only to the president but to congress and the american people, that much more difficult and so much more important and critical at this time. and the fact we have doj investigation led by john durham that seems specious at best, that seems aimed at trying to prosecute intelligence officers for doing their jobs, is something that gina haspel has to be very, very careful about. she really needs to have the backs of her employees, and her record is really mixed on that. i have to say when donald trump through his intelligence briefer under the bus saying that, the first year of the virus was on january 23 and is briefer said it was quote no big deal, we all know now her name is beth saturn. she evidently by the way is on her way out and is not at all clear who's going to replace her. gina hassles silence was deafening when trump to her under the bus, in my view. i think the cia director responsible as a say to the public and thi

i'm not sure what the relationship is between the director of national intelligence, the director of he central intelligence agency and the national security adviser. what are their roles, what are they supposed to be doing? and my second question is, what time of the day is the daily briefing done to the president under normal circumstances? >> okay, i'll answer the second one first because it's easy. except for those situations i mentioned, the intelligence briefing has almost always occurred sometime in the morning. some presidents have wanted it the very first thing, like george bush 41 insisted that the first thing on his daily calendar was theñ!'s briefing. other presidents said i'll take it later as my schedule requires. some people have never gotten around to it during the day even though it's been on the calendar. the briefer will cool his or her heels and be sent home. the document stays but the briefing never occurs. whether that's ideal or not is hypothetical, so me it makes sense but other other presidents have deemed otherwise. the first question, the dni under the irpa

the office of the director of national intelligence also responded that it has been unable to attend the hearing and with that said, they've told the commission that it hasn't designated any company as critical to maintaining national security. nor has it provided input with respect. to any dod company designation. the commission currently doesn't have a chair man and in the absence, the commissioners have agreed to each give a one minute opening statement followed by two five-minute rounds of questions. i will serve as the acting chair for this hearing. and i now recognize myself for my opening statement. in march, unprecedented turmoil in the markets threatened the ability ofma businesses, states and municipalities to obtain capital. credit markets were on the verge of shutting down. and without intervention, private credit was very likely going to stop flowing to businesses, states and municipalities. congress didn't want these economic disruptions to result in gaps in the national security. there was a very real concern with that established national defense firms, essential natio

director of national intelligence john ratcliffe spoke exclusively with cbs' catherine herridge. >> reporter: does the intelligence show that any foreign adversary or criminal group had the ability to change the vote results? >> not that-- that we've been able to determine now. at this point in time, we're still analyzing all of the intelligence. >> reporter: so when the president gives a 42-minute video on voter fraud allegations, is that intelligence coming from you? >> so, well, i can't tell you the specific information that i give the president, but voter fraud is not an issue for the intelligence community, per se. >> reporter: we asked the director of national intelligence about president trump not approving mr. biden's intelligence briefings for almost three weeks. former vice president biden is getting the p.d.b., the president's daily brief. he's getting access to all the same intelligence that president trump is receiving. >> he's getting all of the same intelligence. he's getting full security briefings from my office, which briefs the president. >> reporter: ratcliffe has shifted

president trump's director of national intelligence issued a warning for president-elect joe biden sayingchina is more engaged in covert influence than russia even. on "sunday morning futures," dni ratcliffe said he's worked to declassify information so whoever's in power can be held accountable. he has not yet recognized biden as president-elect. biden told "the new york times" he doesn't plan to immediately undo president trump's china tariffs, but he does want to engage our allies to establish a strategy to stop china from stealing intelligence and national secrets. >> for example, when you're in a situation where if you want to do business in china and you're a high-tech firm, you've got to have a 51% chinese partner so they have access to everything. that's not going to happen in our administration. that's not going to happen. >> reporter: meantime, pressure's mounting on biden to appoint a diverse cabinet, and now he's also getting calls to make a black woman the fourth highest ranking official in the department of justice. progressive groups wrote to biden, while we do not yet know

, the journal of intelligence history, and the oxford handbook of intelligence and national security.'s taught intelligence history at george mason university and georgetown university and is also written a biography of chief justice john marshall. please join me in a warm welcome for our speaker tonight and enjoy the program. [ applause ] >> good evening. i appreciate everybody turning out tonight. it's good to have such a large audience for what i hope you'll find to be a pretty interesting presentation. i've spent a good deal of my time at the agency history staff studying our directors. i did a biography about john mccone who was director during the early '60s, during the vietnam war, jfk assassination, run-up to the cuban missiles crisis and i got very interested in looking at the different ways in which both the agency's leaders shaped the agency itself and the ways in which they in turn were shaped by the political environment and in particular their relations with the presidents which is the focus of our talk tonight. i should say before i start what i'm not going to be coveri

john radcliffe is the director of national intelligence and more intelligence than anybody on the goesides the president. i think you so much for coming on. you spell this out so clearly that it made me wonder why the rest of us, so many in our public life, hasn't been saying this for quite some time. if you make sound obvious. >> i think you did a good job of encapsulating one, talker. there's a lot of people who are economic reasons do not want china to be our greatest threat to. there's a lot of people for political reasons don't want china to be our greatest threat in america. but the intelligence doesn't lie. china is our greatest threat and it's not even close, no other country has the capability of essentially taking away the american dream and the specific plan to do so. the intelligence is clear. talker, and wanted to use the unique vantage point i have to make sure as the director of national intelligence my job is to warn the american people of threats and there is no greater threat than china to america. >> tucker: the most jarring part of the piece i thought was your des

but because of that resistance, the directorrer of national intelligence has decided to not sign off the assessment until the intelligence community does make the assessment on china, russia and iran's roles in the election. specifically and clearly. the classified report was due to be delivered to congress tomorrow. by executive order, that is the date president trump insisted, 45 days after the election. but at least two intelligence agencies say they cannot meet that deadline, and it is now in indefinite delay. more resistance, more delay, more obstruction from the deep state. that delay comes as were gaining a greater understanding of the severity and just how punishing the cyber security attack against 12 of our federal agencies and departments really is. today we learned the energy department and national nuclear security administration which maintains the u.s. nuclear stockpile have found evidence that their networks have also been attacked, and they, those attacks continue. the cybersecurity and infrastructure agency called the attack, quote: a significant and ongoing cyberse

into how joe biden will handle did increasingly authoritarian china after the director of national intelligence warned the biden team against, quote, politicizing intelligence and urged them to acknowledge that china is the greatest national security threat facing the united states. plus general michael flynn, president trump's former national security advisor, speaks with our own lou dobbs after receiving a full presidential pardon. i'm jackie deangelis. in for elizabeth macdonald tonight. "the evening edit" starts right now. jackie: president trump has yet to concede the election. appears he is setting his sights on 2024. >> four more years. otherwise i will see you. [applause] >> some key republicans are backing the idea. joining me house judiciary ranking member, jim jordan of ohio. great to see you. >> good to be with you, jackie. jackie: talk about president trump. lindsey graham, josh hawley, rick scott, all told "politico" they would get mind him in he ran in 2024. your thoughts. >> i would too. the president has done amazing job over the president last four years, more than any public

former director of national intelligence, james clapper, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thanks, bianna. >>> and top of the hour. i'm bianna golodryga in for ana cabrera. breaking news this afternoon. the cdc's advisory panel has just voted to recommend moderna's covid-19 vaccine for people ages 18 and older. the cdc director is expected to give the final green light at any moment, and then it will be

today i had a productive discussion with the secretary of state and the director of national intelligence. we had a wide ranging discussion that covered the priorities in the u.s. foreign policy national security. and in particular i urge the incoming administration to be tough on china but in a more multilateral way than the trump administration. both immediately clear in our discussions the president elect biden's foreign policy team are exceptionally qualified. accomplished individuals with expertise to protect the nation and advance american interests abroad. in addition, she corrected my pronunciation, president elect t joe biden continues to rollout the nominees to his cabinet and other key administrative positions. now after what we went through the past four years i would expect almost all of the president biden's nominees would be acceptable. after all the republican senator looked the other way and confirmed several the republicans argue the broad deference when it comes to the official appointment. scandal after scandal in the trump administration and they are astounding. they

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director of national intelligence warning that china is america's national security threat number 1. john ratcliffe speaking with foxnews.com and calling beijing the greatest threat to democracy and freedom since the second world war. he's giving advice to joe biden on how to deal with china as the trump administration raises the alarm on beijing again. rich edson now from the state department with more from there. rich, good afternoon. >> good afternoon, bill. the nation's intelligence chief says the intel is clear that china is trying to dominate the united states and the world both economically and technologically and militarily. on top of that, john radcliff writing in the "wall street journal" saying they rob, replicate and replace. china robs u.s. companies of intellectual property, replicates the technology and replaces the u.s. firms in the global mark place. he shifted money in the intelligence budget to increase on china. ratcliffe said he briefed the house and intelligence committees that china is targeting members of congress. ratcliffe tells foxnews.com that he hopes a b

james clapper, former director of national intelligence, joined this conversation hosted by the atlantic council. it is 40 minutes. >> i wanted to give you a taste of how we are looking at 2021. myself as well as my assistant go through the opportunities we see for the coming year. role to gobad cop through some of the risks, and she will take over on the more optimistic side with the opportunities. the first is obviously covid. all of us would like to get out of this pandemic, but we have to face the fact that it could inually be a long time still 2021 or even going after that in parts of the world where the vaccine has a hard time reaching . we'll have to look at mutations. we seen a number of new strains develop. we are holding our breath on one that has cropped up in the u.k. and hoping the vaccines will help with those new strains. beyond getting the logistics of getting the vaccine out, we expect travel restrictions through a good part of the year. also i worry about a divided america. the election did not settle the divisions there, and the degree to which the biden presidency can

should there be one would do and so i want to introduce rick grinnell former acting director of national intelligence and tremendous patriot. rick how are you? >> it is a pleasure to be here mark, thanks for having me. mark: well it is a pleasure to have you. i want to talk about china we're in a cold war where people unction that or not. the president of the united states has understood this for the longest time. china is now in latin america, china is in africa. china is in the middle east. china is expanding its reach throughout southeast asia. its militarized the south china sea, it is pushing around all of its neighbors. it has all but destroyed hong kong it now has its military target on taiwan. it is got killer satellites in the sky. it is building its merved nuclear missile system it is building first class navy. it has a massive army a country of a 1.4 billion people. it is stealing our technology left and right. because it wants to defeat us tech technologically and militarily and economically should joe biden work his way into the oval office, i mean, extraordinarily concerned as are many

i don't expect you to deal out top secrets as a former director of national intelligence but is it muchan the iraqi people know? >> yes, it is much worse. it's been going on for years and it really, i think it became a crisis this year under covid. there is talk about these defensive briefings but defensive briefings are given to people who don't know what is going on and somehow get trapped from a foreign spy and what we have to be able to do is recognize that we have known for years the chinese have infiltrated chinese spies have infiltrated many political circles, local government, governors, many members of congress and i can just tell you that this is very deep and some need the defensive briefings because they don't know what is going on and they think somebody is one way and they find out it's a spy. they are being leveraged. those are the defensive briefings that are important because those politicians immediately pull back but there is also others who are caught into negotiations and trying to negotiate for their own political purposes a win, so to speak. those situations are t

president-elect biden intended secretary of state tony blinken and his intended director of national intelligence april who's the first woman to be nominated to serve in that position. like most americans are doing these days are beating quote-unquote will take place over video chat and i'm looking forward to asking both about their views on a range of issues concerning american diplomacy, foreign policy, national security. and how to repair some of the damage to america's reputation and relationships abroad done by the past administration. now after what all we went through over the past four years i would expect that almost all president-elect biden's nominees would be widely acceptable to the senate. senate republicans after all senate republicans confirmed several trump nominees who lack the necessaryry qualifications o were mired in ethics scandals and who made outrageous and inflammatory comments in the past. republican senators often argued a president deserves broad deference when it comes to their cabinet and official appointmen appointment, and blew past controversies that would in almo

almost once a week, tuesday evenings with trey gowdy, senator tim scott and the director of national intelligence john ratcliffe. i love these men. they have impacted my life. there were times the fellowship, the joy and the laughter and even the merciless countdowns from mr. gowdy were incredibly rewarding and timely. but there are people behind the scenes here in washington, d.c., names you will never know, but people like everett, lloyd, people behind the scenes that continue to impact. in closing today, i would be remiss if i didn't acknowledge the people that made this possible both in north carolina and here in washington, d.c.,. my aappreciation to janine, grace, bradley, kyle, emily, jerome, amber, cory, madeline katie,exa, john, alison, brian josh, luke, lauren nd two chiefs, scott and jack, deputy chief julie who has been with me since the very beginning. i am proud of you guys. we made a difference. mr. speaker, i would like to conclude by thanking my family ryan, rachel and claire and kelly. thank you for allowing me to do something that is considered pretty special. to my mom and dad

based on the recommendation and certification of the secretary of defense, or the director of national intelligence, the applicant business is critical to maintaining national security. the secretary of treasury determines it is critical to maintaining national security. if the company met at least one of these, treasury conducted a detailed financial and legal review. loans,we approved 11 nearly $736 million. information in dollar amounts is on our website, treasury.gov. many of the companies we expected to take part in the program were able to raise funds in the capital markets, leaving most of the funds unused. i urge congress to reallocate these funds to provide relief for aviation industry workers who continue to struggle through no fault of their own, small business, and other important issues. in conclusion, i'd like to thank the commission for working with us to provide economic relief to workers, families, and business. i hope the extensive amount of information treasury has provided and will continue to provide will be helpful. although the topic of today's hearing is not the facility, i

in spite of all of this, swell will ran for president and sits on our national intelligence committeethrashing president trump as a russian spy when it was he who was under the spell of the chinese spy so here we are, december 12, with 10% of voters saying they would change their vote if they knew hunter bidens entanglement with china but the democrats had a plan and it began when they introduced it january 3 to expand voting rights and get as many people floating as early as possible. they had him race against the clock. how much would they get past. >> and people before the american people knew the truth? they would need big tech. the mainstream media, all the democrats in sync and even the united states attorney general to make sure nothing leaked about the biden family. we continue the russia hoax even though there was no proof and the pandemic, well, the pandemic allowed them to change the voting process in violation of federal and state constitutions but it's not too late for the court to recognize that a fraud was intentionally perpetrated on the american people. by not allowin

with me is ken dilanian who covers national security and intelligence for nbc news. ken, really? is this? >> reporter: as u you said, this does seem like it's out of a hollywood plot. we know the nation's top intelligence official says the u.s. has evidence that china is conducting biological experiments on their soldiers to enhance their capabilities. he said this as part of an america to convince americans about the dire threat to american national security from china. i was somewhat skeptical about this claim, but when i started poking around, i found that private american military experts in the think tank world have actually studied this issue and written about it. they have found there's ample evidence that chinese scientists are very interested in applying biotechnology to the battlefield, and specifically the crisper gene editing tool which raises a ton of questions. picture super strong commandos who can operate on three hours' sleep or a sniper who can see twice as far as a normal person. this is the kind of thing that the chinese aspire to doing. it's problematic becaus

their national intelligence lot right requires every chinese national to comply with the ministry of state security, so this is an emergency for us. >> here is what the president o the council on foreign relation said on msnbc earlier this week. >> with china i think a couple things, one is we need to approach them as allies, we nee to avoid overreach. secretary pompeo i think is dea wrong when he trains his guns o getting rid of china's communis party. how do we have the possibility of cooperation? >> gordon, what is that cooperation appeasement? what is that going to look like? because apparently obama, he cooperated for eight years and what happened to china over those eight years? >> we know what it looks like because not only obama's eight years, but the eight years before that with bush and indeed , five decades of gauge print. we are replaying the late 1930s . china is like the third reich, biden advocates these appeasement policies commit thi cannot end well. >> how can you mps of country, and nation run by a communist regime with the president who i there for life that keeps

as the organization responsible for safeguarding the nation's nuclear stockpile and a member of the intelligence community, the department of energy is keenly aware of threats to our national security. today that includes cyberthreats to the energy sector. in the 2019 and 2020 worldwide threat assessment, the director of national intelligence stated, quote, our adversaries and strategic competitors will increasingly use cyber capabilities to seek political, economic, and military advantage over the united states and its allies and partners. china, russia, iran, north korea increasingly use cyber operations to threaten minds and machines and expand in a number of ways, to steal information, influence our citizens and disrupt critical infrastructure. end quote. within the department, caesar and the office of electricity form a nucleus that provides products and services that improve the energy sector's cyber security and resilience, whether it is electricity, oil and natural gas, or renewables, caesar endeavors to increase the security of the energy infrastructure against all hazards through the f

had a productive discussion with the secretary of state, tony blinken, and the director of national intelligence delegate. we had a discussion that covered the priorities for the u.s., foreign-policy national security. in particular i urged the incoming administration to be tough on china, but in a smarter, more multilateral way than the trumpet administration was. ist was immediately clear that president-elect biden's foreign policy and national security team are exceptionally qualified. accomplished individuals with the to protect our nation and advance american interests abroad. in addition to tony blinken and , president-elect biden continues to rollout and oppressive slate of nominees to his cabinet, another key administered position. after all we went through over the past four years i would expect almost all the president-elect biden's nominees would be widely acceptable to the senate. after all, republican senator's looked the other way and confirm several of donald trump's unqualified, ethically compromised, and schedules appointees. one would argue the president deserves broad deferenc

close interactions with chinese intelligence services however unintentional they may be are unacceptable nationalsecurity risk. we urge you to immediately remove representative swalwell. intelligence can result warning about the threat of chinese espionage in the united states. the fbi says they opened a new counterintelligence probe every 10 hours involving china and they say the role is always the same, china is seeking to see the all-american trade secrets. swalwell action on that front in the house and senate, plenty of fireworks inside and outside the hearing. a lot happening on capitol hill so let's bring a member of the senate judiciary committee, welcome back. i want to go back to the hunter biden discussion. accusations that people had prior to the election characterized this is russian misinformation. we now know there's at least one federal investigation ongoing. here is what senator lindsey graham said today about a potential special counsel. >> it is a good idea. if you believe a special counsel was needed to look at the trump role regarding russia how can you say there is no need fo

defense review teams, including stephanie o'sullivan, former principal deputy director of national intelligenced retired army lieutenant general, karen gibson. we talked about the different strategic challenges we will face from both russia and china, and the reforms we must make to put ourselves in the strongest possible position to meet these challenges. that includes modernizing our defense priorities to better deter aggression in the future, rather than continuing to over-invest in legacy systems designed to address the threats of the past. we have to be able to innovate and reimagine our defenses against growing threats in new realms, like cyberspace. we are still learning about the extent of the solarwinds hack and the vulnerabilities that have been exposed. as i said last week, this attack constitutes a grave risk to our national security. and we need to close the gap between where our capabilities are now and where they need to be to better deter, detect, disrupt, and respond to these sorts of intrusions in the future. this is an area where republicans and democrats are in agreement, an

intelligence. our first guesthi this evening s the former national security advisor tont president trump, former directorthe defense intelligence agency, joining us now i am pleased to say is general michael flynn, ame great american and we appreciate your time general. this attack, your sense of it, how pervasive, what are the dimensions and how concerned should every american be about our government and our country. >> all of the cyber attacks that have occurred have occurred from foreign influencers. lou, can you still hear me, i am sorry. lou: i'm sorry werein having trouble, you are back up i apologize for the technical. >> what i i would say about the solar wind, solar winds is an entry point into the rest of our entire u.s. critical infrastructure. so everything that touches the united states government if you enter through the solar winds attack that we received you now have access, you basically have keys to the ball enter inside of our home and you're able to rummage around in judea near anything, it's a very serious attack, i would say on one hand, on the other handno we cannot be distracted b