secure election act seemed like a sure thing. a bipartisan bill with the sole purpose of protect our voting systems from interference. republican roy blount was the chairman of the powerful senate rules committee. was set to mark up the bill on wednesday, with the expectation of a full senate vote in october. that markup never happened. no explanation was given as to why. until yesterday when yahoo! news reported the bill had "been held up in the senate at the behest of the white house, which opposed the proposed legislation." the white house then told yahoo news that while the administration "appreciates congress's interest in election security, the department of homeland security has all the statutory authority it needs to assist state and local officials to improve the security of existing election infrastructure." lead democrat on the bill senator amy klobuchar of minnesota joins me tonight. what happened here? >> it was a shocker, chris, because the bill was going so well. senator langford and i introduced the bill, and he's still devoted to getting it done. as you know, he's a conservative