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Interference in the election. 21 state systems targeted while the white house still pre barricades. >> the one individual in america still seem the not accept this basic fact is the president of the united states. >> then the special counsel hits the hill. as republicans confront the investigation that into possible obstruction of justice. >> i think that everything is on the table. >> "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. hours before republicans are set to unve...

I thought it was interesting that jay johnson made the point that he made two efforts to try to help out and protect security and was rebuffed both times. first by the dnc. he said he offered home lald securitys assistance to the dnc when he learned of the hack and the dnc didnt accept the help. at that point, the fbi was investigating. and then when he has this conference call with state election officials on august 15th of last year, he wants to get their support for designating state voting s...

Election voet vendors and the systems being targeted is really something. >> these are both fairly informative hearings that did advance the ball about what happened. the core issue of the russian interference in the election. i thought it was interesting that jay johnson made the point that he made two efforts to try to help out and protect security and was rebuffed both times. first by the dnc. he said he offered home lald securitys assistance to the dnc when he learned of the hack and the dnc...

Second, superpac money poured in. "new york times" estimates handel benefited from $18.2 million of spending by outside groups. and third, old-fashioned gerrymandering. its boundaries clearly were crafted to benefit republican candidates. joining me now to pick over this, michelle goldberg, who is in georgia, whose slate is titled more liberal tears. and author of "audacity," and a title that this might be the worst freakout ever. you were basically like, hey, michelles writing from the tears pe...

Protections, and he gets this blowback, pushback from the state election officials. they dont want it. they fear a federal takeover of the election process. and he put the idea on a back burner. so as a result, two efforts about at this secretary of homeland security are both rebuffed during this russian cyber attack. >> and one of the takeaways from the hearing, not just johnsons testimony but other witnesses, these are systems very distributed. theyre different vendors. different localities an...

Members of congress heard a chilling account of the russian interference in the election. an official at the department of homeland security confirmed publicly for the first time, election systems in 21 states were targeted by russian hackers. theres no evidence that any actual ballots were changed. but heres the thing. witnesses warn that hackers will be back. appearing before the house panel today, president obamas form he homeland security secretary jay johnson said he personally contacted th...

Michelles writing from the tears perspective, youre basically saying, stop crying, its not so bad. whats your general read here? >> you have to adjust your point of view of whats going to happen for the party with everything that happens. in this election, it was worse for the democrats by a few points than they expected. but the whole run of special elections, the democrats have had, has been very positive for them, on average, as dave wasserman found for 538. the party has outperformed its par...

The hearing, not just johnsons testimony but other witnesses, these are systems very distributed. theyre different vendors. different localities and different states. and they are penetratable. >> some people took solace in the fact to change outcome of an election would be extremely difficult. because the election system is so diffuse and run on state and local levels. and multiple jurisdictions, thousands of jurisdictions. it doesnt take much to have an impact. if fact the russians got in the ...

Doing something about it. >> orchestrated cyber attacks on our nation for the purpose of affecteding our election. now the key question for the president and the congress is, what are we going to do to protect the american people and their democracy from this kind of thing in the future? >> testimony came 24 hours later. im joined now by michael isikoff. i saw your write up, there were a lot of stunning moments. to have it confirmed that election voet vendors and the systems being targeted is re...

Counting. maintaining they wanted to avoid the appearance of political interference, and pointing to claim by then candidate trump the election would be rigged. johnson was unequivocal about who was responsible for the hacking and the urge ency of doing something about it. >> orchestrated cyber attacks on our nation for the purpose of affecteding our election. now the key question for the president and the congress is, what are we going to do to protect the american people and their democracy fr...