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>> what poll is that? [laughter] >> any president has to do that, thats a problem when youre president, you want to get your stuff pushed through, you want to be popular, something you have to do. hes not a fool, hell figure that out. hes going to waste a lot of time and a breath and energy arguing over who has the bigger crowd. >> dont you think theyre going to create fake twitter accounts to follow them like my sister-in-law follows me and think i dont know its her with the egg? i know its you...

He tried to get president bush impeached because of the iraq war. >> we have a constitutional duty to investigation. >> reporter: the chief computer scientist seems to be on a different page. j. alex halderman is concerned about the risk of elections being hacked. he talked about it on cspan before the vote. >> the realistic attack is going to be honing in on whichever states end up having the closest margin. >> reporter: but he wants an investigation because he thinks any questions about voting...

For the election results to be flipped. but i completely agree with both jay and ross that this is completely unrealistic. and, in fact, a computer scientist who was supposedly quoted in the original article that gave light to all of this came out to say that he was inaccurately quoted initially, and that there really is no chance, you know, in terms of probability for the hacking that was supposedly cited to, first of all, number one, be real, and number two, change any of the election results....

The green party nominee inu bid for recount in wisconsin and michigan. the campaign launched $2 million for the recount. it follows the computer scientist of hacks in those states. and a car bombing of the southern city in turkey. the last happened in a parking lot near the governors office during rush hour. no one has claimed responsibility. a rescue operation at the site of the construction accident in china. at least 40 people were killed at a platform. a number of people trapped. and h...

Investigate fully and comprehensively. >> reporter: but at the university of michigan the chief computer scientist behind the discovery of these alleged voting oddities seems to be on a different page. concern about the risk of american elections being hacked. he talked about it on c-span before the vote. >> a realistic attack on the election is probably going to be honing in on whatever states end up having the closest margins. >> but he wants an investigation because he thinks any questions ab...

Clinton aides urging official review. they did not provide prove of hacking, but that could tip wisconsin and if others went her way too, she would have won. who is leading the charge? >> our democracy is under attack. >> reporter: and the democratic activist who ran for office a few years ago. >> this is a story of where the democratic party needs to be. >> reporter: he is a big proponent of voting rights. he tried to get president bush impeached over the iraq war. >> a constitutional duty to i...

Him to succeed. jared kushner revealing he played a pivotal role for his father-in-law by setting up a secret data operation. he called some friends in silicon valley and they helped him develop a social mediaia targeting strategy that involves a 100-person team for fund-raising, messaging and voter targeting. its one of the most fascinating things about the campaign. if you look at how much money and the democrats spent, versus how much donald trump spent, a lot more bang for the buck. >> abs...

Underperformed, compared to areas with paper ballots, by as much as 7% according to what they told top clinton aides in a call urging an official review. theyve not released analysis or provided proof of hacking, but that margin could have tipped wisconsin and if the others went her way too, she would have won. so who is leading the charge? john bonafast is a democratic activist who ran for office a few years ago. sthz is a story of where the democratic party needs to be. >> reporter: hes a big ...

>> a big proponent of voting rights. he tried to get president bush impeached over the iraq war. >> the united states house of representatives has a constitutional duty to investigate fully and comprehensively. >> reporter: at the university of michigan, the chief computer scientist behind the discovery of these alleged voting oddities seems to be on a different page. j. alex halderman is concerned about the risk of elections being hacked. he talked about it before the vote. >> a realistic attac...

Troubling to me, frustrating, is that now you have all these people coming out and saying, well, the main computer scientist who was featured in gabriel shermans piece basically says his views were misrepresented. you have all these people coming out sayingering with should do a recount just to be sure. it goes from the premise that this is probably, theres probably something fishy here and we need to be extra sure. thats not the way elections work. >> weve had press denlts for this. nixon in 19...