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>> charles: right. not only are the progressives dug in, but they have nancy pelosi on their side. president biden did the flip-flop. the sort of bait and switch initially. had a great press conference to announce the bipartisan plan and immediately said hey, we're going to hold it hostage until we ram this other thing through. he walked it back but nancy pelosi hasn't. she's providing this cover for the progressives in the party. i think they're going to keep the pressure going. >> yeah. so manchin and sinema should call their bluff and say we're not going to support a reconciliation budget i...

Its critical infrastructure, its economic wellbeing, its secures of technology and individuals' privacy. so i think it's critical that people understand how far reaching this risk really is. >> reporter: the justice department announced thursday it will implement practices used for terrorism cases. telling prosecutors to share more information, and coordinate efforts on ransomware attacks. which is when hackers take control of a network, and hold it hostage. demanding money. the attacks and the amounts paid have skyrocketed. the justice department says ransom payments, often, in cryptocurrency...

For terrorism cases, telling prosecutors to share more information and coordinate efforts on ransomware attacks, which is when hackers take control of a network and hold it hostage, demanding money. the attacks and the amounts paid have skyrocketed. the justice department says ransom payments, often in cryptocurrency, last year went up 300%. the white house on thursday released a rare open letter pleading with companies to strengthen their online defenses, saying they can't fight the threat alone. but experts say the government also needs to find a better way to take down the attackers and det...

Efforts on ransomware attacks which is when hackers take control of a network and hold it hostage, demanding money. the justice department says ransom payments often in crypto currency last year went up 300%. the white house on thursday released a rare open letter, pleading with companies to strengthen their online defenses, saying they can't fight the threat alone. but experts say the government also needs to find a better way to take down the attackers and deter them from even trying. >> it really requires the government to take additional actions. they've got to work collaboratively with fo...

Journal." the scale of this problem is one that i think the country has to come to terms with. >> we are worried that some people will get hurt. especially considering all the incidents affecting health care. >> health care, schools and most recently the colonial pipeline and jbs foods, which is the biggest meat producer in the world. the two recent attacks caused gas shortages and beef plants to shut down. >> i think the country faces existential ricks to infrastructure, economic wellbeing, securing of technologies and individual privacy. i think it's critical that people understand how far-r...