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>> secretary johnson, in your view, how important is it for the president to articulate and acknowledge that this happened so that people take it seriously? >> very. the president of the united states is the most visible american, maybe the most visible person on the planet. and the things he says and does are watched very, very closely. >> perhaps noting midterm elections looming, there was push back in the hearing from senators who don't see enough being done by the administration to prevent future russian hacking. >> at this point we know for certain that the russians were relentless in the...

Story of last night. and how it speaks to the president's unwillingness or inability to criticize putin. in a hearing before the senate intelligence committee today, both homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and former secretary jay johnson stressed how important it is for the president to speak out against russia's election meddling. >> would it help if the president were to simply acknowledge that this happened in 2016? >> yes, sir. >> secretary johnson, in your view, how important it is it for the president to articulate and acknowledge that this happened so people take it seriously...

President's unwillingness or inability to criticize putin. in a hearing before the senate intelligence committee today, both homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and former secretary jay johnson stressed how important it is for the president to speak out against russia's election meddling. >> would it help if the president were to simply acknowledge that this happened in 2016? >> yes, sir. >> secretary johnson, in your view, how important it is it for the president to articulate and acknowledge that this happened so people take it seriously? >> very. the president of the united states ...

So noticeably on tuesday, now if this follows through and the president doesn't change his mind on bannon and bannon is actually out, susan, do you think this might begin to sorts of turn the page if one can be turned? >> certainly bannon has been a provocative figure. there will be forces that cheer the idea he's out. but steve bannon was powerful because he spoke -- had a message that resonated with donald trump. it wasn't -- he wasn't a power in himself. he was a power because he said things and took positions that president trump agreed with during the campaign and during his tenure in the...

Officials in any government to speak out after charlottesville and after the tuesday statement. >> when you represent the united states overseas, as a lot of people have, including myself, you understand that countries respect our military and economic and political power but they respect the big idea at the center of the creation of the country, which is human equality. and we're a diverse society, we're welcoming to people of all faiths and religions. if the commander in chief, the president, the most visible american at the top of our government begins to say that he sees positive aspects t...