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2018 of making sure there was no interference in that election. they tried again, but we had some success there. should we allow foreign entities of any sort to engage in an election process thats the threshold of the democratic process of the united states? absolutely not. and so i think, as we head into the next election, were going to see more activity than earn from not just the russians, but some of our other adversaries, particularly in the cyberworld. i assure you, the folks in the positi...

Fbi about that is someone who i think is breaching the oath of office that he took as president of the united states and for that reason this president i know has been trying to walk back those comments. but every time he says things like that, i think it undermines his credibility as president of the united states. >> but is he a national security threat? >> well, hes a national security threat in the sense that when he says things like that, he is inviting russia and china and north korea and ...

Position he reaffirmed last night. >> im open to considering the legislation but it has to be directed in a way that doesnt undermine state and local control of elections. the democrat law would like to nationalize everything. they want the federal government to take over broad swaths of the election process because they think that will somehow benefit them. >> other senators on capitol hill reacted to the presidents comments about accepting foreign help with a dim view towards calling the fbi. ...

Business. >> wow. but senate republicans have so far chosen not to work on the issue. majority leader mitch mcconnell has blocked bipartisan election security legislation passed through the house in march, a position he reaffirmed last night. >> im open to considering legislation, but it has to be directed in a way that doesnt undermine state and local control of elections. the democrats law would like to nationalize everything. they want the federal government to take over broad swaths of the e...

Which is unfortunate, ridiculous, but we are losing sight of the fact that we are 18 months away from an election were going into toemgtsly defenseless with foreign powers swirling around on being egged on by the president and the majority leader. its unfortunate. >> senator? >> well, i dont think were totally defenseless against foreign power on our election process. i think we have a relatively strong election. and the reality is that mitch skmaunl is like most republicans theyre tired of havi...

Undermine state and local control of elections. the democrat, laura, would like to nationalize everything. they want the fwrederal governmt to take over broad swaths of the election process because they think that would somehow benefit them. >> natasha, lets turn to you. he talks about localizing versus nationalizing. the truth is we put up that list a moment ago. the number of the bills were election security have been bipartisan or at least theyve had bipartisan support. but if what mcconnell ...

If its a very close election, the losing sides not going to believe they lost legitimately. and whether its a trumped up version of that -- no pun intended -- or theres evidence to prove it, it wont matter. its going to -- and how do we deal with this, john? >> well, i think the presidents behavior is fueling doubts on the democratic side in ways that we havent seen before. you know, republicans complained in 2016 and trump complained, well, the election process is rigged. and thats because weve...

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Hours, but it was a closed hearing, and i dont comment on material that takes place in those kinds of classified settings. so im sorry, your job is to ask the question, my job is to not answer it. >> are you confident in the presidents sons testimony yesterday. >> im not going to answer that. >> thank you, very much appreciate it. jumping off what the president said yesterday, how do lawmakers prepare for a 2020 election how do you protect this country really. this election process, the 2020 ele...

Others. >> the chairman gave a preview of tomorrows hearing on the counter intelligence probe. schiff said you cant get a clear answer on where the investigation stand right now. what did he mean by that? >> well, i think what hes suggesting is from our perspective until we can get the key witnesses, whether it is special counsel mueller or don mcgahn were not in a position to move forward with conclusions. thats probably what hes most concerned about. the counter intelligence focus is really ke...