Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america 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, alison stewart. Stewart good evening, and thanks for joining us. Widespread and intense reaction today to a Washington Post report that the c. I. A. In a secret assessment has determined covert russian hacking was in fact an attempt to help donald trump win the white house. A month before the president ial election, u. S. Officials said they were confident that russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party emails for the purpose of undermining the voting process, but it may have gone further than that. Citing u. S. Officials, the post said individuals connected to the russian government gave wikileaks hacked emai
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Newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff he served just 24 days the shortest tenure ever as National Security adviser. Now, Michael Flynn has been forced out, but the firestorm over his resignation has just begun. John yang reports on this day of turmoil. Reporter President Trump knew since late last month that his National Security advisor misled the white house about his telephone conversation with the Russian Ambassador. Weve been reviewing and evaluating this issue, with respect to general flynn, on a daily basis for a few weeks, tryin to ascertain the truth. Reporter press Secretary Sean Spicer said the warning came from acting attorney general sally yates, based on n. S. A. Phone intercepts. The white House Counsel informed the president immediately. The pr
Newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff he served just 24 days the shortest tenure ever as National Security adviser. Now, Michael Flynn has been forced out, but the firestorm over his resignation has just begun. John yang reports on this day of turmoil. Reporter President Trump knew since late last month that his National Security advisor misled the white house about his telephone conversation with the Russian Ambassador. Weve been reviewing and evaluating this issue, with respect to general flynn, on a daily basis for a few weeks, tryin to ascertain the truth. Reporter press Secretary Sean Spicer said the warning came from acting attorney general sally yates, based on n. S. A. Phone intercepts. The white House Counsel informed the president immediately. The pr
Or former c. I. A. Contractor. Joining me now from washington greg miller of the washington post. Welcome, greg. Greg thank you. Roger hi. How do you assess the importance this wikileaks disclosure right now . Becauses a good caveat i actually think it might takes weeks, if not longer, to get the full measure of the impact here. For now, i mean, it looks of cyberc. I. A. s sort weapons arsenal has, to a large bare. , been laid we havent seen wikileaks posting actual code that of aim anduld sort shoot to carry out an actual hack. Likead, it looks blueprints and documents that describe its capabilities and extensive, including, as you mentioned, the ability to everyday devices that millions and millions of people phones,rtphones, apple sets,d phones, and tv into collection tools for the agency. I might be using app or a samsung unbeknownsts to us, the c. I. A. Might be listening in . That, and were doing the agency were monitoring inmunications, it would be trouble hopefully. But yes, th