wants to see the entire picture and see where connections might exist. so he s bringing the flynn investigation into his investigation, the manafort investigation, he ll have a complete picture of all these various strands and how they tie together. and one thing that this will also mean if the reporting turns out to be correct is the extension of time required will also increase theoretically. this is going to be a very complicated investigation. we shouldn t expect that it s going to happen overnight. typically special counsel investigations can take up to 18 months if not longer. yeah. so this is something that is going to go on for some time, and possibly could impact the 2018 elections. most likely will. andrew shapiro, former assistant secretary of state, that s your title. you know d.c. well. what does all this mean then when we look at comey and the fact that he n longer sits in that seat calle fbi director and the reporting saying that
democracies are being attacked via hacking to sow confusion and undermine democratic political institutions. we had the 2016 hacks of the dnc and john podesta. the french hacking now. just two days ago, the head of domestic intelligence in germany reported an up surge in hacking attempts in advance of the september elections in germany. so are you advised, andrew, as to what to say and what not to say in e-mails when working on a campaign or in the government in general nowadays considering the environment, considering what happened in the 2016 election and also seeing what s happening now? you have to strike the right balance. obviously, you want to make sure that anything that you write would not appear in the washington post or new york times or online in an embarrassing fashion. you also need to be able to have the types of discussions, confidential discussions that
from all of that. i mean, i think from their perspective, their hacking during the 2016 election was very successful. and now the hacking that they re doing of the french elexs, it may not sway the election results but it will cast doubt. it will sow confusion and undermine democratic political institutions and that s in their national interest. andrew shapiro, thank you. the ongoing open carry debate in tennessee has a new bill that would force communities to make a tough choice that some say could compromise public safety. we ll break down the bill and what it could mean for those on both sides ofdebate. and be sure to watch former president barack obama receive the profile in courage award. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern time hosted by our very own chris matthews. i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni.
some discussion of buying dinner. some comments about the weather. it s all pretty mundane for a campaign that s been anything but mundane so far. now, of course, suspicion has focused initially on the russians. a japanese security firm that just a couple of weeks ago released a report that named macron s campaign as among those entities that have been hacked by russian group coziber. which is known to have connections to the russian intelligence agency. we ll have to wait until tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. to see just whether that s had an impact or not. matt bradley for us. thank you. i want to bring in andrew shapiro and former stuftant secretary of state for political and military affairs in the obama administration. thanks for joining us. thank you for having me. does the hacking in france surprise you at all? no, this is part of a pattern that we re seeing where western
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