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Referring to a 2008 pew research study. that, in fact, does not exist. pew, however, did a study four years later which the campaign cited on other cases so we assume thats what hes referring to. we reached out to a man involved in that study, david becker, the primary author of the study. thanks for being here. the pew study which you authored thats been frequently cited by the trump camp for months it found that while there are millions of out of date registration records due to people dying o...

Going to stand up and say enough and really make a break from the president-elect? is there a line? >> well, i think you already heard some of that with the folks that just spoke on the clip that just played. >> is that enough, just speak being it? >> well, lets let it play out a little longer than three days. what id say is, again, goes to this point of alternative facts or repeating a falsehood so long that it gets imbedded as truth. i think theres a point of legitimacy, as was evidenced by th...

Immigrants voting. "i will be asking for a major investigation into voter fraud including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and those even who are registered to vote who are dead." ari melbourne joins me now. you may be responsible for this all caps tweet you gave your reality check on the "today" show followed emphatically by the donald trump tweet. its your fault. lets go through your fact check, this goes back to sean spicers referring to the pew study and the auth...

>> which has been a long standing belief that hes maintained. its a belief he maintains. hes believed this for a long time. it was a comment he made on a long standing belief. >> reporter: do you believe there was widespread voter fraud? >> my job is not -- >> reporter: how can he be comfortable with his win -- >> hes very comfortable with his win. he believes what he believes based on the information hes provided. >> he believes, he believe, he believes. this is what happens when the presidents...

Entire political spectrum. spicer was hounded about trumps so-called evidence finally coming up with this. >> there was a study that came out of pew in 2008 that showed 14% of people who voted were non-citizens. theres other studies that have been presented to him. >> first of all, think about that stat. 14% of people who voted were non-citizens. thats ridiculous. the pew study found no such thing. the author of the study tweeting today "zero evidence of fraud" but spicers strategy leads to othe...

Conference. he seemed to refer to a pew study from 2012 that said millions of people were still registered to vote even if they had died or moved. thats about bad voter data. but the author of the study he tweeted no evidence of voter fraud, bad voter data. he also mentioned a 14% figure. thats from an old dominion university study from a survey suggesting 14% of noncitizens claim to be registered to vote, but a few years after that came out the authors of the original survey said their statisti...

Questions about this today. and this is where things got a bit messy. >> does the president believe that millions voted illegally in this election and what evidence do you have of widespread voter fraud in this election if thats the case? >> the president does believe that. he has stated that before. i think he stated his concerns of voter fraud and people voting illegally during the campaign. >> theres no evidence the national association of secretaries of states say that they dont agree with t...

Advisory council member. welcome to all of you. >> thanks. >> nice to have you. so brian, why does this continue to be a story? >> the creator of "hamilton" were here he would say the world has turned upside down. the president-elect cannot help but engage in these battles. he wakes up, he turns on the tv, he reads the paper, he sees what people are talking about, he sees that mike pence has been assaulted or insulted according to trump, and then he lashes out. mike pence was not harassed by the...

Say that was an amazing thing but the truth of the matter is what was tricky is the percentages. what youre not seeing is also at the same time you have the hispanic and latino vote sort of growing there in florida and over before in a way thats unexpected. so percentage is down a little bit but the raw number is different and if i were a republican, i listen to your interview that just happened, if i were a republican looking at early vote, particularly among hispanics and latino voters right n...

At rallies by democratic operatives. that isnt voter fraud at polling places on election day. there is a difference there. im not disputing whats on the video. >> i will give you that. >> its just not voter fraud. you are using it as an example of voter fraud. its just not true. >> what i will say is latest pew polls showed that one in eight voters, voter registrations across this country, is either from illegal immigrant, a dead person or somebody that is registered in another state. thats 12.5...