Now to the day's other top story, foreign efforts to interfere with the US presidential

election.

In the press conference this afternoon, US Attorney General Merrick Garland outlined

what he called sophisticated

disinformation campaigns undertaken by Russia

and other adversaries, promoting lies via fake news outlets

and real social media influencers. And Garland issued this warning.

The Justice Department's message is clear.

We have no tolerance for attempts by authoritarian regimes to exploit our democratic system of government.

We will be relentlessly aggressive, encountering and disrupting attempts by Russia and Iran, as well as China or any other

foreign malign actor to interfere in our elections and undermine our democracy.

Joining us now from the White House is National Security Council spokesman,

Retired Rear Admiral John Kirby.

Admiral Kirby, welcome back.

Thanks for joining us.

Thank you so much for having.

So these efforts, I think it's safe to say, are a long way from Russian intelligence

hacking and dumping emails like they did with the DNC back in 2016.

Just before we dig into some of the specifics today, big picture and briefly what does all of this say to you

about how Russian election interference has evolved over the years?

Well, they've gotten more sophisticated, they've gotten more organized, and quite frankly,

they've gotten more funding.

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