North Koreas Nuclear programme poses what the us director of National Intelligence calls an existential threat to the United States. They said china is trying to access sensitive us technologies and intellectual property. But it was russia that they all agreed on they were unanimous in saying that russian attempts to meddle in us politics were continuing. Heres dan coats on that threat. Frankly, the United States is under attack, under attack by entities that are using cyber to penetrate virtually every major action that ta kes pla ce virtually every major action that takes place in the United States, persistent and disruptive Cyber Operations will continue against the United States and our european allies, using elections as opportunities to undermine democracy, sowed discord, and undermine our values. My colleague katty kay was following this briefing in washington heres how she viewed this briefing. So there you had it, three hours long, repeated questions about russia, and at one p
Moment. Meantime, the top story, tragedy on the air. A young repair and photographer gunned down during their live report. Alison parker was 24 years old, adam ward 27. They worked at wdbj in roanoke, virginia. As journalists, the heartbreak strikes close to home. Deny, we hear from their loved ones and we learn more about the man who took their lives. Jay korff is digging into the suspects past, Richard Reeve is talking to people who the victims, but we start with brad bell who has been covering the investigation from the start. Agonizing day today. What can you tell us . These are the last moments before the brutal attack. Isoutine interview about or a met Smith Mountain lake. We will not show you what happens next, the ambush isonting of reporter al parker and photographer adam ward on live tv. The interview subject, vicki gardner, was shot in the back and will survive, but the station mix a horrible announcement about its morning team. Alison and adam died this morning. Wards camer
Thousands take to the streets in a general strike in catalonia, in protest against Spanish Police tactics during sundays disputed referendum. Im free dart mac freefallin. Im free. Freefallin. And tributes to the american rock star tom petty, whos died at the age of 66. Good morning its tuesday third october. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Police in las vegas investigating sundays mass shooting at a Music Festival are trying to establish the motive of the killer, 64 year old Stephen Paddock. Paddock opened fire on crowds of concert goers from the window of his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel, before shooting himself dead. Vigils have been held in memory of at least 59 people who died and more than 500 who were injured. It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern us history and has once again raised the bitterly divisive issue of gun control in the country. The president , donald trump, has called the massacre an act of pure evil. The flag at the w
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Week for the fed chair. Looking like a lower open for right now, but fight upward movement in record territory. Months and months for the stock market. By the way, speaking a record territory. Bigname tech Stocks Holding off to Massive Gains for friday. Amazon come alphabet, microsoft new highs and halfhour from now the market will open. We will have three hours for your sabbatical. Varney company will start right now. Charles back to the breaking news. Paul manafort, judge napolitano witness. A scuttlebutt over the weekend but it still a shocking bit of news. The New York Times is reporting one of the account said the indictment is for tax fraud. Tax fraud is not failure to pay your taxes and tax fraud is lying to the government about what you owe. That may or may not be related to his activities in russia. I suspect it is because his codefendant, rick gates didnt work with them on the campaign, but worked in its business when he was an american agent and an american lobbyist from tim