morning that says chinese hackers attacked the federal election commission, the government's election watchdog. this happened while nobody was looking during the government shutdown. at tack game months after a warning from an independent auditor that the commission's information systems were at high risk. let's figure out why this happened, why it wasn't avoided and why it happened in the first plate place. we have a senior political reporter for the center of public integrity, mr. dave leventhal. let's start with the obvious question, why would hackers target the fec? >> hackers from china, in russia, syria, you name it are constantly targeting u.s. websites what happened here with the federal election commission which is the independent watchdog sponsored by the government to keep elections fair and free, effectively got hit about as hard as it ever has gotten hit. it came as the fec had