ableism is a set of beliefs that people with disabilities are infear your to non-- inferior to the non-disabled. we're not inferior. ableism teaches society that we are. so the stories in my book help identify ableism. and at the end of the book, if you feel inspired, if you feel moved, there's a guide to take steps to remove inaccesibility -- if you feel inspired to remove barriers and work towards accessible, then the accessibility guide can help. >> host: what is your reaction if somebody tells you you're an inspiration to them? >> guest: i tell them what are you inspired to do? >> host: that's not a word you like, is it? >> guest: i -- it really depends on how people use it, and i try to be patient because i'm an advocate. my role is to teach people about accessibility. so i ask people what do you mean when you say i'm inspiring? do you mean you're going to take steps to remove barriers? are you inspired to make your web site accessible? or is the word inspiration a disguise for pity? sometimes it is. the word is used so often for people with disables when they're not even doing anything pr

it's not like we're infearing -- it's an admission. >> but i've heard people saying we must act now andst strike while the -- no. get the facts, analyze the facts, and make your decision based upon the facts. everybody needs to slow down. which is basically what mitt romney said yesterday. romney taking the lead saying he's very troubled by this but said -- they said what are you going to do? he said there's a process playing out in the house. there's a whistleblower process playing out in the senate. let's let those processes play out, right? >> yesterday was revealing. i spent the whole day at the capitol in the basement by the trains where they come from their offices over to the capitol. and mitt romney, senator from utah, veteran republican, he's one of the only people early in the day before the senate launch who comes out publicly and says this memo is extremely troubling and he's watching the house carefully. but i pulled aside some republican senators for some background conversations and they were agas at the white house early in the day. they said, what is the white house's s

now, russia tried to infear with our election -- to interfere with our election. you can write that down and take it home to mama. it's true. they did it. they didn't change a single vote. but they did try to influence the way americans did vote. to try to prevent that from happening again in 2018, this congress gave our states $380 million to shore up their election systems. they haven't spental of it -- they haven't spent all of it yet. this congress also took other steps. the senate has unanimously approved two bipartisan election security bills. i think they're both now pending in the house. we passed the defending integrity of voting systems act. that's going to make it a federal crime to hack any voting system in a federal election. we passed the defending elections against trolls from enemy regimes act. we call that the deter act. it'll bar people who interfere in our elections or attempt to do so from entering the united states. our department of homeland security -- very able women and men -- our cybersecurity advisors there, smart people, they're helping