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Investigation to take its course. i do think it is more incumbent than ever for the president to step up and do what he said he wanted to do for months and months, which is tell his side of the story, but tell it under oath, tell it the same way michael cohen did, under penalty of perjury. here they are trying to undermine michael cohen, but he swore to this under penalty of perjury. the president is refusing to do that. now i think the public -- and republicans and democrats -- should be asking...

So discard and deepen the divide. >> one of the ways he wants to weaken us is by dividing us internally against one another more than we already are. >> whatever russias motivation the federal government wants to stop it. congress has improved $380 million for states to bolster their election security. only five states still rely on computerized systems. the rest are all returning to some form of paper ballots. >> bret: when we come back, the all-star panel joins me about what we talked about in...

People at microsoft. >> what youre seeing, andrea, is what all of us from the intelligence community have said throughout post-2016. the russians felt they were successful in 2016. they havent slowed their efforts. its cheap, its effective.chea. were now seeing them going on to a different tech company in terms of microsoft. our coordination is getting better. i would not be surprised if you wont see other examples of russian intervention towards our 2018 elections. what worried me is twofold. o...

Concerned about. >> with me now to discuss this is a cnn national security analyst and former assistant secretary at the department of homeland security. do you believe that hes speaking to some knowledge, some evidence, that theres already tampering coming from those other countries, or is he saying theres a feeling that other countries are meddling? >> well, i hope if there is specific evidence that the people in charge of our election security certainly know about it. states and locals who ar...

Sidelines where we can all respect the flags and the united states of america? >> ed: good message for us. brit welcome to the fox family. good to have you as a contributor. just how easy is it to hack election sites? our next guest says its so easy even kids can do it. well examine a competition to bring awareness to election security. later theres an ar son suspect a man accused of setting the holy fire in southern california appears in court. over 18,000 acres burned so far. big big story. we...

Community and the sidelines where we can respect the flag in the united states of america. >> good message this friday night. welcome to the fox family, good to have you as a contributor. how easy is it to hack election sites. our next guest says it is so easy even kids can do that. competition to bring awareness to election security. later, and arson suspects, man accused of setting the fire in southern california appears in court, 18,000 acres burned so far. we will take you to the scene, stic...

Done and so you lump a number of things into one bill at the end just to make sure you get it done. the governors office declined to comment. minnesotas secretary of state steve sign man repeatedly pressed lawmakers to approve the funding but to no avail. steve sign man joins us now. secretary, thank you very much for being here. so, the republicans put this in a spending bill. the governor vetoed that spending bill. what is going on? youd think that election security, especially since this wa...

>> bud collins, mary mccord, thank you very much. sad. coming up, how a bitter partisan fight in minnesota is keeping state officials from using millions of dollars already set aside for election security. this is a real story. keep in mind, this is a state that was targeted by russian hackers in 2016. minnesotas secretary of state, who says he raised the alarm on this issue early, joins me next. youre watching msnbc. ♪i believe, i really do believe that♪ ♪somethings got a hold on me, ye...

That tru -- degrade that trust, that can affect things like voter turnout. >> can russian hackers affect the vote counts? experts say thats tougher to do because offend protections in place and paper ballots. state election officials in florida tell cnn theyre taking this threat seriously. >> youre also hearing in a recent investigation florida didnt fare very well when it comes to election security. >> thats right. the center for american progress investigated all 50 states for election securit...

About interference in the 2018 elections based on the briefings you have been receiving? and what you heard. >> well, im on the intelligence committee and i also chair the rules committee. senator klobuchar is my ranking democrat. >> right. >> she and i work on that committee together, so those -- which is basically the committee that would have the legislation for election security at hearings that were public on this topic. i thought the most helpful thing in terms of thinking about this years...