Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. Criticism and consternation today following another, and more alarming, Ballistic Missile launch by north korea. Japans defense minister says the missile may be a new type, and u. S. Officials are trying to determine exactly what it was. Though they said it apparently was not an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. It was launched yesterday from a site northwest of pyongyang. Japanese and south korean Officials Say it flew for 30 minutes over a distance of 430 miles before plunging into the sea of japan, just 60 miles south of vladivostok in russia. The white house said in a statement with the missi
Noon. Imandrea roane. Russias president Vladimir Putin is blaming the u. S. For a Global Attack as thousands more computers are hit by ransomware. Putin says the u. S. Created the Hacking Software that affects microsoft computers. The wannacry virus crippled computers in 150 countries last week, and widespread disruptions are reported throughout asia today. The Ransomware Cyber attack that ravaged europe rolled into asia as workers booted up their computers this morning. In japan, at least 2,000 machines in 600 locations were reportedly hit. The frozen screen warnings were much the same that started here in britain and spread across the globe on friday. Employees found their files had been encrypted, no longer readable with hackers demanding 300 in ransom or theyd be destroyed. Security analysts say its the largest cyber crime attack the world has ever seen. It spread very, very rapidly, and that is very unusual and very frightening. The Malware Program is called wannacry. It was first
Counterterrorism. Id like to acknowledge the Fallen Police officers that the president Vice President acknowledged today. There the front lines of our Homeland Security. The event today was an honor for me to attend. On cyber security, as the president s Homeland Security advisor part of my responsibilities cornets ever scaredy efforts. Ill give you an update on the ransom were attacked known as a want to cry. We closely monitor the situation at the highest levels of government. Were bringing all capabilities of the u. S. To bear on this issue and are working sidebyside with the private Sector International partner spoke moments ago with my counterpart in Great Britain and learned an update from them that they have a feeling of control over this ran somewhere event and that as their effective computers is the fact that their Healthcare System is so large. Theyre painfully aware of the fact that its a Global Attack and as of this morning it reached 150 countries and affected more than 3
Opinion, claims that President Trump asked comey to end a investigation into michael glynn, the times reports that comey wrote a memo after meeting with the president in february. A memo that comey shared with some of his associates, writing that the president told him quote, i hope you can let this go. This according to an unnamed comey associate who read parts of that memo, to a times reporter. The white house tonight denying out right that story saying quote, president has never asked mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, include an investigation involving general flynn. As for general flynn, robert gates told face the nation, he thought it was a stretch to suggest as many dims have. To somebody, in the same building where they work, may be old intel guy, is a problem. And a problem like i just said, i would tell the president about. But, it is not the same as and it is hard for my, i dont know general flynn well, but hard for me to believe anyone would allow themselves
Opinion, claims that President Trump asked comey to end a investigation into michael glynn, the times reports that comey wrote a memo after meeting with the president in february. A memo that comey shared with some of his associates, writing that the president told him quote, i hope you can let this go. This according to an unnamed comey associate who read parts of that memo, to a times reporter. The white house tonight denying out right that story saying quote, president has never asked mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, include an investigation involving general flynn. As for general flynn, robert gates told face the nation, he thought it was a stretch to suggest as many dims have. To somebody, in the same building where they work, may be old intel guy, is a problem. And a problem like i just said, i would tell the president about. But, it is not the same as and it is hard for my, i dont know general flynn well, but hard for me to believe anyone would allow themselves