colorado's election officials are training with former and current military specialists. in addition to others to develop training and manuals for state and local officials. and michigan has hired a dedicated election security specialist to focus on voter registry. and last week's appropriations bill signed into law, it provides in that bill $420 million for nengo the brennen center, billions will be needed to make significant changes to voting technologies. so, therefore, what can really be done with so little money? questions that we're asking as part of nbc and msnbc's vote watch. back with me, cynthia, senior reporter at "u.s. news and world report." susan mulligan and the guardian senior political reporter daniel strauss. almost got that right, right? susan, let's start with you on this. clearly, just by the numbers. we're way off here if those estimates by the brennen centers