putin: yes. people on average, they do contract the virus -- contract the virus after having been vaccinated, but it is very, very mild. i won't give you any names. but even though they contracted the virus and got vaccinated -- a week ago, one of my colleagues did contract the virus. yesterday, he was up and running. and some of my relatives, which also contracted the virus. but it was pretty easy on them. so they do not require any special treatment, any method. and that is just someone i know about. so vaccination, it is essential to get the shot. as we know, the kremlin, we held a special event to give the med als and awards to our scientists, those who created this vaccine. i want to share something i heard from them. by the way, they are seeing this -- saying this on tv all the time, the virus can deal a huge blow to your health, with long-term consequences for your health. so think about it. you should bear that in mind. there are people who think we should not do any vaccines at all, aunt

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publicly or loudly something to vladimir putin? >> my understanding is he was forceful in the meeting. he said don't do this. he designated critical infrastructure. so what? this is vladimir putin. of course he'll test us. of course he is going to listen to that and not respond until there is a greater response from our side. and i think now is the moment. i think the president rightly drew red lines. said you have to not do this. putin said make my day. see if you can stop me. now i think that the administration has to respond more forcefully. at a minimum give us more information about who the people are. second indict them. if they're criminals indict them. mueller did that. that puts them on an interpol list. once indicted criminals that puts the pressure on the russian government to treat them as criminals. so far vladimir putin hasn't said a single word about who these people are and if they are criminals it is incumbent upon the russian government to treat them that way. >> would something like an indictment be enough to get

i think the second thing is looking to engage putin to do the resolved part. the resolute part of my suggestion. this will be a meeting where biden spends a lot of time laying out, you know, how the u.s. news, russian behavior from ukraine to cyber attacks on the u.s. that are affecting average americans to their lack of cyber criminals operating on the shoreline accountable to their treatment and banning on the opposition. but also raising, there are some areas here where you are playing fire here. we could have a crisis erupt into something much more serious. let's talk about, i think in addition, they will propose formal strategic stability costs potentially, you know, actions in space bar cyberspace that could escalate into a larger crisis. this is really a, these are our concerns kind of meeting. i think very low expectations that putin as the master of chaos and so forth are going to suddenly change in strife. i think that every president has to at least try to reduce these tensions and get this relationship on a less unpredictable or less stable kind of

do you have to embarrass putin? do you have to whack him up side the head in a public way and say you have to dial it back? that's the challenge. the administration would prefer to do this under the radar. you should assume they're doing things under the radar, but do you need to do something more public to get putin to back off? that's the conversation in the biden security team. the benefit is you send a clear public signal. the risk is you get into a back and forth with putin that's unproductive? >> what's the tipping point? saved sanger was with us yesterday. presidents have always been inclined to respond to putin in a strong public way, but then there are people, whether it be military advisers and whatnot, who pull them back and say, you know what, it's not worth the risk. as you know, putin is willing to do more than the united states is willing to do here. >> if you start to engage in the public game -- i'm going to call it a game. this is incredibly important. but if you start engaging in the public sphere

now, biden's summit with putin was a tricky balancing act on the one hand, you want to hold putin accountablehe other, you don't want it to escalate into conflict, as biden explained >> when you run a country that does not abide by international norms, and yet you need those international norms to be somehow managed so that you can participate in the benefits that flow from them, it hurts you that's not a satisfying answer "biden said he'd invade russia." you know, it is not -- you know. by the way, that was a joke. that's not true. >> seth: thanks for clarifying, but also, no more jokes. especially after a meeting with putin. that's the last place we need you workshopping new material. but i understand and appreciate the point biden was making diplomacy can be complicated we can hold putin accountable for his actions and avoid conflict with russia, whwhich no one wants. i mean, i don't know if 30 rock even has a bomb shelter, but if it does, i don't want to get stuck down there with wally, the two of us eating canned beans in our underwear for the rest of our lives, while he holds up cue car

. >>> president biden's new call with vladimir putin warning him again over relentless cyber attacks. >>> elsa slalamming the northeast, flooding new york subway stations and in the west another punishing heatwave more than 30 million under alert. >>> the head of the fda calling for investigation into a controversial alzheimer's drug >>> a new twist in the billionaire space race just hours before richard branson hopes to blast off into history. >>> and the 14-year-old whwho made history of her own at the national spelling bee. and that's not the only talent making her a star >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. i'm peter alexander in for lester we begin tonight with two major headlines in the fight to combat covid. the cdc releasing new guidance for schools, urging them to fully reopen this fall for in-person learning, saying those who are vaccinated do not need masks, and those who are not should wear them after the ne we told you about last night, ththat pfizer is developing a booster shot to target the delta variant, the fda and cdc now say tho

jon: yes, when president biden met vladimir putin at the summit said he told putin if the united states respond but so far we've not seen any sign of a response or recourse from vladimir putin. >> that is the challenge here from when you want to deter people in cyberspace or anywhere, you got to be -- we are going to come after you, here's what i want to do if you come at me and you've got to do it in public so everyone sees when you respond. we keep saying we will respond at some time in our choosing time as jen psaki says but the problem is we are not responding and we are not punching back. in cyberspace, it could be simple, it could be something we've got to extract otherwise this will continue to get worse as vladimir putin and other adversaries in china and iran test us around the globe. >> he had this to say about the president's approach to the hacking. >> biden has been week on russia and we've seen the all the way through. russia hacked the colonial pipeline and did nothing about it and when they met in person biden gave him 16 targets he didn't want him to hit and didn't have

to fight back if putin doesn't act.ional security correspondent jennifer griffin has the latest tonight from the pentagon. >> just days after president biden promised to send a message to vladimir putin the next time a ransomware or cyberattack emanated from russian soil, biden placed a phone call to putin. >> i made it very clear him that the united states expects when ransomware operation is coming from his soil, even though it's not, not you sponsored by the state we expect him to -- how that is. >> putin has denied any knowledge of these attacks. >> we set up communications now on a regular basis to be able to communicate to one another happening in other countries that effects the home country. it went well and i'm optimistic. >> the call lasted roughly an hour. the kremlin says the u.s. has not presented any requests since the biden-putin summit in geneva to stop criminal cyberattacks quote over the last month no requests have been received from the competent u.s. departments on these issues. not true according to

putin noted despite the readiness of their side, no confirmation came from the u.s.saying we have relayed multiple specific requests for actions and russia's responsibility to take action including today at the leader level. on his way to wilmington for the weekend, the president was asked to make sense to ratchet up previous form of punishment the u.s. has exerted on russia for their malign actions. including sanctions. the suggestion was instead going after russian servers that were used in the ransom where attack. the president to that question answered yes. so we're waiting on details of what exactly those actions might look like. the u.s. has not provided any timeline on how quickly they expect putin to take action or when the u.s. would take similar action. neil? >> neil: you handled that all so well. >> it's very rainy. >> neil: good job. thanks so much. jacqui heinrich. so who will be our response? rebecca, i have to wonder about the vladimir putin response here where he's arguing this might be happening in russia but i know nothing about it or something simi

biden said putin must disrupt the cyber gang >> the united states expects when a ransomeware operation is coming from his soil, we expect him to act if we give enough information to act on who that is. >> pressed further on consequences for putin -- >> will there be consequences >> yes >> mr. biden's first threat was delivered in person last month in geneva. but ransomeware attacks continued, stoking republican criticism. >> what do they come away after joe biden threatened putin they hacked more companies in america and what has biden done >> reporter: today for the first time publicly, the president said his response could include a u.s. cyber attack on the servers used by these russian hackers. peter? >> kelly o'donnell kelly, thank you >>> in afghanistan, there is desperation tonight among the thousands of translators who helped the u.s. and want to leave now to escape taliban reprisals. nbc's richard engel is in kabul >> reporter: the taliban today took over two more afghan border crossings, and now claim to control 85% of afghanistan that may be an exaggeration, but not by much.

president biden vows to deliver his message again to vladimir putin after another cyber attack possibly with ties to russia. a so-called bible study group looking into bombs. the terrifying details about how a man prosecutors say at the capitol attack was planning even more violence. plus a dramatic jump in the surfside death toll as the mi miami-dade mayor delivers heart breaking news about the people who are still missing. welcome to "the lead". i'm pamela brown. we start with a new alarming cybersecurity attack linked to the rnc and possibly a repeat of the 2016 dnc hack with the very same criminals responsible. the rnc told cnn hackers hacked a third party vendor. hackers with possible ties to russia demanded $70 million worth of bitcoin from a series of i.t. companies, the companies service more than 1,000 corporate and government clients. both cyber attacks comes as the biden administration faces mounting pressure. what more do we know about this attack? >> the rnc uses syntax and it was attacked by hackers who they say tried to access some customers who store things in the cloud.

talking about it. >> you know, putin said donald trump is a genius. >> putin called me a genius. >> vladimir putin said, donald trump is a genius. he's going to do very well. >> putin said, donald trump's a genius. >> then putin said, donald trump is a genius, he's going to be the next great leader of the united states. >> he said one nice thing about me, he said i'm a genius. >> when putin tells everybody donald trump is a genius, then i have people saying you should disavow. i said i'm going to disavow that? >> i said i'm not disavowing he called me a genius. are you crazy? >> guy calls you a genius, you're not going to disavow, do we agree? only a stupid person would disavow. no genius would disavow being called a genius. >> why i would disavow? guy calls you a genius, is anybody going to disavow? >> and my republican opponents said you have to repute that. i said, i'm not reputing it when somebody calls me a genius, why would i repute that? [ laughter ] why the hell would i repute that? >> jimmy: i believe the word you're looking for is refute, not repute, but then i'm not a gen

and this is nice the white house said biden gave putin a pair of custom aviator sunglasses putin saysted to wear the aviators back home in russia where the sun's out twice a year [ laughter ] biden also gave putin a crystal sculpture of a bison yeah a crystal bison. weirdly enough, crystal bison is also one of trump's old girlfriends. [ laughter ] >> steve: really >> jimmy: yeah "oh, yeah. he paid her off $130,000 >> steve: 130 grand, yeah. >> jimmy: yeah after the meeting, putin held a press conference and was asked if he thinks the u.s. and russia will now have a better relationship and listen to his response >> translator: do you think at this present stage, we are, we can talk about a new stage of financial relations? >> translator: there is no happiness in life. [ laughter ] there's only a mirage of it on the horizon. so, you know, cherish that [ laughter ] >> steve: what >> jimmy: that's actually an excerpt from putin's new book, "chicken soup for the russian soul." [ laughter ] >> steve: oh >> jimmy: there's no happiness in life. there's no happiness in life sounds like the slo

and president biden calls out vladimir putin over cyber attacks threatening to take any action to protect the united states. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we begin with concerns with how long vaccinated americans will remain protected against covid-19. the cdc and the fda are insisting there is no pressing need for booster shots at this time. but pfizer says it plans to seek emergency use authorization for a booster shot as soon as next month. the company now seen waning immunity from its vaccine. there is a lot to discuss so let's get right to anthony fauci, the chief medical adviser to president biden. dr. fauci, thanks so much for joining us. we have a lot to discuss. let's start with pfizer. pfizer says people need a booster for its covid vaccine. the cdc and the fda say not so fast. who are americans supposed to listen to here? >> certainly they need to the cdc and the fda. the fda being the regulatory authority that has control over this. and the cdc

she also discusses president biden's recent phone call with russian president vladimir putin. other topics included covid-19, vaccines, and infrastructure. jen psaki: hello, everyone. happy friday. i have a couple of items for all of you at the top. first, we welcome the unanimous adoption of the u.n. security counsel to extend the mandate humanitarian lifeline to syria. this agreement will directly impact the lives of millions of syrians. it was the result of hard work among the council and intensive diplomacy following detailed discussion at the geneva summit between president biden and president putin. today's resolution renews the cross-border agreement that would have expired in july 10 and will provide further humanitarian assistance to the people of northwest syria and is part of a broader initiative led by the united nations. the two leaders today on their call, there was a readout just went out that you may have seen, commended the work of their respective teams following the summit and welcomed the unanimous vote in the council. there is a readout that just went out

he said he told him that putin was effectively responsible for these attacks and that if the u.s.es that these attacks continue to happen, we would respond. again this weekend before this revil group took responsibility for this latest big cyber attack, the ransomware attack, president biden downed down saying if the attacks are determined to be russia he told putin we would respond. well, what about now? what if it's not just organized russian criminal groups giving putin some degree of deniability, but if this reporting from bloomberg and "the new york times" is right tonight that it's also russian security services targeting u.s. political entities again, how do we respond now? what should we expect? joining us now is "the new york times" reporter nicole perlroth. thank you for taking the time tonight. >> thanks, rachel. >> it does feel like these are sort of -- well, i don't know if they're twin or parallel attacks. the timing does feel suspicious given that revil appears to operate from russia and the rnc appears at least at initial glance, to be from russian government hacke

three weeks after biden and putin met and supposedly had a big confrontation over this kind of thing?ck on the republican party hit about the same time that a russian based organized crime group called revil claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack on a u.s. base tech firm, demanding $70 million as ransom in that attack and shut down jbs last month you might remember but revil is attacking the high profile targets on u.s. soil for more than a year hitting a lay firnl working with celebrities and big corporations like apple, schools, green energy companies. the attacks with other russian criminal groups led to the confrontation between president biden and vladimir putin in that meeting biden says he told putin that because the criminal attacks were originating on russian soil that the criminal groups were effectively operating with impunity from russia and that if the u.s. determines that attacks like these continue to happen we would respond. again this weekend before this revil group took responsibility for this latest big cyber attack, the ransomware attack, president biden do

>> this is the thing president biden told putin to cut out. the president stopping short saturday of attributing blame to russia. saying he asked his intelligence community to do a deep dive into figuring out the source, who is behind this attack, but if it is russia, and the president did say there were early signs it might not be the russian government, if it is with the knowledge and/or the consequence of russia i told putin we'd respond referring to the geneva summit, 16 parts of essential infrastructure in the country that are off limits and if russian-based actors continue to attack those the u.s. will respond in-kind, yazmin. >> quickly, shannon, respond, what does that look like possibly from what we know, wha past and anything in place to put protections to make sure this does not keep happening? >> when he says respond he mind respond in-kind in a cyber way. obviously the u.s., this is something biden raised that putin has cyber capabilities as well and so we have the ability to play at this game as well is what the president indicat

said he was optimistic when zeleny asked the president about putin's response.> the united states expects when ransomware operations coming from -- those not sponsored by the state, we expect to act, and given enough information to act on who that is. secondly seven set up a means of communications now on a regular basis to be able to communicate to one another when each of us thinks something is happening in another country that affects theo their own country. it went well. i'm optimistic. >> you said three weeks ago there would be consequences. will there be shortly? >> yes. >> so now the question is what will those consequences be? when i spoke to the president just an hour after that clip happened on the tarmac before he came here to delaware, i asked him what he expects president putin to do, what action does he expect president putin to take in now president biden said it would be inappropriate for him to say and we will see. but look at his reaction when asked if it makes sense to attack the servers that actually carried out the attacks, which would be an

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getting a barrage of attacks from hackers, today president biden spoke with vladimir putin. the white house says he made it clear to putin he expects the russians to do more to stop the actions of cyber criminals. and he hinted that the u.s. may get more aggressive about the problem. >> up until now, the u.s. response has been to exercise sanctions and impose sanctions on russia for this malign activity. does it make sense for the u.s. to take it up a notch and actually attack the servers that are used? >> yes. >> cnn chief white house correspondent caitlyn collins joins us now. what do we know about what prompted this call specifically, and what was said? >> after talking to white house officials they essentially argued that the main reason behind this call today, coming three weeks after that summit in geneva where they met face-to-face was the ransomware attack that happened over the july 4 weekend. it was an attack on a small flo florida company, but it handles the business of a lot of other companies. we were told that was what was behind this call today, where presiden

but ask of the biden administration and you are a putin lackey! january 6th. julie pressed the government to answer those questions. she is with american greatness and with us tonight. you have done this before. i can't get enough of it. what don't we know about january 6th that the government knows? what are they hiding from us? what should we know now? >> well, the identity of the federal officer. the u.s. capitol police department is a federal agency. we don't know the name of the officer who shot and killed an american in the u.s. capitalism. we are not privy to 14,000 hours of surveillance video that the u.s. capitol police refuses to make public to the american people. maybe liz cheney or nancy pelosi can ask that in their truth commission trying to find out what happened on january 6th. those are just a few of the questions. also, why did u.s. capitol police let people in the door? why did they talk to jacob who is now in solitary confinement in jail for 6 months and denied release again this week. >> tucker: he was dressed with the horns.

ransomware first came up during the biden/putin summit in geneva, biden warning putin that the u.s.cyber abilities. chris painter is a cybersecurity expert. how much time should biden give for action until he imposes penalties against russia? >> i don't think this is something where you just flip a switch and it all starts. if these are criminal groups, which it appears to be, there is still responsibility that putin has for groups acting within his territory. the reason for that is because he hasn't done anything in the past to rein them in. it's appropriate for the president to say this is a no-kidding priority for us and if you don't take action, we're going to take action, and that action could come in days, in weeks, in months. i would expect it to be more in the week time frame. if there's no action, if there's no good faith effort by the russian regime to rein this in. but we'll see. >> so you think he's handling this appropriately by saying to vladimir putin, look, you need to act, you need to do something about these criminal hackers or we will take action? >> yeah, i mean,

putin crossed it, and biden has not responded.ng out of the white house, ever since the attack which is now a week old, have been rather weak. we don't know if putin will believe biden this time, since clearly he did not believe him last time. what should has been is there needs to be an american cyberstrike back at russia. and perhaps we'll see it. perhaps it will happen. >> well, biden says -- biden says what the u.s. does sort of depends on what action russia takes. he said there is a means of communication now on a regular basis to be able to communicate to one another when each of us thinks something is going to happen in the other country. so u.s. officials say they relayed multiple specific requests for actions on cybercriminals through official channels. i'm quoting them there. the kremlin says it hasn't received any requests. so, do you expect any meaningful cooperation when they can't even agree on that? >> well, certainly, the kremlin saying that is not a good sign. but my point is that, again, biden said -- in geneva,

everyone in the sort of putin nsc and nsa world knows who did this most likely, right?ld be. it could be a little bit ambiguous in the sense that they knew some action would occur and it seemed to happen across the entire system of operations and that suggested it was a coordinated effort. everyone is being quiet and reports from moscow aren't particularly clear and no one is talking about it and it will be two, three, maybe four weeks before we have an understanding about which of these scenarios might play out. >> and how well defended are we? it's been shocking to me that solar winds and other hacks, ransomware and otherwise, government hacks were brought to the attention of our government by people in the private sector, by these, you know, these private companies, forensic companies and not aerodetection. >> that's right, andrea. we are terribly defended as a country because most of our assets are in the dotcom space. so that meanses it doesn't necessarily have protection around those areas and it's a coordination with the sector. most of the cyber investigation, m

president biden called vladimir putin today and issued a warning, saying the u.s. "any necessary action" to stop russian hackers. more on this from cbs' weijia jiang at the white house. >> reporter: tonight, president biden is urging vladimir putin to rein in the ransomware attacks emanating from inside russia. >> reporter: that's also what the president told putin last month in geneva, but since then russian-based cybercriminals attacked a florida firm impacting up to 1,500 small businesses and a russian entity may have hacked a contractor for te republican national committee. >> it's time to articulate to president putin that the consequences on russia will be severe. >> reporter: administration officials say they will take action against moscow in the days and weeks ahead. president biden was asked if that should include an attack on the servers the hackers used. >> yes. >> reporter: though putin has denied any responsibility, he has the power to stop the attackers. >> he can take them off theof streets and put them in jail and make sure that they don't conduct

of the corruption that putin had with navalny.s of attacks, small cyber strikes like we've taken out a ransomware groups infrastructure ahead of the election last year because we were worried that they would lock-up voting infrastructures. we hacked into the computers of the internet research agency which is where russian trolls were sending some of their divisive messages via social media, i don't know exactly what the messages said but it said something like we know where we are, we know who you are and if you meddle with our elections we will come for you. there is a working group with the u.s., and 19 other countries that are coming up with a manual of consequences in trying to figure out where is the threshold for these attack and where will we respond beyond the low level diplomatic penalties. >> new york times cybersecurity reporter nicole perlroth, thank you so much for your reporting as always your clarity and explaining these things, nickel. thank you. >> thank you, rachel. great to see. >> we will be right back. stay wi

the president was asked about this controversy with putin a short time ago. say. >> i made it very clear to

insisting that putin stops these attacks. attacks are originating on russian soil, and these are operating with impunity in russia, he told him he thinks putin is responsible for the actions of these groups and that putin will be held responsible for the actions of these groups. he told putin if these tax continue to happen the u.s. will respond. and then revil did it again. just over a week ago they shut down up to 1500 businesses in the world, which might be the widest reaching ransomware attack in the world. biden called putin directly after last week's attack. he said repeatedly sense that he means it, that russia will face consequences from the united states fcc as tax continue. well today, plot twist, are evil disappeared. at 1 am eastern time, the website for revil went proof. as did the blog where they listed their victims and published embarrassing information or damaging information that they stole from their victims. also disappeared, the custom-made sites where they would negotiate with their victims to obtain the

he felt he could send a message to putin.rican officials and russian officials are going to talk on cyber crimes next week. whether or not anything actually comes out of that seems very unlikely or skeptical at best. you saw the kremlin readout of the call. they cast doubt that any of the attacks are carried out in russian territory, even though the white house has said repeatedly, it's the cyber gangs, they are based in russia, they know that. russia not alleging -- or not acknowledging they are in russian territory. it remains to be seen. the president feels good about it. these attacks are incredibly serious to the white house and we will see what putin does going forward. >> thanks very much. >>> white house facing ethics concerns over an upcoming sale of paintings by hunter biden, pricey paintings. >> reporter: these paintings by president biden's son hunter are sparking ethics concerns for the white house. his artwork is set to be display and sold in new york city, priced between $75,000 to half a million dollars per pi

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go ahead. >> on the call with president putin, can you tell us more about what prompted this? was it related to the ransomware attacks? what exactly did president biden say? the readout suggests it was a pleasant call. can you explain why it seems there are all of these ransomware attacks coming from russia? jen psaki: the president is a believer in face diplomacy when possible and leadership diplomacy would not possible. this is an example of that. even though ransomware attacks have been increasing over the past 18 months if not longer, this is the first time there has been this level of engagement at this level. the president knew even when they met in geneva there would be a need for ongoing discussions and engagement. the reason they commended the work of their teams is this is consistent with the president's view that diplomacy includes working together where there is opportunity and agreement and being clear and forthright when there is disagreement. this call is an example of that. because of their agreement and the discussion in geneva, the u.n. security council will

insisting that putin stop these sorts of attacks.en told putin that because these attacks are originating on russian soil, they have been operating essentially with impunity in russia, he told him that he thinks putin is responsible for the actions of these groups and that putin will be held responsible for the actions of these groups. he told putin if these attacks continue to happen the u.s. will respond. and then revil did it again. over a week ago they shut down up to 1,500 businesses around the world when what might be the widest reaching ransomware attack ever. president biden called president putin directly about that issue after last week's attack. he said repeatedly since that he means it, that russia will face consequences from the united states as these attacks continue. well, today plot twist, revil disappeared. at 1:00 a.m. eastern time last night the website for revil went poof as did the blog where they would list their victims and publish embarrassing information or damaging information that they stole from their vict

this is vladimir putin. of course he's gonna test us. of course he's gonna listen to that and not respond and tell there is a greater response from our side. and i think now is the moment. i think that president rightly drew some red lines and said you have to not do this. president putin said make my day, see if you can stop me. and now i think the administration has to respond more forcefully. >> the president met with mass shot top security officials today after reports of two more russian cyber attacks on sunday. a russian-based group claimed responsibility for what made be the largest ransomware attack on the united states in history. and there are reports that a republican national committee contractor was also targeted. the new york times reporting it was unclear whether the rnc attacks were related. but three weeks after he held his first meeting with putin, one in which he demanded that the russian leader rate it ransomware activities against the united states, and quote. back with us tonight is frank figliuzzi, former director

and i think putin is loving this situation.his is a perfect way to harass the united states and cause a perception of weakness by the president without -- with deniability from moscow and no cost to putin. chris: well, there is the question, at some point will there be a cost to putin. up next, our power player of the week, celli [female narrator] mental health and learning disorders don't discriminate. 17 million american children and adolescents are struggling. help the child mind institute change children's lives. visit child mind dot org. chris: he's been a major figure in american music for decades. but as we told you this winter, he found a new way to reach us during the pandemic. here is our power player of the week. >> since you can't be touched, you can't be caressed, the music is the caress, is that piece of humanity that is missing from your aloneness and when you need it the most. chris: world famous cellist yo-yo ma on the role music can play in the time of covid. he despite quarantines and social distancing, ma ha

putin said, make my day. see if you can stop me.tration has to respond more forcefully. >> the president met with top national security officials today after reports of two more russian cyber attacks. on sunday, a russian based group claimed responsibility for what may be the largest ransomware attack on the united states in history. and there are reports a republican national security committee contractor was attacked. back with us tonight, frank figliuzzi. thank you for being with us. i want to play with you what president biden said after meeting with putin last month. >> i pointed out to him, we have significant cyber capability. he doesn't know exactly what it is, but it's significant. if in fact they violate these basic norms, we will respond. cyber, he knows, in a cyber way. >> let's talk about that. that was pretty clear. you heard mike mcfaul talking about a red line. does what happened this weekend, the last two events we've heard about, does that constitute crossing that red line? >> i'm going to say probably not, ali. he

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needs to develop a counter strategy to combat president putin and all of these russian actions.nd? >> first of all my president biden said that he has directed the intelligence community into doing these. it is very unfortunate that the deep dive has been directed after the attack and not before. so we have been sleeping at the wheel with regard to the russian threat. so that is number one. so we have to catch up in terms of understanding their mind-set and how they intend to use cyber. at this point, we need to reeducate the russian government in terms of our tolerance for these cyberattacks. we need to act firmly and need to act swiftly. that doesn't mean we need to react irresponsibly because cyber is a domain where a conflict can escalate uncontrollably very quickly, but we must respond firmly. so that the russians don't do that again. >> sandra: we will see how the u.s. responds, jen psaki the u.s. press secretary was asked of the briefing room and here is how she responded, we will get your reaction. >> is the president made clear to president putin when they met, the russ

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. >>> president biden and the phone call with vladimir putin today, issuing a new warning over the latest ransomware attacks targeting the u.s. those attacks again based in russia. and the president was asked today, will there be action if president putin doesn't crack down on criminals in his own country? >>> our team inside haiti tonight. the fbi and department of homeland security will help investigate in that country. and the video, nearly two dozen suspects under arrest, including two americans. what those americans now claim. >>> back here at home, the acting fda commissioner taking an extraordinary step tonight, calling for a federal investigation into that agency's approval of that new and controversial alzheimer's drug. >>> with the state of emergency in tokyo ahead of the olympic games and news that there will be no spectators, now the new headline tonight, the u.s. swimmer who says he will not get vaccinated. >>> the countdown to the billionaire space race. virgin galactic's richard branson, what he plans to do this weekend. what jeff bezos plans to do nine days later. >>> and

this is after the biden/putin summit where biden publicly said he warrant putin, don't attack again. if you do, we've got capabilities. he winked and nodded as he said that. as you see these ransomware attacks, is this putin testing biden? >> this could very much be a test. putin always categorically denies he has direct involvement. that's that plausible deniability factor that he leverages so well. this could potentially be a test to say, i have things that i want, my needs are not being met, and i want a seat at the world stage, at the world table. so it will be interesting to see how the administration responds and how our allies also respond, too. this is a global incident. this didn't just hit american companies. >> in geneva, biden said he told the russian leader the u.s. will, in biden's own words, respond with cyber if russia attacks again. in his news conference -- i was there -- he said that we have these capabilities, sort of referencing that the u.s. has its own ability to carry out cyberattacks. is that a threat or a prom mission, as it were? and what kind of retaliator