>>> we're joined by the homeland security adviser tom bossert. thank you for joining us. you heard the praise from governor abbott on the federal response. what is your focus for the next phase? >> good morning, george. thanks for having me on the program. so the president's focus and mine remains on supportinging the governor. it's very nice to hear the governor give us that praise. i think it's a mutual feeling. president trump is giving all the latitude of the federal government that he can. brock long, our fema ed a a ministraiter is taking those reins and coordinating efforts. people focus on coordinating federal efforts. what brock is doing is really pretty special. he's coordinating federal efforts across different departments and agencies. he's coordinating volunteers and workers and professionals from other states, as well. we have talked a lot this morning about the search and rescue efforts under way. life-saving and life-sustaining is our effort right now. help is coming from all over the country. there's a lot of effort under way. what brock has to do and wha

and now i want to bring up tom bossert, the president's homeland security adviser to pri an update on the administration wide effort to support the recovery and relief efforts in the wake of hurricane harvey. he'll make a few opening remarks and then stay to take questions specific to the storm and what the administration is doing to help the state and local authorities and the people of texas and louisiana. and as always, after tom speaks and takes your questions, i'll be back up here to take

after that tom bossert will give an update and take your questions on hurricane harvey. the administration has been closely monitoring the situation. we want to make sure the american people are fully briefed on this important news of the day. finally after all of the three of them wrap up i'll be back up here to take a few of your questions on other topics, thanks. >> good afternoon everybody. this order demonstrates more clearly than ever that the united states will not allow on illegitimate dictatorship to take hold at the expense of its people. through the president's strong action the united states will target the means which the dictatorship to enrich the corrupt regime insiders and perpetuate this repressive behavior. several million voted overwhelmingly against the regime's plants to convene an assembly that the people of venezuela never requested. the united states and the regional community stood in solidarity with the venezuelan people and demanded that their voices be heard. he chose to embrace dictatorship over his own people. as a result a dozen venezuela's

joining me now, tom bossert. thanks for joining us. the president decried hatred, violence and bigotry on many sides, on many sides. but public officials did not think that was sufficient. on behalf of the white house are you prepared to unequivocally condemn the white supremacists, n nazis and all racist marchers? >> yes, i am. let me take a moment to pass on my deepest and the white house's deepest condolences to the family and friends of the woman who was tragically killed yesterday and to the family and friends and fellow servicemen who served with the two police officers who died responding to this terrible violence yesterday. it needs to be said to put this into context. this wasn't just some fighting. this turned into an unacceptable degree of violence at all levels and ended in the most tragic way possible. we have two police officers dead. part of the core backbone of the homeland security community. we all weep and pray for them. sometimes these losses aren't noted enough in this political hyperbole. we have a young woman her

you heard tom bossert on that right now. but the president meeting some real fierce opposition. >> i noticed, my love and prayers to fellow texans and what they're going through today. i notice bossert's focus was let's focus on texas. i don't want to focus on this. well, the president is the one who caused this to be focused on because he did a late-night pardon on friday in the midst of the hurricane going on. to me, what donald trump has done and said, reminds me of an emerson quote. your actions speak so loudly, i can't hear what you say. this is somebody that constantly has talked about healing, healing, healing, but almost every single one of his actions as president has been the exact opposite. >> and chris ruddy. pretty clear the president was going to do this regardless. "the washington post" reporting last night, that he asked early in the administration, if he could stop the prosecution of joe arpaio. it doesn't appear he cares what the reaction is. >> i think he sees the situation on a individual basis. he knows j

tom bossert, the president's homeland security adviser. my next guest, joining us now, vice mayor of charlottesville. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me, sir. >> let me first express all of our deep condolences for what's taken place in your beautiful community. how is your community, vice mayor, responding to the horrific incident that we all saw yesterday? >> before i get started i'd like to express my deepest condolences to those who lost family members over the weekend. for that i am truly saddened, really sorry about all of that, and i'm hoping that our community can rally around not only these white supremacist domestic terror attacks, and that we stand together. how is my city doing? a tale of two cities. yesterday people were rather sad because of everything going on, angry, upset, but on the other hand i literally saw 150 book bags, handed to people throughout the community by a group of young black men and young black women at the park, a park within the traditional african-american community, free feed,

kelly o talking about the president's homeland security adviser tom bossert. one thing that struck he me said from the podium today, quote now is not the time to lose faith in your government institutions which is true, but that it needed to be said is because of the strained tensions in our country. but kelly mentioned brock long the new fema administration. he was confirmed by a vote of 95-4 in the u.s. senate. not a divisive figure. he's the former director of emergency management for alabama. it seems to me that this is the first event of this presidency where sort of the dire nature of the event seems to have halted other instincts in this president. he seems to be focused on the storm after some early morning venting and he seems to be putting forward the kind of folks that would reassure any citizen in the path of such a dangerous and frightening storm. >> i think that's exactly right, nicolle. there's a third person i would mention who's general john kelly, the new white house chief of staff. we say him in the photo tweeted out this morning in the oval

what would your response be to tom bossert and lindsey graham for saying it's not acceptable?deally i love a denucle denuclearized north korea but that is a nonstarter with them. that is their ticket to survival and i don't see any way they're going to give it up. so, i think our process, our thought process here ought to be on accepting it and trying to cap it or control it. but i think a do nuclearized north korea i would love to see it, but i don't think it's in the cards. >> building miniaturized nuclear weapons and used as warheads on icbms. was the obama administration aware of this capability when you were director of national intelligence? >> sure. we forecast this development years ago. >> they had not achieved it yet. >> but they hadn't achieved it, but they would. given the aggressiveness of their pursuit of both missile technology, as well as nuclear capability that it was a question of time before they would achieve the ability to mate a nuclear weapon with a missile. and they've actually been pretty blatantly public about it with pictures, propaganda pictures of

we've seen tom bossert and h.r. mcmaster each on television being questioned about this. what the president said, they each individually said that they absolutely repudiated the actions. they say the omission is harmful and it will be a drag on the president until he addresses it. all day today, no public events scheduled. that's not unusual for a sunday but really no tweeting from the president, which would be his easiest way to speak to the country as he so often tells us and yet nothing other than retweeting the secret service and their comments in support of the law enforcement officer who is died in the chopper crash related to the charlottesville incidents. >> kelly o'donnell, thanks for that reporting. joining me is vice mayor of charlottesville. wes, glad to have you here on our broadcast. your mayor has put the blame of the violence in your town at the doorstep of the white house. do you agree with him and do you think it's fair to blame president trump? >> well, i think even before we look at blaming 45 or however you want to call him, it's important for us to s

you heard tom bossert there. a loft churning inside. a lot of relief that general kelly is there. >> the stretch after charlottesville, the staff responded to that. some people really on edge. none of them have left. you can't give people too much credit. there's a lot of tension about the future of this administration. whether the president can get in on track. and they feel like the best way he can do that is have accompli accomplishments. >> which may be why dpgary cohn stayed. >> tax reform. tax cut. that is going the be difficult. >> it's profiles in almost courage. that's all this is. they want to get credit for taking a moral stand without taking an actual if gary cohn believed what he said, it wasn't a way to give a wink to people, he should have taken a real stand. >> the crazy thing here is, you have democrats who probably would be there on tax reform. but the you have made no effort, if you trash them all day, and you made no effort to talk to them, and then they're watching you trash your people, they're saying, you know wha

i asked tom bossert if hurricane katrina was in the back of everybody's mind.e's what he told me. >> i remember writing a report to right the lessons learned. it's on my mind and all the emergency managers in our community. that experience is still in their memory. congress hear gotten better, allows the flexibility to deploy resources and assets in advance of an event. we will deploy the resources carefully. >> katrina is in the muscle memory of everyone involved here. they'll make sure that something like that does not happen this time around. interesting to note that bossert said there was an emergency plan in place before hurricane andrew. that fell apart. there was a post 9-11 plan that fell apart after katrina. so let's hope the third time is a charm and they got it right. the main concern for folks at the white house and fema a homeland security, that people heed the warnings and get out of harm's way. the president said i encourage everybody in the path of hurricane harvey to heed the advise and orders of local and state officials. the huge challenge fo

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tom bossert spoke with cnn's jake tapper on sunday and like the president he blamed the violence on both sides as the president indicated in his comment, that both sides term raised a lot of eyebrows of people questioning both sides with neo-nazi. let's listen to that exchange we can talk about it in a moment. >> these were people who showed up intentionally looking for trouble. i'm sure there were good people in the group that had various opinions on the removal or maintenance of the statute but what they found when they showed up were groups from outside that showed up on both sides looking for trouble, dressed in riot gear, prepared for violence. it's not tolerated. i think you saw republican unity in terms of denouncing it and i think you saw the president stand up and not only denounce it but also call for a counter measure of love, respect, dig any for other people. >> how many people did the counter protesters kill yesterday. >> one death is too many. >> the victim was a counter protesters. >> hold on one moment, jake. i don't for one moment, and i won't allow you for one second,

one of the things that i thought interesting tom bossert said i.c.e. is not going through shelters and places like that and looking for undocumented immigrants. but that there's no policy change in terms of the federal government's position on up documented immigrants. >> that's correct. >> after this, they may get no federal aid and if they were scheduled to be rounded up they're going to be. >> and he was pretty clear on this, ali. i know you had e-mailed me in the middle of the briefing and i should have written you back, but let's have the conversation now rather that over e-mail. because he said that he wanted to focus on the undocumented immigrant, was if they needed food, water or shelter they would get it. that's the priority. they will not be turned away. he actually seemed a little bit concerned as he said he -- you know, no disrespect to the questions but i want to make sure that people don't feel discouraged from getting the help they need right now. i think the question we were getting at what happens after right now? what happens down the

with tom bossert and john kelly. the president just tweeted about that by the way. some of his social media staff was there as well, all ready to respond to the aftermath of hurricane harvey. here's how sarah huckabee sanders put it yesterday. >> we are in great shape having general kelly sitting next to the president throughout this process and probably know better chief of staff than the president -- for the president and the president has been briefed and will continue to be updated as the storm progresses. >> the fema director tweeted out just a short time ago at fema saying we are monitoring hurricane harvey closely, we are working around the clock to prepare and support the state's efforts, also putting out pictures today of generators on the black back of flatbed truc. their prepositioning supplies they are in addition to these generators, they have water, meals, blankets and many other supplies. fema warning that the window to evacuate is rapidly coming to a close. as janice dean was saying, this isn't something that likely will have its full impact on the h

and then a short while ago, tom bossert, homeland security advisor at the white house briefing, said if you are near those black plumes, that would be really dangerous. take a listen to his explanatio explanation. stick with their testing the air quality is local responders, but they don't know of anyone yet in that area of plume that would be affected. if they were there, it would be interest. they have to keep an eye on it and take it seriously. right now, the people don't seem to be there. >> there were 15 deputies hurt in this incident. they describe their wounds is standing over fire pits. they were treated and are doing okay right now. highway 90 remains closed, and we are following this developing situation, not clear whether this evacuation might be lifted or how many people are affected. back to you in new york. >> brian: i am not sure, can you hear us? >> yes. >> brian: i have a quick question. i'm going out of order and i will get yelled at in the break. when you say it's 1.5 miles within the plume, we also know the first responders, the cops, whoever was there first and t

. >> bret: tom bossert, homeland security advisor at the white house today talking about the national program. this is viewers and voters who were polled, saying the president's response to her again harvey approved 44%, disapprove, 26, unsure. the national flood insurance program, by the way, even if people had insurance, is underwater itself. it was created in 1965, really the only source of flood insurance for americans. the last reauthorization was in 2012 end it's up again septembe. it currently is in the whole almost $25 billion, and that directly coincides with the debt ceiling that is coming due. all of that as congress gets back on tuesday, plus the funding itself for the recovery. let's bring in our panel. charles hurt, opinion editor for "the washington times." anna palmer, from politico. and jason riley, senior fellow at manhattan institute. jason, before we talk about the flood insurance program, the funding battle, you are the vice president in the press conference, saying that congress will figure it out, it will be bipartisan. we have seen these things before and this

poses as jared kushner and writes to the official white house account of homeland security adviser tom bossertwhat he writes, "tom, we are arranging a bit of a soiree towards the end of august. it would be great if you could make it. i promise food of at least comparable quality to that which we ate in iraq. should be a great evening." so, the real tom bossert responds. "thanks, jared. with a promise like that, i can't refuse. also --" and here's the kicker -- "if you ever need it, my personal e-mail is -- redacted. >> seth: he gave him more than the prankster was looking for. [ laughter ] the white house official in charge of cybersecurity gave his private e-mail address to a prankster. this whole time we've been worried about putin, but it turns out the u.s. government could be taken down by the jerky boys. even the president's family was caught up in the prank, although some were apparently savvier than others. according to cnn, eric trump, too, was similarly hoodwinked by the prankster emailing as his older brother donald trump jr. but he soon caught on and responded, "i have sent this to

reporter: tom bossert at white house press briefing was this. disaster relief funded for texas. just assurance that help is coming. bossert warned against price-gouging whoever does it in what form -- mike pence made stops throughout the several cities throughout the day. earlier in the day rockport, battered by hurricane harvey, with his gloves on, shoveling discarded trash. the vice president assured president government's resourcing will lean on the state of texas. >> full resources of the national government are brought to bear in consistent way, in the course of this rescue operation which is still underway, and recovery that will follow and rebuilding that we will see through. reporter: while the dominant focus of course remains on relief efforts, once congress gets back to washington here next week, tax reform and reforming the tax code will top the president's agenda. a new fox news poll shows that the country is just about split on the importance of tax reform. 49-46. however, 80% do not expect tax reform to happen in 2017. democrats are already saying that they will not

prankster convinced the white house official tasked with cybersecurity, homeland security adviser tom bossert was jared kushner and he received his e-mail address unsolicited. he shared some of the e-mails for us. tom, we're arranging a bit of a soiree towards the end of august. the fake jared kushner wrote to bossert's official white house e-mail. it would great if you can make it. i promise food at least comparable to that which we ate in iraq. the real tom bossert wrote back thanks, jared. with a promise like, that i can't refuse. if you need it my personal e-mail is and then he gave his personal e-mail address. white house officials acknowledged to cnn that the incidents happened and said they were taking the matter seriously. quote we take all cyber-related issues very seriously and are looking into these incidents further. sarah huckabee sanders told cnn this evening. cyberexperts consulted by cnn say the incidents are illustrative of how vulnerable americans, even those in the highest reaches of power, the trump white house, remain to the potential threat of what is called spear phishi

earlier today tom bossert, homeland security adviser for president trump, said many who are advising the president on this storm worked for katrina, they learned their lessons from the past and they are keeping the president up to date. here's what tom bossert says the president's main concerns in those briefings are so far. >> the president had three primary concerns. his first concern was the life safety and evacuation timing. are people getting out of harm's way that need to get out of harm's way? his second concern was do we have the appropriate resources to bring to bear. that was the question he directed at administrator long and lorraine duke. brock long said we did indeed have those employed. and the third question by the president was not only the persons in harm's way in texas be prepared and evacuate if needed, but people in louisiana, should it wobble in that direction, also be prepared. >> reporter: the president has spoken today with the governor of texas as well as the governor of louisiana. he headed off to camp david and we've not seen him address this storm on camer

we were hearing from tom bo bossert. president is leaving for camp david momentarily which he assured everyone is 45 minutes up the raid. >> the president left a few minutes ago. he is tweeting about the hurricane. he said he encourages everyone mt. path of hurricane harvey to heed the advice and warnings of local and state officials. that is also what we flaerd tom bossert a short time ago. he said the president is being regularly briefed. we know he received a full briefing. the president is tweeting and encouraging everyone to stay safe. the white house issued multiple statements on it. the president will spend the weekend monitoring the storm. he also said the president will stay in regular contact with greg abbot and the governor of louisiana. we know greg abbot requested that declare it a national disaster already. it would allow federal funds to go aand -- ahead and go to places most effected. he warned it will be a storm that doesn't go away quickly. he is telling people to heed the advice and now is not the time

yes, tom bossert instead of sarah huckabee sanders. >> we have got neighbors helping neighbors in texas and louisiana but also neighbors that aren't in close proximity internationally expressing help to our international neighbors. canada and mexico are offering condolences. we appreciate it. deployed assets from a lot of states. we have 28, for instance search and rescue teams and task forces for 16 different states all sending down their support to texas. that's a pretty large activation. in fact, i believe that that is the first time we've activated all the task forces since 9-11, this is an all-hand-on-deck operation. there's state and federal officials from all weeks, even from pennsylvania where i'm from. people are getting their hands dirty and going to texas to help. we want to say thank you to them. if i can move to the nation. many of you are watching this and you want to hear from us, what we're doing. i want to make sure you understand, you should have confidence in what we're doing as a government. there's significant commodity numbers and numbers of personnel and material

. >> reporter: tom bossert was pressed to be more direct himself. >> i condemn all the groups that's white houses this kind of hatred and exclusion. i can't be clearer. >> reporter: so far the president has not weighed in on whether the deadly violence should be treated as domestic terrorism. his national security adviser who thinks this is a form of terrorism said the investigation must determine if it meets the legal requirements for that distinction. that mcmaster says he thinks this is a form of domestic terrorism. frances? >> all right, kelly, thank you. >>> demonstrators gathered feet from the white house, marching and directly countering the white supremacist groups who carried out the violence in charlottesville. still, the lead organizer jason kesler said the police and not the white nationals or the kkk are to blame for the weekend of deadly protests. >> what happened yesterday was a result of the charlottesville police officers refusing to do their job. >> well, hundreds of people shouted him down. the crowd surging there, you see chasing him from the microphone. hitting,

today, homeland security adviser tom bossert described the pardon as routine: >> i think there's a clemency argument that can be made for the long history of service both in the united states military and in law enforcement for the sheriff. i think the president has been clear, pretty straightforward, that he believes that that long history of service merits this clemency. >> sreenivasan: speaker of the house paul ryan is adding his voice to those republicans criticizing the pardon. a ryan spokesman said: "the speaker does not agree with the decision. law enforcement officials have a special responsibility to respect the rights of everyone in the united states." the "washington post" reports mister trump sought months ago to protect arpaio, who campaigned for him last year and shared his hard line views on illegal immigration. citing three sources with knowledge of the conversation, "the post" says mr. trump pressured attorney general jeff sessions to drop the case against arpaio before this sring's trial, but sessions declined, advising that would be inappropriate. the terrorist vehicle at

katrina haunt emergency planners to this day, so much so, white house homeland security adviser tom bossert felt compelled to say this today: >> now is not the time to lose faith in your government institutions. >> reporter: president trump confronts his first emergency management test without a permanent homeland security secretary. john kelly vacated the post to become the president's chief of staff. earlier this month, the president toured fema headquarters for a hurricane preparedness briefing. >> we're very strongly respect fema. >> all of the mayors and governors saw what happened in katrina, and they're not going to let that happen. >> reporter: david paulison headed fema after katrina and until 2009. he says that storm changed management procedures. >> before, we waited for the local community to become overwhelmed before the state stepped in, and waited for the state to become overwhelmed before the federal government stepped in. >> reporter: the fastest way for the federal government to step in is for the president to sign a major gaft disafter declaration. that would release fede

tom bossert who is homeland adviser.security someone with homeland security experience and brock long is the administrator. he is someone who is the head of emergency response in alabama. is he's doing.t he's held a number of table top exercises. i think the president can pick people.t can make sure they're doing the preparation and the exercise they're ready when problems happen. then let those people do their work. host: your past work was deputy secretary at department of health and human services. yesterday hhs secretary tom a public health emergency. mean?oes that guest: it's a group at department of health and human services gets enough credit. health service. these are dedicated professionals that have some the medicalee in field. rb. they work for the federal government during the day. i call them the super heroes of the federal government. put take off their suit and on the uniform -- they go to rescue efforts disaster areas all other country, often all over the world. they apply their public health expertise to saving people in trouble. the public health emergency is one way

trump's homeland security advisor, tom bossert, defended the president's action. >> just about every modern president ends up with some controversial pardons. but i think the president has been pretty clear on it. and i certainly don't think it's fair to characterize him as not caring about the rule of law. >> reporter: the white house just announced that president trump will travel to the damaged areas in texas on tuesday. it's unclear which cities he'll visit as the white house is still working on the logistics with local officials. >> strassman: mola, thank you. still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," an army of rescue crews has amassed in san antonio. we'll take you there. my a1c wasn't were it needed to be. so i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating what's within me with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not insulin. it helps activate my body to do what it's suppose to do, release its own insulin. i take it once a week, and it works 24/7. it comes in an easy-to-use pen and i may even lose a little weight. trulicity is a once-we

the president's homeland security adviser tom bossert defended the president's decision. >> i think it'sretty straightforward what the president did. this is not something that's going to threaten our constitutional order. >> reporter: but the president is facing sharp criticism for that pardon. former vice president joe biden wrote, quote, the president's contempt for the u.s. constitution and his willingness to divide this nation knows no bounds. and even members of the president's own party say they disagree including house speaker paul ryan and arizona's two republican senators. john mccain saying the president's pardon undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law adding arpaio has shown no remorse. and sheriff joe arpaio is lashing out at that republican criticism. in an interview with "the wall street journal," he said, the president is a great guy and i'm with him adding i'm sad what they're doing to him. kendis and lynda. >> well, he's always been a combative sheriff, indeed. arlette, thank you. >>> well, there have been thousands of rescues in houston so far. >> and one h

the president's homeland security advisor, tom bossert, his team has been in touch with local authoritiesso they are monitoring these events. but we'll have to wait and see what the president says about what's going on in charlottesville and whether he explicitly condemns the group that organized this march. >> athena, we have to leave it there. thank you so much for that. thank you so much for joining us. i'm boris sanchez in for fredricka whitfield. please stay with us as we wait for the president to speak in just a few moments. you saw the podium there, a country that is eager to hear some comforting words. thanks again for joining us. (vo) unlimited is only as good as the network it's on. and only one network can be the best... verizon. just named number one in the nation by rootmetrics, the largest independent study. in call, data, speed, and reliability. and awarded number one overall network for the eighth time in a row. because only verizon has the best network and the best unlimited. megan's smile is getting a lot because she uses act® mouthwash. act® strengthens enamel, protects

harris: i have to tell you i saw a lot of positive reaction when tom bossert took over the press briefing specifically talked about preparedness for this storm and the lessons learned in the past. >> we all remember hurricane katrina and the disaster it brought to new orleans. george w. bush said his fema director was doing a heck of a job when he wasn't. i agree with my colleague. we'll agree with each other on twitter as the night goes on, in this case the president's job and the federal government's job is to support local law enforcement and disaster preparedness folks as best they can and just let it happen. harris: look at that bipartisan love. can we talk about what's next for this president, michael and whether there are opportunities, lawrence, that republicans, not just democrats, republicans have to start to take advantage of. this president is going back out on the road. whether that starts with texas or he goes straight to missouri. he does well when he's on the road. he's going to reportedly do that late the coming week. what are your thoughts about what he needs to be telli

white house homeland security advisor tom bossert said the federal government ready to respond. >> the state and local organizations and the non-governmental organizations seem to be well positioned. reporter: in a tweet this morning charles grassley urged president trump to keep on top of hurricane harvey. don't make the same mistake president bush made with katrina. >> how much is that in the back of your minds? >> i was in and through and with fema during katrina. so i think it's not just what's object my mind but on the minds of all the emergency managers in our community. especially those in texas and louisiana. that's still in their minds, their memories and muscle memory. reporter: there was a plan in place before hurricane andrew and it fell completely apart. bossert insists the fema today is leaps and bounds ahead of where it was. the president will be monitoring the storm from camp david which the white house insists has the full logistical capability of the west wing. >> let's hope this event fizzles but i don't think it's the right thing to hope for. we'll do what it takes

first he e-mailed homeland security adviser tom bossert pretending to be jared kushner. m, we're arranging a bit of a soiree toward the end of august. it would be great if you can make it. i promise food of at least comparable quality to that which we ate in iraq and signed it jared. and the guy, who again is a homeland security adviser, wrote back to him, thanks, jared, with a promise like i can't refuse. also if you ever need it, my personal e-mail is -- then he gives out his personal e-mail, which is blurred, but i assume he's changed it by now. look at the heading on this e-mail. suspected spam in all caps. the guy successfully pranked anthony scaramucci and pretended to be reince priebus and got in a heated back and forth. he tried to prank eric trump. but eric didn't bite. i applaud the guy for doing this. next time, go farther. for instance, when you pose as jared kushner and write to homeland security adviser. don't just invite him to a party, invite him to a surprise costume party in the oval office at the end of the day. put something fun on and get down here ri

the first official to get duped was homeland security adviser and sentient coatrack, tom bossert. bossert received an email from who he thought was jared kushner inviting him to a party and he replied: "thanks, jared. with a promise like that, i can't refuse. also, if you ever need it, my personal email is," and then he gave it to them. "oh, what's this? an email from definitely jared @notfakeemail.com? i better give him my personal email address, and, so he knows it's me, i'll send along my credit card number, my social security, mother's maiden name, my first dog, the house i grew up in, and you know what? i'm going to trace my apartment key. and this is extra embarrassing because bossert is in charge of cyber security. >> audience: oooh! >> stephen: okay, but how could he have known this was a suspicious email? by reading the subject line, which said, "suspected spam." could have been anything. maybe he thought it was an e-vite to see sean spicer's heavy metal band, "suspected spam." ( cheers and applause ) , of course,-- he's doing well. he looks good. sean looks good. >> jon:

while toying with the mooch may be mostly harmless, he was also able to convince tom bossert in charge of cyber security to voluntarily offer up his own personal e-mail address to a person he thought it was president's son-in-law, jared kushner. inviting him to a fancy dinner. to that, we are arranging a pit of a soiree toward the end of all. he wrote back, thanks, jarrod. with a promise like that, i can't refuse. my personal e-mail is -- redacted. and i won't be pranking you any longer. point made. i am just a dude with an iphone. you need the tighten up i.t. policy. love xx. >> here's the thing that i find amazing about this. just remember that they, the trump campaign managed to make a central issue before the republic in the last campaign, e-mail security. >> 33,000 e-mails. if she can't protect her e-mail server, how can she frequent country? now that we know the president still uses his regular phone and you can reach him on his number. it is and not just one person who is pranked. we have high level people with security clearance who are e-mailing and talking about, right now in

harris: i have to tell you i saw a lot of positive reaction when tom bossert took over the press briefingss for this storm and the lessons learned in the past. >> we all remember hurricane katrina and the disaster it brought to new orleans. george w. bush said his fema director was doing a heck of a job when he wasn't. i agree with my colleague. we'll agree with each other on twitter as the night goes on, in this case the president's job and the federal government's job is to support local law enforcement and disaster preparedness folks as best they can and just let it happen. harris: look at that bipartisan love. can we talk about what's next for this president, michael and whether there are opportunities, lawrence, that republicans, not just democrats, republicans have to start to take advantage of. this president is going back out on the road. whether that starts with texas or he goes straight to missouri. he does well when he's on the road. he's going to reportedly do that late the coming week. what are your thoughts about what he needs to be telling the public? >> he needs to put pre