jeff weaver says that they do not possess or retain any clinton data. one of the big stressors coming out of that statement moments ago was the fact they are willing to take the dnc to federal court because the dnc is now freezing out sanders' campaign from their own data. data that's been provided by two million people because of their grassroots effort. they are furious that they have been frozen out and they say the dnc is just trying to collude and get cozy with the clinton campaign because of the fact bernie sanders has had such success on the campaign trail. debbie wasserman schultz, chairwoman of the dnc, appeared with tamron hall earlier today to address this. take a listen. >> i would ask any sanders supporters or anyone who is formulating an opinion about the actions that we have taken to put the shoe on the other foot. if it were the clinton campaign that accessed the proprietary information of the sanders campaign, you can be darned sure understandably that his supporters would expect that we would take the exact same action. >> steve kornac

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meanwhile, you've got jeff weaver threatening to bring the temple down on his own head. what is wrong with all these people? >> get rid of -- charlie brings up an important point. the notion that the dnc has its thumb on the scale for hillary sxlrngs just on t clinton, and just optically, setting this sort of right or wrong crime and punishment thing, set that aside for a moment. az astrategist here, do you think this is the right call? given the narrative that is established. >> well, look, there is a serious data breach. there's no question about that. and you've got to do something about it and make the data secure as you you can't have the clinton campaign being afraid that the sanders people are going to get their data. we do not need this discussion right now. what we need is a discussion about the issues. both -- you know, the sanders campaign is good at this, right? i've known bernie for a long time. it does not pay to poke bernie and beat up on him because he's very good at pointing out what's going on. so my attitude is let's get this settled, it is serious, th

(jeff weaver/sanders' campaign mgr) "we will be in federal court this immediate relief." bernie sanders' campaign manager, issuing a threat that he made good later... ....suing the democratic national committee friday for cutting off the campaign's access to a crucial voter database. (jeff weaver/sanders' campaign mgr) "the leadership of the democratic national committee is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign: the dustup started after the dnc accused the campaign of exploiting a software glitch to access hillary clinton's confidential voter information. the d-n-c database uses a firewall to separate data gathered by different campaigns... ...but that firewall went down briefly on wednesday, during which time national data director, who was fired after the breach, says he wasn't trying to view clinton's data and no voter information was downloaded... ...but the d-n-c suspended sanders' database access... including access to information the campaign itself collected. (jeff weaver/sanders' campaign mgr) "you don't get to give the campaign a death penalty becaus

(sot: jeff weaver /sanders campaign director) we need our data which has been stolen by the dnc the dnc blocked the sanders camp access after a 45 minute computer glitch, on wednesday, allowed workers to view information gathered by the clinton campaign. sanders' fired data director josh uretsky. but, he insists he wasn't trying to snoop. (sot: josh uretsky / former sanders data director ) my goal was to create a record of what was wrong so that i could accurately assess both for the campaign and for the dnc // what my understanding was of what was wrong. but the dnc says at least four sanders users not only looked at voter files from 10 states, but saved and exported some clinton data. (sot: debbie wasserman- schultz / dnc chair) people make mistakes leaving their front door unlocked also. it doesn't mean it's okay to go into their house and steal their stuff. sanders learned of the breach more than 24 hours after it happened. not from his own staffers but: (sot: wasserman- schultz) he heard it from me. what was his reaction? he was the sanders camp can't even access its own files on t

restored: ((jeff weaver- individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton any way they want but they are not going to the strongest grass root campaigns in modern history . )) ((denise valdez)) the sanders camp says there was a similar breach in october and is calling for an independent investigation of the d-n-c and the vendor that built and maintains the list. the sanders campaign says it did not download or copy any other campaign information. clinton's campaign says that "this was a very egregious breach and our data was stolen" ... adding... the actions of the sanders staff involved "may have been a violation of the law." /// ((denise valdez)) > now lets get a check of your forecast with tedd florendo. he's live at the marine corps toys for tots benefit at the orleans. let's check out your first forecast. we warmed up a little today, side but a little more near seasonal temps, that means near average temps which are typically around 56 degrees this time of year. milder in phoenix and la if you're traveling to those mild locations. ............................... .......

jeff weaver is senator sanders' national campaign manager. and he's here to give us some insight into this candidate... and into this race, overall. we see it everywhere... i witnessed it first-hand at the jefferson jackson dinner... how hungry bernie sanders supporters are for what he has to say. it's the same thing that hooked you decades ago. can you sum it up in a sentence? when you broaden out the ramifications of that platform... many people... especially people on the right start to get scared of it. do you understand why they reject the message? the suppoters are fanatical. but what about people who haven't made up their minds? what's the number one misconception about bernie sanders that you're trying to put to rest? a new poll out yesterday, i believe said national security has taken over the economy as the most would bernie sanders do to prevent the next terrorist tack in the u-s? you knoe's a chunk of democratic ts who are learning wards hillaary clinton if for nothing else... becuse they see r d they see a winner. how do u convin

s/ jeff weaver / sanders campaign manager "the overreaction by the chairwoman at the dnc.. absolutely unacceptable. un-democratic." the internal democratic dustup is even drawing shots from republicans on the campaign trail. s/ donald trump / republican presidential candidate "this debate, he said i don't want to discuss the emails, it's fine what he did. he gave his whole thing away. gave it away. and then she zapped him." in an earlier debate, sanders dismissed hillary clinton's email controversy. tonight we'll see if clinton returns the favor to sanders. chris pollone, nbc news. on the campaign trail in iowa today...republican candidate ben carson. he made stops in carroll and harlan before heading to council bluffs. there he will speak to a group at the iowa school for the deaf making rounds on the opposite side of the state... carly fiorina. she held a town hall meetings burlington and in the town of washington turning to weather... there is a bit of a warm up the forecast. meteorologist brett mcintyre joins us now for a first look at the an argument between a group of

sanders campaign manager jeff weaver said earlier friday the dnc was "taking our campaign hostage" by preventing it from accessing the data. he threatened the lawsuit if the party didn't back down. a new a-b-c news - washington post poll shows hillary clinton keeping a commanding lead among the docratic presidential candidates. the poll of registered democrats haha clinton 31 points ahead of bernie sanders. martin o'malley had only five percent. but it's interestinto point t that at this time in 2007, hillary clinton led barack obama by a similar margin. also, even with clinton's lead, 44 percent of democratic leaning voters say they think sanders is a more trustworthy candidate. republican caay fiorina was in dubuque this afternoon. in the private event for mcgraw-hill employees, fiorina explained how she worked her way up through the corporate world. she also said she would make the united states government work for the u.s people instead of the other way around. but with lighter winds and a clear sky, we'll have a cold night in the teens. mmtly sunny skies and a gentnt wind from th

clinton in the polls they've accus the committee of favoring clinton's campaign over theirs s/ jeff weaver / sanders campaign manager:59 - 1:05 "the overreaction by the chairwoman at the dnc.. absolutely unacceptable. un-democratic." the internal democratic dustup is even drawing shots fromrepublicans on the campaign trail. s/ donald trump / republican presidential candidate1:10 - 1:20 "this poor guy, he's up at the first debate, he said i don't want to discuss the emails, it's fine what he did. he gave his whole thing away. gave it away. and then she zapped him." in an earlier debate, sanders dismissed hillary clinton's email controversy. tonight we'll see if clinton returns the favor to sanders. there will be several debate watch parties across siouxland tonight clinton supporters will gather at the hillary for iowa organizing office. that's at 401 south lewis boulvard a watch party for martin o'malley supporters will be at 1408 nebraska street in sioux city starting at 6:30. and senator bernie sanders's suporters can watch the debate at 1918 pierce st. in sioux city speaking of sanders

sot - jeff weaver sanders campaign manager "we're running a clean campaign. we're going to beat secretary clinton and everyone on theses issues. we don't need dirty tricks. that's not how we run it here." the dnc has temporarily suspended the sanders campaign's access to the party's crucial voter file while it investigates. new information tonight on the bernardino. enrique marquez, a childhood friend of san bernardino shooter, syed farook has been arrested on terror charges. including conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. authorities say marquez purchased the assault rifles used in last month's attack. over ten days of interrogation, prosecutors says enrique marquez freely revealed he and longtime friend, sayed farook, planned terror attacks together--dating back four years--including a plot to attack students in the cafeteria of riverside community college--where the two friends attended classes. michael siahaan/student: it makes you feel unsafe.//the fact that this could just happen is unsettling. another plan between them, targeted drivers

campaign manager jeff weaver came out swinging claiming party leadership is actively favoring clinton. weaver says: "the individual leaders of dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we'll be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate relief." the sanders campaign fired josh uretsky - its national data director, and is blaming the vendor the dnc uses ngp van for dropping its firewall between the candidates' data. the sanders campaign has been suspended from accessing the system -- including its own information. weaver says: "information which is the lifeblood of this campaign we need our data which has been stolen by the dnc. the dnc chair strongly denied the charge of favoritism. wasserman-schultz says: "i can be quite certain that if the shoe were on the other foot, and the clinton campaign had inappropriately accessed sanders' campaign proprietary information, i am confident that is the decision they would expect from and it is the same decision that we would

jeff weaver, sanders campaign manager: "that behavior is unacceptable to the sanders campaign and we fired the staffer immediately and made certain that any information obtained is not utilized" but there could be much bigger consequences for sanders' campaign. already, the d-n-c has temporarily suspended the campaign's access to the party's crucial voter file while it investigates. the issue... a possible distraction just one day before sanders, clinton, and martin omalley face off in their third debate on abc. the sanders' campaign is blaming the dnc's software vendor for the glitch that caused the firewall to fail. "we are running a clean campaign, we are gonna beat secretary clinton and everybody else in this campaign on the issues, we don't need dirty tricks. that's not how we run things here." hillary clinton's campaign is not yet commenting on doubt she'll be expected to respond on the debate stage in new hampshire tomorrow night. rick klein, abc news political director "it'll be delicate, but it's a powerful issue that she could use to undermine him." on-cam tag: tomorrow's d

jeff weaver, sanders campaign manager: "that behavior is unacceptable to the sanders campaign and we fired the staffer immediately and made certain that any information obtained is not utilized" but there could be much bigger consequences for sanders' campaign. already, the d-n-c has temporarily suspended the campaign's access to the party's crucial voter file while it investigates. the issue... a possible distraction just one day before sanders, clinton, and martin omalley face off in their third debate on abc. the sanders' campaign is blaming the dnc's software vendor for the glitch that caused the firewall to fail. "we are running a clean campaign, we are gonna beat secretary clinton and everybody else in this campaign on the issues, we don't need dirty tricks. that's not how we run things here." hillary clinton's campaign is not yet commenting on the matter... but no doubt she'll be expected to respond on the debate stage in new hampshire tomorrow night. rick klein, abc news political director "it'll be delicate, she could use to undermine him." on-cam tag: tomorrow's debate is h

. >> reporter: jeff weaver accused the dnc of sabotage saying the suspension cripples their operation and could cost more than $600,000 a day in lost donations. it also started when a 45- minute computer glitch wednesday allowed sanders' staffers to view voter data collected by rilhillry clinton's campaign -- by hillary clinton's campaign. the director said he wasn't trying to spy. >> i was trying to correct a wrong so i could accurately assess both the campaign and for the dnc and what my >> reporter: he was fired and the dnc says in reality four different users examining clinton's voter files from ten exporting data. >> this campaign in its official capacity does not possess any data, does not retain any data, doesn't want any of their data. we're running a clean campaign. >> reporter: tonight the clinton campaign calls it all an egregious breach of data. the debate should be interesting tomorrow. kate, back to you. >> thank you. >>> tonight there are new charges in the murder of bela bond, the little girl formally known as baby dough. a grand jury has in-- doe. a grand jury has ind

the sanders campaign has already fired one staffer and jeff weaver mentioned there may be action against the others, because they inappropriately and systematically accessed data belonging to another campaign and that's a very serious issue. we sign the agreements with the campaigns to access the system. there's a set of requirements and there's a protocol that has to be followed. so we're following the protocol to make sure that the information was accessed, because this wasn't just going in -- >> let me stop you there. you said protocol. walk me through the protocol. there was a specific protocol. what is that? explain that to me. >> sure, soon as the vendor notified us about the glitch that was in place for just a number of hours and upon being notified, they had gone ahead and fixed it, but they notified us. we asked them to do a full review to see what happened. what turned up, four staffers in the sanders' campaign had inappropriately and systematically accessed several state files from the clinton campaign. they had gone through and in one case, one of the staffers actually export

it's something sanders' campaign manager jeff weaver says the candidate doesn't need."i can tell you that this campaign does not possess any data, does not retain any data, doesn't want any data. we're running a clean campaign."sanders' campaign filed a federal lawsuit against the d-n-c, while also providing the committee with information on how it used and disposed of the data. the glitch occured on wednesday. it enabled sanders' staffers to view voter data gathered by the clinton campaign for about 45 minutes. sanders' data director josh uretsky (you- ret-skee) was fired by the campaign. he told cbs news he was *not* trying to snoop."my goal was to create a record of what was wrong so that i could accurately assess both for the campaign and for the dnc // what my understanding was of what was wrong.uretsky was fired and other sanders staffers are under investigation. the d-n-c lifted the suspension late friday night, but says it will as if you've found a house with an unlocked front door and instead of locking it and notifying authorities. you went in, and ransacked t

sot tvu 2 bernie sanders presser abc uni c16 121815 jeff weaver, bernie sanders campaign manager - 13:11:51 this is individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want, but they are right to suspend their access to the voter file, any campaign's access to the voter file if they engaged in a breach like this good morning las vegas coming up... president obama spent some time with the families of the 14 killed in the san bernardino shooting. we'll get reaction from his visit. plus, a wild chase in the streets of california finally comes to an end.. what started all of this? we'll tell you, coming up. ((ad-lib at open set with live pic in mon)) time now for a look at your problem solver traffic. president obama is in hawaii this morning but he made a stop bernardino before heading on vaction. he and the first lady spent about two hours with the families of the 14 people killed earlier this month. "we have to remind ourselves of the overwhelming good that exists out there. if you met some of these folks, despite the pain and the heartache that they're feeling, t

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jeff weaver, sanders campaign manager: "that behavior is unacceptable to the we fired the staffer certain that any not utilized" much bigger consequences for already, the d-n-c has suspended the campaign's access to the party's crucial voter file while it investigates. the day before sanders, clinton, and martin omalley face off in their third debate on abc. the sanders' campaign is blaming the dnc and its software vendor for the glitch that caused the firewall to fail. that fired staffer-josh uretsky-- tells abc news he wasn't prying for clinton's info, but just wanted evidence of the security failure. 13:49:40 i wasn't trying to hide what i was doing because i felt like i was assessing .. i was diagnosing the problem. hillary clinton will no doubt be asked or her response? on the hampshire tomorrow night. rick klein, abc news political director "it'll be delicate, but it's a powerful issue that she could use to undermine him." jack: the third democratic presidential democratic presidential debate is in new hampshire tomorrow, hosted by a-b-c. you'll see it here on local 5. all three can

sanders' campaign manager jeff weaver. >> this is taking our campaign00. we have a exwras-roots campaign so when we have people come to campaign headquarters to call voters we can't generate phone numbers to do that. >> reporter: the d.n.c. blocked the campaign from a shared democratic database after a glitch enabled sanders staffers to view voter data gathered by the clinton campaign for about 45 minutes on wednesday. sander's data director josh trying to snoop. >> reporter: but the d.n.c. tells cbs news the breach went far beyond that, and that four different users examined clinton voter files from 10 states, saving and even exporting some of the data. the sanders campfired josh uretsky and is investigating the other staffers. can you assure the d.n.c. and the clinton campaign that you no longer possess any of the clinton campaign's data? >> i can tell that you this campaign in official capacity does not possess any data, does not retain any disoot doot, doesn't want any of their data. we are running a clean campaign. >> reporter: but the d.n.c. insists

we're joined now by jeff weaver. he's the campaign manager for bernie sanders.g in. what do you say when she said it's like going into a louhouse the door was left open and stealing stuff inappropriately. did your guy steal stuff inappropriately? >> we've been alerting the dnc for months that the firewalls between the campaign's data was faulty. there was an occasion back in october where we told them that our data was probably compromise bid the clinton campaign. they assured us that firewalls would be fixed. that was no was not the case. one or more young staffers on our campaign may have accessed something. we fired one of them. we're investigating the other ones. what the real issue is in an unprecedented move, the dnc has taken way our access to our data. this is data collected by sanders, volunteers and staffers about voters in iowa, new hampshire and other places. we cannot run this campaign without this data. they are attempting to cripple our campaign and we're not going to stand for it. >> she said you broke the rules. that's why the suspension has gon

. >> reporter: sanders' campaign manager jeff weaver focused his fire on the d.n.c. for temporarily cutting them off from their own voter files. >> the decision of the d.n.c. chair woman to issue a death penalty to the sanders campaign is a real concern. there is no data we are aware of that is in the possession of our campaign or the possession of any of our staffers. >> reporter: sanders and fellow democratic candidate martin o'malley have long argued the d.n.c. has favored clinton. but until this later controversy, the democratic race has largely premaind civil. like during the first debate when sanders gave clinton a pass on her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you. me, too. me, too. >> reporter: the question is will clinton return the favor tonight? >> we hope that this will be a debate about the issues. families are sitting in their living rooms wondering about what data bernie sanders stole. >> reporter: in the wake of the paris and san bernardino att

sanders' campaign manager jeff weaver acknowledged to the post that a low-level staffer had viewed thelinton team's information but blamed the software vendor hired by the dnc for a glitch that made the access possible. that news tainted what was otherwise a big day for senator sanders. first, his campaign announced that it has now collected more than 2 million contributions, noting that they expect to outpace president obama's 2012 re-election effort in that metric by year's end. and sanders picked up his biggest labor endorsement to date, from the 700,000 member communications workers of america. the union's president said his organization decided to back sanders after its members made their preference overwhelmingly clear in an online poll. >> i think what we are seeing is a lot of grassroots support in union after union throughout this country. but that support has not necessarily trickled up to the leadership. what i would have hopes is that unions who believe in democracy would have done what the cwa is really create a wide open process. maybe we'd win. maybe we wouldn't win. i d

but sanders campaign manager jeff weaver says the blame belongs to the vendor who runs their database. he says the campaign quickly fired the worker who viewed the data. are you kidding me? and we today filed a lawsuit because they want access to the data held by the dnc. >> the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want. but they are not going to sabotage our campaign, but the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and continues to try to attack the matter and soul of our grassroots campaign. we will be in federal court this afternoon. lou: and the sanders campaign has also taken issue with the dnc avoiding primetime debate slots as a way to protect hillary clinton. there will be a democratic debate. a democratic presidential debate tomorrow night, and that debate will be in new hampshire, competing with the busy christmas shopping season and among other things the jets-cowboys nfl game. a spokesman for sanders says i guess christmas eve was booked. they have a sense of humor, right? >>> at the white house, the president giving annual pre-christmas, pre-two-week vacation ne

tad: jeff weaver is in charge of that. he will make a determination in the next couple of days.erson in charge was fired immediately. it was clear and up yet he may mistake, and we took responsibility. what the d.n.c. is doing preventing us from campaigning in iowa and new hampshire is a much bigger mistake, and they should stop it. that is why we filed in federal court. john: you keep referring to this as a mistake as if it was an inadvertent thing your stafford did you -- staffer did. it does not seem like a mistake. it seems like a transgression. it seems you are trying to soft-pedal it were an air that somehow occurred inadvertently. that is not the case, right? tad: the person was hired. it is evident he did something wrong. we stipulate to that. what we do not stupidly to is what the d.n.c. is doing to us, trying to shut down a grassroots campaign -- what we do not stipulate to is what the d.n.c. is doing to us, trying to shut down a grassroots campaign. john: they have not giving you access to voter files for less than 24 hours. it seems like you are making a dramatic cla

. >>> joining me now from manchester, new hampshire, senator sanders' campaign manager, jeff weaver. jeff, you made some pretty tough accusations about the democratic national committee and what you perceive as bias. i don't know if you were able to hear my interview with dnc chairwoman wasserman-schultz. she says she's skrcrupulously neutral in this race. do you buy it? >> good to be with you this morning. listen, when this event erupted this week we worked very, very hard to try to get to the bottom of it. as you know, last night senator sanders and secretary clinton i think both addressed this issue and clearly want to put this sort of acrimony behind them in terms of the campaigns. but look, what the dnc did is they issued a death sentence on the sanders campaign. we had to go to federal court to get back day that that we owned with be that was paid for by the 2 million individual contributions we have received in this campaign, that was acquired by volunteers and staff of our campaign. that data belonged to the political revolution that bernie is leading. not to the dnc and not t

campaign manager jeff weaver came out swinging, claiming party leadership is actively favoring clinton. >> individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want. but the dnc continues to hold our data hostage. and continues to try to attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate relief. >> the sanders campaign fired josh eritski, national data director and is blaming the data group it uses for dropping the firewall. the sanders campaign has been suspended from accessing the information, including its own information. >> information which is the lifeblood of our campaign, we need our data which has been stolen by the dnc. >> the dnc chair strongly denies the charge of favoritism. >> i can be quite certain if the shoe were on the other foot and the clinton campaign had inappropriately accessed sanders' campaign proprietary information, i'm confident this is the decision they would expect from us and it is the same decision that we would make if the shoe were on the other foot. >> clinton campaig

. >> strong words from bernie sanders campaign manager jeff weaver this afternoon about an hour ago then sued the dnc for breach of contract. there has been bad blood between the sanders campaign and the dnc for some time. this suspension according to the campaign is another way the committee is promoting clinton's campaign. here is what debbie wassermann schultz told cnn about the decision. >> we are following agreements that both parties entered into. this is not unreasonable. it is the only way that we can ensure that we protect the integrity of our voter file. i can be quite certain if the shoe were on the other foot and the clinton campaign inappropriately accessed sanders campaign i'm confident this is the decision they would expect from us. it is the same decision we would make if the shoe were on the other foot. >> i want to bring in steve kornacki. i watched fascinated as you were interviewing earlier today the staffer who was fired. i found it at times a little tough to follow in the story. so break it down for us. what did he say happened and why? >> he seems to be saying the

let's ask sanders' campaign manager jeff weaver. thank you for being here. >> thanks, brian. >> is this a situation where the press is interested in scandal, interested in sensationalism, your campaign versus hillary clinton and you versus the dnc but not paying attention to policy? >> look, i think what the complaint has been and i think you hear it from a lot of people and i think people who watch the news see it, too often the media, the mainstream media, treats politics like it's a football game or a soap opera or some personality conflict. what politics is supposed to be about how we address the real issues affecting americans. it's easy to cover what the media perceives to be some kind of conflict or strife, but they don't -- it's much harder to cover complicated economic and social issues in this country. >> were you disturbed that this was the first question at the debate last night? david muir and martha raddatz went right at this issue? >> was i surprised? >> were you disturbed about it? >> no. it's been in the news the la

but jeff weaver accused party leadership of trying to sort the vermont senator's bid. >> by their actionhe leadership of the democratic national committee is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign. this is unacceptable. individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want, but they are not going to sabotage our campaign, one of the strongest grassroots campaigns in modern history. we are announcing today that if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and continues to try to attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate release. amy: though sanders did when it was able to regain access to the database, he has also criticized the dnc for leaking the story to the media instead of handling the issue internally. senator sanders and former maryland governor martin o'malley have also accused the dnc of trying to help clinton by limiting the number of debates and scheduling them during low viewership time like saturday nights. the sanders campaign has fired one staffer and suspended to o

but campaign manager jeff weaver says the punishment, everyone temporary, is out of bounds. >> and ifontinues to hold our data hostage, and continues to try to attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate relief. >> democratic national committee chairwoman debbie wasserman-schultz told wolf blitzer the sandsers campaign would be blocked from the party file until an investigation is complete. >> the sandsers campaign unfortunately doesn't have anything other than bluster at the moment that they can put out there. >> the breach of data inside the democratic national headquarters brought to mind a modern day watergate. but the fingerprints are all electronic. and in this case it seems the door was left wide open. >> that is just like if you walked in to someone's home when the door was unlocked and took things that don't belong to you in order to be able to use them for your own benefit. >> the national data director for sanders was fired. he told cnn, we didn't try to be sneaky. they can argue that we shouldn't have d