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Attack, used information from it to their advantage, and president committed multiple acts of obstruction of justice to stop investigation into the attack. the house of representatives passed multiple bills to the u.s. senate to improve election security. mitch mcconnell has not taken them up for vote, very disappointing. we have to put pressure on the u.s. senate and mitch mcconnell to take the bills up for vote. >> one of the bills that mitch mcconnell is refusing to put on the floor would cal...

Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell slammed down. ben, we could have had you all throughout the show. i know the topic we just talked about is one you talked about in the last 24 hours as well. but lets move on to this very issue of election security. and there have been, shall we say, a lot of criticism related to mitch mcconnell and his decision not to move forward and basically block these particular movements, these bills. the discussion of the bill related to election security. why did t...

Province of the states, run by the states, and by the way, by local jurisdictions within the states, counties and cities. so this is not a traditional area of federal competence. on the other hand, protecting the united states from foreign intelligence operations by the russians or by others is very much a federal province. so when you talk about election security, in an area like this, which is an area why foreign operations are attacking the united states, youre talking about a zone of running...

. welcome back. robert mueller was grilled about the special counsels report on russian interference in the election for hours on capitol hill this week. mueller made clear russians are still interfering in u.s. elections. >> it wasnt a single attempt. theyre doing it as we sit here and they expect to do it during the next campaign. >> i hope this is not the new normal, but i fear it is. >> despite that stark warning, just one day later the gop blocked the advancement of two bills aimed at str...

This is "up." im david gura. on monday most americans will be back at work but most members of congress are taking some time off, six weeks to be exact, just days after they passed a last-minute bill to keep the government up and running. the presidential election is less than a year and a half away. as the campaign continues, we heard loud warnings about election security. in a new report the senate intelligence committee says russia targeted all 50 states. key parts of that report are redacted...

We should take that seriously. that should be done on a state-by-state basis, but the reality is prior to the last midterm elections our federal government did a lot to strengthen election security. >> adriana, thats not true. listen. we play this game every saturday morning and its so frustrating. the bottom line is election security is a national security issue. we just heard the special prosecutor urnlds oath say the russians hacked -- meddle into our election to help donald trump. adriana, i...

Democrats going to be answered in a favorable manner? theyre asking for grand jury testimony here. will they get it? there is precedent to this as well. >> there is some doubt as to whether theyre going to get it. i think a lot of people off the hill do not think theyll be successful in getting it. a case for impeachment that a lot of people are making in the party. it will literally get all the things theyve been asking for. it will add actual power and authority behind the oversight efforts th...

Election in his favor, and that turned o it to be patently false. >> thats not true, adriana. >> the special counsel after a 22 22-month investigation, they blew over $20 million and turned over every stone and found no collusion. >> aids ya driana, hold on a se. i appreciate what youre trying to say here. first of all, robert mueller did not exonerate the president. let me give you a second go at it. w its something maybe a lot of people could agree on. >> well, i think hes frustrated because h...

I have gone through briefings, including classified briefings on election security, and what i can say is that we have very capable, very patriotic fbi agents, department of homeland security officials, national security intelligence officials that dont want our elections hacked. you also have 50 secretaries of state, both republican and democrat that dont want our elections hacked, so you have a lot of people working to push back against the russians and other foreign powers. so were investing ...

To go down this path when the mueller report was released. en then they said they were waiting for mueller to testify. now theyre waiting for what could be a legal fight. going back to glorias point, this could have happened sooner. they could have gone to court months ago. theyve chosen to do it now because the mueller testimony did not necessarily bring what they were hoping it would. even though, again, the substance of what he said in those hearings was damning in and of itself. >> the cryst...