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Were focused solely on the objective of winning the electoral college vote, and the fact number four is, hillary clinton lost and donald trump won. >> do you think all this other stuff that came up on russia and could have been hacking into our election or making police officer very difficult, particularly for democrats, that the other electors who wanted to get more information or those that were urging that electors like yourself bet more information, some said delay the electoral college meet...

There was going to be some serious consequences if he didnt. in fact, we did not see further tampering of the election process. >> thats not what donna brazille says. she says they were trying to hack the dnc, phil mudd, almost on a daily basis. what do you think about that as a strategy and whether or not its been effective. >> i dont think its been effective yet. this goes back to the 1990s and the dawn of the digital age. the chinese and the russians have been stealing american military secre...

He probably has his own ideas. you dont believe for a minute, do you, that there is some kind of hanky-panky going on betweenputen and trump or do you actually believe that? >> what im asking wouldnt that make mr. putin prefer donald trump and if you follow that line of logic that he preferred donald trump to win, why do you have so much doubt that he might have tried to meddle somehow to make that outcome? >> well, i would think that if the president of a country would like to see someone else ...

How about revelations from the president? im curious to get your take on it. >> i felt the most effective way to insure that that didnt happen was to talk to him directly and tell him to cut it out, there were going to be some serious consequences if he didnt. and, in fact, we did not see further tampering of the election process. but the leaks through wikileaks had already occurred. so when i look back in terms of how we handled it, i think we handled it the way it should have been handled. we ...

Anti-bernie sanders. they were doing everything they could. bernie was more popular than hillary clinton. the big question, what she was trying to say is that the use of these e-mails weaponized them against the republicans and particularly hillary. >> thats why they lost the election is what youre saying. >> we have gone into the archives and looked at the real clear political politics average of what hillary clinton had. she was at 48% on october 6th. that is the day before the wikileaks hack ...

And i want to have it clear so that i will know, yes, mr. putin did something that he shouldnt have done. and the russians should be blamed for it, if thats true. just make it clear to me. thats point number one. and point number two, when people talk about the fact that putin and the hackers supposedly impacted the election process, i have to say, if you think that the russian propaganda apparatus is a powerful enough to sway the minds of 100 and what is it, 160 million americans who went to th...

When president obama spoke to putin. but it may not be true. >> no, they came after us every day until the end of the election. they tried to hack our system reportedly. we put up the best cyber security what i call infrastructure to stop them but they are constantly. >> why is the -- >> in early september when i saw president putin in china, i felt the mostective way to ensure that didnt happen, was to talk to them directly. and tell them to cut it out and there would be serious consequences if...

And also for allies across the globe. this, mark, this would be two great choices and would be a very strong way. i think most people in washington and people who know foreign policy, would be a very strong way for donald trump to end his selection process. >> hes down in florida, as we said, but this will be a working vacation. what do you know about his attitude about how things are going overall? >> i think hes very positive about it. the campaign workers and transition staff very positive ab...

Didnt. and in fact, we did not see further tampering of the election process. >> no, it did not stop. they came after us, absolutely every day until the end of the election. they tried to hack into our system repeatedly. >> whos right here, senator? >> well, this is one of the issues where the russians seem to be continually trying to hack into systems, not just the united states but across the globe. some directed from the highest level and some of it is ongoing activities of not only agents bu...

About mayor nutter? >> not at all. its shame you dont want to give acknowledgement to the fact that part of your statement is incorrect. the american people, by a popular voted for hillary clinton. a bunch of things happened during the course of the campaign and even mr. trump was questioning the legitimacy of the election. now that hes won all those issues, in his mind, go away. >> do you think hes not the president? >> ben, hey, ben, were not going to do this tonight. youre going to let me fin...