David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Issue even after the league itself changed the policy to keep these protests from happening. Even when the league isnt even playing. When its in the off season. The president still seems to relish going after africanamerican athletes. Its something that he just seems to always jump at. Something he seems to prioritize. This is unusual. This is not typical behavior for a president. President s dont normally go after private citizens or people who participate in sports. But trump does it again and again. I think thats part of the reason, he gets so much criticism from people in the civil rights community. Theres a lot at play here. Hub ris is one part of it. I was talking to Congressman Ryan from the 13th District in ohio a few moments ago. As the president prepares to go to ohio, insulting one of its favorite athletes whos probably not the wisest thing for the president to do. Lets talk a bit about whats going to greet the president when he shows up there in the High School Gymnasium in ohio,
begins to stump for balderson, the republican candidate in thespection election that takes place tuesday. I bring up the wilk bettes berr rally again. When he talked about the boring stuff, namely the election thats going to take place in pennsylvania. How much do you expect this to focus on the Special Election . How much do ohioans want to hear about ohio from the president . I think the president is probably going to do what he usually does in these situations. And thats talk primarily about himself. I think this race is a real conundrum for republicans. This is about the purest test youre going to get for exactly what the climate will be, come november, for republicans and whether or not they have any hope at all of holding on to the house of representatives. You think this isnt just a Special Election and by virtue of that all this attention is being focused on it . Districts. You have two types of republicans sort of writ large in the house. Republicans who would benefit from having trump show up in their district and republicans who perhaps are a little more nervous about it. You might look at car bello in florida who has a challenging reelection. Will hurd in south texas who also is very much far from being a lock. Its unlikely well see trump show up in either of those districts. Mimi walters in california whos a very powerful member of the house who also is in you know, has a challenging reelection bid, and likely would not benefit from the president s presence in her district. Its a big country. There are republicans from all sorts of backgrounds and districts. Every district is a little bit different. But of course there are many districts that do stand where the president s presence does potentially stand to be quite an asset for members. Its kind of the question here, especially in districts like this one in ohio where its very much close. Is the president more of a feature or a bug. Does the president materializing in these districts have potentially the adverse effect
of galvanizing democratic voters . Bringing those people to the polls because theyre frustrated to see the president in their backyard. We can theorize about that stuff. Well see what happens in a couple days. I think very much perhaps the biggest sign that well get from this particular Special Election is just how much of an asset can the president actually be to members of his Party Running in complicated districts. The president is on vacation. With the caveat im not a member of the meteorological society. The weather here has been soupy. He hasnt been able to golf like he wanted to. Hes been alone with his thoughts. I think weve seen that with all tweets we woke up to this morning. I want to ask you what hes grappling with. He was promised a final verdict here on whether or not the lawyers are going to advise the president to testify or consent to an interview here with bob mueller. Give us the State Of Play on that. This has been an eightmonth back and forth. Its been an incremental thing. Where do things stand as you see it now . The show goes on, right . We saw Rudy Giuliani out, saying the other day that they will decide within the next week or ten days whether or not to Grant Mueller an interview. I dont know, david, that i buy this notion that the president is eager to sit down. We know early on in the process when the investigation, Special Counsel investigation began, the president did not want to. I think he and his advisers say this because they think it projects innocence and strength. But, you know, this will be a key test here. And i think it will be another one of those episodes, whether you are a trump supporter or you loathe the president. Thats how you will absorb this news. Its going to be just like the rest of the russia investigation. It will move no ones opinion and, in fact, only make people dig deeper in on their opinions of this president. My thanks to both of you, i appreciate it. Jeremy peters and betsy woodruff
joining me on this saturday. Some disparaging tshirts were removed from washington, d. C. s museum, after that institution faced major backlash from journalism. One shirt read, you are very fake news. The shirts were among the top selling items in the museums gift shop, a long with Donald Trumps signature make America Great again hats. The newseum has apologized in a tweet, writing, we have made a mistake. A free press is an essential part of our democracy and journalists are not the enemy of the people. Up next, the interview, and what it would take for the president to sit down with bob mueller. You know how painful heartburn can be. For fastacting, longlasting relief, try doctor recommended gaviscon. It quickly neutralizes stomach acid and helps keep acid down for hours. Relieve heartburn with fast acting, longlasting gaviscon. Your hair is so soft down for hours. Did you use head and shoulders two in one . I did mom. Wanna try it . Yes. It intensely moisturizes your hair and scalp and keeps you flake free. Manolo . Look at my soft hair. I should be in the shot now too. Try head and shoulders two in one. Are you ready to take your then you need xfinity xfi. . A more powerful way to stay connected. It gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most Wifi Coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. Its the ultimate wifi experience. Xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. Welcome back. When it comes to collusion over these last few month, President Trump and his legal team have been moving the goal post. By the democrats, theres no
collusion between me and my campaign and the russians. It was a short meeting. So i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. But Nothing Happened from the meeting. Zero happened from the meeting. Nothing illegal about that. Each even if it comes from a russian or german or american, it Doesnt Matter. They never used it is the main thing. Never used it. They reject it. What exactly would the crime here be . Its not illegal to talk to foreigners. Nobodys claiming that any information changed hands. Though even if it did, so what. Theyre not going to be colluding about russians. Which im not even sure if thats a crime, colluding about russians. You start analyzing the crime. The hacking is the crime. Trump today following his lawyer Rudy Giulianis lead in pushing a new defense. Not so much with the solution, but as he tweeted this morning, collusion is not a crime. Trump adds, that Doesnt Matter because there was no collusion
except by Crooked Hillary and the democrats. This weekend, the debate over whether or not President Trump will sit down for an interview with the Special Counsel and his team comes to a head. Rudy giuliani telling nbc news Hes Spending Saturday and sunday coming up with the response to Robert Muellers latest request for an interview. Joining us now, former u. S. Attorney greg bower and legal analyst danny cevallos. Just out with this piece, great headline, encapsulating where we are. Trump at a precarious moment in his presidency privately brooding and publicly roaring. Greg, let me start with you. You heard the way the notions of collusion have evolved i think you could say over these last many months. I want to get you sense of the argument giulianis making. Whats he weighing when it comes to this interview . Whether or not you think hes going to define the terms . I really dont think so. I think to most federal
prosecutors, its sort of a joke that the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation could dictate the terms of an interview. Given the president s Special Status as commander in chief and as the chief executive, you know, it may be that in order to get his interview, the mueller team is willing to negotiate some things around the margins. But the bottom line is the Trump Legal Team is not going to be able to dictate how an interview goes. If one happens. Danny, what do you make of what giulianis been saying . He was talking about the evolution of these last many months. Theres been constant evolution this week in terms of what Rudy Giuliani has said. In what courtroom is he waging battle . Is it in the Traditional Court or the public court . Is that his primary purpose at this point . It appears to be. From the beginning, i cannot picture Rudy Giuliani going to the warehouse where the bankers boxes worth of documents are and reviewing them and going through
the gritty work, defense work, that the other attorneys must be going through. I think more than anything, rudys out there, trying to put together a dialogue. The other thing, part of that dialogue i think is very important to point out is this. If hes saying, hey, weve been talking about sitting down for an interview, weve been talking about sitting down for an interview, i have scheduled these interviews with u. S. Attorneys and heres i mean, its just like what was just said. This is what i imagine that dialogue going. Here are our demands, that is what we want. The mueller teams like, yeah, whatever. And then they say, we have that demands. And the mueller team says, whatever, the terms are the terms. You never get to dictate terms with u. S. Attorneys. They make verdict wale no promises. Its the worst sounding contract. We offer you virtually nothing, may not prosecute you for the words that come out of your
mouth. Its a very grim process. The decision a Defense Attorney to sit his client down is one of the toughest decisions Defense Attorneys make. I heard you laughing. Youve been on the other side of this. Youve been in on those interviews, what danny described there. I would agree, 100 . I would imagine that ive never had a conversation like that during my time as u. S. Attorney with one of my ausas because they would never bring to me the offer. Its a nonstarter even at the ausa level. I think unfortunately for mr. Giuliani, and this is a dangerous thing and a high stakes matter like this. He seems to really not know the facts. Simply doesnt know what hes talking about oftentimes when hes on the air. Speaking on behalf of his client. In my estimation, thats a dangerous thing in a serious matter like this. Greg brower, i want to return to what was in that headline. That is the president publicly
roaring. I want to read one of his tweets that continues to resonate i think. The one in which he calls out Attorney General jeff sessions. He says this is a terrible situation and they should stop this rigged witch hunt before it continues to stain the country any further. Bob muler is totally conflicted. Its a disgrace to usa. I was fascinated by the way giuliani and the white house spun this. That is to say this is the president expressing his opinion. He was not ordering his Attorney General to do anything. Just want to know what you make of that argument. I guess in a sense its a legal argument there. Theyre say ignore this. This isnt something that has legal weight. What do you make of that distinction . Well, interestingly, despite what the president may have intended and its a curious thing for the commander in chief to Say Something like that via twitter and not really mean it. But the impact i think is whats the most important aspect of this. The impact of course is the
attorney, the Deputy Attorney general, the fbi director, have, it appears, ignored that command or suggestion or opinion or whatever you want to call it. And that will continue to be the case in my view as this is just Background Noise that doj leadership is simply ignoring. Thanks to you as well. Telling just how it is in the office. You show up and theres no negotiation over the terms of the interview. Up next, attacking lebron james. He wrote these words, i like mike. Keep in mind this is a fourtime nba mvp, a threetime nba champion and twotime olympic gold medalist. Michael jordan responded. What he had to say about what the president said next. This is the ocean. Just listen. vo theres so much we want to show her. We needed a car that would last long enough to see it all. avo subaru outback. 98 are still on the road after 10 years. Come on mom, lets go avo right now, get 0 Apr Financing on the 2018 subaru outback. Ive been Making Blades here at gillette for 20 years. Theres a lot of innovation that goes into making americas 1 shave. Precision machinery and highquality materials from around the world. Nobody else even comes close. Now starting at 7. 99. Gillette. The best a man can get. I we worked with pg eof to save energy because wenie. Wanted to help the school. They would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didnt cut off the light. The teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. So they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. We actually saved 50,000. And thats just one school, two semesters, three girls. Together, were building a better california. What i noticed over the last few months, that hes kind of used sport to kind of divide us and thats something i cant relate to because i know that sport was the first time i ever was around someone white. You know, and i got an opportunity to see them and learn about them and they got an opportunity to learn about me and we became very good friends. And i was, like, oh, wow this is
all because of sports. Sports has never been something that divides people. Its always been something that brings someone together. Last nights reair of cnns one on one interview with lebron james must have struck a chord with President Trump. He just tweeted, james was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, don lemon. The unveiling of a New Elementary School he founded in his hometown of akron ohio. Now, firing back in a tweet, saying, whos the real dummy . A man who puts kids in classrooms or one who puts kids in cages. And nba legend michael jordan, reticent to weigh in on politics, tells nbc news he supports l. J. Hes doing an amazing job for his community. But heres the pivot. James is an icon and sports hero from ohio where the president will rally his base later today in a lastminute effort to help republicans save a must win
house seat in the 12th district. Was the president s tweet just an insult or red meat for his base ahead of that visit . Joining me is tyler tines along with democratic strategist joel payne. Tyler, let me start with you. I want to focus on what we heard from lebron james in the clip at the top. Sports historically, traditionally, being this unifying force. What has the president been doing with sports . How has he upended that over the course of the administration . I think its a little bit shaky to assume that the president himself is the one thats upending all of sports. This environment has always existed in the United States throughout the entire history weve seen black people. The athletes are only here to entertain us. But at the same time, we are seeing a new difference in what the presidency is doing and using governmental power. This is no longer fodder for a red base. This is no longer words hes using before rallies. This is policy and sweeping across the political right where republicans all over the country are using this in attack ads,
using this to raise campaign dollars, to the point where the president is disinviting athletes from the white house. Its no longer just fodder. We have to believe this is policy from the right. A directive from trump. And that is only going to become worse as time goes on. I want to get your reaction to this. Youve been on the receiving end of this from affiliates of President Trump. He used that slur when speaking to you on fox news just a few weeks back. I want to have you look at the lines that jeremy peters, a guess i had on just a few minutes, drew. When the president talks about people of color, talks about africanamericans, the insults tend to be one note. We hear his insults about congressman maxine water. He continues to call her a low i. Q. Individual. He has insulted other athletes including Colin Kaepernick. Whats your take on what happened late last night . What it says about the president s perspective about race more generally . David, the president has weaponized race. Okay. Theres no doubt about it. And i think jeremys observation earlier this hour was spot on. For whatever reason. When strong powerful important africanamerican voices speak up and challenge this president , he has a problem with them. But he also goes right at their intelligence and their capability. And that is a message to his base thats more than dog whistling. The metaphors pour out of you when you think about what this president is doing and how he is trying to divide and hurt this country by ripping at the seams of racism. So youre absolutely right when you say this is a president who feels like this is an issue that he can serve up as red meat to his base. Theres no doubt about it. Tyler, let me ask you about whos meeting. In ohio, home of the pioneers. Oleng Olentangy High School in ohio. How worried about that are you at this point . The audience for what the president s tweeting and what hes saying . The same people who voted for the president are going to be the same people who are receptive to this. The president is a racist. The president is a liar. The president is using White Supremacy as his sword and shield to attack black athletes and black penal. The president has shown over and over again he doesnt like black people. It Doesnt Matter that white people all over america are happy that donald trump is president. Or even ashamed because white people are the people that did this to the country. So we have to sit back and just let it rock. But the point about it is athletes like lebron james, Colin Kaepernick and so many other kneeling protesting black athletes are going to take their individual time to see how theyre going to sort this out with the president. Lebron james measures are economic. He stopped going to trump hotels on the road. No longer going to the white house. Thats his measure of things. So now we have to see how this
goes forward into the nfl season, to the nba season and see if were still going to get any on court demonstrations because the Biggest Issue is not what the president is saying, the Biggest Issue is not just the policy that hes putting out, its that black people are being murdered everywhere by police. That is how we started. Lets not get away from it. Lets remember exactly why we are here. I want to ask you about the leadership deficit on this issue in particular. Donald trumps predecessor spoke to this from a particular perspective as the first africanamerican president of this country but his predecessors also talked about race. Donald trump is not doing that. Hes not doing it as something that needs to change or we need to move forward on. When you look at the leadership of this president , how acutely felt is that deficit . Not having somebody in that role whos leading this country and what needs to change . Not only a lack of leadership data, but also somebody who targets race, right. Again, he weaponizes race. We havent had a president who has used this as a tactic since
woodrow wilson. Okay. This is a president who sounds more like bull conner than anybody weve ever had occupy the oval office. And lets not forget where we started this week. This is about lebron james, opening up schools in his community, showing that leadership that youre alluding to. Opening up schools in his community to help atrisk children. So the president has decided, thats the platform to go and attack lebron james, attack his intelligence, and, again, rip at the oldest and most stubborn sore that this country has never been able to fully heal. Thats president ial leadership in 2018 from donald trump. Tyler, im going to go to you somewhat any different from other white president s and what they do. Donald trump is a blip and something different, but lets not sit here and think these arent the same generations of white people who voted in george bush, who voted in the clintons. White president s can be racist. Because white people can be racist. We dont have to give trump an
excuse or a pet stole that hes a different sort of tyler, if you are sitting here and trying to lum donald trump in with everybody else, i think youre missing The Big Picture here. Donald trump is the most apparent threat to africanamericans in this country that weve ever seen. Thats why africanamericans feel ek cluded from this president. Hes not george h. W. Bush. Hes not reagan. Hes not nixon. Hes 100 times worse than all of those folks for those communities he impacts. Disagree with you on that. Thats fine. Tyler, just about the in the call dro cauldron of sports, i asked you about lebron james, sport, a unifying thing. How do athletics move on . Is this an opportunity to see movement on this issue within the nba, within the nfl . Obviously weve seen that debate play out in the context of football. Where in that sphere, in that arena, do we go from here . We need to see more and we
also need to understand and demand that more of our athletes look, the burden is not on black athletes to fix america even though theyve always been kind of the center block and the ground stone of the moral campus of what america really is. Weve seen protesters lean on black athletes time and time again to kind of direct where were going to go in this country. However, It Isnt Wrong to think that the nba could be doing more. The nfls athletes are afraid to possibly protest. That these policies are becoming so burdensome on them. Were coming to what feels like the end of the springtime of athletic activism. I dont want us to forget exactly why were here. Even in the moment ends. Even if the moment continues. Black people are still being killed disproportionately by police. And thats the problem. Its start and finish right there. Every presidency, no matter what, has not changed that. We have to be able to think about the Bigger Picture here. Yes, donald trump said something stupid. Tomorrow, a black person is going to be killed by police. Tyler, thank you very much. Joe payne, my thanks to you as well. And up next, worlds apart. What to make of the Intelligence Communitys warning about the interference in this years midterm elections just hours before President Trump called russias interference in the last election a hoax once again. Let your perfect drive come together at the Lincoln Summer Invitation sales event. Get 0 apr on select 2018 lincoln models plus 1,000 bonus cash. You know how painful heartburn can be. For fastacting, longlasting relief, try doctor recommended gaviscon. It quickly neutralizes stomach acid and helps keep acid down for hours. Relieve heartburn with fast acting, longlasting gaviscon. That make it easy for your uber driver to find you,atures taking the stress out of pickups. Because leaving an event shouldnt be one. Uber is moving in a new direction. Forward. We acknowledge the threat is real, it is continuing and were doing everything we can to have a legitimate election. The reality is, its going to take all of us working together to hold the field because this threat is not going away. I fully share the Intelligence Community and the assessments, at past efforts and those today to interfere with our election and of the current threat. Top u. S. Intelligence officials saying threat from russia heading into the midterms and subsequent elections is real. But just hours later, the president once between calling the russia investigation a hoax. Defending his meeting with president putin in helsinki. In helsinki, i had a great meeting with putin. We discussed everything. I had a great meeting. Theres an astonishing moment during that Press Briefing with high ranking members of the Intelligence Community when the director of National Intelligence said this when a reporter asked him about that singapore summit. Im not in a position to either understand fully or talk about what happened in helsinki. Two weeks after that summit took place, the Senior Intelligence adviser to the president unable to talk about what happened. Joining me now is the director of National Counterterrorism center, now an msnbc intelligence and National Security contributor. Thank you for being with me. I want to focus on what dni coats said here. He seem like the most capable of what sounds for radical honesty in this administration. The first clip that we played of him. We are here. We are treating this as a threat. How do you square these Dueling Administrations ive seen it characterized as . You have the advisers saying one thing. Vociferously. Adamantly. That this is the case. Then the president saying a totally different thing here that its not an issue. How do you square those two things . What does that mean as someone who worked in the administration . Well, first of all, its good to be here on this saturday. Im not sure i can square that circle for you. I will say the dni, the director of National Intelligence, is doing exactly what you expect him to do. Which we would want him to do. Speak truth to power about what the Intelligence Community believes about threats to the country. And hes done that on numerous occasions. Recently this event at the white house. Hes been clear, consistent and remarkably blunt in the way hes talked about the threat. As for the specific question about asking him to kind of give a readout at the podium of events in helsinki, i would give him a little bit of a pass on that. Certainly at this point, i would
believe that he has a good understanding of the broad topics that were discussed in the conversation between president putin and President Trump, but he wasnt the dni, the director of National Intelligence, wasnt going to stand there at the podium and recount the details of that conversation, you know, for the assembled media. Should he know them. I want to ask about Something Else he said there. We are doing everything we can to have a legitimate election. Strikes me thats somewhat cold comfort there. He didnt come out and say well have a legitimate election. What do you say about what he said about the threats we face here in the midterms . In a sense, i thought the event was the message there. The fact that the white house brought together the director of the fbi, the Homeland Security secretary and our nsa director was designed to show that we are we, the government, or our government, is approaching this as a team sport and is trying to bring all of the
different pieces of the government together to counter this threat. That kind of reassurance typically isnt necessary. Usually, you would assume that on bap of your government, that theyre out there working together, to counter the serious threats we face. Certainly with the way in which the president statements have left doubt about how seriously that threat is perceived at the white house, i think the white house wanted to make clear that we are, in fact, our government is, in fact, all of the relevant experts, those with the capability and the expertise are focused on this problem and doing what they are supposed to be doing. Particularly would point you to the presence of general nakosoni there. I think that was a useful bit of inclusion in the, you know, you dont usually see your nsa director wanting to stand up at the podium because there isnt much he can say. So much of what nsa does is highly secret. What that should tell you is we are bringing all of our technical capabilities to bear on this problem. And i would assume that means
both from an offense and defense perspective. And he didnt have to say much in order to send that message of deterrence to our russian adversaries. My thanks to you on this saturday. I want to move now from russia to north korea. Take a look at this photo. This is a letter from President Trump responding to north koreas kim jongun. It was handed over today in sing poor. That image comes as a secret u. N. Report points to a north korea that continues to develop its Nuclear Program despite the president s warm relationship with kim jongun. I want to bring in ambassador Wendy Sherman now. She was the lead negotiator on the iran nuclear deal. Also a Foreign Affairs contributor for us here at msnbc. Whats happened at singapore, we find ourselves looking to see whats happening. This asean meeting is taking place. The Secretary Of State is there. We saw the handshake between him and the north korean counterpart today. I want to get your perspective. We had a moment this week during
the remains of u. S. Soldiers that died in the koreas were brought back to hawaii. Where do things stand now . What are you looking for as that asean meeting continues, as we try to move forward . I think where we are is not in a good place to tell you truth. Im very glad that some remains, not the 200 that the president announced would be returning, have come back. As the pentagon has pointed out, we wont know for probably years whether the remains are really those of u. S. Soldiers or whether theyre just a collection of bones. But i appreciate the gesture and i certainly hope for the families involved that, indeed, we can identify some of those remains and people can have some final solace in their loss from the korean war. In the Bigger Picture, though, the president in singapore was supposed to get agreement that north korea would denuclearize. We all heard the president say at first hes going to do that in one meeting. Next, we heard this will happen
in a very quick period of time. Now we just heard the Secretary Of State say that the timing on denuclearization is up to kim jongun, the leader of north korea. Now, of course, literally, that is true. We cant make him specifically. We want him. We ostensibly have an agreement with him. But he has never said that he will denuclearize. And it appears that Missile Development and Nuclear Development is continuing. And the president has a very, very steep hill to climb. Im going to put that quo cation up. It is extraordinary as you say. The Secretary Of State was sitting down with channel news asia. The ultimate time line will be set by kim, at least in part. The decision is his. Lets look at that summit that took place in singapore in complement with the summit that took place in helsinki and the notions of leverage, whos calling the shots and lets turn our attention to helsinki if we could. We have heard from moscow since
that summit that they hope to move forward on what was agreed to in those meetings. We have a shaky sense of what was agreed to, what was discussed in that meeting. It strikes me when you look at both of those things together, thats a common thread. The things might have been agreed to tacitly. One leader to another. We dont know what they are. Now it seems dangerous we have one side here essentially calling the shots and saying lets move forward with what we dont know. Indeed. On the Helsinki Summit with president putin, we actually heard some of the results, quote unquote, of that summit from the russians before we ever heard it from our own government. Thats not a good set of affairs. Because that means president putin is setting the agenda, setting the frame of the results of the summit and what is going to go forward. There have been leaks and, in fact, our militaries are talking to each other. The russians want us to help Rebuild Syria and do it with them. Im not sure why we would do that, given how russias positioned themselves in syria. Given that Bashir Al Assad is still in power in syria and has really decimated his own citizens with barrel bombs and chemical weapons. There are millions of people who are refugees or internally displaced. So it is very unclear, still, what happened in that summit. And in both of these situations, as you point out, david, it looks like president putin and kim jongun are calling the shots and not the president of the United States and thats not good for our security. In a minute or so we have left, i want to turn to something we were talking about, that is the notion of there being two administrations. You served in this government for a very long time. Youre familiar with the hierarchy in all of that. It strikes me, we are seeing something unique here. When you have that apparatus surrounding the president saying one thing so seriously and the president not going along with it, not taking that advice, not echoing what theyre saying, but saying the opposite. I just want to get your reaction to what we saw just a couple days ago. That extraordinary Press Briefing, yes, but also how quickly the president turned it around. Indeed. I think it was very good that Press Briefing happened. I think there are real things being done in various departments and agencies in our government. Theres no quarterback. Because the president of the United States is saying the exact opposite from what we heard in that briefing. And what is so potentially concerning about that is that the president Is Green Lighting Putin to continue to meddle in our election. To try to destabilize our democracy. And to really divide us amongst each other. We cant let that happen. The president continuing to say this is all a hoax is undermining his own administration. And more importantly, hes giving Vladimir Putin a green light to proceed. Always good to get your perspective, thank you very much. Ambassador Wendy Sherman. From protecting our Upcoming Elections to a possible attack already thwarted, are tech
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trying to be more proactive, we realize this is a problem and we want to help fix it. Want to read from a big public face. She said security is an arms race and its never done. Weve made it harder for actors operate on facebook and were constantly changie ining tactic chblt that needs we need to continually improve as well. We saw a company take a financial hit. As it dedicated more monetary resources to doing this. How equipped are they to undertake this . They hired like ten, 12,000 more people both to manage the human side of moderation and also the create more ai processes to identify this stuff sooner than before. I think the interesting thing about that quote, too, is that you have facebook, which is like this Massive Company now. More than a billion people using it. More than a billion using instagram. But then you have these small groups of actors. Cheryl sandburg has talked about this being an arms race. Its changing from what they found in the past. They found it early this week, were more hidden. They used technology to be better at where there is not, but its tricky to keep up the mouse. Sure. The geographic app between Silicon Valley is large. We have seen washington take varying interest in chwhats happening in Silicon Valley. When you look at lawmakers reaction, are we getting any closer to washington understanding Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley understanding washington . If you look back where you had lawmakers talking with Mark Zuckerberg and lawyers from these different companies, from facebook, google and twitter to
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