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Impact or any votes were changed. we dont know how many voters might have been turned away, because in some way their election record, their registration records, were deleted from the state systems. that may have happened, and if it happened in wisconsin, ohio, in one. few states that was a swing state, that could have changed the election outcome, and maybe thats why donald trump isnt doing anything to confront putin. i think his meeting should begin and end with a demand for extradition of th...

Russians did once they got into these systems. were dealing with state systems. were dealing with computer systems that arent very good at creating audit trails. so you dont really know in a lot of the systems. a lot of companies dont have this where you can tell when someone hacks in. what did they look at. what did they manipulate. what did they take. we do not know. not going to show up in this indictment. i dont think the investigators can give us an answer to this. as to whether or not they...

Year, the way the russians were trying to target specific states. in one instance, according to this indictment, they were able to get into the systems of one particular state. they stole the information, about a half million voters, their drivers license numbers, date of birth. it doesnt say, it doesnt allege what they did with this. it says there is no information to indicate they are changing the vote counts. obviously, this is the big concern as you watch an operation like this, for an intel...

That system has pictures in it from previous convictions, which he had. a misdemeanor conviction for harassing people online. this woman that he knew from high school, and it also has department of motor vehicle pictures. your license plate mug shot. drivers license mug shot. using that technology is how they figured who he was that led to the search and gave them a much faster headstart on this investigation. >> pete, that facial recognition technology youre talking about is not unique to maryl...

Going to anchor the midterms and the next presidential election. and so in that context, is there any way for viewers watching us tonight who are now uneasy and worried about the sanctity of our elections, is there any way you can assure anyone that quiet things have been done, perhaps out of public view, behind the scenes, to fortify our system of elections? >> we do know that the department of homeland security has indeed been working with various states and offered briefings, and the states a...

The trust in our intelligence communitys assessments. i think overall it does more harm than good. >> frank, im speaking to you from the studio where we anchored the last presidential election. this is the studio where were going to anchor the midterms and the next presidential election. and so in that context, is there any way for viewers watching us tonight who are now uneasy and worried about the sanctity of our elections, is there any way you can assure anyone that quiet things have been don...

Various states and offered briefings, and the states are listening. thats all good. the not so good news is that the department of homeland security has chosen a posture to say its up to the local state systems, state legislators, to figure this out and secure the election. i dont see the degree of federal intervention and help to do this, to include possibly funding. what concerns me is it only takes a few key states to be hacked and/or corrupted, and it doesnt have to be to change the vote. th...

Hacking attempts. >> joining me now senior congressional correspondent manu raju on capitol hill. theres been a lot out of this hearing, manu? >> reporter: thats right. the administration defending its response on how exactly to deal with the threat going forward and members themselves of this committee issuing a series of recommendations. they believe the states should take ahead of the 2018 elections to ensure that nothing happens like this again. one thing that they are debating here, whether...

>> our desire to be able to fully fund the elections within an individual state but its a states responsibility. if theres incentives we can put in place to spur them, its the people of the states going to their state leaders and saying we want our election to be secure and to be able to take care of it in their own state will be the primary piece. >> reporter: aware of the best practices and equipment available. >> one of our recommendations is we figure out how to aud it and what states get th...

Anybody has taken any of the data thats in there. im very skeptical when they say that no votes were changed and no voters were taken off the rolls. did spomebody take a paper list of voters and compare it against what was that there? i doubt it. if theyre putting it on a data system, they probably dont have a paper list of the voters. >> how do the recent indictments of 13 russians and three companies play into this? what can the united states do? its not like the russians will get arrested. >>...