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Different government agencies and different department working together to be effective on a particular project then you are going to see things shift. if the white house is not telegraphing and changes like this are a top major red alert priority, there is a good chance those changes wont necessarily be abandoned but will just get deprioritized and wont get the attention the people working on these issues think they deserve. we are talking about secretary kirsten neilson, is chris kreb whos the...

Commission on election security, we looked at machines. we looked at voter rolls and clearly anything connected to the internet, that open environment is going to be exposed to risk. >> david, good to talk to you. thank you for talking to me. david hickton from the university of pittsburgh. this just in. overnight the u.s./mexico border and moments ago a small group of migrants started breaking the security barrier of the shelter where theyve been living. 1,800 migrants there since february 4t...

Another topic as we continue to analyze the widening pool of candidates in the presidential race. were still grappling with issues involving election security. earlier the house homeland security committee held its first hearing for this year about protecting state election systems. the hearing is part of an effort in the house to pass broad legislation that contains provisions requiring states to use paper ballots and other security upgrades. among the goals brought up by the director of si yoo...

Dan coats putting the 2020 election front and center. >> i first would like to mention election security. this has been and will continue to be a top priority for the intelligence community. we assess that foreign actors will view the 2020 u.s. elections as an opportunity to advance their interests. we expect them to refine their capabilities and add new tactics. >> dana: katherine herridge right outside the hearing room. this hearing is something i look forward to even though it is sometimes co...

Election or depress or suppress the vote. but i think whats really important is one, that we have to do something about our election security. but two, i want to also caution folks to say that whatever operation that the russians were running is what in fact tipped the scales for donald trump because the fact of the matter is there are many other fa the russian meddling is absolutely one of them. but i am not here -- going to sit here and say that because the russians ran a robust targeting oper...

Indirectly gotten help from russia? >> you know, look, don, as an american regardless of being a democrat or a progressive, as an american im very concerned that the russians were able to infiltrate our elections and exacerbated already existing tensions to try to swing the election or depress or suppress the vote. but i think whats really important is one, that we have to do something about our election security. but two, i want to also caution folks to say that whatever operation that the russ...

Election security which i think is important. and defending congressional lines which he has done which is very important. that being said, it is not unusual to see some people that dont agree with how he acted have issue with that. as senator scott said, there are a lot of other people out there without lingering issues out there that can be put forth. >> i know you want to jump in, tara, but let me give some of the back story here and talk more about him because his decision came after learnin...

Transform the power of the courts. but look, this is one in many nominees we have out there. look, i still support judge farr. i think he was not as involved with the helms activities with regard to what many perceive as voteser suppression. he has said as much and i believe him. he has been very vocal with regard to voter i.d. election security which i think is important and defending congressional lines which is what he has done which i think is important. that being said, it is not unusual to...

Possibility of a federal law enforcement investigating. i think the larger and more likely federal role that will actually affect the outcome here is the court system, which, as we know, has been from the supreme court on down has been pretty well packed at this point by the republicans. thats probably the biggest danger here. its no mystery whats happening here. democrats live in big urban counties where there are a lot of votes to count as opposed to the rural republican county where is its ra...

This is everybodys opportunity to do exactly that, take their country back. >> during the race, each side has run negative attack ads, some called them nasty. menendez has raised about $12 million, hugin has raised $39 million, but 36 of that came out of his own pocket. the polls here in new jersey close in a little over four hours. back to you. >> david lee miller live mountainside, new jersey. election security is an issue today. catherine herridge is monitoring developments and there is votin...