social media, but lots of other techniques as well to sow divisiveness and discord. the director saying the cyberthreats in the u.s. are unlike anything we ve had in our lifetime, his words. but the fbi is working to minimize the impact. house democrats plan to update their resolution condemning anti-semitism. the resolution now likely to come to the house floor for a vote tomorrow, instead of today. democrats facing pressure to commend anti-semitic comments by freshman democrat ilhan omar from minnesota, and also defend her from anti-muslim rhetoric. omar is once again under fire for repeatedly suggesting support for israel is tied to jewish money. her comments called to remove her from the house foreign affairs committee but chairman
russia was by far the most aggressive actor in the space we re talking about right now. what they will do is identify a divisive issue and through a variety of means, some overt, some covert, some through fake news, some through propaganda, will essentially sow divisiveness, spin people up on both sides of the issue and kind of watch us go at each other. fbi director christopher wray in an exclusive interview with nbc s lester holt here in aspen, making it crystal clear he believes russia is still targeting the u.s. joining me now, mimi rocah, former u.s. assistant attorney, and chouck rosenberg, former fb official, both msnbc contributors. thanks to both of you. christopher wray was much more
foreign assistance for a presidential campaign. the ads that we re talking about here if what we see in the press is true, they re just right out of the russian playbook, trying to sow divisiveness in the country. that isn t necessarily in aid of a particular campaign. they ve got to show that it was and that the trump people knew about it and encouraged it. i really think it s very farfetched to think there would be any prosecution out of this particular aspect of the story. you hit the nail on the head. you know, on the fact that this was to amplify divisiveness in this country and not necessarily favor one candidate or the other. to quote senator mark warner, he says his million-dollar question is how the russians knew who where to target. do you agree? i mean, they would be so immersed in american culture to tap into that, to know how to do this? i can t answer that. i think they re pretty