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Department of homeland security secretary nelson met with a number of state, local and federal officials working on ways that we can best prevent things like this in the future and we're look at a number of different options and we'll continue to do that over the coming week. >> admiral rogers has the agency that could go and confront russian intrusion at the source and he hasn't been given the authority. in fact, he says that the russians haven't paid a sufficient price to make them change their behavior. he is the one with the power and means to do it. all he needs is a presidential directiv...

Wrapped up and sarah sanders denied the inaction against the attack that's happening right now against the united states. i'm talking about russian meddling in the nation's elections. leader of u.s. cyber command says he has yet to receive an order from the president to disrupt russian hacking operations where they originate. >> you would need basically to be directed by the president or the secretary of defense. >> yes, sir, i mentioned that. >> have you been directed to do so, given the strategic threat that faces the united states and the significant consequences you recognize already? >> n...

Sufficient to get them to change their behavior. >> the admiral says the administration has yet to give the go-ahead to take more action. the white house has just responded. the news is developing now. let's get to it. first from the fox news deck this tuesday afternoon, the russians are now trying to interfere with the 2018 mid-terms already. and six heads of intelligence agencies agree. they testified as much. so today the question, has the president directed the top man in u.s. cyber command to stop them. the answer, no. the director of national security agency said today president trump ha...

Chairman continues to want the committee to focus on this attack on what he believes is the deep state. >> waiting for orders. the head of u.s. cyber command says despite russia's continue aid tacks on american democracy, he has received no marching orders from the white house to defer russia. >> as i understand, you said that president trump never ordered cyber com to take any action to thwart anything in the electiones this fall. is that correct? >> i said i've never given any specific direction to take additional steps outside my authority. i have taken the steps within my authority and try...

>> what's your fear? compromise, what do you mean? there's one level that seems obvious, that something like this might happen again. they've learned the bang for the buck of breaking into a few in boxes and publishing on the internet is pretty high. is that the kind of thing you're worried is going to happen again? >> well, we already know that's going to happen again, because this administration has taken absolutely no steps to try to secure the united states from any further intrusions. the things that are happening are happening at the department level, at u.s. cyber command, nsa, and orga...