you are on with al schmidt. caller: hi.his is the first time i have ever gotten through and i cannot believe it. i just wanted to say that i know in the last election that there was some kind of a supreme court ruling that happened because of the pandemic. they changed the rules in some way. i believe that our elections are free and safe. it is beyond my comprehension that people just do not believe that they were, and cannot believe that trump started this back in july, even before the election, that they would be stolen. even in 2016, if he would have lost, he would have done the same thing. i just wish people would trust our government, our elections and move on, because it is really sad when it breaks up marriages, families, for something that is so trivial, in my estimation. guest: ma'am, i think what you are referring to in pennsylvania is probably referring to mail-in ballot voting. in pennsylvania prior to 2020, the only way to vote was to show up in person and vote on election day. or if you were absent from the co

host: al schmidt. past your time but we went to go through that sense that just came out. al schmidt is a member for the committee for safe and secure elections. if you want to read more, go to safeelections.org. thank you for stopping by. guest: thank you for having me. host: we are going to take a break and in our last 20, 25 minutes, we will return to the topic that we have been talking about all morning long. yesterday's january 6 committee hearing, getting your reaction on the hearing on the phone lines for republicans, democrats and independents. start calling in and we will get your calls after the break. ♪ ♪ >> middle and high school students, it is your time to shine. you are invited to participate in this year's c-span cumentary competition. in light of the midterm elections, feature yourself as a newly elected member of congress. what are your top priorities and why? make a five to six minute video that shows the importance of your video from opposing and supporting perspectives. do not be a

host: our conversation on election security with al schmidt. he is currently a member of the committee for safe and secure elections. he previously served as philadelphia city commissioner. explain what the committee for safe and secure elections is. guest: after the 2020 election, administrators experienced across the country, it became clear both from the election administration standpoint and from a law enforcement standpoint that we needed to build a better relationship between those two communities. election administrators, including myself, and others had it worse than i did, were on the receiving end of an avalanche of threats of violence and worse, targeting myself and my family and my little kids. before 2020, that had not been as common of an occurrence as we saw that time. because those relationships had never really been built before. we began meeting informally and then formed the committee for safe and secure elections to try to build a partnership between the election administration community and the law enforcement community. ho

al schmidt was a former commissioner who stepped down earlier this year following repeated threats against him and his family. including threats to kill his children. >> we don't expect one day to be responsible for running elections in a democracy and have to have police go with you when you take your kids sledding in the snow, and when you go to the grocery store. >> schmidt said the threats of violence have added political pressure, and transforming what was once a low profile form of service. >> the fear is we will lose the election administrative personnel more than what we have already. and they are doing it in an environment where any mistake is perceived to be intentional and malicious in some way. >> they have faced criticism for only producing one conviction so far as they investigate threats against poll workers across the country. the justice department says they continue to investigate cases across the country and expects to have additional prosecutions. ed o'keefe , cbs news, philadelphia. >>> ahead of the election, human rights watchdogs say facebook and tiktok are failing t

host: you are on with al schmidt. caller: al seems like a very honest fella. i can tell you my outlook on the 2020 election. i think i can explain why so many people got upset. i really got upset, but i have a brain and i was not going to -- somewhere. first off, from the time donald trump came down the escalator, they were after him. they come up with every kind of falsehood, everything they could against him. even going into the election, everybody in washington, it seemed like, was against him. >> you can watch this program in its entirety if you go to our website c-span.org. up next a discussion with them a credit congressman on the bidens -- this is live coverage on c-span. >> speaking to appease saudi arabia and its defective ruler come the biden administration has concluded need to reevaluate its relationship with the kingdom. following that there cutting oil production for 2 million barrels a day, it will drive up the cost of fuel weeks before next month's midterm elections, it could characterizes rule as election interference. it goes much deeper than

al schmidt is a former republican city commissioner who stepped down earlier this year following repeated threats against him and his family. including threats to kill his children. >> you don't expect one day to be responsible for running elections in a democracy and have to have police go with you when you take your kids sledding in the snow. and when you go to the grocery store. >> reporter: schmidt says the threats of violence and added political pressure is transforming what was once a much lower-profile form of public service. >> typically, campaigns compete against other campaigns. candidates run against other candidates. and the election administrators are really the referees of it all. so it's an unusual situation to have the referees getting punched and getting tackled. >> we're actually tracking right now about 400 jurisdictions across the country that we've been in touch with that are still looking for folks. >> reporter: jane schlosser is with power the polls. >> we're growing the next generation of poll workers. >> reporter: a non-partisan group that launched during the 2020

brad raffensperger in georgia, al schmidt in philadelphia, the republicans and the boards of supervisorszona and many others. but there haven't been enough. and that is one of things that -- to speak the truth to their own voters is needed right now in this perilous moment. >> and major, republicans are expected to do well in the upcoming midterm elections. and there are a lot of election workers you spoke with in your book who were anxious about this. worried what that might mean. >> yes. we talked to ricky hatch who is in utah. a safe trump state. richie hatch who had been an administrator in his county for a long time. he was attacked. not personally, but he had two acts of vandalism committed against him and his own community, still doubt the election results there. and that is how deep this is gone. and he's afraid if republicans prevail, and win in the midterms they'll say, see, aha, we were right all along. this is only fair because we lied about the 2020 election. he's afraid it will grow deeper into the marrow of the republican party and i quote him as saying that is a warning s

as high representative for bosnia herzegovina, christian schmidt talks to al jazeera, i representative for bosnia herzegovina, christian schmidt. thank you for joining us on talk to al jazeera tkip. you chose the night of the elections to use your powers, also known as the bon powers, to allow you to make changes to the law. you change the number of representatives to the upper house, are known as the house of peoples, how they are chosen and gave a deadline for forming a government. why did you choose the night of the elections to make that announcement? this is very simple. i did not want to interfere in the lead to process the decision of the electorate of the people on the one side. and i did not want to give the impression that i would go to corporate. she little tune, knowing the electoral results or the 1st her information about them and to adapt any decision i have made this decision ah, on sunday morning and signed the decision prepared for a lot. and so are desperate to purpose her. it, after the closing of the polling stations, we have members of the european parliament obje

democratic and what did i, i did just help and you can see acids full interview with christian schmidt on talked to al jazeera that's on saturday at 430 g m t. the national debt of the united states has passed $31.00 trillion dollars for the 1st time data from the us treasury shows the government borrowed nearly 8 trillion dollars since the corona virus pandemic began overall, its debt jumped by 7 trillion under the previous trump administration. it's been a week since hurricane in hit the u. s. state of florida. the number of storm related deaths has risen to at least 80 while search and rescue teams continue to look for survivors. leah harding has more department lights on known for its sugar like sand and teal, blue waters. the south west coast of florida is now a place of desolation. it has been a week since hurricane in slammed the shores and the death toll keep to rising. where people once searched 1st spot to sun bathe, rescue teams. now search for survivors. if there is no answer, we move on to the 2nd home. and we will continue that. throughout this whole, entire long 1st responders have come

schmidt's. you can see that the full interview on talk to al jazeera on saturday at 450 g m t. israel has issued nearly 20000 work permit since the beginning of last year, allowing palestinians from garza to into and work in jobs that of a higher salaries garza has been under a years long is rarely blockades. human l feed has more mohammedan. natasha is a happy man. he got his permit work and israel month to go. he says this will help him and his family earned a good income government for 3 kind of happy. i mean either before i got my work permit in israel, i owed everyone money. i worked a day and was jobless 10 and return in gaza. i made a maximum of $15.00 a day on an israel. i made a minimum of $150.00. can you imagine the difference? i know many people in garza, like mohammed have been granted permits to work in israel when this process began early last year. it was the 1st time people from garza were allowed to work in israel, didn't ham as took power here in 2007 israel austin suspense or rejects the permit based on what it calls security situation on the ground. critic say it's a pressur

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this morning on "washington journal," a member of the committee for safe and secure elections, al schmidtdiscusses efforts to protect election workers and voters. and we take your calls to discuss the january 6 committee vote to subpoena former president donald trump. "washington journal" starts now. ♪ host: good morning. it