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But they do. and thats the world we live in. kp. chris: there are a lot of crowded events in summer. concerts, sporting events. how do you harden these soft targets like this concert was. this person get into the events. he was outside the event. what do you do about perimeters? secretary kelly: we are a free and open society and i wouldnt change that at all. but thats also one of our vulnerabilities. people can live their lives day in and day out. privacy issues. its what america is all about. ...

But they do. and thats the world we live in. kp. chris: there are a lot of crowded events in summer. concerts, sporting events. how do you harden these soft targets like this concert was. this person get into the events. he was outside the event. what do you do about perimeters? secretary kelly: we are a free and open society and i wouldnt change that at all. but thats also one of our vulnerabilities. people can live their lives day in and day out. privacy issues. its what america is all about. ...

But they do. and thats the world we live in. kp. chris: there are a lot of crowded events in summer. concerts, sporting events. how do you harden these soft targets like this concert was. this person get into the events. he was outside the event. what do you do about perimeters? secretary kelly: we are a free and open society and i wouldnt change that at all. but thats also one of our vulnerabilities. people can live their lives day in and day out. privacy issues. its what america is all about. ...

Give us a comprehensive overview of what happened. all of the different permutations and manifestations of the questions ranging from financial ties and so forth. if we get a full report short of criminal activity that would explain where vulnerabilities are in the system. it may be that whatever he does that we still are going to need a substantial effort from congressional committees which are better positioned if not perfectly positioned to provide that 360 degree picture of what happened in ...

Why after they knew so much about michael flynns vulnerabilities on russia and the money that he got from russia was jared kushner so defensive of him. so, i think that these pieces are more dots. matt has done wonderful groundwork laying out what the questions ought to be, but we need to be getting answers. >> you see the white house is setting up this war room we were talking about earlier in the hour. it sort of speaks to, matt, what you write about also, that the russia investigation is gett...

Do you believe that one of the things you talked about was exploit. you said that even though the election is over, putin and russians are still exploiting us. what did you mean by that? >> i mean that again this has been a pattern of russian intelligence services to try to take advantage of the openness of western societies, free press and other things, and political parties and systems to find opportunities and vulnerabilities that they can use to advance their interest. theyll continue to do ...

Do you believe that -- one of the things you talked about was exploit. you said that even though the election is over, putin is still, and russians are still exploiting us. what did you mean by that? >> i mean that, again, this has been a pattern of russian intelligence services, to try to take advantage of the openness of western societies, free press and other things, and political parties and systems to find opportunities and vulnerabilities that they can use to advance their interests. they ...

So my last question to you is, do you believe that -- one of th things you talked about was explt. you said that even though the election is over, putin and the russians are still exploiting us. what did you mean by that? >> i mean that -- again, this has been a pattern of russian intelligence services, to try to take advantage of the openness of western societies, free press and other things, and political parties and systems, to find opportunities and vulnerabilities they can use to advance th...

What happened this past weekend whether from russia, north korea or who knows where. what would your bill do specifically, senator? >> it would codify whats already happening here. when our agencies find vulnerabilities in software, some of those vulnerabilities we want to keep so we have the best offensive cyberattack capability in the world. thats important. but at the same time we want to make sure that we want those companies to be able to patch that software so that other computers dont rem...

Countries was a wake-up call for the world and investors. cybersecurity stocks, dave, look at that, monday big jumps for companies like palo alto networks, symantec and fireeye. cybersecurity is a big and growing business. funds for the sector are up about 35% in the past year. the latest attack, which locked computers and demands payment to open them targeted machines running microsoft windows without up-to-date security. in an unusual move, microsoft swiping at the u.s. government for the atta...