that point to see if that gun was still there before the mass shooting. and that in and of itself is gross negligence causing the death of those four students. take a listen james crumbley was presented with the easiest, most glaring opportunities to prevent the deaths of these four students and he did nothing. >> james crumbley had no idea what his son was capable of he had no idea what his son was planning, and he had absolutely no idea that his son had access to those firearms >> so the strength of the defense is that witness after witness took the stand from the dean to the counselor, to the vice principal, who would know anything for a long time and they said, we never dreamed he would do this. the vice principal said, i've known him since elementary school sweet kid and other words, the defense is trying to show that

ethan crumbley fooled everybody, including his father wolf. they'll be back deliberating tomorrow morning, 8:30 am. >> sharp we'll be watching together with you, jean casarez. thank you very much. enter our viewers. thanks very much for watching the news. can ten years. next on cnn >> tonight on 360, the 91 felony counts against the former president or now 88 with a judge's ruling in georgia, how he came to that conclusion and where it leaves a case already deep in turmoil over the da who brought it also tonight, the trump takeover, the republican national committee. now the person just hired to protect election integrity is one of the biggest election deniers out there, or keeping them honest plus what comes next after the house overwhelmingly approves a bill that could shut down to force the sale of tiktok and also divide the republican party >> good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with fulton county da fani willis is shrinking case against the former president and his allies. today, the

presiding judge throughout six of the 41 charges, including three, naming trump, one of which related to this now infamous phone call with georgia election officials >> so look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 loads, which is one more that we have because we wanted to say soon as nick valencia is at the fulton county courthouse in atlanta joins us now. so talk about the reason that the judge gave for dismissing these charges. >> well, anderson, the judge was pretty pointed in his ruling saying that the da's office really didn't make clear what alleged crimes these defendants were soliciting from public officials that would have violated their oath of office. the charges have to do in part with this so-called fake elector scheme. and that's the scheme from trump and his allies to subvert the electoral college unlawfully appoint a slate of presidential electors. but it also has to do with that infamous phone call january 2, 2021. we all

remember the call, trump and his former chief of staff mark meadows calling the secretary of state here and asking him to find more votes. but in this ruling today from judge scott mcafee, he's saying that the da's office didn't necessarily prove or make clear to have these charges stick. here's what he's saying. in this part of this ruling saying, quote, these six counts contain all of the essential elements of the crimes, but fail to allege sufficient detail regarding the underlying felony solicited. they do not give the defendants enough information to prepare their defenses intelligently going on to say this does not mean the entire indictment is dismissed. so let's be clear here. the entire indictment is not dismissed. in fact, the most important charge of all the racketeering charge still stands as there has there been no response from the da's office >> yeah. >> they're not commenting specifically. they said they are reviewing it, but there's a variety of scenarios that they can proceed going forward. forward, they could either just proceed as is, knowing that they have that rico charge in place, they could try to appeal or they could try to fill in

these details that the judge is looking for and then try to secure yet now there are but that would require putting the case in front of yet another grand jury and it would only really string out this already lengthy process. >> did did the judge giving an update on when and he's going to decide whether to disqualify fani willis or not from the case because he said it would likely be this week, right >> that's right. remember, we've talked about last night that interview he gave to wsp radio here in atlanta to conservative talk show. but just out of pure coincidence, we ran into the judge earlier this morning on the front steps at the fulton county courthouse. we asked him about his timeline. he says he's still on track to make a decision by the end of the week, anderson. all right. nick valencia. thanks so much joining us now, cnn legal analyst norm eisen, also former georgia democratic state senator jen jordan. so norm, do you agree with the judge's reasoning throwing out these charges, particularly the charge related to that phone call anderson, i think it's a reasonable determination you do need to give criminal defendants an opportunity to

understand exactly what the charges were against them. the judge did not dismiss the top charge. it's really the one that holds up this whole indictment. the rico charge and that phone call, january 2, 2021, trump and brad raffensperger to just find 11,780 votes that the da alleges don't exist, that still there at the center of the rico count. so this is because i'm very outstanding, judge. i might not have tossed out these counts, but i see the reason of him doing so. >> jen, do you agree because i mean, defense lawyers obviously celebrating this as a big victory despite the judge leaving the rest of the case largely intact. >> yeah >> i mean, i absolutely agree. the end of the day, this is really about due process and the only way that you can give someone alleged of certain crimes, due process is if they know the particulars of which they're charged and here, what we have is the allegations are

that trump and his team really tried to get certain senators are elected officials to violate certain provisions of their oath, which really the oath is just that you'll support the us constitution of the georgia constitution, but you actually have to point to the provisions of the constitution that you're talking about and look the us constitution of the georgia constitution are different. georgia goes even much more further in terms of protecting the individual rights of voters. >> we even have >> an express right to vote and our constitution. look, i think the thing is that the da just needs to take this back, take it back to a grand jury resubmit it it really is more of a pleading issue rather than a proof issue. >> and he's >> he's the judge has basically shown her the way in terms of to make it right. so that they can move forward with this case. but i think they're just too important just to leave by the wayside and keep going.

>> so norm, was this a failure by fani willis and her team? shouldn't they have predicted this for why, why bring these charges if it was weak to begin with >> anderson, i practiced criminal law for most of my 30 plus years as an attorney, judges often split the baby prosecutors are not perfect. i think the important the thing here is that the brunt of the indictment remains intact. the top charge, the rico charge, has not been touched and this call is still a part of that rico charge. it is not at all unusual when you have a big indictment like this. for the judge to find some fault with a few of the counts i have to disagree with my distinguished friend jen. i do not think the da should delay things by going back to a grand jury that would delay to act it would risk

delaying things. that case is intact. it's of the utmost public importance that we get an adjudication of whether donald trump, who is seeking to return to the powers of the white house, criminally abuse those before by a jury of trump's peers and the here's of the american people. so i would not take a chance on delay. i'll note that the da if the da is disqualified, i think that's also unlikely that that would be an opportunity to also appeal this. but anderson, having hit the da today, i think it makes it a little less likely that the judge will do that twice in one week. >> i mean, jenna, if the da is disqualified, this whole thing against her, ella mean that means her office gets off. the case, means it's kind of goes back to square one, doesn't it? >> no, not really. i mean, look

at the end of the day while her office may be off the case, they'll bring in another prosecutor's office or budget ensures that timeline that's going to push him back of, course it will. of course it's going to push it back. but at the end of the day, what the judge is trying to do is to make sure that the case that does go forward, no matter what he does in terms of disqualification, which i agree with, the ambassador that she shouldn't be disqualified, but it doesn't really matter what he's concerned with is to make sure that the diamond really is bulletproof in terms of any kind of appellate issue that may be brought up in the future. and that's what he did here, not to say that the da's office did anything wrong. i mean, this is a case that we've never seen before. so the whole idea that you should know very specifically what you should plead and what you shouldn't play in a case that really we've never even seen brought before for the kind of crimes that have been alleged. i mean, look, they did the best they could and all in all, they actually had a pretty good day

in light of the fact that so few of the charges actually, the judge a problem with ultimately. >> all right. ginger norm eisen. thanks so much at the top the program we played a portion of the conversation the georgia election officials had with the former president at the rest of which consists of them debunking his election fraud claims one by one georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, who norm just mentioned. he's a republican. he was a trump supporter, but his facts on that paul could not dispel trump's lies, even though is another republican, georgia official famously warn those lies had potentially deadly consequences for the public servants who make elections run smoother someone's going to get hurt. someone's going to get shot, someone's going to get killed and it's not ranking >> well as it turns out, gabriel sterling is warning, then some three-and-a-half years ago may have been prophetic, only now is seen as kim law is about to report in a sick new twist, those who would harm election officials are trying to make police please do it for them. take a look at

emergency call reports of shooting underway shot >> more than a dozen cars from the sandy springs, georgia police department. respond what. appeared to the inside a home in this quiet atlanta suburb but >> seconds, there's no lights on and house, so i have a funny feeling. this is like a swap college or like a swatting call or something like that? >> swatting a fake call police to law enforcement of a violent crime underway, weaponizing the local police against an unsuspecting victim. in this case, an election official. >> we all know the intent to swatting has to have somebody come out so confused and the police come out so hyped up that somebody gets hurt or shot what is the mindset of the officer in responding to that column? >> well, when officers in

route, they're going through their mind, the scenarios are different things that can happen if, if they're confronted by an individual, what they're going to do the hoax creates a situation of a lot of unknowns. >> how easy is it for a mistake to happen? >> it's definitely a possibility. >> i anticipate we'll probably see some more of these as we get closer and closer to the election. it's sucks, but that's the reality of the world we're living in now, swatters have at the homes of four election officials in recent months ahead of this november's election i can election workers already dealing with threats now face this escalated risk, more personal and potentially dangerous attacks a cnn analysis, including interviews with 16 current and former election law enforcement officials, shows the tech swatter's use is advancing faster than the tools available. hello, to investigators jefferson city, missouri >> a call to police >> a man claimed he had an ar 15 and had shot his wife. the address of the bogus incident, whose

>> very surreal. >> republican secretary of state jay ashcroft's home i think they sent seven or eight patrol cars to my house walking outstanding in my driveway with all the lights on my hands up. well heavily armed officers come out of the darkness is a different feeling. >> this could have gone sideways, it could have. >> they make the most egregious allegations they can in the phone call because they're trying to force the police to act out of adrenaline >> all your children were home? yeah. >> your wife was home? yeah we're officers all over spread out in their full tech go gear, your big guns >> what's the purpose of it? >> and if it's ten timid aid, if it's to harass, you know, it's it's pretty disgusting that that's you're doing through time >> it strikes at the heart of our republic. >> it's scary that it's this prevalent. >> the criminals hide behind technology using altered voices like this swatting call to local police targeting florida senator rick scott's home last december so it's just my feel

seen but extractor three times and for boys and fast, it's hiding behind virtual private networks the fake calls can bounce from internet locations around the world, often making it nearly impossible, say, investigators to rest them. i run a swat for higher surface and you can find them online they operate so boldly and without fear that in about an hour we found anonymous accounts that claim to swat for money can you tell me how it works? >> we are >> paid and given information on a victim, how do you avoid getting caught? when we swap, we use burner phones and ai generated voices. hence, we are not traced back we're not worried even a little bit about being arrested. it's also a reason i'm talking to a cnn

reporter from my personal account. >> you have to make sure that if people put other individuals and danger that they're punished appropriately that's how you curtail this. that's how you get people to stop doing this. >> and kevin joyce on saturday, i had no idea that there were actually individuals who you could hire to do this. i mean, that's crazy what else can authorities do? i mean, given the how advanced the technology is, that's being used to make these essentially dangerous prank calls >> i mean, it to be fair, it's a bit of an uphill climb because of that technological disadvantaged you're seeing some efforts like senator rick scott, who himself was swatted. he's trying to pass, introduce some federal legislation to toughen up some penalties and to make swatting a federal crime. but what we're seeing at the election official level is that they are now starting to do tabletop exercises in new jersey last month, they basically ran through what swatting could do to create havoc and chaos election day

and on a personal level for them, anderson, what they are doing, we are hearing is reaching out to their local law enforcement, sharing their cell phone number, saying please call fully understanding that when 911 is called or an emergency call comes in they understand it is their duty to respond. >> thanks very much. much more now, on election denialism, that's the backdrop to all this personified by the new republican party codeshare. better known as the former president's daughter-in-law. when you look at the election integrity, effort, so-called, she's just announced in the election denier that's been chosen to run it. we're keeping them honest. and later the possibility new york jets quarterback aaron rodgers can go from the injured list or presidential running mate that and what we're learning about a sick conspiracy theory he shared privately in addition to his very public anti-vaccine beliefs we're here to get your side of the store. >> why do we keep ending up here? >> you can't write this stuff united states of scandal with jake tapper sunday at nine on

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thought we were so that's lara trump, the new republican national committee co-chair and election denier herself talking about overseeing election integrity just two days ago, she also presided over a purge of rnc officials. and who did the rnc choose to run this so-called election integrity division? christina bobb, another election denier, and i don't mean an election denier, curious type. she has been in this business from the beginning. she worked with none other than americans disgrace mayor rudy giuliani, and others to push baseless election fraud claims after the 2020 election she was also involved in that so-called vote audit in arizona. remember by the so-called cyber ninjas who ended up failing to uncover election fraud. but that's certainly has not stopped ms bobbitt. she is it seems impervious to shame and relentless in pushing disproven and unfounded claims do you honestly expect president trump to concede the race? he knows he won. it's becoming glaringly apparent that donald trump

absolutely crushed joe biden in the election. there's massive amount of evidence of voter fraud and statistical anomalies that indicate cheating they hope that by bombarding us with this news that biden is the president elect, we'll all just give up and go on with our lives and allow the democrats to steal the election yeah. >> all the claim she made there been debunked and rejected by courts across the country, dozens and dozens of them. but that doesn't matter to ms bobb or any of the election deniers. the grand old party is now donald trump's those who run it are all dancing to his tune. reaction now from mark mckinnon, former adviser to both the john mccain and george w bush presidential campaigns. what does it say to you that christina bobb of all people, one of the biggest election deniers there, is now in charge of this so-called election integrity push at the rnc well, you're right. anderson, she's been the tip of the spear on election denial from the very beginning started when she was a reporter at oan >> what's clear though, is

that this is become the decoder ring for trump world in other words, you can't find anybody in the inner circle or even the outer circle of trump world anymore that will not say that the election was stolen in fact, if you want to make any republican today, squirm, just ask him at the 2020 election was stolen and this despite all the evidence that the us side and we all know and yet we also know that donald trump by repeating the lie over and over again, has convinced more than half of republicans that the election was stolen. >> and the >> bottom line is that we know the trump playbook now, which is if he wins, it was fair if he loses it was rigged and i want to play something that larry trump the foreign presence. daughter-in-law, the new rnc co-chair said last month about trump's legal bills do you think paying for president trump's legal bills is something that is of interest of republican voters >> go fund me, get started. that's why people are furious, right? now and they see the

attacks against him. they feel like it's an attack not just on donald trump, but on this country. i think that is a big interest to be know, lever trump is saying that according to cnn's reporting trump's senior advisers insist they have no plans to use the rnc to help pay his legal expenses. do you think the rnc? may end up paying some though, of the foreign president's legal bills >> well, she seems to think so and she's in charge. so i would gather that that's absolutely the case what's interesting about that? >> you may know that henry barbour haley barbour son has been leading an effort to try and ensure that that doesn't happen because he knows is problem is if you've been working in politics for years, that low point of the rnc is not just to elect a president, but to provide resources and help for republicans running everywhere across the country. and what's happening with trump in the take over the rnc is it's turning into a trump only effort. and it's clear to everybody else down bow and the rest of the country that they're not going to get in the album, the orange.

>> yeah. i mean, what is the ripple effects of this down-ballot in races across the country? i mean, every does every candidate then basically have to echo trump? >> well, they have to echo trump. yes, of course they do. but it also needs to have to fend for themselves because they just won't have the resources. if the money is going to trump's legal support or trumped or anything trump related. of course, some of it wouldn't a presidential election, but in any other time frame, a lot about that money would be going to help candidates across the board in all 50 states. and if the money is going to legal efforts, obviously that's that's not going to happen. >> the trump team is sort of been celebrating these mass layoffs and the rnc. what's the what is the effect of that? >> well, i mean the effect is that they have made it very clear that the trump takeover of the party is now complete and that you have to pass a

loyalty test and loyalty test and moved to florida. i gather the, part of the new rnc. >> but also again, it goes back to the original point of this report, anderson, which is if you're not willing to to repeat the lie, the main lie of of the trump mission here, which is that the election was stolen in 2020. then you can't be part of trump world anymore. >> mark mckinnon. thanks very much for your time coming up and thanked former president's influence over house republicans apparently does not extend to the tiktok app, at least for now, both parties overcame his opposition to a ban today, the house vote could potentially end tiktok's presence in the us if its chinese owner does not sell the company which likely would why it has come to this next. also, nfl quarterback aaron rodgers is on rfk juniors vp shortlist. tonight, exclusive reporting on rodgers history of embracing fringe conspiracy theories and is now extends to the mass shooting at sandy hook

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donald trump on capitol hill well, but there were a few dynamics at play that made this vote different number one, donald trump did not explicitly call on republicans to reject this bill the way he did with the senate by partisan border deal. and number two, donald trump has somewhat softened his stance on this piece of legislation in recent days. in fact, anderson, i'm told that multiple republicans have reached out up to donald trump and his team to try to educate him and explain exactly what the bill would do it as a reminder here, it is not an outright ban on tiktok. it would require its chinese parent company the bytedance, to sell the app or else be banned in united states, app stores. and it also does not require american ownership. it just decades that a foreign adversary can't own it. so in the end, even some of donald trump's star and just allies like marjorie taylor greene felt comfortable with their, with their vote and supporting this legislation, even though donald trump seem to be against it, what are the chances is going to pass the senate? >> well, there really is a divide in the senate right now so far. chuck schumer, the

senate majority leader, has been non-committal about whether he would put this bill on the floor or perhaps a different version. and the other complicating factor is that this issue really doesn't fall neatly along party lines. you have progressive senator elizabeth warren expressing support for a bill from republican senator lindsey graham that would just dictate more stronger privacy regulations for tiktok. so for tiktok's part, they are feeling still hopeful that this legislation will not pass. let me read you part of their statement. they said we are hopeful that the senate will consider the facts, listen to their constituents, and realize the pat down the economy. 7 million small businesses and the 170 million americans who use our service. but anderson, after that big bipartisan vote in the house, it is certainly i'm going to put a lot of pressure on the senate to act. >> no, no, no, thanks more now on why so many policymakers, lawmakers support the forced sale of tiktok perspective from mark esper, who was defense secretary under the former president, supports the bill secretary esper, given your

background, can you just walk us through the nature of the threat that you think tiktok poses i mean, is it purely about data collection by foreign power or is there more to it? >> i think there's more to it, anderson one is data collection. the second is disinformation. put out by tiktok to the hundred and 70 million or so american users. and of course there is censorship. we know that tick tock sensors certain topics such as tianamen square, uyghurs hong kong security, things like that. so you have a number of factors there the fbi director chris wray has spoken about this on numerous occasions as well. and i would note in december of 2019, when i was running the pentagon we put out a security warning about tiktok, the military departments, banned it from government phones. and we also put out a warning to service members and dod employees that they should take it off of their personal phones. so this is not a new issue either. >> if if this forces the sale

of tiktok to have it be in different hands, would that satisfy you in terms of your concerns about it? >> look, i think so and that seems to be the view of the committee chairman mike gallagher and his democratic counterpart, that that would that would make sense. clearly, something happened in the last week. some people think it might have been the recent intelligence briefing that may be prompted this action. so as such, they drew up this legislation that would go after. and interestingly as well anderson, here are the politics of this. there's some reporting that the white house actually helped the house committee draft the language in this bill, which shows there's executive, legislative branch coordination here, which is a little bit unusual. >> does it surprise you that house republicans defied the former president on this because it is reported he recently reversed course on tiktok, indicating now poses a ban. he says it would help facebook, which he calls an enemy of the people he and he denies it. this way. i have gop

donor yeah it doesn't have good way. i mean, i'm i'm pleased only 15 republicans opposed the legislation despite donald trump reversing his own position and saying he doesn't support the cell. the politics on this, a really interesting again, the fact that joe biden, who is very concerned about the youth vote, has said that he will swiftly sign it if it calms, he wants the senate to move quickly. >> when you >> have antagonists like marjorie taylor greene, and aoc both voting to oppose it very interesting as well. and so all the politics in here make this is going to be really interesting to see how it plays out here in the senate to in the coming days, if not weeks, do you think it's a mistake for people to be talking about this as a ban on tiktok because in fact the idea is really that it will promote the sale of tiktok to an american company or taken out of chinese hands. tiktok would still be available but that would be the effect, but it's not a ban and it's certainly i don't think it's an attack on the first

amendment or free, free speech the way the legislation is set up, again with the assistance, apparently the white house would, as you said, forced them to to sell tiktok and to get it out of control. the chinese communist party in beijing, which is under the influence or which influences bytedance, the owner. so there is a way to do this. look, it's not unusual either. united states says the committee on foreign influence, the united states cepheus, which reviews acquisitions of american companies, other companies, because we don't want foreign control, particularly controlled by an adversary, which doesn't which doesn't favor us. >> are there other apps are companies out there that you think pose a similar threat to privacy and data security well, i think people would argue that yes, there are there other apps out there that threatened private security or >> privacy and security in this case though again, it's the chinese communist party that has control over bytedance, which controls tiktok or at least has influenced with

tiktok that would have the ability to influence, again, 170 million americans to put out this information. arguably the conflict in gaza is another flashpoint that really raised this alarm and concern. >> and then >> my understanding is that there are other chinese social media sites out there that should also be looked at because they fall into this broad bucket as well. >> transfer. thanks for your time >> thank you. anderson >> okay. coming up a cnn exclusive nfl quarterback aaron rodgers is on rfk junior shortlist for vice president. apparently we have new information on how his history of controversial remarks extends to sandy hook elementary school and. the six adults and 20 children murdered there more than 11 years ago details on what he thinks ahead >> loading was paid, everything, but that mark one of the darkest chapters. three, predators worked at nickelodeon, been made me wonder who was being hurt >> quiet on set, an id true crime event sunday at nine on id

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>> the story of sensitive. sunday at ten on cnn now, we're seeing an exclusive on one of the top names on robert f. kennedy jr. shortlist for vice president kennedy says he'll announce his running mate 13 days from now, the early declaration is due to ballot access requirements. some states make of independent candidates. a number of prominent names are on the shortlist apparently, but they one attracting the most attention is nfl quarterback. and four time mvp he, aaron rodgers. partly because of the star appeal, but also for his history of controversial remarks, not just about vaccines, but as cnn has exclusively learned comments, he's made in private conversations about the 2012 sandy hook school shooting not being real gary tuchman has more i know rfk junior personally, aaron rodgers, who want a super bowl during his 18 seasons with the green bay >> packers and now plays for the new york jets, has been friends with robert kennedy jr. for years, hiking with them as recently as last month i'm robert f. kennedy jr. and showing his support for the

candidates rebuttal to president joe biden's state of the union speech. i realize i'm in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now these days though, aaron rodgers, like his friend rfk junior is his well-known for his embrace of fringe theories, as he has for his day job cnn has learned that in private conversations including with cnn journalists pamela brown, rodgers has shared wild and unfounded theories about the 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting calling the shooting were 20 children and six adults were murdered. a government inside job one source saying that several years ago, rodgers claimed, quote all those children never existed. they were all actors rodgers through his agent, has declined to comment to cnn that's just one of the conspiracy theories. rodgers says promoted a lot of people, including jimmy kimmel are really hoping that doesn't >> that's rodgers falsely implying jimmy kimmel may somehow be linked to jeffrey epstein's elicit trafficking of underage girls after kimmel threatened asu rodgers back

down? >> i'm not stupid enough to accuse you of that with absolutely zero evidence. rodgers >> stance on vaccines have also gained national attention, views that he shares with rfk junior recall when asked his vaccination status at the height of the covid pandemic. this was his response. yeah. i mean, in the united states, a few months later, a different story that i knew that this was coming down, that at some point i was going to talk about my status because i've chosen to not get backs after testing positive for covid, rodgers detailed his an orthodox treatment plan. >> i have been taking monoclonal antibodies. ivermectin, zinc vitamin c, and d. her queue hci q is shorthand for hydroxychloroquine a debunk therapy also embraced by his friend rfk junior rodgers, even challenged fellow super bowl winning nfl player travis kelce, who appeared in a pfizer vaccination ad campaign to a vaccine debate using a trump

esque nickname. >> mr. pfizer said he didn't think you'd be in a vax war with me in fact, for war homey, this is just conversation, i'm going to take my man rfk junior independent right he can have tony fauci, his men rfk junior with designs on the white house i'm not a super political person. aaron rodgers with injured last season, but is expected to be playing when the jet start their new nfl season in september 2 months before election day gary tuchman cnn, atlanta >> jaunes now to discuss the impact rfk junior and whomever he made his running mate may have on the race or senior data reporter harry enten. so how is rfk junior doing in polls? you know, i think a lot of rfk junior supporters are those who are not necessarily supporters, but those who just like this us against the machine type of

thing, almost think this is almost a joke. but the fact is, it's not a jokat look at his polling right now. he's polling at north of 15% nationally. and i want to put that in some historic context for you. the only two other men are the only other two times if just one man who polled at that level this late in the campaign are at this particular point, was ross perot in 1990, 2.19, 96. and of course perot got nearly 20% of the vote in 92 got near 10% of the vote in 1996, i think the question though, is anderson, who would he pull support from, right? would it be more likely to pull support from joe biden or donald trump? the polling has a little mixed on it, but it does suggest to put more support from donald trump, them from joe biden. and i think additionally, if he decides that he's going to go down this road of nominating someone to be are choosing someone to be his vice president who is quote-unquote anti-vax that could only hurt donald trump because the fact is republicans are more likely to be against the covid-19 vaccine. vaccines in general well, then democrats are so this is something i

think could definitely play out during the campaign and could have a major impact on the race. he he's not on the ballot in every state. >> what >> swing-state pretty qualify for? yes. so this is the big question, right? you know, i was talking with a pollster friend of mine. he said, i am not going to ask the rfk junior in the third party as the third party? candidate at this particular point because i'm not sure he's going to be on the ballot. that may be true in a lot of states, nationally, states like california, new york, we'll wait and see, you know, you have to get a lot of signatures to get on the ballot there. but in the swing states that actually matter if you look at the six closest swing states that joe biden won in 2020, you can see that his campaign or his super pac said as he has already gotten the signatures to qualify in four of them, arizona, georgia, michigan, and nevada, and in pennsylvania and wisconsin, you need 5,000 signatures or less to qualify in both of those states. so in my opinion, at this particular point, yes. he may not qualify and some of these states that are not going to be competitive in the fall, but in the states that are close, that could actually make

a difference in this campaign. the electoral college, where ultimately matters, rfk is going to be on the ballot. and based upon how high he is polling at this particular point, he could in fact make a major difference in turn, one loser into a winter. and when winter into a lunar, his support for his opinions on them. >> this >> to me is the most interesting question we have seen throughout last couple of campaigns, whether it be 2016 or 2000, these third party candidates are these independent candidates polling very high and then sort of fall apart the most recently, gary johnson in 2016. and i think the question is, will he fall apart? but at the end and if we look at the voters who say they're going to support them at this point, their opinions on him. do they actually like them? two thirds actually hold a favorable view of him. but in backed about one-third, have no opinion of him whatsoever. they're just choosing him in my opinion because they don't like either joe biden or donald trump. and my question is when they really learn about his views, will they stick by him based on upon history? i will admit i'm a little bit skeptical. >> all right. harry enten, thanks very much. thank you. next, what reportedly happened

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days. and this was putin messaging the russian population that he's the strong man and that he's the person they can try. they can trust to protect them from all these external threats, real or imagined that putin and the kremlin has been talking about for years. >> that is actually running against putin >> oh, yeah, there there are three people who have been allowed to run against vladimir, vladimir putin at none of them are stand any chance at all. in fact, latest opinion polls as much as you can trust them here, say they don't even registered in the double digits in terms of popularity, i actually spoke to one of them at an election event a few days ago leonard sloot ski and he taught me, look, he wasn't even trying to when he was trying to come second which is extraordinary for a presidential candidate, although it's realistic given how the odds are stacked against anyone in this country