Cyber hacking activity has continued largely unabated since the november election. What can you tell us about that, mark preston . As you said at the top of the show, balm has come out and told npr in fact the u. S. Will take retaliatory action. When that will happen and how that will happen he wouldnt say. We also know that a senior campaign, Clinton Campaign official was told as recently as just a couple of weeks ago that their private g mail accounts were still under attack by a private state actor. So were actually seeing the russians continue to try to meddle into the political system here. We also know that barack obama took this up with Vladimir Putin back in september. Apparently had addressed it head on with pout inabout this. So as we stand right now, we had this back and forth, don, as we talked about this through the day. We will continue through tomorrow where you have the transition right now fighting back against the obama administration, specifically josh earnest saying
The entire convention this evening. Mike pence, the Republican Partys Vice President ial nominee will be taking the stage. The indiana governor and former talk radio host making the biggest speech of his life tonight. He has to prove hes the right man for this job, and that he can unite a deeply divided party. Pence waiting on the ground with his family and trumps family this afternoon as trump approached in his own chopper, a flight of only 800 yards from his plane. The helicopter circling for the cameras in maximum, dramatic effect, and as you see, the two men there greeting each other this afternoon. Jim acosta is out front tonight on the floor here in clear land. Jim, the stakes are very high for governor pence tonight. Reporter they are very high, erin. This is the biggest speech of mike pences life of his political career, and i can tell you from talking to a source close to the Trump Campaign there is some concern that mike pence may have to do a little cleanup after we hear fro
This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Meanwhile trump insisting he was against the iraq war from the beginning and he says his interview with Esquire Magazine proves it. And in August Of 2004, very early in the conflict, extremely early in the conflict, right at the beginning, i made a detailed statement in an interview to Esquire Magazine. Tonight the writer who did that interview tells me what else trump said. Plus libertarian candidate gary johnson finds himself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. What would you do if you were elected about aleppo . About . Aleppo. And what is aleppo . Youre kidding . No. Will johnsons voters jump ship and who will get their support . I want to go to executive editor mark preston. Were going to talk about that, but what a stunning moment that was. I saw it happening live. Lets talk about this fallout, lots of fallout from last nights military forum, a lot of back and forth attacks today. Does any of this change the state of this race . I think
Posts philip bump. Russian cyber hacking activity has continued largely unabated since the november u. S. Election including against u. S. Political organizations. Theres been some back and forth between the white house and the transition team. What can you tell us about that, mark preston . Well, you know, as you said at the top of the show, that barack obama has come out and he has told npr that, in fact, the u. S. Is going to take retaliatory action, when that will happen and how that will happen, he wouldnt say. We also know that a senior Clinton Campaign official was told as recently as just a couple of weeks ago that their private gmail accounts were still under attack by a private state actor. So were actually still seeing the russians continuing to try to meddle into the political system here. We also know that barack obama took this up with Vladimir Putin back in september. Apparently had addressed it headon with putin about this. So as we stand right now, we have this back an
Reporter President Trump convening republican senators at the white house flanked by two key skeptics of the bill. Were getting very close. Reporter the president optimistic despite fundamental divisions by the country between conservatives and moderates. The central focus needs to be on lowering premiums. The current draft doesnt do nearly enough to fix that draft. I have so many fundamental problems with the bill that its difficult for me to see how any tin kerg is going to satisfy my fundamental and deep concerns. Reporter multial senators voicing concern over this attack ad against vulnerable republican senator dean heller because hes against the senate bill. If youre opposed to this bill, we are opposed to you. Reporter sources tell cnn heller raised the issue with the president himself after mcconnell personally reached out to the white house chief of staff Reince Priebus calling the ad a stupid move that set the cause back significantly. I was amazed and appalled to learn that a