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Russians on electrical grids in other countries. among the target this is time the wolf creek nuclear plant in burlington, kansas. and the fbi and homeland security say the cyber attack is limited to administrative and business networks, not plant controls. and the company said the intrusion had no impact on the plant because the targeted operational commute computer systems are separate from the corporate network. security experts say the hackers goal could be the threat of a blackout. >> to se...

Intrusion had no impact because the targeted operational computer systems are completely separate from the corporate network. security experts say the hackers goal could be the threat of a blackout. >> to send a message, back off, because we have the ability to strike you in the heart of your core system, your networks that matter to your economy and to your lifestyle. >> the industry says none of the control systems for any of the nations 99 operating nuclear plants are connected to the interne...

She is saying russia, russia, russia. maybe it was. it could be russia. but it could be china. could be sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. i notice any time anything wrong happens they like to see the russian. they she doesnt know its the russian. maybe there is no hacking. you can talk all you want about russia which was all a fake news abry indicated deals to make up for the loss of the democrats and press plays into it. if you dont catch a hacker, okay in the act, its very hard to s...

Invited me to trilateral commission meetings and i saw him and he really is just the -- >> there is a word you could use for him. >> the sneering and the resistant or the resentment and the mocking. he takes all of these -- its like the ghostbusters. he takes all the string and he puts them together. he is extraordinarily effective at what he does. >> he is putins foreign minister. >> he is. >> ask for vladimir putin. a new piece is out in the paper. it does not mention trump by name but lays ou...

Could also be someone sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. i notice any time anything wrong happens they like to say the russians. she doesnt know its the russians. maybe there is no hacking. you can talk all you want about russia which was all fake news if you dont catch a hacker in the hack, its very hard to say there was hacking. that being said, ill go along with china, there could be hacking. >> several of the times preand post election donald trump has had trouble saying.

>> kat: experts saying this is a hackers dream come true. one of the options in the request is sent it over email. states have a legitimate reason to not want to comply with this. voter fraud, there hasnt been a study at that has found it to be a huge, massive problem. >> eboni: there is that argument that says voter fraud is a myth, not a real thing. >> kat: it does happen sometimes, before i get attacked for it. it happens sometimes. >> eboni: some people say its a myth and some people say its...

Birthdays, last four digits of social security numbers, in one place, which is a hackers dream, and second, how this information is going to be used. kris kobach, who you mentioned is running this commission, in the state of kansas has used this to purge voter rolls of american citizens who shared names, for example, with undocumented immigrants. so we are very concerned that this information will be used as a vehicle to do that nationwide. >> dana: and yet, charlie, there is concern across the ...

Of the united states who takes an oath to not defend the electoral process of the united states and allow this to continue with the lead hacker who did interfere with our election and attempted to influence its outcome. of course, trump was the beneficiary. maybe thats why. >> let me ask you this. trump and the white house will often say this is purely a democratic point of view. youre, of course, a democrat. but its interesting, this is happening now as theres bipartisan support in the senate f...

Some late reporting on the russia hacking story comes from "the wall street journal." the headline -- "the gop operative sought clinton e-mails and implied connection to flynn", flynn being the former campaign manager michael flynn. shane is with us. the story talks about a guy named peter smith who believed that hillary clintons missing e-mails have been stolen by someone and someone who he believed was a russian hacker. who is this guy? >> well, peter smith is a chicago businessman who has a l...

That hillary clintons missing e-mails have been stolen by someone and someone who he believed was a russian hacker. who is this guy? >> well, peter smith is a chicago businessman who has a long history in gop politics and particularly in opposition research. hes most well known as the guy who brought the troopergate to light in the 1990s. so he did harbor a lot of political grievances against hillary clinton and when he set out on this quest to try and find these e-mails that he believed had bee...