. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you .nfiltered coverage c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> and now, a look at how state and federal officials are working to secure the 2018 midterm elections from cyber threats. in response to russian hacking, millions in federal funds were given to states. the federal government began showing more information about cyber attacks. we will hear from four secretary of states about their efforts. to first, remarks by christopher krebs, homeland security undersecretary for national protection and programs. i want to emphasize the work over the last couple of years to lead up to midterms being the most secure election in the modern era. september 11, 2001, two years ago with the russian attempts to enter there with the election, and the third anniversary is 1957 and the russians launching sputnik. on 9/11, that was a failure of intelligence and a failure of imagination in that we did not fuse all the information together to truly understand what was going on and take the appropriate

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c-span, your primary source for 2018.g 2018 -- campaign unfoldsn, where history daily. we continued to bring you ,nfiltered coveragef congress the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> washington journal continues. host: professor j a household has testifiedan before congress about election vulnerabilities. how would you grade the security of the u.s. voting system? security of the u.s. voting system deserves a c or c plus. it is not where it needs to be. we have made significant improvements since 2016 but there is a long way to go. host: what has been the most significant improvement in your mind? guest: 2016 was a wake-up call. we learned friends and foreign nationstate attacks or a real threat. , the improvement has been largely about awareness forecurity, initial steps preparedness. there is a long way to go in terms of closing off vulnerabilities. host: a c/c++ the grade you gave. a few days ago we were joined by john fortier, the democracy project. he studies election security. this is