A such controversial come on the in chief in washington many people in europe are wondering is america still a reliable partner. John or banhart as welcome to conflicts thank you michel republican senator bob corker head of the Foreign Relation Committee of the u. S. Senate said President Donald Trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to a third the World War Three you agree. Well course as a soldier my job is to make sure that our soldiers are as well prepared as they can be for whatever contingency. Should arise our focus is on deterrence. Working as part of the alliance most successful alliance in the world in the history of the world so but senator bob corker sat if we want to speak more about this quote that the president of the United States is today more a danger than a hell for peace i mean again i dont know trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to with third World War Two you agree with that i think that the president has done everything t
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Challenges facing u. S. Cyber command. I would like to thank you for convening this forum. Its an honer to represent the individuals of this fine organization. Im grateful and humbled by the opportunity to lead this impressive team. Im confident you would be proud of the men and women of u. S. Cyber command if you saw their commitment to mission and hard earned successes on a daily basis as i am fortunate to do. While my written statement goes into detail, i would like to highlight the challenges we face in todays environment. And some of the initiatives the command is pursuing to meet those challenges. Over the last year, we have seen an increase of Cyberspace Operations by state and nonstate actors. We have seen a wide range of malicious cyber activities aimed against government and private sector. At u. S. Cyber command, we focus on actors that pose a threat to our National Interest through cyberspace. Nations still represent the gravest threat to security. But we continue to watch
In september. During his tenure, he advocated the cloudconcept. They successfully tested the concept over molly, and they are making it clear they are interested in experimenting with the idea. We asked to explain the top priorities. Fold. Priorities are two we have to get more responsiveness to our nato forces, and you working with our implement, butto it is not it is a major implementatione of nato. A second priority is to make everyone understand we need to some of the challenges we face today regarding the systems and hybrid scenarios. We had it identified before, but we did nothing because we were focusing on the present. We have to take into consideration what would be the future in order to make the best assessment on what we do today, and that is my priority today. Vago your command is in charge of driving lessons from major operations, and the last few years, and just right now, the variety of operations ongoing are staggering. If you look at the capabilities that russia demon
All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by 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 there is breaking news out of chicago tonight. The mayor and the chief of police have just released a video of the shooting of 17 year old Laquan Mcdonald. He was fatally shot last year by Police Officer jason vandyke, who emptied all 16 rounds of his firearm. The Chicago Police department has ordered all police into uniform tonight. The family of the victim has urged people to stay calm. Well have more on this story later in the program. The air war over syria saw a longfeared escalation today, as a russian warplane was shot down by the turks in disputed circumstances. While in washington, president obama pledged american solidarity to french president holland