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With, he will not to their face chide or lecture them. we saw it in helsinki of course when he would not side with the u.s. intelligence agencies over vladimir putin about the 2016 election interference. we saw it on display repeatedly this weekend. when he was joking there with president putin, with the finger wag and the smile. but it was clear that he -- you know, this was not something that was of any substance. in fact, in the readout of the meeting put out later, election security, nowhere...

Is this what youre seeing online right now? are you seeing any effect on your campaign right now from this? >> frankly, i think that youre seeing all the democratic candidates. you are seeing republicans even, former rnc strategist eric erickson also joining in saying this is vile and disgusting. this is the same kind of racist crap that don jr.s dad tried to use on barack obama and it didnt work then and its not going to work now. so i think its important that in this moment everyone of good co...

>> well, first, joking about our election security is even worse than not saying anything at all. hes sent yet another message to adversaries that this is open season on the election. the other thing, nicole is were watching textbook bullying behavior. why do i say that? while were all focused on his interactions with putin, lets not forget that in the last 24 hours, hes also once again attacked our allies. he views collaboration and friendliness as a weakness. therefore, he thinks he has licens...

Assessed directed interference in that election and crucially who will attempt again. president trump has held one cabinet meeting on election security. what difference does it make tat the u.s. president does not treat election security as a priority? >> it certainly cannot command a government in which there are many desperate agencies working on this problem if no one believes that the president himself is truly committed to it. you know, what struck me watching the tape of this is that it wa...

About russian interference in the election. notice in that video that putin is smiling as well. the two of them having a grand old laugh in interference where the mueller report found systematic interference in the 2016 campaign. this is the first time donald trump stood next to vladimir putin since the infamous helsinki moment. a clear opportunity for the president to more definitively say, listen, this is something we will not stand for. but he didnt. he laughed it off. thats something thats j...

About election meddling, certainly. thats what you hear from officials. theyll say, were worried about election security. were working on this. we dont need to wait for the president to give us some kind of directive to do so. you see the president there and it just is a very revealing moment of his relationship overall with vladimir putin. there according to the white house he said president, not please. there were some reporters who said they werent sure what it was. it was such a low volume. ...

Counterintelligence at the fbi, frank figliuzzi. so every parent is trained in pattern recognition. im sure thats a thing in law enforcement too. we once again learning more from russian-state media than u.s. media about these interactions and future plans. what does that say? >> first, joking about our election security is even worse than not saying anything at all. he sent yet another message to adversaries that this is open season on the election. the other thing, nicolle, is were watching te...

Do you have any thoughts of what it supposed to mean to people? one thing of donald trumps appeal, what does a smart border sounds like to you? >> there are certain things you can do. i looked into technology based on solutions on the southern border. a lot of it needs to be done, officer and facilities and judges and in some cases, physical barriers may makes sense or not the wall. >> even though your technology guide in the plan that you laid out all 105. there does not seem to be any election...

Severity on the russian attack. i was surprised yesterday because the administration did brief some reporters and some of the supporters keim utand said they heard nothing different. >> i am concerned and thats why i just held a meeting yesterday on election security. thats why ive held hearings and thats why ive been having conversations with other national security members from both sides of the aisle to discuss how we ensure that the russians dont hack into our democracy. i was a russian poli...

In is a new straw poll and thats senator elizabeth warren. you can see warren up big with the moveon.org members. today she is in miami where she unveil yaher plan to strengthen election security and increase voter turn out. he writes our elections should be as secure as ft. knox but they are less secure than your amazon account. joining me to talk about warrens latest plan, ali. moveon.org is polling progressive democrats which is the space youd expect elizabeth warren to be enjoying strength. ...