this entirely on the dnc saying the dnc s vender failed to keep it confidentable. if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and attack the heart and soul of our grass roots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate release. what is required here is a full and independent audit of the dnc s mishandling of this data and security from the beginning of this campaign to the present, including the incident in october that we alerted them to when we were fairly confident that large amounts of our data were sent to another campaign. joining me now is jeff zeleny. we ll get to the dnc in a a second. now that we have kind of a better grasp of how this happened, i want to get to the why. from what i understand, one of the words they have used z z is
america, we can t generate phone numbers to do that. it s impossible to mobilize the kind of grassroots campaign we have without access to that data. we are, because of the nature much our campaign, peculiarly affected by this type of taking of data hostage by the dnc. reporter: does it make it impossible for you to win? it does not. i think people across this country, we are beginning to see it now already online, are outraged by this conduct by the dnc which is clearly a heavy-handed attempt to undermine this campaign. reporter: has the dnc given you any indication how long they plan to freeze your access? to our data. how long they are to freeze our access to our own data? they have not. that s why we have to go to federal court if this is not resolved very, very shortly to vindicate the rights not only of this cam opinion but of the millions of people across this country who want change. [ inaudible question ] i m sorry? [ inaudible question ] well, as i mentioned, we a
bernie sanders campaign essentially in a time-out for taking a peek at hillary clinton s voter data. individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want. but they are not going to sabotage our campaign. one of the strongest grassroots campaigns in modern history. we are announcing today that if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and continues to try to attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate relief. plus, donald trump tightens his embrace of vladimir putin s embrace. i ll ask why her boss aligned with the controversial russian leader. hi. i m matt mccoy.
information gathered by our vol untears across the country, and funded by the over $2 million contributions we received online. it is our information, and the information of all of the volunteers and the people who support our campaign and not the dnc s. in other words, by their action, the leadership of the democratic nastional committee is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign. this is unacceptable. individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want, but they are not going to sabotage our campaign. with one of the strongest grass root campaigns in modern history. we are announcing today if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and continues to attack the heart and soul of our grass roots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate relief. what is required here is a full and independent audit of the dnc s mishandling of this data,
ing to the the campaign s suspension to a key dnc national security database, and he called it irresponsible, and irresponsible reaction after the dnc s vendor failed to keep the information of the rival camps confidence shall. the sanders camp has fired one staffer, and this is what he has said. we are announcing today that if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and continues to attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate relief. what is required here is a full and independent audit of the dnc s mishandling of this day the ta, and its security from the beginning of the campaign to the present, and including the incident in october that we alerted them to that we are fairly confident that large amounts of our data were sent to another campaign. and joining us from florida, the former congresswoman debbie