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Time. some had marge mall impact. some like the operation in the second reward had serious strategic impact. we don t really know at this stage. what i think we do know is as director inglis said, cyber is a sort of supporting capability. it s just computer code. it s not a high-tech missile. so it s not going have that strategic battlefield impact that proposition people thought it might. that sort of covert contest in the information will take quite a lot of time for us to work on what s been happening. yeah, interesting comparison there to the second world war and how things sort of came out later. the cold war as well i guess. absolutely. we ll see what affect it will half have. but you talked about it not being seen as escalation. many people might see that it way. many are asking what the u.s. is doing goes against the u.s. policy not to engage with russia. and earlier this week, the white house press secretary responded to that question. here she is. ....
Thing that politics it feels like window dressing to me. there are important speeches to give and white house summons to convene, and i don t think those things will move the needle on the deeper sickness that s driving a lot of this, which i think is embedded in as i said an economics and culture and the divide that s making these things happen i m not saying it s beyond politics but exists in some way apart from our politics, which i think a lot of these people look at and, go i don t care about any of that. i m scared for other reasons. i definitely don t want to say democrats. i m not really following donald trump anymore. i m following something that s scarier and darker than that. frank, i want to bring you in on this because i think what is also on the table is we have an extremism problem. i m not sure everyone sees that it way or agrees that s the case. but no one is engaged in the counterextremism solution. i would give everybody two ....
$12, $13 for hulu you were talking about. there is potentially more money to be made that way. we ll see if netflix does that it way. speaking of streaming, let s talk act spotify. the obamas have been knocking heads over the past couple years, not about joe rogan but about money. spotify wanted it, the obamas dchblt. now they re leaving spotify and shopping for a new deal with tens of millions of dollars. this could be its own podcast original, a limited series on the drama between spotify and the obamas. spotify making a deal originally with them worth tens of millions of dollars. frustration on both sides. spotify was upset throughout that there weren t more podcasts being produced by the obamas with the obamas in them, not just with their name on them. and the obamas frustrated it was ....
Comes in the week he raised taxes and everyone is watching the pennies. campaigning has ended in the first round of france s presidential election, which takes place on sunday. most polls are suggesting this election could be more tightly contested than in 2017. the incumbent emmanuel macron is likely to come out on top but his closest rival marine le pen is gaining ground. if no candidate wins a majority in this first round, a second round runoff will be held on 24th april. let s cross now to the bbc s tim willcox who is in paris for us. tim, hello to you. i had one commentator yesterday asked whether marine le pen could wind describe it as possible but not probable. so why is marine le pen gaining ground in a way she didn t last time around? well, i think way she didn t last time around? well, ithink it way she didn t last time around? well, i think it is too close to call and i think what you should realise and i think most people have here is that france is a bitterly ....