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Fixed. and i think that thats really the thing that obsessed the obama administration as they were going into it. what we know now, though, is that attack didnt just happen in a half a dozen states or 20 states. the russians signatures, the footprints of the russian hackers were found in systems, both local and state systems in 39 states, which is four out of five. thats pretty widespread. >> where did they succeed in messing up the list? i know when you go to vote, a woman oftentimes -- its a v...

So trump once again playing into russian hands in a way that is so deeply damaging to his own country. >> are you confident, congressman, that the russians wont try on hack into the overall election system, the voting, if you will on november 8? and having an impact on the outcome? >> i dont think it can have an impact on the actual outcome because our state systems are so different and disparity. what worries me is that the, weve seen the russians do this in europe. it is not beyond either thei...

Holder, which led to a conviction. that case is certainly on appeal the u.s. circuit. but there is a pattern of the justice department being successful, not with standing the high bar that many talked about. so i think people, we all should respect, and i believe the attorney general is doing the absolute right thing by conducting a separate and independent investigation. and its consistent with what the justice department has done in the past where state systems do not seem to be able to or unw...

State systems. it has nothing to do with the federal systems. so it isnt just congress. a lot of it has to do whats going on at the state level in republican and democratic states. so these folks are moving. texas, as i pointed out, is one of the leaders. but i cannot emphasize enough that i hope were not just talking about saying to folks, good luck, see you later, youre free. thats not going to work. i teach at ucla in the winter time. my colleague out there has done some very good work on thi...

Lets take a look at this first one that we have here. lets pull that up. got it? there we go. cms views october 1 connections to the nine states as a risk due to the fact that their document may not be submitted completely nor reviewed by october 1. we all know of course the significance of october 1, chris. >> right. basically the warning here was, nobody was quite sure whether even the core was secure, the matrix on the federal level where all, basically the largest trove of consumer kind of d...

Would get a veto. so stop that and fix this? a. no for obama or the republicans but for the american people. >> what do you think your members are going to do when the employer mandate kicks in and they have to decide what to do if with their workers and retirees, like ibm and others, moving retirees to some sort of strange private or otherwise but thats a preview to coming attractions. do you agree with that? >> well, you know, for years and years we have said that companies want to have positi...

Grownup. i this i in this case, these weighing the political can you lus just going further to the right as he did on immigration where he put a book out saying that we should have immigration reform then as soon as it was out he was already backtracking. i think in shins it was purely a political move. >> i think with jeb he is breaking with the party on certain issues, he is for the core curriculum for education. some thits an evil plot to take over the state systems. he has been all over if m...

What do you make of that statement that they think its going to get worse before it gets better? >> the statement is very true, martha. because what oracle and google and this tech surge have been called in to fix is only going to be the user experience in terms of helping them log in. but once you lock in, theres got to be integration between cgi, the company building the web site, the data hub, between federal and state systems to check eligibility information, and then the web sites, the insu...

L.a., russell, thank you for being with us. a billion dollars and this is what we got. based on what you saw, do you even think they tested it? >> so good evening, thank you for having me. they obviously didnt test until the last few days. this is what we do at media temple. we have hundreds of thousands of customers with millions of websites, but i do want to point out one thing. everyones saying this is a website issue, you made a great point, even your mother can set up a website. its not too...

L.a., russell, thank you for being with us. a billion dollars and this is what we got. based on what you saw, do you even think they tested it? >> so good evening, thank you for having me. they obviously didnt test until the last few days. this is what we do at media temple. we have hundreds of thousands of customers with millions of websites, but i do want to point out one thing. everyones saying this is a website issue, you made a great point, even your mother can set up a website. its not too...