of these. >> i like the fact that you called out the dccc. exist. nancy pelosi doesn't run these, it's the dccc's job to win these elections. and just one more editorial thing. spending all of that money on tv as opposed to spending it on voter registration and ground game might be a problem too. if you did have hemorrhoids i bet you nancy would send you a designer pillow. that's how she -- that's how you know, she's going to send you something. >> i have a designer pillow. thank you. >> you guys are great. tara, jason, wish you were all here. >>> coming up, former actor or acting attorney general sally yates -- jimy threw me off with those comments. i'm sorry. details next. i tried hard to quit smoking. but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how. what's the best way to get v8 or a fancy juice store?s? ready, go! hi, juice univer

of these. >> i like the fact that you called out the dccc.hese, it's the job to win these. and one more editorial thing. spending all of that money on tv as opposed to spending it on voter registration and ground game might be a problem too. if you did have hemorrhoids i bet you nancy would send you a designer pillow. that's how you know, she's going to send you something. >> i have a designer pillow. thank you. >> you guys are great. tara, jason, wish you were all here. coming up. former actor or acting attorney general sally yates. details next. just like the people who own them, every business is different. but every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. whether it be help starting your business, vendor contracts or employment agreements. legalzoom's network of attorneys can help you every step of the way so you can focus on what you do. we'll handle the legal stuff that comes up along the way. legalzoom. legal help is here. when a fire destroyedwith us everything in our living room. we replaced it all without

a few years ago they didn't know what the dnc was they didn't know the dccc.t the subtleties of our democratic -- our bt political process. they couldn't even lobby the hill before in 2012 five years ago they didn't know who to lobby. now they've gotten fikted. if the republicans thing think that come 2018 orp 2020 they're not going after them or this won't affect them they are sadly smik zbloon jeremy i wanted to ask you about a piece of stage craft today. since the russian investigation started since the trump administration has gotten under way the u.s. attorneys have been shone the door and 49 of them i guess. preet of the southern district was god fatheresque to see him there he was live tweeting it. i wondered aloud how much people not in the new york washington corridor were interested in the plot line, heard from a lot of people in kansas which i regard as the american center of america about 100 miles from where i used to live. they were very much watching this plot line. was that stage craft or was this something else at work. >> prooet is a came dow

. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions in the dnc and dccc systems and the subsequent leaks of that information? >> no, no doubt. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the cyber intrusion in the state voter files? >> no. >> do you have any doubt that officials of the russian government were fully aware of these activities? >> no doubt. >> are you confident that no votes cast in the 2016 presidential election were altered? >> i'm confident. when i left as director i had seen no indication of that whatever. >> director comey, did the president at any time ask you to stop the fbi investigation into russian involvement in the 2016 u.s. elections? >> not to my understanding, no. >> did any individual working for this administration, including the justice department, ask you to stop the russian investigation? >> no. >> director, when the president requested that you -- and i quote -- let flynn go, general flynn had an unreported contact with the russians. which is an offense. and if press accounts are right, there might ha

i knew it because it cost me $1 million to find out at the dccc who was hacking us. later by october all of the ntelligence leaders were agreeing to a statement that russia was doing that. not mr. comey but all of the others. at that time, the four leaders, mr. congressional -- leader mcconnell, senator schumer, speaker of the house and i sent a letter to the secretaries of state throughout the country saying we have resources available to help protect the mechanisms of elections. not to interveer -- the states run their elections but to say resources were available to them. the republicans were resistant to saying -- resisted our saying that we considered the critical ocess as infrastructure. later the secretary of homeland security made such a designation. we insisted we say that we're not saying that, but we did recognize that there was a problem and that there were resources available nationally for them to exploit, take advantage of for the protection of our system. reporter: i want to follow-up a little bit here. so you talked about the possibility of him sayin

do you have any doubt the russian government was behind the intrusions and the dnc and the dccc systemsf that information? no. no doubt. do you have any doubt the russian government was behind the cyber intrusion in the state voter files? no. michael flynn, the national security adviser, fired for lying about his contacts with russia, the president wanted to protect and according to comey asked him to drop the fbi inquiry into him. was that obstruction ofjustice? i don't think it's for me to say whether the conversation i had with the president was an effort to obstruct. i took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but that's the conclusion i'm sure the special council will work towards to try to understand what the intention was there and if that's an offence. but why one senator wanted to know, if what the president asked about michael flynn was so wrong haven't the fbi director cried foul immediately? i was so stunned by the conversation that i just took i was so stunned by the conversation that ijust took it in, the only thing i could think to say, and it was playing in my

we know message-wise what we need to do, and our chairman in erms of dccc in terms of redistricting, he understands the value of the mobilization, .hat mobilization cannot help you need inspiration to do that. our inspiration was there at the grassroots level. we have to communicate it to a broader audience. he understands the motivation message, money. expand the amount of people who are contributing and $10 is having a wholesome effect on politics in general in our country and i am proud of that. and then you have the messenger, the recruiting of the candidates. sometimes they self-recruit and come from their own districts and sometimes we reach out to say to someone, would you consider running? this is what is at stake. this is a year where people see the urgency, want to take responsibility and we have a lot more self-recruitment going on. yes, ma'am. reporter: thank you. a few weeks ago you said we need to be responsible stewards of god's creation and that it dishonors god -- the paris accords. heartbeat protection act would prohibit aborting a baby with a heartbeat. does it dis

. >> this is the website of the dccc, the democratic congressional campaign committee. on july 19th, 2016. if you right click and go to view page source, it will bring you the html source. so the code that's behind what you see. in this case, what was interesting was that normally here, this is the hyperlink, normally this would go to secure.actblue.com, but in this case, it goes to secure.actblues.com, with an "s." >> act blues with an "s" had nothing to do with the democrats and appeared to be a russian cover. >> the second i saw we were sending -- there were e-mails flying everywhere including to the targeted organization, obviously wanted to give them a heads-up. >> it was one more brazen intrusion inside the american political process. >> we have high confidence that this is a russian intelligence organization because we've been tracking this actor for so long, we've seen so many artifacts, forensic and otherwise, that suggest that this actor is carrying out russian intelligence missions. >>> next, what would russia do with the tens of thousands of e-mails they had

>> in the case of the dnc, and i think the dccc, we did not have access to the devices themselves. we got relevant forensic information from a private party. we didn't get direct access. >> no content. >> correct. >> isn't content an important part of the forensics from a counterintelligence standpoint? >> it is, but people who were my folks at the time, they had gotten the information from the private party they needed to understand the intrusion. by the spring of 2016. >> let's go back if i can very briefly, to the decision to publicly go out with your results on the e-mail. was your decision influenced by the attorney general's tarmac meeting with the former president, bill clinton? >> yes. and in an ultimately conclusive way, that was the thing that kept it for me that i had to do something separately. to protect the credibility of the investigation, for both the fbi and the justice department. >> were there other things that contributed to that that you can describe in an open session? >> there were other things that contributed to that. one significant item i can't. i know th

. >> democrats on capitol hill, fcc and dccc who manage campaign arms are hoping this passes because they think they will use it as albatross around our neck. they want it to pass at expense of american people. why would democrats do that. lauren: we've been talking about it, why do it for ages. stay with us. don't go far. we'll see you in a bit. >>> meanwhile another big story, president trump speaking alongside south korean president moon. he will renegotiate a trade deal with the country to reduce the trade deficit with them. the two leaders are on opposing side how to deal with north korea's nuclear threat. south korea's new president wants outreach to the north, while the white house is pushing for a much harder line. listen. >> together we are facing the threat of the reckless and brutal regime in north korea. the nuclear an ballistic missile programs of that team require a determined response. the north korean dictatorship has no regard for the safety and security of its people, or its neighbors, and has no respect for human life. lauren: today's talks come a day after the u.s

>> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions in the dnc and the dccc and the subsequent leaks of that information. >> no, no doubt. >> jim comey, republican senator richard berr. comey under scored the seriousness of the attack. >> it was an active measures campaign driven from the top of that government. it's not about republicans and democrats. they are coming after america. if any americans were part of helping the russians do that to us that is a very big deal. >> jeremy bash is back with us. moscow born american journalist and currently with the atlantic. before i get to a bit of visual arts at the hearing. where were the president's constant questions to fbi director about the status of the hack into our election system? >> that's the thing. when you have read former fbi director comey's prepared statement that came out yesterday there was nothing in there apparently that president trump asked him about how do we secure our electoral system, our voting systems. it was all about himself personally. when this isn't -- director comey was right. they

and you run dccc. should every voter support single payer? provide stability and certainty. democrats have proposed ways to do that, cost sharing and very practical things that can be done. i also strongly believe if we create a public option, medicare for all option within the exchanges, that will do two things. number one, guarantee a health plan to anybody, no matter where they live in the country and, number two, create more competition in the exchanges, which brings down prices, premiums, co-pays, deductibles. by the way, the congressional budget office says it will save taxpayer dollars. republicans haven't been very keen on that. i do believe this is something democrats can embrace going forward, fixing the exchanges and then address the larger issues that need to be fixed. >> so, i'm just trying to figure out where you are in 2018 when it comes to democrats getting behind this single payer option. will you encourage democrats on the ballot to fight that fight? >> well, i think it's a practical solution. every senator will have to deci

. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusionings and the dccc systems and the gent leaks of that information. >> no, no doubt. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the cyber introducing in the state voter files? >> no. >> do you have any doubt that officials of the russian government were fully aware of these activities? >> no doubt. >> are you confident that no votes cast in the 2016 presidential election were altered? >> i'm confident. by you the time -- when i left as director i had seen no indication of that whatsoever. >> drosh comey, did the president tnt ask you to stop the fbi investigation into russian involvement in the 2016 u.s. elections? i don't not to my knack, no. >> did any individual working for this administration, including the justice doesn't, ask you to stop the russian investigation. >> no. >> director, when the president requested that you -- and i quote -- let flynn go, general flynn had an unreported contact with the russians. which is an offense. and if press accounts are right, there might have been

the reason we have vice chair positions, the reason we have the reforms that have occurred at the dcccship. until we have leadership step up to tell us the plan for 2018, we'll continue pushing forward. we don't see that plan. this is not about leader pelosi but our constituents to make sure we have a winning chance. >> thank you. thank you all. appreciate you coming in this morning. >>> coming up, donald trump, president, real estate mogul. wedding crasher? the huge nuptials he was actually invited to this weekend. that's next. all the time. am i going to pass away like my mom did? and so you know this is something that's important. losing my mom to heart disease and then being diagnosed myself. it's like a war we're trying to fight against these diseases. resilience is in my dna. i won't die like my mom. it's a big challenge, but the challenge in it of itself is really what keeps me going. i could really make a difference in these people's lives. that would be my dream. z286nz zwtz y286ny ywty so that's the idea. what do you think? hate to play devil's advocate but... i kind of feel

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. >> in that timeframe there were more than the dnc and the dccc that were targets? mr. comey: there was a massive effort to target near governmental agencies like nonprofits. >> how many enties outhere the russians cynically targeted in a timeframe? mr. comey: hundreds. i suppose it could be more than 1000, but at least hundreds. >> when did you become aware data had been excellent traded? ted?xfiltra mr. comey: either late 2015 or early i-16. >> did you have conversations with the last administration about the risks this posed? mr. comey: yes. >> share with us what actions they took. had alreadyhe fbi undertaken an effort to notify all the victims. that is all we consider the entities that were attacked as part of this massive spear phishing campaign. we notified them in an effort to disrupt what might be ongoing. then there was a series of continuing interactions with the entities through the rest of 2015 and the 2016, and throughout 2016 administration was trying to decide how to respond to the intrusion activity it saw. >> and the fbi, unlike other cases, did you ev

. >> and in that time frame there were more than the dnc and the dccc that were targets? >> correct. there was a massive effort to target government and non-governmental -- near governmental agencies like nonprofits. >> what would be the estimate of how many entities out there the russians specifically targeted in that time frame? >> it's hundreds. i suppose it could be more than a thousand but it's at least hundreds. >> when did you become aware that data had been exfiltrated? >> i'm not sure exactly. i think either late 15 or early '16. >> and did you, the director of the fbi, have conversations with the last administration about the risk that this posed? >> yes. >> and share with us if you will what actions they took. >> well, the fbi had already undertaken an effort to notify all the victims and that's what we consider the entities that were attacked as part of this massive spear fishing campaign. so we notified them in an effort to disrupt what might be ongoing then there was a series of continuing interactions with entities through the rest of '15 into '16 and then

as interesting as these races are in georgia, one of the things that says is maybe the dccc should look more closely at how they organize things. that candidate from south carolina was from there. he came very close and this is a guy that didn't have $25 million spent on his behalf. so maybe they look at that. two, the reality of the national race for democrats and i'm curious to hear barnicle and halperin on this, michigan, ohio, florida, those are the states they have to win nationally to win the presidency. as we move to '18 and see the congressional races there, it will be interesting to see the kind of candidates you recruit there and whether or not you arm those candidates with a real economic message. hillary clinton didn't have an economic message on jobs message. >> it's the same problem. >> as democrats think about how we go forward and how we perhaps gain a majority again in the house or the senate. >> joe, jump in. >> i just -- democrats have to stop being scared. they're running scared. they're thinking we're going to get a candidate that's further left and further left and

. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions in the dnc and dccctems and the subsequent leaks of that information? >> no, no doubt. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the cyber intrusion in the state voter files? >> no. >> do you have any doubt that officials of the russian government were fully aware of these activities? >> no doubt. >> are you confident that no votes cast in the 2016 presidential election were altered? >> i'm confident. when i left as director i had seen no indication of that whatever. >> director comey, did the president at any time ask you to stop the fbi investigation into russian involvement in the 2016 u.s. elections? >> not to my understanding, no. >> did any individual working for this administration, including the justice department, ask you to stop the russian investigation? >> no. >> director, when the president requested that you -- and i quote -- let flynn go, general flynn had an unreported contact with the russians. which is an offense. and if press accounts are right, there might have b

. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions in the dnc and dccc systems and the subsequent leaks of that information? >> no, no doubt. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the cyber intrusion in the state voter files? >> no. >> do you have any doubt that officials of the russian government were fully aware of these activities? >> no doubt. >> are you confident that no votes cast in the 2016 presidential election were altered? >> i'm confident. when i left as director i had seen no indication of that whatever. >> director comey, did the president at any time ask you to stop the fbi investigation into russian involvement in the 2016 u.s. elections? >> not to my understanding, no. >> did any individual working for this administration, including the justice department, ask you to stop the russian investigation? >> no. >> director, when the president requested that you -- and i quote -- let flynn go, general flynn had an unreported contact with the russians. which is an offense. and if press accounts are right, there might ha

comey: in the case of the , we didn'te dccc have access to the devices themselves. we got relative forensic information from a private party. a high class entity that had done the work. we did not get direct taxes. >> but no content? mr. comey: correct. sen. burr: isn't content and important part of the forensics from a counterintelligence standpoint? mr. comey: it is, although what was briefed to me by my folks at the time was that they had gotten the information from the private party, that they needed to understand the intrusion by the spring of 2016. sen. burr: let me go back, if i -- lete up briefly, to me go back, if i can briefly, to the results of the email. was your decision influenced by the attorney general's termini meeting with the former president bill clinton? mr. comey: yes. in an ultimately conclusive way, that was the thing that cap it for me to protect the credibility of the investigation . sen. burr: where there other things contributing to that that you can describe in an open session? mr. comey: there were other things that contributed to it, o

literally this is a pure ground war where the democratic national committee and dccc along with the republican committee weighed in. it is just literally inch by inch getting every voter they can. i think we'll go long into the night tonight about we know who the winner is. ashley: tom price won the seat with 62% of the vote. where is that republican vote gone in the light of the facts polls show it so close? >> i will remind you president trump won by less than two points. it's a district that could go either way. when you come down to it. but the truth of matter is, in a special election runoff in the summer, it really polls, preferences go out the window. who has the best ground operation to get people off off the sofa into the voting booth. that is what we'll really see today. lines are long throughout early voting. they're very long today. it will be a long day. ashley: try this one, randy. senate god leaders plan to vote on health reform bill next week. the question can they iron out difference between them to come up with something? >> i think so. i think leader mcconnell as well as mem

. >> and in that time frame, there were more than the dnc and the dccc that were targeted? >> correct. a massive effort to target governmental and near governmental agencies. >> what is the estimate the russians specifically targeted in the time frame. >> it's hundreds. suppose it could be more than a thousand but at least hundreds. >> when did you become aware that data had been ex-filtrated? >> i'm not sure exactly. i think either late '15 or earl. '16. >> did you, the director of the fbi, have conversations with the last administration about the risk that this posed? >> yes. >> share with us what actions they took.sk >> the fbi had already undertaken an effort to notify all the victims and that's what we consider the entities that were attacked arizona part of this massive spear fishing campaign. so we notified them in an effort to disrupt what smooth be ongoing, and then would as series of continuingng interactions with entitieses through the rest of '15 into '16 and then throughout '16. >> and the fbi in this case,on unlike a cases, did you ever have access to the till

. >> we have this ad on the dccc on health care.>> i mean, that's what republicans are going to be watching for the next year and a half, if they pass the health care bill. the house republicans are already strapped with that. i understand sometimes you jump first, ask questions later. i have it hard to believe that rob portman wants that hanging over him the rest of his career, that pat toomey wants that hanging over him in the philadelphia suburbs for the rest of their career. they don't and i don't see them voting for a bill that the congressional budget office says kicks 20 to 25 million people off the roles. they can say that's garbage all they want. if you have cbo on your side, you're in pretty good standing on the 30-second ads. >> the alternative is that the promise that every republican made for the last seven years is broken. >> by the way only 28% of americans support trumpcare. 66% disapprove. >> he and the congress have done almost nothing to sell the benefits of this in the long term. >> what are the benefits of this?

the russian government was behind the russian government was behind the intrusions and the dnc and dcccussian government was behind the cyber intrusion in the state voter files? no. do you have any doubt that officials of the russian government we re officials of the russian government were fully aware of these activities? no doubt. are you confident that no votes cast in the 2016 presidential election were altered? i'm confident. when i left as director, i‘d seen no indication of that whatsoever. director comey, did the president at any time ask you to stop the fbi investigation into russian voflt in the 2016 us elections? not to my understand. no. did any individual working for this administration, including the justice department, ask you to stop the russian investigation? no. director, when the president requested that you "let flynn go." general flynn had an unreported contact with the russians, which is an offence, if press accounts are right, there might have been discrepancies between facts and his fbi testimony. in your estimation, was general flynn, at that time, in serious le