Structure structures in our political system, as envisioned by the founders, that sometimes theyre going to disadvantage democrats, but the truth of the matter is, is that if we have a strong message, if were speaking to what the American People care about, typically you know, the popular vote and the Electoral College vote will align, and i guess part of my overall message here as i leave for the holidays is that if we looked for one explanation or one silver bullet, or one easy fix for our politics, then were probably
initiative and School Nutrition program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if theyre issuing a story we dont like. I mean thats an issue that i think weve got to wrestle with. And we will. People asked me how do you feel after the election . I say well, look, this is a clarifying moment. Its a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the President Elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what
Indepth interviews with leading newsmakers, plus discussions with Americas preeminent political minds. Important meeting because i never even heard that. As far as you know, this is all of it. This is everything. This is everything. All right. So who do you believe . Joining me now to break this down, former state Department Senior adviser. Paul butler, Professor Of Law at georgetown law school. Former fbi agent. Clint watts author of messing with the enemy. David k johnson and former watergate prosecutor. Wow, we just have an embarrassment of riches. Im going to go Around The Horn and talk about. Im going to start with you paul. Just on how this changes the legal case. Trump tower meeting. June 3. Donald trump jr. Gets email from Rob Goldstone saying moscow supports his fathers candidacy. He responded if its what you say it is, i love it. Trump junior and goldstone finalize a date. Same day trump teases this major speech. June 8 russian intelligence
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we must. we have no choice. we must lower or taxes. your senator, claire, she must do this for you and if she doesn t do it for you, around the same time when donald trump called for her ouster from the senate, missouri senator claire became a target of a fishing attempt. executed by the same russian intelligence agency responsible for the dnc hacks of 2016. according to reporting by the daily beast, she is one of the most vulnerable democrats according to the daily beast. one of the most vulnerable democrats for re-election this year. running in a tossup state that trump won. i will not be intimidated. i ve said it before and i will say it again. putin is a thug and bully.
bolster our defenses here at home. cyber as dni coates mentioned is an ongoing problem. it s foreign actors like russia, china, north korea and iran and it is also criminals as well. and thinking back at the stories about the dnc hacks, a lot of that was the result of just you know, sloppy information security. dnc head john podesta fell for a fishing scheme. i think we have to do is what most businesses do which is, tighten your belts and protect your systems. you do that and it will be very hard for external actors to get into them. eric: what would you say to those who are not doing that. the russians need to face some consequences. it was an attack against our country and an attack against the very tenants of what this nation stands for. and that they should have consequences so they stop it or