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In helsinki. >> i think its a possibility. its -- its a subjective -- >> right, i understand that. >> -- hunch i have. but heres the reason im concerned about that is after the meddling and with the degree to which the russians clearly meddled, and to the degree to which theyre still interfering and trying to destroy democratic processes and institutions, can they really believe there is much hope of improving relations with us? i find it entirely plausible that in lieu of really trying to impro...

>> [laughs] is not a world cup soccer ball? we have an ability to measure those kinds of things and determine whether or not they are risk. >> i figured that you did. >> every time i come home there is a limit to what they can give you and you meet with foreign adversaries. all of that has to go through radar and processes. is it less than $20 or whatever? i am sure that that soccerball has been looked at very carefully. >> i bet that you look at that big letter from president kim jong un that w...

Bolton. he made a change relative to who is handling that at the white house level. john bolton is putting in place the replacements for that. he assured me that that is a key issue that we need to address. in the meantime, this has spread throughout our various agencies. each one, somewhat different than the other, taking major steps. we have fusion centers, we have processes underway. kirstjen nielsen -- >> jon: dan coats, the longtime u.s. senator from indiana and for an ambassador to germany...

>> that risk is always there. >> is there a risk that the soccer ball could have been wired? [ laughter ] >> was that a world cup soccer ball or was that a -- we have ability to measure those kinds of things to determine whether or not they are a risk or not. every time i come home with -- there is a limit to what they can give you when you meet with your foreign adversaries. all of that has to go through the radar and processes. is it less than $20 or whatever. so im sure that soccer ball has b...

Some effort to interfere with the mueller probe, that the fbi has got it, theyre on top of this. >> yeah, i think everything about his interview, particularly on this issue, was reassuring. you know, first of all, he portrayed someone who didnt look quite as nervous as many many of us in the american public feel. he looked at ease. and you really have the feeling, as he said, that the fbi has got this. and he reaffirmed that he and, you know, many of the people in law enforcement and the fbi are...

Which dan coates, to his great credit, is doing. and so, anyway, ill stop there if you have more questions. >> i do have. general clapper, hes basically accusing you and john brennan, general hayden and others of plotting against him during the campaign while he was running for president, trying to undermine him. this is the president of the united states making an accusation like that. >> its an absurd allegation. theres no basis or evidence of that. our concern -- now im speaking specifically,...

Terms of our foreign policy -- >> a day of infamy? >> yes. here we had an american president who was an supplicant who is the russian president who is a thug, who continues to try to undermine our democratic processes and our elections. so for me to have a president who on foreign soil undermines the credibility of our fbi, of our intelligence bureaus, our department of justice, is beyond belief. and so we need to know what happened there, because there are critical issues. already the russian m...

That we havent heard before. but we have to keep our country secure. and as we go to the 2018 elections, i hope that the u.s. congress will insist that someone be appointed to make sure that we have secure election machines and election voting processes, that we really understand that cyber warefare is the weapon of choice of russia and that we put all of our weight behind it. it will take citizens voices speaking up. but it is time to speak up and speak out. >> larry, the president specifically...

Indictments in our four intelligence agency assessments. >> lets talk about those specific dimtindictments. the russians are accused of showing with democratic e-mails that bernie sanders was cheated out of a primary election by the dnc to the extent that they may have been involved in leaking it, thats what they showed was that there was a corrupt thing going on. >> you saw one of the indictments had to do with state electoral processes. >> of which nobody has claimed they changed a single vote...

And thats the hook. i have no idea. what i do know is that americans need to stand up, speak out. i was glad to hear some voices that we havent heard before. but we have to keep our country secure. and as we go to the 2018 elections, i hope that the u.s. congress will insist that someone be appointed to make sure that we have secure election machines and election voting processes, that we really understand that cyber warefare is the weapon of choice of russia and that we put all of our weight be...