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>> reporter: now, all of this coming alongside claims from an organization thats already involved in litigation against brian kemp in his capacity of secretary of state, the online voter registration databases that help update the electronic polling list are open to manipulation. wolf? >> all right, kaylee, thanks very much. when we hear these accusations of hacked voter registration website or voter rolls, its hard to digest. what exactly is being targeted, what vulnerabilities may actually exi...

He voted to not increase election security, funding for election security. he skipped the vote to subpoena the helsinki translator, you know, voted to sell our browsing history without our knowledge, our permission, even though he touts himself as a cybersecurity expert. its a well crafted image. its just well short of what we need here in the district. >> thank you for being with us. be safe out there on the campaign trail. well be tracking that race and we of course have reefed out to congress...

$380 million appropriated to shore up our election security. that was a major step forward. this needs to be a priority for the next congress. it needs to take place in 2019 so the systems will be in place for the 2020 election. theres a much more higher risk there will be lots of actors trying to compromise the system and congress has not been able the get a lot of jobs done. this is an important one for congress to get done. >> wendy, thank you. you made me feel a bit better about it. >> defin...

Different levels. many of whom choose their own voting machines but the awareness of the security threat has been dramatically increased since 2016 and states have taken a lot of steps. the department of homeland security in some cases the national guard, in some cases private vendors engaged to shore up election security. there are actually more rooms being prepared for election day to target and address any problems that could arise. so were really in a much stronger position than we were in 2...

This comes as security advisor bolton expected to meet with foreign minister sergey lavrov. with less than three weeks to the midterm, many are still concerned about election security. but colorado is being called one of the safest places in the country to cast a vote. alicia acuna explains why. >> colorado secretary of state williams says part of the reason the department of homeland security considers its election security measures an example to other states, it didnt wait for the federal gove...

Ballots. also invested in new machines using two factor authentication for the operators. dhs secretary complimented colorados lead during an election security training session the state hosted earlier this fall when she spoke on the threat at large. >> any attempt to interfere in our election, successful or unsuccessful is a direct attack on our democracy and it is unacceptable. >> the intelligence community identified 21 states including colorado targeted by russian hackers in the 2016 electio...

This comes as security advisor bolton expected to meet with foreign minister sergey lavrov. with less than three weeks to the midterm, many are still concerned about election security. but colorado is being called one of the safest places in the country to cast a vote. alicia acuna explains why. >> colorado secretary of state williams says part of the reason the department of homeland security considers its election security measures an example to other states, it didnt wait for the federal gove...

Ballots. also invested in new machines using two factor authentication for the operators. dhs secretary complimented colorados lead during an election security training session the state hosted earlier this fall when she spoke on the threat at large. >> any attempt to interfere in our election, successful or unsuccessful is a direct attack on our democracy and it is unacceptable. >> the intelligence community identified 21 states including colorado targeted by russian hackers in the 2016 electio...

To kill those who take part theyve already made good on that threat most recently by assassinating one of afghanistans most important power brokers abdul razak the police chief of the southern province of kandahar was gunned down by his own bodyguard shortly after he met the top u.s. general in afghanistan to discuss election security unfortunately we lost a brave commander a but if son of this soil voting is now set to be delayed in kandahar because of the murder still the u.s. hopes that votin...

Extent and the intent of this alleged conspiracy? >> wolf, it tells me two things. one, the russians are as determined today to attack and undermine our democracy as they were back in 2015 when they started in the presidential election. but two, it also shows that the presidents approach is not working. he has said over and over, despite the criticism lodged against him, that hes got this, hes addressing it, his team is working on it. whatever theyre doing, if theyre doing anything at all, is no...