everything changed and no oppenheim the head of n.b.c. news suddenly said that does anybody really really care about harvey weinstein so something if this is true something really went on at n.b.c. if these accusations turn out to be true what are the possible consequences for n.b.c. . well i got to tell you you know who legally killing a story for whatever reason. i hate to say it it happens all the time i mean i've been in this business for over thirty five years and lots of times over the many many years although interesting enough not at r.t. but interestingly enough people have told me oh don't go there don't do that calm down on that so that's not unusual it might be disturbing thing and should be disturbing to the viewers of n.b.c. when it when this story gets out if this is true so public relations wise it's a killer but if he was threatened by the chief counsel chief legal counsel of n.b.c. news in that to begin with with you know destroying his person on a and sliming his reputation even after he left and be eighty then he might have

see what happens after all how can one refute such a mass of sources intelligence sources tell n.b.c. news there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. . sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source now we may not even have those through a lawyer according to the new york times they've gone to ground gone quiet what's happened there could be a couple of reasons it's ok the times reassures us they've not been killed and risk yet although says the article putin is intent on killing traitors and the russians are willing to kill sources perhaps they say the assassination attempt on double agents script file has affected flows of intelligence as with the meddling accusations minimal evidence was also enough to expose the kremlin's hand in that case russia has long arms russia has lots of tentacles we imagine that they will continue to have an interest in our elections but also many other natio

see what happens after all how can one refute such a mass of sources intelligence sources tell n.b.c. news there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. . sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source now we may not even have those through law according to the new york times they've gone to ground gone quiet what's happened there could be a couple of reasons it's ok the times reassures us they've not been killed risk yet although says the article putin is intent on killing traitors and the russians are willing to kill sources perhaps they say the assassination attempt on double agent so i guess script file has affected flows of intelligence as with the meddling accusations minimal evidence was also enough to expose the kremlin's hand in that case russia has long arms russia has lots of tentacles we imagine that they will continue to have an interest in our elections but also many other nati

just confirm the n.b.c. news it has alerted authorities to an attempt to have all of their voter file in the takeaway really is is this continues to be a major issue democratic party's voter database targeted with a sophisticated hacking attempt to target really was the voter database any attack on a political party or campaign is important for us all to take seriously but there's a twist here it wasn't meddling or hacking it was just a test according to a source the democratic party or the democratic party of michigan used to volunteer hackers to test its systems security while this was confirmed by the national committee the source also said that the state department did not notify the d.n.c. the national committee before hand let's take a look at what was said. we along with the partners who reports at the sites now believe it was built by a third party as part of a simulated fishing test the test which mimics several attributes of actual attacks on the democratic party's votes to follow was not authorized by

just confirmed n.b.c. news it has alerted authorities to an attempted it had over.

just confirmed n.b.c. news has alerted authorities to an attempt to hack of their voter file and the takeaway really is is this continues to be a major issue democratic party's voter database targeted with a sophisticated hacking attempt to target really was the voter database any attack on a political party or campaign is important for us all to take seriously but there is a twist here it wasn't meddling or hacking it was just a test according to a source the democratic party or the democratic party of michigan used volunteer hackers to test its systems security while this was confirmed by the national committee the source also said that the state department did not notify the d.n.c. the national committee before hand let's take a look at what was said we along with the partners who reports at the sites now believe it was built by a third party as part of a simulated fishing test the test which mimics several attributes of actual tax on the democratic party's votes to follow was not authorized by the d.n.c. vo

just confirmed n.b.c. news it has alerted authorities to an attempt to have all of their voter file the take away really is is this continues to be a major issue democratic party's voter database targeted with a sophisticated hacking attempt to target really was the voter database any attack on a political party or campaign is important for us all to take seriously but there is a twist here it wasn't meddling or hacking it was just a test according to a source the democratic party or the democratic party of michigan used to volunteer hackers to test its systems security while this was confirmed by the national committee the source also said that the state department did not notify the d.n.c. the national committee before hand let's take a look at what was said we along with the partners who reports at the sites now believe it was built by a third party as part of a simulated fishing test the test which mimics several attributes of actual attacks on the democratic party's votes to follow was not authorized by th

there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. . sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source now we may not even have those through a lawyer according to the new york times they've gone to ground gone quiet what's happened there could be a couple of reasons it's ok the times reassures us they've not been killed and risk yet although says the article putin is intent on killing traitors and the russians are willing to kill sources perhaps they say the assassination attempt on double agents script file has affected flows of intelligence as with the meddling accusations minimal evidence was also enough to expose the kremlin's hand in that case russia has long arms russia has lots of tentacles we imagine that they will continue to have an interest in our elections but also many other nations' elections as well we continue to see a pervasive measures in messaging campaign by russia to try to weak

just confirm the n.b.c. news it is alerted authorities to an attempted it had all their voter file and the takeaway really is if this continues to be a major issue any attack on a political party or campaign is important for us all to take seriously but after all the assumptions were made on this is the important part later on when the d.n.c. admitted this so-called was in fact an in security test it was initiated by the michigan branch of the party which simply didn't coordinate things with the main office the branch chief says it's donald trump's refusal to crack down on foreign interference that spurred them to action investigative reporter dave lindorff ses election tampering claims are being treated. the meddling issue is. first of all i think has been overblown in the first case you know when they found evidence of. you know russian based. organizations that were buying ads and things on facebook it was such a tiny amount during the two thousand and sixteen election that it was laughable so you know i think

there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. that in a fight sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source. but with november's midterm elections fast approaching those sources have gone cold that's according to the new york times in a newly published article which cites c.e.o.'s official say it gives a number of reasons it reports that the sources have gone silence to to pressure from russia security sampras's the expulsion of u.s. intelligence officers from moscow was all say is said to have played a role as has the outing of an f.b.i. informant back in may he writes lawyer down cover leg believes however that there are a far greater challenges facing american democracy and suspected russian meddling here we have no evidence that russia is trying to interfere in the midterm elections do you thousand and eighteen and yet they take the some of the new york callum's takes the absence of evid

there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. that in a fired sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source. but when the event is mid tempo actions fast approaching those sources have gone cold that's according to the new york times in a newly published article which cites u.s. official say it gives a number of reasons and reports that the sources have gone silence to to pressure from russian security services the expulsion of u.s. intelligence officers from moscow is also has had to have played a role as has the outing of an f.b.i. informants back in may he writes lawyer coverlet believes however that there are far greater challenges facing american democracy than suspected russian meddling here we have no evidence that russia is trying to interfere in the midterm elections do you thousand and eighteen and yet they take the some of the new york callum's takes the absence of evidence as evi

just confirmed n.b.c. news it has alerted authorities to an attempted it had all their voter file in the takeaway really is is this continues to be a major issue democratic party's voter database targeted with a sophisticated hacking attempt to target really was the voter database any attack on a political party or campaign is important for us all to take search site here there's a twist turns out it wasn't meddling were hacking but a simple test take a look we along with the partners who reported the sites now believe it was built by a third party as part of a simulated fishing test the test which mimics several attributes of actual attacks on the democratic party's votes to follow was not authorized by the d.n.c. vote builder nor any other. according to a source the democratic party of michigan used a volunteer hackers to test their system security and the source also said that the party wasn't notified prior to the test so perhaps the media might learn from this situation and not just go along with any repor

there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. on a dinner fired sources to sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source but with november's midterm elections fast approaching those sources have gone cold it appears that's at least says according to the new york times the article does name a number of reasons citing u.s. officials according to them they have gone to ground under pressure by russian security services also the expulsion of u.s. intelligence officers from moscow played a role apparently as did the outing of an f.b.i. informant back in may cuban rights lawyer dan koval it believes there are far more reasons for washington to worry about its election system than the alleged russian meddling here we have no evidence that russia is trying to interfere in the midterm elections two thousand and eighteen and yet they take the some of the new york callum's takes the absence of evidence is evidence

here i'm lying son that people are shooting at me and my name is john alpert and i'm working for n.b.c. news i looked at that and i said you know what that's the last stand up on there but i never i never did another one i was so ashamed of myself because all i was doing was copycatting you know they all wear the same clothes they wear the trench coats in the winter they wear the safari suits and they walk around with briefcases and question what the heck is in their briefcases you know what it is speak up and they spend the whole day waiting for the sun to get into the right position they've got somebody standing there with the tray to reflect them they are there on the balcony well i think so shame on them and here awards to people who go do something different and it's and it's not just the american reporters seen the russian reporters i've seen people like this all over the world and there seems good reporters from every single country who will get dirty and will try to understand what the people are doing well. definitely on that i just. a minute left and i want to ask you perhaps a phi

there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. that in a fight sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source. but with november's midterm elections fast approaching those sources have gone cold apparently at least that's according to the new york times the article there names a number of reasons for this citing u.s. officials according to them they have gone to ground under pressure by russian security services also the expulsion of u.s. intelligence officers from moscow played a role as did the outing of a of an f.b.i. informant back in may human rights lawyer dan koval it believes there are far more reasons though for washington to worry about its election system than the alleged russian meddling. here we have no evidence that russia is trying to interfere in the mid-term elections two thousand and eighteen and yet they take the some of the new york hour and takes the absence of evidence is

just confirm the n.b.c. news it is alerted authorities to an attempt to have all of their voter file and the takeaway really is is this continues to be a major issue any attack on a political party or campaign is important for us all to take seriously but late on wednesday party chiefs admitted the so-called attack was in fact an in-house security test it was initiated by the democrats michigan branch which hadn't coordinated what it was up to with the head office the branch chief says it's donald trump's refusal to crack down on foreign interference that spurred them into action investigative reporter dave lindorff says claims of election tampering are being exaggerated. the meddling issue is. first of all i think has been overblown in the first case you know when they found evidence of. you know russian based. organizations that were buying ads and things on facebook it was such a tiny amount during the two thousand and sixteen election that it was laughable so you know i think most people most sensible people

there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. that in a fired sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source. but with november's midterm elections fast approaching those sources have gone cold somewhat that's according to the new york times the article names a number of reasons citing u.s. officials according to them they have gone to ground under pressure by russian security services also the expulsion of u.s. intelligence officers from moscow played a role too as did the outing of an f.b.i. informant back in may so let's get reaction other than conflict is a human rights lawyer and joins us this evening a very welcome dan good to have you back on a lot of reasons given by the new york times although it misses an obvious reason that perhaps russia has no intention of interfering. yes well you know i've always taken the position that russia did not interfere in the two thousand and sixteen e

just confirm the n.b.c. news it has alerted authorities to an attempted it had of their voter file and the takeaway really is if this continues to be a major issue any attack on a political party or campaign is important for us all to ticks or say but it's a big after all the assumptions were made late on wednesday the d.n.c. then admitted the so-called attack was in fact an in-house security test it was initiated by the michigan branch the party would simply didn't coordinate things with the main office it seems the branch chief says it's trump's refusal to crack down on foreign interference that spurred them into action prior to the discovery that it was a false alarm the d.n.c. security chief approached the f.b.i. even over the incident bob lord even stressed the democrats must remain vigilant ahead of those elections investigative reporter dave lindorff told us election tampering claims of being exaggerated. the meddling issue is. first of all i think has been overblown in the first case you know when the fai

there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. that in a fired sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source. now in the event as midterm elections fast approaching those sources have gone cold that's according to the new york times and a nearly published article which cites u.s. officials say against a number of reasons and reports that the sources have gone silence to to pressure from russia security sampa says the expulsion of u.s. intelligence officers from moscow is also said to have played a role as has the outing of an f.b.i. informant back in may now human rights lawyer. believes however that there are a far greater challenges facing american democracy then suspected russian meddling . no evidence that russia is trying to interfere in the midterm elections due thousand and eighteen and yet they take the some of the new york callum's takes the absence of evidence as evidence you know b

and n.b.c. news outlets and they were about the us primaries and how the president has a proven record of picking a winning candidate and then there was another article about trump strengthening his grip on the g.o.p. and his role within the republican party at eleven g.m.t. articles from the telegraph the guardian and the new york times top that list with similar headlines things like trump warns of left wing violence if republicans lose control of congress in the midterm elections and then at twelve james he found the same results from the hour before but if you use just scroll down a little bit you can see that some of these articles were related to google where the president alleges that the news coverage is rigged against him. now in looking for trump news the search results were slightly different but still pertaining to current events and changes to the news cycle there were stories about north korea and also the mexico trade deal but most of it was really about the florida primaries what's im

there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. . sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source now we may not even have those through a lawyer according to the new york times they've gone to ground gone quiet what's happened there could be a couple of reasons it's ok the times reassures us they've not been killed risk yet although says the article putin is intent on killing traitors and the russians are willing to kill sources perhaps they say the assassination attempt on double agents has affected flows of intelligence as with the meddling accusations minimal evidence was also enough to expose the kremlin's hand in that case russia has long arms russia has lots of tentacles we imagine that they will continue to have an interest in our elections but also many other nations' elections as well we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try. two we can divide the united state

down on alternative opinions and keep everything right really nice tidy and cozy to like fox news and as n.b.c talking points that's one things we've got to talk to each other we've got to continue to talk to each other big coin is absolutely an open source i think is huge as we've discussed before a huge part of the solution trust list systems genuine platforms is something we've discussed and of stacy tweeted about the other day which i agree she said where is the toshi on social media that's right if you're going to have platforms genuine platforms for free speech the operate like the public square you do need them to be truly neutral and if you have human beings deciding you know what can be said what can't be said what is civil dialogue what isn't civil dialogue you're going to ruin the whole thing so we need real platforms i'm so this. today and the other is and this is something i know you talked about before i even was on your show and this has been the most disappointing thing people are lazy when it comes to thinking about how they spend their own money how many people complain about