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Lying, this is the kind of thing that happens. and it's truly tragic that we are having these conversations, that our country is so divided. our democratic process is being undermined. the election by many of our citizens is considered to be illegitimate. it was not. it's because leaders are lying about it. and here is just more proof of that based on that transcript from the book. >> there is another story in here about trump's own campaign manager trying to explain to him that, yes, early in-person voting counts will likely favor him, but that mail-in voting, which was counted later, would l...

Indication they've done anything to change any voting totals, any voting counts. but this is a sobering report, wolf. because it reminds us that a lot of the infrastructure that was in place in 2016 that the russians managed to get into in all 50 states, that is still in place. a lot of states have not updated their infrastructure, and again, this is a country where all of this is handled on the state level. it's not the federal government that runs the elections. and that's one of the strengths of our system. it means that you have to -- if you want to change vote counts in all places, you ha...

Trump agenda item as we see the signing ceremony there at the white house. just a year and a half ago one of the final press conferences of his administration, then barack obama, talked about the election. >> look, this is a clarifying moment. it's a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts. what the president-elect will be doing is different from what i will be doing. i think people will be able to compare and contrast about what worked for the american people. >> now we're getting an insider's look at the president's thinking. in a new book president obama national security advi...

The state legislatures have made moves to shorten the length of time and reduce how much early voting counts. so the democrats are going to need even more enthusiasm going to overcome some of those changes that we've seen in recent years in the voting law that had been implemented by the state legislatures. >> and to kimberly's point, cornell, that seems to be precisely the driving force in so many republican efforts to basically restrict voter access. >> right. because what we see, lawrence, is when you have a younger, more diverse electorate, it benefits democrats. america is not getting whi...

Initiative and school nutrition program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if they're issuing a story we don't like. i mean that's an issue that i think we've got to wrestle with. and we will. people asked me how do you feel after the election? i say well, look, this is a clarifying moment. it's a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the president-elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what i was doing, and i think people will be able to compare and contrast and make judgments about what worked for the american...