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>> todays remarks from the president come just days after a "new york times" report that says the state department has yet to spend any of the $120 million its been allocated to counter election meddling. "the times" reports it this way. "as a result not one of the 23 analysts working in the departments global engagement center, which has been tasked with countering moscows disinformation campaign, speaks russian. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer expert...

18 election and the 20 election coming up. >> todays remarks from the president come just days after a report that the state department has yet to spend any of the $120 million its been allocated to combat election meddling. not one of the 23 analysts working in the global engagement center, speaks russian. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the russian efforts. with us tonight, former fbi assistant director for counter intelligenc...

Say that our voting machines are so antiquated. that the contracts dont allow us to do red teaming where they try to hack them. the combination of only four companies who provide the machines and the software that are used by counties and states around the country would suggest to us, we have never put in place the kind of controls that needed to be put this place to protect the vote. thats why we need paper ballots, scanning of them and we need audits. >> i understand what you mean when the zlu...

Moscows disinformation campaign speaks russian. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the russian efforts. im joined by ruth markus, ruth, i want -- maehl maybe ill start with you. >> a high bar for more evan here. >> i think its fascinating. we had this thing struck news 2016. here we are going into 2018. usually, you know, you fool me once, fool me twice, that whole thing. were letting it happen? >> absolutely. so why are we letting...

Done nothing to combat russian med alleg medaling, but his name is not president obama. its donald trump of course. "the new york times" offers another troubling data point. the state department has yet to spend any of the $120 million that has been allocated since late 2016 to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections. as a result, not one of the 23 analysts working in the departments global engagement center which has been tasked with countering moscows disinformation campaign speaks russ...

Down the ticket in virginia. and so i think when we focus on what we stand for instead of focusing on perhaps an attack on someone, i think thats when were at our best and thats what weve tried to do at the dnc. >> tom perez, chairman of the dnc, great to see you again. thanks very much for your time, sir. >> always a pleasure. >> speaking of russian meddling, nbc news has confirmed a new york times report that says the state department has yet to spend any of the $120 million allocated since la...

I think he says it to be helpful, and sometimes says things that he would have heard second or third hand. its not always something you can take without being corroborated. >> coming from the other side of this, coming from somebody who worked on the clinton campaign, who was there as the e-mails started to be leaked out, what did you make when john podestas e-mails came out one after another every single tday from october 7th to november 7th the day president trump was elected. >> we knew it wa...

Achieveilities exact goal of democratic division in that convention, and how the conventional narrative at the time driven by political actors, and yes, the media, didnt always emphasize how much that meltdown in philadelphia was stoked by a foreign power. >> thousands of leaked e-mails showed democratic party officials possibly plotting against bernie sanders. >> the latest e-mails released by wikileaks suggests that top officials at the democratic national committee planned to undermine bernie...

Railin railings. the source close to the vice president admitted a recent lawsuit against the commission by one of the commissions own members didnt help. he tells usa today dispabandings just a tactic. your retirement party will have to wait. no grand prize winner last night in the power ball drawing. that means saturday night worth an estimated $550 million. one person in florida did match five numbers for a payoff. mega millions north of $400 million. that is friday night. >> youre just bur...

Including to big businesses like facebook and google. is a document of and this data is used to build the most accurate user profiles possible this is then used for business and sometimes even to manipulate us is not always for profit but very very often it is the chaos computer club says its expecting about fifteen thousand attendees from all over the world at the forty congress and with speakers covering issues from it security to artificial intelligence there will be plenty for hackers and co...