Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navaz is away. On the news hour tonight, Democrats on Capitol Hill push Trump administration intelligence officials for answers on why they used a commercial messaging app to discuss war plans.

The Wall Street veteran nominated to lead the Social Security Administration is

questioned about potential cuts at the agency. And we speak with Finland's president about efforts

to end the war Russia started in Ukraine. European security is in the interest of American

security and vice and vice versa.

Welcome to the News Hour.

A typically ordinary Senate hearing on worldwide threats to the U.S.

became contentious today following news of a major national security breach. The editor-in-chief of the Atlantic revealed yesterday that he was accidentally put into a chat on the signal messaging

app with top U.S. officials as they discussed military strikes in Yemen. Two of those officials testified in the

Senate hearing today. Our congressional correspondent, Lisa Desjardin, has our report.

I can just say this. If this was the case of a military officer or an intelligence officer, and they had this kind of behavior, they would be

fired.

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee today hammered CIA Director John Ratcliffe

and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard over the Signal Chat security breach.

Director Radcliffe, were you on the group chat?

Senator, I was on a signal messaging group.

So you were the John Ratcliffe on that chat?

I was.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Throughout the heated hearing, Ratcliffe and Gabbard stayed cool, confirming they do use

the encrypted app for work

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