david becker, robert costa, nikole killion, scott macfarlane, thank you for being here today.it. >> we will be right back. >>> welcome back. russia's investigative committee confirmed today that the remains of wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin have been positively identified along with nine others who died in a plane crash last week. we're joined by fiona hill, senior fellow at the brookings institution and former white house russia expert. good morning, fiona. thank you so much for being here. russian president vladimir putin claims he had nothing to do with this. is there anyone in the diplomatic community who believes that? >> i doubt it. i think what we cap certainly say he didn't order it not to happen because there are plenty of people who were painting a target on prigozhin's back. the system it will expected him to be taken out in the picture in some fashion. i guess it was a question about what the method would be, and, in fact, i think over the last two months there's been more shock not just internationally but domestically based on source reporting that fact that not

but major garrett, gomez, scott mcfarlane, anthony c., rebecca kaplan, erin navarro, and david becker. nicholas. we really appreciate all that they do for us. it takes a team effort to put this show together, and we appreciate the honor. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. ann shu by the way is a former student of mine at usc. just thought i would point it out. [laughter] our other award for national political program goes to threat to democracy episode of nightline's weekly streaming magazine impact by nightline. reported by abc news senior national correspondent, my old friend and abc colleague, terry moran. terry moran and his small producing team took two months to win the trust of atlanta poll workers. the first time they spoke to the press after the january 6 committee hearings. judges called it a powerful showcase explaining the harrowing personal consequences of disinformation for ordinary real people. this kind of intimate storytelling deeply humanizes a political story and should be acknowledged as worthwhile journalism. let's see a clip. >> when i heard that call he made to

>> well, your colleague, david becker, your co-author, runs the center for election and innovation researchand he conducted a study that says in 2016, less than 80% of ballots cast had a paper record associated with it. paper records are important because you can audit the results. if there are any questions you can go back, check your math and ensure the accounting was accurate. by the time the 2020 election rolled around, due to combined efforts of federal and state and local election officials, that number increased to around 95% of votes cast, including every one of those close call states. importantly, pennsylvania and georgia both switched systems that had paper ballots associated with the vote and you could count and recount and audit. georgia recounted or audited several times post-november 3rd. >> and those systems that do that auditing were secure? >> absolutely. based on our work with the intelligence community our understanding -- >> and what state officials told you and localofficials? >> absolutely. look, you know, i continue to think that there are any number of state electio

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