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Opposition to natos interference in our democratic election processes. hes going -- >> i have heard, ambassador, other folks say that theyre nervous that trump is destabilizing when it comes to nato. do you fear that the result of some of these -- of the meetings coming up could be a breaking up of nato? >> i doubt that. first of all, nato is a legally binding 70-year-old treaty obligation. so its not an executive decision to be a part of nato or not. its a congressionally ratified treaty obliga...

Trying to interpret it through a modern lens. thats something the president has talked about. we had sources who said the president indicated he wanted a h harvard or yale graduate, and raymond kethledge is a michigan grad. one of the things we have seen in past iterations of selection processes, sometimes the first names out there like a brett kavanaugh or amy coney barrett, get all of the attention, and it sort of quiets the scrutiny by the time an ultimate candidate emerges. that could be a r...

No one knew who was talking to anybody. and youve got papadopoulos holding out russia contacts. youve got people trying to set up a meeting between the big guy and vladimir putin. and even the legal team seems to acknowledge that they dont know what they dont know. at this hour its possible mueller knows more than they do. >> i can guarantee you mueller knows more than they do. this is a guy who in a methodical precise way, nicolle, has gone about collecting these facts, right? >> so what do you...

They think the public and states need to be doing right now to secure our election processes for the midterm elections. it seems they have been moving towards trying to conclude their investigation, but we havent seen it yet. theyre going to still have more to say. >> all right. well have a lot more go through because this report is more than 250 pages. mooi theyre going through and it well have much more at the top of the hour but right now well take a turn. we cant leave a show without money p...

Throws strong words. >> ive had it with this president. we have a situation in which he has been one year, not pushing back against putin in russia. during that entire year, russia has not only continued to hack our election processes, but also hacking into, gaining control of nuclear power plants, water systems, sanitation systems, aviation systems. that is an act of war. nothing less. >> the department of homeland security is now saying that. >> this isnt me talking. the department of energy a...

Tower moscow. according to "the washington post," one russian-born developer suggested trump visit russia, saying it would prompt vladimir putin to say good things about the u.s. presidential candidate, leaving many with uncertainty as we head into crucial midterm season. joining me now, reed stannish. reed, in your article you highlight the warning from the intelligence community report. and i want to share a quote. moscow will apply lessons learned from its putin-ordered campaign aimed at the ...

Not whats at stake here. were talking about the national security and infrastructure of our election processes. and so donald trump, instead of looking at the questions around whether his election was legitimate is not a question about his ego. its a question about the processes in which american people are casting their ballots and that process has to have a certain level of integrity. thats the core of our democracy, and it should be protected going forward. its not about him. >> peter baker, ...

The department of justice and the president and we all know that investigation must proceed. at the same time the intelligence committee and the judiciary committees have oversight responsibilities and i would want to make sure the judiciary committee is doing what we need to do especially to focus on democratic election processes and make sure those are not being interfered with the russians or anybody else for that matter. >> thank you. meanwhile, a new effort to divert attention to presiden...

United states. and so as secretaries and working with our local election officials, we work very hard to ensure that none of those voting machines are connected to the internet and that there is no hacking that takes place place h respect to them. with respect to influencing the election, that is something that is outside the purview of secretaries of state. were here to make sure that the election processes function accurately and completely. >> for you on this, secretary condos, there were rep...

Heres what the president is doing. while they may never resolve whether or not had any attempt to metal in the u.s. election, president trump believes that the relationship between the united states and russia is important enough that they need to work on making sure that it doesnt happen again. get past it. to that end, the staffs will be working on the agreement that the two leaders came to. about interference, and u.s. or russian or other countries, internal affairs and election processes. th...