Newsroom. Ransomware attacks are so frequent and the government is warning they could cripple america s infrastructure if they are not stopped. Back in april, colonial pipeline was hacked and suddenly millions couldn t get gas. Experts say cyberattacks are up 100%% from last year. We get more from cnn s jessica snyder. Reporter: the biden administration soundsing the alarm of growing threats of cyberattacks. How the fbi approached the response to terrorism after 9/11. A lot of parallels and a lot of importance and focus on us by disruption and prevention wray said. They are investigating about 100 different types of ransomware and many trace back to hackers in russia. Costing businesses and organizations between at least 500,000 and 2. 3 billion dollars in 2020. Ransomware locks up computer files and hackers demand payment to release the files. It shows 300% increase in ransom payments over the prior year. It has affected the gas pipeline operated by colonial that led to gas shortages
Shocking surveillance video from a california gas station where a man randomly sucker punched a woman while she was pumping gas, and continued to beat her on the ground. We are going to have details of the very latest as the officials search for the suspect bearded officials around the country are refocusing strategy without an advocate in the white house, there setting their sights elsewhere. The white house is standing behind dr. Fauci deny after thousands of emails reveal new details about the early days of the pandemic. Bill melugin is tracking the latest for us, good evening. Good evening to you. A president biden is standing firmly behind dr. Fauci as some republicans are calling for him to be fired. This, following the release after thousands of his emails, which are raising serious questions about what he knew and when he knew it when it comes to the origins of covid19. To some house republicans have sent a letter to the democratic colleagues demanding that dr. Fauci to appear
The three big stories we are following in this hour. There is continuing crisis at the southern border. Fox news has exclusive video showing dozens of migrants trying to cross into our country in the middle of the storm. Vice president harris heads to central america this weekend. The administration calls the root causes of all this migration. Greg declared it a disaster declaration for his border, and ongoing imminent threat of damage, injury, trafficking, and a violation of the state. Emails revealed the state department looking into the origin of covid as we gain momentum forward lawmakers calling on the biden administration to get the bottom of what happened in the wuhan flap. The team coverage of all this plus david at the white house. Let s first go to christina coleman in los angeles about the airline incident. The man brings back echoes in a sense of what we ve gone through at 9/11. Definitely a scary situation, the crewmembers are credited for stopping a man from trying to ove
What else has to happen in this country? plus a war in gauze is president biden s first foreign policy test. I m praying the cease fire will hold. And donald trump promises new maga rallies this summer even as criminal investigations ramp up. This is a scary moment for donald trump and the trump organization. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. Welcome to inside politics sunday. I m abby philip. A commission to investigate the insurrection should be a bipartisan issue but inside congress the idea may be dead on arrival thanks to republican in senate who promise to block the bill when it comes to a vote. Are they going to join us in pursuing the truth or are they going to cover for donald trump and his big lie? in the house, 35 house republicans broke ranks in favor of the commission when democrats conceded to most of their demands but there were plenty of no votes mainly driven by fear of one man, expresident donald trump, who predictably slammed th
Announces penalties for other russian entities. Let s get details now from white house correspondent peter doocy who who is live on the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter: geenks bret. The day before the inauguration anthony blinken went to the senate and told lawmakers there he agreed with them the nord stream two pipeline was a bad idea not for the environmental reasons that have led this administration to cancel pipelines here in the states already. Instead, because it would give russia an advantage in the region. The but, tonight, the biden administration is going to waive sanctions on certain officials that will make it possible for this project to be completed. And anthony blinken is sitting with russia s foreign minister right now in iceland making nice. President biden has demonstrated that in both word and deed not for purposes of escalation, not to seek conflict, but to defend our interest. This foreign policy decision tonight has the top foreign policy democrat in the se