Lets dive right in that this is not your first book on cybersecurity also you worked with your coauthor ten years ago called cyberwar. And that with some of your great reporting but that as appropriate footnotes. We wrote cyberwar and we said things then that militaries would become dominant in cyberscape in the landscape and attack each other in cyberwar and infrastructure would be part of the target set. And not with that damage and destruction. And sell at one level i decided to write this book to say we were right. [laughter] but also what has changed in those ten years. And we were right about some things but we were wrong about others. Guests, the military has become the dominant threat factors looking at the major attacks in the last three years that were military. And if you look at the targets they are going after infrastructure just last month the United States were less said we penetrated the power grid. And then just to attack them. And what was wrong as everybody ten did y
Reporter and then well have a cool down. We had showers overnight, its clearing out, but we have lowlying cloud cover producing drizzle. Most of the showers to the west falling apart or evaporating largely before they hit the ground. Isle take a quick look on radar. Not much precipitation, a little bit of drizzle east of wilmington and pushing into northern Gloucester County and philadelphia getting more of this. If you happen to see drizzle on the windshield up north, slow it down, because in the cooler suburbs up north there could spots that are below freezing. Officially on the thermometer at the airport, 35 in allentown and 34 in reading. Above freezing there. Just have a little bit of extra caution in the Northern Areas, 36 in trenton. 39 in philadelphia and wilmington, no chance of a freeze up here. 38 in millville. 43 in cape may. As we gthrough the day it will be milder than over the weekend and a lot milder than last week. 36 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Noon, 43. Im expecting a high
President of south africas anc. He has been elected president of the anc. President ofuty the anc. He beat the chairwoman of the African Union commission and also the former wife of the former president. We know that he got 2440 votes. We are now seeing the rand react. We saw the rand gaining ground on up to fit optimism that he would be elected, gaining 3. 8 at the moment. Bonds are lower as well. Orot of buying on optimism the hope that it would be a change and be better for the south african economy. Julie hyman is with us. We are halfway through the trading day. Wanted to mention what is going on with the rand. Some interesting reaction surrounding the election. You see the decline in the dollar versus the rand. Ago, the other candidate in the election had asked for a recount but it looks like that happened or that was not judged to be necessary. If we have seen a recount or some kind of question, that could have disrupted this rally we are seeing in the rent. In the rand. Intact.
Strategy. President trump unveiling his America First strategy, which for the first time equal importance and economics security and National Security. For the first time, american strategy recognizes that Economic Security is National Security. Economic vitality growth and prosperity at home is absolutely necessary for American Power and influence abroad. Any nation that trades away its prosperity for security will end up losing both. Charles here to discuss what it means for americas future. Rebecca, Hudson Institute senior fellow and gina, a member of the donald j. Trump for president advisory board. Let me start with you, rebecca. This is not your Traditional National security speech or approach. President trumps talking about border walls, chain migration, and other things. But i think the economy and prosperity have always been linked to National Security. Absolutely. Theyre completely linked. So the trump National Security strategy properly expresses that and has a cleareyed vis
Listen to expertise. We will see you in a few moments. Thank you very much. Next to be you in person. I think we are going to get going with the next segment. I am delighted to be joined by our colleagues. We have a lot to cover. It is a good think that i know they will have a lot to say. Please remember to keep in mind we would love to have your questions toward the end. I want to dive right in and i want to start with you if i could. I would love for each of you to give your reaction to what was shared with us. If there are areas of interest or confusion or that you think are important to be aware of, anything that really caught your attention. Mike thanks, melanie. I will focus on one issue because it is the issue that has troubled me with the National Security strategy and Foreign Policy in general, which is the potential to overdo the china threat. I dont think they do anything wrong, the choice of term pacing challenge is right on and he explained very clearly why it is a pacing