my guess is jaime harrison, associate chair of the democratic national committee. long ago, his party was predicting a mid—term wave that would sweep away republican control of congress. but are the democrats underestimating the power of trump's politics? jaime harrison in columbia south

has subsequently been ratified by a vote of the majority of the entire membership of the democratic national committee. this charter may also be amended by a vote of two thirds of the entire membership of the democratic national committee -- that is what we are. noticet 30 days written shall be given of any national committee meeting. listen to me. rate this. -- read this. this says this committee cannot change the charter and a two thirds vote says yes. passes,o this and it all it takes is one dnc member or one person eligible to vote, a superdelegate, to challenge this in court. what will happen then? you will have chaos because then you will give the republicans the chance to say, here's the democratic party who cannot come to a united decision on something, yet they want to take control of the country, in a country. read the charter. if you do this, it is violating the charter. i have challenged our constitution in the louisiana a few times and have one every time because things that were passed by legislature were in violation of the constitution. so read the charter. you need to separate these t

the democratic national committee has alerted authorities to an attempted hack of their voter file. milar to those democratic national committee released during the 2016 election. also, facebook has apparently removed more than 650 fake pages targeting hundreds of thousands around the world. facebook says the accounts originated in iran and russia. jo ling kent covers business and technology for msnbc. first of all, what do we know about this phishing attempt against the dnc? let's start there. >> what we know about that dnc attempted hack it was unsuccessful but the target really was the voter database. this is some of the most important information for any campaign headquarters. so that is what the hackers were going after. they were not able to hack into the dnc system, but the issue here, the takeaway really is this continues to be a major issue. cyber security continues to be a threat not just on the democratic party, but parties across the board, including candidates themselves as we have been reporting over the past couple of months. so it's targeted at voters. that's what the

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keith ellison's vice chair of the democratic national committee. a member of congress since 2007 and ellison is considered to be the likely front-runner of five democrats running to be minnesota's attorney general. over the weekend, the son of his ex-girlfriend accused ellison of abusing his mother and claims there is video evidence. his ex-girlfriend, karen monahan, backed up the sun's claims, calling a narcissist abuse, saying, "the pathologica, smearing my name, and seeking validation and sympathy from the various females he was praying on, kept getting more and more frequent." ellison put out a statement, saying "karen and i were in a long-term relationship which ended in 2016 and i still care deeply for her well-being. this video does not exist because i never behaved in this way and any characterization otherwise is false." one of the other candidates in this race is calling for a full criminal investigation and says ellison should step aside. >> this is a serious domestic charge, he serves as a number two person of the democratic national com

i am a member of the democratic national committee. 50 years ago, i was saying the same things your guest was saying this morning. it is the same arguments. i happen to disagree on the democratic national committee is not addressing some of these problems, we are addressing it. the country and the entire world would be much have hillary clinton be elected had folks gone out and voted for them. i wish they had have. the democratic party platform calls for medicare for all. we are calling for a $15 minimum wage, $15 an hour. the democratic party platform was the most liberal platform in the history of any major political party, soap only, i iink -- so personally, think the democratic party is the vehicle that we hope people to and help us win some of these elections in this midterm and change the course of america. i would appreciate your comments. host: thanks for the call. guest: i want to say that many are democrats, the majority are registered democrats. vast majoritye would have preferred hillary clinton presidency and many voted, especially in swing states. that hillarys clinton was n

the secret is the democratic national committee and hillary clinton are the only ones that had a conspiracynd it was a conspiracy to create fake evidence that led to spying on the president's campaign. that's really what happened and what's being covered up in the mueller investigation today. mueller has a specific set of instructions. don't go over to the other side. don't look at that part of the conspiracy, only look at the trump part. judge jeanine: it's really amazing. congressman darrell issa, thank you for being on this evening. coming up. former cia director john brennan stripped of his security clearance. should others be next in line? tom if -- tom fitton is next. why would someone who is a governor of a state talk like that. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. judge jeanine: the president

. >>> the democratic national committee changed the rules. is dates back to bernie sanders' campaign. supporters suspected suspected the dnc worked against the campaign and may have stolen the election from him. more now from washington. >> reporter: democratic superdelegates are hundreds of insiders who make up 15% of the vote. starting in 2020 they may have to sit out for the first vote. under new rules passed by the democratic national committee if the first ballot is contested, meaning no one candidate has enough delegates to win out right then superdelegates cannot need for ballot then they can vote. this move is in response to bernie sanders' campaign in 2016. his supporters accused leaders to drive up the number for hillary clinton as bernie sanders was trying to challenge her. >> interesting is before any of the -- hillad 400 super delegates that going to vote for her. bernie sanders press secretary, that was one of the issues -- >> reporter: not everyone believes they have held that much power or they unfairly put hillary clinton over

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here is some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the democratic national committee in the u.s. says an attempted hack into woods voter database has been thwarted this comes two years after russian operatives hacked into democratic party computers during the presidential election campaign facilitating the release of tens of thousands of emails it's not known who was behind this latest hacking attempt australia is embroiled in a leadership crisis that could topple prime minister malcolm turnbull he has promised to quit if enough members of his and liberal party vote for a fresh leadership challenge on friday turn the ball has described the move against him as an internal insurgency to push his party further to the right. spain has deported over one hundred migrants from its north african territory they will tell the migrants were sent back to milwaukee after breaching the border fence earlier this week migrant shelters in say were to are currently at double their capacity human rights groups have criticized again for sending some migrants back before checking their as

now for some of the other stories making the news today the democratic national committee in the us says an attempted hack into its voter database has been thwarted this comes two years after russian operatives hacked into democratic party computers during the election facilitating the release of tens of thousands of emails it's not known who was behind this latest hacking attempt. after a hinge of children who crossed into bangladesh without parents were orphaned by violence in me in march it was previously thought that they had simply been separated from their living parents the new finding by save the children comes one year since me and maher began expelling seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims. the leader of so-called islamic state appears to have resurfaced after more than a year recording from here all but daddy has been released by the group the secretive i as leader has been reported killed or wounded a number of times the authenticity and date of the latest recording have yet to be verified. to australia now where the prime minister there is clinging to power as a leadership

facebook shuts down hundreds of sites linked to moscow as the democratic national committee uncovers a sophisticated new attempt to hack into voter information. we're following the growing threat to the 2018 midterm election. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. president trump trying to confuse, downplay, and distract from the fact that his former lawyer implicated him in a federal crime. tonight, the president is changing his story again, claiming that he learned about michael cohen's hush money payments to women later on. his words, "later on." that contradicts the evidence and cohen's assertion under oath that he was acting on the directions of mr. trump. the white house insists the president has done nothing wrong. but the cohen plea deal, along with paul manafort's criminal conviction, have escalated a legal and political crisis being likened to watergate. this hour i'll talk with michael cohen's lawyer, lanny davis,

the democratic national committee raising less than half that amount, $109 million. joining us tonight, the chair of the republican national committee, rhonda mcdaniel. first of all, congratulations on raising all about money. what is actually pretend, in your judgment, as far as the outcome of these midterm elections? >> well, the media keeps talking about the energy on the left. let me tell you, we see the energy on the right in this fund raising. a lot of it coming from small dollar donors to support president trump. they are fueling support of the rnc, which we are putting directly into our ground game in 28 states with 20,000 field organizers across the country preparing for these midterms. our base is energized, they are donating and realizing what is at stake in these midterms. lou: a lot of folks here you say 28 states and say wait a minute, we've got 50 of those. we are coming up about 22 short. what is the deal? >> we're focusing on states where we have competitive races. first of all third teen senate date, tennessee, nevada and the 10 states president trum

keith ellison, cochair of the democratic national committee is denying allegations he abused the nextiend, some claim these are politically motivated. mike emanuel is live in minnesota. >> reporter: the stunning allegations of abuse threatening a rising star facing a primary election to be the status attorney general, keith ellison, vice chair of the national committee has been a member of congress since 2007 it ellison is considered the likely front runner of 5 democrats running, and it is video evidence. his ex-girlfriend backstop his son's claims calling it narcissist abuse saying pathological lying, cheating, smearing my name and seeking validation and sympathy from the various females got more and more frequent. ellison put out a statement saying, quote, we were in a long-term relationship and i care deeply for her well-being, this video does not exist because i never behaved in this way and any characterization otherwise is false. one of the other candidates in this race is calling for a criminal investigation and says ellison should step aside. >> serious domestic charges, demo

it is amazing to me how dos style and it delusional the democratic national committee is , the democraticve lost touch with people in there and being run b people are so far left. they don't relate to the values of people in pennsylvania. i can tell you that. that's why they were one of a president trump in pennsylvania that he couldn't win pennsylvania. they are going to be wrong and our races well. we will in. lane are not disappointed with what donald trump is doing as president of the united states. bob casey sports sanctuary cities. he's gets the tax cuts pretty give us us obama care. i'm looking forward to debating and campaigning here in pennsylvania and being a vote i the set of the keeps us going and keep our economy going. >> can you imagine that you wil have to debate somebody who wants to raise taxes, who wants to support sanctuary cities, wh doesn't believe in america first , who doesn't appreciate a president who has change the mindset of the entire country? i was just saying earlier in th broadcast, do you remember when i was a big deal of the nationa left-wing media tried

was paying christopher steele along with the democratic national committee. >> correct. >> lou: along with the hillary campaign. and who was managing that extraordinary stable of benefactors to christopher steele? and one has to wonder is it an accident that so many people were involved the u.k. and were working on behalf of, for example, perhaps another intelligence agency, a foreign intelligence agency. whether it's russia, it could be the u.k. or another, against this administration. >> i think there were a number of intelligence agencies involved in this. look, christopher steele, we call him a "former british spy" but he is consistently in communication with people in mi-6 and he is in communication with others. >> lou: right. >> and those people that are able to gather intelligence, overseas intelligence. we know he was delivering information to mi-6 and gathers information from the russians. >> lou: i apologize, we are coming up against what is gently called a hard out. it's great to have you with us. sara carter. come back soon. >> thank you. >> lou: up next, president trump p

congressman allison who was the deputy chair of the democratic national committee, is denying the allegationsnior correspondent mike tobin has the story. >> six term democratic congressman, deputy chair of the dnc in front runner for the nomination for attorney general, keith ellison is denying allegations that first republic saturday. austin monahan, the son of ellision's former girlfriend run on facebook that he was using his mother's computer and found over 100 text on twitter messages that were abusive and threatening. also a video almost 2 minutes long that showed keith ellison dragging my mama off the bed by her feet, calling her an expletive and telling her to get the expletive out of her house. ex-girlfriend issued a statement detailing the behavior and the alleged video from a day she slept late and the congressman demanded she take out the trash. that's when he pulled me. ellision issued a statement saying that he and karen monahan has a long-term relationship that ended in 2016 but strongly denies the abuse. the video does not exactly -- does not exist because i didn't behave this

. >>> and new at noon, a san francisco security firm is credited with alerting the democratic national committee to an attempted hack of its voter database. the company, lookout, helped identify a vacant login based to -- a fake login base to trick people to logging in. it notified it this meant notified the fbi about an attempted hack this morning. there will be a closed-door briefing expected to be held by the homeland security secretary, national intelligence director, and the fbi director. >>> meanwhile, nancy pelosi said impeaching trump is not a priority for the democrats, despite the conviction of paul manafort and michael cohen. >> she said that if democrats win the house in november, she wants them to conduct oversight and ensure special counsel robert mueller can finish his work. >> reporter: the fallout from yesterday's bombshell day into courtrooms continues in washington. a guilty plea and a guilty verdict against two former members of the president's inner circle. >> the donations given to keep quiet to women is a federal crime -- two women is a federal crime. michael cohen, with t

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. >>> stacking hackers breaking into democratic national committee votersatabase. information of potential voters, donors and more. security of intelligence said it was sophisticated phishing attempt. >> we moved so quick limit saw the site go up. before attackers finished building it and could send a message, we had it all taken down. that's the way security is supposed to work. >> no word as to who was behind the latest attack. >>> run more than 3,000 miles for sexual abuse victims. tonight the survivor completes coast-to-coast journey with a special surprise. >>> cheeseburgers, shakes and fries. twist this is long distance with the best wifi experience, long-distance relationship. plus the most free shows to stream. and with savings on wireless, this is a relationship with more money to spend on the important things. this is how xfinity makes life... simple. easy. awesome. xfinity delivers the fastest, most reliable internet learn more, or get started for $29.99 a month for 12 months. click, call or visit a store today. >>> a new plant-based burger chain is spro

. >> saturday at 11:00 am eastern on c-span, live coverage of the democratic national committee summer meeting in chicago to decide on changes to the party's presidential nominating process including the role of superdelegates. watch live saturday 11:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org or the free c-span radio apps. sunday night on qa day national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics, his aide archie but who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. of people want to reject me that is their prerogative. this madisoneven you and others in the federalist papers, the greatest american ever and the majority should war but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so reason rather than passion could prevail and the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction -- >> sunday night in eastern on c-span q&a. the minister of the medicaid and medicare services and the comptroller gene

>> this weekend the democratic national committee decided to reduce the role of superdelegates. senior party officials who get to vote on the party's presidential nominee. under the new rules superdelegates will not be able to vote at the convention for the nominee unless the convention is deadlocked. under the new rules superdelegates will not be able to vote at thecurious some of tm the dnc this weekend. -- here is some of the debate from the dnc. >> good morning everybody. i know emotions have run high at this meeting. we democrats are passionate. we are passionate about our beliefs. i want to start off this morning by sharing some good news. a major victory, a major victory for working people. a federal court struck down the trump executive order attacking the rights of public service workers in the federal government to organize and bargain collectively. that happened last night sisters and brothers. [applause] when we fight, we win together. it was a clean sweep that tears back a ruthless attack on the integrity of the career civil service and a victory for democracy itsel

have parallels in the russia investigation, starting with a break in or a hack at the democratic national committee. watergate got its name from a break in at the democratic national committee when it was located in the watergate office complex. and if we go through what happened in the aftermath and what watergate uncovered, the abuses of power and we're seeing similar kinds of abuses of power. trump has only been there a short while and is as not as experienced as nixon. i fear when he gets more experience it may get worse. >> when you look at the tape, do you remember it vividly? >> don, i remember the testimony, i remember the conversation. i didn't start meeting with the president until eight months after the arrest. and after he's been reelected, before that i had one meeting with halderman on this subject with the president in september. but then he starts calling on me in late february of '73 and we have a number of meetings. and when i think i have his confidence i try to convince him that we've got to end the cover-up. that's the day i really met richard nixon. he didn't want the cover-up

. >>> stacking hackers breaking into democratic national committee voters database. contains personal information of potential voters, donors and more. security of intelligence said it was sophisticated phishing attempt. >> we moved so quick limit saw the site go up. before attackers finished building it and could send a message, we had it all taken down. that's the way security is supposed to work. >> no word as to who was behind the latest attack. >>> run more than 3,000 miles for sexual abuse victims. tonight the survivor completes coast-to-coast journey with a special surprise. >>> cheeseburgers, shakes and fries. twist >>> a new plant-based burger chain is sprouting up in san francisco. abc7 news in port rarero hill, next level burger revealed location at 17th and rhode island streets. classic cheeseburger with special sauce, shakes, fries and chili cheese dogs, all made without animal products. >> all american burger joint in the 21st century. decided would be 100% plant based, all organic produce and non-gmo across the board. have your cake, eat it too. >> ope

twenty eight as it's been called which was the same group responsible for breaking into the democratic national committee so. i believe that if they came out and said they identified it tracked activity back to this group they're pretty certain of that so to me it does seem that they have solid evidence that this was a group that's been linked to russian intelligence tell us more about the challenges they're all for the king sites preventing the security threat that they represent. it's hard time tracking in each cybercrime today is hard but microsoft has good relationships with a long force in the community they have very deep ties into our research community and they are themselves in a major provider now through their cloud services and through microsoft office three sixty five so they have. a very wide set of ten a calls that go out into the various communities that can assist in tracking and tracing cyber criminals because you need cooperation within those groups and microsoft has been very effective at actually tracking cyber criminal activity and taking action to bring it down before using the ass

meeting in chicago this weekend, the democratic national committee made changes to the presidential nomination process by voting to reduce the role of superdelegates. before the final vote, there was a debate among committee members that included the dnc chair tom price and former chair don fowler. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. good morning, everybody. i know of emotions have run high in this meeting. we democrats are passionate. passionate about our beliefs. i want to start out this morning by sharing some good news with you, first. in a major victory, a major victory for working people, the federal court struck down the trump executive orders attacking the rights of public service workers in the federal government to organize and bargain collectively. that happened last night, sisters and brothers. when we fight, we win together. it was a clean sweep. it turns back a ruthless attack on the integrity of the career civil service and therefor, victory for democracy itself. a victory for all of us. let's get down to today's business. because we are here to work out our differences so we

the democratic national committee said someone just tried to hack into its voter database.dnc alerted the fbi after noticing the attempted breach just yesterday. our senior investigative correspondent drew griffin is on top of this story. tell us what happened. >> all unraveling in the last few days. sophisticated plot. easy to understand. take a look at this site. this is the dnc's vote builder site. this is the legitimate site. the dnc was alerted on monday by a security company out in san francisco that someone had built an exact, identical site to this in an effort to capture democrats trying to sign on to the real log site in an toefref to capture their sign-ins and logins and get inside the voter database. no indication that happened but the dnc notified the fbi and the dnc, according to sources, telling our digital editor today that the dnc is notifying all its state democratic leaders at a meeting in chicago that this hacking attempt took place. very similar to what microsoft announced yesterday in which microsoft said russian actors were behind it. we don't know wh

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