exposed. but the targeting of voters, how much did you know about that? foo well, we were very concerned about the targeting of voter registration databases. now, the recent reports about the russians using facebook as a vehicle for misinformation i have to say frankly nothing would surprise me anymore. you didn t know it at the time before the election? i have to say no. we were focused, i was focused on the cyber security around our election infrastructure. and what we saw happening with the dnc. it copies to be an emerging it picture. at this point, nothing would surprise me. i hope our investigators in congress continue to focus on this. how vulnerable are we in the cyber space? look at equifax that is potentially we are told more than 140 million customers whose identities are now at risk. when i testified before congress in june, i said that i believe it s going to get worse
sfoo well, it gives cover to republicans who oppose it. it also smokes the party out wheredlogically. if it s not going to be a conversation anymore about sealing the borders and self-deporting, latinos or other immigrants, undocumented people felt deporting, then what is it he sets an agenda. the same thing when he let the country into world war ii, he got out many front, he drove a hard agenda, pulled back when he thought he could, and then put the pressure on them to come up with something. he knows the republican party is intensely divided about this. they are driven idealogically still even at this late date by the tea party, and you re looking at polling surveys on the tea party and see where they stand on immigration and a point worth making that gets overlooked is back in the day whether there were all kinds of ethnic division among competing groups, it was who gets the job? no irish need apply. that s not what it s about
troops without leaving chaos in its wake? next up, debt, shedding real light on our present situation in the united states and europe. we have the author of a phenomenal new book, phillip kogan. i ll explain. first, here s my take. some of you regular viewers will recall that at the start of the first show of this year i predicted hopefully that the u.s. woo economy would recover nicely in 2012. i m returning to that topic with some preliminary good news. if you look around the industrialized world, the u.s. economy is the most promising of the bunch. the american recovery is not as vigorous as one might hope, but it is remarkably broadbased. manufacturing is up, including for the first time in 30 years nontechnology manufacturing. retail sales are up. consumer confidence and spending are growing. consider sales are up. the stock market reflects this. two areas of the economy that continue to lag are jobs and housing. both critical areas. generating economic growth and prof
north carolina we are watching the storm from a response perspective. people who are further north up the eastern seaboard, you can still prepare. we ask that you abide by the evacuation orders. those orders are not issued lightly, and we re really working to make sure there is no loss of life. now about local governments? what are they saying they need from the federal government? sfoo well, right now they want our overall support and coordination, and then as we go through the storm, there will be individual requests depending on what happens in different areas. this storm is covering such a broad swath of territory and there s no doubt that there will be different kinds of needs in different parts of the storm area. you know, our director is throwing up some pictures of surfers in bellmawr, new jersey, trying to ride in the big waves. of course, the rain has started in that area. what s your reaction to that?
that happened. they were under political pressure by the president and others to not leave washington, to come to the table as the clock ticks toward august 2nd, but as you can see, it appears we re still in the shouting stage. everybody positioning for public opinion, trying to get it on their side as they head into the last weeks of these crucial talks. alex. sfoo well, actually the president just called them out and said, come on, you guys, i m working. you should be working too. thank you very much. i ll see you next hour. all right. the holiday weekend is no vacation for the presidential candidates. michelle bachmann is in iowa. she ll make six stops in the hawkeye state beginning just an hour from now in iowa city. she ll speak in des moines tonight for a three-week bus tour of the iowa tea party is wrapping up. tonight the republican feels it s expected to expand. michigan congressman, that theus mccotter expected to launch his bid. he will make the announcement in whitmor