Thisruman library cohosted event. Thank you for that warm introduction and the warm welcome. I was not planning on talking about ufos, but when the topic comes up it is irresistible. I will briefly say back in the ands, the say declassified internal history they had written of the u2 spy plane program, written back in the 1970s if i recall correctly. They hade findings was gone back and correlated domestic ufo reports within classified u2 flights and discovered there was an extremely high correlation. [laughter] this is actually true. Ufos that people it seemed was the son blinking off you tos but could not the explained at the time. Pleasure to be here. I am flattered by the introduction and by the turnout today. Thank you so much to the Truman Library is to do. Today, we will talk about intelligence. American intelligence history has been dominated by the history of the cia, and the cia creationncy whose truman oversaw, but it has dominated history to the point where you will hear pe
And docking the winning boat team members taking a final victory swim. There were plenty of people here to celebrate. Thousands lining San Franciscos waterfront hoping to get a little peek at the action. But, of course, oracle didnt have smooth sailing from the start. They had lost all those races down 81 and in fact the way the race started today, well, it was anybodys race. Dennis odonnell with me. At the beginning it was in the media room watching the very beginning and when oracles boat when bowed down into the water there is a gasp of, oh, its over. Reporter people are still trying to figure out how did it happen, how did they turn it around so dramatically . Did they make better tactical decisions . Did they make adjustments to th boat or get acclimated to the water . This goes down as the greatest comeback but also the greatest collapse in sports history. Take a guess at who this guy was rooting for. Near disaster right out of the chute. The kiwis opened up a 65meter lead. From
Excessive tape, those are things to key in on. Every bomb maker, theyre just like bakers, they have their own special signature, how they crimp the wires, the tool marks, how they tape it up and type out the address. Thank you for your expertise. Were going to stand by, jim and i here. Were just about a block away from cnn, which is still closed because theyre looking at what that white powder could be. Well go back to the studio in d. C. I do want to reset what we know right now. Any moment now the president is expected to deliver a speech where hes likely to address these devices that have been sent to Public Officials and offices today. A pipe bomb appeared to be mailed to the Time Warner Center, which is where cnn is in new york. And there is white powder still
being tested in the mail room there. We have an image of a device addressed to former cia director john brenan. However, it was found there at Time Warner Center. Also targeted, former president obama, the clintons and forme
People who are there, but the next step, which is going to be complicated logistically, is how do we give safe passage for people down from the mountain and where can we ultimately relocate them so that they are safe. Nbcs Jim Miklaszewski is at the pentagon for us. And Kristen Welker is at the white house. Is the president saying anything about a time line in iraq . I think that was one of the headlines out of president obamas remarks. He essentially laid the groundwork for what could be an openended military engagement, albeit a limited engagement in iraq. He said this could be a longterm project. Take a listen at a little bit most a more of what he had to say. I dont think we can solve this problem in weeks, if thats what you mean. The Iraqi Security forces, in order to mount an offensive and be able to operate effectively with the supportive populations in sunni areas are going to have to revamp, get resupplied, have a clear strategy. But this is going to be a longterm project. The
Donald trump is back at mara large bow as crisis will ring in the new year. He will get a intelligence briefing tuesday or wednesday on the russian hacking. He promises a big reveal this week and is not yet convinced russia is behind it. I think it is unfairthey dont know. I know a lot about hacking and hack something a very hard thing to prove. It could be, i know things other people dont know. They can not be sure of the situation. Reporter the president elects staff is pushing back against the Obama Administration after the delayed reaction with the attacking when it stood idly by with other attacks broad. China took other data, classified information, where we live, things we written down on the applications and white house statement wasnt even issued. No action publicly was taken. There is question about whether there is political retribution versus a dip low malt tick response. Reporter the senate will conduct hearings on the hacks this coming thursday. Those 35 Russian Diplomats