director of national intelligence, dan cote, whose judgment the president went against sent out this statement. the role of the intelligence committee is to provide we have been clear in our assess. s of the russian meddling in the the 2016 election and their sources tell nbc news coates statement was not approved by the traveling white house before its release. while trump may have doubts about the investigation and the indictment of 12 russian amts, there was also this statement from putin to help. we can actually permit special representatives of the united states, including this member of this very commission headed by mr. mueller, we can let them into the country and they can be present for this questioning.
allies earlier in the week in brussels. the meeting came after the director dan coates issued a chilling warning about cyberattacks from russia and other countries friday. he said all the lights are flashing the way they did prior to 9/11 and our country s infrastructure is constantly under attack. president trump was asked about coates warning. dan coates said america s dej tall infrastructure is susceptible to a large scale attack. do you agree with that? i don t know if i agree whatw that. i have to look. i have respect for dan. that s where he is and what he does. we are working on it very hard. we are upgraing things at a very rapid pace. let s talk about it. jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and pentagon.
that. i have to look. i have respect for dan. that s where he is and what he does. we are working on it very hard. we are upgrading things at a very rapid pace. let s talk about it. jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and pentagon. gentleman, thank you both after a long day for coming back on with us tonight. frachk, the president answered the way he did today, siding with putin over the u.s. knowing more than the rest of us do ant depth and extent of how corrupted our election was. so much so that i know your theory is there must be a personal threat of some kind to force the behavior that we saw today. yeah, the only conclusion i can come up with, brian, that the president surmised there was
any reason why it would be. i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but, uh, i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial. even one of the president s most steadfast supporters was stunned today. newt gingrich described the comments as the most serious mistake of his presidency. late this afternoon, the director of national intelligence, dan cote, whose judgment the president went against sent out this statement. the role of the intelligence committee is to provide we have been clear in our assess. s of the russian meddling in the the 2016 election and their sources tell nbc news coates statement was not approved by the traveling white house before its release. while trump may have doubts about the investigation and the indictment of 12 russian amts, there was also this statement
any reason why it would be. i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but, uh, i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial. even one of the president s most steadfast supporters was stunned today. newt gingrich described the comments as the most serious mistake of his presidency. late this afternoon, the director of national intelligence, dan cote, whose judgment the president went against sent out this statement. the role of the intelligence committee is to provide we have been clear in our assess. s of the russian meddling in the the 2016 election and their