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Nancy pelosi can only afford to lose a handful of defections. but of all people, today president trump offered to help nancy pelosi get the votes. >> there is nothing sarcastic about it. it was meant with very good intentions. she deserves it. she has fought hard and long. she is a very capable person. >> last night ahead a conversation with president trump and how we could work together. one of the issues was the agenda, the voting infrastructure of america. i hope that we can achieve that. >> whether or not president trump comes through with a deal, one thing is working in nancy pelosi's fav...

We did in 2016 and the first fear that we're going to be hacking into the voting infrastructure, the voting machines and registration roles and the things that they have used to report those roles, and then into non-critical infrastructure, like a power grid, taking down street lies and phone lights, all of this amplified by social media and speaking of amplification on social media, there's potential for disinformation campaigns, efforts to suppress the vote, tweets and facebook posts that give wrong information about voting, accusations of rigging and once that hits social media, that's over...

Is hacking. we have heard repeatedly from the department of homeland security that as they monitor malign activity, particularly from russia, they are not nearly seeing the same level of malign activity in 2018 as they did in 2016. the first fear is hacking into the voting infrastructure. the voting machines, registration rolls, the media to report those votes. then hacking into a power grid, taking down street lights, phone lines, all of this amplified by social media. speaking of amplification of social media, the potential for disinformation campaigns, efforts to suppress the vote, tweets a...

Are looking at a number of different concerns. and when you compare 2018 versus 2016, they say that the amount of malign or malicious activity, cyber activity they're seeing now pales in comparison to 2016. >> good. >> there are attempts to break into different aspects of the voting system every single day, but they liken it to a burglar that's tiptoeing around a house, knocking on windows and doors. >> just as long as they're just knocking and not coming in. >> right, but they have their intent up pb they're ready for a wide range of different scenarios. so hacking, because it's first and for...

Parties reporting possible vulnerabilities to the secretary of state's office. in this case within hours of getting notification of a new vulnerability on their website, they came out with this press release, possibly blaming the democratic party. you know it's part of a tradition here of not taking these vulnerabilities seriously, and in this case, making a really reckless claim before that could possibly be any data to back it up. >> you said there's a history of third party groups notifying georgia about problems in their system. does georgia actually have worse problems than other states d...