ages. in georgia, hospitals as well as police departments were forced to dump or reconfigure laptops and ipads. homeland security says the department is raising awareness of the risks and providing targeted cyber security services to protect voter registration databases to stay one step ahead and ensure 2020 elections are secure and resilient. >> it's getting harder to stop. at a minimum, you have to have a good operating system that is up-to-date and patched, all of your applications need to be up-to-date and patched, your networks need to be monitored. >> during recent testimony in federal election officials had perfect security is impossible so their goal is a good offense. they are already certifying voting machines that will be secure for 2020. >> bret: why some senior virginia democrats may be conspicuously absent during joe biden's visit to the commonwealth tonight. it is what some of our fox