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Donald trump has narrowed the field to three finalists in the director of national intelligence. retiring indiana senator dan coats is getting consideration. he is competing with fran townsend and admiral michael rogers who is head of u.s. cyber command. to the money team. after the nomination of treasury secretary, steve mnuchin unveiled his most important goal. >> our first priority is going to be the tax plan and the tax plan has both the corporate aspects to it. lowering corporate taxes to...

Has concerns with rogers performance. the driving force for clapper, meanwhile, was the separation of leadership roles at the nsa and the u.s. cyber command, and his stance that the nsa should be headed by a civilian." congressman devin nunes has sent clapper and carter a letter defending rogers saying in part, "i have been consistently impressed with his leadership and accomplishments." nunes also asks carter and clapper testify about "the washington post" report. the news comes as rogers is re...

Of trump tower today, national security contenders from new york city mayor rudy giuliani, candidate for secretary of state, to former defense intelligence chief, lieutenant general michael flynn. leading candidate for national security adviser. >> hes been a very trusted adviser, a close adviser to candidate trump and now president-elect trump. and he is one of the people being considered for that position. >> reporter: also meeting with the president-elect today, henry kissinger, retired gener...

Anyone. twitter, facebook and of course the "meet the press" website. they are all a big part of what i do. but this week was a reminder of how our dependence on technology leaves us vulnerable. computer glitches grounded several flights and trading on the new york stock exchange was halted several times while "gremlins struck." but the office of personnel management revealed the massive scale of a hack that compromised the records of 21.5 million americans mainly government workers, who have go...

I love technology as much as anyone. twitter, facebook and of course the "meet the press" website. they are all a big part of what i do. but this week was a reminder of how our dependence on technology leaves us vulnerable. computer glitches grounded several flights and trading on the new york stock exchange was halted several times while "gremlins struck." but the office of personnel management revealed the massive scale of a hack that compromised the records of 21.5 million americans mainly go...

Leaves us vulnerable. wednesday technical glitches grounded hundreds of united airlines flights it creating travel chaos, and on the same day trading at the new york stock exchange was halted several times while "gremlins struck." at least thats what we think right now. but it was thursdays news that really has us worried. the office of personnel management revealed the massive scale of a hack that compromised the records of 21.5 million americans, mainly government workers, who have gone throug...

U.s. cyber command will remain mostly defensive rather than going on the offense and deterring future cyber attacks. unfortunately from north korea, from china, from iran and from other groups, russia, were going to see more of this. >> its the new frontier. thank you so much, christian, shawn and tom, appreciate you being with us. next, the new ebola scare in the rust, a lab technician being monitored for signs of the deadly virus after a mistake by the cdc. and in our next hour, we take yo...

Details on those kind of reports at all in any way. except that as we implement our responses, some may be seen. some may not be seen. >> while north korea continues to deny any involvement in the cyberattacks, senator john mccain will take over the committee next month and calls this a new form of warfare. >> the president does not understand that this is a manifestation of a new form of warfare. when you destroy economies, when you are able to impose censorship on the world, and especially the...

Not unfair to police officers as them as the only resource. we need other agencies, department of health, department of education, all of these services need to be working to the in tandem. and i think that will be a great benefit moving forward. >> thank you both for joining me tonight. coming up, powerful tribute to the slain officer by his teenage son. but first, is north korea right now in the middle of a counterattack? the country has been cut off from the internet for hours. former direc...

To leverage cyberspace with all our other elements of national pousch to make an appropriate response. and i think if we start to do that, it takes a little mystery out of cyber and puts it into a context that makes it more holistic as we deal with the problem. >> whats your reading of what happened in north korea today where they lost internet service? >> with the obvious caveat that i have no direct information in terms of what activities were taken today, i do have experience with being part ...