>> hope to see you sunday and monday. brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. i'm brianna keilar and i welcome the viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. a monumental day, juneteenth, a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the united states as the country is wrestling with systemic racism and police brutality. the demands for change echoing across cities and towns for weeks. it is now central to the juneteenth marches and the rallies that are under way right now. you are looking at live pictures here from new york that were taken, we have correspondents on scenes like this across the country. and we'll take y ke you livther. but first, spiking coronavirus numbers coming out of florida that could be the next enpi is in your of the pandemic. florida is reporting nearly

4,000 new covid-19 cases just today, that is a record. and arizona also seeing an alarming up swing in cases, one of 23 states seeing upward trends in new cases from one week to the next. arizona has more than 43,000 infection beings across the sta more than 1200 deaths. and tdepartment of health there is urging people in to wear masks in public. kyung lah is there for us. >> reporter: and we're seeing a response in just the last day or so, where we're just in our travels around the area, seeing a few more masks, but this has been a very slow change. and part of it is going to be driven by the numbers. there is a new daily record as far as new infections in the state, it is a nearly 30% increase from just yesterday. the number of new cases here, 3246. it is following a dramatic

increase in cases in just the last couple of weeks. icu bed usage remains high at 84%. so why this increase? we were out in tempe, arizona just in those happy hour hours, and we spoke to some young people, the bar that we saw was very, very busy. and there didn't seem a lot of concern when it came to the issue of masks. here's what some told us. >> right now there is coronavirus, but i think that they don't seem to care. we're kind of like free and open and we don't necessarily have restrictio restrictions. so it will continue to get worse until we do something about it. >> but you're not wearing a mask? >> no, i'm into the wenoo not w. i think masks are good, but i think they kind of act as a practice see go to? extent. i have fern wamily who has been

to coronavirus, so i should be wearing a mask, but not when i'm with my friends. >> and if you are smacking your forehead right now, wondering what this young man is thinking, that is exact lir what an e.r. doctor did when we were describing what we saw at the bars. he described them as social -- as selfish social darwinists and in a these masks if everyone were to wear them, that would lower the transmission immediately.if everyone were to wear them, that would lower the transmission immediately. and the statewide mandate is something that the governor won't do. he is leaving it up to the mayors. >> yeah, i was wondering what he was thinking. he doesn't seem like he means it maliciously and yet the effect is -- he said he knows people have been lost. kyung lah, thank you. and more breaking news right now, an extraordinary move, apple is closing some stores in

several states as we see a spike in cases. christina, tell us about this. >> reporter: well, this is not so much of an extraordinary move because the company when it said that it was reopening its stores did say if they found any kind of issues or resurgence of cases in specific areas, they would go ahead and shut down their stores. they just put out a statement, we just got it, apple saying due to current covid-19 conditions in some of the communities we serve, we are temporarily closing stores in these areas. we take this step with an abundance of caution as we closely monitor the situation and we look forward to having our teams and customers back as soon as possible. and companies are having to figure this out on their own. they are not turning to local or state or federal government. they are taking these actions, they are hiring infectious disease 1k3e6r7experts, buildin own dashboards to monitor what

is happening. and we have stores in florida, north carolina, south carolina and arizona. sound familiar? those are the cases where there have been concerns about the rising number of coronavirus cases possibly tied to reopening too early. so this is apple taking a very aggressive step here. but a lot of companies are worried about liability, getting sued if somebody gets sick. they know that they have deep pockets and they are a huge target in lawsuta target for lawsuits so that is probably driving this. and ford having to shut down plants after reopening to clean them. so this is the new reality that we're living in and it is a huge disruption for businesses to brate thi operate in way. as much as the president wants the economy functioning, it is

clear that it won't happen anytime soon. >> yeah, christina, thank you for that report about apple. florida is now reporting its biggest single day increase in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. and that is just the beginning of what has become an alarming trend for the state. it averaged 24089 n per day the last week. this is each and every day. and that is up 90% from the previous seven day period. a huge spike. and joining me now is the owner of key would iwi's pub and gril. and you shut down your restaurant after reopening. tell us why. >> we had reports that there had been customers who came in and they had turned up with a positive result for coronavirus and were in the hospital.

and so i was actually out of town, but we decided that we would change some of the policies, get a little strirk r stricter and go back down to 25% of our occupancy. and while we were discussing that, we found out that more customers had tested positive and then we found out some of our staff had shown symptoms as well. so we decided that we better shut down immediately and reassess. >> because your concern was that your restaurant was kind of becoming this like petri dish, right, of spread? >> yeah, actually. well, our restaurant but i think the whole area is risky. >> so what are you hearing from customers and other business other thanes? because it is not just you in this situation. >> well, i thought that we were going to reallythanes? because it is not just you in this situation. >> well, i thought that we were going to really take a lot of

flack for it, but everyone has been supportive and they understand where we're coming from. i've talked to a couple of other restaurant and bar owners in our area and i've started a facebook web page called hospitality united for other restaurant and bar owners so we can get the together and discuss ways to make things better, make them safer. and most of all to pass information on to our customer, staff and the public. because it is kind of hard to getting a really information right now even if you google where to get a test for coronavirus, you kind of get the runaround just by googling it. so it is just the way to sort of keep everybody appraised of what is happening and see if we can help out. >> as you mentioned, the guidance that you were getting different work for you, right? you adjusted even trying to be a little more conservative in your approach and even that wasn't sufficient. so if the guidance that you are getting from the state is not working to keep your customers

and your employees safe, what do you need then from the governor? >> i think information is the most important thing. you know, there is an awful lot of speculation about what the disease does and how it reacts and how good masks are and things like that. i'd like to see people wearing masks and setting an example of that because i'm from new zealand and down there, they originally got the coronavirus about the same time as we did here in the u.s. the prime minister said that we'll go hard and go early, and she did and they pretty much eliminated coronavirus down there. it was tough, but only for a short amount of time and now they have a normal lifestyle again. i don't see that happening here for a really long time, i don't see an end in sight the way we're doing it right now. >> with the back and forth.

rick, thank you so much. it is important to hear what you where going through. >> thank you, you're welcome. and just in, a hearing for the atlanta officer charged in rayshard brooks death. and plus a major 2k0e6789 in the death of breeann iannonna taylo police while she was sleeping. one of the officers is set to be fir fired but the reason is a 34is friday tristan tweeted, 'remember when any footlong was five dollars?' hit it, charlie. ♪ oh, you're five, ♪ five. mystery ♪ five-dollar footlong. ♪ it's freshly made ♪ with veggies. ♪ it's back. five-dollar footlongs are back when you buy two. for a limited time. for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub? grubhub's gonna reward you for that with a $5 off perk. (doorbell rings) - [crowd] grubhub! (fireworks exploding)

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the firing of officer hankinson. police shot taylor eight times with her boyfriend while executing a no-knock warrant in search of another person. taylor uswas sleeping when the officers barged in. lenita baker is their attorney. thank you for joining us. the shooting, it happened on march 13s, th, so why is this happening now? >> i don't know why it is happening now. we are happy that it is happening now. and you know, we said all along that the mayor has the ability to fire the officers involved. he has maintained that he does not have the ability to do that absent due process and the public integrity unit investigation being complete. he also said that the professional standards unit

investigation being complete. we know that there has not been a professional standards unit investigation complete yet. so we said all along that he had the ability to terminate them, so we are happy that he at least fired one. we still want the other officers involved terminated as well. and we still want them prosecuted. >> and i assume you have spoken to the family. what are they saying? >> i did speak to the family once we had the news that it would be announced that brett hankinson was being terminated and they said this is the best news. and so they are pleased with that information. but we still have a ways for go and still a lot to be done before we have justice for brionna. >> and the kentucky attorney general is promising transparency in the investigation. and i wonder if you have

received any more information since he made that promise. >> well, with the announcement that he made yesterday, that was the announcement that we expected to hear because he had xlun communicated that with us. i don't know how far into the investigation they are. i do know that the fbi investigation is well under way. they were at the apartment doing some investigating there, interviewing witnesses, neighbors. so we do know that the investigation is taking place. and we're actually encouraged that there is in fact an independent investigation being completed. >> you mentioned that you want the other officers to be held accountable. what message does it send to you and the family if they aren't? >> well, we know that more than brett hankinson played a role in brian in brionna's death. and there needs to be accountability for the search warrant and then with the other officers that were present, and

then any subsequent actions that would have, you know, lead to what would have been a coverup if the public did not start paying attention to what happened here. we know that brbrett hankinson disappeared for for hours after the shooting. and that is obstruction of justice. so we want everyone involved to be held accountable. >> thank you so much. we're thinking of brionna's family. and in atlanta today, gash receipt rolfe waved his right to his first court appearance. he was denied bond. rolfe faces felony murder and ten other charges in the shooting death of rayshard brooks last friday night. after turning position in, rolfe was transferred to another georgia jail for safety reasons. a top state department official resigning over the president's response to racial tensions. plus as tulsa braces for the

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this just into cnn, movie theater chain amc is announcing that it is reversing course, that it will now require all patrons to wear masks when at their locations around the country. this comes after the ceo of the company said that he would not require masks in an attempt to stay apolitical. brian stelter is joining me now. this is interesting because the ceo initially said that he didn't want to become political by requiring face masks, but whether you require them or not, it will be political and the backlash was quick. so tell us what happened. >> yeah, the ceo said he was trying to avoid serious city, but of course there was immediate controversy about the decision to say that in some states where masks are not required, you don't have to wear

a mask if you go to the movies. and there was an immediate outcry and so they say we did not go far enough on the usage of masks and we are reversing course. across the country when theaters reopen starting july 15, masks will be required. we're seeing other movie chains make similar decisions, but like i said, no matter what they decide, be they will be on one e or are the other. and this should not be a debate. i took my 3-year-old daughter for a walk this morning and we both wore our masks. why do so many sdults haadults problem with it? this will continue unfortunately to be a political debate. >> yeah, and it is supported by science. a study shows almost 500,000 infections -- or almost 500,000 deaths have been 12stopped.

and that could be your relative. so important. thanks for the story. and more breaking news to tell yoabout, this is out of atlanta. with me now is ryan young live there for us. so you just came out of the hearing for the officer charged in the case. you also have some breaking news about atlanta police officers who have called out from work today. tell us. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. look, diane gallon dne gallaghe upstairs and i was downstairs. basically garrett rolfe waved his court appearance. and when it was time for him to appear, everything was waived so nothing changed. that is because he will be in jail if quite some time because the in-gidictment is not finish. this could maybe take until january. but the critical thing that we should tell you is the fact that the sickouts continue. police officers have decided for

continue their protests throughout the city. and in two zones throughout the city, there are so few officers that cap pin went tain said no investigations, everyone gets in a uniform and get on the streets to help out with all the 911 calls. we've seen it i have and oveove over again. and the police unit gave a $500 bonus, but officers are upset, they want clarity, they want to hear their new police chief step forward and say this is what we're going to do as a police force. and over and over again, i have sources who are basically sending me messages saying the rank and file is beyond upset, they are tired, they have been working 12 on and 12 off for more than four weeks. and more sickouts are planned for this weekend. and especially when it comes to next week when the funeral will be held for mr. brooks. this is sort of evolving into a situation where a lot of people are worried about the safety of

the city. and in terms of management from the police department, they have been able to get other resources into help cover all the calls. the mayor for her part has basically said she's had a great working relationship with the police department. that was true up until a certain point. july 1 was supposed to be a raise for these police officers as well. so there was a moment of happiness between the two. but when the long time chief steps down and there is a vacuum of leadership, there are people who are so very upset right now in terms of what is going on. we're also hearing that officers are trying to find ways out of this department. there is a lot of metro areas around here who would like to have atlanta police officers working. a lot going on in the city right now. >> ryan young in atlanta, thank you. to tulsa, oklahoma now. president trump moved his own rally set no today in tulsa, now he is holding it tomorrow. and the city is celebrating juneteenth. martin savidge is joining us. martin, this is a city with a

horrific history of racist violence. i wonder what the mood is there, what the message is there today. and how they are planning for the president's rally tomorrow. >> reporter: for those who are planning to participate and will be at the rally, june teenth does not rate high as their concern. and this is the line for people that are trying to get into the rally, which is not for at least over 24 hours from now. and they have been in line here waiting in this town since last saturday. so that shows you the amount of fervor. but here is the other news and this is new information. for the fourth straight 4-- fourth time this week, the tulsa health department is reporting a record 24 hour number of infections from coronavirus. it eclipses yesterday's record of 120. and now it is 125 today. and every single day it seems

that there has been increased concern about the pandemic in this community. but you wouldn't know it by anybody here. in fact there are face masks that are for sale at some of these stalls, but it doesn't appear that anybody is taking them. and the worry is by the health department and by the city officials you will have at least 20,000 people packing inside of the swren urally. and so those packed inside for hours on end in the middle of a pandemic spike is just a recipe for disaster according to medical officials. and right now they don't know how far it will spread after this event. sglechb t >> even the president admits that some people will get the virus from his event. across the country right now, marches, rallies and

celebrations are under way marking the historic juneteenth. and it now comes amid growing demands for an end to systemic racism and police brutality. cnn is on the scene coast to coast as people of all races, all ages, from all walks of life, are demanding change. let's go first to peete muntean at a rally in washington. tell us what you where seeing. >> reporter: and this is just one of a dozen marches going on here in the district of columbia today. this group is gathering in the shadow of the national museum of african-american history and culture. they will march down constitution avenue all the way to the lincoln memorial. of course it was president lincoln who signed the emancipation proclamation, but it was two years before the slaves in texas found out about 45 their freedom. and there is a narrative about

changing racial injustice in the country, change police brutality in the country. and we saw another march earlier with pro athletes from the wizards and the mystics. we heard from natasha cloud and she said that this is such an important time for the country, making a specific jab at president trump saying that folks here in the district need to get out and vote. more pro athletes saying that they need to use their platform as players but really people first. cloud said they can remove her j jersey, but she can't remove the fact that she is black. and this is the con 234r50u inside confluence of a weekend of events. and one really powerful moment that happened, everyone marched down to the martin luther king

jr. monument and said the names in a moment of silence that has really become crucially important. >> pete, thank you so much. i want to go now to chicago and bring in omar jimenez. you were at a juneteenth rally there. tell us go tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, and i want to walk you up right to the front. you can see this line of the march that is about to happen. as you see, right front and center, illinois governor pritzker, senator dick durbin and tammy duckworth as well, all front and center for this march that is about to walk through downtown chicago right now starting basically where the columbus statue was, the one that was defaced over the course of the past few days. but again this is a line for juneteenth that the governor of pritzker just fotold me is goin

to -- we'll move off to the side here -- governor said moments ago he wants to make juneteenth as a state holiday to give people the day off here in the city of chicago. but as we turn back around, again, i want to give you a gli glimpse of as they start marching, you see them and if you turn the other way as well, you can see basically how far they are going to march. it will be about a long three or four block march through chicago's grant park. again, people on the scene here, there are hundreds behind just the notable public figures that you see in front there. and it is very clear, they wanted to make a statement both at the state level and at the city level that their leadership is very much in line with this movement, that their leadership very much cares about the issues at play right now. and you look no further than the actual signs they are holding. george floyd on one side, goich

george floyd on the other. his name is a spark point for a movement generations in the making.floyd on the other. his name is a spark point for a movement generations in the making. you look at the signs, no just are you t justice no peace, "black lives matter." and tammy duckworth said this is one of the first times that we've seen people of all communities and colors acknowledging for the first time and agreeing that there is racism in this system. and we're seeing the manifestation of that now. >> thank you, omar. it was an innocent moment, white and black toddlers hugging each other. but now this beautiful moment has become politicized as the

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into trouble with twitter for the third time in a month. is this a portion of the trump post that twitter is labeling manipulated media. the video shows these two toddlers and presents it incorrectly as cnn coverage. it is not. going so far as to use a fake cnn graphic and misspelling theres you see. it read terrified toddler runs from racist baby. so the banner changes to racist baby probably a trump voter. here is the thing though, this was actually a really sweet beautiful story, two toddlers, best friends, one white, one black. just so happy to see each other. hugging. cnn and several media outlets covered the full vergts sion of video last year. here is a version that cnn ran from our new york affiliate that originally aired the story,

wpix. >> maxwell and finnagen, running to hug each other. and the innocence of it all is why it is going viral. >> they just took off toward each other and i tried to record it. and they are just too cute together. >> cute is an undera understate. maxwell's dad shot the video. he says he doesn't normally post a lot of private things, but explains why he decided to. >> with all the racism and hate, i just think that it is a beautiful video. and the reason that it is getting attention, it is a little black boy and a little white boy. but if it can change someone's find or just change their view on things, then it is totally worth it. >> at last check it has gotten over 300 shares and views. but there are some naysayers. >> definitely not staged. it was just a lucky moment that

i got and now with all the taenktsz, it wi attention, it will a great story when he is older. >> they have known each other for over a year and their parents are good friends as well. >> there is not anyone that comes close to finnegan's status in 34 maxwell's eyes. just to show love and beauty in the world. >> and i want to discuss this now with gloria borger who is with us. it is such a sweet moment. i think especially as we need so many sweet moments right now during these hard times, it almost brings a sweet little tear to your eye. and the president just took this and he made it so nasty. this is not the way the dad intended this. and he sort of stole this moment. what do you think of this? >> yep. well, i think this is a president -- first of all, i think it is ridiculous and i think that it is sad actually

because it was a sweet video of which the parents were so happy to present. and this is a president who somehow finds it okay to retweet doctored videos without stopping to think, wait a minute, i'm the president of the united states here. don't i have to confirm this? this is archived for example. and you know that he has retweeted doctored videos of nancy pelosi and joe biden and even though twitter is now call willi ing him out on it, he doesn't seem to care. >> and when i saw this, one of the things that i thought is it is not like he doesn't have swron very close someone close to him talking about why this nastiness is terrible. melania trump has made this a cornerstone. and she said let's face it, most children are more aware of the benefits and pitfalls of social media than some adults in

today's global society, social media is an inevitable part of our children's daily lives. it can be used in many positive ways but can also be harmful when used incorrectly. she's saying this. she seems to get it. her husband doesn't get it. they are parents of one boy together. he is the parent of -- and has grandkids who are little. i mean, the idea that if something like 24 wethis were used when it came to their kids in a justified way how much an uproar there would be. there seems to be no irony lost for the president. >> no, no irony lost. just this morning, okay, it is juneteenth, just this morning the president is getting ready for his rally tomorrow. and what does he do? he delivers threats to people who intend to protest and says you won't be treated as gently

as you were in new york or seattle. and what is that? telling people who -- you know, you said if you are looters or anarchists, but a lot of people there who want to protest peacefully, which is their constitutional right. and instead of saying, you know, it is your constitutional right to protest, i hope you don't get violent, instead he pours fuel on the entire situation and starts threatening them that they won't be treated well. and that, i don't know, is that bullying? what is that? is that the kind of behavior you expect from a president? >> no, no, it is not. i will say, gloria, i don't know how, but i totally miss that had video last year. so what i'm taking away from this, for the first time i got to see this beautiful video of the two little boys and it warmed my heart. so that is what i'm walking away from this with. >> me too. >> thank you for joining me. we have more on breaking

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time is running out for georgia state lawmakers to pass a hate crimes bill. there are bipartisan calls for the legislation, but a bill already passed in the house has stalled in the senate. georgia is one of four states in the nation that does not have a hate crimes bill. and the bipartisan calls come in the middle of the slaying of

ahmaud arbery, a young black jogger who was chased down by a trio of white men and shot to death. the arbery family attorney said they believe the killing was motivated by hate. all three men in the case have been criminally charged and the doj is looking at a possible federal hate crime charge as well. one of the loudest supporters in georgia is david rolston and he's joining me now. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> as i mentioned, georgia is one of just less than a handful of states that doesn't have a hate crime law. it used to have one, but then it was overturned by the state supreme court in 2004. then there hasn't been one since. why has it been so difficult to move this along? >> well, i can't speak to that. i don't think there was a sufficiently strong effort made

until 2019 and we decided at that point that, you know, this was really something we needed to join the rest of the nation in bringing into our law. and i supported the efforts to pass a bipartisan bill. we passed that bill in march of 2019. and it's been in the state senate now for 469 days, hasn't had a committee hearing. we're running out of days. but i'm still optimistic. i'm hopeful the senate will choose to do the right thing and to pass this bill. >> okay. so you're optimistic and you're trying to get some of your republican colleagues to move along on this too. how can they still be opposing this when we've seen what's happened recently with george floyd and ahmaud arbery? >> i can't speak for the state

senate, but i can tell you that many of the republicans who were concerned about the bill in 2019 looked a it now in a much different light. i expect that, you know, if we voted on that bill today in the house, that the republican vote would be even stronger. i think that, you know, no one can look at the arbery video and to read the investigative reports of what happened in brunswick that day and not come to the conclusion that this was hate. when you have that kind of cold-blooded point blank killing. and then you have the shooter stand over the body of ahmaud arbery as he lay on the street dying and utter one of the most

viral racial epithets you can imagine. to me it's very, very clear that it's hate. and that makes it very, very clear why we need to pass this bill. >> i want to ask you about the upcoming election. the president said in an interview with politico out today that mail-in voting would endanger his re-election and that it is the biggest threat to his candidacy. back in april, you said in reference to widespread absentee voting, quote, the president said it best. this will be extremely devastating to republicans and conservatives in georgia. i wonder now that you've seen what was really quite a debacle when it came to georgia voting for the primary and now you've seen the death toll from coronavirus and obviously the implications of that for standing in line for hours, if you've changed your mind? >> well, what i was getting at when i made those comments was the potential for fraud --

>> but what fraud? >> well, i'll give you an example. one of the employees in my office had one addressed to her draus but it had another person's name on it. you know, she could have voted that had she decided to. >> did she? >> excuse me? >> i said did she. because the reason i ask, i take your point. but the heritage foundation which is a conservative think tank has done extensive voter fraud research and what they found was just ten cases of absentee ballot fraud in georgia in the course of 22 years. so there's really zero evidence of any sort of widespread voter fraud in this country like you say you're worried about. >> well, i don't know what they looked at, but i have heard anecdotally many instances. that was one of them. she, by the way, did not vote that ballot. she did the right thing. >> well, they're looking at

data, mr. speaker. so you're not looking at the data. >> well, you can make the data do anything you kind of want to. i am concerned -- i am still concerned about the potential for fraud with wide scale mail-in voting. and i'm going to remain that way until i'm convinced otherwise. >> but you know i'm citing a conservative think tank when i tell you about that data. >> i know you're citing the heritage foundation. i don't disagree that their tradition has been conservative. >> okay. but you don't believe their data. is that fair? >> i have not reviewed their data. i have looked at other data. i can't tell you the exact sources of that today. but i also know what i hear from people in my community. what i hear from people around the state of georgia who are

concerned about this. so it's not a partisan issue. i think it's more on issue of the possibility of fraud occurring and tainting our election process. now, you mentioned -- you mentioned the debacle in the primary. what we have done in the house of representatives is i have instructed the governmental affairs committee to conduct an independent investigation. not one that's run by the secretary of state or one that's run by the counties to drill down in and bring back not finger pointing but facts. because there were many issues with that election notwithstanding that we had a lot of mail-in voting fraud. there were problems with that election and we have got to determine where they are.

frankly at this point in time, you know, i'm not pre-judging where they are. >> but we've heard accounts of people struggling to get absentee ballots requesting them multiple times for instance in the atlanta area, the augusta area as well. not being able to get their absentee ballots. i guess i just wonder you saw the lines. you saw the lines of people waiting for hours. and we saw this in some predominantly black areas of georgia. i guess i wonder because we have you on here talking about hate crimes. you talk convincingly about wanting to protect black georgians from hate crimes. why not want to protect them from the coronavirus? a disease that is disproportionately killing african-americans. >> well, i do want to do that. we've taken measures to do that. my desire to protect georgians from the covid-19 is not based

or influenced in any way by racial considerations. and i will point out to you that there were instances in republican areas in the june 9 primary of people not receiving their absentee ballots. in fact, staff member of mine here at the state capitol waited eight or nine weeks and never got his. he still don't have his. so he had to go vote. and i know many other instances, people who had never missed voting in an election were reaching out to us saying, you know, we've waited seven, eight weeks or more to get a ballot. and, you know, here we are now down to the primary day. we still don't have one. and that's unacceptable. i'll be the first to say that is completely unacceptable. >> all right. speaker, thanks for