director wray: yes. i think in the cyber arena, probably more than the other threat areas we contend with, the partnership that needs to exist and does exist between the f.b.i. and the private sector is incredibly important. the reality is that the most effective defense against cyber threats is prevention and increasingly mitigation, right? in other words, as soon as there has been an intrusion, detecting it quickly and getting rid of it quickly, and that requires collaboration. there are a lot of things we do in terms of providing so-called t.t.p.'s to private sector, providing information about different things that we're seeing, getting information from them about what they're seeing, forging relationships through a variety of programs, formal and informal, that we have so we can have that bond. there's a saying the best time to patch the roof is when the sun is shining. that's the approach we're trying to take with the private sector in that space. mr. graves: you acknowledge that the f.b.i., limite

wray: nope. [laughter] there has been some discussion of the issue of visas academics involving who are in international relations. could you share your idea of that and how you see it evolving? i don't want to comment on any specific visa related decision or specific academic decision. i will say that we have seen many instances in which the visa process, which i think is very important to ensure an open and collaborative research environment, which i have no desire to change. is being abused and exploited. we want to share that information with the right people so they can make the right decisions. i think you can expect to see that happening more and more often. >> the white house last week designated this. plays andhe fbi combating that presents in the u.s., is there any credible threats from these individuals or these entities in the u.s.? i don't want to discuss any specific investigation, certainly. will say that with or without the designations, we have had any number of matters related t

. >>> now fbi director christopher wray talks about his agency's role in protecting the u.s. against threats. following his remarks he took part in a question and answer session. topics included the mueller report, election interference, recruitment and retention at the fbi. this was part of a discussion hosted by the council on foreign relations in washington. it runs an hour. >> well, good morning and welcome to the council on foreign relations. i'm richard hoss, president of the council and we're honored this morning to welcome christopher wray who's the director of the federal bureau of investigation. he's going to be here to discuss the fbi's role in today's world. director wray leads the nearly 37,000 men and women of the fbi, and i just want to take a second to thank him and all of his colleagues for what they do for this country. timing is a lot for us, and the timing could hardly be better for us. the director may feel differently. given all that's going on that falls under his and the bureau's purview. he's had a distinguished career. first served as the u.s. distri

next, we willing hear from fbi director christopher wray followed by president trump and his cabinet talking about investments for economically distressed communities and later the house debates a past resolution to end military assistance in the yemen civil war. >> fbi director christopher wray was on capitoll

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live now to the council on foreign relations in washington for speech by fbi director christopher wray. he will be talking to his agencies role in protecting the u.s. from international threats. >> given all that's going on that falls under his and the bureaus purview. he's had a distinguished career come first serve as a assistant u.s. attorney for the northern district of georgia in 97-2001. then he joined the office of the deputy attorney general here in our nation's capital in 2003 turkey was nominated by 43 43 o serve as an assistant attorney general for the department of criminal justice division where he spent several years. glad i didn't know you at that time. and did he return to the governments recently in august august 2017. when he was confirmed overwhelmingly by the senate to become the eighth director of the fbi. here's how we're going to do today. the director will first offer some remarks from this podium, then he and i will have a conversation before turning to you, the membership, for your questions here and with that please join me in welcoming director wray to the c

>> chris wray is absolutely right.he mueller reportcoluded that there was sweeping and systemic russian hiterference. wasn't just a couple facebook ads. the russians hack intoounty governments, into state governments, into former secretaries of state and we remain vulnerable to interference not just from russia but from many foreign powers. that's why i've btrying to ipartisan basis with kevin mccarthy to do something to improve the coordinenion bet law enforcement and tech platforms to make sure we aren't vulnerable tohese kind of cyber attacks. >> how are you and kevin mccarthy g to attack this? >> we need legislation that gives greater resources for enforcement to cooperate with tech companies and that has greater accountability for tech companies to eliminate possible foreign agents or bots on their platforms. we need real guidelines. i have an op-ed i publish that goes through three or four very concrete steps of what tech companies can do to cooperate with law enforcement. >> what are some o the steps? >> the fir

that is how the fbi director christopher wray describes the threat that russia poses to the united statesthat russia poses a very significant counter intelligence threat. certainly in the cyber arena. certainly what we call the malign foreign influence territory. certainly in their presence of intelligence officers in this country. so in a lot of ways, yeah. >> this comes of course after we learn that security officials have struggled to get the white house to pay attention to the dangers that russia poses to the u.s. outfront now former national director of intelligence under president obama, james clapper. so you have the fbi director talking about this and your replacement, dan coats, talking about the seriousness of the threat with 2020 coming. the president did not talk about a lot and we reported just recently that a senior officials have been told not to bring it up because he considered it about his 2016 election ind mining his victory and can the u.s. respond without presidential leadership. >> first of all i'm gratified to see director wray speak publicly and the fact it is cont

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fbi director wray, the nation's top counter intelligence investigator, told us last week he had not read the special counsel's report. my question is, with regard to your march 24th and 29th letters to the judiciary committees, special counsel mueller and anyone on his team have a role in drafting them or reviewing them in advance? did you use any of the summary documents prepared by the special counsel in drafting these documents? >> 24th and 29th. the letter of the 24th, mr. mueller's team did not play a role in drafting that document, although we offered him the opportunity to review it before we sent it out and he declined that. the letter on the 29th, i don't believe that that was reviewed by mr. mueller or that they participated in drafting that letter. but to go back to something you said in the opening statement about the availability of the report, as i've said, as you pointed out since my confirmation i do think it's important that the public have an opportunity to learn the results of the special counsel's work. and i said then that i would work diligently to make as much info

that was christopher wray issuing a jarring statement.mine american democracy. it also tells the role that the trump administration played in that. new reporting by nbc news states, while finding no criminal conspiracy, the report shows trump associates met with russians after the intelligence community said in 2016 russia was interfering in the presidential election. and even after the obama administration announced a set of post election sanctions to punish russia for that behavior. joining us now, paul butler, happy to have you joining us, paul, especially with this. many wonder whether the trump campaign's behavior damaged national security in any way. >> yeah. this found that russia interfered with our elections in three ways. they hacked emails, they might wanted social media and they went after trump campaign officials and then during the transition, trump's people who might appoint to office and what the mueller report finds is that there wasn't enough evidence to bring a criminal conspiracy case, but that the trump campaign benef

just this past week saying that raurk ussia is persistent threat to your elections. >> director wray in private which is that russia is attacking our democracy. while our enemies change, president trump unfortunately stays the same. he's the president of the united states, and he's also a 2020 candidate. regardless of which part he's playing on any given day, he could actively combat the threat from foreign election interference instead of amplifying. he could be hosting election security briefings and making sure that everything he says and does deters against these kinds of attacks. instead he's spreading paranoia and urging paranoia about results down the road and doesn't want to hear about russia. he could be urging his team to take every precaution not to repeat the mistakes they made in 2016. instead rudy giuliani is on tv saying it's okay to take information from russia. he's opening the door to more attacks down the road just as long as it helps usher him back into office. >> we have the russian president vladimir putin meeting with kim jong-un, the leader of north korea. wha

text titlex to 22422 >>> tonight, fbi director christopher wray is speaking out after a federal judgeordered the release of a man who allegedly plotted to murder democratic politicians and members of the news media. our justice department, jessica schneider, is working this story for us. give us the latest, jessica. >> ewell, wolf, the fbi directo was asked about christopher hassan's imminent release, saying he hopes the judge does right thing, but tonight, hassan's release is still in the works, despite prosecutors accusing him of plotting mass murder. the judge saying he has no choice but to let him out with strict conditions, while he awaits trial. tonight, fbi director christopher wray seeming to cast doubt on a federal judge's plan to release coast guard lieutenant christopher hassan from detention, who prosecutors say intends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country. >> we had an individual coast guard lieutenant who wanted to commit an attack right here. we'll hope the judge does the right thing. >> federal judge charles day told prosecutors thursday

here's christopher wray testifying to the threat to law enforcement of white national m nationalism. >> the dangers of white supremacist, or violent extremism is, of course, significant. we assess that it's a persistent, pervasive threat. >> do you see today white nationalism as a rising threat around the world? >> i don't really. i think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. >> you can see chris wray, the current fbi director at odds now with president trump. and the same way dan coats, his cia director and other folks are at odds with him and remain so with russia. >> yes. first of all russia and white nationalism in the united states are not unrelated. russia loves to fan this stuff. when anything like this happens, the troll bots are out in full force. there is any number of russian agents trying to fan this. they see this as the achille's heel of american life and see donald trump as an important agent in exacerbating that divide, which i think he has done through dog whistles or susingt cli in some cases. it's unclear to me whether he were sitting

. >> next, fbi director christopher wray talks about his agency's role in protecting the u.s.nternational threats. the council on foreign relations posted this hour-long event. >> good morning and welcome to the council on foreign relations. i am richard haass, president of the council. we are honored this morning to welcome christopher wray, who is the director of the federal bureau investigation. he will be here to discuss the fb

well, this week we're going to take a deeper look at all these issues with robert wray, he was a federalsecutor and is now partner at thompson and knight. and caroline polici, a partner at pearce pambridge and is representing george papadopoulos. welcome to you both. >> thank you. gerry: robert, i'd hike to start with you. -- i'd like to start with you. was it spying? >> well, crocodile tears, i suppose, from the democrats. the word choice is, obviously, with what the democrats seized upon, but i think the attorney general was quite clear in the clip that you played and also the rest of his testimony that really what he was referring to the is the fact that there's no dispute about the fact that electronic surveillance was authorized, it was authorized by the fisa court. what he's talking about is whether, as he indicated, whether there was an adequate predicate for doing so, whether proper procedures were followed and also your lead-in suggests, of course, the momentous issue of using the full arm of law enforcement authority by one administration directing, directed against a president

director wray and i said show us the fisa application. you can clear it all up now. if the dem cats -- find out what john has been doing for a year and-a-half and frankly, if you really want that. you want to get to everything, bring in bob mueller, put him under oath. >> you think mueller should perhaps come and testify? mr. jordan: i'm fine with that. bring in the guy that everyone in this town remember. everyone said bob mueller is the greatest guy. he is right next to jesus. ok. according to the attorney germ and bob mueller gave to the attorney general, no collusion. but if you want to believe that there is, democrats rgs bring him in and ask questions. i'm all for that. open se democrats have to an impeachment inquiry. is that an avenue you think would be worth going down to get to see the material? mr. jordan: they wanted to do impeachment for a long time. congressman blumenauer filed impeachment resolutions on day one of the 116th congress. congresswoman tlaib made the remarks on day one of this congress. they have wanted to go there all along. i don't think

. >> now, pelosi has not seen the report, nor has fbi director christopher wray, who is in front of a budgetary hearing on capitol hill this morning. >> have you had an occasion to read the mueller report? >> i have not. >> okay. >> now, to be clear, bill barr says he's going to release the report. not the whole report. some of it's going going to be redacted was the law demands that. removing references to ongoing criminal investigations, secret grand jury testimony, that kind of thing. but it would be surprising or wouldn't be surprising particularly marcus if he isn't speeding that process up. the pressure is on. >> yeah. we'll be watching for that one, scott. thank you. >>> well, authorities in the east bay are talking about a bizarre twisted plot they managed to stop before anyone was hurt. walnut creek police recently led the arrest of the suspect matt caruso he of newark. now, he's accused of plotting to rape at least half a dozen women. according to court documents he targeted his first victim last tuesday in a parking lot where she lives in walnut creek. he tried to use a stu

and afterward, fbi director christopher wray testifying about the agency's 2020 budget request. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our first guest this morning is david price, representative from north carolina, a member of the budgetiations and committees. good morning, sir. i will point you back to something from your twitter feed yesterday, our nations lack of affordable housing forces us to have tough questions about housing. challenging vital missions, we are clear on a 20% cut to hud being unacceptable. can you expand on their? guest: housing needs to be a front burner issue in this country. i would say it's sometimes true in democratic circles as well as republican, but certainly this trump budget is a new low in terms of -- he has done it for three years now, more or less the same kind of test, cutting out things like community thelopment block grants and hope program, things that we have really counted on in our communities. actually all of this has been under resourced for some time and i hope that in this budget process now with democrats and leadership we will be at some real

chris wray.deo clip] don't assume that will be an issue in 2020, do you believe that we internationally or locally, how comfortable are you with what's being done to protect our election infrastructure? hand we've made in norma's strides since 2016 by different fed -- enormous strides since 2016 by different officials, and social media companies. but we recognize that our adversaries will keep adapting and upping their game. we are viewing 2018 as a dress rehearsal for the big show in 2020. host: that was christopher wray this morning. go to c-span.org if you want to see what he had to say this morning. douglas, in staten island, a democrat. what's your take on the 2020 field? c-span, iank you for always appreciate it. joe biden coming in, i see the media is flocking to them, saying he's going to be the guy that's going to be donald trump -- beat donald trump. he has to go through primaries, he's from the dnc wing, the bill clinton set this up with repot -- with democrats getting money from big b

fbi director wray, the nation's top counterintelligence investigator, told us last week he had not read the special counsel's report. my question is, with regard to your march 24th and 29th letters to the judiciary committees, special counsel mueller and anyone on his team have a role in drafting them or reviewing them in advance? did you use any of the summary documents prepared by the special counsel in drafting these documents? >> 24th and 29th. the letter of the 24th, mr. mueller's team did not play a role in drafting that document, although we offered him the opportunity to review it before we sent it out and he declined that. the letter on the 29th, i don't believe that that was reviewed by mr. mueller or that they participated in drafting that letter. but to go back to something you said in the opening statement about the availability of the report, as i've said, as you pointed out since my confirmation i do think it's important that the public have an opportunity to learn the results of the special counsel's work. and i said then that i would work diligently to make as much info

director wray was here recently. i directed some questions specific to this issue as well and would like for you to address for the benefit of all of us as we put pen to paper in our appropriations bills. we know the successes but where are the deficiencies and how can we on this subcommittee be helpful in making sure you have every tool that you need. >> thank you. human trafficking is one of our highest priorities now in the department. we have brought in an exceptional prosecutor as an associate deputy attorney general in the deputy's office with a portfolio of coordinating the department's efforts directed at human trafficking. and are setting up task forces around the country that she works with. i met with this team within the last month, received a full briefing on their current activities and i've asked them to come back to me with a plan of action that could take it to the next level. and that could include shifting some resources within the department as well as seeking some additional legislative provision

and i also think it's not good enough to just get rid of these people, director wray at the fb- kennedythey're products of the system and the system maz to be reformed. >has to bereformed. >> there's no truck churl reform. the reform is don't do it again dean: ---- kennedy: you can also curtail the powers. thanks to people like devin nunes who said we need more survey lengs power. oh my gosh, they're spying on the president. how did that it get that power. short walk. >> if you want to reform the fbi, an indictment is the way to do it. it's the only thing that would get people to pay attention. you abuse the power, you're going to pay a high price. kennedy: i would like to see an equal application of the law. i don't think that's too much to ask for. an impossible task for highly politicized powerful people. bill mcgurn, i always learn with mcgurn. >>> lori loughlin's daughters have become the poster children of spoiled brats pleading not guilty to the college admission scam. the memo is next. kennedy: aunt becky with the good mayor and bad advice may be heading to the hotel where orang

tomorrow fbi director christopher wray talks about his agency's role in protecting the u.s.rom international threats. watch live friday morning at 8:30 eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> minnesota governor tim walz wants to open human rights offices in his state to fight islamophobia. he made announcement before a council for american-islamic relations conference in st. paul. the justice department has listed the council as an unindicted conspirator saying the group helped fund hamas. following the governor's remarks, a panel of scholars, historians and authors discuss methods and impact of spreading hate. [applause] >> to our presenters, thank you for bringing your insight and expertise. this deep dive we will go into is needed, it is one that, as you can see, the community is ready, ready to hear, and we welcome your insights, advising guidance.ig to everyone else who took time out -- the students who are here and people, minnesotans who too

. >> dana: chris wray saying the threat of white supremacy on two fronts. target says they will raise their minimum wage to $13 an hour in june, putting pressure on walmart who pays $11 an hour. weekly jobless claims are at the lowest level in half a century. 202,000 last week. that's the lowest since december 1969. hospital nursing director in massachusetts taking a leap of faith on a baby in need of some help. her name is gazelle. she was in the state's custody due to her parent's drug addictions. she had no visitors and headed for foster care. liz adopted her and a year later, her health is improving and she's a beautiful little girl. they're a great family. thank you for doing that. thanks for joining us. i'm dana. here's shep. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast. noon in yuma, arizona where the homeland security secretary, kirstjen nielsen is visiting the border as president trump backs off his threat to shut down the border this week. the new warning and updated deadline for mexico ahead. and we're waiting for the chicago police union to make what

chris wray is on that list.at information is going to inform my fellow citizens that the russian threat was far more than just a threat against the democrats. it was a threat to our republic. for a unifying reason i think the information to the extent it can be should be released without jeopardizeing relationship with all eyes. >> sandra: tomorrow is a big day. what are your expectations for the mueller report with redactions. there will be a done ton of reaction to this. will it shed new light on this investigation? >> i don't think so, sandra. and i spent a lot of time in courtrooms. there is a jury that's impartial that hasn't made up its mind. there is a judge that fair. you don't have any of that in this fact pattern. i bet you can't find a single person tomorrow that will tell you his or her opinion has changed on president trump or on the house democrats. this is going to be an evidentiary summary without a verdict. i never had a trial where there wasn't evidence on both sides. at some point someone has

let's bring in our panel robert wray water water independent counsel and independent council.er here quick turn around fox news contributor and outstanding reporter. ian prior former public director of public affairs former communication director for american crossroads. let's starts with you, sarah, was there anything in this that really surprised you after we get the play o. by-play of what happened over the last two and a half years? >> there was multiple things, brian. one thing that's really important and something that you actually brought up was the fact that the russians were continuously trying to reach out and make contact with the trump campaign. the obama administration knew. this they never gave the trump campaign a detailed defensive briefing warning of them. they did it with senator feinstein. they have done it with others. i'm certain that inspector general michael horowitz is going to look at that in his report as to whether or not hillary clinton ever received a defensive briefing. that's going to be very interesting. because that's going to show the imbalanc

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>> in addition to hate crimes being on the rise the fbi director christopher wray said netflix terrorismted to white supremacists is also on the rise saying there were for domestic terrorism arrests versus international terrorist arrests and the most recent report by the anti-defamation league which has long tracked extremist activity showed that 39 of the 50 extremists related murders tracked by the group in 2018 were committed by white creme sifts. that was up from 2017 when white creme sichts were responsible for 18 out of the 34 extremist-related murders. so the question is what is being down to count they are kind of crime in the department of homeland security actually recently announced its newest office earlier this month, the office for targeted violence and terrorism prevention. it will be focused on preventing both international and domestic terrorism and any other racially motivated violence. now, the announcement does come after dhs received some criticism in the past for its handling of domestic extremism prevention since it has cut some grand money to organizations that wo

former whitewater independent counsel, robert wray. thanks for joining us. >> we knew this moment was coming. it's here. where do we go from here? >> i think that -- i get the fact that the democrats have teed this up with the vote to authorize the issuance of a subpoena. i would hope that they defer until such time that they see what the attorney general releases to them and to the public. then i think if there's a need for something more specifically that is based upon a legitimate request, if they follow that up with a targeted subpoena to obtain supposed missing information, it seems to me that would be more well-founded. >> this is more political theater? you can't wait a week? the emergency factor -- >> i don't get that. they could have waited and then vote on a subpoena. yes, it's political theater and i think they want to be seen as applying pressure to the attorney general. the attorney general is resistant to that pressure because his obligation is to follow the law, which is what he is attempting to do. i think they should a

. >> so that was part of fbi director chris wray describing the cyber threat to the country that it facesight now from hostile foreign actors in response to local governments already busy beefing up the election security in anticipation of 2020. a new call for a look into concern of election security on friday. now, one of those that -- of those states is state of michigan which the president won by only 10,704 votes. that's in 2016. now the state is using $10 million in federal money received under a spending bill last year to try to protect its election systems. i like to go to michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson. ma dom secretary, thank you for being with us. you know, there is that concern of what happened in 2016. as you know, the state of michigan was directly/indirectly mentioned in the mueller report. there was an example of a fake twitter account. that was then retweeted by a candidate, the republican nominee at this point. what is your concern looking towards 2020 and then, of course, what are you doing to prevent that from happening? >> we need to do everything to detect