making it again the g-8 i don t think they really trust that. if you look at the statement by the spokesperson for the foreign ministry, she said if this is serious, let s have a formal, you know, legal proposal and take it off, as she put it, the social media sphere. so they re not really, you know, buying this because i do believe that president putin thinks that he could be hurt if he jumps on board and then it doesn t happen or president trump doesn t follow through. you know, pam, this is really a very prickly g-7 because when you look at the list of, you know, all of these industrialized nations, i mean, this president has insulted all of them except for maybe italy as of recent. so you know, earlier today there was a luncheon involving president trump and the french president macron. they talked a lot about, you know, maybe this is one accord
they weren t in power when 2016 happened. they can t say that about this fall. good point. let s get some more on the breaking nubreak ing news. jim sciutto, how serious is this russian threat leading up to the midterm elections? listen to the senior most intelligence officials for all the agencies responsible for protecting the elections today. it s hard to imagine a starker warning from them, from the fbi, the department of homeland security, the director of national intelligence as well as the head of the nsa which is responsible for responding to cyber attacks. they use language like russia continues to have the willingness and capability to attack. they say the threat is real, it s continuing. listen to what dan coats said. he says russia is attacking the election not just in the social media sphere, but targeting particular candidates, stealing
so, why choose the southern district of new york? i m not sure. perhaps it is close proximity to media outlets and an opportunity to be there and be present and have the media cover the case. that may be one reason. they may want to be nearby where michael cohen is fighting this search warrant matter so that attorney michael avenatti can jump back and forth between the two matters in the same courthouse. so, i m not sure, but it does seem like a strategic decision on their part. a.b., as usual, barbara is being very polite. this is a lawyer who is spending so much time at networks like this one, he could have his mail forwarded. but he seems to be winning what could be a very high stakes, high-class kind of trolling war against a formidable president in the social media sphere. oh, absolutely. i think he and stormy daniels are definitely beating the president at his own game right now. but remember, so much of this has to do with michael cohen. i mean, the first case actually
forwarded. but he seems to be winning what could be a very high-stakes, high-class kind of trolling war against a formidable president in the social media sphere. oh, absolutely. i think he and stormy daniels are definitely beating the president at his own game right now. but remember, so much of this has to do with michael cohen. i mean the first case actually really in the end, president trump recently acknowledged, he said michael cohen represented me in that crazy stormy daniels deal. that s technically an in-kind contribution to a presidential candidate if trump approved that payment, and you look at that s a potential campaign finance violation. today we learned michael cohen s $228,000 of his legal fees were paid for by the trump campaign. he was never part of the trump campaign. michael cohen, as much as the president is trying to distance
that a legitimate place. but it could have been filed in washington, d.c. or probably anywhere where this tweet was seen, anywhere in the united states. so why choose the southern district of new york? i m not sure. perhaps it is close proximity to media outlets and an opportunity to be there and be present and have the media cover the case. that may be one reason. they may want to be nearby where michael cohen is fighting this search warrant matter so that attorney michael avenatti can jump back and forth between the two matters in the same courthouse. so i m not sure, but it does seem like a strategic decision on their part. a.b., as usual, barbara is being very polite. this is a lawyer who is spending so much at networks like this one, he could have his mail forwarded. but he seems to be winning what could be a very high-stakes, high-class kind of trolling war against a formidable president in the social media sphere. oh, absolutely. i think he and stormy daniels are definitely