group al-shabaab has said it was behind the bombings which went off near parliament to the national intelligence agency has links to al qaeda it controls large areas in somalia. thousands of people in israel have protested government plans to deport african migrants they've been given until april first to leave the country or face imprisonment now most are from sudan and eritrea the government says illegally but they claim persecution at home. the bollywood legend kapoor has died of a suspected heart attack in dubai the fifty four year old actress began her career at the age of four and starred in more than one hundred fifty films she was described as being the first female superstar in india's male dominated film industry. archaeologists in egypt have discovered a cemetery more than two thousand years old near cairo thousands of relics have been found underground as scientists say the discovery provides key insights into the lives of the ancient egyptians. an underground discovery spectacular in both quality and quantity. forty tombs more than a thousand statues jewelry furniture numerous pottery item

jihadist group has said it was behind the bombings which went off near parliament and the national intelligence agency. is linked to al qaeda it controls large areas in somalia. police have clashed with anti fascist activists in milan as rival political groups held rallies across it to me the demonstrators were protesting a gathering of the far right north and lead party head of parliamentary elections next week although it is stepped up security around the country amid fears protests would turn violent. the bollywood legend davy cup or has died of a suspected heart attack in dubai the fifty four year old actress began her career at the age of four and starred in more than one hundred fifty films she was described as being the first female superstar in india's neil dominated film industry. the curtain is set to come down on the twenty eighteen billion dollar film festival after a glittering awards ceremony rumanian director continually clinched the golden four touch me not a film that some critics loved but others panned but there were no surprises as to who would snap up best director which went to w

group al-shabaab has said it was behind the bombings which went off near parliament at the national intelligence agency has links to al qaeda it controls large areas in somalia. thousands of people in israel have protested government plans to deport african migrants they've been given until april first to leave the country or face imprisonment most are from sudan and eritrea now the government says they're in israel illegally but they claim persecution at home. the bollywood legend divvy up poor has died of a suspected heart attack in dubai the fifty four year old actress began her career at the age of four and starred in more than one hundred fifty films she was described as being the first female superstar in india's male dominated film industry. so the curtain is set to come down on the twenty eighteen billion dollar film festival after a glittering award ceremony romanian director dina clinched the golden bear for touch me not a film that some critics loved but others panned and wes anderson snapped up the award for best director for the festival's opening film i love dogs for gordon they are for b

all national intelligence agencies -- for the first time in my 40 year career agreed on something. this in itself is newsworthy. they agreed that not only were there hacking attempts and penetration attempts on our voting system, right? but, that russia was responsible and the decision was taken at the head of state level, vladimir putin. that is unusual for the united states intelligence community to come together like that without dissenting views and agree on something. in the military, a threat is defined as a capability to do something and the intent to do it. a threat is capability plus intent. putin passed that standard. he reached the definition of a threat, because he obviously has the capability. we know they attempted to interfere with 21 state voter registration systems. we know that he clearly has the intent. demonstrated, it is not academic. we are not talking about a theoretical problem, we are talking about something that actually happened. this is a proven threat. we would never accept this level of vulnerability in any of our other key national security systems. t

suicidal car blue -- blew up a bomb near the presidential residence and the second near e national intelligence agencyboth were followed by heavy gunfire. the president of the european council has described as purteillusion any t by britain to pick and choose the terms of its future relationship with europe.a speaking ammit of e.u. leaders not attended by brain, donald tusk says he hopes to get more clarity on exactly what britain's approaches -- proposals were when hmeets theresa may within the next few weeks. we have a report. reporter: france,ermany, italy. europe's leaders all in brussels today all waiting to hear what the u.k. wants from its future ties. but if theresa may is seek special access to the market forarts of the u.k. economy, it was immediately rebuffed. >> it's not possible to be aligned with the european union when it suits and not when it doesn't. that's not possible. >> the effort y u. doesn -- if e.u. doesn't yet know what was decided by mr may and her ministers at checkers yesterday but he said again she can't pick and choose. >> i'm glad that the u.k. government seems to be mov

bomber blew up a car near the presidential palace and a second blast was close to the national intelligence agencythe european council has described as "pure illusion" any attempt by britain to pick and choose the terms of its future relationship with europe. speaking at a summit of eu leaders which was not attended by britain, donald tusk said he hoped to get more clarity on exactly what britain's proposals were when he meets theresa may next week. from brussels, damian grammaticas reports. france, germany, italy — europe's leaders all in brussels today, all waiting to hear what the uk wants from its future ties. but if theresa may's plan is to seek special access to the single market for parts of the uk economy, it was immediately rebuffed. it's not an a la carte. it's not possible to be aligned with the european union when it suits and not what it doesn't. that's not possible. the eu doesn't yet know what was decided by mrs may and her ministers at chequers yesterday but eu leaders have said before, and they said again today, she can't pick and choose only the bits of the single market she like

national. intelligence agency. the professionals at the cia and f.b.i. escape the polarization of politics.public and will therefore radically change the situation in the country. we're all follow it larsen former cia veteran who served as moscow section chief among other politicians welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. now wolf the american intelligence community has been accused of being politicized many times in a bush sheriffs' to politicians use it to justify well now agencies are again the world in a political scandal i know you pride yourself on your colleagues for being patriotic nonpolitical but can you really be about politics in this line of work i mean that sounds kind of like fairy tale almost. i think it's a standard you have to strive for have been a lifelong political independent for that reason that you outlined that it's crucial for intelligence officers to be independent and objective and serve the country not just the president and the government but we are also all citizens now the intel they were our taxpayer funded they have no private sector com

bomber blew up a car near the presidential palace and a second blast was close to the national intelligence agencyhe french artist edgar degas, which was stolen from a museum in marseille in 2009, has been found on a bus near paris. the artwork was discovered in the luggage compartment of the vehicle at a motorway service station. experts confirmed that it's "the chorus singers" — a pastel painting said to be worth nearly a million dollars. the man who exposed the russian doping scandal has given his first international broadcast interview to the bbc. evidence from whistle—blower dr grigory rodchenkov on state—sponsored doping saw russia banned from the winter olympics and the fallout from the testimony forced him into hiding and in fear of his life. now living in the united states, we interviewed dr rodchenkov from a secret location, where he said if he hadn't fled russia he'd now be dead. two russian athletes at the winter olympics have tested positive for doping. this exclusive report is by our sports editor, dan roan. it's one of sport's greatest scandals. russian cheating reached its height a

bomber blew up a car near the presidential palace and a second blast was close to the national intelligence agencyicle has been rammed into a security barrier near the white house. the us secret service said the driver had been detained by security staff. her vehicle did not breach the presidential complex and no shots were fired. but the white house was put on lockdown following the incident. human rights watch is accusing the government of myanmar of bulldozing dozens government of myanmar of bulldozing d oze ns of government of myanmar of bulldozing dozens of wrecking the villages in raqqa and state. they have released images showing it least two villages that have now been demolished. the un says that the villagers should be preserved and treated as crime scenes so preserved and treated as crime scenes so that the fact—finding mission can carry out investigations. the president of the european council has described as ‘pure illusion‘ any attempt by britain to pick and choose the terms of its future relationship with europe. donald tusk — speaking at a summit of eu leaders not attended by brita

mike pompeo, director of the defense intelligence agency general robert ashley, director of the federal bureau of investigation chris wray, director of the nationality agency, admiral mike rogers and director of the geospatial intelligence agency robert cardillo. we have a long day in front of us. i thank you all for being here. i know how forward you look to this one occasion on an annual basis. since 1995, this committee's met in open forum to discuss the security threats facing the united states of america. this has never been nor will it ever be a comfortable conversation to have. the threats this country face are complex, evolving and without easy answers. they exist in multiple domains. they're asymmetrical and conventional. they can be launched from across the ocean or be planned in the heart of our homeland. nonetheless, this conversation serves a vital purpose. and it's essential it takes place in the public square with as much detail and candor as is possible. in my view, that is the true value and public service of this hearing. it provides the american people with insight that they just don't normally get. those insights are about the

the second near the country's national intelligence agency.ecurity forces shot and killed 5 suspected attackers. the islamic men -- terrorist group is responsible. >>> the security council unanimously approved a 30 day cease-fire. it comes after 500 people were killed this week by airstrikes and bombings in the area. the 30 day cease-fire in syria will allow medical aid to be delivered. and to medically affect people. >>> congress released a redacted democratic memo pushing back on republican claims of surveillance abuses and fbi russia meddling probe. the memo says the fbi and doj did not abuse the formal surveillance act, as they investigated alleged russian meddling in the president donald j. trump campaign. to is dismissing the memo, calling it a total and legal last. -- a total and legal bust.>>> the focus today with on how to get more conservative voters to the polls.>> reporter: a big part of see pack has been to figure out how to get conservatives to the polls. emerging theme for 2018 appears to be a big embrace of president donald j.

the former head of the national intelligence agency james clapper said so. they were very successful. and another thing on this indictment, i think part of why this was out now, this was a lot of concern with the intelligence community that this is going to continue. and that is sort of, the reason wy it is my belief that some of this has come out in the way it is. and the other issue and you raised this in the open here about how we had heard nothing about this in terms of the president defending us, our country. and in other situations like this when we had the north korea hack, the sony hack, president obama, there were sanctions and there weren't even charges with that. chinese hackers that we, there were sanctions as a result. when these kinds of nation state you indictment, charges brought against people to believe to be acting against our interest, you usually see something from the white house or some reaction. >> and not only that, congress overwhelmingly passed more sanctions against russia. and that is something that the president has not followed

the made age to the national security agency america's top intelligence and security agency who said this is what's going on with this morning local time not known but we come to tell you that. reports of just one person's been detained of another injured after it looks like a black s.u.v. there we think tried to a crash into the entrance near one of the gates of that agency building looks like there are a bullet holes in front of that car there were some photos circulating pretty quickly afterwards and social media appeared to show a black van at the building's entrance also a man in handcuffs possibly an attacker sitting on the ground i say worth bearing in mind guess these things will always be these places will always be a target for this kind of thing similar thing happened just two years just over two years ago at the n.s.a.'s gates back in twenty fifteen that time a twenty seven year old was left dead in the past year wounded after police opened fire after the pair tried to gain unauthorized entries to the ground there helicopters showing the police and fire department sponsor

so fast-forward after the election, national intelligence agencies did come to consensus we've been hacked. that's january 2017. we started taking a particular interest because we're one of the two no state at the time. as doug noted it ended up being 21 states compromised. we worked with the law general assembly, with the lasik center michael hastings who is the chairman of the cybersecurity subcommittee in the illinois senate. they had a hearing with the state board of elections, try to get some answers, what happened, who did you talk to, what did you find out? we found out how much voter information had been compromised. social security numbers, home addresses, what localities, was there a pattern? fast-forward to june, we partnered with the state center to send a letter to all 109, 108 election local authorities. 102 counties in illinois, 109 local election authorities. the example would be city of chicago had its own election authority. it's helpful to understand how would you have a decentralized electoral system. every local election authority has some jurisdiction without they ope

you know, the former head of the national intelligence agency, james clapper said so. the former cia director said so. they were very successful. and another thing on this indictment. i think part of why this is out now, there's a lot of concern in the intelligence community this is going to continue. and this sends a message to russians, that we're onto you and we're going to know when you're doing it and how you're doing it. and this is sort of my belief why this has come out the way it has. and then you raised it, how we have heard nothing about this in terms of the president defending us, our country. in other situations like this when we have the north korea hack, the sony hack, president obama, there were sanctions and there weren't even charges related to that. the department of justice never announced any charges. there were chinese hackers that there were sanctions as a result. when these kind of nation state indictments, when charges are brought against people believed to be acting against our interest of people associated with that, directed by a nation or a

and he goes over to moscow and has a meeting, that that wasn't known to the fbi or the national intelligence agencies. so it's two memos specifically relating to sanctions relief if trump is -- >> so all this salacious stuff, it has nothing to do with carter page and the pursuit of a warrant on the fisa court, which is why this is really disingenuous, this nunes memo is very disingenuous with respect to how this may have been used before the fisa court to obtain a warrant. >> jim, you want to jump in. >> john, is it possible that you could have positions on two ends here? can you suggest that you believe that the russia collusion investigation should proceed? we trust robert mueller. let it run its course. >> trey gowdy. >> absolutely. can you also say there are some troubling things that happened on the seventh floor in my beloved fbi that need to be investigated? i'm an army veteran. i understand even though i bristle at it sometimes that the commander in chief has to be a civilian. you can't have a military hunta. and the same thing if federal law enforcement. we have to have rules. we have to be

release, but obviously, the white house has now approved its release alongside some of the nation's intelligence agenciesto give you background, we can say president trump was less than enthusiastic about the release of the schiff memo compared to his enthusiasm behind the release of its republican counterpart, the nunes memo. you'll recall even before reading a word, the president was encouraging its release. at one point, he was caught on a hot mike during the state of the union telling lawmakers he would 100% back the release of the nunes memo. he essentially went against the advice of the fbi and others who urged him not to release it because of what they called inaccuracies or depictions that were taken out of context. in other words, a feeling from the intelligence community that the nunes memo lacked certain clarifications. after it was released, the president said it vindicated him, that it proved that the idea of collusion was a witch hunt. now, when it comes to the schiff memo, the white house initially indicated that they would be inclined to release it, and then late on a friday night during

national intelligence dan coates. director of the central intelligence agency mike pompeo. director of defense intelligence agency general robert ashley. director of the federal bureau of investigation chris wray. director of the national security agency admiral mike rogers. and director of the geospacial intelligence agency robert cardila. >> we'll bring that to you as news is made at this hearing. coming up, the republican party appears to be cozying up to deficits after years of attacking president obama over that issue. now president trump's just released budget proposal has a price tag in the trillions. we're going to break it down next. i needed legal advice for my shop. that's when i remembered that my ex-ex- ex-boyfriend actually went to law school, so i called him. he didn't call me back! if your ex-ex- ex-boyfriend isn't a lawyer, call legalzoom and we'll connect you with an attorney. legalzoom. where life meets legal. people are fighting type 2 diabetes... with fitness... food... and the pill that starts with f. farxiga, along with diet and exercise, helps lower b

intelligence agency, general robert ashley. director the federal bureau of investigation, chris rea. after the national security agency, admiral mike rogers. and directed the geospatial intelligence agency, robert cardillo. we've got along in front of us and i thank you all for being here. i know how forward-looking this one occasion on an annual basis. since 1995, this committee has met in open forum to discuss the security threat facing the united states of america. this has never been, nor will it ever be a comfortable conversation to have. the threats this country face are complex, evolving and without easy answers. exist in multiple domains. they are asymmetrical and conventional. they can be launched from across the ocean or be planned in the heart of our homeland. nonetheless, this conversation serves a vital purpose and it's essential that it takes place in the public square with as much detail and candor as is possible. in my view, that is the true value in public service at this hearing that provides the american people with insight that they just don't normally get. those insights are about

they are calling it an attack on the nation's intelligence and security agencies. >> the interest was on over sight. it was a hit job on the fbi. >> the memo claims just before the 2016 election fbi agents sought to survey trump campaign adviser for possible russian collusion. the agent presented a dossier presented by a former british spy. he was paid $160,000 by the democratic national committee and hillary clinton's campaign. >> i would argue it is unprecedented to rely on political opposition research to inform an application and it is really bad and unpress dented to not tell a -- unprecedented to not tell a court. >> reporter: president trump tweeted the fbi became a tool of anti-trump political actors. this is unacceptableane democracy. democrats say the american people should know a corresponding memo democrats was not released. if it were house minority leader nancy pelosi says it would become clear that the republicans are cherry picking facts. cbs news, new york. >>> congress faces a deadline this week to avoid another government shutdown. funding from the last measure runs

naval intelligence and national security agency did a terrible job of analyzing the risk assessment of emission. didn't have said -- of the mission. didn't have support on call. they just wanted this to go away. when they came home there was talk of a court-martial. public hearings, congress got involved. it was really a nasty situation. navy really wanted the captain to take the blame. when there was a little bit of a public outcry that they were scapegoating the men, they just made it go away. susan: what happened to the commander? mitchell: he was the one who was tortured first. they started with the captain, and his story is pretty terrible. they beat him, tortured him, threatened to kill him. there is a moment they would put a gun to his head and pull the trigger. -- emptybers, chambers, but to get to get him to collapse. they threatened to kill his men and beat and tortured some of them in front of him. while he was in the camps, people back home forgot him. his wife did a really good job of trying to pressure the american government to keep their focus on him. but he sort of fad

he is joined by national intelligence director dan coates and national security agency director mike rogers. they spoke earlier today in front of the senate intelligence committee and you can see it tonight at 10:00 .m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend the c-span cities tour takes you to lynchburg, virginia, with the help of our comcast cable partners, we'll explore their literary scenes and historic sites. watch this weekend beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern on "book tv" on c-span2 and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on "american history tv" on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> sunday night on "q&a," ichael fabey on his book " crash b.c.a." >> first, there is a public shaming and chinese lost face and it's hard for westerners to know what it means to the asian culture, especially to someone that's big as proud as china. they lost face and they came away with the never again mentality. so they start after that -- this mindset we will build up our navy and we will build up our missile defense forces in such a way we never lose face like this again. >> sunday night

is sending teams to the seed trying to work out what went on the national security agency of course america's top intelligence agency in fort meade for now the circumstances of what we're not clear still it does seem though you can see it now that s.u.v. that black s.u.v. . very much in the forefront of what's happened here you can see the airbags have been deployed there are a lot of stuff that looks like it was in the boot has been dished out onto the roadway there and the people that are much closer to that some early pictures seem to show that s.u.v.s got bullet holes in the front similar instead incidentally may be nothing to do with it or may be totally different circumstances but happened back in twenty fifteen at the n.s.a.'s gates then the twenty seven year old was killed the passenger was wounded when police opened fire after the ride did indeed try to gain unauthorized access at one of those n.s.a. gates at fort meade but we're also hearing as well reports that it's quite close to one major roadway and it's easy in fact to turn into one of those access roads by mistake and find yourself at the gate

america, 2018, the only two people that disagree with everything national intelligence agency in americadent of the united states and vladimir putin. >> right. one of the things, joe, you know, i noticed, was that even though the russians quoted back to us our officials, they actually didn't -- they didn't actually use their own words to say "we didn't do this." they didn't actually issue their own denial, which i thought was interesting. all along they've kind of wanted the world to know they were capable of doing this and in a way they wanted us to know they did -- they meddled in our elections, this is the way the russians operate. but i found it interesting that they found themselves unable to really defend themselves effectively. and even lavrov's words where he was quoting back u.s. officials, it was very weak for lavrov. usually he's up there spewing fire and brimstone, he's being sarcast sarcastic, he's trying to make people look foolish and he had a very short statement compared to other years and he just didn't have the energy there. it was sort of like he was phoning it in. >>

american spy agencies are mired in a public scandalous political cycle with the investigation of president trump putting them in an intense spotlight but his national fame really what an intelligence agency needs and the professionals at the cia and f.b.i. to escape the polarization of politics that it's a head game miracle in public and will therefore in the end radically change the situation in the country. we're all flow out larsen former cia veteran his service moscow section she's a long other politician. welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us . now wolf the american intelligence community has been accused of being politicized many times in a bush shares to politicians use it to justify iraq now the agencies are again the world in a political scandal i know you pride yourself on your colleagues for being patch reality nonpolitical but can you really be about politics in this line of work i mean that sounds kind of like fairy tale almost. i think it's a standard you have to strive for been a lifelong political independent for that reason that you outline that it's crucial for intelligence officers to be independent and objective and serve the country not jus

american spy agencies are mired in a public scandalous political cycle with the investigation of president trump putting them in an intense spotlight but his national fame review what an intelligence agency needs and the professionals at the cia and f.b.i. escape the polarization of politics that is the american public and will therefore in the end radically change the situation in the country. we're all follow it larsen former cia veteran his service in moscow section chief along other politicians welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. now well the american telling. community has been accused of being politicized many times in a bush heiress to politicians use it to justify iraq now the agencies are again the world of in a political scandal i know you pride yourself on your colleagues for being patry atsic nonpolitical but can you really be about politics in this line of work i mean that sounds kind of like fairytale almost i think it's a standard you have to strive for i've been a lifelong political independent for that reason that you outline that it's crucial for intelligence officers to be independent and objective and serve the country not just the presid

meanwhile, a south korean intelligence agency reportedly told the country's national assembly that northed a part in last month's massive theft from a japanese cryptocurrency exchange service provider. moving out of the singapore air show and companies are planning to beef up defence spending an aircraft because of the south china sea and north korean ballistic missile threats. but who is buying, what are they buying and how much are they expected to spend? joining me now is mariko. over are they expected to spend? joining me now is mariko. 0ver1000 companies are here and we're not just discussing commercial airlines defence sector as well. we have seen robust growth in defence spending in the region. i have a little report, let's have a look. while most western countries are slashing their defence budgets, many asian budgets, governments are throwing money at it. china and india have doubled their spending in the last 20 years as well southeast countries like indonesia, vietnam and a poor. keeping some perspective here, the us still comfortably spend more on planes, missiles and tanks t

will continue to work cooperatively with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and with the congress, to defend our nation against similar current and future efforts. i want to thank the federal agents and prosecutors who are working on this case for their exceptional service. i will be happy to take a few questions. reporter: [indiscernible] the outcome of the election? mr. rosenstein: there is no allegation in the indictment of any effect on the outcome of the election. jessica? reporter: on page four of the indictment, paragraph six, it specifically talks about the trump campaign, saying that defendants communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the trump campaign. my question is, later in the indictment, campaign officials are referenced, not by their name, by campaign officials one or two or three. were campaign officials cooperative or were they dupes? what was their relationship? mr. rosenstein: again, there is no allegation in this indictment that any american had any knowledge. and the nature of the scheme was that the defendants took extraordinary steps to make it appear they were o

. >> last week alone, the head of national intelligence and all the other agencies collectively told the senate at the threat hearings that the russians are continuing what they are doing and are planning further actions for the midterms and beyond. and the national security adviser said in munich this weekend that the evidence is incontrovertible. yet the president still seems to be of different minds. >> well, i think there are more and more people within the administration who are publicly acknowledging the extent of the russian interference in the 2016 election are also ringing the alarm bells about the need to do things to protect this year ear congressional elections as well as future elections. as well as take steps against the russians sx flighti s explo digital domain. so i think it is up to the president of the united states to be able to confront the russians and talk very publicly and directly about the threat that they posed. and the consequences that they will face if they continue to do this. but up until now, i think he just continues to -- donald trump continues to p

reveals that one-time trump campaign aide carter page was of such concern to the nation's law enforcement and intelligence agenciesreauthorized a warrant to surveil him at least three times, including twice while donald trump was president. the memo also reveals that one of the men who authorized the surveillance of page is deputy attorney general rod rosenstein.

with other law enforcement intelligence agencies and with the congress to defend our nation against similar current and future efforts. south africa's new president cyril ramaphosa has made his first state of the nation states the nation address speaking in cape town ramaphosa said he would need to take tough decisions to reduce the size of the country's fiscal deficit and stabilize debt after years of weak growth. ethiopia has announced a state of emergency a day off to the prime minister haile mariam does a lane announced his intention to step down the resignation which is unprecedented in ethiopia's history and to end unrest which is threatening the ruling party's hold on power the governor of florida says the director of the f.b.i. should resign over the handling of a warning about the florida shooting suspect nineteen year old nicholas cruz has been charged with murdering seventeen people at the marjorie steinman douglas high school president trump is due to meet the victims and their families in a few hours' time. and oxfam's executive director is setting up an independent commission

system in 2004 on a bipartisan basis and set up the director of national intelligence, a joint commander across the intelligence agenciesincluding the fbi. so, yes, there needs to be vigorous oversight. the right way to handle this is for christopher wray and others to testify before the house and senate intelligence committees and present their evidence in a classified setting. that's apparently not being permitted. >> can i ask you this? can a president, whose advisers are under investigation in an ongoing investigation, be the champion credibly be the champion of reform of that investigation? and the institutions carrying it out? >> well, i -- the president is the president. he is entitled to declassify information and state his opinions. but in this case, first of all, i have enormously high confidence in robert mueller whom i know, who was the fbi director while i was the ranking member on the house intelligence committee. >> and who was welcomed by republicans. >> and christopher wray whom i don't know is highly regarded by the rank and file. what what's important to think about is not just the top layer but what

we've known about russian interference in the 2016 election has come mostly from intelligence agencies focused on national security. today, the justice department made clear that this is a criminal matter as well. >> the defendants allegedly conducted what they called "information warfare" against the united states. >> reporter: deputy attorney general rod rosenstein said the russian goal was simple: >> to promote discord in the united states and undermine public confidence in democracy. >> reporter: prosecutors say the operation began two years before the 2016 presidential election. it was run out of this nondescript building in st. petersburg, russia. the 37-page indictment charges 13 russian nationals and three russian companies with spending more than $1.2 million every month on the the operation. it typically looked like this-- on attacking hillary boosting be sanders, and then-candidate donald trump. early on, ted cruz and marco rubio were also targets. the court documents allege the russian operatives were specically "instructed to use any opportunity to criticize hillary and the rest, except sande

the vice president now sides with the cia director, the director of national intelligence, the director of the national security agencyfbi in saying what the president is reluctant to say, that russia did interfere in the presidential election and is still interfering. listen to this. >> there were efforts by russia and likely by other countries to involve or influence american elections, and we take that very seriously. as we speak, that inquiry investigation continues to be ongoing, but it's also forward looking. in my briefings at a variety of our intelligence agencies, we have discussed plans going forward to ensure that meddling in our elections by russians or other powers around the world will be rebutted and we'll continue to develop the kiennd technologies that ensure and maintain the integrity of our electoral system. >> okay. he may say that, the intelligence chiefs may say that, but the president apparently still doesn't believe it. >> right. and he's not going to change. this is a threat, he believes, to the legitimacy of his election, and he's not going to get off of that. as we've been talking about, he

nation's intelligence chiefs today on the issue of russia. we heard from the director of national intelligence, cia chief, fbi director and the nsa director. national security agency. with each headline seemingly more alarming than the last. starting with this warning from the nation's top spy chief. >> frankly, the united states is under attack. under attack by entities that are using cyber to penetrate virtually every major action that takes place in the united states. there should be no doubt that russia perceived that its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 u.s. midterm elections as a potential target for russian influence operations. >> so that is pretty straightforward. but surely there is no indication that russia is meddling right now, right? >> have you seen russian activity in the lead up to the 2018 election cycle? >> yes, we have seen russian activity and intentions to have an impact on the next election cycle here. >> director coates? >> yes, we have. >> anyone else? admiral rogers? >> yes, and i think this would be a good topic to get into greater detail this afternoon. >> the this afternoon part is a closed door session with lawmakers afte

reveals that one-time trump campaign aide carter page was of such concern to the nation's law enforcement and intelligence agenciest to surveil him at least three times, including twice while donald trump was president. the memo also reveals that one of the men who authorized the surveillance of page is deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. this is significant because donald trump is a man with a single mission in the words of one trump confidant, derail mueller, the best way to do that, fire the man who oversees thmu

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the flip side of what mark is saying is that you know it was a threat to national security it's an affront to our intelligence agency to have law enforcement you know you say used to be the liberals that used to be very you know worried about law enforcement everything is flipped over right now ok but the interesting thing is immediately after it was released i don't know if anybody these liberals or c.n.n. or m.s.m. d.c. actually read it but then they decide it's. nothing to see here. how could the within one new cycle it was a threat to national security then move along exactly to see here i think what we should prevent from happening here is this let's move on attitude prevailing again because we understand where it comes from trump is basically leading the same poll it's just now hillary clinton and obama have been lead and before trump was elected he struck at syria he published this all for nuclear posture review right so he is basically moving the country towards a war movie and humanity was destruction so now they are prepared to let it be and i think what they're prepared to lead a beeper a very different r