A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. White house correspondent jim acosta. The white house wants to show the Administration Takes Election Interference very seriously despite doubt the president continues to cast. Update our viewers. Reporter thats right. The white house tried to show The World Today that its serious about stopping russian interference in u. S. Elections. But the Top Administration officials on display today insisting they are on the case had to grapple with one very key question, whether the president himself takes the threat to american democracy seriously. The president has made it clear reporter it was a show of force as the white house and Top Administration officials from the director of National Intelligence to the National Security advisor to the fbi director to assure the American People they are determined to combat russian interference in the u. S. Elections. We continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try t
into this a vehicle. it has new york license plates, they issued an amber alert warning. she is believed to be an extreme danger. all of the agencies have fostered it to identify threats of all kinds against the united states. the president has specifically directed us to make the matter of election meddling and securing our election process a top priority, and we have done that and are doing that and continue to do so. dana: that was director of national intelligence, dan cook speaking yesterday, presenting a united front with the heads of five departments, taking to the podium to confirm the united states commitment to combat election meddling. they all say that russia was behind interference in the 2016 election, and that they are attempting to do the same in a 2016 election. this is a bipartisan group of senators, imposing new sanctions
our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. reporter: though the officials note it is not as robust as in 2016, but the response under president trump will be stronger. the president has specifically directed us to make the matter of election meddling and securing our election process a top priority. reporter: but noticeably absent, the commander in chief who would weeks ago was still casting doubt on russian meddling. is russia still targeting the u.s. thank you very much, no. reporter: standing with vladimir putin, seeming to resquekt tr reject the intelligence community s opinion that russia interfered. the head of the fbi asked how america should square the intel warning with a president who repeatedly attacked his agency. i can assure the american people that the men and women of the fbi starting from the director all the way town will follow our oaths and do our
secretary of homeland security, kirstjen nielsen. she ll be followed by christopher wray. then finally, the director of the national security agency, general paul nakasone. dan? as director of national intelligence, i would like the american people to know that the intelligence community and all of its agencies are postured to identify threats of all kinds against the united states. the president has specifically directed us to make the matter of election meddling and securing our election process a top priority, and we have done that and are doing that and will continue to do so. we have incorporated the lessons learned from the 2016 election and implemented a broad spectrum of actions to share more information across the federal
from the top. the president has specifically directed us to make the matter of the election meddling and securing our election process a top priority. reporter: homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen described a grave threat. democracy itself is in the cross hairs. free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear they are the target of our adversaries who seek to sow discord. reporter: all of this stood in stark contrast to the president s statements. in his meeting with vice president he declined to confront vladimir putin about meddling. the president had often diminished the russian threat. i accept our intelligence community s conclusion that russia s meddling in the 2016