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Protecting our democracy. mike: sure. >> what we have learned in this report that was released this week is what we've known for a while, which is these systems are old. they are aging. and they're vulnerable to remote and physical hacking. mike: ess, the company involved says, quote, at its core, a voting machine is a computer which can be compromised by skilled hackers, who have full access and unlimited time. while there's no evidence that any vote in a u.s. election has ever been compromised by a cybersecurity breach, ess agrees the cybersecurity of the nation's voting system can and shoul...

The department of justice. and so we endeavored to make sure that we were in as muscular but appropriate a fashion as possible investigating and holding accountable parties that had an obligation to register and willfully failed to do so. so i think the manafort case that is going to go to trial in september ought to be seen in that larger context. the enforcement is really part of the broader picture of how the department approaches foreign influence operations in the united states today at large, whether it's malign cyber operations or more espionage-like activities like the maria butina cas...

You when i arrived in late 2014 we did an assessment of whether we were firing on all cylinders with respect to propelling forward investigations of all the areas of our responsibility, whether they be espionage, export control, or sanctions, theft of trade secrets, or investigations and prosecutions of the foreign agent registration act, which was another part of the mosaic of the national security mission of the department of justice. and so we endeavored to make sure that we were in as muscular but appropriate a fashion as possible investigating and holding accountable parties that had an o...

With respect to propelling forward investigations of all the areas of our responsibility, whether they be espionage, export control, or sanctions, theft of trade secrets, or investigations and prosecutions of the foreign agent registration act, which was another part of the mosaic of the national security mission of the department of justice. and so we endeavored to make sure that we were in as muscular but appropriate a fashion as possible investigating and holding accountable parties that had an obligation to register and willfully faild failed to do so. so i think the manafort case that is ...

Elections, but focused on perhaps critical viewpoints of vladimir putin who are up for election or who will also be engaging in u.s. elections. >> they are focused on what is best, obviously for vladimir putin. national security adviser john bolton suggested a couple of days ago that russia isn't the only threat here. talk a listen. >> i can say definitely it's a sufficient national security concern about chinese meddling, iranian and north korean meddling that we are taking steps to try and prevent it. it's all four of those countries really. >> all four of those countries. are they on the sa...