she touched. >> servant leader and a bright light. that's who laquitta was. our sincere condolences to her family, to her friends, to her whole community for this unspeakable loss. thanks to all of you for being with us. anderson starts now. good evening and welcome to what could be an important week for democracy. by this time tomorrow senate republicans will likely have blocked even opening debate on a major voting rights bill, forcing a number of key democrats to make a tough decision. will they advance the measure or perhaps a more limited version of it with no support or let it die for the want of bipartisanship that no longer seems to exist. also by this time tomorrow or sometime this week a judge isn't the state of georgia could green light a re-examination of 2020 ballots from in and around

atlanta, part of an effort to cast doubt on the outcome. by thursday, the company that doesn't actually seem to have an office and calls it is cyber ninjas is expected to be done with a significant portion of their so-called ballot audit in arizona. the concern is that it and other dubious efforts by election doubters could already be stoking fresh violence. even barring that be accelerating the push for legislation restricting the vote in the name stopping nonexistent voter fraud. today former president obama weighed in on what he sees as a dangerous path for the country. >> the violence that occurred in the u.s. capitol on january 6th just a few months ago should remind us that we can't take our democracy for granted. around the world, we've seen once vibrant democracies go into reverse, locking in power for a small group of powerful autocrats and business interests and locking out the political

process. dissidents, protesters, opposition parties and the voices of ordinary people. it is happening in other places around the world, and these impulses have crept into the united states. we are not immune from some of these efforts to weaken our democracy. >> speaking today along with former attorney general eric holder to members of the national democratic redistricting committee, the former president voiced support of s-1, the for the people act now up for a vote in the senate tomorrow to begin debate. he said he's been trying to stay out of day-to-day politics since leaving office, but this, he said, is different. >> right now at least republicans in the senate are lining up to try and use the filibuster to stop the for the people act from even being debated. think about this. in the aftermath of an insurrection with our democracy on the line and many of these

same republican senators going along with the notion that somehow there were irregularities and problems with legitimacy in our most recent election, they are suddenly afraid to even talk about these issues and figure out solutions on the floor of the senate. they don't even want to talk about voting. and that's not acceptable. >> keeping them honest, though there's a strong possibility the democrats will simply accept what mr. obama deemed unacceptable not because most democrats want voting rights legislation to die in the senate. most don't. not because americans oppose voter access, most don't. a new poll shows broad support for a key provision of the bill. even on voting by mail, 50% want to make it easier compared to 39% who say it should be harder. still, the poll found one in three believe president biden won by means of fraud. again, one in three americans do

not think president biden was duly elected. and 37% say that voter fraud is a major problem, which it's not. and that is just a fact. but that number gives republican senators the justification to block legislation expanding voter access. and mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader, clearly intends to use the veto power he has. >> 100% of my focus is on stopping this new administration. >> that was early last month, pledging unified opposition to the president's infrastructure bill. action on that is still yet to come. senator mcconnell has already demonstrated he'll enforce unified opposition even to something like establishing a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the origins of the january insurrection. he's literally called in personal favors to do that. so it's not hard to imagine him killing tomorrow's effort on voting legislation by withholding the ten republican votes needed to open debate.

even if he does that, even if any chance of a bipartisan alternative dies with it, there is still plenty at the state level that troubles any serious student of how democracies fail. we mentioned the metastasizing ballot audits at the top of the program. in addition, dozens of republican-sponsored bills to restrict voting are making their way through state legislatures. local voting officials remain under threat, some even needing around-the-clock security. it's a lot, and the white house knows it. >> it's important to remember that this has been a 60-year battle to make voting more accessible, more available to americans across the country and our effort, the president's effort to continue that fight doesn't stop tomorrow at all. this will be a fight of his presidency. >> more now on the so-called audit in arizona and what could happen with it this week. kyung lah is in phoenix for us tonight. so what's the latest? >> reporter: we are learning that this part of this exercise

here in arizona now has a new end date. we were told, anderson, that it would be ending on saturday. now, let's remind everybody what they're looking at. they're trying to make sure that the ballot paper is actually a ballot. we're now hearing that it's going to be ending on thursday. so that shift has happened. now, what's going to be happening on thursday? will there be a great reveal about what they have found in this weeks-long exercise? no. we are told that that will now take a week's long process, that any sort of findings or grand report will now take many more weeks, not to be released until sometime in july or early august. this, anderson, is the latest timing that we're getting as of today. >> you've been following this for weeks. you actually end up in in regard last week trying to find more information about this company that call themselves cyber ninjas. the company hired to conduct this so-called audit. our gary tuchman ended up in montana of all places where voting data from this so-called

audit is potentially being analyzed in some guy's house. it's all murky, to say the least. just to be clear, there's no way to verify whatever it is they do end up announcing whenever they choose to announce it. there's not any way to actually verify this with legitimate authorities. >> reporter: no. that's the answer, no. there is no way to verify this. the process has been changing. what they're doing on the floor has been widely criticized. now, senate president karen fan has said all of this would be transparent but we don't even know who's paying for this. all of that information, we simply don't know. so as far as transparency, no. there's no way to verify this. whether it comes out in a few weeks from now, everything has changed every sipping -- single day. i want to remind everybody that the election here in arizona has already been certified.

this will not change anything other than muddying public confidence in our elections. >> when the announcement is made, what is -- if people actually believe the results of this and they're claiming that there's widespread fraud, what happens? i mean is there potential unrest or violence or protests? >> reporter: that's -- that is what is sending a chill down a lot of people's spines here in this county. i can tell you that the security posture around at least one sensitive building here in maricopa county has shifted, that there is a lot of discussion about what needs to be done on the security front as we approach late july, early august. you know, something really important to mention is that there has been a level of verbal violence and disinformation throughout all of this. there has to be now private security for secretary of state katie hobbs, for a secretary of state, an elections official. there have been death threats

against the people who print the ballots, against the people who work in the elections offices and the republicans in maricopa county who have spoken out in defense of the truth and american democracy, there have been death threats against them. so, yes, there has been an undercurrent of verbal violence and a lot of concern as these weeks and days start to tick on and this report releases. anderson, it will be one moment in time, one place, a lot of concern about what happens when that report comes out. >> kyung lah, i appreciate it. thank you as always. joining us now, arizona secretary of state katie hobbs, a democrat. and a candidate now for governor. secretary hobbs, what is your understanding of what will happen after these so-called results are announced from this so-called audit? >> well, you actually know more than i do, i think. i just learned that they're going to wrap up this week. we certainly didn't anticipate a report right away, so it sounds like it will be several weeks

down the road before that report comes out. but the bottom line is, and i've said this many, many times. the atmosphere that they have created in terms of the lack of adherence to consistent procedures, the lack of security, the lack of transparency really has created an atmosphere that's prime for cooking the books and that's fully what we expect when the report comes out. the previous report talked about just the undermining of people's confidence in the systems and we know that that's what's going to happen, which is why we've fought so hard against this from the beginning. >> if a company chooses -- if a private company, which seems to -- kyung went down to florida to find their offices and they don't really have offices. they have shells of offices where people are paid to answer a phone for many companies and some guy in montana now has some of this data in his house, in this remote house or cabin, i

don't know what he's doing with that. that is just -- again, we don't even know really where he is. what is to stop, you know, this company or these people from just coming forward and saying, oh, well, these ballots were made out of bamboo or we found traces of bamboo from them because they were shipped from china. who's to say -- obviously it's not the case, but what do you do in that case? >> yeah. that's a great question because we think that's exact -- there is nothing to stop them from saying any of those things. and so what our -- what we have seen to be our job to do is to shed light on what's happening in the coliseum the best we can. we had to go to court to force them to disclose their procedures, allow independent observers in the room and even allow reporters in the room. and with that limited transparency, at least we've gotten enough information to be able to say, look, what they're

doing here is not an audit. they are not following best practices. and there's nothing going on here that lends any credibility to the outcome that's going to come out of it. and so i mean that's what we've been able to do. but i am concerned about what happens when this report comes out because we know, number one, the election that we certified, those certified results are an accurate reflection of the will of the voters in arizona. number two, there's nothing that can be done now to overturn the election even if this audit was valid. and so -- but there are many people, i think you said one out of three americans that believes that joe biden was not duly elected. what are they going to do when this report comes out, and that's the scary thing. >> i'm not going to ask you about the security situation because i don't want to cause any problems for you on that front, but the idea that you receive threats is just insane

to me. i don't know what kind of message -- i do know what kind of message that sends to election officials across the country, republicans, democrats, people just doing their jobs counting votes, overseeing the counting of votes. you know, this is not a joke. it's really upsetting about what this means for the future. >> it is upsetting. i think that we are seeing a trend of people leaving this line of work. not just elected officials but people that are hired and appointed to do these jobs. and they don't -- they don't want to deal with this level of threat. you know, and just hostility that's happening. and so we're unfortunately losing really qualified election officials in the process. and i am hopeful that the cyber ninjas aren't the people that are going to try to take their places. >> just finally, have you had

any conversations with the governor, republican doug ducey, what he's planning to do if something goes off the rails and there are public safety concerns? >> we have not. >> lawmakers from at least a dozen states, which again i shouldn't be surprised by this, but i just find it embarrassing and insulting frankly that lawmakers from across the country, from at least a dozen states, have toured this so-called audit in arizona. you know, having their pictures taken while they're there very proudly because it sends a message back to the base at home that they're on top of this, they're on the former president's side, when in fact they're not -- they're touring with some private company who are doing a sham audit as if it's real and these are elected officials who are spending their time doing this. i don't know who's paying to fly them there, to fly them back, but it doesn't seem a great use

of resources. are you concerned that more of these audits, bogus audits, are going to start happening around the country? >> yeah. it's been clear that these folks who want to undermine election integrity across the country were looking for where they could get a foothold to do something like this. arizona happened to be the place that that happened but they're writing the playbook to take this across the country or at least to some other states, particularly battleground states. and so we have to be writing the playbook here of how to stop it. it seems like folks are paying attention and so far they haven't been able to get another arizona-style -- that's embarrassing to say, but arizona-style audit off the ground anywhere else. in the future, we have to find a way to keep this from happening. it's really horrible that -- i mean voters are concerned that their private information is in the hands of this private company and we don't know what

they're doing with it. that's really concerning. we have to find ways to make sure that this is not legally able to happen in the future. >> it's a private company that has no actual company it seems or place where they have walls with people who work there and no experience from what we understand actually conducting these audits of elections on this kind of a scale. katie hobbs, appreciate you being with us. thank you. coming up next, the manchin factor tomorrow and beyond with a big piece of joe biden's presidency at stake. later, breaking news and how soon we could learn if the former president's top finance guy will be facing criminal charges. (sound of people returning to the workplace) (sound of a busy office) (phones ringing, people talking, meeting)

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jen psaki, the white house press secretary, spoke of democratic unity in the face of what's expected to be defeat on tomorrow's motion to begin debate on voting rights legislation. the truth is even that's a bit optimistic. senator manchin hasn't even committed to voting yes. either way, the focus now appears to be on what to do next. kaitlin collins is at the white house with more on that. so what is the latest from the white house about the fate of this bill? >> reporter: well, anderson, they know what everyone in washington knows, which is that it is headed for a roadblock tomorrow unless there is some kinds of a miracle where ten republicans shockingly get on board. the white house does not see that happening. and so of course the only other option would be to blow up the fell filibuster. we know we've heard from senator manchin and others who are not interested in doing that. the white house is trying to look for some kind of a silver lining. jen psaki was saying they feel better about where they are today than they were a week ago. that seems to hint that they

think joe manchin will get onboard and vote for this. what that boils down to is they're hoping to get a symbolic victory but know they're not going to get a legislative one. >> does the white house have a backup plan on voting rights? >> it doesn't seem that they do. one interesting thing that came from the white house briefing today, jen psaki said they're going to wait and see what happens tomorrow but they believe if it does fail, which it's all but guaranteed to do, that maybe that would change the conversation on capitol hill surrounding the filibuster. that is not what we've gotten any indication from senator manchin and others who have voiced opposition to getting rid of the filibuster have said. but senator manchin did come over to the white house to meet with president biden today. the white house readout of that meeting and his other meeting with senator kyrsten sinema. president biden sees voting rights as one of the most urgent issues facing our nation in his administration. he made clear to manchin how important he thinks it is that the senate find a path forward

on this issue. essentially saying capitol hill, take this, do your job. of course that does not give us any indication that that's going to happen. it's really just wishful thinking unless something changes and senator manchin and others change their mind on the filibuster. >> kaitlin collins, appreciate it. i want to get perspective from evan osnos whose profile of senator manchin runs next week. your profile of manchin has a lot of interesting details, not the least of which that he lives on the potomac river in a houseboat named after a john denver lyric. what do you make of the fact that he is still not supporting this voting rights bill. >> this is very much true to form. here we are down to the wire. over the course of the last few weeks you've seen him first come out and say emphatically he can not support this bill because he doesn't have republican support. he proposed a compromise which might in some ways appeal to some progressives but mitch mcconnell and republicans came out immediately and said

absolutely no way. and here we are down to this last minute. look, he is in an extraordinary position. when we look back over the last few years, there really hasn't been anybody in congress quite like this. meaning that he holds the position as being the most conservative member of the republican -- of the democratic caucus, which gives him leverage. he can hold out as long as he wants and force his colleagues to figure out how to pick the lock. what can they say? what can they do that might try to bring him around. >> obviously he's also from a state which voted overwhelmingly for president trump. so the pressure he is under politically at home is clear. >> yeah, it's a really interesting one. when you go back and try to figure out what's driving him, i went to farmington, west virginia, a town he's from, population 325. it is really a big part of how he sees himself and how he sees the country. he often says, he said to me, the reason i don't change is because of farmington. so i said to people in farmington, what does that mean

to you? what people would tell me often is if you live in a tiny town like that, you can only disagree with people so far because you're going see them on sunday, or see them at the store and so you have to find solutions. now, the reality is that's not the nature of the country today. we are living in a moment of intense division. joe manchin is -- that's the part of him that speaks from his sentimental side. the blunt political reality is he barely won re-election last time, won by 3%. if he's trying to keep himself politically possible in west virginia, he needs to speak as much to the republicans, two-thirds of whom in his hometown voted for trump, as he does to democrats. >> in addition to writing about manchin in "the new yorker" you've written a great biography of president biden. is it clear to you what kind of relationship they actually have? there was a pleasant bland readout of the white house meeting earlier today. >> there's a lot going on behind the scenes interestingly. back in march ron klain, the chief of staff of the white house, went to dinner with joe

manchin. one thing i discovered during the reporting, went to visit him on that houseboat, they had dinner. during the dinner president biden called and said when are you inviting me out there? and joe manchin said we've got to figure out how to get you in by water. so there's a real effort to kind of sweet talk him, figure out how to do it. one key thing is, they met today at the white house. and there is this one thing the president has up his sleeve, which is that if the president makes a personal appeal to joe manchin, that has a -- it does have some specific leverage. manchin said to me once that that was the thing that unlocked it on the stimulus plan, got him to support it. we don't know what was said in that room today but it may turnpike out to be significant. >> do you have a sense of how much manchin relishes his place in congress right now? >> he says he hates it but the reality is he has never been more important when it comes to politics. he is all over everything every day. look, he spent his first decade in national politics kind of as a back bench guy.

didn't have much significance. now here he is at the center of every conversation. look at us, we're talking about him right now. what i think he wishes, and it's not entirely clear that it's remotely possible, is that he could sort of will common ground into being by simply insisting on it. but i think what many of his colleagues say, what they said to me is none of us can afford to offend joe manchin, but we're frustrated and we're trying to figure out a way to try to get him to a place where he can try to advance this agenda instead of impeding it. >> i remember covering the sago mine, that horrible night and he being there, he was the governor at the time. if anybody knows his own state, it's somebody who's been governor of a state. >> totally. and look, he is somebody who feels incredibly attached to west virginia. it's where he's from. he was the governor of the state. he loved being governor. he loved it much more than being a senator. and he does have this kind of encyclopedic understanding of the place. he remembers people's names, he knows people's parents and

grandparents so he has a fingertip feel for what's possible in west virginia politics. what you hear people saying to him today is there may be more room for progressive change in west virginia politics than we assume. yes, it went for donald trump overwhelmingly but there are a lot of young people in west virginia who voted for bernie sanders who won the democratic primary in all 55 counties. so there is an argument among some people, particularly young democrats in west virginia, that if you really know this state as well as you say you do, try to figure out a way to push it towards change. >> evan osnos, appreciate your time. breaking news, how soon we could know if prosecutors plan to charge allen weisselberg, the president's long-term advisor. it's non habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. new zzzquil ultra. when you really really need to sleep.

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there's breaking news tonight and possible charges against allen weisselberg, a long-term financial advisor to the president. so what have you learned about the stage the weisselberg investigation is at? >> a source familiar with the investigation says that their focus on allen weisselberg is now in the advanced stages. they are looking into allen weisselberg and whether he paid taxes on certain corporate benefits he received such as an apartment, a corporate car and tuition that may have been paid for his grandchildren's school. now, part of this stemmed from information provided by his former daughter-in-law, jennifer

weisselberg. her lawyer tells us she met with prosecutors again on friday. she's been meeting with them multiple times over the past several months. a source familiar with the investigation says that the investigation into weisselberg is advanced and a decision about whether to charge him could come as soon as next month. >> the big question is what, if anything, this could possibly mean for the former president, how much of this is likely to hinge on whether weisselberg, if he's indicted, cooperates with prosecutors if in fact he has anything to cooperate about. >> yeah. this is the big question still, whether prosecutors have enough evidence in this investigation to bring a case against the company or the former president. and that's why there's so much attention on allen weisselberg. prosecutors have the tax returns and a mountain of records and paper evidence. but someone like allen weisselberg who's been there for 40 years could provide information about the intention behind certain decisions. intent is critical in a criminal investigation. but he's not the only one.

prosecutors have also brought before the grand jury the trump controller who reports to allen weisselberg. he was questioned, according to sources, about compensation and benefits, this very issue that they are looking at and we're learning tonight that another executive is under scrutiny, matthew calamari. he began his career as donald trump's security guard and is now the chief operating officer. prosecutors are looking at benefits that he and his son received including corporate apartments and cars. a source familiar with the investigation said that piece of it is not as advanced as the one into allen weisselberg. the clock is ticking here because cy vance, the district attorney, says -- his term is up in six months and people familiar with the investigation say that he would like to make a decision before he's out of office. so six months to go, anderson. >> kara, it's fascinating. some perspective from elliot williams, a former federal prosecutor and former deputy assistant attorney general. so you hear kara's reporting.

how concerned should allen weisselberg be that his ex-daughter-in-law met with prosecutors again? >> look, everyone should be concerned when people close to them are speaking to pru prosecutors. if you're allen weisselberg certainly you ought to be lawyering up and think about what might come. but the question is what does this mean for donald trump? a lot of that hinges on will allen weisselberg face charges but also, number two, choose to cooperate with law enforcement if in fact he does. that is his right not to, but it provides prosecutors -- if he chooses not to, that provides prosecutors with even less incentive to cut him a more favorable deal if that's where it goes. >> but is it right to assume that prosecutors don't really care if allen weisselberg got a car without paying taxes on it or, you know, the organization paid for his grandchildren to go to school. they want something bigger about

the organization itself. is that a fair assumption? >> well, yes and no. look, it's still unlawful conduct. i think people have in their minds that the point of prosecution is always to flip an individual and move higher up the chain. the point of prosecution ought to be to root out unlawful conduct. the question is, what incentive do individuals along the way lower up the chain or higher up have to tell the truth. and that remains to be seen. look, he's still apparently still going to work. now, he can still be cooperating with law enforcement and going to work because if anybody is attempting to tamper with his testimony or figure out what he's saying to prosecutors, they face a potential obstruction charge and that's in many respects easier to prove than a financial crime from years ago. >> if he was prosecuted for the things that kara scannell mentioned as possibilities, is that something that would lead to jail time or is that a financial penalty? >> it could be both, it just depends on, number one, the

severity of the crime, number two, the dollar amount, number three, who are victims and his history and so on. so there's any number of factors that could play into it. look, these are serious crimes. people like to call these things, oh, these are process crimes or just simple white collar crimes. it's unlawful conduct whenever you look at it. taking advantage of other people. >> kara mentioned this fellow by the name of matthew calamari who apparently was the former president's one-time security guard who's now the cheap operating officer of the company. what does it tell you that investigators are reportedly looking into him and his son for allegedly receiving subsidized rent and company cars? >> what we know as the chief operating officer and comptroller are all being talked to. that suggests there's a suggestion there are serious financial irregularities that are being looked at. the history of prosecution is littered with the carcasses, anderson, of people who have

remained loyal or thought they were remaining loyal to people higher up on the chain than they were. i'm winking and talking about the president here. but narcotics, my god, is the worst instance of this where people get involved in unlawful conduct thinking their boss will protect them. this falls to all of these individuals who might have information, assuming there's been crimes committed, to tell the truth. and it's their choice -- it's their choice over whether to do so. but again as we said a little bit earlier, the penalties could potentially be great. >> elliot williams, appreciate it, thanks. up next, the democratic primary for new york mayor is tomorrow. the end of a race that's often looked like a snapshot of the battles inside the democratic party at all. what to expect with so many candidates running when we continue. with extra jalapeños. [doorbell rings] thanks, baby. yeah, we 'bout to get spicy for this virtual date. spicy like them pajama pants? well, the top half of me looks good.

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democrats in new york head to the polls tomorrow to vote in the mayoral primary race that's been a snapshot of the party's inner mechanisms at large. moderates versus progressives, issues involving policing and a rise in crime. the winner almost certainly the next mayor of this city. but then there's this curveball. a new ranked choice system that has produced a leader but no obvious favorite among a very large field of candidates. athena jones tonight breaks down the race. >> reporter: in the frenetic final days in the race to lead new york city -- >> i never had a doubt, not one

day, that we were not going to win this. >> reporter: brooklyn borough president eric adams, whose scant public polling suggests is the front-runner in the race, keeping the focus on public safety. >> i'm not going back to the days where our babies were waking up to gunshots and not alarm clocks. >> reporter: meanwhile, in a last-minute twist, two of the other leading democratic mayoral candidates, former sanitation commissioner katherine garcia and businessman andrew yang, making a series of campaign stops together. >> today andrew yang and i are campaigning together. >> so thrilled to be campaigning with katherine garcia today. >> reporter: the push coming as voters make their picks under a new voting system that allows them to rank up to five candidates in order of preference. the method allows for instant runoffs if, as expected, no one in the crowded field wins more than 50% of first choice ballots in the first round and it admits being someone's second or third choice could make a difference.

but while yang has repeatedly asked his voters to rank garcia -- >> if you support me, please do katherine garcia on your ballot. >> reporter: garcia has declined to be the same. >> let me very clear, i'm not co-endorsing. >> reporter: still their joint appearance drawing the ire of adams and his supporters, one likening it to voter suppression. adams campaign retweeting supporter ashley sharpton, daughter of reverend al sharpton, who suggested the apparent alliance was aimed at disenfranchising black voters. adams saying -- >> they're saying that we can't trust a person of color to be the mayor of the city of new york. >> reporter: yang responding. >> i would tell eric adams that i've been asian my entire life. >> reporter: civil rights lawyer maya wiley who has emerged as the top progressive candidate in the field also weighing in, saying ranked choice voting or alliances formed from it is not voter suppression. athena jones, cnn, new york. >> let's get some perspective on the state of the race.

i'm joined by our senior political writer and analyst hear en ten. you say this is the most unpredictable primary since 1977. why is that? >> just look at the polls, the limited data that we have. eric adams up 24% but that was taken a few weeks ago. katherine garcia 17, wiley 15, yang 13. that's well within any predictive margin of error as historic accuracy of polls. but also take a look at this. let's put adams' number in historical perspective. 24% for a top choice and primaries with no incumbents running in the final polls, that is the lowest for any front-runner in a democratic primary dating back to the end of the last century. bill thompson was at 49%. 24% awfully weak for a front-runnerer. >> katherine garcia and andrew yang campaigned together on saturday. is there anything to be made of that? because he's saying have her on the ticket if you like me.

she's essentially not kind of returning that favor. >> yeah, it was very nice of her, wasn't it? look, here's the situation. if we do this ranked choice and are jumping all the way ahead in the simulations, what we see here and this is from the marist college poll, we see adams at 34%, yang all the way down at 19%. he gets eliminated. adams jumps all the way up runs we get to roundi 12 and he is declared the winner. if you look at the folks who andrew yang -- decided to choose andrew yang as their first choice, who they said was their most common second choice, it was eric adams. so now what happens when yang says you should rank garcia up there, that could change the entire dynamic so this poll that we have is awfully old. right now i'm just quite confused to be honest with you. >> the idea that there's going to be a 12th round sounds exhausting. what is -- is there a history of -- do people do that? do people say, oh, previously i wanted eric adams as a second

choice if andrew yang was the first -- was my first pick, but if andrew yang says it should be this other person that's what i'm going to do. is there a history that people actually do that? >> i mean, look, in a primary in which voters are trying to tell the difference between the candidates ideologically speaking this kind of thing could make a difference. in 2001, peter malone endorsed fernando ferrar and none of his supporters went to him, they went to mark green. candidates can tell voters who to vote for but they may not listen. this is all very new to voters. as my mother said, i'm just very confused at this point. >> it also comes at this strange time in new york history where we're coming out of the pandemic, you know, crime is going up, it reminds me of growing up in new york in the '70s. washington square park, there's stuff going on. what are the top issues? >> yeah, and i should point out i grew up in the '90s and it

also reminds me of that. look, crime is the number one issue. we can see this in our marist college poll question again. should more police be put on the subway? what did this poll find? 69% of democratic primary voters agreed with that. that is not a surprise then that eric adams is leading in the polls at this point because that's what he wants to do. but let me put a whole ribbon around this for you, anderson. when are we going to actually find out who wins this frickin' thing? my guess? we may not know who wins this thing until the week of july 12th, according to the board of elections. so pour your cup of coffee, drink it a lot over the next few weeks, i certainly will, and we'll see you around the bend, anderson. >> hear enten, thank you. that shooting in new york city caught on camera where children were just inches away from bullets intended for a man, look at this. one of many such incidents as children are in harm's way as the nation sees an uptick in

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a shooting which also cost the lives of a bystander. the suspected gunman was also killed. the last time the police department had an officer killed in the line of duty was back in 1979. this is the latest in the increased wave of shootings across the country. according to a report released by the association for major cities police chiefs 2020 saw a significant spike in homicides up 33% over the previous year. 63 of those 66 largest police jurisdictions saw increases in at least one category of violent crimes last year. as our randi kaye reports tonight more and more children are caught in the crossfire. >> we can't sleep at night. we can't eat. our lives basically stopped april 24th. >> reporter: that is when 3-year-old elijah la france was gunned down in miami at his own birthday party. his mother says elijah's last word was mommy. it happened around 8:00 p.m. as elijah stood in the doorway of the house. the suspect or suspects fled.

police found dozens of shell casings from various semiautomatic weapons. it is unclear who the target was. a reward is being offered for any information but still no arrests. >> i lost something that i can never get back. just, please, please. please say something. >> this 6-year-old girl was shot and killed in minneapolis last month. she was sitting in the back seat of her family car when she was suddenly shot in the head during a hail of gunfire. >> you murdered our loved one, a 6-year-old baby. a precious little girl. you murdered her. i don't want nobody to feel what we feel. right now. how can you live with yourself? >> reporter: despite her grandfather's pleas that the killer turn himself in nobody has been arrested. ania was the 20th child shot in

minneapolis this year according to cnn affiliate kare. the gun violence archive tells us they expect at least 300 children will die as a result of gun violence this year. a slight increase over last year and a 40% increase over 2019. in part, because of an increase in gang violence but, also, as the temperatures get warmer violence typically increases. this past weekend the group logged 40 overall gun deaths and 90 injuries in just a three-hour time frame. in chicago in april 7-year-old jasmine adams was killed while sitting in a car at a mcdonald's drive through. jasmine was in the car now riddled with bullet holes along with her father who survived. investigators say he was the intended target. >> please put the guns down. our kids want to play. my kids can't even go out of the door. >> reporter: three suspects are now charged in connection with the little girl's murder.

in southern california two suspects are facing murder charges in a road rage incident that left 6-year-old aden laos dead. his mother was driving on the freeway when the shooter opened fire. aden was strapped into his booster seat and simply on his way to kindergarten. >> everywhere we went he would greet people with a vibrant, hello. i'm aden. what's your name? >> reporter: in detroit a 2-year-old and 9-year-old were shot on a highway just last week when a car pulled alongside another and opened fire. the 2-year-old bryson christian died. multiple arrests have been made. and these two children, lucky to be alive after a gunman fired shots within feet of them in broad daylight. it happened last week in the bronx. the 5 and 10-year-old somehow avoided getting shot as a masked gunman kept shooting at an adult male, his intended target. ploes say the incident -- police say the incident appears to be gang related. still no arrests. in light of their bravery the

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