be a nationalist and pursue your own interest is a betrayal of moral values. laura: all right, this is what christian whitten is saying about macron s commentary. let s watch. i think macron within the e.u. is under a lot of pressure. frankly, germany is willing to cut a deal on the trade changes that trump wants, to lower tariffs across the board. macron doesn t like that. he doesn t like having to spend more on the military. he doesn t like the fact that italy, along with britain, peeling away from the e.u. not quite as directly. eastern europe not as kosher on the e.u. so a lo it of these things just aren t going the way this former investment banker would like them to go. laura: if globalism of the sort that macron loves, and internationalism, was helping the average german or frenchman, there wouldn t be a backlash against internationalism or globalism. there would be let s do more of it.
well the white house says we can handle an incoming nuclear attack from north korea. here is press secretary jay carney on this yesterday. i can tell you that the united states is fully capable of defending against any north korean ballistic missile attack and our recent success in returning to testing of the upgraded version of the so-called gbi, or the ce-2 missile, will keep us on a good trajectory to improve our defense capability against limited ballistic missile threats such as those from north korea. let s be clear, we are fully capable of dealing with that threat. martha: north korea has pulled off three missile tests in recent months and they develop a long-range missile that they expect will reach these u.s. cities that are marked on this map. it is a stunning look at some of these developments. i m joined by christian whitten, a former state department advisor. welcome. great to have you here today. great to be here, martha. martha: when you listen to some of the languag
petroleum exports which is its lifeline to the north korean regime. really nothing is going to change, at least not with this current set of options we re using. particularly dangerous is the phrase that has been used about this developing situation. christian whitten, thank you very much. good to talk to you. have a good weekend. thanks, martha. bill: they re talking big, aren t they? martha: yep. bill: an undercover agent clears two security screenings at a major american airport smuggling a fact bomb in his pants. how did he get away with this one? martha: great question. that is coming up. thousands of, shas swimming along popular u.s. beaches not too far from swimmers. how about that. where they re swimming now we ll tell you.
on the rise pointing the finger as china as the biggest culprit. beijing says the study is groundless but a cyber firm says it has tracked the source of several attacks including against the u.s. government to a single china government building outside shanghai housing a secret military unit. so with both private and public institutions allegedly under cyber assault are chinese hackers are newest national security threat? joining me is christian whitten a senior advisor and principal at d.c. principal advisory. great to be here. heather: how big is the threat to national security and does it amount to electrical weapons of mass destruction? it s a big threat. it s not a new threat. china is updating for the 21st century things that u.s. adversaries have always done
plus.. heather: so have you ever thought that snowplow drivers intentionally plow people in? this guy did. then he posted the proof of his nasty handy work online. now he is speaking out and so are his angry and cold victims. kelly: first a major showdown in washington over looming spending cuts set to kick in next week. lawmakers are digging in for a long fight as president obama and congressional democrats accuse republicans of protect go the wealthy. while they refuse to bend on tax hikes and blast the president. it unfortunately appears that republicans in congress instead of compromising, instead of asking anything of the wealthiest of americans, they would rather let these cuts fall squarely on the middle-class. house republicans have passed to bills to we place the at the questions terrify. the question is, why won t he work with us? the answer is because he wants higher taxes. kelly: molly henneberg has the latest details on this. the blame seems to go to bo