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Happening now? because you can have president trump winning the election. you can have russia interfering in the election. and you can have russia interfering but not changing any votes. those things can be true. >> thats right. i think interference is not acceptable, whether by foreign powers or domestic powers. interference is something that our elections need to be protected against. so i very strongly support inquiries. i would broaden -- excuse me, i would broaden the inquiry so were not ju...

We need to make our system protected not just get russian interference or chinese or mafia but also private corporations who, for example, control our voting software and have a stake in the outcome of the election. this system needs to be protected so americans can have faith and confidence in in it. >> okay, im for all of that. now, take me inside the dinner you had with vladimir putin in 2015 and the prominence it afforded you. my question is was that in and of itself a form of meddling along...

We need to make our systems not just against russian interferen interference, chinese, or mafia, but private corporation who control the voting software and who have a stake in the outcome of the elections. this system needs to be protected so that americans can have faith and confidence in it. >> okay, im for all of that, but now take me inside the dinner you had with putin in 2015 and the prominence that it afforded you. my question is, was that in and of itself a form of meddling along the li...

But what we do know because of this report and a few others like it is that the russians did want to influence the outcome of the election by hacking into our voting software, in this case registration software. but we know that that was there intent. >> i just want to be clear here because theres been a lot of confusion about this. theres no evidence whatsoever that any vote tallies or voting machines were compromised, that the election outcome in terms of the vote totals. the software were tal...

The election by hacking into our voting software, in this case registration software. but we know that that was there intent. >> i just want to be clear here because theres been a lot of confusion about this. theres no evidence whatsoever that any vote tallies or voting machines were compromised, that the election outcome in terms of the vote totals. the software were talking about are electoral registration systems and vendors for that. you have mike quigley today from illinois indicating he be...

If they say the wrong thing they are going to lose their job so its not like we can draw are a bright line here but nonetheless if there are signals being sent out that should sound an alarm we need to be able to hear them, and im sure that in the wake of this were going to be examining, okay, theres the front end check of social media. do we need an ongoing check or does that is just take place when someones clearance comes up for additional review? >> the intercepts, the hack shows that the ru...

Would have the security clearance in the first place to do what she did. hey, trace. >> hey, neil. the suspect, reality winner, the department of justice says she was arrested on saturday, which was one day after a leak. nsa document appeared on the news website, the intercept. the document alleges that moscow tried to hack one u.s. voting software supplier just days before last novembers election. it also accuses russia of sending fishing e-mails to more than 100 u.s. election officials. theres...

But a contractor, a federal employee cannot just take it upon themselves to bypass the classification system. >> do you think in this environment where everything seems to be so partisan and political that someone would even feel comfortable doing it the right way as you say with whistle-blower protection? >> we have hundreds of thousands of people with security clearances. again, theres a right way to do it. theres a way to go to congress and have that conversation, protect all your legal right...

Intelligence on voting software in the united states that there is no evidence any votes were affected by the hack. and all eyes will be on washington three days from now when fired fbi director james comey testifies before the senate intelligence committee. hell certainly be asked about whether the president was trying to, obstruct his russian investigation. and hell be asked whether the president indeed ask for his personal loyalty before he fired him. how he answers will be a pivotal moment i...

What appears to be at least on the initial read she could go to jail for a significant amount of time. >> in terms of this top secret nsa report that supposedly deals with russian military intelligence on voting software, no evidence that any votes were effected but the fact that they were targeting that and that there was a possibility that they could have been, is that hugely concerning? >> oh, yeah. look, most of the elections are controlled by your local county clerk, so its not really a fed...