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Far as permissible social media and access to information, and the way they actually are -- two different things. meet thomas yao. hacker turned entrepreneur. he recently received significant start-up money to build what he calls an open-source project-sharing platform to connect chinese college students with the world. now when you say hacking what is -- uh, what is -- what do you do when you hack? whats the -- whats the intent? >> thomas: actually its -- its -- it starts from mit. if you go to...

>> dean heller says he will vote against the bill in its form t. senate is expected to vote on the measure next week. in china, rescuers are searching for more than 100 people from a landslide. so far two people have been pulled out alive. now back to "hardball." all right. welcome back to "hardball." it is no secret that president trump frequently cast doubts over findings that russia interfered in our election. >> knowing something about hacking, if you den catch a hacker, okay, in the act...

He did not hedge. he said that the obama administration knew that russians were meddling in the 2016 race. maybe that, as kind of subtle as it is, is moving the president to a new point. so, from this point forward, we can say at least in that instance, he embraced the notion that russians were responsible for the hacking and other interference during the 2016 campaign. jacob. >> you are correct, kelly, there was no inference of a 400-pound hacker on their bed at home in new jersey or wherever t...

President cast doubts. >> hes very, very good friends with comey, which is bothersome. the people that have been hired are all hillary clinton supporters, some of them worked for hillary clinton. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous if you want to know the truth from that standpoint. but robert muellers an honorable man, and hopefully hell come up with an honorable solution. >> and joining us now from the white house, nbcs kelly odonnell, another good saturday to you, my friend. lets get right ...

Have an effect on the results of an election, right? if a hacker screws up the voter file, voter registrations, that too could have an impact, particularly if it creates chaos on election day. we talked about that on last nights show. today "time" magazine moved the ball forward on that. theyre reporting that the hacking of state and local elections databases was, quote, more extensive than previously reported. they say there was, quote, at least one successful attempt to alter voter information...

Federal authorities then told dallas that at least some of those 17 i. p.p. addresses thatd hit them were definitely from computers in russia. hacking doesnt have to mess with the actual tabulation of votes to impact an election, to have an effect on the results of an election, right? if a hacker screws up the voter file, voter registrations, that too could have an impact, particularly if it creates chaos on election day. we talked about that on last nights show. today "time" magazine moved the ...

It is no secret that president trump frequently cast doubts over finding that russians interfered in the election. >> knowing something about hacking, if you dont catch a hacker, okay, in the act, it is very hard to say who did the hacking. with that being said, ill go along with russia. it could have been china. it could have been a lot of different groups. look. i want to find out if there was a problem with an election having to do with russia or anybody else. any other country. i want to get...

>> let me rephrase that. they were successful in a sense that they influenced it. the question is, did they interfere? influence is a valid espionage goal, we did that all the time in latin america to stop the spread of communism. interfering is violating another nation sovereignty when you change their votes and elected leader. or that is a risk too far even for the russians. i think the russians that may be a bridge too far because we still swing a pretty big stick in cyberspace. retribution i...

Raising hell inside the administration to say we are going to batten down the hatches and not let this happen again. he is still pretending as though maybe it was the 400 pound hacker he talked about during the campaign and not the russians. that raises real questions. why does he keep casting doubt on this? why wont he actually recognize that the russians did this and do something about it? >> you did work for hillary clinton during the campaign as her chief national security adviser. another t...

Besides the obvious is why doesnt he ask his boss, its a fact the president has had issues giving a yes or no answer to this question for a long time. >> as far as hacking, i think it was russia. i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. >> you dont think that the russians tried to meddle? >> that i dont know. knowing something about hacking, if you dont catch a hacker, okay, in the act, its very hard to say who did the hacking. with that being said, ill go along with russi...