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Republicans want to do a lighter touch. >> ive seen a lot of republican light touch. >> but there will be some outliers certainly. a lot of topics you just mentioned. for the most part the ranking member of the committee and others are going to do a lighter touch. remember, in many ways the mueller report came out okay for the republicans. if they undermine muellers credibility theyre defeating themselves. to basils point, he has done this 88 times before, testifying in front of congress. so thi...

From the president and this administration. he repeated himself, it was a reminder of what russia did to infiltrate. i think that part of his testimony on wednesday may be his most animated. >> they want to know about their own health care. they want to know about their own childrens education, their jobs. so democratic presidential candidates are steering clear of it. >> thats right. and for a number of different reasons. that being one of the primary ones. but everybody does have all of the ma...

About 16% targeted consumers personal e-mail accounts. what does that signal? are these hacks getting even harder to see? >> not necessarily. what it shows is that our adversaries are using cyber attacks as they have been for years to gather intelligence to try to influence our politics, to steal intellectual property. of those 10,000 they found 781 as you said specifically targeting political organizations, candidates, campaigns. >> in this election cycle. >> in the last year. theyre warning th...

That way. >> reporter: and on all important election security, marquis perseid things have improved but that he could not guarantee that the 2020 election will be flawless. jake. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. drama on the floor of the house of representatives right now. ahead of the big vote to condemn president trumps racist tweets. stay with us. carl, i appreciate the invite here. as my broker, what am i paying you to manage my money? its racquetball time. (thumps) ugh!

Im david gura. a day after lawmakers were briefed on election security by intelligence officials on the active threats that are out there, that briefing was a long time coming. director of national intelligence dan learn from mistakes of the 2016 election when the obama administration was flat-footed in their response to russian interference. so here we are. clint watts knows something about this. the author of "messing with the enemy." lets start with the importance of having this briefing.

Width and resources. election security, this immigration border detention issue, and now weve got a tropical storm hurricane and probably many more to come behind it, all of dhs who has no one in charge. when you start to look at what can they really execute in terms of these plans, it falls short of whats out there. ultimately it comes down to, how do we resolve this, and liked to see some sort of strategy. other th other than julian castro, ive not heard of a plan coming forward. my colleagues...

Can to protect future u.s. elections in the wake of russian interference in 2016. >> in a briefing with congress yesterday the trump administration warned of, quote, active threats to the u.s. elections but assured house and senate members it has the resources available to defend the system. democrats say senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked bipartisan bills specifically addressing election security. >> joining us now is democratic congresswoman debbie dingell of michigan who attended ...

Trafficking group. top intelligence officials from the trump administration briefed lawmakers on capitol hill on the steps the government has take ton improve election security since 2016. at the same time, also warning of unspecified active threats to u.s. elections. durg the briefing yesterday, the director of national intelligence, fbi director and other officials assured members of congress they are doing everything they can to stop active threats. debbi ding the said, the sessions come as...

Approach to safeguarding our elections. we know democrats have been pushing legislation to do just that ahead of the 2020 election. so this this briefing meant to convince these lawmakers that the administration is actually on top of things? >> thats the idea, jeff, but i dont think its going to work. you know, the house has passed massive legislation to improve election security which funneled $600 million to the states and require that all states employ a paper ballot, which experts say is mor...

I think we ought to take election security very seriously. the integrity of our elections is critical to a democracy. when it comes to the foreign countries intervening, they know the united states wont take it sitting down. >> thank you for joining us. >> the breaking news continues next. well look at the justice departments investigation of the plea deal that the current labor secretary alex acosta stwruk convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein a decade ago when acosta was the u.s. attorney. ...