with the cycle, then that is not good for you. if you are a democrat, you shouldn t be opposed to this kind of infighting. good point. days after president trump accused the new york times of committing a, quote, virtual act of treason for reporting on the u.s. cyber attacks on russia, the publisher is pushing back. the op-ed titled, accusing the new york times of treason, trump crosses the line. the word treason is a loaded one, trump has gone from insult gs our business to demonizing our integrity. now the president has escalated his attacks even further accusing the times of a crime so
grid. president trump is denying the report and calling the times reporting a, quote, virtual act of treason. the two administration officials told the times they believe the president had not been briefed in any detail about the malware over concern he might react or might even leak the administration to foreign officials. let s bring in matthew chance in moscow. matthew, good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. an act of virtual treason, the kremlin absolutely love this kind of tirade against the free press in the united states because it fits their narrative. they want to undermine the work of media in their country. in terms of the reaction though from russia about these revelations in the new york times , it s been pretty muted. russia s got a track record, of course, of infiltrating the critical infrastructure systems of other countries and even carrying out cyber attacks
just to change the shot. sorry. okay, do you want to do that a little differently then? while trump was quick to throw his senior official out of the room, the president found himself out of the the loop on a major u.s. strategy to russian cyber attacks. there was broad hesitation to brief trump about a plan on power grids that could be used for future cyber attacks or surveillance. two administration officials said they believed mr. trump has not been briefed in any detail over concerns about how he might react. and the possibility that he might share sensitive information with foreign officials like he did in 20 subpoena when he discussed a a classified operation in syria with a russian foreign minister and ambassador in the oval office. over the weekend, the president slammed the new york times accusing the paper of a virtual act of treason and calling the report not true. and while he seemed to suggest the times was putting national
judge jeanine: president trump responding to what he says is a false report in the new york times about stepped u.s. cyber attacks. the president says the report is a virtual act of treason. the story he says is not true. the president says the corrupt media will do waste takes without thought of consequence and calls members of the mainstream media true cowards and the enemy of the people. former white house communications director anthony scaramucci joins me now to weigh in on that and more. okay, white house communications director, who is it going to be. he s not going to take me back, but i would 100% go back. he needs some killers around him. i kill enough. i would also yell at him.
security, great economy. i think i ve done more than any other first term president ever. i have a phony witch hunt, which is just a phony pile of stuff, mueller comes out there s no collusion and essentially a ruling that no obstruction and they keep going with it. do you know what, people are angry about it. reporter: that was one of several times during that interview that the president brought up the russia investigation, even when he wasn t asked about it so he can tell this is still something very much on his mind and it is something we are going to be hearing about both from him as well as the democratic candidate s a lot moreover the next 17 months, rick? rick: garrett tenney at the white house. the president escalating his feud with the new york times accusing the paper of a virtual act of treason after it reported the u.s. is ramping up its ability to hack into russia s power grid in response to moscow s heightened cyber aggression in recent years. mark meredith explains t