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Originated in iran and russia. jo ling kent covers business and technology for msnbc. first of all, what do we know about this phishing attempt against the dnc? lets start there. >> what we know about that dnc attempted hack it was unsuccessful but the target really was the voter database. this is some of the most important information for any campaign headquarters. so that is what the hackers were going after. they were not able to hack into the dnc system, but the issue here, the takeaway real...

Legitimate election. what he didnt say, we know well have an election that is legitimate. that was disconcerting to hear. you studied this threat, you worked on it at the fbi. how serious is this threat? how concerned should we be for november? >> the biggest fear is that people dont trust institutions and elected officials and elections are at the cornerstone of our democracy. so if there is just one state that cant audit and verify through some sort of backup its vote, it tells all of our adve...

Citizens. about nine airports already use face scans for some departing international flights. fox 29 in san antonio as the texas supreme court rules against the city of laredos ban on plastic bags. laredos merchants association brought that lawsuit against the city arguing that a state law on solid waste overrides that ban. the court agreed. republican texas attorney general ken paxton says he hopes austin and other cities that enacted bag bans will voluntarily bring their ordinances into compl...

They want toand other intelligence security agencies. theyve secured and analyzed countless intelligence products, both raw and finished assessments. let me say this with a great deal of confidence. it is clear the russian government was looking for the vulnerabilities in our election system and highlighted some of the key gaps. there is no evidence that any vote was changed. russia attempted to penetrate 21 states. we know they were successful in penetrating at least one voter database. the dep...

Accounted for and allocated dollar for dollar to any candidate, but none of that happened. they did that as a contract saying that hillary clintons campaign was entitled to all ofp the research, they could control all the hiring. they had access to the all the technology, the voter database, et cetera, et cetera peddle literally everything, the democratic national committee was doing. they even moved to the account of the dnc from washington, where it had been for decades. i went back and looked...

The foreign relations committee. your state, oregon, one of the 21 states targeted. youve expressed these he concerns before. walk us through how oerg and these states get ready. and any thoughts you want to share on the collusion part of the investigation. >> one of the most vulnerable parts is our voter database. thats why care. back-ups are kept so it can be restored if it was successfully hacked. our voting system which involves vote by mail is impossible to hack. citizens have two and a hal...

You know in 2015, chinese government stole the database of many people that work for the united states government, millions, almost. mammal stealing the voter database of foreign virginia and scrubbing that against everybody who lives in i dont know langley or falls church or next to the cio or ft. meade, maryland, in laurel and colombia, right next to that, you whof the real names, addresses, social security numbers of u.s. spell jens officers in the tens of thousands. >> its a hypothetical, we...

He then called the president, but officials deny there was any indication that the president would kill the story in exchange. the president himself did not answer questions about the allegation at his joint press conference today. and the white house has not released any official statement on those accusations. joe scarborough, meanwhile, has not responded to cnns request for additional details on his version of those events. jake? >> thanks so much. we have so much more to talk about including...

Calls the claims unsubstantiated. ko kobach has asked for cheeaters n the last month, and hes a champion for voter i.d. laws which many find as a way to suppress minority votes. and he was found by a federal judge in kansas just last week for his conduct in a lawsuit involving voting rights. connecticuts take? given secretary kobachs history, we find it very difficult to have confidence in the work of this commission. a cornerstone problem here is that there is just no evidence out there theres ...

Shimone is one of the reporters reporting on this story. shimone, what can you tell us? shimone, can you hear me? were having problems with shimones communications. lets go to jason carroll right now to get us up to speed. you were telling us that mayor bill de blasio has been briefed and is on his way to bronx lebanon hospital. were also told president trump has been briefed in the white house. what more do you know? >> just a little more, jake, on whats been happening. we are told once again t...