among them in philadelphia was al schmidt, one of three city commissioners and the only republican.fice promising to protect election integrity. >> one of the things that i was involved in as part of the republican party in the city and republican party in the state was election integrity. since coming to office, in 2012, i referred more than two dozen cases for investigation to city, state, and federal law enforcement. our election operations were centered in the pennsylvania convention center in center city philadelphia, and there was one tv on that i happened to be walking past.city, philadelphia, and there was one tv on that i happened to be walking past. and the president saying why are they still counting? we already got the results. >> we are winning pennsylvania by a tremendous amount of votes. >> and i want to be very clearer about what then president trump was calling for. he wanted millions americans to be disenfranchised. >> which is completely at on odds with democracy. it was pretty upsetting to see that. >> let's get a key race alert in some of the battleground states

among them in philadelphia was al schmidt, one of three city commissioners and the only republican.e ran for office, promising to protect election integrity. >> one of the things that i was involved in as part of the republican party in the city, and republican party in the state was election integrity. since coming to office, in 2012, i referred more than two dozen cases for investigation to city, state, and federal law enforcement. our election operations were centered in the pennsylvania convention center in center city philadelphia, and there was one tv on that i happened to be walking past. and the president saying why are they still counting? we already got the results. >> we are winning pennsylvania by a tremendous amount of votes. >> and i want to be very clear about what then president trump was calling for. he wanted millions americans to be disenfranchised. >> which is completely at on odds with democracy. it was pretty upsetting to see that. >> a key race alert in the battleground states. >> when half of your voters, in our case, 325,000 voters vote by mail, it takes day

but back in philadelphia, commissioner al schmidt has had enough. again. but the threats sealed the deal. >> if you don't run again, if others don't run again and so many election workers leave their position, are you concerned about who will replace you? >> yeah. i think -- i think the concern that these same officials are replaced by people who don't want to count voters' votes. who want to discredit the results of the elections that they, themselves, are running. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, philadelphia. >>> still ahead tonight. the prosecution rests their case in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. their final witness suggesting that one of his victims did not pose a threat. the latest from kenosha, next. so i only pay for what i need. how about a throwback? you got it. ♪ liberty, liberty - liberty, liberty ♪ uh, i'll settle for something i can dance to. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ ♪ ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ ♪ ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud exp

. >> that was september, 2020, when donald trump also stunned republican al schmidt. >> we either need to get them on board or move the polling place. >> schmidt is one of three city commissioners philadelphia. his job is to oversee the city's elections. >> there was a big problem. in philadelphia they went in to watch, they were called poll watchers. they were thrown out. they weren't allowed to watch. you know why -- because bad things happen in philadelphia. bad things. >> so you're watching the debate, and president trump says bad things happen in philadelphia. what goes through your mind? >> i think i said out loud, "i see what you're doing." we had the sitting president trying to discredit the results coming from the city of philadelphia before a single vote was cast in the city. >> watch those ballots. i don't like it. thousands of ballots all over the country are being reported. some thrown in garbage cans with my name on them. did you see today there was a big mishap with the ballots, another one. >> not only was trump spreading distrust of the electoral process -- >> did you

and honorable-- [inaudible] [inaudible] al schmidt. in philadelphia that commissioners oversee all election operations in the city from voter registration to election certification. i was first elected to this position in 2011, reelected in 2015, reelected in 2019 and have overseen more than two dozen elections in my nearly 10 years of service. i am a republican and i believe counting votes in ourve democray is a sacred responsibility. for doing my job, counting votes, i would like to quickly share with you some of the messages assigned to me and my family.he tell the truth or your three kids will be fatally shot up your include is our address, including my children's names, included a picture of our home. cots can help you. heads on spikes, treasonous schmitz. you betrayed your country. you lied. you are a traitor. perhaps cuts and bullets will soon arrive at, provides my address, names my children, rhino stole election, we still live is the. there are additional threats my family asked me not to share because they are so graphic and

heard shocking testimony not only from katie, who came out for the hearing, but also a guy named al schmidt, who is a republican election official in philadelphia whose family was threatened. this was a message sent saying, tell the truth or your three kids will be fatally shot. the names of his 7-year-old, 11-year-old, 14-year-old all put out public. their address. a photo of their house. you know what, lawrence? he is not running again. and we heard from even a conservative secretary of state in kentucky who reported that because of intimidation and various things that had happened, that less people are signing up to be volunteer election officials. so the effect of all this, no matter where it comes from, the effect of all this is a democracy on fire. and that's why it is so important to go after this and why i think we should make it a federal crime when you see the numbers out of the reuters report and you find out there has been no investigation of what's going on when there is 800 threats with legal experts saying 100 of them could be prosecutable. and that's why our bill, the freedo

al jazeera's jonah hull. reporter: plans by the bosnian serb leadership to exit some of the country's tripartite institutions, including the military, are described by the international community's high representative, christian schmidtantamount to secession. they constitute, he says, the greatest existential threat of the post-war period. he's talking about bosnian serb leader milorad dodik, who says a new army will be set up in the serb-run entity of republika srpska, with the bosnian army forced to withdraw. if necessary, he says the serbs will call on their friends for help, a presumed reference to serbia proper and russia. >> the republika srpska will control its own affairs in a legal, constitutional manner, including by having its own army, judiciary, fiscal administration, as well as intelligence and security agencies. we will re-establish all these institutions. reporter: last month, a training exercise by bosnian serb police was denounced by muslim bosniak and croat leaders, the other members of a three-way power sharing government formed by the 1995 dayton peace agreement. they took place on the mountain overlooking sarajevo, from where serb snipers and artillery laid siege to the capital beginning in 1992

al shall reports plans by the bosnian serb leadership to exit some of the country's tripartite institutions including the military, andrew dish we are described by the international communities. hi, representative christian schmidt is tantamount to association. the constitutes, he sees the greatest existential throat of the postwar period. he's talking about bosnian serb leader miller roddick, who's threatening to former militia in the sub run entity of republicans, serv, hska, and force out the bosnian national army. if necessary. he says the serbs will call their friends to help a presumed reference to serbia proper and russia. i'll go to beauregard, coach if the republicans epsco will control its own affairs in a legal constitutional manner, including by having its own army judiciary, fiscal administration, as well as intelligence and security agencies. we will reestablish all these institutions. we are here essentially being blackmailed. i would say both politically and in all other ways by a corrupt a lead in bosnia and herzegovina succession is the lead who is willing to star the conflict and the war in order to prevent themselves from going to prison cell. this is not an ideological question. this is not

schmidt, who covers terrorism and national security. and is a former pentagon correspondent for the new york times. he's the author of counter strike, the untold story of america, secret campaign against al qaeda. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. this is truly an explosive report, as i read it in david, why don't you described to our audience what the underlying incident was that led to issues which we'll get into but tell us about the underlying incident. right, so like you said, this is at the very end, i years long war against isis. and what was left of the caliphate fighters were basically trapped, corralled into a area, maybe a square mile against a river. and it was just a chaotic seam with, with lots of vehicles and makes shift tense and a half dug bunkers. and there were thousands and thousands of people in there, certainly many fighters, but also lots of women and children there. and we have to remember that some of them were probably there willingly, but a lot of them probably were not. so at the very end of this chaotic situation, and there's some sort of skirmish going on, we don't have a whole lot of details about it. but a secretive special operations group and