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Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, breaking news and international stories. Historically, because a lot of our viewers will remember. When you and bob woodward were working on the watergate related stories, was president nixon as anxious publicly during your reporting as we now see this president being very anxious, deeply concerned about the Mueller Probe . First, i think what were seeing is more than anxiety on the part of donald trump. We are seeing a president who is behaving and acting unhinge...

When the press secretary yesterday said that there was a lot of corruption within the fbi? do you have any response to those statements coming from the white house? >> i can assure the american people that the men and women of the fbi, starting from the director all the way on down, are going to follow our oath and do our jobs. >> i have a question for director coats. director coats, how would you characterize the current russian efforts to meddle in the 2018 election relative to 2016? is it mor...

I think its important that we address the question of the presidents involvement in this, his leadership, his determination to prevent russian and other foreign influence in elections. we meet on this constantly. the senior staff here at the white house, we meet with the heads of the different agencies involved. we discuss it quite regularly. in my tenure as national security adviser, weve had two full national security council meeting chaired by the president. as i say, countless other discussi...

Advisers, president putin said the first issue that president trump raised was election meddling. >> i guess the question is, at the press conference, the president didnt highlight any of the malign activities that you have and that his advisers have. so should americans believe that he is listening to your advice or that hes going his own way when hes having meetings like he did with the president of russia? >> i think the president has made it abundantly clear to everybody who has responsibili...

People around the world are watching what you are saying and the white house for the united states of america, the president of the united states should not refer to us as enemy of the people. his own daughter acknowledges that and all im asking is you acknowledge that right here and right now. >> i appreciate your passion. i share it. ive address this question. ive addressed my personal feelings. im here to speak on behalf of the president. hes made statements clear. >> the national archives to...

Elections, the integrity of those elections and moving on beyond 2018 to 2020 and after. we havent made a final decision but certainly looking at every option available to us. its not unreasonable. if i return something to a department store, if i have to cash a check i have to show my i.d. to do those things. its not outrageous if you have to vote to decide on your leaders for the state and local government would be that you show an i.d. jim? >> i want to follow up on a question. she asked you ...

That. russia has used numerous ways in which they want to influence through media, social media, through bots, through actors that they hire, through proxies, all of the above and potentially more. i cant go into deep details. but its pervasive. it is ongoing with the intent to achieve their intent, and that is drive a wedge and undermine our democratic values. >> i have a question for director wray. thank you. the special counsel, robert mueller, has indicted more than 20 russian officials base...

>> perhaps ambassador bolton can weigh in as well. in the run-up to the helsinki summit, u.s. officials, nato ambassadors to russia said that the president would raise the issue of the malign activity with president putin. he didnt discuss that, at least at the press conference. youre saying today that the president has directed you to make the issue of election meddling a priority. how do you explain the disconnect between what you are saying, his advisers, and what the president has said about...

Have that auditability. >> secretary nielsen, would a government shutdown affect any of these efforts? >> what we have done, as you know, is in 2017 dhs designated election infrastructure a critical infrastructure subsector. so we prioritize efforts. any state that requests a vulnerability assessment, a hunt team, best practices, hygiene scans, et cetera, well continue to prioritize within our budget. so thank you. >> well take one last question. >> this is for the director and for the general. ...

Except to state that our forces are well trained, ready, and very capable. i have complete confidence in the forces under my command. we will work in conjunction with other elements of our government to ensure we bring the full power of our nation to bear on any foreign power that attempts to interfere in our democratic processes. ill turn it back over to the moderator. >> thank you. as i said at the beginning, if we could stay on topic and also if you could when asking a question, direct it to ...