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Information. We heard from you a lot. Almost 40 meso per mr. Morris in the over office , he insists hes gone as heavy as he can with sanctions against iran. That these are the strongest sanctions that have ever been put on that country. Now its a matter of waiting to see what happens next. From 4 00 the afternoon. Fox news have been told by u. S. Officials that the president was given a list of potential targets from iran back at the beginning of the week. Theyll be updated today. But the presid...

Department probably had an informant in the middle of this. maybe did something to flip the subject in this to some degree, as well. >> harris: is there anything that you can tell us today, bill, that is proof that things have gotten better over time? and that we are getting better at this? i would have to imagine the enemy is using some new tools, as well. >> thats absolutely true. the enemy is using the cyber component to do whatever they can do, and our government is doing the same thing. we ...

Weeks trying to take down the government systems and the banking systems. and it really was seen as a warning sign for, well, we in the united states we better harden our infrastructure or, you know, protect against cyber attacks. but i think one of the things that i learned going back and really diving into this is this had all of the elements that we saw in the 2016 attacks. they had fake news, it was the era before social media, but they were using the comments sections on news websites. they...

Had to say about that today. >> i was in that brief income of the two weeks before the inauguration. that would focus primarily on the cyber component of what the russians did. not the information operations. those information operations are ongoing. i agree with the fbi director. >> just to give you a little clarity there, what he is suggesting, jon, is that this is a broad sweep briefing that you get so often especially in transition circumstances. it did not give grandeur to detail about some...

Helsinki. there is another story that i want to share with your viewers, harris, this report in "the new york times" that suggests that the president was told two weeks before his inauguration that he was made aware of the fact that president putin ordered affairs into the 2016 election. it was briefed by brennan, clapper, and rogers. tom also knows a lot more about that gathering the most. >> i was in the briefing two weeks before the inauguration, that one focused on the cyber component of wha...

>> f.b.i. director christopher wray there. there is a man who knows more about that briefing than most. former homeland security advisor tom bossert. >> i was in that briefing the two weeks before the inauguration. that one focused on the cyber component on what the russians did. not the information operations. those information operations are ongoing. i agree with the f.b.i. director. >> thats the critical distinction, bill. they wont always give you everything and some when you get a briefing ...

Says -- sets any bar or minimum bar for cyber security protection for our voting. and russia hacked voter registration systems. theres got to be laws put into place and greater cooperation among all levels of government. the second part is we need the equivalent of a cyber nato where nations come together and are able to act defensively when one of them is attacked. nato accomplishes that when a country is physically intruded upon but whats missing is the cyber component. >> carolyn, we have a l...

Cyberspace, voting machines, power sector, what if, the united states has the best capabilities of the world, we should lead on this to set the rules of the game and help with international allies and partners and -- and foes to write the rule. you know, 90% of cyberspace is in private hands and why thats important is never again will we see a conflict that does not have some sort of cyber component to it so gone are the day that is you have military target and civilian target because they are s...

>> yeah. i dont know whether or not hes planning to or whether he will, and ive been speaking up for a long time before even the cyber attacks took place during last years election that russia san adversary to the united states and that hasnt changed. they are an adversary. so while you are hopefully looking at ukraine, syria, isis, north korea, nato, theres a lot to talk about, obviously, thats unrelated to this cyber component. i would strenuously plead that we are seeing those opportunities l...

So-called red phone. they added a cyber component, which is used for a cyber concern. this communication with the kremlin was the very first time it had ever been used. >> interesting. a strange time we live in. thank you for that, cynthia. much information in there we didnt know about. coming up next, the blame game over yesterdays deadly ordeal in berlin. the president-elect and a potential member in his cabinet are pointing fingers. do their words point a risk? but as we head to a break, ...