. >> we should borne out is a conversation we're having with al schmidt later this hour. he's the secretary of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. we're going to ask him about those specific accusations. kristen holmes live for us in green bay, wisconsin. thank you so much. >> so let's discuss now we have matt mowers, former trump administration official, republican strategist, and the president of the global public strategy firm valcour and maria cardona, cnn political commentator and democratic strategist maria. this garbage comment by president biden is not good. >> it's not good, and it's frustrating but let's be real. the people who are outraged about this comment we're never going to vote for kamala harris and two things president biden walked it back. >> he clarified his comments and it actually gives vice president harris a chance to distance herself from those comments and to clarify what she has been very clear about, both in her speech last night and in all the comments you've been saying today that she is the one who is embracing people who won't vote for her. s

the secretary of state of pennsylvania, the man who's overseeing the elections there, secretary al schmidttary. thank you for coming back in bucks county. the application window to get a mail-in ballot was extended through friday as i just mentioned, because after this trump lawsuit, what happened in bucks, do you agree with extending that window? >> pennsylvania doesn't have early voting the way that many other states do so, voters have the option to show up to a local board of elections office, apply for a mail ballot in person, receive that ballot, complete that ballot? return. it all in one visit. >> so it's essentially over-the-counter or mail ballot voting. >> there was a lot of interest this last election and voting or this current election and voting that way some of our counties really struggled with staffing to make sure that they could process long lines of people voting this way, which is somewhat more labor intensive process and bucks county was one of those so your office has reported some of i think i saw 120,000 in-person requests for mail-in ballots. >> i think that was on

battling election misinformation the top election official of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, al schmidt, secretary of the commonwealth and former republican city commissioner of philadelphia. i if anybody recognizes him, we had him on a lot in 2020 and 2021. commissioner secretary, i guess is you're going secretary. you've had to deal with a lot of fraud, accusations station cnn reporting today on a group of benedictine nuns in erie, pennsylvania. they were falsely accused of voter fraud by a republican canvasser who claimed there were 53 registered voters at an address you didn't actually live. there, implying evidence of fraudulent registrations. it was, of course, the address of a nun's community in a month on a hysteria grounds and they live there and they work there and they are real you met with the nuns, you tweeted earlier today? i spoke with prioress. is that how you pronounce side of the benedictine sisters of erie? sister stephanie schmidt? no relation to thank her for standing u up to election disinformation, alleging that she and her sisters were engaging in voter fadh so n

secretary, of state of pennsylvania al schmidt, secretary. thank you for coming in. it's a significant decision from pennsylvania's highest court cut through the jargon for me, what's your reaction to this? >> so we always want aside in favor of enfranchisement. it's not a question of voters casting two votes or anything else like that. it's making sure that if there is a meaningless error in casting a mail ballot, that there is a remedy. and the remedy would be he that voters could still show up at the polling place on election day and cast a provisional paper ballot that will be checked to make sure there aren't two votes cast or anything else like that. but i'm glad the pennsylvania supreme court cited in favor of our voters and in enfranchisement and if folks do not know, i mean, people learn a lot about you and you're a philadelphia counting philadelphia county commissioner last cycle, you are a lifelong republican, and there have been a really a flood of voting lawsuits coming from republicans republicans bringing these challenges. >> they say that they, but th

and i also al schmidt. al schmidt is the state of the secretary and he's in charge of that now. he is he was the hero in 2020 and philadelphia, he was the republican commissioners there. and philadelphia and now trump was weaponizing and lying and saying that the voting was has to be corrupted. and it's cheating. and he stood strong and he chose to be living under protection. he could have been the national gop hero, but now, the governor here in pennsylvania here appointed him as that. now he's in charge of the election systems here in pennsylvania, and i'm supreme leader, supremely confident that we're going to be okay. and all of those votes are going to come in. and i don't believe that delay that happened in philadelphia that made that possible for several days before the final total was that was brought in and trump use that and that window to say a lot of things and spread a lot of misinformation and lies do you think vice president harris will win pennsylvania? yeah 100 100%. but it's going to be close. and i also, and also the guy from connecticut is going to get sent b

the republican secretary of state, al schmidt, on "meet the press now today." >> it could look convincingd that's distressing, and it's intended to keep people from voting. or undermine confidence. >> reporter: colorado authorities are investigating at least a dozen mail-in ballots in mesa county that were stolen and fraudulently filled out. while most were intercepted, three were processed and counted. >> and this attempt at fraud was found and investigated quickly because of the groundbreaking tools that we have here. >> reporter: it comes as the cybersecurity agency director, jen easterly, says it's up to each state to safeguard election integrity. >> they're the ones who are running elections. they're the ones that are closest to it. >> reporter: with tens of thousands of polling sites and hundreds of thousands of election workers, easterly says there will be hiccups and disruptions in a hotly contested election. lester. >> all right, tom, thank you. >>> and as we mentioned, early voting is breaking records with another new twist. hallie jackson explains. >> reporter: forget election

this is what the secretary of state al schmidt said about the deadline across the commonwealth. >> last week, the department of state, asked counties to plan to ensure every registered voter who was in line by 5:00 p.m. today was guaranteed a mail in application. >> they are given opportunity to apply for mail in ballot, i lot here today, we have been told about friar days, they fought they could apply for mail in bales on and turn it in up until 5:00 p.m. they are turned away early. this is important. because, republicans here in pennsylvania have been urging their voters to mail in their ballots vote early. here is jim wort worthington. he believes this a huge part to turn this county red. >> we got president trump to endorse it, i feel proud of that, i think i was party of getting that done, we have a strong vote my mail presence, if we get it to 2 to 1, lights out games over. president trump is the president. reporter: we spoke with a voter said his wife is due on november 5, he showed up here, he wanted to apply are in mail in ballot and turn it in. he turned up at 3:00, was denied

joining us now is the leader of that task force, pennsylvania secretary of the commonwealth al schmidte and that the vote counting afterwards is also going to be safe? >> i have no doubt that we will have a free, fair, safe and secure election in pennsylvania in 2024, just as we did in 2020 i would add. we have had a lot of lessons learned since 2020, and one of those was -- resulted in the creation of the governor's election threat task force, so that if we do encounter any of the ugliness that many of us encountered in 2020 in big cities and rural counties, democrats and republicans alike, we have open lines of communication between law enforcement and the people responsible for running elections. so law enforcement can do its job and our election officials can do their job, that only they can do, which is counting votes in our -- in a very time-sensitive and highly scrutinized environment. >> so, mr. secretary, you just spoke about the threat of violence, but what about the threat of disinformation, of misinformation, of conspiracy theories? we see them running amok already on socia

commonwealth secretary of state al schmidt weighed in this weekend. >> elections in pennsylvania changedlast five years. it's no wonder people have questions with all the changes. reporter: it's proof the system was working was demonstrated here in lancaster county when 2500 registration forms were flagged as potential criminal fraud. there's the district attorney. >> indicator of fraud were inaccuracies with addresses listed on the application, false identification of personal information as well as false names. reporter: the district attorney said this was part of a canvassing effort to go across the state and found names and addresses were people that didn't exist and da added they didn't appear to benefit any party. stuart: joe biden pleading with union workers to vote for harris. what's the pitch, lauren? lauren: biden says trump only cares about the big corporations and not the union workers. >> he doesn't give a damn about union workers or any worker for that matter. he views unions as getting in the way of accumulation of wealth for individuals. it's a labor's interest to defeat

. >> pennsylvania secretary of state al schmidt says he's been in close contact with usps to ensure every ballot gets counted. presidential election is likely to come down to the swing state which legally can not start counting mail-in ballots until election day. fortunately, the postal service has worked very closely with many of our counties and you have. >> maybe at least warm that probably 2 deliveries on that usps officials confirmed they are in close contact with election officials in pennsylvania and across the country to spot and fix any potential mail delivery issues. the also and says delivery times have improved since the last election. 99.9% about delivered from voters to election officials within 7 days. >> this week usps began its so-called extraordinary measures to make it easier for voters to return ballots >> that includes special lines for drop-off. that stores, additional pickups and extended hours, including keeping processing centers open the sunday before election day. just because also says it's still working closely with states devastated by recent hurricanes to en

this is what the secretary of state, al schmidt, said about today's deadline across the commonwealth.> last week the department of state asked counties to plan to ensure every registered voter who was in line by 5 p.m. today is provided with the opportunity to apply for and submit a mail ballot9 to application. >> reporter: so, again, these folks are being given the opportunity to apply for a mail-in ballot, but a lot of folks who have shown up today and we've also been told the about prior days, they thought they could apply for mail-in ballot and turn the it in up until 5 p.m. today, and their being turned away early. this is important because republicans here in pennsylvania have been urging -- urging their voters to mail in their ballots, to vote early, something that democrats have traditionally done more than republicans. here's jim worthingington, an activist in bucks county. he believes this is a huge part of the republican strategy to turn this swing county red. >> we've got president trump to endorse it. i feel very proud of that that because i think i was a part of getting

and according to the secretary of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, al schmidt, 25,000 ballots have been sent out overseas so far from your state, what would the effect of that requirement be? >> well, you we have seen elections determined by swings of fewer than 25,000 votes. i remember a certain former president talking about 10,000 or so votes that he needed to be found in georgia. and so these kinds of volumes of votes really matter in the count. and to set them aside, not only sets them aside in terms of time and space, but it also the, creates that sense of that this may not be real. that these votes are being rushed or dumped into the system. and that's exactly what they'd like to accomplish. and that's exactly why they filing this suit right now. and i'll share with you that i have a daughter who lives overseas and one of my dearest friends and his wife live overseas. all american citizens, all voting from overseas? in this way? and none of them are creating some sort of mischief in doing that. all of them are exercising their right to vote congresswoman chrissy houlahan. >> than

now, pennsylvania's republican secretary of state, al schmidt and secretary schmidt, i'm sorry to be talking to you under these circumstances and i know we're going to be talking a lot over these next weeks as this all plays out. i want to start with these fires. how worried are you about them? are you worried pennsylvania could be at target of these sort of dropbox buyers well, i certainly seen reporting on these incidences in pennsylvania all drop boxes that we have. >> and again, they are county board of elections drop boxes have video surveillance on them. they are secured into the ground or and usually or an oftentimes staffed by people to make sure that voters can return their ballot directly to their county in a way that's safe and secure. >> so when you hear the fbi and the dhs are so i'm glad to hear about the cameras and the putting it into the ground. i mean, details that we wouldn't necessarily even need to talk about, but i'm glad we hard because it's important. but when you hear the fbi and the dhs warning of domestic violent extremists with election workers being poten

the state secretary of state, al schmidt, who's been really out there.a republican, he's been very forward-leaning in educating the public about what's going on with voting in his state is acknowledged these investigations. his office is supporting both counties and allow this week officials in lancaster county said they were investigating, quote, incidents of suspected voter registration fraud, and they said they believed that this stem from a quote, large canvassing operation where they submitted registrations that hasn't duplicate handwriting and unverifiable addresses. so they are looking into that in your county officials walz will not confirm to cnn that they have the same issues that we're seeing in lancaster county, but they did acknowledge a large delivery containing thousands of election-related materials. so we will continue to follow these investigations and bring our viewers the facts. but clearly the former president getting out ahead of the investigation by saying there was actually fraud that was found yeah. >> and paula were and we're sh

joining us now is the leader of that task force, pennsylvania secretary of the commonwealth al schmidtmr. schmidt, very good luck for the next couple of weeks. we will all be watching you. how confident are you that the vote in pennsylvania is going to be safe and that the vote counting afterwards is also going to be safe? >> i have no doubt that we will have a free, fair, safe and secure election in pennsylvania in 2024, just as we did in 2020, i would add. we've had a lot of lessons learned since 2020 and one of those was -- resulted in the creation of the governor's election threat task force so that if we do encounter any of the ugliness, that many of us encountered in 2020, in big cities and rural counties, democrats and republicans alike, we have open lines of communication between law enforcement and the people responsible for running elections. so law enforcement can do its job and our election officials can do their job that only they can do, which is counting votes in a very time-sensitive and highly scrutinized environment? mr. secretary, you just spoke about the threat of v

there's a guy out there, secretary of state, al schmidt, going around the state.on "60 minutes" last night. he is a heroic figure. he's been put in by josh shapiro, the governor. this guy has been saying there's no cheating, no foreigners voting, no illegal people voting. it isn't happening. yet trump is stirring it around that you really can't count it because you have mail-in votes. he said if you have a 45-day lead for a mail-in vote, there must be having going on here. what? nothing. this is trump really trying to screw up american democracy, just like he did on january 6th in '21. he wants to screw it up so people don't even believe in the vote. that's his game here. either win or blame it as a stolen election. >> he's been doing that going back to when ted cruz beat him in the iowa caucuses in january of 2016. >>> kamala harris last night was in north carolina, and i think she delivered what is the start of her closing message over the next three weeks. take a look. >> donald trump intends to end affordable care act. [ crowd booing ] and he has no plan to re

here at the table "new york times" investigative reporter mike schmidt is back, host of msnbc's show, reverend aln is here and the man i call my humans annex because of his read on the polls is here and former senior counsel to john kelly, kevin carol, is here. he signed a new letter backing kelly's warnings against donald trump, along with other former trump administration officials. thank you so much for being here. i am grateful to get to talk to you and understand more of what you saw on the day that donald trump referred to veterans who have given their life, people like john kelly's son, as losers and suckers. >> i remember that day very well, nicolle. it was memorial day, 2070. i was in section 62 decorate the graves of fallen men and women and i saw the president and john kelly standing, very often as he was, over the grave of his son. i went over with my own son, who was five at the time. he was visibly upset, which is not usually the way he conducts himself. he asked hymns? i asked him what was wrong and he shook his head no. my son was perceptive enough to see the stranger, who was ups

schmidt is back. host of nbc's politics nation and president of the national action network, the reverend al sharpton is here. also joining us, msnbc senior analyst, the man i, human xanax because it is read on polls, matt dowell, is here. former counsel kevin cal is here. he signed a letter work backing the warnings against donald trump along with other former trump administration officials. thank you so much for being here. i am really grateful to get to talk to you and understand more of what you saw on the day the donald trump referred to veterans who have given their life, people like john kelly's son, as losers and suckers. >> i remember that day very well, nicole. it was memorial day of 2017. i had gone to section 16 to decorate the graves of some fellow men who i knew, and i saw the presidential limousine leaving. i saw john kelly standing over the grave of his son. and i went over with my own son , and he was visibly upset, which is not usually the way he presents himself. i asked what was wrong, and he shook his head no and said he didn't want to talk about it. and my son, was perceptive en

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"new york times" investigative reporter mike schmidt is back, host of msnbc's "politics nation" and president of the national action network, the reverend alrpton is here. also joining us political strategist msnbc senior analyst, the man i call my human xanax because of his read on polls, mark dowd, is here, and former senior counsel to john kelly is here. he signed a new letter backing kelly's warnings along with other former trump administration officials. kevin, thank you so much for being here. i'm really grateful to get to talk to you and understand more of what you saw on the day that donald trump referred to veterans who were giving their life as losers and suckers like john kelly's son. >> i remember that day very well, nicole. memorial day of 2017. i had gone to decorate the graves of some fallen men and i saw the limousine leaving and john kelly over the grave of his son. and i went over with my own son who was 5 at the time, and he was visibly upset, which is not usually the way he presents himself. and i asked what was wrong, and he shook his head no and he didn't want to talk about it. my son was percentive enough to see if h

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