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Raised any concern whatsoever. >> weve got garrett tenney live in washington on this one. garrett, why are these states refusing to provide voter information? >> well, there are ten states that have already said they wont be providing any information to the presidents commission, and many of those are led by democrats like virginia governor terry mcauliffe who believes the investigation into voter fraud is a bit of a ruse saying quote at best this commission was set up as a pretext to validate d...

Dates, and political party, plus, yes, the last four of your social and voting history, at least since 2006, and other assorted information be provided. 11 secretaries of state have said they will not comply. >> not on my watch are we going to participate in a political activity that is really -- its a commission that is set up as a pretext to try to find an answer to a problem that simply doesnt exist. and not on my watch are we going to release sensitive voter information, data that at best is...

High. reporter: ten states have said they will not share voter information with the commission and 26 others have said that state privacy laws will only allow them to share some of what was requested. any democrat such as virginia governor are blasting the effort and his response in part stated at best, this commission was set up as a pretext to validate donald trumps alternative election backs and at worst, is a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression. new york governor replied to the resp...

For that ar y thaupg for laying it out the which you did because that says it all. its a commission based on a false premise. frankly as youve seen it play forward the commission in reality is serving two functions. number one, its a distraction to the real threat against our democracy. and that is the russian intervention in the 2016 elections and could potentially come in 2018 and going forward. the other is the excuse or the pretext that this commission will serve based on the false narrative...

That this commission was set up as a direct response to a conspiracy theory that 3 million plus people secretly voted illegally, even though no evidence has been void provided for that ar y thaupg for laying it out the which you did because that says it all. its a commission based on a false premise. frankly as youve seen it play forward the commission in reality is serving two functions. number one, its a distraction to the real threat against our democracy. and that is the russian intervention...

Provided. 11 secretaries of state have said they will not comply. >> not on my watch are we going to participate in a political activity that is really -- its a commission that is set up as a pretext to try to find an answer to a problem that simply doesnt exist. and not on my watch are we going to release sensitive voter information, data that at best is a waste of taxpayer money and, at worst, is a national effort to suppress votes across the united states. >> here is something you dont see ev...

Like names, addresses, birth dates, and political party, plus, yes, the last four of your social and voting history, at least since 2006, and other assorted information be provided. 11 secretaries of state of stat said they will not comply. >> not on my watch are we going to participate in a political activity nas really -- its a commission set up as a pretext to try to find an answer to a problem that simply doesnt exist. and not on my watch are we going to release sensitive voter information d...

Comply with this request. >> joining me now is kentucky secretary. your office was in receipt of this request. you said your state of kentucky will not reply. why not? >> not on my watch will we start going against the 10th amendm t amendment. not on my watch will we participate in a political activity that is really a commission set up as a pretext to try to find an answer to a problem that simply doesnt exist. and not on my watch are we going to reveal sensitive voter data that at best is a wa...

Commitment of military force in syria. the answer to your last question is, yes, congress should be involved. thats our responsibility and constitutional responsibility. theres no authorizing i believe gives any weight to troupes or syrias or invocation of force in syria. yes, congress should be involved. what worries me is an escalation, based on the pretext of the chemical weapons that ends up with us engaged in one of the most complicated and difficult messy confrontations on earth. >> you wo...

Karadsheh joins us. there is a timeline attached to these demands, but given qatars response so far, what indications are you hearing about where things go from here? >> reporter: well, you know, george, its really looking highly unlikely that youre going to have qatar agree to this list of sweeping demands. and weve heard from qatari officials saying that three are reviewing them and that they going to respond through the mediator in this case, that is kuwait. but weve also heard what youve jus...