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Creating political doubts out there among the public on, you know, how this investigation was conducted and what it might lead to in the end. >> yep. the flip side you have democrats saying when you talk about this informant in the trump campaign saying look, the trump campaign does not have any right to learn anything about that. the fbi has every right to use that. you have a couple of different strong arguments. ken thomas with the associated press. thanks very much. >> thanks, trace. >> trac...

Classified briefing in which every lawmaker on capitol hill was invited to hear about these issues around election security in 2018. the fbi director was there are are the director of homeland security was there, along with the technical professionals who would brief them on the details. what i heard from lawmakers coming out of this meeting was they got a lot about what happened in 2016, but comparatively little about what is being done to protect american elections in the midterm elections six...

Weve actually worked out a time and a place, which will be announced shortly. >> where? >> very soon. >> also on the presidents plate, suggesting ways to boost election security. he met with top officials yesterday to talk about ways to protect the ballot boxes from foreign influence. russia again trying to interfere in this years foreign elections. among other things, propaganda much like there was in the 2016 race. john mccain reading excerpts from his latest book "the restless wave" which w...

Responsibility for problems at facebook. you see some in the statement released tos house committee to which he testifies wednesday, writing in part, its clear we didnt do enough to to prevent these tools from being used for harm. that goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections and hate speech as well as developers and data privacy. it was my mistake and im sorry. i started facebook. i run it, and im responsible for what happens here. chris, that last part of this is really important ...

We should have an idealogical conference under way. it needs a comprehensive approach. there have been steps taken, some sanctions that will go into effect this week, and it is not nearly enough, in my judgment, in order to deter putin. we need to ensure that our election security, steps that we know we need to take, we allocated about $700 million for this in the last budget go-round, needs to be implemented. we need, i think, to take additional sanctions in terms of sections of the russian eco...

And we have an effort by the russians to undermine the confidence of the west and the united states. it needs a comprehensive approach, some sanctions will go into effect this week, with respect to the russian oligarchs. i think you need to ensure that our election security steps that we know we need to take, we allocated about $700 million in the last budget go around needs to be implemented. we need to, i think, take additional sanctions in terms of so sections of the russian economy. the last...

What is more common state officials did not even have the security clearance to be told their systems are under attack. the new bill grants one-day security clearances to state and local officials, creates a new panel of cybersecurity experts to assess vulnerabilities and provides more federal money for aid to beef up their election security. >> bill really does offer the key steps that congress should be doing to protect our elections. >> bernardin, expert at the center for justice is the autho...

Whether its russia or china or north korea or iran and the intelligence agencies tell us weve got to worry about all of these guys, then theres a a vulnerability. >> reporter: he says while congressional proposals are a much needed step, old vote machines need to be replaced. a survey of more than 200 election officials in 33 states found they want to buy new machines by the next presidential election but right now do not have the money. >> thats a concern not only because older machines are mor...

And democrat senators working together, thats exactly how its supposed to work and im impressed with the report they put out on election security, so i have hope at times then i see this other winnowing down on that house committee and you look at how trump has used that as a lever to discredit the fbi or other institutions. its really troubling. >> and no matter where your politics are, sam, election interference is something we should all be worried about. >> no. clint shouldnt have any hope. ...

Hes comfortable with it. should that matter? >> well, i think at the end of the day when he took the oath of office, it was to protect and defend the constitution and our country. i think we are more vulnerable by having -- taking out and not consulting with our allies. i think that we are more vulnerable when youve got a president that wakes up every morning and even his closest advisers dont know what hes going to say or do. i think we are more vulnerable when the president of the united state...