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>> today's remarks from the president come just days after a "new york times" report that says the state department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it's been allocated to counter election meddling. "the times" reports it this way. "as a result not one of the 23 analysts working in the department's global engagement center, which has been tasked with countering moscow's disinformation campaign, speaks russian. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the russian efforts." with us tonight, former fbi assistant director for count...

'18 election and the '20 election coming up. >> today's remarks from the president come just days after a report that the state department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it's been allocated to combat election meddling. not one of the 23 analysts working in the global engagement center, speaks russian. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the russian efforts. with us tonight, former fbi assistant director for counter intelligence, including service under robert mueller, he's also an msnbc national security add lift, and bi...

Say that our voting machines are so antiquated. that the contracts don't allow us to do red teaming where they try to hack them. the combination of only four companies who provide the machines and the software that are used by counties and states around the country would suggest to us, we have never put in place the kind of controls that needed to be put this place to protect the vote. that's why we need paper ballots, scanning of them and we need audits. >> i understand what you mean when the zlurt needs to be. but to press again, do you know of any evidence that any votes were changed? i thi...

Moscow's disinformation campaign speaks russian. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the russian efforts. i'm joined by ruth markus, ruth, i want -- maehl maybe i'll start with you. >> a high bar for more evan here. >> i think it's fascinating. we had this thing struck news 2016. here we are going into 2018. usually, you know, you fool me once, fool me twice, that whole thing. we're letting it happen? >> absolutely. so why are we letting it happen? i think the answer lies with the president. he is our commander in chief. he has th...

Done nothing to combat russian med alleg medaling, but his name is not president obama. it's donald trump of course. "the new york times" offers another troubling data point. the state department has yet to spend any of the $120 million that has been allocated since late 2016 to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections. as a result, not one of the 23 analysts working in the department's global engagement center which has been tasked with countering moscow's disinformation campaign speaks russian. chew on that for a second. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit th...