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Not need another major, high-profile departure from the white house right now. and i think based on all of the trouble that john kelly had over the past couple of weeks, if the president had simply said to john kelly that, you know, despite your policy, pulling back security clearances for people with interim clearances, that jared kushner would still have access to classified information, i think that would have put john kelly in a really tough spot. i think he would have had to have made a dec...

Back security clearances for people with interim clearances, that jared kushner would still have access to classified information, i think that would have put john kelly in a really tough spot. i think he would have had to have made a decision as to whether or not he was going to stay or go. and i think if he would have left, that would have been really problematic for the white house. >> lots more to discuss. when we come right back, why hasnt president trump ordered the man in charge of u.s. c...

That faces the united states and the significant consequences you recognize already? >> no, i have not. >> you need direct authority of the president through the secretary of defense? >> to do some specific things. there are some things i have the authority and i am acting within that authority now. >> the director of the u.s. cyber command and the national security agency mike rogers telling jack reed that did he d not have specific authority from trump to disrupt russian hacking in the electio...

Concerned that 2016 was laying the groundwork for a possible future attack," in other words the russians were casing the joint. the director of national security admiral mike rogers testified today neither president trump nor the secretary of defense has directed him to take any retaliatory measure toward russia. that led to this very tense exchange between rogers and senator claire mccaskill of missouri at a u.s. cyber command hearing with the senate armed services committee. im going to try to...

And by deed. and it is clear he has to show the intent, but having watched him work with our folks on the intel committee, they have teamed up at this point in time to obstruct the investigation at every step. i think those are elements. >> trump has and i think some of the republicans on intel have. >> meanwhile, when asked why the white house hasnt given admiral mike rogers authority to count ker russian aggression, sarah huckabee sanders took issue with the question. watch. >> in charge of cy...

Department of homeland security secretary nelson met with a number of state, local and federal officials working on ways that we can best prevent things like this in the future and were look at a number of different options and well continue to do that over the coming week. >> admiral rogers has the agency that could go and confront russian intrusion at the source and he hasnt been given the authority. in fact, he says that the russians havent paid a sufficient price to make them change their be...

Wrapped up and sarah sanders denied the inaction against the attack thats happening right now against the united states. im talking about russian meddling in the nations elections. leader of u.s. cyber command says he has yet to receive an order from the president to disrupt russian hacking operations where they originate. >> you would need basically to be directed by the president or the secretary of defense. >> yes, sir, i mentioned that. >> have you been directed to do so, given the strategic...

Sufficient to get them to change their behavior. >> the admiral says the administration has yet to give the go-ahead to take more action. the white house has just responded. the news is developing now. lets get to it. first from the fox news deck this tuesday afternoon, the russians are now trying to interfere with the 2018 mid-terms already. and six heads of intelligence agencies agree. they testified as much. so today the question, has the president directed the top man in u.s. cyber command t...

Chairman continues to want the committee to focus on this attack on what he believes is the deep state. >> waiting for orders. the head of u.s. cyber command says despite russias continue aid tacks on american democracy, he has received no marching orders from the white house to defer russia. >> as i understand, you said that president trump never ordered cyber com to take any action to thwart anything in the electiones this fall. is that correct? >> i said ive never given any specific direction...

>> whats your fear? compromise, what do you mean? theres one level that seems obvious, that something like this might happen again. theyve learned the bang for the buck of breaking into a few in boxes and publishing on the internet is pretty high. is that the kind of thing youre worried is going to happen again? >> well, we already know thats going to happen again, because this administration has taken absolutely no steps to try to secure the united states from any further intrusions. the things...