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>> you dont believe that to be the case? >> we acknowledge the threat, it is real, it is continuing. and were doing everything we can to have a legitimate election. >> if you dont catch a hacker, okay, in the act, it is very hard to say who did the hacking. with that being said, ill go along with russia. could have been china, could have been a lot of different groups. >> make no mistake, the scope of this foreign influence threat is broad and deep. >> ive seen it described as two administration...

Administrations. lets go to you first, joe, how do you make sense of this? do you know with certainty where donald trump and sarah sanders stands on this issue? president trump. >> i worked for an american president, staffers are important but what they think is secondary, far secondary to what the president of the united states thinks and says. ivanka trump is right, the press is not the enemy of the american people. sarah sanders was less inclined to do that because she has been hurt by the co...

Avoid contradicting the president on this? >> every great press secretary that ive worked with or that ive known in democratic and republican administrations has permission from the president himself to often disagree but more importantly more often to make fun, to use humor to diffuse. what were seeing today is a concentrated effort to create physical fear among journalists that they fear for their safety, to destroy credibility, even though ironically the people that disseminate fake news is f...

Intelligence community is coming forth with. >> and to pull up, the headline in a piece you wrote about ivanka trumps comments to mike allen. are journalists the enemy of the people, thats the question she was asked. she said they are not. jane newton small, i want to ask you about whats characterized as two administrations. you have members of the presidents team of advisers on this issue, electoral interference differing widely in total opposition to the president of the united states. help me...

Will do in the future, you cannot count on the president of the united states. we have an extraordinary moment when theres really two administrations. theres the president trump himself and then the intelligence community, and they have really leaned up just as opposed to him on this fundamental issue. >> so the question needs to be asked. is the administration concerned about sending mixed messages to russia? heres what one of the strategic communications director told kristen walker. >> presid...

But i got along great with putin. >> as i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage and malign influence operations to this day. >> now, were being hindered by the russian hoax. it is a hoax. >> we acknowledge the threat is real. it is continuing and were doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the american people can have trust in. >> it is almost has if there are two administrations. one led by grown ups. the other l...

Is if you are concerned about the threat that exists from russia, not just what theyve done in the past but what they are doing today and what they will do in the future, you cannot count on the president of the united states. we have an extraordinary moment when theres really two administrations. theres the president trump himself and then the intelligence community, and they have really leaned up just as opposed to him on this fundamental issue. >> so the question needs to be asked. is the adm...

Two administrations. one led by grown ups. the other led by a man who wants to be best buds with our attacker or as jennifer rue bin writes. no matter how hard they sidestep or try to put words in donald trumps mouth, trump never fails to embarrass them. he never accepted he got russian help and he is not about to make a personal all-out push to stop it in 2018. there are only 95 dayselections. can they work together to ensure fair elections without the help of the commander in chief, without th...

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Eyes or hear with your ears. it is almost as if there are two administrations. one led by grown-ups who are trying to protect our nation and democracy, and the other led by a man who wants to be best buds with our attacker. so the big question were asking today is can our intelligence agencies keep our elections safe without the presidents help? joining me nbc news national intelligence and national security reporter ken dilanian, white house report forefor "the associated press," zwron than lam...