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There were other ways that they could manipulate and suppress votes. they could change voter registration information. when the first news media report came out in late september, early october 2016 where evidence had been gained that russians had gone in and had been scanning and looking at the voter registration rolls, i had actually joked on air that junior russian military intelligence officers need something to do too, right? and in this case, that is precisely what this indictment alleges....

Cnn military analyst and lieutenant general mark hertling is with us now. thank you for with us. how vulnerable is this threat especially with the mid terms five months away? >> based on what we know, what the intelligence communities have told us, we are extremely vulnerable. not only because of the scanning of instruments, the election machines as was reported this week in congress, but also just the fact that we are incredibly vulnerable beyond just the hacking or scanning of machines. it is ...

Again, some further scanning of people that want to come in and rent a track can be done. but we cant protect everything all the time. so on some level, its just important to be aware, to be cognizant of your surroundings and to have a plan to exit quickly if something is going on. >> all right. got to have a plan. thanks, ed davies. we appreciate it. we are watching this as well today. the senate foreign relations committee is set to vote on mike pompeo in an hour from now. democrats on the com...

Prohibitive, they will stop. im concerned that our government has yet to do that, especially with some of the signals and messages that the president is sending. the russians need to be deterred in this type of behavior trying to influence our democracy. >> what could the federal government or trump administration be doing? >> you have to look at the russian threat in three different categories. theres the scanning, probing, attempts to hack into our election infrastructure itself. state electio...

Or two or three ballots upon scanning the bar code that may miss scanning. >> youre saying even though you have 1195 ballots there may be a handful that arent necessarily going to be officially counted. is that right. >> thats right, sir. thats why well pick then up in the hand count and also. >> i want to make sure -- those have been confirmed rebuke right. >> im sorry, sir. >> the 1195 have been returned, right. >> thats on electric produce report created by scanning the bar codes. >> the reas...

>> kaitlin, jonathan, jason, i cannot thank you enough for staying up with me later and later and later into the night as we keep waiting. still not over, we are waiting. i am a broken record at this point. but washington county, they are scanning, they are counting, those ballots are flying through the machines, i hope theyre flying through the machines, and any minute now we are going to find out those 1,195 absentee ballots. how did they go? does saccone still have a chance or is it over?

Waiting for this. >> its a good time. >> still not over. we are waiting. i am a broken record at this point. but washington county, they are scanning. they are counting those ballots are flying through the machines. i hope theyre trying through the machines. and any minute now we are going to find out those 1,195 absentee ballots, how did they go? does saccone still have a chance? or is it over? stay with us. youve made it this far. be right back.

We are waiting. i am a broken record at this point. but washington county, they are scanning. they are counting those ballots are flying through the machines. i hope theyre trying through the machines. and any minute now we are going to find out those 1,195 absentee ballots, how did they go? does saccone still have a chance? or is it over? stay with us. youve made it this far. be right back.

Have had this discussion about russian interference. you heard michael daniels on the record. what to you say to folks who watch that? >> i think you have to remember the first statement the obama administration made was october 7, 2016, that was to inform the states we have seen these signs of scanning, preparetory work by the russian government. one month before the length. after the election president obama ordered this report, he ordered the administration to compile this report to inform hi...

That is not as intense ty as the on-site dhs scans happening in 14 states that are not going to be done until april, shep. >> what do state officials say theyre most concerned about, peter? >> for now, its the propaganda pedalled by russians. so far, 21 states have been targeted but no major breaches. >> the one thing were confident up and one thing the fbi, homeland security and the office of counter intelligence are all confident of, theres no tabulation changes that occurred because of the in...