. - [margaret] david becker is the founder of the nonpartisan center for election innovation and research. - we can't say for sure that there are zero non-citizens voting, but it's pretty darn close to zero and this is a knowable thing. - [margaret] with november's election just three months away, what do these experts say now? - [announcer] firing line with margaret hoover is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. - secretary jocelyn benson, david becker, benjamin ginsberg, welcome to firing line. - thanks for having us. - thank you. - how certain are you that we will have an accurate, fair, and secure election on november 5th? madam secretary to you first. - i'm 100% certain that we will have an accurate, fair, and secure election, not just in michigan but l across the country. what work we've gotta do is making sure citizens can have that same rightly placed faith that we all do. - [margaret] david becker? - i'm also 100% sure that the public servants all over

becker goes to the chair so many first in this case.he first and i think only cop the only united's of america. we have that but surviving this ms is arnold rothstein. and rothstein there many, many sites one can visit which are associated with him in new york city. most notably is the park central hotel very near to carnegie hall big hotel still in business now 250 west 56th street. he is killed in an upper room there. by another gambler main georgia make manners. that is my theory anyway. it was the das theory as well. but not the jury. but pretty much the fix was in there. to let him go. i was involved in rum running, loan sharking, i'm bootlegging speakeasies. fixing things he is the great middleman of things. one of the middle men there is an adjunct or detour from the thatrothstein story. he has a relative of his is a cousin and married to a guy named george ringler. george ringler was a sort of -- you get around in political circles again politics. worked for the new york daily news. as a photographer and a go to guy and would fe

a police lieutenant also protected by sullivan, called lieutenant charles becker. becker is one mean, crooked cop. and rosenthal says, do you know who i am? i'm friend. i'm a protege of big tim. and you're picking on me and i'm not going to take it. whereupon his his gambling house is wrecked. the police this happens one more time and. rosenthal this is a bad timing for tammany because to him because at that point is one of those rare intervals. manhattan has a republican d.a. so he's going to go to the and he's going to go to the press trouble in reverse city and becker and big sullivan. big tim sullivan by. the way, ironically, is the father of the first gun control law, the united states the sullivan act. okay and involved in the of bnc rosenthal which is the first drive by shooting in united states history. they just sort of go by him after higher some killers through gambler name bridges webber who had a. house at 102 west 42nd street, which is now whole foods. okay the one by bryant park. so rosenthal is more becker goes to the chair he's the first so many fi

becker is one mean, crooked cop. and rosenthal says, do you know who i am? i am a friend, i'm a protÉgÉ of baked him and you're picking on me and i'm not going to take it. whereupon his gambling house is wrecked by the police. this happens one more time. andnd rosenthal, this is a bad timing for tammany because, because manhattan is one of those rare intervals when manhattan has a republican da. so it's going to go to the da is going to go to the press. trouble in river city. becker and big tim sullivan, big tim sullivan by the way of article is a father of first gun control law in the united states, sullivan act. okay? and also involved in the murder of rosenthal which is the first drive-by shooting in the united states history. they just sort of go by him after, after hiring some killers to another gambler named weber who had a feral house at 10202 west 42nd street which is now a whole foods. [laughing] okay? the one by brian park. so rosenthal is no more. becker goes to the chair picky is the first come so many firsts in this case, the first and he thinks

host: coming up, we hear from david becker -- from wayne crews

. ♪ >> this is david becker joining us, founder and executive director for the center of election innovation research and co-author of "the big truth," supporting democracy. what's your intended purpose? guest: nonpartisan nonprofit, working with republicans and democrats from maine to california, alaska to florida, to help them and support them in elections that voters should trust and do trust and now more than ever we are doing a better part on that. our elections are as secure as they have ever been but so many americans unfortunately believe host: the exact opposite. host:how do you work with officials? guest: we work with them as they try to share best practices across the country like rhe countable paper ballots of which 95% of americans are going to vote on and helping them with procedures where they audit the ballots to make sure that the machines count them correctly. helping with voter registration to keep those lists as accurate as they have ever been before. sharing data better, keeping the data up to date in their states as voters move or die to reflect the voters accurately an

and richard becker, anti-war activist from answer coalition out of san francisco, thank you both for being with me, i'm going to start it off um with mick, i mean make your perspective, how hypocritical is it that the european three, the uk, france and germany is now warning iran about retaliating, um, while at the same time it continues to support the zionist genocide and the regimes assassinations, well does, i'll try to add something to what you've said, but i agree with every word, i guess i would say that of course there's hypocrisy, there's gut-ranging hypocrisy and but there's also a tremendous consistency um in the part of western chancellories, because essentially um if you're allied with with the usa, britain and the eu then you can do no wrong, and any crimes that you commit, any massacers, any exterminations will never..." cross a red line, but if you're opposed, if you're not part of, if you're not signed up to to imperial domination of the region, then you really can do no right, and it comes into the most sharp and and and un unambiguous relief when they say that israe

program. out of glasgow, mcnapia, co-founder scottish palestine solidarity campaign. and richard becker, anti-war activist from the answer coalition out of san francisco, thank you both for being with me. i'm going to start it. off um with mick, i mean mick, your perspective, how hypocritical is it that the european three, the uk, france and germany is now warning iran about retaliating, while at the same time it continues to support the zionist genocide and the regime's assassinations. well, this, i'll try to add something to what you've said, but i, i agree with every word. i i guess i would say that of course there's hypocrisy, there's gut raringing. say um, but there's also a tremendous consistency um in the part of western chancellories, because essentially um, if you're allied with uh with the usa, britain and the eu, then you can do no wrong, and any crimes that you commit, any massacres, any exterminations will never cross a red line, but if you're opposed, if you're not um part of, if you're not signed up to to imperial domination, the region, then you really can do no right, a

the church was reconstructed, and more than once, the goldsmith, already known to us, jan samuel beckerhor new project of the temple, they asked it to be ennobled and rebuilt a little, and this is how this bell tower appeared here. and here is the main christian symbol, the very crucifix, which, according to historians, has survived; they say it remains from an ancient temple that he himself once built. sapega. can you imagine how ancient this is? architectural plasticity, sculpture and painting. the decoration of the trinity church is amazing. to this day, stucco molding, a chandelier and sconce, forging, ambon and much more have been preserved inside the temple. please note that this is the very first entrance door to the temple, by the way, wooden. now she is modestly flying in the corner of the church, but before thousands of believers passed through her. uh the poor, uh, the needy, and he helped people a lot, at the age of 26 he died, he died. from illness, as they said in those days, from dryness. you'll probably already be seeing palaces and castles everywhere, or is it still not

that night, inga becker was returning home from work. the girl was scared. felt like she was going to die that day. she complained to the shift supervisor. i think he's hitting me today. the man suggested that inga get off at the next stop, not hers. he promised to walk her home. but at the last moment, the girl decided to get off at her stop. why bother people? thank you, i'm on a charge. two guys left the bus with her, but they were on the wrong way. she walked past the vacant lot towards home. inga was discovered in the morning. the girl had been raped and strangled. inga was only 120 m away from home . the crime took place right in the city center, near the palace of culture, but in those years even in such places there were no random passersby in the evenings, and the most important attack on greta meyer took place literally fifty meters from here, it seems this was not a coincidence, a comb. "the first piece of evidence, a comb, almost new, perhaps the criminal dropped it, a bus ticket, someone could have thrown it out anywhere along the way from the b

elections would david becker with the center for election innovation and research. and a look at the cost, scope, and transparency of federal regulations with clyde wayne crews, regulatory studies fellow at the competitive enterprise institute. "washington journal" starts now. ♪ host: it is the "washington journal" for august 5, the focused on vice president harris with the expectation that her choice for a running mate will be revealed, that she has set to go on a multistate tour. former president trump and his running mate both expressing a lack of care on who that choice will be. vance himself pushing back on those with questions placed on the republican ticket. you can comment on those stories or others related to campaign 2024 on the following lines, republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can comment on issues regarding campaign 2024 by texting us at (202) 748-8003. you can post on facebook or on x. the latest when it comes to the choices for vice president harris on the final three, being reported by reuters a

but so far, no foreign beckers has stepped forward to fund just make a project. without that money, it will be difficult if not impossible to continue construction. but most experts believe that the government will not stop the project. that is, but the, the option is to slow down the they're still using the state budget. the amount is very small, though the process will be very slow, especially during the transition to the new government. it's not a total stop, but the progress of the development is very, very slow. the stakes are higher for the continuation of the new capital project. lot of money has already been spent, but much more is still needed. while president elect trouble was to be under, has blanche to continue construction after to juggle, we steps down some question whether it was on that i will be one of the new president's priorities. and with that, you're up to date for to stay with us. if you can, as of next check in visits, the top 10 comfortable palaces and purchases to see in germany. don't forget, you know, let's get the one who's on our web

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but so far, no foreign beckers has stepped forward to fund just make a project. without that money, it will be difficult if not impossible to continue construction. but most experts believe that the government will not stop the project. this the, the, the, the, the option is to slow down. they're still using the state or just the amount is very small and the process would be very slow, especially during the transition to the new government to that it's not the total study, but the developments progress is very, very slow. the stakes are higher for the continuation of the new capital project. lot of money has already been spent, but much more is still needed. while president elect pro bowls to be, endo has pledged to continue construction after the jacoby steps down. some question whether we sent that i will be one of the new president's priorities. finally, uncreated russian cargo craft has deliberate, essential supplies to the international space station. the progress $89.00 was carrying nearly 3 tons of food fuel and other traits, including fresh fruit and coff

but so far, no foreign beckers has stepped forward. the fund does make a project. without that money, it will be difficult if not impossible to continue construction. but most experts believe that the government will not stop the project, get it. but the, the option is to slow down the, they're still using the state budget. the amount is very small. so the process will be very slow, especially during the transition to the new government. it's not a total stop, but the progress of the development is very, very slow. the stakes are higher for the continuation of the new capital project. a lot of money has already been spent, but much more is still needed. while president elect probably has to be end to has blanche to continue construction after the joke. always steps down. some question where the recent that i will be one of the new president's priorities. armando, about top story this. now, this is just kinda tie the us have released the joint statement of the 2 days of tilt and go hot on the floor and gaza. it backing a bridging proposal that the waste presidents a

but so far, no foreign beckers has stepped forward to fund just make a project. without that money, it will be difficult if not impossible to continue construction. but most experts believe that the government will not stop the project, get it. but the, the option is to slow down the they're still using the state budget. the amount is very small. the process will be very slow, especially during the transition to the new government. it's not a total stop, but the progress of the development is very, very slow. the stakes are higher for the continuation of the new capital project. lot of money has already been spent but much more.

state senator josh becker of menlo park authoring the bill. he'll lead the charge today at the capitol steps alongside san jose mayor matt mahan. they'll show examples of what interim housing could look like. we'll expect to see pop ups of temporary housing units, and these leaders will lead us on a tour of how these units can work. it's a bill that's also backed by san francisco mayor london breed, as well as the bay area council. the idea there is to try to get people their own space with these mobile units until a plan is in place to get them permanent housing. we'll hear from senator becker and mayor mehan, as well as other leaders statewide, starting just after 8:00 this morning. we're live this morning in sacramento. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> james, thank you for that update. business owners in a san francisco neighborhood say they're frustrated by the number of overnight break ins. kung food is a family owned asian restaurant in the panhandle district. it has been burglarized nine times in four years. the most recent was

it's a story that inspired states senator josh becker, so much so that he authored sb 1395. also known as the interim housing act. >> becker says of signed into law, the bill will speed up construction of tiny homes across california. that's because for the proposal, if and when state and local governments contract to build more tiny homes, they'll be exempt from the california environmental quality act or seek walk. a decades old law credited with protecting the environment but blamed for delaying or even outright blocking construction of big projects like new housing. quickly deploy. these more lives will say he acknowledges these tiny homes are not a permanent solution, but he believes they can play a huge role in getting help to those who need it most. it's shelter. it's getting people off the streets. people are dying in large numbers where she's being in salt, assaulted in large numbers. the street they're getting actually addicted to drugs on the streets, the keys to get them. >> off the streets. >> quickly as it stands today, there are more than 2000 tiny homes up st

senate bill 537 was coauthored by san mateo county state senator josh becker.rs of the bill are gathering today at the capitol in sacramento. this bill calls for a state commemoration in the form of a statue or other appropriate memorialization. between 1929 and 1939, mexicans and mexican americans were repatriated, deported, and expelled from the united states. senator becker says it devastated hundreds of thousands of families. >> this was a policy based in racism, and it was a policy that led to the forced deportation of over a million people of mexican descent, and it's estimated that almost 60% were american citizens. >> the bill was passed by the state senate last year and is currently awaiting the outcome of an assembly committee hearin. >> more bay area students headed back to school today. it was the first day of school for students in the san ramon valley unified school district. we were at coyote creek elementary in san ramon this morning as kids arrived for class. there was plenty of first day photos being taken by parents. students and teachers say

senate bill 537 was coauthored by san mateo county state senator josh becker. he and other supporters of this bill gathered this morning at the capitol in sacramento. the bill calls for an official california apology and a state commemoration in the form of a statue or other appropriate memorialization. between 1929 and 1939, mexicans and mexican americans were repatriated, deported, or expelled from the u.s. senator becker says it devastated hundreds of thousands of mexican and mexican american families. >> this was a policy based in racism, and it was a policy that led to the forced deportation of over a million people of mexican descent and it's estimated that almost 60% were american citizens. >> the proposal is currently being discussed in an assembly committee. a hearing is set for this afternoon. governor gavin newsom is calling on school districts across the state to take action to restrict cell phone use on campuses. this academic year. ktvu sally rasmus joins us live to explain the letter sent to educators across the state this week. ali. >> andre, ci

we're joined by state senator josh becker from the south bay. sir, thanks for being with us. let's just start by how big this moment is for california and the bay area in particular. absolutely. i've been to every convention since 96. >> usually the california delegation is kind of in the back, honestly, and this year we're front and center in every way possible. and of course, with the top of the ticket, this is a dream come true for us tonight. >> a lot of the focus is on governor tim walz. in your estimation, what does he need to say to the american people to introduce himself? >> well, i think he's gotten well known for his kind of quips. right. i mean, the brilliance of his of his weird piece that just kind of defanged kind of the anger and the vitriol from the other side, he's known as being just very, just a really good person. and i think now that the challenge will be to see if he can now inspire the crowd for on a on a 20, 30 minute talk. and i think that's what people are looking for tonight. >> you've talked about policy a lot in your own political life. some of t

becker says of signed into law. bill will speed up construction of tiny homes across california. that's because for the proposal, if and when state and local governments contract to build more tiny homes, they'll be exempt from the california environmental quality act or seek walk a decades old law credited with protecting the environment but blamed for delaying or even outright blocking construction of big projects like new housing. the more quickly deploy these more lives will say he acknowledges these tiny homes are not a permanent solution, but he believes they can play a huge role in getting help to those who need it most. it's shelter. it's getting people off the streets. people are dying in large numbers. were streets being in salt, assaulted in large numbers, the street they're getting actually addicted to drugs on the streets, the keys to get them. >> off the streets. >> quickly as it stands today, there are more than 2000 tiny homes up statewide, including 500 in the city of san jose alone. it war. san jos

county state senator josh becker. he and other supporters of the bill gathered today at the capitol in sacramento. this bill calls for a state commemoration in the form of a statue or other appropriate memorialization. between 1929 and 1939, mexicans and mexican americans were repatriated, deported, and expelled from the united states. senator becker says it devastated hundreds of thousands of families. >> this was a policy based in racism, and this was a policy that led to the forced deportation of over a million people of mexican descent and it's estimated that almost 60% were american citizens. >> the bill was passed by the state senate last year, and is currently awaiting the outcome of an assembly committee hearing. >> the san francisco fire department, bidding farewell to chief janine nicholson, who is retiring after 30 years of service. fire commissioners and city leaders today attending a celebration for nicholson. she announced last month that unforeseen medical circumstances were forcing her to retire. nicho

also with this is richard becker, anti-war activist with the answer of coalition out of san francisco. welcome to the show both gentlemen. now professor, let's start with this protest, i just told you. about at the outside of the democratic convention venu in chicago yesterday, of course is four-day event, now protesters have told camala harris that they won't vote for her in case the us does not ban weapon sale to the israeli regime, so it's quite evident that many americans are not cognisance of what's happening to the palestinians in gaza, what israel is doing there, and they want their officials to do something serious about it, your take on this please, well... good evening to you and your guest from san francisco as well as for all your viewers, yes we think that in the democratic convention and what happened in chicago uh today we are talking here about you know the problem of the democratic party today because they are losing lots of votes and especially young people those who are in support of the palestinians and against the war uh regardless supporting the palestinian or no

also with this is richard becker, anti-war activist with the answer of coalition out of san francisco. welcome to the show, both gentlemen. now, professor, let's start with this protest i just told you about at the outside of the democratic convention venue in chicago yesterday, of course is four-day event. now protesters have told camala harris that they won't vote for her in case the us does not bandy regime. so it's... quite evident that many americans are not cognisance of what's happening to the palestinians in gaza, what israel is doing there, and they want their officials to do something serious about it. your take on this, please. well, good evening to you and your guest from san francisco as well as for all your viewers. yes, we think that in the democratic convention and what happened in chicago today, we are talking here about the problem. the democratic party today, because they are losing lots of votes and especially young people, those who are in support of the palestinians and against the war, regardless supporting the palestinian or not, people who are against the war

state senator josh becker of menlo park authored the interim support of housing act. it allows cities to bypass going through rezoning processes and permits in order to build tiny home units for the homeless to find temporary shelter. san jose mayor matt mehan says the city has six communities with 500 homes and another 800 on the way. >> it easier for cities to say, we have some underutilized land over here. we don't need to go through a lengthy rezoning process. we don't have to take a year just to get permits issued. we can move quickly to get these units stood up and offer an immediate, dignified alternative to the streets. >> the homes that take people off the streets for about a year until they then can find permanent housing. the bill is now on its way to the assembly for a vote. music lovers buzzing as the final touches are made on the outside lands festival in san francisco. we'll tell you more about when we're young, we're told anything is possible... ...but only a few of us go out and prove it. witness the greatness of anna hall on a connection worthy of go

they're led by republicans, is taking this very seriously. >> senator and bila islam parks, david beckerthank both of you so much for coming. >> thank you for having us well, another election battle is playing out in wisconsin over who is on the ballot, independent presidential candidate cornell west fending off and attempt to remove him and that ballot. >> but you might be surprised who wants him off and who wants him on. cornell west, dr. cornell west. who specific is my guest next? >> we look back 100 years from now and we're going to say this is where everything came we are talking about the revolutions music could make a difference the world fundamentally change undermined himself america felt great 2010s have ushered in ms outdated. >> dmv has two forms of my i.d think of all the places that can expose your infarct. >> lifelock monitors millions of data points for identity theft there's a problem. >> we fix it, guaranteed as my favorite client. >> great. >> i started using schwab investing themes. so now i can easily invest in trends like wearable tech trump. all that research soun

senator josh becker. >> so much so that he authored sb 1395. also known as the interim housing act. says of signed into law. the bill will speed up construction of tiny homes across california. that's because for the proposal, if and when state and local governments contract to build more tiny homes, they'll be exempt from the california environmental quality act or a decades old law credited with protecting the environment but blamed for delaying or even outright blocking construction of big projects like new housing. the more quickly deploy these more lives will say he acknowledges these tiny homes are not a permanent solution, but he believes they can play a huge role in getting help to those who need it most. it's shelter. it's getting people off the streets. people are dying in large numbers where she's being in salt, assaulted in large numbers, the street they're getting actually addicted to drugs on the streets, the keys to get them. >> off the streets. >> quuckly as it stands today, there are more than 2000 tiny homes up statewide, including 500 in the city of san jose alone

senator josh becker. >> so much so that he authored sb 1395. also known as the interim housing act. says of signed into law. the bill will speed up construction of tiny homes across california. that's because for the proposal, if and when state and local governments contract to build more tiny homes, they'll be exempt from the california environmental quality act or seek walk. a decade-old law credited with protecting the environment but blamed for delaying or even outright blocking construction of big projects like new housing. quickly deploy these more lives. we'll save. you acknowledge is these tiny homes are not a permanent solution, but he believes they can play a huge role in getting help to those who need it most. it's shelter. it's getting people off the streets. >> people are dying in large numbers. were streets being in salt, assaulted in large numbers, the street they're getting actually addicted to drugs on the streets, the keys to get them off the streets. >> quickly as it stands today, there are more than 2000 tiny homes up statewide, including 500 in the city of san j

le contamos también que el senador josh becker presentó un proyecto de ley que busca simplificar la zonificaciónsamparados y también instalar unidades modulares de acero con electricidad y duchas que serían colocadas en terrenos públicos. este proyecto de ley se alinea con la orden del gobernador gavin newsom para la remoción de los campamentos de personas sin hogar. bueno, al respecto, el gobernador de california envió un fuerte y claro mensaje a todas las municipalidades que no cumplan con la orden ejecutiva de limpiar los campamentos de personas sin hogar de las calles, pues la mañana de este viernes advirtió que les eliminará fondos estatales el próximo año. el anuncio es parte de la creciente campaña de gavin newsom para presionar a los gobiernos locales a cumplir precisamente la orden ejecutiva para desmantelar esos campamentos en propiedades estatales. y a partir de este 7 de octubre, el tribunal superior del condado de san mateo comenzará a entregar documentos electrónicos a los abogados que manejen casos civiles, familiares y también de testamentos. el condado asegura que los abogados p

senator josh becker. >> so much so that he authored sb 139ls