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Would president obama have insisted on getting to know everything. at this stage the russia investigation is a counterintelligence investigation which is implicating foreign policy but also the homeland. . at this stage president obama is required to begin to notify people within the homeland that their voting boost that state secretaries of state might ensure there is not vulnerabilities. in other words, this is not investigation going to court. its an investigation to protect us from a threat....

Troubling. >> elections are state matters, theres no overarching jurisdiction that can be hardened in washington. its as good as your computers in texarkana in dallas or columbia. >> thats right. that was something the obama administration brought up right before the election. dhs did come out and say there were some states they were concerned about, that they had some vulnerabilities in their voter registration databases. but now were -- one of the reasons that they came up that they couldnt do...

>> cynthia mcfadden reporting there. joined now by ken dilanian, security reporter for nbc news. this goes to heart of one of the fundamental questions weve been trying to resolve for the last year-plus now. why isnt this president, this administration, doing more to try to crack down on a repeat of what we may have experienced last time? look at this statistic. nearly 80% of responders in this survey monkey poll, we just did this, say they are somewhat or very concerned the nations security sys...

Secure the vote? dhs is offering cyber security help, but some states tell us theyre still waiting. >> is there a waiting list for dhs in the election? >> no waiting list. >> no waiting list. >> no waiting list. secretary manfred says they will get everybody and take them to a security location where experts look for vulnerabilities that hackers will exploit. >> its a very small lean, mean team here. >> it is. but i like to think that we are the best and the brightest. >> but some question wheth...

>> reporter: now, with nine months to go before critical midterm elections, whats being done to secure the vote? dhs is offering cybersecurity help, but some states tell us theyre still waiting. is there a waiting list for dhs help in the election -- in regards to the election? >> no waiting list. >> reporter: secretary manfra says theyll get to everybody, and takes us to the location that experts look for vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit. this is a very small, lean, mean team here. >>...

Right before the election. dhs did come out and say there were some states that were concerned about, that they had some vulnerabilities in their voter registration databases. but now -- and one of the reasons they came up with then they couldnt do everything, not every state was accepting their help. but at this point going into 2018 mid terms knowing what we know now, knowing the ability of russia or any other foreign government to open some of these doors, i can imagine that states would refu...

Administration brought up right before the election. dhs did come out and say there were some states they were concerned about, that they had some vulnerabilities in their voter registration databases. but now were -- one of the reasons that they came up that they couldnt do everything was not every state was accepting their help. but at this point, going into 2018 midterms, knowing what we know now, knowing the ability of russia or any other foreign government to open some of these doors, i can...

Votes and that could be devastating and we need to account to that we are extremely vulnerable. theyre cyber capabilities out stretch our vulnerabilities and they could really do some damage to us. it could be in the financial sector, or in the government sector or infrastructure. we shouldnt take that lightly when we talk about responses. >> knowing the president has done a lot to delegitimize the media which is their favorite way of doing this, if you just look at rt and sputnik. glenn watts, ...

President trumps paranoia about the deep state. president trump and carter page have frankly broadcasted to foreign intelligence services what their vulnerabilities are. >> samantha vinograd, appreciate your take. thank you. the documents marked official use only and important for national security found on a plane, left behind, found by a cnn employee. up next, what that stack of papers reveals about the super bowl security.

It could end up on the website. that means going into the midterms, when cia director pompeo says russia will attack us again, well be missing intelligence on what russia is doing. >> and perhaps missing that intelligence, also not clear what has been done since we learned about the vulnerabilities to further protect against those. we heard from chairman nunes that the state department is the next target of phase two. what are your thoughts? >> i think it is a distraction. >> you dont believe th...