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Improve election security. and much to the dismay of conservatives, the bill also continues federal funding of planned parenthood. and if you missed it, g.o.p. senator rand paul was on a twitter tear, tweeting things like the shear size of the bill and that it funds, quote: 12 million for scholarships for lebanon. 12 million for middle east partnership initiative scholarship programs. 12 million in military funding for vietnam. 3.5 million for nutrition assistance to louis. to -- laos and 15 mil...

Improve election security. and much to the dismay of conservatives, the bill also continues federal funding of planned parenthood. and if you missed it, g.o.p. senator rand paul was on a twitter tear, tweeting things like the shear size of the bill and that it funds, quote: 12 million for scholarships for lebanon. 12 million for middle east partnership initiative scholarship programs. 12 million in military funding for vietnam. 3.5 million for nutrition assistance to louis. to -- laos and 15 mil...

Words, according to abc affiliate kvue, "i wish i were sorry, but im not." >> it is the outcry of a very challenged young man, talking about challenges in his personal life, that led him to this point. >> and pierre thomas with us from washington tonight. pierre, we heard the chief there talk about the recording on the bombers phone, him talking about challenges in his personal life. his family saying they had no idea of the, quote, darkness in their sons life. and his mother had posted some ver...

>> trace: senators getting the chance to grill two homeland security chiefs about election security. members of the senate intel committee recommended steps to talk about what they called outdated and vulnerable voting systems. kirsten nielson and jay johnson testifying before the committee today. nielsen said russia is not the only threat to our democracy. >> fortunately once the vulnerabilities have been made clear, its not just russia that we have to worry about. its any adversary that could ...

Nuclear powers. that is a real danger that i dont think people have taken enough account of. >> jon: with evidence out there they have been selling chemical weaponry to syria thats pretty disturbing thought. >> exactly. >> jon: ambassador john bolton good to have you on. >> good to be with you. >> melissa: the senate intelligence committee holding a hearing on election security right now as we speak. is enough being done to protect our political process? plus, congress scrambling to reach a budg...

Committee on election security on a state level. catherine, do we expect the secretary may address the recent events in austin? >> reporter: we expect some lawmakers to have questions nor homeland security secretary. shes been getting regular briefings on the austin bombings and the question will be if they were acting alone or had assistance and theyll have a security homeland security official for the states voting system. we had the committee announce findings yesterday about their recommenda...

2016 was really a warm-up by the russians for something much worse. also the ranking democrat on the committee is calling on the president to do more. >> the threat is real and the need to act is urgent. we need the administration to accelerate its efforts. perhaps most of all we need a president who will acknowledge the gravity of this threat and load a whole of society effort. to harden our defenses and inoculate our society against russias militias interference. the fact that the president di...

So swiftly and strategically. what a story in the wee hours of the morning surrounding his car as he then detonated an explosive device. dan patrick, lieutenant governor of the state of texas. thank you for coming on this morning. >> thank you, sandra. >> bill: this is going on the hill. senate intel committee on a hearing on election security. former secretary jake johnson is there. dhs secretary, kirstjen nielsen also testifying at the moment. peter doocy is live on the hill for headlines. wha...

Basic blocking and tackling. we need to make sure that election security officials have appropriate clearances so they can be informed if we see patterns of election interference. well need to make sure every voting machine has an auditable paper trail. even if they hack, there is a paper trail that we can audit. we need to make sure we provide very information sharing so we are on guard. because these russian tactics did not end in 2016, and they will continue unless were better protected. that...

Power or they might not believe it is within their power to stop trump from putting the dominoes in motion to remove mueller. but it is within their power to do what theyre supposed to do as a branch of government and react to that, if it actually ends up happening. >> i want to interrupt with a little bit of breaking news. the presidents meeting with the crown prince of saudi arabia, he said he talked to vladimir putin about putins election victory. lets go to capitol hill. leaders of the senat...