13 days until election day and theres breaking news on stories that could impact your vote. The director of National Intelligence in a hastily arranged News Conference say russia and iran are interfering in the election, saying irans posing as a far right group, the proud boys and sending intimidating emails to voters. That, as barack obama, the former president , campaigning tonight for joe biden in philadelphia, delivering a blistering rebuke of Donald Trumps presidency. Lets get to our breaking news now on the feds accusing russia and iran of election interference. Lets discuss now. Cnns senior justice correspondent is evan perez. Our National Security and legal analyst susan hennessey, and miles taylor, former top official in Homeland Security under President Trump. Great to have all of you. Thank you so much for joining. Evan, what is the latest on the attempts by russia and iran to interfere in our election . Well, don, according to the director of National Intelligence, what the iranians and russians both did was they were able to obtain Voter Registration data, which, you know, is very concerning, right . On the iranian side, according to the dni, they were responsible the iranians were responsible for sending these spoof emails that people reported getting in states around the country that were threatening people saying youve got to vote for trump or else. And according to john ratcliffe, the dni, he says this was some way attempted to undermine President Trump. Theres a lot of skepticism John Ratcliffes history. Obviously hes somebody who has done a lot of partisan things. And i can hear some of the skepticism that you have voiced about this. But i think the larger point here is that theres enough concern about the activity of russia and iran and china in the closing weeks of this campaign that i think everybody in the Intelligence Community and Law Enforcement is very concerned about all of this activity. And of course part of the reason why theres such concern is because these Foreign Intelligence Services are taking advantage of some of the efforts President Trump has made to call into question the credibility of our system, the idea that there might be vote fraud. I think thats why everybody is extra on edge. And i think part of it is because of the president. Susan, listen, if they hadnt had the press conference and didnt tell people about it, they would probably get a bunch of criticism for that as well. Susan, this is what the director this is what director ratcliff said tonight. Here it is. We have confirmed that some Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran and separately by russia. This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in american democracy. To that end, we have already seen iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest and damage President Trump. Okay, so susan, these emails say vote for trump or else. That doesnt seem damaging to the Trump Campaign unless its a jedi mind trick. Do you think ratcliffe is putting his own spin on this intelligence . Well, of course based on dni ratcliffes prior record of sort of overtly politicizing intelligence, theres reason to be really suspicious of his account that this particular operation was designed to harm President Trump. That said, we could imagine an explanation where that was true. This was an effort to generate headlines that were going to be damaging to the president , sort of reverse psychology. We can also imagine that was designed to hurt joe biden, this was about voter suppression. One of the most significant things is that Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer has come out and said this account is not consistent with what was briefed to congress, what congress was told and left with the impression was that this was about creating chaos, attempting to undermine confidence in the election writ large, that it really wasnt about hurting anyone in particular, and considering sort of the ambiguity of what actually occurred here, that certainly seems like the most logical explanation. While i think we can have a lot of confidence that this did in fact occur, i do think theres real reason to be suspicious that ratcliffe may have included his own personal assessment of the motivations. Notably fbi director wray did not repeat that. Whenever he came to the podium. Yeah, it was almost as if it was two different press conferences. How does this compare to what russia did in 2016, susan . So in one hand it is similar sort of activity of overt interference attempts to sort of create chaos, undermine confidence writ large. One thing thats dramatically difference is that we had a candidate, then candidate now President Trump who we know was openly welcoming that interference and who was privately attempting to sort of capitalize and benefit from it. One thing thats quite different from how weve seen candidate biden respond to this is a rejection of any kind of foreign interference, clear response that if elected president , he will respond to this aggression and that he views this as a bipartisan National Security issue, that this is really not about an opportunity to score political points. Another thing thats notable is this press conference tonight, this hastily gathered press conference mentioned that russia had also obtained this information. We dont know whether it was in the hack or commercially available information. When it described a lot of what iran was up to but didnt tell us anything about what the russians are doing with this information. So, it really raised a lot more questions than answers. So miles, youve been waiting patiently. Let me bring you in here. Trumps own fbi and intelligence directors are confirms that russia is still interfering in our election. The president said nothing about this at his rally tonight. How significant is it that this president still wont condemn moscow or threaten retaliation . Its significant, don, and weve got to remember that just a few days ago donald trump was bragging about his warm relationship with moscow. And now, as you note, his fbi and intelligence directors are saying that the kremlin is actively interfering again in u. S. Democracy. The big question right now is when is donald trump going to call them out for their interference, and when is he going to threaten retaliation . In fact, if the president does not open tomorrow nights debate by noting this issue and calling out our adversaries, its pretty damning. Its a pretty damning indictment to his inattention to this subject. Now id say theres bad news, good news, good news. The bad news of course is because the president didnt act decisively enough to punish the russians, more countries are get in the game. Thats why were seeing the iranians involved. The chinese are involved, and of course the russians are back. The good news is and voters should know this, this does show that the fbi, dhs, the Intelligence Community have gotten better at uncovering and thwarting these activities. And its also good news that right now preliminarily it looks like its more of a disinformation operation. The voting infrastructure itself is more secure than ever. And i think americans can feel confident their votes will be counted and they will be counted correctly. Theyve got to ignore this disinformation. Thats why it was good it was called out. And tonight behind the scenes, the Intelligence Community and Law Enforcement are focused on how to further stop this plot. And theyre probably looking at proposals to take to the white house of how they can deter this activity and potentially punish it in ways that are seen and unseen. And hopefully the president will accept those recommendations. And. We will be following it. Thank you, miles. Thank you, susan. Thank you, evan. I appreciate it. Former president barack obama stumping for joe biden tonight and back on the trail saturday in miami. Can biden hold on to the Obama Coalition where Hillary Clinton did not . The president spent some time in erie last night and apparently he complained about having to travel here. And then he cut the event short. Poor guy. I dont feel that way. 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Try always discreet underwear, with a money back guarantee. Brand power. Helping you buy better. The former president barack obama on the campaign trail in philadelphia tonight stumping for joe biden, obama delivering a blistering takedown of President Trump who has systemically tried to undo his legacy. Tweeting at the television doesnt fix things. Making stuff up doesnt make peoples lives better. Youve got to have a plan. Youve got to put in the work. And along with the experience to get things done, joe biden has concrete plans and policies that will turn our vision of a better, fairer, stronger country into a reality. Well, the former president also trying to make the case for his Vice President with a coalition that twice sent him to the white house, which in part consisted of black voters, College Educated voters and white democrats. This notion of truthfulness and democracy and citizenship and being responsible, these arent republican or democratic principles. Theyre american principles. Theyre what were what what we most of us grew up learning from our parents and our grandparents. Theyre not white or black or latino or asian values. Theyre american values, human values. And we need to reclaim them. The former president cautioning voters tonight to ignore polls that show joe biden with a wide lead in pennsylvania. And with more than 40 million votes already cast, can obama help biden put the race away . It didnt work in 2016. So, joining me now to discuss, david axelrod, the former president ial adviser to president obama and angela reigh. How are you . Good to see both of you. How are you . Im doing very well, thank you. David Obama Campaign for hillary before she lost that state in 2016. He didnt pull together the bohm coalition. Is joe biden doing it or building a different coalition . Look, i think there are certainly elements of the Obama Coalition and joe biden is adding to it. He has reached more deeply into that white noncollege vote that helped propel donald trump. Thats one of the reasons why trump feared him as a candidate. Weve seen a strong move you know, trump carried the suburbs back in 2016. Hes losing by a wide margin there now. And yes, i think he is going to reassemble the other elements of the coalition. I should mention seniors as well. He won those by 8 points, seniors by 8 points. Hes losing them now. So he is losing his own coalition to biden. I think the role that president obama can play is really rally young voters, voters of color. I thought he had a very, very focused message for those voters today about what the stakes were in this election. But, you know, i think what biden is doing is adding to that coalition in ways that Hillary Clinton simply did not. Angela, you heard what david just said, that joe biden has strong support among black voters in the polls, seeing what obama can do here. So, joe biden has strong support among black voters. Both campaigns are reaching out to black male voters. Which voters are most motivated by obama in the entire spectrum of voters . Well, i think that what we have to remember and i feel like we found like a broken record these days talking about it. But black voters arent monolithic. There are some people who barack obama inspires greatly. Im watching that like can he just come back for a third term . He makes me feel way better than joe biden has during the campaign. He has a way not only with words but assuring people he sees all of us. And i think thats a skill and a gift that frankly joe biden still has to get ahold of. Absolutely they need barack obama on the campaign trail to close but it is important to remember that things arent as they were in 2008. They arent as they were in 2012. They certainly arent as they were in 2016. Things are so different now. And there are a group of young people who are eligible to vote this term that, yeah, they lived under barack obama and i think it was a time of a privilege to live under the first black president. But they werent eligible to vote yet. Theyre eligible to vote now. Theyre eligible to vote with suit and debt that is crippling. Theyre eligible to vote with covid taking out parents and loved ones and their families. Theyre eligible to vote with frankly don parents who may have just come home or may still be incarcerated. I think those are all things we have to wrestle with and level with people. Tell people that you cant fix everything that systemic oppression has given us in 401 years overnight. Level with people and tell them things arent perfect even with aca, but its a hell of a lot better than not having any coverage at all which could very well be the case if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed. Things are bad but they could get much worse if three of the justices become the Judicial Team from bush versus gore. It will be the court that decides this election. Things can get worse, and i think that has to be the closing pitch. This is a new group of voters and they just have to be levelled with. Theyre living armageddon. And the closing pitch has to be to get people motivated. Yeah. They need people on masks. David, listen, beyond making the case for biden, obama gave a powerful argument for staying engaged in the democratic process. Here it is. Votings about using the power we have and pooling it together to get a government thats more concerned and more responsive and more focused on you and your lives and your children and your grandchildren and future generations. And the fact that we dont get 100 of what we want right away is not a good reason not to vote. It means weve got to vote and then get some change and then vote some more and then get some more change and then keep on voting until we get it right. Okay. So, listen, i dont want to read too much into that. Im just that was exactly angelas point. Yeah. That was the message president obama was making. He was speaking directly to these young people who are rightly impatient for change and their impatient with incremental change. And what he was saying is we cant make everything better overnight, but we can make things better. And then we keep fighting to make them better again and again. And thats what the democratic process allows. Thats the power of the democratic process gives us. And i think youre going to hear that message again and again. And thats the message Younger Voters need to hear. I think he was listening to our phone calls, angela. No, you know what, don . Ive got to tell you this. I was on a focus Group Conversation earlier with folks in l. A. And folks in chicago. David i know youll also appreciate this. They sound like theyve been listening to the phone calls, and i think what that has to mean, don, is that these are conversations that people are having in zoom conversation, on text message. Everywhere. People are frustrated and they feel stuck. What we have right now overwhelmingly so and i hate to say it but its true a bunch of reluctant voters for joe biden because they know donald trump isnt the choice. But what i think is the task for kamala and joe biden is to turn that reluctant into the type of hope that barack obama displayed on the stage today. It is so important to do that. We are running out of time, so weve got to do it quickly. Im running out of time. Ive got to get to the break quickly. Thank you, both. Its great to see both of you. President obama telling voters the next 13 days will matter for decades to come. Were going to break down where the race currently stands and who could have a path to victory come election day. 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