two days after his meeting with vladamir putin, president trump announced his plans to work with russia on cyber security. the president tweeted putin and i discussed forming a cyber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things will be guarded. the president faced a swift backlash from members of both parties. it s not the dumbest idea i ve ever heard, but it s close. we might as well mail our ballot boxes to moscow. i am sure that vladamir putin could be of enormous assistance this that effort, since he s doing the hacking. others took to twitter. ben sasse wrote, this should not happen and will not happen. why the president of the united states will tweet it is bizarre. republican senator marco rubio tweeted, partnering with putin on a cyber security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. after the criticism about 13 hours later, president trump walked back the idea with a tweet, the fact that we discussed a cyber security
the president faced a swift backlash from members of both parties. it s not the dumbest idea i ve ever heard, but it s close. we might as well mail our ballot boxes to moscow. i am sure that vladamir putin could be of enormous assistance this that effort, since he s doing the hacking. others took to twitter. ben sase wrote, this should not happen and will not happen. why the president of the united states will tweet it is bizarre. republican senator marco rubio tweeted, partnering with putin on a cyber security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. after the criticism about 13 hours later, president trump walked back the idea with a tweet, the fact that we discussed a cyber security unit doesn t mean i think it can happen. it can t. but a cease-fire can and did. i want to bring back my panel now with one new face.
dangerous acme products. making an arsonist your local fire chief. hours after the president announced the plan for the joint cybersecurity agreement with russia, he backtracked on it. writing on twitter, the fact that president putin and i discussed a cybersecurity unit doesn t mean i think it can happen. it can t. but a cease fire can. and did. in today s white house briefing which again took place in the dark today without cameras and with only audio allowed, deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders addressed this issue. shfs a part of a discussion in that meeting. and the look we recognize that russia is a cyberthreat. but we also recognize the need to have conversations with our adverses. i m not sure there were specific details discussed. i think it was simply just a discussion on cybersecurity threats and potential options not necessarily a formal kind of
announced the plan for the joint cybersecurity agreement with russia, he backtracked on it. writing on twitter, the fact that president putin and i discussed a cybersecurity unit doesn t mean i think it can happen. it can t. but a cease fire can. and did. in today s white house briefing which again took place in the dark today without cameras and with only audio allowed, deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders addressed this issue. shfs a part of a discussion in that meeting. and the look we recognize that russia is a cyberthreat. but we also recognize the need to have conversations with our adverses. i m not sure there were specific details discussed. i think it was simply just a discussion on cybersecurity threats and potential options not necessarily a formal kind of
and i discussed it doesn t mean it can t happen, but a cease-fire can and did. what does this all mean? joining us, we are covering the story. susan malveaux is there. susan? good morning. there s a strong response inside and outside the white house. this story has been percolating the last 24-48 hours. statements coming from kellyanne conway, a top adviser and donald trump jr., himself. this, after the news broke from the new york times meeting that took place between donald trump jr. and a russian national. this happened at the trump tower on june 9th, weeks away from when his father became the republican nominee, not only in that meeting was donald jr., but the son-in-law, jared kushner, as well as the former campaign chair, paul manafort. numerous explanations why this meeting happened. at first, it was saturday that