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>> f.b.i. director christopher wray there. there is a man who knows more about that briefing than most. former homeland security advisor tom bossert. >> i was in that briefing the two weeks before the inauguration. that one focused on the cyber component on what the russians did. not the information operations. those information operations are ongoing. i agree with the f.b.i. director. >> that's the critical distinction, bill. they won't always give you everything and some when you get a briefing of this nature. keep in mind i'm sure for the president at that particular time. the president ele...

Says -- sets any bar or minimum bar for cyber security protection for our voting. and russia hacked voter registration systems. there's got to be laws put into place and greater cooperation among all levels of government. the second part is we need the equivalent of a cyber nato where nations come together and are able to act defensively when one of them is attacked. nato accomplishes that when a country is physically intruded upon but what's missing is the cyber component. >> carolyn, we have a lawyer here. a question i'm dying to ask. i might as well ask you with you sitting here. we've been...

Cyberspace, voting machines, power sector, what if, the united states has the best capabilities of the world, we should lead on this to set the rules of the game and help with international allies and partners and -- and foes to write the rule. you know, 90% of cyberspace is in private hands and why that's important is never again will we see a conflict that does not have some sort of cyber component to it so gone are the day that is you have military target and civilian target because they are so intertwine now, sooner than later, we've got to get together and we have to lead as a nation to c...

>> yeah. i don't know whether or not he's planning to or whether he will, and i've been speaking up for a long time before even the cyber attacks took place during last year's election that russia san adversary to the united states and that hasn't changed. they are an adversary. so while you are hopefully looking at ukraine, syria, isis, north korea, nato, there's a lot to talk about, obviously, that's unrelated to this cyber component. i would strenuously plead that we are seeing those opportunities like what we'll see at the g-20 to talk about the cyber piece because north korea, russia, ira...

So-called red phone. they added a cyber component, which is used for a cyber concern. this communication with the kremlin was the very first time it had ever been used. >> interesting. a strange time we live in. thank you for that, cynthia. much information in there we didn't know about. coming up next, the blame game over yesterday's deadly ordeal in berlin. the president-elect and a potential member in his cabinet are pointing fingers. do their words point a risk? but as we head to a break, we'll look live at berlin where a memorial is being held for the lives lost in last night's attack...