>>BRUCE HAMILTON: THERE IS NEW EVIDENCE IRAN AND RUSSIA ARE INTERFERING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION THEIR GOAL TO
UNDERMINE CONFIDENCE IN THE
ELECTION PROCESS. THE FBI
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE SAY BOTH COUNTRIES
OBTAINED VOTER REGISTRATION
INFORMATION, SOMETHING RUSSIA
DID IN THE 2016 ELECTION, IRAN
IS EMAILING VOTERS, FALSE
INFORMATION IN SOME CASES
HACKERS CLAIM TO BE PART OF A
FAR RIGHT MILITIA GROUP TO
INTIMIDATE VOTERS AND THERE IS
EVIDENCE RUSSIA IS INTERFERING
IN OTHER WAYS
THOUGH HAS YET TO USE VOTER
REGISTRATION INFORMATION THIS
YEAR AS FAR AS
WE KNOW. FORMER JACKSONVILLE
CHIEF OF STAFF CHRIS HAN JOINS
ME ONCE AGAIN HERE IN THE
MORNING SHOW GOOD
MORNING CHRIS. GOOD MORNING.
BRUCE SO GIVEN THIS NEWEST
INFORMATION WHAT’S THE BIGGEST
TAKE AWAY HERE FOR WE AMERICAN
VOTERS.
WELL FIRST OF ALL BRUCE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE
EMPHASIZED THAT THE ELECTION
SYSTEM
IS SECURE.
>> THIS NEW SHOULD NOT DETER
ANYBODY FROM VOTING DURING THE
EARLY VOTING PERIOD ARE ON
ELECTION
DAY ITSELF. HOWEVER, WHAT IT
DOES REQUIRE US AND VIGILANCE
THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE
AROUND THE TIME OF THIS PRESS
CONFERENCE
YESTERDAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE MARCO
RUBIO FROM HERE
IN FLORIDA AND THE DEMOCRATIC
RANKING MEMBER OF THAT
COMMITTEE MARK WARNER FROM
VIRGINIA URGING AMERICANS TO
BE CAREFUL. IN ASSESSING
INFORMATION THEY CNN FORDING
THAT INFORMATION PARTICULAR
INFORMATION THEY GET ON THE
INTERNET DURING THIS PERIOD
BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT
IT MAY BE PUT OUT THERE BY
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: WE HAVE BEEN
PRIVY TO RUSSIA’S INVOLVEMENT
BEFORE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT IT
WAS INVOLVED BACK IN
2016. IRAN IS DENYING ITS
INVOLVEMENT THIS GO AROUND THAT
SAID WHAT WOULD ITS MOTIVATION
BE.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: WILBER’S I
THINK IT’S REALLY TOO SOON TO
KNOW WHAT IRAN’S MOTIVATION
WOULD BE THIS INFORMATION JUST
CAME OUT.
LAST NIGHT AS YOU KNOW THIS WAS
A NEWS CONFERENCE AT ABOUT
7.30 LAST EVENING WITH THIS
INFORMATION WAS REVEALED.
I’M SURE THERE WILL BE
CONTINUED ANALYSIS IN THE DAYS
TO COME TO DETERMINE AGAIN IF THERE WAS IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT AND IF SO WHAT ITS GOALS
WITH B AS YOU KNOW SOME OF THE
EARLY SPECULATION IS THAT
IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IS EVEN HAD
JUST AN EPISODE’S HERE IN
FLORIDA THAT RIGHT HERE IN THE
CHANNEL 4 DUE VIEWING AREA.
IN ALACHUA COUNTY, BUT IT’S
STILL
VERY EARLY IN THIS
INVESTIGATION PROBABLY TOO
EARLY TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE
MOTIVATION
WOULD BE.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SO THERE’S NO
EVIDENCE THE HACKERS HAVE
DIRECTLY ATTACKED IN THE
ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE.
YET AS YET THE OPERATIVE WORD
HERE.
>> WELL THAT’S RIGHT AGAIN NO I
SAYING AGAIN THAT WE’RE IN A
VERY PRELIMINARY STAGE OF THIS
INVESTIGATION AND HEARING
THIS NEWS. IT APPEARS AT THE
MOMENT BASED ON THE PRESS
CONFERENCE AND OTHER
INFORMATION
LAST NIGHT THAT A LOT OF THIS
WAS DOWN THROUGH INFORMATION
THAT’S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE VOTER FILE, ANOTHER
MEANS SO
AGAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT THE
ELECTION SYSTEM
IS SECURE. PEOPLE SHOULD
CONTINUE VOTING. BUT THERE
SHOULD BE VIGILANT ABOUT
INFORMATION PEOPLE SEE HOW THEY
DISTRIBUTE THAT INFORMATION AS
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
SO YOU’VE GOT
THESE ATTEMPTS.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: IT APPEARS
THEY’RE BEING FORT HOOD AND
THERE’S SO MUCH MISINFORMATION
OUT THERE. THE AMERICAN VOTERS BEING SPOON-FED MANY FALL SO IT’S ABOUT THAT THE SAFETY AND
SECURITY OF THE
ELECTION PROCESS IN THE END HOW
DO WE REST ASSURED IT IS FREE
OF OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT 2016.
>> WELL AGAIN I THINK YOU HAVE
TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS BE
UPDATED ON ON THEIR
INVESTIGATION SEE HOW THAT’S
GOING FORWARD. AGAIN THIS HAS
BEEN I THINK ONE OF THE
SITUATIONS, IT’S A RISEN FROM
2016 IN THE FOREIGN
INTERFERENCE THAT OCCURRED THEN
IS THERE’S BEEN A MUCH GREATER
FOCUS ON
ELECTION SECURITY NOT JUST AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT OF
COURSE IN ALL 50 STATES WHICH
ADMINISTER THEIR OWN ELECTION
SYSTEM SO BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN 2016.
THERE IS GREATER AWARENESS AND
GREATER VIGILANCE
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING
ELECTION SYSTEM SECURE AND
AGAIN JUST EMPHASIZES
ONCE MORE LONG FISH FOR SOME
VISUALS HAVE SENT TO THE
ELECTION SYSTEM IS SECURE.
PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE ON WITH
VOTING IN THE EARLY VOTING
PERIOD AND ON
ELECTION DAY AND CHRIS THERE’S
SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMING
OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT POSSIBLE
POLITICAL MOTIVATION. >>BRUCE HAMILTON: IT STILL IS THIS FODDER FOR DEBATE TONIGHT
FOR THE DEBATE TONIGHT,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRESIDENT
WHOSE LAWN QUESTION THE
EFFICACY OF THE ELECTION
PROCESS.
>> WELL, I MEAN
GIVEN THE KIND OF ALLEGATIONS
THAT RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN
2016 WAS DONE FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S BENEFIT. I’M NOT SURE
THAT IT’S IN HIS BENEFIT TO
HAVE THIS ISSUE COME
UP NOW. AND BRING UP THOSE
MEMORIES FROM 2016, IT’S JUST
NOT CLEAR WHOSE BENEFIT THIS
WAS FOR THIS POINT.
WHY THIS WAS DONE IN A LOT OF
SLEEP BE SOMETHING THAT IS
PROBABLY ASKED ABOUT AND
DISCUSSED AT TONIGHT’S DEBATE.
BUT IT’S JUST TOO EARLY TO
UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE THIS
IS COMING FROM AND WHO IT
MIGHT BENEFIT. AND AGAIN THIS
MAY NOT BE A SUBJECT THE
PRESIDENT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
GIVEN THE WHAT HAPPENED IN 2016
WITH RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE ON
HIS PATH.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: BECAUSE AND