including, as we mentioned earlier, in maricopa county, arizona. last month a board of supervisors, a majority of them are republicans, were forced to abruptly end a public meeting and be escorted out by police after members of a pro-trump conspiracy group rushed the dais, shouting that the board was illegitimate. a top county official told the washington post that the incident was an organized, coordinated attack, and that it was a dress rehearsal, which is a pretty chilling statement. since then, the board has rehearsed emergency evacuation drills, and they've had to. it's terrifying, but it shouldn't really be surprising. donald trump continues to push conspiracies about the 2020 election every chance he gets. the rnc just elected a new chairman with his own history of election denial, a conspiracy theorist as the rnc senior counsel for election integrity. it's all a pretty clear signal of what to expect ahead of the 2024 election. an organized effort to legitimize election conspiracies and lies in a brazen attempt to undermine americans faith i

maricopa county, the largest in the state and voted. for trump they were sure of a forgery, then the and night under the windows of the local election commission, demanding a recount, members of the election commissions threatened with death. hey mr. hickman, if you die, we'll hang you. clint hickman is one of those who counted the votes in arizona in 2020, and although he himself supported donald trump then, he still received in full for the fact that the victory went to someone else. now hickman is resigning from the election commission, he says it’s not worth the hassle. it is very unpleasant to go ask citizens: they are turned into scapegoats, they are threatened, they are attacked, all this is unacceptable. 13 people received prison sentences for threatening electors, but this is not enough. affects the number of threats, their number is only growing, especially when one of the candidates openly warns how everything could end if he loses. if i am not elected, it will be a bloodbath for everyone, at least it will be a bloodbath for the country. in arizona. as one of the main swin

this is in arizona, maricopa county, arizona. were discussions about proposed zoning changes and the new irrigation district and bringing certain roads and the county highway system. there was even a pet showcase for adoptable dogs. maricopa county is home to the city of phoenix. it's home to 60% of the population of the state of arizona. there's a lot of local governance to cover at these board of supervisors meetings. as the meeting approached the two hour mark, something changed in the room that was definitely a vibe shift. you could see the supervisors looking around, starting to whisper to each other. he seemed to sense something was about to happen and then the chair abruptly adjourned the meeting, at which point, some version of pandemonium broke out. >> this meeting is now adjourned. >> we the people will have answers. >> you are being served. you are being served. you are being served. you are being served. >> you will go to the other side of the sport. >> we will vote in new officials. >> it is only like this because yo

particularly maricopa county and arizona. we have seen republican members of the officials in your party on both sides of it, right? it does not really have to do with ideology. i don't know what your views are intact rates, abortion, or 1 million different ideological questions. it's really just on the line of this basic fidelity to the truth and the fact. and how -- what has this done to politics in your state? >> tax rates should be as low as possible. i want to make sure we are there on that. that's how i feel about tax rates. >> i figured as much. >> but 2+2 = 4. and that's a truth. that always has been a truth and will be the truth. unfortunately, it's become something of a litmus test in some quarters. it's not entirely dispositive. i will buck the trend in the election but it unfortunately factored in significantly. i will say to the ultimate detriment of republican candidates, many of those candidates who won the primary based off of the big lie. that did not carry over to the median arizona voter. it is a losing str

this was in arizona, maricopa county, arizona. and there were discussions about proposed zoning changes and a new irrigation district, and bringing certain roads into the county highway system. there was even a pet showcase for adoptable dogs, oh, hello. maricopa county is home to the city of phoenix. it's home to over 60% of the population of the state of arizona. there is a lot of local governance to cover at these board of supervisors meetings. but as this meeting approached the two-hour mark, something changed in the room that was definitely a vibe shift. you could see the supervisors looking around, starting to whisper to each other. they seemed to sense something was about to happen. and then chair abruptly adjourned the meeting, at which point some version of pandemonium broke out. >> this meeting is now adjourned. >> sellers, running for the hills. >> we the people will have answers. >> you are being served! you are being served! you are being served. you are being served. >> you will go to the other side of this board. >>

this was in arizona, maricopa county, arizona.ssions about proposed zoning changes and a new irrigation district, and bringing certain roads into the county highway system. there was even a pet showcase for adoptable dogs, oh, hello. maricopa county is home to the city of phoenix. it's home to over 60% of the population of the state of arizona. there is a lot of local governance to cover at these board of supervisors meetings. but as this meeting approached the two-hour mark, something changed in the room that was definitely a vibe shift. you could see the supervisors looking around, starting to whisper to each other. they seemed to sense something was about to happen. and then chair abruptly adjourned the meeting, at which point some version of pandemonium broke out. >> this meeting is now adjourned. >> sellers, running for the hills. >> we the people will have answers. >> you are being served! you are being served! you are being served. you are being served. you are being served. >> you will go to the other side of this board. >

i want to start out of the story from arizona, last month, a meeting of the maricopa county board of supervisors erupted into total chaos. people swarmed the meeting, the cofounder of a pro trump even commandeered a podium to announce, this is an act of insurrection. one county official described the events as a coordinated attack and this stunk with me, a dress rehearsal for the election so yes when a bunch of election denies loss back in 2022, and may have felt like we were putting this all behind us. what's important to remember in this moment, that we really haven't, elections and i are kari lake is running for senate in arizona, mark finch and the goalkeepers leader who was at the capital on january 6th is trying to return to the senate and this insurgence of the big lie isn't just happening in arizona, the new trumpy rnc has been taken over by election denies, too, and they are zeroing in on what they are calling and election integrity strategy, that strategy is of course, not about protecting your vote at all, it's about voter suppression and about selling doubt in the outcome

now, stephen richer up the republican official who heads maricopa county, which is the largest election department in arizona. it's even spoke out about republicans attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in georgia, stood up for the facts and benign numbers there. he is now facing a primary challenge for his job as trump's team is attempting to take over the elections apparatus in arizona. so c but i really appreciate your time and i know over these past couple of years, we have spoken more times and either you or i would ever have hoped we would have to speak, although i do always enjoy seeing you, does not the so kristen holmes, our reporter, obviously, who covers trump campaign, she is reporting that there's some fear inside the rnc as trump's team takes over, and that those who were not already fired are scared. they could get fired for it in any way appearing to be out of line are part of the old guard do you see this as the routine to the extent that it is occurring, the party's presidential candidate exerting such influence over the rnc? or is this something somewhat

now, stephen richer up the republican official who heads maricopa county, which is the largest election department in arizona it's even spoke out about republicans attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in georgia, stood up for the facts and the numbers there. he is now facing a primary challenge for his job. as trump's team is attempting to take over the elections apparatus in arizona. so steven i really appreciate your time and i know over these past couple of years, we have spoken more times and either you or i would ever have hoped we would have to speak, although i do always enjoy seeing you does not in the context so kristen holmes, our reporter, obviously, who covers trump campaign. she is reporting that there's some fear inside the rnc as trump's team takes over and that those who were not already fired are scared. they could get fired for it in any way appearing to be out of line are part of the old guard do you see this as the routine to the extent that it is occurring, the party's presidential candidate exerting such influence over the rnc? or is this something s

bill gates the other individual mentioned was the chair of the maricopa county board of supervisors,kari lake suggested and stated repeatedly that this was an intentional effort to have the election go against her because it was meant to target republicans who were going to go to the polls on election day. of course what stephen richer by filing this defamation suit against her sought to do was have kari lake prove her contention and what we just saw yesterday in this filing from kari lake was the decision to not dispute her liability, all but acknowledging the statements made against her in the defamation suit were false, but now she will go through the damages part of this in which she wants a jury to be the one to determine how much she should have to pay in terms of either compensatory damages or punitive damages, chris. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. we want to go to the white house now and you can see transportation secretary pete buttigieg and the coast guard's vice admiral peter gotye. they both have come from the oval where they talked to the president about the baltimore br

. ♪ >> reporter: president biden today in the critical swing county of maricopa, arizona, with a multibillionollar delivery. >> we will enable advanced semiconductor manufacturing to make a comeback here in america after 40 years. >> reporter: mr. biden announcing $8.5 billion in grants and 11 billion more in loans to semiconductor manufacturer intel, money from the bipartisan c.h.i.p.s. act passed in 2022 the money going toward the construction and expansion of intel facilities in arizona, ohio, new mexico, and oregon >> combined it will create nearly 20,000, 20,000 construction jobs. >> reporter: here in chandler, arizona, 6,000 construction workers are building two c.h.i.p.s. plants known as fabs projected to host 3,000 manufacturing jobs intel's ceo, pat gelsinger, says the government investment is essential to competing with china >> it isn't just a question of our national security. it's every aspect of our economy, as well, and these are great jobs >> reporter: the owner of chandler restaurant gadzook's, aaron poole, welcomes the investment and the foot traffic it could mean after peop

. ♪♪ >> reporter: president biden today in the critical swing county of maricopa, arizona, with a multibillionlar delivery. >> we will enable advanced semiconductor manufacturing to make a comeback here in america after 40 years. >> reporter: mr. biden announcing $8.5 billion in grants and 11 billion more in loans to semiconductor manufacturer intel, money from the bipartisan c.h.i.p.s. act passed in 2022. the money going toward the construction and expansion of intel facilities in arizona, ohio, new mexico, and oregon. >> combined it will create nearly 20,000, 20,000 construction jobs. >> reporter: here in chandler, arizona, 6,000 construction workers are building two c.h.i.p.s. plants known as fabs projected to host 3,000 manufacturing jobs. intel's ceo says the government investment is essential to competing with china. >> it isn't just a question of our national security. it's every aspect of our economy, as well, and these are great jobs. >> reporter: the owner of chandler restaurant gadzooks welcomes the investment and the foot traffic it could mean after people working from home. >> in

at the same time, communities in maricopa county understand how fundamental the immigrant community has been to the functioning of these communities, here in phoenix and atlanta. for donald trump he has made a calculation over the last nine years that he is going to use immigration and the fear of, you know, if you go back to 2018 and the week before the election, he was talking about the migrants that were coming across the border. of course in multiple states, including here in arizona, the senate candidate, martha mcsally, she lost her race as she tried to echo fears. this is a difficult conversation. donald trump has chosen to use dehumanizing verbiage to describe migrants, the great many who are coming here to seek frankly a better life. >> i understand. i'm not talking about policies so much. there are a lot of americans out there who want there to be much stricter immigration rules, democrats as well. there was that compromise in the senate on the border, even probably more conservative that democratic compromise that was sent to the house, didn't go anywhere. wasn't even sent to

maricopa county sheriff's deputies say the incident happened this morning right next to the runway at national transportation safety board and the faa are in device was found outside a cannabis store in tacoma. >> surveillance video shows a te device, then throwing a molotov cocktail at the store, and the business owner is asking for help in identifying the person caught on camera. he says this is not the first time the shop has been targeted. an employee of the store actually found the explosive device and immediately called police. tacoma police spresponded and safely disposedf that device. friday, but the store was then hit again this morning with part of its sign partially burned down andúup in oregon, two hikers made their way out of the woods near multnomah falls after being stranded overnight, the sheriff's office said it did receive the call for help last night. >> two women said they were stuck on a cliff and did not know how to get down. officers deployed drones to pinpoint the hikers location, and then around 4:00 this morning, a county search and rescue team also set out t

maricopa county, the largest in the state, and which voted for trump, were confident of fraud.trumpists stood outside the windows of the local election committee day and night, demanding a recount. members of election commissions received death threats. hey mr. hickman, if you die, we 'll hang you. clint hickman is one of those who counted the votes in arizona in 2020, and although he himself supported donald trump then, that's it. no joke, election commissions in arizona are now undergoing training in the event of a shooting, learning how to quickly barricade doors, bandage wounds, how to stop bleeding, such preparation for the presidential election. alexey vasilovsky, aviaabramov, alexander dzhekin, ntv, usa. moscow will give an appropriate response to riga’s decision to expel the russian diplomat from the country, this was stated in our foreign ministry. the day before, the head of the latvian foreign ministry announced an employee. our embassy nongrat, he must leave the country by april 10. in neighboring estonia , russophobic sentiments are also not leaking. there they arr

republican steven richer, the maricopa county recorder, a republican, took her to court over her repeated false claims that richer rigged the election against her. he sued her for defamation in june and lake has been stalling on the case ever since until now. she just filed a motion for default judgment. she is not contesting her liability. because as we have seen time and time and time and time again, you can't defend the indefensible. let me start with you. tell me about what prompted you to take the somewhat extraordinary step of filing this lawsuit in the aftermath of that election. >> yeah. it wouldn't stop. simply put, that's why we felt like we had to do this. we waited until she filed the claims with the court. she lost at the court of appeals and the arizona supreme court. then she filed another lawsuit. i was hoping she would get a new job, but she kept talk about it and made it the centerpiece of all of her fund raising appeals and her political prominence and even a book deal so i figured she is not getting a new job. i am the job and defaming my good name to her millions of f

there is brad raffensperger in georgia, there's steven richer in maricopa county in arizona, there's,i mean kemp in georgia you could probably count on to do the right thing, in fact, i'm sure you could. but it's a dwindling number of people that will stand up and so that's why it's on us to do the hard things in in moment and push one more time except he'll be the 2028 nominee, too, probably. but let's push one more time. [applause] >> all right, you know what? that was so good that as my gift to all of you, i won't tell you why she's wrong and that we're all doomed. all right. thank you very much. thank you for coming out to the show. we really appreciate it. [applause] [applause] >> all right. we're through the first quarter, thank you. we'll now break for lunch. just a note when you come back from lunch there will be three panels outside, principles first banner with lincoln on it feel free to sign that with one of our sharpies we have sharpies out there,

we saw it last month in maricopa county, pro trump protesters disrupted a board of supervisors meetingnated attack and it was a dress rehearsal for the election. stephen richard is in charge of voting and elections and he joins me now. you have a hard job. how are you getting ready? >> we have a great team and we feel confident. the pro and the con is we have been living with this for 3.5 years. we have been getting better at security and communication and better at giving people responsible outlets. there is also a certain wariness and fatigue. groundhog day, every day we have been talking about some of the same things. >> it is a colossal waste of time and money to solve something that is nonsense. now here you are, not just dealing with tomorrow but you have to have huge concerns over november. >> fortunately we've had a lot of buy-in for law enforcement. if you showed a picture today would look very different. we have a black wrought iron fence and barricades around the . we will have armed personnel. that is an indictment of the system. they are steps that we feel are necessary to

the center now resembles a maricopa county bill gates' words, an encampment.o even enter the parking lot as well as additional badges to enter the building. metal detectors upon entering the building and netting on the fencing in the parking lot so voters can't take pictures of election workers and their license plates. this is how we have to secure the people to tabulate the vote. >> and threats of violence against election workers, some volunteer, some temporary minimum wage americans just doing their civic duty. threats of violence against election workers is a hallmark of the donald trump era. it occurs because donald trump tells america they cannot trust the system. that there are bad actors in it, that if he loses, it's because he was cheated. i find myself sometimes wrestling with the fact, there's a message from pro democracy folks and the trump folks. there are all these existential questions we're wrestling with. look at the contrast. democrats are i believe the democratic coalition rightly presenting to the american people there's an existential que

joining us now, vaughn hillyard, live from maricopa county, arizona, and nbc news correspondent, darshabeach, florida. at the big board, steve kornacki. vaughn, you are in your hometown of phoenix. what are some of the issues driving voters to the ballot box? >> reporter: today is an odd day, and we already know donald trump and joe biden are going to be the respective nominees, and that's the only thing on the ballot here in arizona, and i already know from family and friends here in the state that casts their ballot a month ago when nikki haley was still in the race, and we will be able to 15 information from the results in a state where trump lost to joe biden by 11,000 votes. you said it, the issues here at the heart of the electorates focus, we know there's conversation around the democracy. we saw people like kari lake, she was a key election denier as well, and alongside donald trump she's running for the u.s. senate this year here, and the economy is front and center. you have immigration. again, that immigration conversation is very layered. of course, not only the actual numbe

as part of the quotes maga drive to take over maricopa county in the headline refers to it as an impendingodbath. >> the midterm elections may not be the bloodbath for democrats to spend predicted. >> joe biden was talking about his concerns about the negative bloodbath. >> it's going to the bloodbath in november. >> it would be a bloodbath. >> could be see a bloodbath. >> bloodbath. >> republican party could be destroyed. it's going to be a bloodbath. >> dana: there you have it. >> judge jeanine: that's the point. the only bloodbath that's going on in the world are ukraine, the middle east, and fentanyl, missing children, coming over the border. leave it at that. >> dana: one of the things that happened when the white house was asked about getting this out of context, harold, one, they didn't apologize and they said is true in the broader picture. i also wonder in the time between the headlines in the fund-raising emails and the time that x was basically like obviously this was out of context, the democrats are raising so much money off of these things that they have $155 million already

today, in maricopa county, that flipped from joe biden to donald trump in 2020.ns to the semiconductor company, intel to expand its production implants in the united states. the largest investment under the chips and science act. >> this historic funding we used to build semi conductor. >> combined. it will create nearly 20,000 construction jobs. many of which will be union jobs. this will also support 10,000 manufacturing jobs. 3,000 right here in phoenix. with salaries averaging over $100,000 a year. and don't all require college degrees. it's going to put us on track to manufacture 20% of the world's leading edge chips by the end of the decade. it's a fundamental great from the super charge by my predecessor. on his watch. companies sent back for cheaper labor. we're creating jobs and exporting american products. and my predecessor and allies want to go back. in fact, the vast majority of the team on the other side didn't vote for the chips and sciences act. the majority of them do. >> president biden thanked our next guest, democratic senator mark kelly of ar

today in maricopa county, that flipped from donald trump to joe biden in 2020, president biden announcedn in grants and loans to the semiconductor company, intel, to expand its chip production in plants across four states, the administration's largest investment under the chips and signs act. >> this historic funding will be used to build new semiconductor facilities and modernize, modernize and expand existing ones in arizona, ohio, new mexico and oregon. combined, it will create nearly 20,000, 20,000 construction jobs, many of which we will be union jobs. this announcement will also support 10,000 manufacturing jobs. 3000 right here in phoenix was salaries averaging $100,000 a year that don't all require college degrees. that will put us on track to manufacture the world's leading chicks. it is a fundamental break from the trickle-down economics supercharged by my predecessor. on his watch, companies that jobs overseas for cheaper labor and imported products. we are creating jobs in america and exporting american products. my predecessor and his allies in congress want to go back. the

county," the headline refers to it as an impending bloodbath. >> they were saying this would effectivelya bloodbath. not only would it be a bloodbath, but on her home turf. that is really tough. >> midterm elections may not be the bloodbath for democrats that has been predicted. >> joe biden was talking the other day about his concerns about a negative bloodbath. >> this is probably going to be a bloodbath a bloodbath. >> it's going to be a bloodbath in november. >> it wod be a bloodbath. >> they could see a bloodbath, too. >> the republican party will be destroyed. >> a bloodbath at the ballot box. >> that led beth tastes like raspberry sweet jam, marc thiessen! that's a lot of hypocrisy we just saw. >> marc: is a bloodbath for the media's credibility. he is the problem. when everything is not rage, nothing is not rage. he was clearly talking about the economy and saying this would be an economic bloodbath for american workers. the big problem he said is that he would violate his own free trade agreement in order to stop this. but they keep doing this. he goes and makes a joke saying, "

vaughn hillyard is in maricopa county. bring us up to speed on arizona. >> reporter: i just talked to kari lake, who is a u.s. senate candidate, a close ally of donald trump. she just voted at this location behind me for donald trump. of course that is the only thing on the ballot here in arizona. the next big primary is when she is on the ballot come this august. but you know, i was able to put the question to her about why donald trump and her would be able to pull off wins in november and she said she believes the choice will be stark between her and rubin gaego. i want to let you listen to some voters we talked to today who took part in the republican primary despite donald trump having the nomination wrapped up. >> well, for one thing, i don't believe he lost in '20 and i don't believe kari lost in '22. besides that, he's just the only one, if he does win, is considered really the winner. that can really save the country. >> i didn't want to vote for trump so i just voted against him. >> reporter: so you voted in a re

we remember joe arpaio, maricopa county sheriff, how he had outdoor prisons and 100 plus degree heat for people that were detained. that sb 1070, which has a lot of similarities with sb 4 was in many courts found unconstitutional. >> yeah, that's right. sb 1070 was found unconstitutional, and now that there is a more right wing supreme court, you have people like greg abbott and the very conservative texas legislature who want to challenge the constitutionality of laws like sb 1070, they wouldn't to take another shot. i believe that ultimately they're going to fail, that this law will be found unconstitutional. mostly because it is completely unworkable. but, like i said, the supreme court and the 5th circuit now keep ping-ponging procedural decisions. >> and congressman, how does this end? you talk about a constitutional crisis, that this law is essentially bringing up, but there is a very real crisis and conflict with a state that believes that they have the right to either enforce or create immigration laws. how does this end? >> well, that's what makes it completely unworkable. y

the maricopa county recorder filed a defamation suit against carrie lake and her lawyers say they will not dispute the charges, but in the long run, isn't the damage here already done? >> yes, look. people like carrie lake, when they ran for office and when she ran for office, she ran on a platform that the 2020 election was stolen, that her own election in the midterms was stolen and that is a message that is so deeply baked into the maga base now that i don't know if there is any way for real trump fans to come back from that. i think the real consequences of all the election did nihilism that has manifested is that a lot of the country simply just does not believe that elections can be free and fair, and that they can be free or fraud. trump, every time he goes on the stump, every time he speaks at a rally, has been to drill that message home and carrie lake has been no different, even if the defamation suit succeeds, that is going to be a long time down the road in the damage, i think, has already been done. >> and so much damage, as well, to elected county clerks and other states,

why biden became the first democrat since harry truman in 1948 to win maricopa county in phoenix suburban white-collar voters. the difference of course, is now these voters have had a four-year exposure to biden and his record, and they are very negative on him. so how these double negative voters, these republican leaning voters, in many cases, white-collar voters or down on trump, but also down on biden they sort out is obviously going to be critical in november. >> as you know, we could see trump all but clinch the presidential nomination on the republican side later today. but the question of what will happen to nikki haley's voters in a general election certainly remains. what do you think happens? >> well, look, at least 60% of her voters in each of the first three states, iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina, said in the ap vote cast study, they would not vote for trump. and a general election, 80% of them. and our exit polls, right? it's the research say that he is at least in each states that he is not fit to be president if he's convicted good of a crime. now, i have not met

county, who kari lake says sabotaged the election which led to the defamation suit against her.ding firm in her type of rhetoric, take a listen. >> if we owe you $10,000 for a therapist, a therapy dog, a medication, then you can look at punitive damages, but first tell us what your damages are. show me on a doll where my words hurt you, and they don't have it. >> reporter: it's those types of remarks, show me where you're hurting on a doll, i'm told by republicans in realtime, are the types of remarks and attacks on fellow republicans that will keep them from voting her most likely again in november. this is expected to be a close u.s. senate race in november, but kari lake is not doing herself any favors among particularly a sub sect of republicans, mccain republicans, doug ducey republicans. this is going to be one of those crucial races as republicans try to regain the u.s. senate majority this november, chris. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> and coming up, we'll go behind the scenes at president biden's star studded radio city spectacular that rocked in $26 million. the b

you can look at kari lake, involved in representing steven richard in maricopa county of the defamation to borrow a phrase from cheney, how can it be the case that all of these other people who are doing this in the service and at direction of trump will face consequences but trump can't? it doesn't make any logical sense. and yet he is still going to the supreme court and making this argument about total immunity from any consequences. i look at all these cases, nicolle, and it's just like a big snowball of legal accountability rolling down the mountain that smashes that argument of total immunity. and so i hope we see that day, because it's just so hard. i don't know how the court can take trump's side on that matter given this large body and accountability and consequences for everyone around him when he's the nexus of those problems. >> it's so important to keep that in mind, that they're all operating at his direction. and in the case of eastman, there's evidence developed by the 1/6 select committee he had knowledge of the constitutional legal problems with the i think it's kinzin

. >>> in the swing county of mari maricopa in the swing state of arizona, president biden came bearing gifts. mr. biden said 20,000 construction johns bs would be created in four states including arizona. >> that's why today's announcement is such a big deal. we will allow manufacturing to make a comeback here in america after 40 years >> it comes after the chips act he signed into law in 2022 it could boost america's share of advanced chip production from 0 to 20% >>> the biden administration releasing a regulation for a target of 56% of all u.s. vehicles sold to be electric by 2032, down from 67% in last year's proposal. the epa says the move will prevent more than 7 billion tons of planet-warming carbon emissions over the next 30 years and will provide nearly $100 billion in net benefits like lower health costs >>> angie lassman is tracking a snowstorm in the north >> we've got snow in the north, showers and thunderstorms expected across the south. a couple systems that we're tracking through the day today there's the indication of that snow across parts of the northern plains, down

county.r their hard work. >> former director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, chris krebs, thank you very much for coming on the show on super tuesday. it's an election day. obviously, the economy plays a huge role in elections. joining us now is the editor-in-chief of the economist. it's great to see you. i am curious, your assess of the u.s. economy, leading indicators, how all analysts say versus how people feel, because even yesterday i was talking to young people and hearing about impossibly high prices at the grocery store. >> so the economy is in pretty good shape. gdp is growing. inflation is coming down faster than many other parts of the world. the reason i think people are feeling unhappy the u.s. had a period of very high inflation. inflation has gone up, price up about 15%. people are feeling the higher prices. and they are feeling bad about that. they don't like that. even though now it's coming down, it takes a while for that to filter through into peopl

. >> reporter: this county, maricopa, has been at the center of election denialism claims and a statewidegation, but all the voters here that we talk to say they have complete and utter faith in the electoral system, and there is not a world in which they do not vote, even if they're not decided. >> that was wooenl iwo jima in arizona. >>> on capitol hill, congress has until midnight friday to pass a funding measure to keep the federal government open. if not, thousands of irs agents will be laid off at the height of tax season. and u.s. military personnel will remain on duty, but they won't get paid. even the threat of a shutdown impacts the economy. scott macfarlane reports. >> reporter: his family appliance store has been open 40 years in woodbridge, virginia. marty knows what it looks like when business slows down, which it has, three times since september. have all these near government shutdowns, do you see business dry up when that happens? >> every time there is even just talk of a government shutdown, even if it doesn't actually shut down, we immediately see an impact. the minute

the best example here is steven richard down america county, arizona tweeted out the other day that he had had six different individuals from across the country that had made threats to steven or election officials in maricopa had been arrested for those threats against those officials. so those are the three things i think folks are trying to keep in mind right now. >> yeah a broad range of threats and risk in december of last year, there was this declassified intelligence assessment that found at foreign government efforts to target the 2022 midterm elections apparently grew compared with the 2018 midterms. and you mentioned some of the countries that were aiming to metal i'm wondering what you're seeing now as we get closer to the 2024 general election well, that intelligence report is required as a result of an executive order that president trump issued prior to the >> 2018 election, where we were the intelligence community and society fbi have to go out and looks at what attempts were there made to your interfere, influence us politics around in an election? when you think about