The center for American Progress looked at the levels of progress states have made since 2016 to protect their systems from foreign interference. This runs one hour 25 minutes. Good afternoon everyone. I am president of the center for American Progress and i am thrilled to have you all here for one of the most important discussions we are going to have this year which is on voting integrity. On which we all rely for democracy. The topic of todays address is about the trust we have in our Voting System which is central and fundamental to everything we rely on for government. Our system of free and Fair Elections is under assault from hostile nations. I know that sounds extreme but it is true. Statementspelling from leaders on both sides of the aisle that russia attempted to interfere with our 2016 elections, President Trump continues to dismiss such evidence as fake news. This disturbing reality underscores that now more than ever before protecting americas Election Security is a matter
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Reporter alisyn, two things sparked alarm. One, the repeated contact between Trump Campaign advisers and russian officials, described as Constant Contacts. But also the level of officials, senior most advisers very close to the president who were in this communication. These communications considered significant enough that then president elect trump and president obama were briefed on it by the nations senior most spy leaders. Multiple sources tell cnn senior advisers to donald trump were in constant communication with russian officials during the 2016 campaign. U. S. Intelligence intercepting repeated calls since last summer raising red flags due to the frequency of communications and the high level Campaign Advisers involved. Those advisers include former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and recently resigned National Security adviser Michael Flynn. President elect trump and then president barack obama were briefed on details of these Extensive Communications according to u. S. Offic
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july. it s just absurd. i don t know anything about what you said. you may know it. if you do, you ought to expose it. to say you know, i don t even know what you re talking about. it s crazy. the fact we re having this conversation is the wrong conversation. reporter: today the kremlin says reports of contact between them and the trump organization before the election are not based on facts. those july comments by the president or the nominee at the time, donald trump, calling on russia to hack hillary clinton s e-mails happening during the time period when these constant communications were taking place between senior advisers and russia. you ll have a meeting between new secretary of state ray tillerson and russian kournt part sergey lavrov, lots for them to discuss. thank you for that reporting. fallout from michael flynn s resignation. we learned the president knew for weeks that michael flynn had misled his administration. so why was vice president mike pence kept in the da