ballots -- ballots nationwide. joining me now is the man who first warned of potential election interference this november on this program, former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe. john, it's great to sew you, thanks so much for being here. >> you bet. maria: want to get your take on the intelligence community interfering in the election and these prosecutors. first off, take on jack smith. the last time we spoke about the special counsel, you said he had a mueller moment. >> i did. so, maria, you know, we expect foreign adversaries like china to interfere in our elections, but what we don't expect and what we should never tolerate is for our own government, for our own agencies and entities within our republic to interfere in elections, and that's exactly what is happening on a number of fronts. you mentioned the intelligence community and that analyst, and we've talked about that a great deal about how the politicization has come into play. but here -- leaning into 2024