Jan. 04, 2018: In some areas of the country, midterm primaries are just eight weeks away, and voter turnout is expected to be high. But there are concerns about the U.S. election system after hacking in 2016. How prepared are we to elect new leaders in November? The Takeaway has that story, plus a look at a scandal at a VA hospital in Oregon; the link between climate change and extreme weather events; why President Trump disbanded his voter fraud commission; media censorship from within The New York Times; the best new books of 2018.