the winner onyx driven is the executive director of the democratic security institute. that's an independent think time if it's focused on democracy and security in your versions during his life that from typically see thank you very much. indeed for being with us. the central election commission is going to be counting out this recount. and of course, the commission was overseeing the original voting. how confident are people going to be that the so called random return? so going to be trusted as well. these recounts are taking place subconscious, old and read actual procedure. eric georgia, the rule site this a number of districts must be so that's that random recounted, regardless of whether the result is this is dispute. you don't know. i mean fast, if you listen to those who all the speaker selection and go to the side of the opposition and sections of civil society. they, they are convinced that random recounts ok to make any difference they, they, they believe that having conducted that room recounts but this is not really going to change, losing these little in

the threat to the country's future, to its rule of law and its democratic institutions, its security and its character resides not in a foreign capital but in a 20 acre xanadu on the florida coast. for nine years, donald trump is represented in ongoing assault on the stability, the nerves, and the nature of the united states. his narcissism and casual cruelty, his contempt for the truth have contaminated public life. the new yorker chronicled trumps madness from the criminal attempt to overthrow an election to the social media ramp, i hate taylor swift. in the new yorker says quote, trump is a menacing presence in american life, and most of his former associates know it now, of his 42 former cabinet secretaries, only half have endorsed him. more than 200 staffers for four previous republican presidents and presidential candidates have endorsed the democratic ticket. the new yorker says, the choice is stark. the united states simply cannot endure another four years of donald trump, he is an agent of chaos, an enemy of democracy and a threat to moral standing in the world. kamala harri

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susan spalding served as senior adviser for homeland security and director of the defending democratic institutions project at the center for strategic and international studies. previously she served as under secretary for department of homeland security and led the national programs and protection director rat and called the cyber and security infrastructure agency or cisa. and was intelligence of minority staff director for house of representatives on the permanent intelligence committee. spent six years as central intelligence agency also. ivana stradner studies rush shoo's military strategies and doctrines to understand how they use it for communication and previously testified before european parliament and briefed various government officials and served as special correspondent for the post. moderating today's conversation is politico cybersecurity reporter maggie miller. her beat includes coverage of international threats from russia, china, iran, and north korea along with spending time on capitol hill reports on federal cyber priorities. before we dive in, a few words about fdd. for more

institutions of american democratic government. now raskin is also warning that this could quote, threaten our national security and that may sound dramatic, but it's really not hyperbole because if you remember back in 2000 as they were recounting those votes in florida, neither bush nor gore were participating in a transition and the 911 commission report found that that could have contributed to the september 11 terror attacks. sara that's the klein. thank you so much. appreciate it. john right this morning, the white house announced a zero tolerance policy on traces of lead paint in homes have got new deal details on what happens if any toxic paint is detected and money cannot buy happiness sue, they say, but can it help solve loneliness? one major city? city is spending more than $325 million to find out celebrities athletes, and world leaders but i've always felt most comfortable up here with the folks that made me who i have am right at home here on the land i'm in my lane on the shoulder of the interstate because this is where i come from, have been showing up here for nearly 200 years and i can't wait to see what's next. thanks h

john kelly, trump's former homeland security chief and white house chief of staff told cnn trump is a person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutionsnstitution, and the rule of law. there is nothing more that can be said. god help us. joining us now, former new york congressman and senior adviser for the political action committee vote vets, max rose, he served as an army infantry officer in afghanistan and received a bronze star and purple heart for his serve. congressman, i'm happy to have you. i don't want to talk to you about political leanings. i want to talk to you about your experience in the army. when donald trump says this sort of stuff, he wants to use the army, there were certainly concerns about that while he was in office from his security officials, from his military officials. they worried about what he thought he could do. they now say, and i've had conversations with a lot of these folks that they're worried about who he might install, and whether those people might do what the former officials did which was act as a wall against donald trump's more baser instincts. if he were to install people that were more symp

democrat versus republican point. this is a nonpartisan point and take a look at agencies that in the name of national security bestrayed the national security and including civil liberty threats in the meantime. virginia military institutes bm and i recollects going today and respectful at times and respectful debate a couple of weeks ago and there's room for generational perspectives of difference there, larry and grew up in the era of the berlin wall falling and there might be great trust in the u.s. national security state and look at failures of the last 20 years and you know that it takes a fresh perspective and going for them to look at deliverance and u.s. federal reserve on the sate for the same thing and last 20 years and completely lost its way as new managerial class taking over and national security state. the way you're going to think it through incrementally chiseling and going on them and always going to take a risk and i can't tell you we know we're going to cut the exact right amount and the risk is there and not going to cut enough and take the risk a bit too much and rebuilding that and going to save our country and that's what families say here as well. that's going to start with a blank slate and bui