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MICROSOFT Windows users appear to be ignoring important warnings about the popular operating system and it could be putting them at risk.

Mind? you dont really want to be using that old software for your voting? >> just think about it. we have four nation states who are going to be attacking our election in 2020. and we have computers running windows 7 that are helping to run those elections, administer them, not do the voting machines themselves. and were talking about 10,000 jurisdictions and the majority of them running outdated software that seems like a pretty big security risk. >> is this unique to the election industry? or ...

Election. if we want to make sure our vote counts, we better make sure we have the right software to do it. >> whats the fix? i guess folks can buy a patch, but i guess were talking about a lot of money for every one of these computers? >> right. during the meeting we were at, secretary of state for kentucky estimated this could cost up to $300 per machine, and these are counties that might already be strapped for cash. however, microsoft was also there and they said theyre working on a solution...

Welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." foreign interference may not be the biggest security threat to the 2020 election. the federal election assistance commission held an elections security summit yesterday to discuss concerns about the voting systems that are going to be used. this follows an "associated press" report last month which found that the vast majority of 10,000 election jurisdictions nationwide use windows 7 or an older operating system to create ballots. program voting machines tally v...

The whole message from those key officials was, nothing to look at here, no big deal. we just dont have to worry. were taking care of everything. just a few days later there was an exhaustive analysis indicating that thousands and thousands of outdated voting systems that were using windows 7 were being used all over the country. and the characterization from experts were those systems were ripe for hacking. >> you have now called the new intelligence pick by donald trump, congressman ratcliff, ...

The next campaign. >> and then mitch mcconnell shoots down bills. we shouldnt make our elections anymore safer. why would we want to do that? heres something that really terrifies me and its about microsoft. that basically so many of the voting machines still use windows 7 or an older system and windows 7 is reaching the end of its life in january in terms of a computer. and that means it stops providing support and fixing patches to fix software vulnerabilities. and states like wisconsin, flori...

The next campaign. >> and then mitch mcconnell shoots down bills. we shouldnt make our elections anymore safer. why would we want to do that? heres something that really terrifies me and its about microsoft. that basically so many of the voting machines still use windows 7 or an older system and windows 7 is reaching the end of its life in january in terms of a computer. and that means it stops providing support and fixing patches to fix software vulnerabilities. and states like wisconsin, flori...

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Linda trip the trader of monica will you wine ski stabbed her in the back and gave all of this information. >> tripp is firing back saying hillary clinton should never be president. tripp says it was history in charge of the white house pulling the strings. when i came forward it was not simply because of monica lewinsky it was the culmination of years of so much corruption. the person who orchestrated the coverup is running for president of the united states. hillary would rather be part of the...

Optimistic at all? >> this is fascinating isnt it? normally when you get in the operating system from microsoft, you get pay big upgrade cycle for pc market. this time around microsoft is saying you can upgrade for free. your windows 7 and windows 8. some analysts are divided on whether this will help the pc market at all. we know its been of a gradual funk over the last four years. maybe it wont be that big sale as far as pc market is concerned. a lot of people that struggled with windows 7 and...