Perception Hack News Today

and brett favre insists he is the victim of -- he insists now he is the victim of a smear campaign in mississippi. this is what we are watching at this hour. we begin with cnns exclusive interview with president biden. the president responding for the first time about putins war in ukraine since his warn about a nuclear armageddon. he told jake tapper he doesnt believe the st. putin will actually yew nuclear weapons, but the mistake he believes putin may upon invading ukraine. >> i t...

cnn suggests otherwise. cnns sam kiley joins us from zaporizhzhya, ukraine. sam, both sides waging a war of words over this, accusing the other of launching a false flag. what do the satellite photos tell us? >> reporter: they show us that since the last set of images on july 1th were taken, theres been no significant strikes, evidence of strikes. that is, sort of the mark of an explosive impact on the ground. indeed, they show very little activity in terms of damage done to the area a...

house counsel pat cipollone and his former deputy, patrick philbin. coming up on thursday, the federal magistrate judge who approved that search will hear arguments for and against unsealing the search warrant affidavit. cnns jessica schneider joins us now. so what do you know about the fbis interviews with pat cipollone and patrick philbin? >> reporter: yeah. anderson, we know that the most senior former trump officials to be interviewed in what we know is really this ongoing criminal...

her concession speech. >> we must be very clear dye about the fed threats we face and what is required to defeat it. i have said, since january 6th, that i will do whatever it takes to ensure that donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office. i mean it. >> and alaska right now, polls are either closed or are closing. incumbent republican senator, lisa murkowski, who also voted to impeach trump is facing kelechi bakr who was been endorsed by the former president. in an atte...

>> i want wyoming to be protected and i dont feel that liz is doing that job. >> she stood up for what she believes in. >> this primary election is over, but now the real work begins. >> welcome, it is wednesday, august 17th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 a.m. in wyoming where voters have spoken handing former u.s. president donald trump and his supporters perhaps their biggest primary victory yet. just a few months ahead of the midterm elections. trumps most ...

trump critic is booted in an overwhelming primary defeat, but congresswoman liz cheney says she will continue to challenge the former presidents hold on republicans and may even face him in the next presidential election in 2024. and mike pence, is he a potential star witness? the former vice president says he would consider testifying in front of the january 6th committee if asked. take a listen. >> if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. any invitation that ...

its the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. im alisyn camerota. at this hour, two former lawyers for donald trump are facing the subpoena power of georgias special grand jury looking into trumps attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. right now, rudy giuliani is testifying before that grand jury after learning he is the target of their investigation. in the meantime, conservative lawyer john eastman is trying to avoid the grand jury. he has a hearing right now in new...

President race in 2024, they might be able to sweep in enough democrats to retake control of the house along with the senate if they lose the senate. thats really the question democrats have to answer as they try to fund these campaigns around the country. >> larry sabato, happy belated birthday. great to see you. >> thanks so much, jim. cnns donie osullivan talks to hackers and other experts about the security of americas voting machines. >> the biggest vulnerability in democracy is the peopl...

In democracy is the people. its the plain. its the perception hack. >> reporter: cyber experts say the big challenge to the 2022 midterms is not the machines, its misinformation. >> im afraid, even when i know the vulnerabilities of the system, more afraid about misinformation claiming an attack which didnt happen and which will get hold in peoples mind. >> we want to focus on pushing security forward, and instead were responding to death threats. >> reporter: nate young and michael moore know a...