so what dana nessel an office it did is a big deal.argue that she's operate in that election in less than two weeks and that she is not guaranteed to win. the most recent detroit free press poll has nessel a head of a republican opponent by just four points. which is a significant drop of her nine-point lead in september. now her opponent, by the way, it's an attorney named matt deperno. a trump endorsed election denier near whose under criminal investigation by the michigan attorney general office for his efforts to substantiate false claims of the 2020 election fraud. yes, you heard that right. matt deperno is running for the office that is currently considering charging him for a crime. and he has promised to prosecute people like dana nessel if you went. and the odds of him winning are not slim. attorneys general across the country are prosecuting some of the most important cases in the nation. and many of them are up for reelection in november. like in minnesota, where residents are still struggling with the aftermath of george fl

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joining us now is dana nessel, her office prosecuted the three men convicted today.o much for being here tonight. let me just, first, congratulate you on securing the convictions. bringing wrong doers to justice. i have to ask you as someone who is involved in this plot to kidnap the governor so early on, i think of that as kind of the preamble to january 6. this idea that an armed group of radicals were going to capture prominent officials who weren't doing their bidding and otherwise stoke violence and mayhem in terms of policies as retribution for policies they didn't like. do you think the country paid enough attention to awhat was happening in the state of michigan just months before the election? >> well, i said that even before that occurred. april 30th of 2020, you remember that armed individuals took over our state capitol in lansing. and it turns out that was really a meeting place for manufacture the individuals who later became involved in the plot to kidnap and assassinate governor whit whitmer. so, yeah, i think a lot of that originated in michigan. but

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first exposed by the local press in detroit, we had here on the show, the michigan attorney general dana nessel when she announced state felony charges were being filed against the two men who initially denied they put pout call but then admitted that they had done it. the investigation into that robocall in 2020 ultimately turned up the fact that this trash wasn't just targeted against black voters in detroit in michigan. it was also used against thousands of black registered voters in pennsylvania, in philadelphia, and pittsburgh. in illinois, chicago, also in new york, also in ohio. tens of thousands of these calls were placed. all to majority black, majority voting democratic areas. there were the felony charges brought against the guys who brought that call in michigan. first announced here on the show. also, a federal civil rights lawsuit. excuse me, a federal civil lawsuit was brought against those guys who place those calls. that civil lawsuit is not resolved but the federal judge hearing that civil case actually ordered the guys who sent pout call that they needed to pay for a follow-u

and we saw both attorney general dana nessel, and secretary of state -- do everything they could to make we need to make sure they get reelected. tiffany mueller president of and citizens united, thank you so much good to talk to you. >> thank you for having me. on >> at the top of the hour live in the hardest hit parts of florida. without the beginning of recovery efforts are going. and the last supreme court charts of roe overturned, what is on the line now as the -- brand-new justice on the bench. we'll be right back. bench we'll be right back. we'll be right back. that's a lot of cash back. are you gonna stop me? uh-oh... i'm almost there... too late! boom! earn big time with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours. it's the all-new subway series menu. twelve irresistible new subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. ♪♪ it's subway's biggest refresh yet! i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budge

. >> michigan attorney general dana nessel, thank you very much for coming on the show this morning. >>> and there are still 11 days from the midterms now, and there have already been 100 lawsuits filed. that's the most before an election in u.s. history. more on that. >>> and plus the cdc issues a new warning over the flu. why health officials say getting the yearly vaccine right now is more important than in the years past. i love san francisco, but i'm working overtime to stay here. now is not the time to raise taxes. i'm voting no on propositions m and o, because the cost of everything is going up. san francisco collects more tax revenue than nearly any city in america. but our streets are dirty and public safety is not getting better. i'm working hard to live within my budget. the city should too. join me in voting no on m and o. now is not the time to raise taxes in san francisco. vote no on m and o. >>> we return to the breaking news we got just in moments ago that the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, paul pelosi, was violently attacked inside his home in san francisco.

, and to instigate a civil war, according to michigan's attorney general we spoke to yesterday, dana nessel. these plans were boarded, but details in this case offer a disturbing insight into the far-right extremist mindset. in hindsight it is easy to see these incidents in michigan as a prelude to the january 6th insurrection, far-right groups, taking over government spaces and making violent threats against elected officials. in 16 days, america will hold its first elections since that insurrection. early voting is already underway in several states, statistics show that the turnout is strong. over 800,000 votes have already been cast. in florida, georgia has broken its first day early voting record. according to the department of state in michigan, quote, absentee ballot numbers continue to grow with 1.7 million already sent to voters who requested them, and 432,960 returned as of last tuesday. but since the 2020 election, the integrity of our electoral system has been damaged by baseless and debunked claims of voter fraud. not by voter fraud itself, of which there is virtually none, cer