states had to say about it. i had a call with president putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. the call had to do also with the fact that we will probably get together in the not too distant future. we had a very good call and i suspect we ll probably be meeting in the not too distant future so i think probably we ll be seeing president putin in the not too distant future. president trump called moscow to congratulate vladimir putin on his big election win this weekend, which was easier to win because he wouldn t let opponents run but just in case you missed the important part, such a good call, such a good guy, did i mention we re getting together in the not too distant future? i think we ll be seeing him in the not too distant future. the reason we knew there was a
detailing services that he said cambridge analytica can offer to help you, something involving ukrainian girls being sent to your home. at the heart of the reporting is the result they built the operation on facebook data that took from 50 million unsuspecting americans. well today, alexander nix got suspended from his own companyfecompan company fect effective immediately. the senate intelligence committee investigating russia s attack on the election took a piece of their investigation off the stove today calling it basically cooked. senate intel put out their list today of security recommendations for how america should sure up our elections against another attack that is surely comcoming.
with a great deal of confidence, it s clear they were looking at the vulnerabilities in our election system. so the ceo of the trump campaign s data firm is suspended. their investigations of the stolen data that flooded the election and the senate closed up a big chunk of their russia investigation saying it is complete and just a few day ago, the deputy director of the fbi was fired, andrew mccabe saying he was fired to discredit him as a witness in special counsel robert mueller s probe to shut the whole thing down. so that s three really big things going on same tan uimult. joining us now is senator mark warner. he joins us live. senator, thank you for your time tonight. i know it s an incredibly busy time. thank you, rachel. let me ask you first about cambridge analytica. you have a tech background
credit for. when you think about the fact that donald trump lost the popular vote by all 3 million votes and within ton the electv you move more people out in those swing states on election day, that s how he won the election. have you met mr. trump? many times. you have? all the data, all the analytics, we want all the digital campaign, television campaign and our data will form the strategy. all the vergresearch, all th targeting, all the digital campaign, all the television campaign and we provided the data for all of it. more undercover video into cambridge analytica. alexander nix follows the footage they put out yesterday
reportedly told him in all capital letters do not congratulate vladimir putin. he congratulated vladimir putin on his election this weekend. he also reportedly ignored their direct advice that he should condemn putin for the nerve agent attack in the uk. first of all, i just wanted to ask your reaction to that news, and your reaction to the president s congratulatory call to president putin today. well, rachel, i think john mccain put out a statement today, and his words were better than mine. he says the leader of the free world doesn t call up and congratulate a dictator over a sham election. and clearly that s what happened today. and what is evident is that even mr. trump s own advisers say it s time now to stand with our closest ally, the uk. he chose not to raise that issue. obviously this was an election in russia where the candidates who had a potential chance of better contesting mr. putin