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Promote stories, hundreds or thousands of times then that puts it into trending feeds. once it's in a trending feed it takes on a life of its own. >> experts who research russia's campaign explain how putin's government uses an army of trolls, online critics who push their agendas to confuse and frighten audiences in the west an idea that played out dramatically on the show time series homeland. a troll factory where hundreds of employees toil away. >> iraq bob, that's me. navy wife. that's me too. >> they're marching orders. post phoney stories and tweets and spread them as widely as possible...

Numbers that weakens not just with democrats but republicans as well. >> right. you wonder how the healthcare fight might have looked different if his approval rating was 60% instead of in the 40s. maybe he could have persuaded the freedom caucus guys and had a strong case to make to come along and support him because he had more clout in their districts. he doesn't have a lot of clout now. >> don't go too far away. coming up, they have names from children's stories but far from innocent. stay with us for an alarming look at how russian trolls and bot nets, as in robots, are using the internet...

for post august 2nd if no plan is agreed to. if the treasury couldn't meet its obligations, a bill being circulated would prioritize payments, social security checks and paychecks for troops. everything else would be covered if possible with cash on hand or put off until we can take on more debt. two main default avoidance plans remain on the table right now. speaker boehner's plan would raise the debt ceiling twice, this year and next, with spending cuts now and an election year overhaul of the tax code and entitlements. in the senate, majority leader reid is pushing $2.7 trillion i...

Russia had thousands of paid internet trolls, people filling americans twitter feeds and your facebook news feeds, with headlines that were completely made up. and vladimir putin tonight with a message for america, borrowing words from what an american president has said before. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, the stunning warning that russia not only tried to hijack the last u.s. election, but will try again. >> this is not fake news. this is actually what happened to us. >> reporter: the russians, u.s. officials believe, using a cyber army again...