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Nancy pelosi can only afford to lose a handful of defections. but of all people, today president trump offered to help nancy pelosi get the votes. >> there is nothing sarcastic about it. it was meant with very good intentions. she deserves it. she has fought hard and long. she is a very capable person. >> last night ahead a conversation with president trump and how we could work together. one of the issues was the agenda, the voting infrastructure of america. i hope that we can achieve that. >> ...

We did in 2016 and the first fear that were going to be hacking into the voting infrastructure, the voting machines and registration roles and the things that they have used to report those roles, and then into non-critical infrastructure, like a power grid, taking down street lies and phone lights, all of this amplified by social media and speaking of amplification on social media, theres potential for disinformation campaigns, efforts to suppress the vote, tweets and facebook posts that give w...

Is hacking. we have heard repeatedly from the department of homeland security that as they monitor malign activity, particularly from russia, they are not nearly seeing the same level of malign activity in 2018 as they did in 2016. the first fear is hacking into the voting infrastructure. the voting machines, registration rolls, the media to report those votes. then hacking into a power grid, taking down street lights, phone lines, all of this amplified by social media. speaking of amplification...

Are looking at a number of different concerns. and when you compare 2018 versus 2016, they say that the amount of malign or malicious activity, cyber activity theyre seeing now pales in comparison to 2016. >> good. >> there are attempts to break into different aspects of the voting system every single day, but they liken it to a burglar thats tiptoeing around a house, knocking on windows and doors. >> just as long as theyre just knocking and not coming in. >> right, but they have their intent up...

Parties reporting possible vulnerabilities to the secretary of states office. in this case within hours of getting notification of a new vulnerability on their website, they came out with this press release, possibly blaming the democratic party. you know its part of a tradition here of not taking these vulnerabilities seriously, and in this case, making a really reckless claim before that could possibly be any data to back it up. >> you said theres a history of third party groups notifying geor...

Georgia of independent third parties reporting possible vul s vulnerabilities to the secretary of states office. in this case within hours of getting notification of a new vulnerability on their website, they came out with this press release, possibly blaming the democratic party. you know its part of a tradition here of not taking these vulnerabilities seriously, and in this case, making a really reckless claim before that could possibly be any data to back it up. >> you said theres a history o...

China and wran for efforiran fo manipulate voters and warned americans that foreign actors use social media to amplify issues, spread disinformation and sponsor content through english language media. there is no evidence the interference efforts have impacted voting infrastructure or disrupt our ability to tally votes in the midterm elections. and when president trump was asked about this russian hacking, he simply said that it had nothing to do with his campaign. sara murray, cnn, washington. ...

The 2018 and 2020 u.s. elections. and warned americans that foreign actors use social media to amplify divisive issues, spread disinformation, and sponsor content through english language media, including rt and sputnik. there is no evidence the interference efforts have impacted voting infrastructure. to change vote counts or disrupt our ability to tally votes in the midterm elections. and meantime a key player in muellers russia probe will soon be sentenced. former campaign chairman paul manaf...

Still going through it. it seems a public service announcement. they are wants to make people away that countries can be involved in influence. understand who might be sponsoring some of that information. they point out election infrastructure. can you count on the fact your vote is not changed. they are seeing no credible threats that attempting to hack into that voting infrastructure. its giving people sop confidence in that. the obama administration did something relatively similar before the...

Can think of. and so we run a component of the conference that hacks all the entire election infrastructure, everything from voter registration databases through the machines themselves and as you mentioned theres also a kids section at the conference this. year we have kids hacking represent any ka websites from the 13 presidential battle ground states. >> tell me whats behind that. the idea is that you believe, and other experts believe it may be so easy to hack into some of these sites for ad...