tom, you are on with our gas representative john sarbanes. caller: yes, i wanted to ask if you were taking any precautions for people who have died and were still on the rolls. is that an issue that is still happening? caller: the question about who toon the rolls, that goes basically how these election systems and administration go through the records, making sure that they are keeping them up-to-date. we want to keep supporting with resources the state's ability to of checks kinds in place so that if someone has passed away or for other reasons, they should not be on the rolls anymore, the action has been taken before you get to election day. i think states across the country actually have done a pretty good job of figuring out what those systems are, we just have to make sure they have the resources to keep them strong,

host: this is representative john sarbanes, a member of the oversight and reform committee, and he is . >> representatives are veins from maryland from the oversight committee the chair of the task force good morning. talking about licensesk security so give us status report has anything change from the 2016 election? mimic we learned a lot obviously the mueller report details this interference in collusion into the campaign and the process so that is what we have to be looking forward to 2020 to protect our democracy. there is a lot we can do in the number of different arenas to make sure the disinformation campaign we saw from russia which is a form of warfare against our democracy, we are looking at this foreign agents getting involved in our elections coming up with measures to stop that from happening. 2020 is next year./2 the next election is right around the corner. the russians as far as we can tell, planning to come in and metal again. we have to do everything we can to protect our democracy from that kind of attack for go this is something democrats and independent republica

then maryland's democratic congressman john sarbanes will be on to talk about security legislation and then reporter t sekresky talks about the recent supreme court case involving apple. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> to the city of milwaukee, harley-davidson really is more than just a motorcycle company. in a lot of ways harley-davidson captures that arrival of milwaukee as one caps that arrival as one of the cities where great american machines are built and made. >> the word iconic is sometimes overused, but miller iconic.inly it is a tangible expression of an ethnic and economic legacy that was really important here in remains important. >> c-span's cities tour is on the road, exploring the american story. this weekend, we take you to milwaukee, wisconsin with the help of our spectrum cable partners. located on the shores of lake michigan, this city has when the highest concentrations of german ancestry in the country. it was also here that the socialist movement got its start. >> in the late 19th century was becoming the machi

tom, you are on with our gas representative john sarbanes. caller: yes, i wanted to ask if you were taking any precautions for people who have died and were still on the rolls. is that an issue that is still happening? caller: the question about who toon the rolls, that goes basically how these election systems and administration go through the records, making sure that they are keeping them up-to-date. we want to keep supporting with resources the state's ability to of checks kinds in place so that if someone has passed away or for other reasons, they should not be on the rolls anymore, the action has been taken before you get to election day. i think states across the country actually have done a pretty good job of figuring out what those systems are, we just have to make sure they have the resources to keep them strong, constantly updating the voter rolls in a responsible way, and we have to make sure there is not attempt to suppress the vote or knock people off of the roles for reasons that were not valid. if someone has passed away, ther