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Voted against the inquiry to begin with, why? >> i just think we keep going down this road, keep spending more time in many of us came to congress because we really wanted to accomplish goals and work on issues such as healthcare, work on issues dealing with prescription drugs, election security of the debt, deficit, the list goes on and i speak on and on about all the things that we need to do. and i just dont think we are hearing anything you and wrote quickly, we must understand the importanc...

Commercials. >> bret: on election day they are combating election interference. they say russia, china and others will seek to influence voter perceptions. they increased the level of support to the states. election security is a top priority for the u.s. government. its election day today in 4 states. virginia is deciding which party should control the lettingure. -- democrats are trying to gain control of the executive and state house for the first time in 2 decades. 2 other states, mississipp...

Than 250 pieces of legislation. some of those are the small stuff they do but it also includes big substantive issues. legislation to protect dreamers, election security, a prescription drug pricing plan, the first climate bill, multiple pieces of gun safety legislation, and none of that, not one piece of legislation has even gotten an airing in the senate where majority leader mitch mcconnell, the self-described grim reaper, has essentially shut the entire body down. which means it is just a ve...

In an insulting way. other than confirming judges, i dont know actually know what the senate does right now. >> well, its not insulting to me at all. i mean mitch mcconnell has probably called himself the grim reaper and said that none of what the house has sent us will pass. and he is laser focused only on judges, preferably very young. it doesnt matter if theyve ever practiced in front of any court let alone federal court, but he wants to pack the court. what were doing as democrats, we are ve...

We are and were not doing an impeachment investigation. >> i was going to actually ask you this. i dont -- and i mean this not in an insulting way. other than confirming judges, i dont know actually know what the senate does right now. >> well, its not insulting to me at all. i mean mitch mcconnell has probably called himself the grim reaper and said that none of what the house has sent us will pass. and he is laser focused only on judges, preferably very young. it doesnt matter if theyve ever p...

>> i think we have to be deliberate, fact based. we need to make sure were methodical. we shouldnt just be throwing out character assassination and make this not about the presidents personality. we should make this about protecting our constitution and making sure no person can ask a foreign leader to investigate their rival. >> it sounds like you think that at least some of your fellow democrats are not doing that. are they jumping the gun? >> no, im not -- i dont think that. im just saying th...

Right now we are being told to, quote, get over it when it comes to the mixing of domestic politics and foreign affairs. >> i mean, again, these questions are blaordering on th absurd. we need to get whats important. making these kinds of allegations are not constructive in any way. >> reporter: so certainly no democratic candidates are taking this and wanting to talk about this. senator amy klobuchar declined to answer the question all weekend, and you could hear booker and buttigieg doing it a...

>> yeah, its -- you know, we increased the investment in security for a lot of reasons over the last few years. you know, now our security budget today is greater than the whole revenue was when we went public in 2012. quite an investment. one of the areas is election security. you know, since 2016, weve played a role in defending against election interference against the world. it was the french election, the german federal election, elections in mexico, brazil and across the e.u. recently. wha...

Overwhelming and has been verified multiple times by the senate intelligence committee. so the fact that he would actively solicit foreign countries involvement in our election is just appalling and incredible. >> we know that russia will try again in 2020. thats the assessment of the u.s. intelligence agencies. since president trump never talks about election security as a priority. in fact, hes resisted discussing that or having cabinet level meetings on it. i just wonder for folks at home, we...

Galvanizing effect of the president championing election security in the minds of the american people and the american electorate. and thats just been a big void. >> well, folks at home care about it. they should call their congressman or woman. director clapper, thanks very much. major development. turkeys president saying the offensive against kurdish forces in syria is now officially under way. were live on the syrian border, next. you may know us from... your very first sandwich, your mamm...