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But without the kind of mobilizing direction that typically you have, and which is necessary in the executive branch, until the president and the white house raise the flag and say, charge forward, and point in a direction, the whole executive branch does not operate that way. people can do their jobs but there's not this coordination that you need in a world where you're dealing with adversaries who are very well-coordinated. one thing about the russians, they always know in a meeting what they want. they come in knowing what they want. if you don't know what you want, they're going to get wh...

Swat this back. when i say my government, i mean my president of the united states of america, when he just said last night america is no longer under attack, i'm sorry, i'm an american and i'm under attack by vladimir putin right now. so i hope he'll stand up. and man of steel. here at the aspen security conference, the fbi director does not deny that he threatened to resign, during an interview with lester holt. >> have you ever hit a point on that issue of sources or methods or anything else when you said, this is a line? >> as i said, i'm a low-key, understated guy. but that should not b...

Jeremy would agree i'm sure, they'll get up and do their job every day, but it has to be puzzling to them and has to make them wonder what impact they're actually having with the intelligence they're generating. >> isn't one of the problems that there was a one-on-one meeting, which is not unprecedented but is very unusual in this context, brief meetings, obama one on one telling putin, back off, we know you're meddling, completely appropriate. but this was two hours, with no note-takers, only translators, and a big dust-up at house intelligence, by the way, adam schiff and devin nunes, schiff...

Several people who were in a position to help her. it's alleged she was in contact with a central bank official, who was talking about her as if she was part of a secret network, and they even joked about anna chapman, who was a member of an illegals network that was rolled up and traded back to russia. it's a fascinating case. it just shows how -- pardon the allegations, how aggressive russian intelligence has been under vladimir putin, in trying to hit the weak points of vulnerability in our country. >> i did want to ask, david, and betsy, is there any doubt that that soccer ball that putin ...

Helsinki, there wasn't an intelligence briefing on the president's public schedule for the first couple of days. did he have one on his schedule today? >> reporter: he does have an intelligence briefing on his schedule today, andrea. that's closed to press. he does have that on his schedule today. >> good to know. thank you very much, kristen welker. of course thanks to jeremy bash and john mclaughlin here with me at aspen. at 3:35 eastern this afternoon, right here at the aspen security forum, i'll be interviewing the man of the hour, director of national intelligence dan coats, who has been ...