Used the tactic in past conflict. He spoke at the think tank new america in washington dc. This is one hour and a half. Now let me introduce fred. Perhaps his most important distinction i would say is that he worked previously as an american fellow but he has done one or two other things in his illustrious career. He is the National Security columnist and author of four books the most recent book which i think is here to tell us and has at least gone over with this new book that some one might not necessarily imagine. Fred is a Pulitzer Prize journalist back in his days at the boston globe and i am very pleased to be able to host him here today. On the format, shortly we will allow fred to give him a minute to describe the book and tell us about it what is in it and then i will take the opportunity to have a conversation, dig into a little more and explore some of the themes and what we might conclude that. Then i will open it up to the floor to give you the opportunity to ask fred som
You or hurt you . I think the trump tax plan probably helps me more than it needs to, and im missing that part where nobody on the high end was going to benefit and this was going to benefit middleclass folks. So thats fake news. That would be that would not fall into the fact checkable news. Great. Lets get down to the serious things youve been investigating. Some of the platforms that many in the audience and even myself love, facebook, twitter, using Search Engines like google, are all now wrapped up into your committee, intelligence committee, coming in. Do you feel that these platforms are undermining our democracy . First of all, i know this feels like its a story that never ends, but lets look at what we do know. What 99. 9 of everyone in washington believes democrat or republican with the exception of maybe one individual at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. One, we know that russia using its services massively intervened in our election by hacking into both Political Parties and relea
41 year career in the air force and in the National Intelligence and National Security area and talk to us about his book, playing to the edge american intelligence in the age of terror. The title playing to the edge is kind of a Sports Metaphor i think. Its like pushing the envelope or playing right to the edge of the field with truck in your cleats and its appropriate that general hayden would use Sports Metaphors. He practically was born in the shadow of the Pittsburgh Steelers stadium. They tore down my home to build three rivers stadium. All right. And we didnt mind because it was the steelers. Modestly dangerous comment. He was born in pittsburgh, of Irish Catholic family and the son of a welder. In Junior High School he was quarterback of his Football Team and coach of the Football Team then was the son of the founder of the steelers, the connection with his team who goes way back and theres actually a road now along the side of the stadium called Michael Hayden road and he was
I make keys School Parent listens to graduated them also a professor at the Naval Academy is a great thing to have general Michael Hayden here with us today to a talkedabout his 41 year career in the airforce National Intelligence and National Security area to talk about his book of american intelligence in the age of care. The title is a Sports Metaphor to play to the edge of the field and ended is appropriate general he did reduce the Sports Metaphor to be born in the shadow of the pittsburgh steelers. Factually toward down my home to build three rivers stadium. [laughter] so the Irish Catholic family as part of a welder in as the founder of the steelers in paris this day road on the side of the stadium as equipment manager in doing airforce rotc and dotted is degree in american history. St. Peters Elementary School in north Catholic School figured large in his upbringing and he makes it clear in this very personal memoir, it is education really mattered to him. The further i got in
Threat. Announcer what are the security threats here at home . Tough questions ahead for Homeland Security secretary john kelly. And what makes trump tick . Are you surprised that hes not different in office . Announcer insight and analysis from our panel of experts. From abc news, its this week. Here now coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning on this memorial day weekend. Americans welcoming the summer and paying respect to those who have fallen defending our freedom. Well have the story of a missing marine and his sons long quest to bury him with honor later in the program. But we begin with the deepening political crisis over the russia connection. Through all the investigations, all the dramatic headlines, all the shifting stories about russias election interference and the Trump Campaigns possible role in it, the president has been clear about one thing consistently saying that he never colluded with russia to alter the course of the president ial election and lets be clear, hes ri