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Questions about this reporting over the whistleblower. it will be interesting to see who the president calls on in terms of the journalists in the room and what is asked. >> yeah, has a habit of calling on friendly outlets. the u.s. does state visits well. nothing like a fife and drum band. they are special events. in washington, senator mitch mcconnell now says that he will support an amendment that gives $250 million directly to states for election security. this is an about-face for the sen...

Funding for election security measures said im for it now. im going to say we need this $250 million for extra election security. what changed? >> i mean, hes been getting a lot of pressure on that. republicans, theyre sort of counter to the whole russia mueller report. saying we can secure elections. obama didnt do enough in 2016. but if theyre really serious about that, the number one republican in congress mitch mcconnell, you would think he would move on election security. and i think right ...

Committee. it passed out of committee. now the question is, will it go to the senate for a full vote, and how do they conference that with the house? and will the president sign it? but ultimately, this is a substantial amount of money. mcconnells team is pushing back, saying, this is not a reversal for the majority leader. in fact, he has supported more money for election security in past appropriations bills. and he was simply waiting for the appropriations process to unfold on capitol hill. t...

The house democrats are still seeking the federal tax returns, but richard neil, the ways and means chairman, specifically, but right now, as we know, with many issues, president trump is stonewalling and preventing the release of his tax returns. so president trump is fighting on multiple fronts here. the local level, with the manhattan d.a. at the state level in california. and at the federal level with house democrats. >> i have a feeling the president is going to be fighting this thing tooth...

Lawmakers seek a deal over funding for trumps border wall, the standoff over that funding last year resulted in a government shutdown and i think everybody is watching this saying oh, no, not again. >> exactly. are we headed toward another one? >> yes. coming up after facing fierce criticism, majority leader mitch mcconnell is backing a measure to improve election security. the details of what is in the plan straight ahead. >> president trump takes new legal action to try to stop officials in ma...

Welcome back, everybody, im yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. the bottom of the hour, lets starts with the top story, after blocking numerous attempts to bring election security legislation to the senate floor for almost two years, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell announced thursday he will support a bill that will provide $250 million for election security. >> im proud the financial services and general government bill included a bipartisan amendment providing another $250...

And other foreign governments continue to try to influence our elections, especially the 2020 elections. we know there were attempts, in the recent 2018 election, that looks like theyre continuing to try to influence our elections. democrats are saying this simply is not enough money for this type of election security. they want $600 million, as was passed by house democrats in the house bill. and so perhaps this ends up somewhere in the middle between 600 and 280, were not sure, but it means st...

Surprising and i was bewildered. >> for someone to stay here it keeps his life. him leaving the country he wouldnt have the specialized treatment he has right now thats hes currently having in the health treatment hes having here right now. >> chris jansen interviewing them and how the truck amp administration backing down. thats one thing you need to know. mcconnell caving to pressure announcing he will back a quarter billion dollar increase in funding for election security. this is after a lot...

I mean, this list is long. its almost laughable, but its serious because joe biden now running. hes actually on her list. >> well, it seems in this regard. there are several things in her last piece of commentary that you aired to intro the segment that were very serious. thats election security. we already know, harris, that there is active playing around into our election system thats been verified by the fbi to this point. i dont think the republicans want to do anything about it based on leg...

In a lot of states, you have to produce i.d. to buy cough syrup at the pharmacy. in some states, you even have to produce an i.d. to buy spray paint at a hardware store. no one thinks its an assault on democracy. all the things she said, i just was looking them over. the lack of election security. well, you know, we had a board of recount in michigan after the election. the democrats were running it. they went into detroit. they found out that in. to think that lack of election security benefite...