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I wonder if the chaos makes storm-gate less significant. >> yeah. i think people aren't that surprised by it. if you look at the polling, i think people believe that probably is true. and honestly, they kind of knew this thing about donald trump coming into the white house. it's almost like, yeah -- that was to be expected. >> the president talked about cohn's departure and north korea, which we'll get to later in the program. he also talked about russian meddling and what his administration is doing to stop russians from coming back in 2018 although they never left. he said they're doing a de...

Trump today during the joint press conference with the prime minister of sweden. acknowledging russian meddling in our elections with the usual caveats, as long as it didn't affect any of the vote. the president went on to say, the u.s. would counteract any russian interference in the midterm elections. beyond making the case for paper ballots, he offered very few specifics. >> one of the things we're learning is, it's always good -- it's old fashioned, but it's always good to have a paper backup system of voting. it's called paper, not highly complex computers, paper. a lot of states are doin...

And one of the things we're learning is it's always good, it's old fashioned but it's always good to have a paper backup system of voting. it's called paper. not highly complex computers. paper. and a lot of states are doing that. they're going to a paper backup and i think that's a great idea. >> all right. so can i just say something? >> sure. >> i completely agree with the president there. paper is a great backup and the reason why is you know, it is one of the things that have -- that i've had a little comfort in when we've talked about all of the ratings of the russians, the voting, i've ...

Election because the economy is so good and we're protecting our job like our jobs are being protected finally with what we're doing with the tariffs. but you have to be vigilant. one of the things we're learning is it's always good, it's old fashioned but it's always good to have a paper backup system of voting. >> that was part of donald trump's word salad of an answer. we cut out the riff on george gore such and black unemployment, which is also for some reason something he included in that answer. it's notable that he deflected when he was asked about russian influence. speaking of the rus...

One of the things we're learning is it's always good, it's old-fashioned but it's always good to have a paper backup system of voting. it's called paper. not highly complex computers, paper. a lot of states are doing that. going to a paper backup. and i think that's a great idea. we're studying it closely. various agencies, including homeland security, are studying it carefully. >> but are you worried about russians frying to meddle in -- trying to immediate until the mid-term elections? >> president trump: no, we'll counteract what they do, and we are having strong backup systems. we have bee...