option but then again there are other people turkey wants to return including certain secret service secret serviceemployees there also talks about a potential tank deal germany modernizing turkish tanks in the end we don't know of course it's just speculation but the big question is how high will the price be that the german government has to pay for dens your jewels freedom correspondent yulia han istanbul thank you. prosecutors in ethiopia have dropped charges against shoe bloggers who criticize the government they were arrested four years ago on charges of inciting violence it is the latest in a wave of political amnesty as announced by if you know his government last month opposition supporters have also been celebrating after one of their kid leaders was released from prison was thousands of opposition supporters thronged to the local stadium and adama to welcome home their hero the. secular galba credited his release from jail to people power. he called on supporters to keep up the pressure on the government and our struggle should not stop until no single prisoner fighting for his rights is

secret service uniform division was founded in 1977. they have about 1300 officers. and sean, they operate differently than the secret service. they are a different division than the nonuniform division of the secret. who are these people? the secret service uniform division? >> that is right. so when people think about the secret service, the people who are protecting the president as he travels, these are agents who go through an academy in georgia, they've got a typically in soft clothes or a suit and tie and with the president whenever he travels. the secret service uniform division still part of the secret service, but a separate police agency that typically provides perimeter security in full uniform, fully visible, highly visible at the white house and some other secret service facilities. they work hand in hand with the secret service. the traditional secret service and they share intelligence about the potential threats back and forth but they are the highly visible perimeter security. they are checking identification as people are coming through the white house. i've been in this particular area that we're seeing now on tv. and many times. these are highly professional folks that are mea

option but then again there are other people turkey wants to return including certain secret service secret service employees there also talks about a potential tank deal germany modernizing turkish tanks in the end we don't know of course it's just speculation but the big question is how high will the price be that the german government has to pay for dens your freedom correspondent yulia han in istanbul thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has work on the new middle east peace plan is fairly well advanced he was speaking after signing a five year aid package for jordan president trump reversed decades of u.s. policy in december when he recognized as israel's capital. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has hit back at police a recommendation from those police that he faced corruption charges he described allegations that he accepted bribes as biased and extreme with holes like swiss cheese israel's attorney general must now decide whether to press charges. some for business news with helen humphr

secret service neutralizes and how they deal with myriad of incidents at the white house. >> the secret service, you know, it comes down to, you know, training. they train for every type of threat that they can identify. any vulnerabilities of the area are constantly tested by the secretd. again, as tactics by different hostile actors change, the secret service responds in kind with better, stronger defenses. look, we have to look at there's always a threat of explosives. that's why pennsylvania avenue is shut down. that's why tit's shut down to vehicular traffic. we're constantly looking at the ever-changing global threat environment and responding in kind, both overt and covert. you're not seeing the undercover agents, passive security systems in place which then try to be an early warning and additional layer of concentric security level to the white house. >> okay. i also want to add one other tidbit from the secret service we're getting. no law enforcement was injured in this incident. dan merica, you are on the phone with me. what more can you tell us about what happened? >> hey, brooke, it's a little unclear right now. i'm out on 17th street northwest outside the old executive building, large building right next to the white house. this street is entirely shut

secret service into this location, into the barrier. the driver we're now told -- this is from the secret service. the secretd the driver was a woman and she's been apprehended. i have a tweet that has come in on bat 3. the female driver of the vehicle was immediately apprehended. secret service uniformed division officers. that just happened in washington. we'll get video from the scene in just a moment. but again, to back up, somebody rammed a vehicle into the security barrier at pennsylvania avenue and 17th street northwest. this security barrier is always there now. has been for years. there are photos coming now of the scene. we just got those. we're processing them to bring them to your screen. we don't have a way to know yet whether this is one of those things that happens or whether this was intentional. so we can tell you what we know. this picture has come. the secret service says a vehicle crashed into the barricade there. you can see the stop sign and you cannot go past there. there was a time that you can -- anyone can drive pennsylvania avenue, walk pennsylvania avenue all the way in front of t

secret service are of an exceptional quality. it is just a tremendous honor to be there. >> on the director of the georgia bureau of investigations. i wanted to publicly thank the secret service to the support inen to the state of georgia our child sex trafficking and child pornography investigations. we would not have the successes that we had without the secret service. cyber investigation training center in alabama is a critical training state and local law enforcement officers on how to conduct cyber investigations. there's a waiting list for investigators to attend this course. expand they plans to capabilities of that center? alles -- randolph: quick answer, yes. we have requested, through the department of homeland security and office of management and the budget to increase the overall secret service budget by about $470 million per year. part of that is to bring the national computer forensics institute up to full capacity. right now, it is at about 33% capacity. there are plenty of facilities in alabama to train folks. we can probably about triple the current work. $10 million per year into it now. we would like to wrap that up to about $25 million, $30 million per year. our intent is to start doing that in 2019, 2020, 2021. without that, a lot of law enforcement agencies are left without any capacity to work in the cyber area. they

secret service. the secret service is an arm of the department of homeland security but operates independently from the white house although the secret service staff that are assigned to protecting the president are here at the white house. there's a little bit of separation but still part of the white house operation. >> shepard: before the photo came out, before that photo came out because the reporting of the dailymail.com last wednesday, before that, we've learned the white house was -- had put him up for a promotion, porter. >> yeah. there's no question that before all of this came out, rob porter was seen as a rock star here at the white house. definitely a rising star that was on an upward career trajectory. jim carroll, one of the deputy chiefs of staff here had just been nominated by the president to become the drug czar. we are told by sources inside the white house, shep, that conversations were being held amonday the senior staff as to whether or not rob porter's position and his responsibilities should be expanded and taking over at least some of jim carroll's duties. not necessarily making him a full deputy chief of sta

secret service agent. secret service did an exhaustive study on school shootings, because targeted violence and an assassination attempt of a president or a political figure which is targeted violence and targeted violence at schools share commonalities.en so the secret service looks at on conjunction with the psychologic community and mental health community to research this. this deranged guy may be an invaluable source of information to prevent this kind of thing in the future. they came away with a lot of material to pass on to schools and administrators.a it is a valuable study. >> tucker: what was the profile to the extent that there is one? each case is unique, but is there a thread that ties them together? >> yeah, one of the interesting threads and pieces of information that they came away with was the preattack notifier and behavioral pattern was very similar, tucker. a large majority of these school shooters had told someone about the plan in some form of advance. s i get it, if you see something, say something a thousand times. sadly, it has almost become that people gaff it off, but you think somebody may be depressed. listen, we may have a problem here. it does not mean that that person will be arrested. they may just be he's depressed.

at no time was any secret service impacted. all secret service majority measures worked.t like you draw it up, dana. back to you. >> dana: thank you. thanks it was all safe and sound. is a possible trade war about to break out? administration laying out options on restricting eup ports and imposing tariffs, part of the president's campaign promise. >> part of the options would be terrorists coming in, substantial tariffs which means the united states would make a lot of money and probably our steel industry and our aluminum industry would come back into our country. >> president trump firing off tweets targeting democrats. the security adviser and oprah, a big focus, election meddling charges against the russian pip eel speak to a reporter who said the president seems concerned ab how the charges reflect on him and not how to respond to russia. that's top of the hour on shepherd smith reporting. we'll see you then. >> dana: a potential trade war between the u.s. and allies as president trump considers new restrictions on imports of steel and aluminum. for steel, options i

secret service to the fbi. i have often felt that without that decision and the respect president johnson had for his agents and the agents he had got to know quite well, there might not be a secret service of today. there absolutely is no organization for which i have more respect and admiration of the secret service, the women and men. i have seen them stand at their posts in ice storms, rain, sleet, freezing weather. i have seen them splattered with red paint by protesters as they walked alongside the presidential limos. i have seen them deal with abusive white house staff members and with abusive presidents and with abusive reporters and media. there is also nothing that they have not experienced. i saw a heavily armored limo run over the foot of agent bob taylor, smashing all the bones and hearing the crack in his foot. i saw many agents work overtime for many hours that were not paid, working on thanksgiving, christmas and other holidays while except for our troops in the field, most are home with their families. many of us also witnessed agency timothy mccarthy place his body in front of president reagan, take the bullet himself, as john hinckley fired at president reagan and one of those bullets ricocheted and hit president reagan. those are only a few examples of the times when the

service agent with them. just like every member of the trump family and that every member of the obama family group they had constant secret service around. barron has secret serviceith him in school. unique photo.a they can see her stuff on twitter. what is this? this picture was actually minuteuring that 55 meeting we had with immigration. ever sawe first time i the number 45 embroidered on his sleeve. i am always fascinated with his cufflinks. if we are in the meeting long enough i always tried to do that. we get to see these things. one, when i took it, i thought this is different and unique. luckily, i did not tell my other colleagues because there are 8-10 photographers in the same room. i am using a newer camera. i am using a sony which is silent. i can be standing next to my formerlys, formally -- they could hear me take pictures, now it is silent. that helps make that image. i think if i have been photograph and while he was speaking or something like that. so, the help. host: let's talk about the technology. the first time in 1996 you were shooting with a canon. changede models have every couple years. host: show us what is different, what are you using

service agent with them. just like every member of the trump family and like every member of the obama family group they had constant secret service around. barron has secret serviceh him in school. host: this is a unique photo. people can see your stuff independently on twitter. how do they do that? doug: they can go to my twitter handle. this picture was actually taken during that 55 minute meeting we had with immigration. it was the first time i ever saw the number 45 embroidered on his sleeve. i am always fascinated with his cufflinks. arrayesident has a unique of cufflinks that i always try to photograph or get a detailed shot if we are in the meeting long enough. ofause we are in their a lot times, we get to see these things. this was one, when i took it, i thought this is different and unique. luckily, i did not tell my other colleagues because there are 8-10 photographers in the same room. i am using a newer camera. i am using a sony which is completely silent. i can be standing next to my colleagues and formally, they could hear me take pictures, now it is silent. that helps make that image. i think if i have been photographing while he was in speaking or

secret service to the fbi. i also felt without the decision and the respect the president johnson had for his agents and the agency had gotten to know quite well, there might not be a secret service of today. there absolutely is your -- no organization that i would respect that more aberration than the men and women of the secret service and i emphasized the men and women of the secret service. there were no women as agents. but i have seen them stand at during the rain, sleet, freezing weather. i have seen them slathered with -- paint as they walked to alongside presidential limos. i have seen them deal with abusive white house staff members and abusive presidents and with abusive reporters and media. almost nothing that i guess they have not experienced. smashing bones, almost hearing the crack in his foot. worked overtime, many hours of which were not paid. they work on thanksgiving, christmas, and many other most peoplele suffer the troops are home and their families. mccarthy places body in front of president reagan and took the bullet himself as john hinckley .ired at president reagan one bullet ricocheted and hit president reagan. those are only a few examples of the time when the women and men of the secret service placed themselves in the line of fire to protect presidential families and others. you m

keep walking when there was a commotion, and secret service agent grabbed chinese security official had to being at ael him to the ground as a former secret serviceanipulation of us? >> yeah, during my time on presidential detail i participated in numerous foreign advances, friction with foreign security is common all these things are supposed to be worked out in preadvance that is before the advance team goes out, thank you entourage who is to enter cannot enter worked out ahead of time what you find with foreign security people like the chinese, and some places in middle east, they will agree to lots of things. but then game time comes and they decide to change their minds in effort to essentially embarrass united states prove they are in charge what have goes on in their country, and not the united states. it is really quite common. >> steve rogers here one thing we can agree on chinese learned not to challenge u.s. marine not at all. and that is number one, number two. >> kind of answer it had question there is a protocol you mentioned the word embarrassment the chinese tried to embarrass us, built i think it kind of backfired they embarrasse

secret service heightened activity as this situation happened a number of secret service agents running to the white house and locked down areas we normally have free range of motion to. you don't get the sense that the secretervice is overly concerned because they are allowing reporters and others to leave the northwest gate here. so there is some free movement here at the same sometime. we're watching this incidecident unfold on the southwest side of the white house complex itself a few scary moments. we'll have to wait and see what this is all about. that's the information we have from the secret service. >> got it, eamon thanks much. live at the white house. >>> 18 minutes left. here we go let's see how we do. the dow up 287 points. s&p even better. nasdaq even better, as we all head toward the end of a week that turns out we'll be a little positive for the week. >>> two new reports are pointing to big outflows in u.s. equities, though, this week, interestingly enough up next we'll talk to the head of trading at td ameritrade about what his clients have been doing lately. >>> later in the show, one wall street firm is giving amazon a e tafour-digit price target. thdeils on that call still to come here o

secret service around. and the white house has a lot of new faces in the media. and therefore, there are a lot more secret service agents around us and the media. it seems tighter in that regard. host: who is the person in this photograph with a jacket over his head? doug: that was taken from one of the press surveillance one evening at the white house. the president and first lady were heading out. we saw his son, barron was up by the motorcade. i saw him walk across the lawn. normally, we are not allowed to photograph any of the children. we always give them that respect that we aren't going to photograph him unless the president is around. because he was around and we thought he was leaving, the ball started rolling, i thought i should get this. in case they see this video. so, i started photographing. as soon as the two boys saw the tv cameras, they put their jackets over their head. which made it kind of funny and different. you know, the boy barron always , has a secretervice agent with him. so just like every member of the , trump family and like every member of the obama family group -- family they had constant , secret service around. sashak they just like, and melia, going to school, barron has secret service with him in school. host: this is a unique photo. people can see your stuff independently on twitter. how do they do that? what is the address? nytmills is my twitter handle. this picture was actually taken during that 55 minute meeting we had with immigration. it was the first time i ever saw the number 45 embroidered on his sleeve. i am always fascinated with his cufflinks. the president has a unique array of cufflinks that i always try and photograph or get a detailed shot if we are in the meeting long enough. because we are in their a lot of re a lot ofn their times, we get to see these things. this was one, when i took it, i thought this is different and unique. luckily, i did not tell my other colleagues because there are 8-10 photogra

also says a secret service agent tackled the chinese guard but the secret service says that is not truea source tells fox news there was a bit of pushing and shoving but the incident did eventually calm down. isis is claiming responsibility for an ambush of iraq shiite led paramilitary fighters that left at least 27 dead. correspondent benjamin hall has the details. >> two months ago, baghdad declared total victory against isis but the terror group continues to attack. on sunday, isis militants launched a complex ambush which left 27 27 iraqi militiamen de. the terrorists set off a fake checkpoint. the hunter becoming the hunted. the clashes southwest of kirkuk lasted two hours and many believe this attack is a sign of things to come. >> they will continue to conduct terrorist operations to undermine the iraqi government. >> since losing their territory, isis has morphed into an insurgency. eradicating the groom now will not be easy. >> counterinsurgency operations against an enemy that does not want to be found, that hides in and among the people. >> sources tell fox news there are app

secret service is trying to determine why woman ran a minivan into a security barrier at the white house grounds. a lockdown was briefly ordered as a precaution. the vehicles back windows were somehow knocked out. the secret service says that no shots were fired. the 35-year-old woman from tennessee was apprehended. law enforcement sources told cbs news she is someone already known to the secret service.>>> california's immigrations are prompting president trump to remove federal agents from the state. president trump ramped up his rhetoric over california's sanctuary status. he said the golden state is not helping the administration target ms-13 gang. california would come back groveling for his help. immigrant rights groups are outraged over his remarks. you may recall the justice department threatened to subpoena sanctuary cities and states. president trump has continuously one device raise and even proposed federal funding from california. the san francisco office has not commented on his latest remarks. >> he clearly is never ever coming to california. he literally every time you get the chance, he takes a shot. we are as sanctuary state. we have too many dreamers here as far as he is concerned. we are anti-wall as far as he is concerned, and now he says we have to have our own bodyguards. this guy is wild.>> you can hear the rest of that discussion tomorrow morning star

. >> secret service agents arrested a woman they say drove into a security barrier at the white house. authorities say the driver is known to secret service and is believed to have mental health issues. >> ivanka trump arrived in south korea where she will represent the u.s. for the olympic closing ceremony. at the same time, the u.s. imposed sanctions on those accused of trading with north career ya. north korea. an impressionist masterpiece stolen in france has been found on a bus. police were doing random checks at a restaurant outside paris. you can imagine their surprise when they opened the case and found a painting with the signature of degas, an original from 1877, called the chorus singer. no one on the bus would admit the luggage was theirs. amazon is responding to "action news" viewers catching delivery drivers acting badly. surveillance video of his package being tossed like a bean bag to the front door. nothing was damaged and amazon credited his account. in a statement to "action news," amazon said we have high standards and expect our packages to be handled with care. we'll work with the customer directly on the matter. >>

secret service, nypd and f.b.i. the secret service is investigating that incident. scary for anyone. >> sandra: absolutely. >> bill: a family connected to the white house. we remember the anthrax scare. >> sandra: she went to the hospital as a precaution. they didn't know what the substance was. glad everybody is okay. building a big, beautiful wall is one of trump's promises. companies are submitting bids to build a portion of that border wall in texas. how does the bidding for this work? >> sandra, as you know the process has been playing out in other places like in california. but now the wheels are officially turning here in the lone star state. the bids are coming in. contracts set to be awarded in may. we shot this drone video of the general site where the three-mile portion of the wall would go that is in rio grande valley of south texas, it's dense in places and the river is the international border. also it is home to some 2,000 acre santa ana wildlife refuge. part of the wall will cut through it and environmental groups say it will devastate the ecosystem why the federal government designated it as a national park in the first place. >> it is basically sort of renegeing on a promise that congress and the government made in 1943 that this was so valuable it needed to be protected and that they would now turn around and do something that would do such damage to it is beyond irony. >> the total price tag for this particular contract $25 to $100 million. >> sandra: casey, the government maintains this wall is necessary? >> that's right. u.s. customs and border protection tells us this area we're talking about is one of the busiest trafficking routes in the whole sector. we experienced it ourselves down there doing live shots on the border a couple of weeks ago when we saw border agents race up and pull several people right from our camera position. the brush, illegal immigrants who had just crossed into the u.s. in a statement to fox news i'm quoting here, the federal government says cbb works diligently to integrate responsible environmental practices including incorporating sustainable practices into our decision making and operations. so moving forward for now here is the plan, sandra. >> sandra: casey stiegel. thank you. >> bill: 9:27. washington, d.c. we are moments away from the start of that senate intel hearing committee on national security. we're hearing it will be dominated by questions on the russia matter. the british spy behind that unverified trump dossier and a lot more. we'll take you there as soon as it begins on tapp -- capitol hill. >> sandra: a pair of republican senators demand answers about unusual activity by former national security advisor susan rice during her last day on the job. >> things start to unravel and one thing pulls another thing and then one morning you are in a space you never dreamed on because they keep unraveling. one more example of this thing unraveling. ♪ >> sandra: the markets opening a short time ago. stocks taking a little bit of a braoergt as you notice this morning after the dow surged more than 400 points to close the session yesterday. a volatile couple days and a volatile couple weeks for the stock market. investors are on edge over the potential for rising interest rates. a lot of folks watching the bond market dropping yields there. some investors running for cover. it is amazing when you still look at this volatility and the dow still at 25,000. >> bill: the volatility went like this for about a year. now it's all over the joint. i guess it will stay, right? >> sandra: we'll watch it. >> bill: 9:32 now from new york to washington, d.c. check this out. top intel officials about to testify before a senate hearing on the top threats to american security. it starts in a moment. said to be one of the more critical security hearings all year. we understand the russia matter, as well as the unverified anti-trump dossier could dominate questions today. we also hear about those dueling fisa memos. a lot of topics now. the f.b.i. director christopher wray is there. mike pompeo, dan coates and all will take questions in a moment. we'll take you to that hearing as soon as it gets underway. we have a period of opening statements and we'll get into the meat of it. the question and answer usually is where we can find most of our story lines. stay tuned and we'll watch it live from the hill coming up. >> sandra: a fox news alert. a pair of top republican senators wanting to question former national security advisor susan rice about an email she sent to herself on the day of president trump's inauguration. the partially declassified email details a white house meeting involving president obama on how to proceed with the russia investigation. senators chuck grassley and lindsey graham sending rice a letter asking her to explain her quote unusual activities from her final moments as national security advisor. here is senator graham last night on the story. >> she is sending herself an email talking about her conversation on january 5th with the president reassuring herself and i guess the president that this would be done by the book. i think that's odd and disturbing because we know that the investigation regarding the trump campaign was anything but by the book. >> sandra: joining me now are josh holmes former chief of staff to mitch mcconnell and marie harf, former state department spokeswoman. as we go to our panel the witnesses are walking into the room of that senate hearing that is about to get underway. we'll continue watching this four and any developments there. meanwhile i want to bring you in first, josh, on this email that has been discovered, written by susan rice on the president's inauguration day. what stands out here to you? >> i think if we knew nothing about susan rice the email in and of itself wouldn't that be concerning. the incoming national security advisor michael flynn they knew he had been in contact with the russians during the transition period and deceived his own administration about those contacts. not surprising they would be concerned. the problem here is that susan rice has had a long and troubled history and relationship with the truth. and particularly with regards to anything that could be remotely considered by the book. and so when she says that she is doing something that is quote, unquote, by the book and makes a notation for it that quite literally is there to cover her and the president in the event this becomes a larger investigation, it certainly is worth looking at. >> sandra: marie, before i go to you i want to highlight what you are watching on the left-hand side of the screen, the senate intelligence committee holding a senate hearing on worldwide threats. as you can see the witnesses have now taken their seats there. present is director dan coats. the cia director and f.b.i. director. we'll be listening to this and bringing you questions when they begin. meanwhile, marie, i want to bring you back in here. this email that was written by susan rice on inauguration day, what does it tell you? >> it doesn't tell me all that much that we wouldn't have assumed was happening. it is not unusual at all, i assure, for officials the make memos for the file and record. it was the last day and she was making sure that everything was cataloged, everything was in order. she was probably cleaning out her office i'm assuming. so actually josh hit something pretty right in what he said. a lot of how you read this email i think is being determined by what people already think of susan rice. for those of us who worked with her and trust her who know her, this email looks totally normal like something any administration officer would do. >> sandra: let's look at parts of her and she reinforces things were done by the book. that's really what stands out to a lot of people and to you too, josh. she writes president obama stressed his continuing commitment that every aspect of this issue is handled by the book. the president stressed that he is not asking about initiating or instructing anything from the law enforcement perspective and reiterated our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book. says it twice, josh. >> there is no book for what they were talking about. what is concerning to me about it and the reason that the senators are asking more questions is because we've been dealing with susan rice, a moving target of misinformation going back to, you know, what the sources and methods were for finding warrants on carter page, for all the way back to benghazi for crying out loud. if she was somebody that republicans thought honest and trustworthy that would be in a different category. but given her history here it is worth looking at. >> sandra: it certainly if one were to give her the benefit of the doubt as newt gingrich did as well while he says it raises serious questions. some people write notes to themselves to remember later on. the white house responded earlier to this. raj shah was on and for them this does raise serious questions. listen. >> that email raises a lot of questions. i can assure you that five minutes before you walk out the door of the white house on january 20th of 2017 you write an email about doing something by the book it is pretty clear you didn't operate by the book. >> sandra: marie? >> there have been a lot of accusations, inappropriate and unfounded. raj shah would say that. there are partisan politics at play here. that happens in washington look, susan rice was saying this was being done by the book. what else would we want our officials to do except for do things by the book? so we can't assume because some people don't like susan or don't like things she did or said in the past that this is any indication of any wrongdoing. >> sandra: isn't it fair they want answers? the two senators are saying it strikes us odd among your activities in the final moments and final day of the obama administration you would send yourself such an unusual email documenting a conversation involving president obama and other high-ranking officials. clarify what it is about. >> it's not unusual, josh. >> susan rice is a smart lady. sophisticated. she knows that everything she is dealing with here can be thought of as not by the book. when she gets an email to herself first of all. people do that. we saw jim comey do it. that's been part of the public record, too. when you do that you are trying to communicate something to somebody who would find something like that for public investigation. when you are explicitly saying by the book, it should go unsaid that our government officials are doing things by the book. >> sandra: a lot of people including those two senators and white house want answers. what does all this mean? we'll see where it goes. josh and marie, thank you. >> bill: the hearing is underway as we await the question portion. the republican immigration proposal on the hill today that the gop says is the only plan that can pass senate and be signed by the president. >> i think if this bill as written passes through the senate we can be confident and it can pass the house and get the president's signature. >> bill: republicans call it the final offer on the table. first and final offer. will it be a path to citizenship? will democrats play ball? senator john thune here to answer a lot of questions on that coming up next. >> sandra: the attorney general slamming ms-13 in a speech to america's sheriffs. what he is calling for in the battle against the notorious gang. >> they are by far the most violent gang. let's crush this bunch. let's show them they can't take over our streets. 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british spy christopher steele. moscow's ongoing attempts on the mid-term elections. we'll go to the questions when they begin. >> president trump: i did not want daca in the budget. i wanted daca separate so we could talk about it and make a deal. and i hope to be able to make a deal. i hope the democrats are not going to use it just as a campaign. they've been talking about daca for many years and they haven't produced. >> bill: president trump laying out his plan for daca saying once that is separate from the budget. pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million daca-eligible immigrants. $25 billion going to a border security fund. limiting chain migration. reallocating the visa lottery. mitch mcconnell says it has the best chance of passing in the senate. the chairman of the senate republican conference senator john thune is with me now. you need 60 votes. tell me why a moderate democrat up for reelection in november, perhaps in a state where this is not so popular, why would they vote for it? >> well, there are a lot of reasons, i think, bill. first off, if you are a moderate democrat or anybody you want to solve the problem. i think the president has put a good faith effort out there and obviously it addresses the issue of providing legalization for all the daca young people. at the same time strengthens border security and tries to prevent this problem from occurring in the future and looking at issues like chain migration and visa lottery. those are all things i think that if we'll solve this problem in the long term have to be on the table. whether or not there are the 60 votes necessary in the senate to get that done remain to be seen. i do think the president has led on this and has given the senate a lot to chew on this week. we'll see where the amendment process takes us. >> bill: i'm curious, what of substance -- what of significant legislation can pass in this senate with 60 votes? >> well, i think that's really a good question. the other issue the president advanced yesterday was infrastructure. that will take democrat votes. we have to get 60 for that. it will have to be paid for as well. so trying to figure out the sweet spot how do you attract the correct number of democrats will be challenging. on immigration if people are interested in finding a long-term solution to the problem, then there ought to be a coming together between republicans and democrats. when we're done debating this we'll see what's left standing and whether or not there is a chance we could send something to the house. but you also have to get past the house and it has to be something the president eventually will sign into law. those are all considerations we have to look at as we start the debate here today. >> bill: your colleague from arkansas said this is it. this is the first and final offer. is it? >> i think -- i don't know about that. i think there will be probably several versions of immigration legislation that will be voted on this week. but if you want to do something that is very forward-looking, that does take this issue and put it behind us for the foreseeable future, what the president has put forward is that kind of solution. with the cotton/purdue, cornyn legislation mirrors the president's proposal. that will be interesting to see how the vote on that goes. i think there will be other proposals that will be considered as well. >> bill: the deadline three weeks from yesterday. i'm sure you're well aware of the calendar. on infrastructure you like the whole idea to take public money, private money and rebuild america. how is that going to happen >> i think what the president put forward cutting red tape, reducing the project time down to two years is really important. these projects drag on forever. it is impossible to get anything done in this country and it is enormously expensive. it would be a huge reform. if you can look at broadband and he has a big priority on rural areas that i'm very much in favor of. i have 54,000 deficient bridges in this country. people spend 7 billion man-hours in traffic. infrastructure needs in the country. it gives us the opportunity to build upon the economic number with reg tore and tax reform getting the economy moving back in a more positive direction. one of the things that will be important is that whatever gets done reduces red tape and makes these projects less bureaucratic and figure it out how to pay for it. we have to answer that in the weeks ahead. >> bill: we're waiting for this hearing. taking our viewers there probably 15 minutes or so when the questions get underway. what is the russia, russia, russia matter doing to the work you're trying to get done in the senate? is it having an effect or not? >> it is really important that we be able to work on more than one thing at one time. and obviously we're multi-tasking here. the russia issue needs to be concluded. there is a certain point we've exhausted all the questions. everybody has testified and you have the record built and let's release the conclusions and let the american people decide. but let's bring this to a close. i think at some point it has to end. >> bill: senator, thank you for your time. come on back. >> sandra: we're monitoring that major senate panel hearing underway right now. top intelligence officials will be testifying next. vice chairman mark warner was discussing the threat of russia meddling in our mid-term races and saying we have no plan to deter future attacks. >> bill: also talking to defense officials warning that isis is still a serious and significant threat. where is the battle next? that's coming up. >> tech: at safelite autoglass we know that when you're spending time with the grandkids every minute counts. and you don't have time for a cracked windshield. that's why we show you exactly when we'll be there. saving you time, so you can keep saving the world. >> kids: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ >> sandra: a live look intelligence officials now testifying at a senate panel hearing on worldwide threats as defense secretary jim mattis is warning coalition partners the battle against isis is entering a new phase. david lee miller is live in our mideast newsroom. >> sandra, at this hour the defense secretary is in rome. it is part of a six-day trip overseas on the agenda plotting the further destruction of isis. he is meeting today with his italian counterpart. he says isis has been forced out of iraq but that it is still operating in parts of syria. speaking to reporters yesterday en route to europe he has much has been accomplished but the fight is not over. >> first mission finish off isis physical caliphate. that is still underway. those of you who have been on the plane remember me saying the fight is not over against isis. it is not over. it goes on. >> u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson delivered a similar message. he spoke at a meeting in kuwait of the global coalition against isis. the u.s. is going to provide an additional $200 million to stabilize portions of syria that had been under the control of the islamic state. he said major combat operations against isis have ended it hasn't been defeated. he said the coalition remains committed to destroying what is left of the group. >> these principles affirm our common determination to continue our cooperative efforts using all available means until we have achieved the full and enduring defeat of isis. the enduring defeat of isis in iraq and syria means all members of the coalition must support and sustain the post-isis stabilization efforts. >> he went on to say although isis has lost control of much of the territory it once had, the group is still a threat. he said that it is morphing into an insurgency in countries like afghanistan and said that combating isis involves not only air strikes but cutting off funding and stopping the flow of foreign fighters. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: so our viewers in case you are just joining us, these are the intelligence heads from all over washington the head of the f.b.i., the head of the c.i.a., that's christopher wray and mike pompeo and you know they will be in the cross hairs for questions about the russia matter and the dossier and on and on. catherine herridge tells us christopher steele is expected to be mentioned today. mid-term elections coming up in november nine months away. mark warner is the ranking democrat on the committee. in his opening statement he was all about well, pretty much all about russia. he mentioned it time and again about the coordinated attack during the election of 2016 and was asking the question repeatedly what do we do about russian trolls and bots here and in europe. expect that to be a lot of the news today, sandra, from the hearing today. >> sandra: to mark warner's opening statement he talked about a continuous assault by russia saying the president does not implement sanctions when he can. this is already shaping up to be a pretty fiery hearing taking place on capitol hill with the highest-ranking intel officials we have. so we're certainly going to be listening to this. we got a heads-up this is going to include a wide range of topics. the russia probe, the dossier, christopher steele, the british spy, moscow's efforts to target the mid-term elections on tap for this hearing. >> bill: this is the type of hearing we would hear about all the national security threats be it isis, russia, china, or north korea, or al qaeda, but it has taken on a different frame ever since the election and what we've followed over the past year. here is dan coats. you will also here from the nsa directors mike rogers and f.b.i. and c.i.a. director. here we go. >> it is all but thwarted. however, isis remains a threat and will likely focus on regrouping in iraq and syria, particularly in ungoverned portions of those countries, enhancing its global presence, championing its cause, encouraging members and sympathizers to attack their home countries. meanwhile, al qaeda almost certainly will remain a major actor in global terrorism as it continues to prioritize a long-term approach and the organization remains intent on attacking the united states and u.s. interests abroad. now, moving on as if we don't have enough threats here on earth, we need to look to the heavens. threats in space. the global expansion of the space industry will extend space-enabled capabilities and situational awareness to nation, state and commercial state actors in the coming years. russia and china will continue to expand their space-based reconnaissance and navigation systems in terms of numbers of satellites, breadth of capability and both russia and chinese counter space weapons will at maour over the next few years as each country pursues anti-satellite weapons as a means to reduce u.s. and allied military effectiveness and perceptions of u.s. military advantage in space. in the final functional topic is organized crime that is a growing threat to u.s. and allied interests. these criminal groups will supply the dominant share of illicit drugs, fueling record mortality rates among our population. they will continue to traffic in human life. they will deplete national resources and siphon money from governments and the global economy. i would like to briefly go around the world on regional topics starting with east asia. if you went out and hired a private plane and launched from los angeles and went around the world and stopped at every hot spot in this world you would make multiple dozens of stops. that's the kind of threat that we face but let me start with east asia. north korea continues to pose an ever-more increasing threat to the united states and its interests. they have repeatedly stated it does not intend to negotiate its nuclear weapons and missiles away. because the regime views nuclear weapons will critical to its security and leverage to achieve his long-term ambition to end seoul's alliance with washington and to eventually dominate the peninsula. in the wake of its icbm tests last year we expect to see north korea press ahead with additional missile tests this year and its foreign minister has threatened a nuclear test over the pacific. they're committed to fielding a nuclear armed missile capable of posing a direct threat to the united states. and modest improvements in their conventional capabilities will continue to pose an ever-greater threat to south korea, japan, as well as u.s. targets in those countries. china will increasingly seek to expand its regional influence and shape events and outcomes globally. it will take a firm stance on its claims to the east china sea and south china sea. its relations with taiwan and its regional economic engagement. china also intends to use its one belt, one road initiative to increase its reach to geo strategic locations across eurasia, africa and the pacific. from east asia we head to south asia. in afghanistan, kabul continues to bear the brunt of the taliban-led insurgency as demonstrated by recent attacks in the city. afghan national security forces face unsteady performance but with coalition support probably will maintain control of most major population centers. complicating the afghanistan situation, however, is our assessment that pakistan-based militant groups continue to take advantage of their safe haven to conduct attacks in india, in afghanistan, including u.s. interests there. pakistani military leaders continue to walk a delicate line ongoing pakistani military operations against the taliban and associated groups probably reflect the desire to appear more proactive and responsive to our requests for more actions against these groups. however, the actions taken thus far do not reflect a significant escalation of pressure against these groups and are unlikely to have a lasting effect. in the last month the administration has designed -- designated eight militants affiliated with the taliban and other pakistani militant groups and we assess that pakistan will maintain ties to these militants while restricting counter terrorism cooperation with the united states. next is russia where president putin will continue to rely on assertive foreign policies to shape outcomes beyond russia's borders. putin will resort to more authoritarian tack tickets to get control to challenges to his rule. with respect to russian influence efforts let me be clear. the russians utilize this tool because it's relatively cheap, it's low risk, it offers what they perceive a plausible denyability and proven to be effective as sewing division. we expect russia to continue using propaganda, social media to build on its wide range of operations and -- there should be no doubt that russia perceived that its past efforts has successful and views the 2018 u.s. mid-term elections as a potential target for russian influence operations. from russia i'll turn to the middle east and north africa. this region will be characterized by political turmoil, economic fragility and civil and proxy wars in the coming year. iran will remain the most prominent state sponsor of terrorism and an adversary in the middle east especially in iraq, syria and yemen. they will seek to expand the regional influence and exploit the fight against isis to solidify partnerships and translate battlefield gains into political, security and economic agreements. we also assess that iran will continue to develop military capabilities that threaten u.s. forces and u.s. allies in the region. for example, iran has the largest ballistic missile force in the middle east. the islamic revolutionary guard corp navy and unsafe and unprofessional interactions pose a risk to u.s. naval and allied naval operations in the persian gulf and hezbollah provides direction to other militant and terrorist groups all formeanting regional instability. iran's provocative and assertive behavior as we saw most recently this past weekend in northern israel increases the potential for escalation. turkey will seek to thwart kurdish ambitions in the middle east and the ongoing turkish encourage into northern syria is complicating ongoing counter isis activities in the region and increases the risk to u.s. forces locateed in the area. syria will face unrest as damascus recaptures urban area and violence decreases in some areas. iraq is likely to face a lengthy period of political turmoil and conflict. the social and political challenges that gave rise to isis remain and iran has exploited those challenges to deepen its influence in iraq's military and security elements and diplomatic and political arms. the war in yemen between -- is likely to continue and worsen the already tragic humanitarian crisis for 70% of the population of 20 million people in need of assistance. the situation in yemen is emblematic of a far larger problem. the number of people displaced by conflict around the world is the highest that it's been since the end of world war ii. turning to europe where i want to draw your attention to two significant developments that are likely to continue to impact european politics and foreign policy in the coming year. let me state first the continent center of gravity appears to be shifting to france where president macron has taken a more assertive role in addressing european and global challenges. results of the recent german election, i think, enforce that assessment. second, recent efforts by some governments in central and eastern europe to undermine judicial independence and parliamentary oversight and increased government control over public media are weakening the rules of law. these steps could see further democratic decline. many more topics i could discuss. i haven't even gotten to the western hemisphere or africa but i would like to close with discussion of one additional threat. this one internal and somewhat personal. i'm concerned that our increasing political process particularly with respect to federal spending is threatening our ability to properly defend our nation both in the short term and especially in the long term. the failure to address our long-term fiscal situation has increased the national debt to over $20 trillion and growing. this situation is unsustainable, as i think we all know, and represents a dire threat to our economic and national security. former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff first identified the national debt as the greatest threat and joined by national security leaders of both parties including former secretaries of state madeline albright and henry consist ingears and our current defense secretary jim mattis agrees with this assessment. many of you know i have spent a lot of time in my last term in the senate working on this issue and unfortunately the problem continues to grow. so i would urge all of us to recognize the need to address this challenge and to take action as soon as possible before a fiscal crisis occurs that truly undermines our ability to ensure our national security. with that i and the rest of the panel are happy to take your questions. we appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much for that very thorough overview of the world and what's in play. i will recognize members based upon seniority for up to five minutes. admiral rogers according to the statement the intelligence community says the most detected cyber operations about the united states private industries are focused on clear contractors whose products and services support government and private sector networks nationwide. rate the intelligence community's performance when it comes to notifying clear defense contractors and other sensitive private sector actors about malicious cyber activities on their networks. >> so first i don't have day-to-day execution. it is not informed by day-to-day experience. this is an issue both as nsa and cyber command i try to work aggressively. this is of tremendous concern for us as a department. clearly i think we are not where we need to be. the challenge i think is we've got multiple areas of knowledge and insight across the federal government within the private sector and how do we bring it together and integrate a team with some realtime flow back and forth. that is not where we are today but where we have to get to. >> in your estimation are we doing enough to warn the private sector of the threat that's out there? >> i think we are informing them as we become aware of it. we'll only see one slice of this picture. i'm also interested from the private sector's perspective. tell us what you're seeing and if we can bring these two together we'll have such a broader perspective and more in depth knowledge of what is happening. i think that's part of this. it is not just one side needs to do a better job. i think it's our ability to bring this together as a team. >> given that you've seen the difficulty especially this committee and the intelligence community has had communicating with tech companies about a way forward that is in commonality, are you concerned at how this is going to become an increasingly challenging landscape for both congress and for the intelligence community working as we see new tech firms emerge every day? >> yes, i am. i wonder how bad does it have to get before we realize we have to do some things fundamentally differently. i would argue if you look at the internet of things and security levels within those components, folks, this is going to orders of magnitude. if we think the problem is a challenge now, just wait. it will get much, much worse. exponentially from a security perspective. >> director pompeo north korea is likely to press ahead with more missiles tests. the foreign minister talked about a nuclear test under the pacific may be under consideration, what do you assess the raoej anal reaction to this kind of test? >> if i may just take one minute to say i've been doing the figuring out and express my appreciation to this committee for helping to c.i.a. do the things that need to do to providing us the resources and authorities we need. we've put a lot of effort against this very problem. you've all been very supportive of that. so my team thanks you for that. we think a test like that would certainly further unite the region. having said that our sense is that we have built a global coalition pushing back against kim jong-un and his terror regime. with respect to what each particular country might do i would prefer to keep that conversation to closed session this afternoon. >> okay. what's the i.c.'s assessment of north korea's willingness to employ its military capabilities? >> one of the things that director coats referred to in his opening remarks is that kim jong-un remains not only intent on staying in power. that the thing all dictators prefer to do, right? die in their sleep at the peak of their power. but he has this mission that is a longstanding north korean idea of reunification and their capacity to use a nuclear umbrella combined with their conventional forces to exert coercive behavior inside their country, certainly against south korea but more broadly is something our analysts are continuing to look at. we can see as they ratchet up their nuclear capability making a response more difficult their capacity to do harm in the region as a result of their incredible conventional capabilities alone increases. >> probably for general ashley and admiral rogers, according to statements for the record, the widespread proliferation of artificial intelligence will prompt new national security concerns. how is the i.c. accounting for the possibility these new national -- of these new national security concerns? are we seeing indications now that our adversaries are working to harness emerging technologies like artificial technologies and are we looking to do that in our own processes and analysis of data and intelligence? >> if i could take that first shot at that one. if you look at d.i.a. thanks for all the support the committee provides to the defense intelligence agentz. you look at our coordination and foreign militaries and operational environment central to looking at doctrine and what they are developing. when you think about artificial intelligence our near peer competitors are pursuing this. commercial technology that is available. when you look at the volume and big data and what is available, the ability to digest and pull all that information in, artificial intelligence will be integral to that. an example of one of the projects we're working on at the open source level project maven. full motion video. social media, full motion video you never will be able to afford the workforce to go through all the material, whether it's video, whether it's what admiral rogers works in the way of intelligence or what's available in social media. artificial intelligence and machine learning. it is more machine learning than artificial intelligence we're seeing all of our near peer competitors invest in these kind of technologies. it will get them to decision cycles faster, allow them to digest information in greater volumes and have a better understanding of what is happening in the battle space and strategic environment. >> i would agree with general ashley and highlight every organization on this table is faced with the challenge of victims of our own success in some ways. the ability to access data brings its own set of challenges. we're collectively attempting to deal with this. when i look at potential adversaries i see them going through the same set of challenges. there is a national strategy designed to harness the power of artificial intelligence to generate strategic outcomes along the lines to general ashley highlighted. if you look at their research, you look at how it is affecting the amount of data they are going after. i can remember 5 or 10 years ago looking at some data concentrations and thinking to myself this is so large and such a large amount of information in it, it would be difficult for an opponent to generate insider knowledge from it. i don't have that kinds of conversations anymore. the power of machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data analytics data concentrations increasingly are targets of attraction to a whole host of actors. you have watched the prc and others designed to access these massive data concentrations. >> if i could follow up on that. this is one of those areas that's available in the commercial industry. you see a lot of investment that are pursuing this. a key piece of this i think it's worth addressing as well. how do you operationalize it? you go back and if i could just use a world war ii example. the fact that there were planes, radios and tanks was not unique to the germans in world war ii. they came up with an operational concept that allowed them to leverage that. peter singer, if anyone has read ghost fleet is a futurist. we sat on a panel with him. it was interesting when i asked him as you look at the things the tech nology and things that are coming up. what is break through to give somebody as a marked advantage. his comments was who is able to harness it and who is able to operationalize it and put it to effect. the lot of the technology will be available globally. >> thank you. if i could just ask your permission here. nga has probably taken very significant lead on this given the enormous volume of collection they take and the inability to process that through humans. i asked robert to answer that question for you. they are taking leading efforts that might be helpful. >> i think it's important to note at the front what hasn't changed quite frankly. the mission, the responsibility, this whole table has is to provide you with decision advantage. what's changed is the world around us and now within us. so what we used to hold exclusively because we had capabilities that others didn't is now more shared and so as admiral rogers said this is something we all lock arms on because it isn't the access that is exclusive anymore. it's the use. it's the concept of operations as general ashley said. i have the same concerns you do about getting the cooperation we need from these companies. i'm rather optimistic about it. i think at the end of the day we can advance the american economy, we can advance american entrepreneurship and we can advance our understanding of the world in a way that gets back to that first step, which is decision advantage. >> rest assured processing of data will come up in our closed session with you. i have you targeted. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think i take with some note the fact that the odni directed starts his discussion with cyber. it is very telling in terms of how we view worldwide threats. one question on the record. we all know it's been over a year since the russian intervention in our 2016 elections. we've also seen russia intervene in a number of other western democracies. i would like each of you to briefly reconfirm to the american public that our intelligence community understands this threat. last year those of you who were on the panel each expressed confidence in the january 2017ic assessment that russia interfered in the 2016 elections. i would like each of you today to reaffirm that and also with a simple yes or no do you agree with director pompeo that we haven't seen a significant decrease in the russian activity and we have every expectation that they will try to continue to intervene in our elections in 2018 and 2020. start with you, a simple yes or no will do. >> no change in my view of the 2017 assessment and i support that and i agree with director pompeo's assessment about the likelihood of the 2018 occurrence as well. >> i stood by the 2017 work and i agree with director pompeo. it won't change or stop. >> ye, it is not going to change nor is it going to stop. >> throughout the entire community we have not seen any evidence of any significant change from last year. >> i agree with director pompeo. >> you've been waiting for that answer. >> i've had that one in my pocket for a while. yes, sir. >> as do i. one area that i think we were a little all caught off guard on and agree understandably is how the russians used social media and i realize this is a new area for all of us and there are legitimate issues around american civil rights that have to be balanced. the fact is, i think we have to have an organized plan going forward. this question will be directed at dni coats and director wray. if others want to weigh in. because of the notion that these companies, while maybe located here, operate in cyberspace and when we've got somebody masquerading as mike pompeo but is boris in st. petersburg it doesn't fit neatly into a particular flow chart. director coats and director wray, who is in charge of addressing the threat posed by foreign national and foreign nations in terms of their use and misuse of social media? >> no single agency, quote, in charge. there are several agencies throughout the federal government that have equities in this and we are working together to try to integrate that process. it clearly is something that needs to be addressed and addressed as quickly as possible. you and i have had a number of discussions about that. and so we are keen on moving forward in terms of not only identification, but relative response and things that we can do to prevent this from happening. we are gaining more i think support i guess is the right word from the private sector who are beginning to recognize ever more the issues that are faced with the material that comes through their processes. we cannot as a government direct them what to do. but we certainly are spending every effort we can to work with them to provide some answers to this question. >> i would agree with director coats. it is a team effort. one of the things that has jumped out at me being back in government is how much more of a team the intelligence community is than the last time i was in this space. i have one of mike's people who sits right in my inner team and vice versa and we're dealing with each other every day. so it is teamwork within the intelligence community and partnership with the private sector, the other big change i've noticed. a lot more forward-leaning engagement with the private sector to share information and raise awareness on their end. we can't fully police social media. we work with them to police themselves. >> i think the companies themselves were slow to recognize the threat and more work to do. the fact that we don't have claire fee in terms of who is in charge we don't have a full plan. let me get one last question in quickly on the rise chairman alluded to this as well. the rise of chinese tech companies and i know senator cornyn and feinstein from legislation. my fear is some of these chinese tech companies may not have to acquire an american company before they become pervasive in our market. again i'll start with director coats and director wray. how do we make sure we send a signal to the private sector before some of these companies in effect totally invade our market particularly so many are tied back to the chinese government? >> it is not only sending the signal and working together sharing information with the private sector and the public sector. it also, i think, involves almost the whole of government issue in particular with the legislation being looked at in terms of the sif yas process. we need to go what the current process is in terms of evaluating. we will coordinate our intelligence to provide policymakers and those that are making these decisions with the best intelligence we can relative to what the situation is. and so we had this and view this as a top priority and it's ongoing because as i mentioned in my early remarks here, the chinese are pervasive on this and we've seen it happen throughout both the public and the private sector. >> we've tried very hard to be more out and about in the private sector in terms of providing what are almost like defensive briefings. so that some of the u.s. telecommunications companies, among other technology industry members, kind of can recognize the threats that are coming their way and i think i've been pretty gratified by the response that we've gotten by most companies once we're able to try to educate them. one of the bigger challenges we face is because america is a land of innovation there is exciting stuff that's happening in terms of smaller startup companies. a lot of them are less sophisticated about some of this stuff and trying to make sure we are touching those and educating them as well is a continuing challenge. the reality is that the chinese have turned more and more to more creative avenues using non-traditional collectors which i think we in the intelligence community recognize but the private sector is not used to spotting. a lot of it is trying to educate them about what to be on the lookout for and have it be more of a dialogue. >> senator rich. >> thank you very much. first of all, i want to associate myself with remarks of the vice chairman when he said this committee will always have your backs. for those of you who have been associated with this committee and since you used to sit here and dr. pompeo you ran the same operation across the way and you guys seem like part of the committee we see you so much up there. you know that that's the case and we sincerely appreciate that. i would say, however, and every one of us here knows what a tough job each of your agencies have. i'm speaking for myself and i suspect for most if not all of the committee we have absolute 100% confidence in your ability to in a very neutral, dispassionate fashion deliver to us the facts we need in order to make the policy decisions. one of the things that does rear its ugly head occasionally and causes issues and that winds up in the media a lot more than it should is when your jobs intersect with domestic political affairs. mr. wray probably you will wind up with this more than anybody else. it gets messy and difficult. i think we've all got to recommit ourselves to what we're actually doing here to reach the right facts. i would respectfully disagree with my good friend from virginia that we are no better prepared to handle the russians onslaught than we were in 2016. when this happened in 2016, those of us on this committee, those of you at the panel and most of you -- most everyone who works in the i.c. were not surprised to find out that the russians were attempting to meddle in our affairs. i think probably one of the best hearings we've had this year was the open hearing we had on how they used social media and we saw how disjointed it was, how ineffective it was, how cheap it was for them to do that. but i think after that, with all due respect to my friend from virginia, i think the american people are ready for this. i think that now they are going to look a lot more at the information that is attempted to be passed out through social media. the american people are smart people. they realize that there are people attempting to manipulate them both domestically and foreign. and i agree with everybody on the panel. this is going to go on. this is the way the russians have done business. no surprise to us. we saw it more so than we got it in france and germany in the past year. i think the american people are much more prepared than what they were before. dan, thank you for that analysis of syria. i doubt it made it any clearer for me or for the american people. it is a rubics cube that is very difficult and after this last weekend i think got even more complicated. and i think that we are going to have to keep an eye on that and i agree with you cyber is certainly something right at the top. the financial condition of this country is of critical importance to us. i want to close and i want to ask a specific question to four of you regarding korea. i think that's the most -- i think it's something at our doorstep. a year ago when we talked about this it was then, this is now. the movement of north korea has not slowed down. in fact, if anything, i think all of us would agree it's probably picked up. it is at our doorstep. this will have to be dealt with in the very, very near future. we have talked about trying to engage in conversations and what conditions would be, etc. i think we're still in the process of refining that but that's moving. we've all watched over the last week the smile campaign that north korea has had inflicted on the south korea people. the south korea people seemed to be charmed by it to some degree. some seem to be captivated by it. from my point of view i think it's nothing more than a stall by the north koreans to develop what they're trying to do and in my judgment i think we need to be very, very cautious of this. director coats, pompeo, rogers and ashley, i would like to hear your view of this supposed turn in the last couple of weeks by the north koreans. >> well, this is an threat to the united states but also to north korea. kim jong-un views this as any kind of kinetic attack or effort to force him to give up his nuclear weapons is a threat to his nation and to his leadership in particular. as you know, it's a very hard topic, collection nation, given their secrecy and so forth but we do know that kim -- it's a one-man decision. we have processes in place here in the united states to have multiple engagements with various agencies in terms of our policy making and relative to the decision that ultimately the decision the president makes. it doesn't appear to be the case in north korea. the provocative nature, the instability that kim has demonstrated potentially is a significant threat to the united states. i agree with you that decision time is becoming ever closer in terms of how we respond to this. our goal is a peaceful settlement. we are using maximum pressure on north korea in various ways which can be described by my colleagues here. most of that in closed session. but we have to face the fact that this is an existential problem for the united states. >> wise words. >> the last part of your question about this past now almost week at the olympics, we should all -- american people should all remember that kim yo jong is the head of the propaganda and agitation department. there is no indication there is any strategic change in the outlook for kim jong-un and his desire to retain his nuclear capacity to threaten the united states of america. no change there. >> i would just say if kim thinks he can splitter the relationship between us and the south koreans he is mistaken. >> no change to his strategic calculus. under his regime you've seen a deliberate effort in terms of readiness. different from his father. his army trains in a deliberate fashion. his calculation is deliberate. >> thank you very much, i want to associate myself with some of the comments of senator rich and we just had a secure briefing last week and i think it was difficult and harsh. i harken back to the words of the secretary of state. one we do not seek regime change. two, we do not -- we are not seeking the accelerated reunion of the peninsula, and finally, that we will not bring u.s. forces north of the demilitarized zone if the korean peninsula is reunified. let me ask you, mr. pompeo, because you just spoke with some certainty. does kim jong-un really understand and believe that our goals are not regime change or regime collapse? >> senator feinstein, i can't give you any certainty about what kim jong-un actually subjectively believes. very difficult intelligence problem anywhere in the world, most especially difficult there. and i have expressed this before. we do remain concerned. our analysts remain concerned that kim jong-un is not hearing the full story. that those around him aren't providing nuance or suggesting to him the tenuous nature of his position both internationally and domestically. the breach with china. deep con -- connections. we're not certain the leaders around them are sharing that information in a way that's accurate, complete and full. >> in a recent "washington post" op-ed victor shaw, who was recently under consideration to be united states ambassador to south korea warned of the dangers of a preventive united states military strike against north korea. he cautioned that such a strike would not halt north korea's nuclear weapons program and could spark an uncontrolled conflict in the region that could kill hundreds of thousands of americans. he is not the only one. a number of experts on the area have said that. and he argued to continue to press for multi-lateral sanctions, that the u.n. to provide japan and south korea advanced weapons training and intel, and some other things. has the intelligence community assessed how the north korean regime would react to a preventive united states attack? >> we have. i would prefer to share that with you in closed session this afternoon. >> would you do that this afternoon, please? >> absolutely. we have written about various forms of actions. what we analyze, the certainty and uncertainty we have around that analysis as well as what we think happens in the event that the united states decides not to do that and continues to allow kim jong-un to develop his nuclear weapons arsenal. >> have you explored what it would take to bring them to the table? >> we have. i would prefer to share that with you in closed session, yes ma'am. >> tell us that this afternoon as well. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator rubio. >> thank you all for being here. i also echo the same words everyone else has shared with you about the esteem we have for all of our agencies and the important work they do. i think this has already been touched upon. i do believe that russia, vladimir putin in particular efforts around the world a very important. the biggest issue of our time in my view and the view of most of the members of this committee and venture to guess most of the members of this panel is china and the risk they pose. i'm not sure in 240 some odd year history in the nation we've ever faced a competitor and potential adversary of this scale, scope and capacity. it is my personal view and shared by many people that they are carrying out a well orchestrated and well executed very patient long-term strategy to replace the united states as the most powerful nation on earth. you see it in the words community of common destiny. a retreat from western values of democracy and freedom and openness towards some other model that benefits them and their pursuit of this appears to be every element of their national power. their military, commercial, trade, economics, information and media. the tools they use are everything from hacking into companies and critical infrastructure and defense contractors, everybody you can imagine to using our immigration system against us, to even our universities and that's where i wanted to begin this week. let me just ask this and i would start with this director coats. is it your view the united states today as a government is prepared for the scale, scope and magnitude of the challenge presented by this plan that china is carrying out? >> we have full awareness of what the chinese are attempting to do on a global basis. there is no question that what you have just articulated is what is happening with china. they're doing it in a very smart way. in a very effective way. they are looking beyond their own region. i think they have -- it's clear they have a long-term strategic objective to become a world power and they are executing throughout the whole of government ways in which they can accomplish that. we have intensive studies going on throughout the intelligence community relative to a to z on what china is doing. general mattis has asked us for that. others have asked us to provide that. senator warner called me last week. we had a discussion on that. i assured him that we are pulling all of our elements of intelligence gathering together to provide a very, very deep dive into what china is doing now and what their plans are for the future and how it would impact on the united states. >> just to highlight the different ways in which they're pursuing this plan director wray let me ask you what could you say in this setting is the counter intelligence risk posed to u.s. national security from chinese students and advanced students in science and mathematics. >> i would just say the use of non-traditional collectors especially in the academic setting whether it's professors, scientists, students, we see in almost every field office that the f.b.i. has around the country. not just in major cities, it's in small ones as well across every discipline. and i think the level of naive tay on the part of the he can dem i can sector -- they exploit the very open research and development environment that we have, which we all revere, but they are taking advantage of it. so one of the things we're trying to do is view the china threat is not just a whole of government threat but a whole of society threat on their end and it will take a whole of society response by us. it is not just the intelligence community but it is raising awareness within our academic sector, within our private sector as part of the defense. >> in that vein i wrote a letter about the confucius institute at u.s. schools. they are complicit in these efforts to influence public opinion and to teach half truths designed to present chinese history, government or official policy in the most favorable light. do you share concerns about confucius institutes as a tool of that whole of society effort and as a way to exploit the sort of naive view among some in the academic circles about what the purple of these institutes could be? >> we share concerns about that. we've been watching that development for a while. it is just one of many tools that they take advantage of. we have seen some decrease recently in their own enthusiasm and commitment to that particular program. it is something that we're watching warely and in certain instances have developed appropriate investigative steps. >> thank you, mr. chairman. vice chairman warner highlighted in his opening statement the importance of an effective security clearance process. so i have a question for you, director wray. was the f.b.i. aware of allegations related to rob porter and domestic abuse? and if so, was the white house informed this could affect his security clearance? when were they informed? and who at the white house was informed? >> well, senator, there is a limit to what i can say about the content of any particular background investigation for a variety of reasons that i'm sure you can appreciate. i would say that the background investigation process involves a fairly elaborate set of standards, guidelines, protocols, agreements, etc. that have been in place for 20 plus years. and i'm quite confident that in this particular instance the f.b.i. followed the established protocols. >> so was the white house informed that this could affect his security clearance? that's a yes or no. >> i can't get into the content of what was briefed. >> were they informed? >> what i can tell you is that the f.b.i. submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march. and then a completed background investigation in late july that is soon thereafter we received requests for follow-up inquiry and we did the follow-up and provided that information in november, and that we administratively closed the file in january and then earlier this month we received some additional information and we passed that on as well. >> okay. let me turn now to the two recent arbitrary and inconsistent decisions that affect the politicizing of the classification system. the first was the public release of the nunes memo. the second involved the report that the congress required on russian oligarchs, their relationship with president putin and corruption. in that case the secretary of treasury released nothing other than a list of rich russians taken from public sources. my question and any of you can respond. did any of you take a position on either of these two arbitrary classification decisions? and did any of you have any communications with the white house about either of those classification matters? >> i'll start. the answer is no. >> no. >> i raised concerns on this issue with the dni. >> no. the cia was not asked to review the classification of those documents. >> not on the second. the oligarch treasury document. we did have interaction about the memo from chairman nunes. >> is there anything you can say that protects sources and methods in an open session with respect to that matter? >> well, i would just say, as we said publicly, we had grave concerns about that memo's release. >> okay. on encryption, director wray, as you know, this isn't a surprise because i indicated i would ask you about this. you have essentially indicated that companies should be making their products with back doors in order to allow you all to do your job and we all want you to protect americans and at the same time sometimes there is these policies that make us less safe and give up our liberties. that's what i think we get with what you all are advocating, which is weaken -- weak encryption. i don't pretend to be an expert on this field. but i think there is a clear consensus among experts in the field against your position to weaken strong encryption. so i have asked you for a list of the experts that you have consulted. i haven't been able to get it. can you give me a date this afternoon when you will give -- this morning a sense of when we will be told who are these people who are advising you to pursue this route? because i don't know of anybody respected in the field who is advising that it is a good idea to adopt your position to weaken strong encryption. can i get that list? >> we would be happy to talk more about this topic this afternoon. my position is not that we should weaken encryption but we should be working together, government and private sector, the try to find a solution that balances both concerns. >> i'm on the program for working together but we need to be driven by objective facts and the position you all are taking is out of sync with what all the experts in the field are saying and i would just like to know who you all are consulting with and we'll talk more about it this afternoon. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator collins. >> thank you. director pompeo, last week "the new york times" published a report that alleged that you as intelligence officials had paid $100,000 to a russian source for phony secretsuding potentially compromising information about the president and information on certain tools allegedly stolen from the nsa. first, is it accurate that the c.i.a. has categorically denied the assertions in this story? and second, if so, what would be the motivations of a russian who peddled this story to the "new york times" and other western media outlets, since this part of the russian campaign to undermine faith in western democracies? >> senator, let me say thanks for the question. reporting on this matter has been rid i can laos and inaccurate. the people swindled were the authors of those two pieces. it is our view that the same two people who were offering phony information to the united states government gave that same phony information to these two reporters. the central intelligence agency did not provide any resources, no money to these two individuals who proffered u.s. government information directly or indirectly at any time. and the information that we were working to

secret service is being charged with several violations. she was taken to the metropolitan police department. the secret service is telling somebody of record with the agency on multiple occasions. we don't know the details with her history with the secretvice but they knew who she was. lauren. >> north korea we imposed the heaviest sanctions ever imposed on a country ever before. >> this action targets the deceptive shipping practices that enables the kim regime to fund its dangerous weapons programs. our actions target shipping and trade companies, vessels and individuals across the world. lauren: that was the president and treasury secretary steve mnuchin announcing a new round of sanctions against north korea, aiming to strangle the regime's finances and their ability to push forward with their nuclear program. here is a former chief of the cia's career branch. bruce, my biggest question to you is, how do we make these sanctions really bite? >> well, what we really need to do is continue the sanctions. so today's announcement is on one hand, on the other hand. they are the longest list of sanctions we've done on north korea. they add to the previous list but on the other hand we're really still pulling our punches. we're not going a

secret service has been tested. in 2014, an iraq war veteran jumped the fence and made it all the way into the white house. and in 2016, the secret service shot and injured an armed man as he approachedded a guard booth. the security gate itself is about 200 yards from the white house. over the last few years, the secret service has had to raise security standards around white house grounds. they've raised the fences, and they've also include other layers of security around the white house. jeff. >> glor: jeff pegues on the 69 of the scare tonight. jeff, thank you very much. now to the florida school shooting and the mistakes made. we have new details tonight of a tip that reached a national f.b.i. call center but was never passed along to local agents in florida. manuel bojorquez is in parkland once again. manny. >> reporter: well, jeff, that call to the f.b.i. came from someone described as close to the shooting suspect, who said he became easily enraged and it was just a matter of time before he was going to "explode." ( gunfire ) >> reporter: tonight, cbs news has learned five and a half weeks before the shooting, a woman called an f.b.i. tip line concerned nikolas cruz would get into a school and just shoot the place up. she said he had a diminished mental capacity, and gave an ominous warning: i

secret service. she did try to breach the grounds last year, and was arrested by the secret service three different times last year, david. >> david kerley in washington for us as well. >>> next tonight, president trump doubling down on his plan to arm so much teachers, even as major teachers groups you have push back tonight. the president arguing that teachers will do the best job because they love the students more than the guards do. here's abc's cecilia vega tonight. >> reporter: despite resounding opposition from american teachers, today president trump said arming some educators is the only way to stop school shootings. >> if there are guns inside, held by the right people, by highly trained professionals, you're going to see this end. >> reporter: and marjorie stoneman douglas high did have an armed, highly trained professional on campus. scot peterson a 33-year veteran sheriff's deputy. but in the face of gunfire, he remained in the parking lot. we pressed the president today. >> the parkland sheriff was armed and didn't go in. does that give you any pause? >> deputy sheriff peterson, i guess hi

secret service back in the 80s or we would go on presidential threat cases and sometimes remit them secret service was very open and honest about it. sarah jane morris, squeaky crown, the general board incident, we interviewed one of those folks, and they came away saying they weren't a threat. the secret service just like what happened here with the fbi where signs were missed and things could've been done. what they did as they came out with a standardized form in a process and it was a way to follow that process step-by-ste step-by-step. if anything was missed, they could come back later in his ways to look at that process and what went wrong. that's why i kind of object although i respect these kids in their right, the absolute should speak out, they've been through a horrible tragedy, but banning quote assault weapons is not the right approach. >> harris: let's look to the left of the screen because this is a live picture of coral springs, florida. i mentioned a moment ago that about 100 kids are going to get on buses and head to their state capital tallahassee to voice their opinions and their ideas after the parkland school shooting. so we are watching that happen live. we do have a reporter and others out there. if you pulled somebody aside, we will go to a live. watching these

letters were sent to their apartment throughout the years secret service on this investigating right now. >> probably going to have to have secret service open up the male, themselves. >> it may come to that. >>> 6:21. >>> not backing down lane johnson takes another jab at patriots after a former patriot responds to lane calling them a fear based organization and robotic, yeah , numbers. >>> good morning i'm kristin rogers from next man up to next coach up the eagles have fund their new quarterbacks coach. nfl network iain rapaport reporting press taylor assistant quarterbacks coach for eagles is being bumped up to replace jon dephilipo hoist going to minnesota to be their new offensive coordinator. >>> sixers/knicks last night fourth quarter sixers up 15tj mcconnell drives nice pass to czarrish who hits the three. mcconnell had his first career triple double last night sixers win 108-92 their tenth straight win at the wells fargo center. >>> temple basketball on the role, owls won five straight and look to continue that streak on the road against wichita state last week. what was turning point for this team? >> i think it was cincinnat

secret service arrested the woman and bomb squad was called to inspect the scene. the secret serb -- service has had problems with the woman near the white house before. >>> u.s. army of engineers failed to reveal the forecast of harvey ahead of storm. record show they revealed flooding forecast as it made its way toward houston and a storm lingered in the area. >>> billy graham will be brought to his hometown to be laid to rest. city officials have made designated viewing areas for well wishers. it's part of a week of mourning for america's pastor who died wednesday at the age of 99. a viewing and funeral are planned for next week. >>> much more to come on "action news" saturday morning, including details abouters markell fultz being the subject of an fbi probe. so glad you stayed with us, turning to sports, let's the games begin, the phillies took on the blue jays for the first game of the preseason. >>> dozen basketball teams are the subject of fbi probe, jamie apody has saturday morning sports. >> reporter: good morning, let the games begin, the phillies kicked off grapefruit play yester

secret service trying to soften the incident tweeted out fact check reports about secret service agents tackling a host nation official during the president's trip to china in november 2017 are false. here now is lieutenant general thomas mcinerney, general you ever heard about anything like this happening before? >> i have not, david, so it surprised me a great deal. david: well as you heard, the secrets suggesting that general kelly didn't tackle anybody but the story didn't say that he tackled anybody. i think they're trying to make the best of a bad situation here >> they are. what he did according to the reports i read was he moved out when he heard they were being held up this particular group of aids and assistants was being held up. he immediately went out, went to where he was being held up, told the whole group to move through, and the chinese guard didn't want that to happen and he put his hand up on general kelly who nicely removed it. there are words that secret service then got in a wrestling match but in any case general kelly was on the scene, he was proactive. david: well he's a marine general. he's not air force but he's a marine he doesn't take it but just one quick question. i mean, we make light of it, but it does show perhaps a vulnerability of having all those nuclear codes in one bag if you're in a semi-hostile country as i think china is, is that a risk? >> we

secret service had things totally under control. >> martha: you got to imagine that for secret service it was not an optimum situation.nd something that no doubt. >> exactly. >> martha: they weren't too comfortable with. i want to show you this quote from a "u.s.a. today" piece today by david meeks. by stand and recognizing athletes of the korean unified team as they walked during during the opening ceremony, pence not only offended the host country he sent a message the trump administration not only common courtesy matters more than childish politics. your thoughts. >> childish politics may be leading to something. supposing all these things that the north koreans are doing are not head fakes. maybe they really do want to sit down and talk and mike pence's last comments were, you know, we are not going to ease up. we are not going to ease up on the sanctions. by the way the sanctions are beginning to have their effect. he said if they want to talk, we'll talk. the other thing, you know, you mentioned. you showed the cheerleaders and the cheer squad and all. i thought compared to a good group from texas, high school.

> tonight on c-span, secret service director randolph pales on efforts to fight financial crimes, they fry, crypto fraud, cryptoank currency. here is a preview. >> the secret services working actively with partners on crypto currency. they are very clever in using these crypto currencies and in these business email hacks. one company was going to make crypto currency. i believe they were going to use etherium. the ceo had their email account hacked. the hacker sent out the ipo early. moved into thes account, and he moved into another crypto currency. we got some of the money back, but they got the rest, lost. very clever on their parts in a very devious. we did not identify the perpetrator. we did get some of the money back. we are still working that case. >> you can watch the entire conversation tonight on c-span at 9:30 eastern. >> sunday night, former u.s. apiro onotiator irish book, broken. he is interviewed by former senate majority leader tom daschle. watch afterwards sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonext, hearing on ways prevent election meddling. how the defense department can protect the u.s. from foreign influence. this is one hour and 25 minutes.

secret service agents arrested a woman who intentionally drove into a barrier of the white house. the security forced the white house to go on temporary lockdown. the driver is known to secret service and believed to have mental health issues. >>> happening today, eagles coach doug peterson gets a new honor, this hits home for the coach of the super town champs. town council in morris town, new jersey will present the coach with aclamation from the town where the coach lives. >>> eating organic, it doesn't have to cost you a whole lot of green. alicia vitarelli shows us way to save on your groceries and tells you what's worth spending more on. >>> girl scout cookies is hosting a tummy tempting fundraiser this weekend. >> reporter: we have more rain out to the west i'll let you know when it gets here when we come right back. >> so glad you're waking up with us, chefs in the lehigh valley are using girl scout cookies to create culinary masterpieces at the steel stacks in bethlehem. karen rogers has a preview. >> reporter: lucy is 11 years old an avid girl scout and two time winner of children's chop. >> 15 different restaurants make amazing dishes both sweet and savory. >> reporter:

secret service tweets "the vehicle did not breach the security barrier of the white house complex." it says "no shots were fired during that incident." and the female driver of the vehicle was immediately apprehended. secret service also saying the woman is someone of record with the service. on multiple occasions. law enforcement sources say she suffers from mental problems. a few minutes ago, president trump tweeted his thanks to the secret service for a job well done. a former campaign aide to president trump is pleading guilty to conspiracy and tax charges brought by russia's special counsel robert mueller. this comes as the former trump campaign chairman takes another legal hit. here to straighten it all out, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge at the d.c. district court with details. good evening. >> thank you, bret. i was inside the courtroom when rick gates pled guilty to two felonies. he seemed remarkably calm throughout until the final minutes when he entered the guilty plea and sealed his fate with a special counsel. gates pled guilty to conspiracy against the united states which is a basket of charges including bank and tax fraud, hiding income from the i.r.s. and failing to register for work on behalf of a pro russian party in the ukraine. the offenses span 2006 to 2014 but did not overlap with the trump campaign. on the second count, making a false statement to the f.b.i., gates told investiga

c-span, secret service director randolph fails on efforts that alles -- randolph alles on cybercrime and crypto currency. >> crypto currencies have grown rapidly, and the secret service is working actively with partners at treasury and across law enforcement to combat crypto currency for illicit. purposes. i will give you another example. one company was going to make their initial public offering of stock via crypto currency. i think they were going to use etherium. a ceo had his senile account hacked. withacker sent the ipo out his account information, $500,000 went right into that account. as soon as he got the account, it was not the right etherium account. he moved it over to a hard currency and we got some of the money back with a seizure warrant. we got about $300,000 back. it shows how clever they are. they hacked the ceo's account. very clever on their part, very devious and we have -- in this case we have not identify the perpetrator. we did get some of the money back. we are still working that case. >> you can watch the entire conversation tonight on c-span at 9:30 p.m. eastern. on bio, a conversation defense. richard burr spoke about the need to reauthori

with his entourage of secret service guards, if other people were out jogging, he would holler over, come on and join us. they'd come and talk. the secret service wasn't very excited about that because you're bringing in unknown people into the presence of the president there. he seemed to enjoy it. got along just fine. and here we are with george w. bush. for george bush, we have some baseball cards, which he collected as a boy. i'm guessing 10, 11, 12, 13. and what he did with these baseball cards is he would tape them to a card, a self-addressed card, and he would put it in an envelope and mail it to the baseball player and had a little note, handwritten note on them saying, please sign these cards and return. these cards are the ones he got back. it shows his early love of baseball. the president at one time who owned a baseball team, the texas rangers. and now barack obama. the 44th president of the united states. what we have borrowed from him from the barack obama presidential library is a chess set which he got as a gift from the beginning of jordan. barack obama is known to play chess. he enjoys playing chess. occasionally, he and his

secret service agent larry buendorf was a hand with a gun in it coming through the crowd. the commotion erupted. secret service agents forced the assailant to the ground and then handcuffed her. she was identified as 27-year-old lynnette alice fromme, one of the earliest followers of charles manson, who was involved in the tate, labianca murders of 1969. >> about the same time gerald ford becomes president, charlie in prison writes to squeaky he's got new rules. they want to do one big thing that's going to get the nation's attention back on charlie. so squeaky, wearing a red robe, comes up to the president of the united states with a big gun, points the gun in his face. the secrettle her to the ground and squeaky's first words were, can you believe the gun didn't go off? >> following your own close brush with death in sacramento a couple of weeks ago, i wonder if this has convinced you at all that we need tough gun control legislation in this country? >> i prefer to go after the person who uses the gun for an illegal or criminal purpose. that to me is a far better approach than the one where you require registration of the individual or the gun. >> just minutes after making those statements, gerald ford walked into the street and heard the sound of gunfire. >> my god, there's been a shot! there's been a shot. they're being pushed back by the police. somebody has fired a shot here. we don't know if anybody has been hit. my god! somebody fired a shot. >> the president was not hit. witnesses heard the sound and saw a puff of smoke. the woman, identified by police as sara jane moore, was immediately seized. >> sara jane moore jumped out of the crowd, fired off a we

secret service that a vehicle struck a security barrier right here to the white house. this according to the u.s. secret service. the vehicle did not breach the security barrier of the white house complex, apparently just drove into it. there's a female driver who's been apprehended immediately. we're going to watch story is, wring -- bring you information. >>> well, after a brief reprieve from saber rattling between north korea and the u.s., treasury secretary mnuchin slapped sanctions on 56 companies that ship and trade goods with north korea. this in an effort to stymy the hermit kingdom's efforts to get around the international ban on coal imports and fuel imports. the goal is to cut off shipments of oil to the north as a way of persuading its leader kim jong un to give up his nuclear weapons program. we bring in fox news strategic analyst lieutenant colonel ralph peters to discuss. >> hi, liz. liz: sanctions are like economic strangulation. we have a bunch in already before today's round. are they working? >> they're working. they're working slowly, but they are working. now, whether or not they will be enough ultimately to end the nuke and missile programs in north korea, remains an open question. but north korea is hurting. the sanctions announced today are all good, they are on ships, on shipping -- maritime companies, on trading corporations and companies. and by hitting them, you really are making it harder to continue smuggling oil and other goods into north korea. now, the problem, liz, is twofold. first of all, on a practical level it's one thing to sanction all these vessels and companies by name, but are we willing to stop, board and search ships on the high seas if we find them transferring oil, and are we willing to impanel ships that might have russian or chinese owners? we don't know which flags -- so there are problems. an even greater problem is this: while the sanctions are good and they are helping demonstrably, we're treating the symptoms, not the disease. liz: okay. but here's one issue. i think, you know, tightening the ligature is a good idea, but who knows when you don't have russia involved. russia was not mentioned at all. we do know that some of their, i guess, documentation shows that russia in the past has helped them build some of these nuclear missiles and these rockets. why would russia not be mentioned? >> because our administration just has this thing going on about they won't criticize vladimir putin for anything. but even with the sanctions violations, russians have been violating them. russian ships, russian companies could not, could not violate these sanctions without at least tacit approval from vladimir putin. it doesn't work that way in russia. and the same thing goes for china, by the way. president xi has been allowing violations of the sanctions. and so my point is that while, you know, the smuggling itself is a symptom, the disease when it comes to sanctions is that china and russia are all too -- have been all too willing to subvert them. liz: okay. >> all that said, the sanctions are biting, keep 'em up, you know, just drive them home. liz: it was more than a week ago, just over a week ago, colonel, that you were with us when that horrific shooting in florida at the high school happened. and as you joined us, we watched this unfold, and then when the dusted had settled, 17 innocents had been murdered. today on the front page of the new york post as the president had said arm teachers, you got the front page mention here for your op-ed ban assault rifles. and i want to just do a tear of what you said within this. you said these are military weapons, their purpose is to kill human beings. they're not used for hunting, lousy for target shooting, but they're excellent tools for mass murder. and then you go on to say the demagogues who grow wealthy by convincing responsible gun owners that some shadowy government agency can't wait to seize their deer rifles will have a great deal to answer for on judgment day. you are pro-second amendment -- >> you bet. liz: you have guns on your desk where you wrote this op-ed. do you think it'll happen, banning ar-15s? >> no, it won't. because congress is craven. and not just republicans. democrat, republicans alike from certain districts, they have put their re-election chances above the lives of american children. how can they live with themselves? the ar -- look, i own guns, i grew up around guns, my dad was a champion skeet shot. i believe in the second amendment, but i don't cherry pick it, and people do. liz: just to remind people, these are past front pages of "the washington post" run by rupert murdoch who, of course, oversees all of fox, this is a message, hope for gun control. mr. president, please act. i'm just beginning to wonder if maybe this time is different, or am i completely off base here? >> god knows, liz, i hope you're right. i hope it is different. but how many american children and law-abiding adults have to die from bullets fired by the same weapon over and over again, the ar-15? liz: what's interesting, too, the gun stocks or the gun stock that makes the ar-15, american outdoor brands, is now down today. usually when there are calls to eliminate these, these stocks go up. but down i guess over the past year 47% for american outdoor brands. and even blackrock, one of the biggest asset managers, is saying maybe this time is different. they want to meet with the company. colonel, last word on this? >> yeah, well, i certainly don't want to put gun companies out of business. i believe in sporting arms for hunting, for target shooting, some people are just collectors. that's all good. but not military-grade weapons and none of this faking it about saying, well, they're only semiautomatic, they can be modified, you use bump stocks -- liz: president said he'd get rid of them. he said that to do, we're going to get rid of bump stocks. >> i hope so, but it has to go farther. i own weapons, but i don't own weapons that are meant to kill other human beings specifically. liz: okay. colonel ralph peters, his op-ed is on new york post.com. read it whether you're against it or for it. it's an interesting perspective from somebody who is pro-second amendment. thank you very much. >>> we want to go back to the white house, a quick picture here. what's the latest, brad? blake burman is going to be running to the cameras right now. he's got the latest detail on the female who just crashed her car into a gate near the white house. she's been apprehended, we're going to get more in just a second. don't go away. the dow's still up about 287 points. stay with us. you may be at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia, that can take you out of the game for weeks, even if you're healthy. pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease that in severe cases can lead to hospitalization. it may hit quickly, without warning, causing you to miss out on the things you enjoy most. prevnar 13® is not a treatment for pneumococcal pneumonia... it's a vaccine you can get to help protect against it. prevnar 13® is approved for adults to help prevent infections from 13 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. you should not receive prevnar 13® if you have had a severe allergic reaction to the vaccine or its ingredients. if you have a weakened immune system, you may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects were pain, redness and swelling at the injection site, limited arm movement, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, joint pain, less appetite, vomiting, fever, chills, and rash. help protect yourself against pneumococcal pneumonia. ask your doctor or pharmacist about prevnar 13®. but i'm not standing still... and with godaddy, i've made my ideas real. ♪ i made my own way, now it's time to make yours. ♪ everything is working, just like it should ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. liz: we've got more on that breaking news in washington -- washington d.c. a female driver just reportedly crashed into a barrier, she was apprehended by the secretu this was northern not an attack on the white house, not an attack on the president. this woman who has been apprehended is described as mentally ill. this is on on the west side of the white house, 17th street and e. so if you think to have white house as a square, this is happening to the west of the west wing as a car that this woman was driving ended up going into one of the barricades. it is a heavily fortified, if you've never been around the white house, a heavily fortified area, and there are these massive barricades that go up and down, down when they let cars in and up when they do not let cars in. it appears it was up at the time. that woman, as i mentioned, has been taken into custody. i should tell you after the joint press conference when i was coming out to the camera for the nurse time at the top of -- the first time at the top of the 3:00 hour, that was a scramble of law enforcement. that in and of itself not necessarily unusual when there are lockdowns, but we were t

secret service there are training constraints. we are working on expanding the facility for secret service also. >> how much facility sharing can we use? there are a lot of law enforcement training facilities nationwide. are any of those that we can share facilities? >> the undersecretary can talk more. we're looking at not only facilities for initial training but shooting ranges and those types of facilities for consolidation. >> we have explored things like mobile firing ranges to allow people to obtain certain proficiencies and obtain that. we're looking at available facilities across central and local to make sure we are taking full advantage of what is available instead of duplicating. >> there is no reason to rebuild something that exists already. lavinia couple of quick comments. -- let me make a couple of quick comments. on cyber security and elections, senator harris and i have done a lot of work on this. it is one of the frustration that we had in going through this was how long it took after the last election for individual states to even be notified, the common answer was we don't have anyne clearance or method to do that. to hear you are actively pursuing that is good to know. that is something we are china to put into legislative language to makers is -- to make persistent. -- consistent. we're going to continue to be able to work cooperatively with you. we think that is exceptionally important. i can make this one comment here for senator mccaskill. this whole table has talked about metrics. i am very pleased say here that. this committee passed out unanimously a bill that senator mccaskill and i have called "the taxpayer's right to know your cap -- no." -- know.". anyway we can get that done it will help us all. it is a nonpartisan bill on basic transparency. >> senator harris? >> thank you. more, sen.agree lankford. troubled by the exchanges sen. portman: you are asked with you ared if familiar with request it may. i would expect when you come to testify before you would look into an inventory of the status of question of whether they have been answered. on the issue of cyber security, the midterm elections are around the corner. in texas i believe the voters 6.l go to the polls on march while dhs have provided a risk and vulnerability assessment to some states, other states remain on a long waiting list. the waiting list being as long as nine months. what is your timeline for getting these done? >> chris will talk about the specific timeline. we have made measures in terms of prioritizing and making the list. >> can you give me a date by which it will be done? >> starting with the nine months. that waitlist is probably about six months old. what we have done is reprioritize, that is the benefit of the critical infrastructure designation. i can take election infrastructure and put it on the top of the list. >> when will they get done? >> we have conducted five and we have another 10 or 11 in the hopper ready for schedule through the beginning of april. the dependency here is whether we get requested for risk and vulnerability assessments. there are states, south carolina for example, that have the capacity to conduct their own technical assessment of the security of their network. while some states have their own abilities, we are focusing on doing awareness for the state that it additional help. >> how many states have requested that it be done? >> at this point, five have been done and another 11 are in the queue. >> my question is how many states have requested? >> 16. >> when will all 16 be completed? >> mid-april. >> do you have a date certain? >> i don't have an april 15 or anything like that, but april is the timeline for completing the requested. my hope is that we have more common over the course of the next several weeks. >> where is texas on that list, since their primary is march 6? >> i would have to get back to you on that. i would want to know that you are aware of the 16 states and what their dates are for their primary, and that it would be your goal to have their assessment complete the or their primaries actually occur, before voters go to pull. >> yes-man. >> i'm concerned that you don't know the timeline given that we have unanimous consensus among our intelligence community that russia interfere in the election of the president of the united states. it would seem to me that this would be a high priority for the department of homeland security. have other questions. -- i have other questions. part of my understanding is that this delay in processing these requests are that you do not have skilled workers to complete the scans, is that correct or is that not the problem? i'm trying to understand the problem with the delay. >> the delay is that the risk and vulnerability assessment capability is also servicing other critical infrastructure sectors, in fact also federal high-value asset assessment. what we have done is put at the top of the pile the state and local election officials right now. we have de-prioritized others and put those of the top. we're trying to do more. we're looking at ways to increase training, to bring additional personnel on, and also there is an equipment requirement that we are picturing additional equipment. >> if we can be a little more precise, you have the necessary personnel and funding and other forms of resources to provide the states with the request and get them completed in a timely manner? for those completed right now we have the capabilities to conduct on an existing, during >> how many state election officials have -- >> how many state election officials have applied? >> we have a proximally 37 have submitted their paperwork. we have one final secretssue. we have about 17 interim secrets , this changes on a daily basis. we have the opportunity to do daily one day regions on -- read and's on any issue. where going to do a number of briefings over the next couple of weeks. dailyse elite read -- want to mean if you have consistent information about what is happening you would have to call in every day to get a one-day? >> it depends on the bulk of the information and intelligence you want to share. it would require me to be in person with those folks or have local intelligence officials read them in that day. >> that seems externally bureaucratic. that is the reason -- >> the goal is to get them permanently receiving security clearance. >> not just senior election officials in the state, but additional staff. onee at the point where is senior election official in the state and two additional staff with security clearances. >> what percentage of those that should receive security clearances have actually received is clearances? >> i d

secret service there are training restraints and we are looking to expand the facility for secret service. >> how much facility sharing can we use? are there any that we can share facilities? >> yes, but the undersecretary can talk more, but we are also looking at shooting ranges and those types of facilities for consolidation to record things like mobile firing ranges to allow people to attain-- obtain certain proficiencies and we are looking available facilities across federal and local to make short we take full advantage of what's available rather than duplicate. >> there is no reason to rebuild something that exists. living next and quick comments. one, for the comments on cyber security specifically related to election, senator harrison i have done work on this and we were pleased to hear your answers of cooperations. one frustration was how long it took after the last election for individual states to even be notified and the common answer was we don't have anyone with clearance or a method, so to hear you proactively pursuing that is helpful to know and that's something we are trying to put into legislative language to make it consistent from ear and out so there is the ongoing cooperation so for you all, thank you for doing that and we will continue to work with you because we think it's important. i'm also pleased and if i can make this one, here for senator mccaskill, this whole table so far has talked about metrics and i'm pleased to hear that. this committee passed out unanimously a bill that senator mccaskill and i have called the taxpayer's right to know that identifies metrics and programs and what's out there. its command of this committee unanimously. its across to the floor and if there is any way to get it done that will help us all, it's a nonpartisan bill on basic transparency and we're looking forward to get that done. think mr. chairman. >> senator harris. >> thank you and i could not agree more with senator langford and i thank you for your leadership on those points. secretary do, i was a bit troubled by the exchange ahead with senator portman when he asked if you are familiar with the request that he's a member of the united states senate has made to your department and you are not aware. i would imagine before you come to testify before the united states senate that you would've done in inventory to see if there were requests that had come in and if there is the status and if they been answered. on cyber security, as you know the midterm elections are around the corner and in texas, i believe, the code of the polls on march 6. while dhs has provided a risk and vulnerability assessment to some states other states remain on a long waiting list, i'm told the waiting list being as long as nine months. i would like to know what is your timeline for getting these non-? >> chris will talk about the specific timeline, but we have made measures in terms of both prioritizing and making the list shorter. >> can you give me a date by which will be done? >> so, first off starting with the nine-month wait lists, that's actually probably about six months old and we have reprioritize and that's the benefit of the critical infrastructure designation as i can take election of the structure and put it at the top of the list. >> when will they get done? >> so, we have conducted five and we have another 10 or 11 in the hopper ready to schedule through probably about the beginning of april. the dependency here is whether we get requested for risk and pull her. there are states, south carolina, for example that have this capacity to conduct their own assessment, so while some states have their own abilities, we are focusing on doing awareness on those states that need additional help. >> how many states have requested that it be done? >> at this point as i mentioned, up two-- five have been done and another 11 are in the queue-- >> my question is how me states have requested? >> 16. >> and when will all 16 be completed? >> my understanding of the scheduling is probably about mid april. >> do you have a date certain? >> i don't have april 15 or anything like that, but april is the timeline for completing the requested and my hope is that we have more come in and over the course of the next several weeks , but we will-- >> where is texas on that list this as their primaries are march 6? >> i would have to get back to you on that. >> i would want to know you are aware of the 16 states at least and what their dates are for the primary and that would be your goal to have their assessment complete before their primary actually occurring before the voters go to the poll. i'm concerned you don't know the timeline given that we have unanimous consensus among our intelligence community that russia interfered in the election of the president of the united states. it would seem to me that this would be a high priority for the department of homeland security and you would be clear about the timelines. i have other questions. part of my understanding is that the delay in processing these requests are that you do not have skilled workers to complete the scan. is that correct or not the problem? i'm trying to understand the problem with the delay. >> ma'am, the delay is the risk invulnerability assessment capabilities is also servicing other critical infrastructure sectors and in fact also federal high-value assets, so what we've done is put at the top of the pile the state and local election official right now. we have de- prioritized others and put those at the top. with more i can do more, so we are looking at ways to increase training, to bring additional personnel on and also there is equipment acquired-- requirement for additional equipment. >> if we can be more precise, do you have the necessary personnel in funding and other forms of resources to provide the states with their requests and get this completed in a timely manner? >> for those that have requested right now, we have the capabilities to conduct as i mentioned on the existing timeline. >> how many state election officials have applied for security clearances? >> at this point we have approximately i believe it's 37 have submitted their paperwork. we have one final secret issued. we have about 17, i believe, interim secrets and the stooges on a daily basis, but we have again the opportunity to do daily one day read ends on any issue that might come up and we will do a number of briefings over the course of the next couple weeks or state election officials. >> so, those daily one day readings mean that if you wanted to have some consistent information about what is happening you would have to two every day to get a one-day reading? >> it depends on the back of the information the intelligence we want to share, but if you require to meet to be in person with those folks or have local intelligent officials read them and that they. >> that seems extremely bureaucratic, so the goldman is to get them permanently receiving-- >> not just in your election officials in the state, but also additional staff, so we are at the point right now once in your election official per state and two additional staff with security clearance. >> what percentage of those then s

secret service officers arrested her. this video shows smoke coming to the scene immediately after the incident. >> everybody walk this way now. >> reporter: the van's back windows were knocked out. the secret service says no shots were fired during the incident. the white house was put under immediate lockdown while officers investigated. the prime minister was visiting president trump during the incident. the leaders were not in danger. law enforcement sources say the driver was somebody known to the secret service. police are interviewing her to determine why she was trying to get to the white house. >>> recently, police identified the suspect as a 35-year-old woman from tennessee. she has been arrested several times for previous encounters near the white house. >>> the russia investigation and the 5th guilty plea. rick gates has pleaded guilty to lying to investigators and conspiring against the united states. the signal skates agreement to cooperate with robert mueller's investigation. in exchange, prosecutors will drop other charges. >>> the great debate, how officers are getting caught up. >>> a powerful message today from reese witherspoon. the flu continues to rise.. even continues to rise.. even though the outbreak appears to to be easing, the c-d-c reports 13 more flu-related child deaths. that brings the total to 97 this flu season. >>> the number of children dying from the flu continues to rise even though the outbreak is easing. the cdc reports 13 more child related deaths. t

secret service, -- >> sean: what dan bongino is saying, pay very close attention. i wasi there when. this is goings to come out. >> when i was in thete secret servicer you did an interview, you did enough to fill out unofficial formal form. the fbi has a form called the 302. that information on mike flynn and the interviews of hillary clinton, there were 302s. the big question is, where those 302s changed? because of the fbi agents in that room -- and i know who they were -- you interviewed my client, both came out of there, but one of them came out of there with the opinion that mike flynn did not like to thems in that interview. someone's going to have a wholed lot of -- >> sean: what has happened to general flynn is nothing short of a national disgrace. what they have done to him -- horrible. surveillance, unmasking, no minimization, and then leaking -- >> the logan act. the federalpe jaywalking. people had been arrested for jaywalking. no one's ever been prosecuted for the logan act logan act. >> sean: you guys are great patriots. great to see you at cpac. we will catch up. would make him mad, congress meant avenue niles. he's willing to subpoe