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With the investigation. he ought not to simply keep saying, why are you doing this? this is a witch hunt. the fact of the matter is there is enough going on to have many of us believe that there is a connection. there is some involvement and that his campaign and some of his campaign operatives and allies have been involved in collusion. and so he should stop simply saying i have no connection. cooperate with the investigation. let's get to the bottom of it and let's find out whether or not there was collusion because if there has been collusion, undermining our democracy, undermining our elec...

It depends on how you look at it. the problem is people are saying these hacks and russian interferences influenced the u.s. elections, it's not only about hacking into the elections system. i don't imagine under any circumstances kgb tricks swaying the united states public opinion. i don't see it. i don't think putin has that kind of leverage, to really convince u.s. people toward this or the other way. and that's why, in that respect, i also have my reservation. i know putin -- we in the ukraine are fighting, we're on the front line of fighting for freedom. our soldiers have sacrificed lives...

>> i'll say a couple things. first of all, i can reassure donald trump i am in charge of elections in ohio and they're not going to be rigged. i'll make sure of that. our institutions like our elections system is one of the bedrocks of american democracy. we should not question it. >> talk of a rigged election undermines america's democracy, and no, it is not patriotic to threaten the will of the people if mr. trump does not convince enough americans to cast a ballot for him. let's talk about this now. rebecca burgh is with me a national political reporter for real clear politics. err roll lew...

Racist behavior. that is a sign they are in big trouble. when you push that air horn and say that you know you are in big trouble in washington. >> thank you, chris. the bergdahl prisoner exchange is leaving some democratic lawmakers left high and dry before the elections system. it was worsenied by the veteran scandal. we have two contributors here now. leslie, the president is facing push back from this own party. how do you think this is going to play out as the facts come to surface? >> we do have a mid-term

Texas, right? why do they think that? >> well, what the supreme court decision in june did was to remove texas from the preapproval process whenever we have any kind of changes in our voting laws. and that's not what the obama administration wants. they want to keep their thumb on the texas election system so they are now asking a court to give the obama administration the authority to be able to preapprove whatever election changes we may have, especially our voter id law that we're trying to put into effect. martha: all right. and explain to everybody exactly how that law would change the vo...