interference in the election. 21 state systems targeted while the white house still pre barricades. the one individual in america still seem the not accept this basic fact is the president of the united states. then the special counsel hits the hill. as republicans confront the investigation that into possible obstruction of justice. i think that everything is on the table. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. hours before republicans are set to unveil finally a draft of their secret plan to overhaul american herring, the secret may be out. according to a draft in the bill obtained by the washington post, senate republican there s propose a bill that tracks very closely to the same house bill that the president called mean and cold hearted, and that is polling at 17%. the post reports the senate bill largely mirrors the house america that you are narrowly passed last month, but with some
i thought it was interesting that jay johnson made the point that he made two efforts to try to help out and protect security and was rebuffed both times. first by the dnc. he said he offered home lald security s assistance to the dnc when he learned of the hack and the dnc didn t accept the help. at that point, the fbi was investigating. and then when he has this conference call with state election officials on august 15th of last year, he wants to get their support for designating state voting systems. part of the critical infrastructure that would trigger beefed up federal protections, and he gets this blowback, pushback from the state election officials. they don t want it. they fear a federal takeover of the election process. and he put the idea on a back burner. so as a result, two efforts about at this secretary of homeland security are both rebuffed during this russian cyber attack. and one of the takeaways from
election voet vendors and the systems being targeted is really something. these are both fairly informative hearings that did advance the ball about what happened. the core issue of the russian interference in the election. i thought it was interesting that jay johnson made the point that he made two efforts to try to help out and protect security and was rebuffed both times. first by the dnc. he said he offered home lald security s assistance to the dnc when he learned of the hack and the dnc didn t accept the help. at that point, the fbi was investigating. and then when he has this conference call with state election officials on august 15th of last year, he wants to get their support for designating state voting systems. part of the critical infrastructure that would trigger beefed up federal
second, superpac money poured in. new york times estimates handel benefited from $18.2 million of spending by outside groups. and third, old-fashioned gerrymandering. its boundaries clearly were crafted to benefit republican candidates. joining me now to pick over this, michelle goldberg, who is in georgia, whose slate is titled more liberal tears. and author of audacity, and a title that this might be the worst freakout ever. you were basically like, hey, michelle s writing from the tears perspective, you re basically saying, stop crying, it s not so bad. what s your general read here? you have to adjust your point of view of what s going to happen for the party with everything that happens. in this election, it was worse for the democrats by a few points than they expected.
protections, and he gets this blowback, pushback from the state election officials. they don t want it. they fear a federal takeover of the election process. and he put the idea on a back burner. so as a result, two efforts about at this secretary of homeland security are both rebuffed during this russian cyber attack. and one of the takeaways from the hearing, not just johnson s testimony but other witnesses, these are systems very distributed. they re different vendors. different localities and different states. and they are penetratable. some people took solace in the fact to change outcome of an election would be extremely difficult. because the election system is so diffuse and run on state and local levels.