concern because the election will be held under the current gunmen and they can influence the election commission they say whether they'll be really a level playing field opposition didn't have enough time to prepare for the campaign now the opposition today declared that they want at least thirty day different of the election which is supposed to be held on december twenty third now the government say they don't have any objection to the different men for another thirty days but it will depend on the election commission to decide on that despite everything it was a strategic move bangladesh nationalist party spatially could have lost its registration with the election commission for not participating the next election so by and large this would be a good news for the population it be. a break from done certainly the that the country was facing within the last two months. leadership elections are being held in rebel controlled eastern ukraine critics say the voting done yet and the concert breaks a peace agreement signed three years ago the government in kiev says it is an illegal attempt by russ

at the state level there is a statewide election commission that's comprised of the governor and two cabinet officers, and after the results are sent in from the county supervisors of elections to the secretary of state, state law provides on this upcoming tuesday that three person state election commission will meet to take those certified results and officially end the election unless a court order stays or extends that deadline. so it's more of the -- i don't want to necessarily say a ceremonial function but by the time the state commission gets involved, the results have already been provided from the supervisor of elections office to the secretary of state and so they are giving it the final review and the final approval. >> michael morley from florida state university college of laugh joining us. professor, yesterday here in washington, d.c. that senator bill nelson appeared before cameras, talked about rick scott's role in this whole process and he made some claims about it. we'll let you listen to it and get your response. >> sadly it's become clear that my opponent isn't inte

concern because the election will be held under the current gunmen and they can influence the election commission they say whether they'll be really a level playing field opposition didn't have enough time to prepare for the campaign now the opposition today declared that they want at least thirty day different of the election which is supposed to be held on december twenty third now the government say they don't have any objection to the different men for another thirty days but it will depend on the election commission to decide on that despite everything it was a strategic move bangladesh nationalist party spatially could have lost its registration with the election commission for not participating the next election so by and large this would be a good news for the population it be. a break from done certainly the that the country was facing within the last two months the democratic republic of congo is all physicians coalition has chosen its candidate who won the presidential election . to four days of discussion in face president joseph kabila has preferred success for the ruling party that'

expensive ever here more than half a billion dollars is the budget approved by parliament for the election commission and already politicians are spending millions on publicity and planning for election day the election commission which had its budget approved last month is also faced with the logistical nightmare of having the long list of seventy nine candidates on the presidential ballot paper there is no room for a commission to begin with it. when in fact the law provides that every political party that that wish to contest has to be on the ballot paper yes of course there could be one or two challenges but there are manageable. what will also come into play in next year's election are regional religious and tribal allegiances analysts say unless voters look beyond those factors nothing much will change in africa's most populous nation how many greece al-jazeera abuja nigeria or two former presidents of madagascar will face each other in next month's runoff election under the rug alina and a market rival of manana came out on top in last week's first round but neither got fifty percent of the vo

don't have any objection to the deferment for another thirty days but it will depend on the election commission to decide on that despite everything it was a strategic move bangladesh nationalist party specially could have lost its registration with the election commission for not participating the next election so by and large this would be a good news for the population it be a break from done certainly the that the country was facing within the last two months. north and south korea of both was drawn troops from eleven guard posts inside the demilitarized zone which divides the two countries the steps were agreed during recent into korean talks and the truce village of panmunjom to a discussing demolishing the old guard post inside the d.m.z. is relations continue to improve around two hundred posts remain inside the buffer zone now thousands of people have marched through the polish capital warsaw to mark one hundred years of independence was jointly organized by far right groups and the government the government was forced to allow the nationalist organizations to take part in the rally af

don't have any objection to that deferment for another thirty days but it will depend on the election commission to decide on that despite everything it was a strategic move bangladesh nationalist party specially could have lost its registration with the election commission for not participating the next election so by and large this would be a good news for the population it be a break from done certainly the that the country was facing within the last two months the democratic republic of congo's opposition coalition has chosen the mountain for you as its candidate for december's presidential election will face president joseph kabila as preferred successor for the ruling party emanuel should . now aid agencies and medical specialists a warning that a bold outbreak in d c could spread beyond its borders well than two hundred people have died in the country's worst ever break and there are more than three hundred confirmed and probable cases. this is the tenth ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo but this one is author the west and the wilds fast in a conflict zone. since twenty f

concern because the election will be held under the current gunmen and they can influence the election commission they say whether they'll be really a level playing field opposition didn't have enough time to prepare for the campaign now the opposition today declared that they want at least thirty day different of the election which is supposed to be held on december twenty third now the government say they don't have any objection to the different men for another thirty days but it will depend on the election commission to decide on that despite everything it was a strategic move bangladesh nationalist party specially could have lost its registration with the election commission for not participating the next election so by and large this would be a good news for the population it be. a break from done certainly the that the country was facing within the last two months. ok here's what we've got a head view on this news on. a mentor thomas in newcastle australia i'm on the deck of a ship that's going to be sent to the ship wrecks a vessel sunk in the second world war there are more than three th

you have to disclose all of that to the federal elections commission every month and politicallies the of fundraising support, you have to show a strong number to show strength. people are deliberate about when they launch these things, their presidential campaign to raise enough money as possible to show the world how strong and how much they're appreciated. they play the legal game, they say i'm looking at it, i'm thinking aboutt maybe i'll run to control the timeline for legal reasons. >> why do you think this list is so long? do they believe they can beat president trump? >> i mean, president trump has mobilized democrats like no other president seems to have been able to do. you do have a lot of people on capitol hill. mostly senate democrats who are agitating to take on the president, if you will. and alex makes a good point about the fundraising. these folks are quietly quacourg donors. if you look at potentials, like kristen gillibrand in new york. they don't want -- it might be a litmus test for democrats in the -- in the 2020 race. that they don't want corporate pac money. we

more than half a billion dollars is a budget approved by parliament for the election commission and already politicians are spending millions on publicity and planning for election day the election commission which had its budget approved last month is also faced with a logistical nightmare of having the long list of seventy nine candidates on the presidential ballot paper there's no room. to begin. when. that political party that that wish to contest on the ballot paper yes of course could be talented but. what will also come into play in next year's election are regional religious and tribal leaders analysts say unless voters look beyond those factors nothing much will change in africa's most populous nation. nigeria still to come here on the sports we'll have reaction from sri lanka after a rare series victory for england's test cricketers. the latest news as it breaks the world bank says arrival of many young migrants could be beneficial for the colombian economy with detailed coverage by turning back on by lateral ties with iran what president donald trump has done is to show people th

he oversees, and i know you're uncomfortable with that word but he oversees that election commissionhas found no fraud whatsoever. why is he saying that? >> back up for a second. there are examples of fraud. so, first of all, brenda snipes -- >> so he does not agree with what his own election commission has concluded? >> i'm not going to put words in the governor's mouth but what i will say is that he's exactly right to have asked the fdle to investigate this because brenda snipes was on national tv and your network carried it where she said that she mixed in illegal ballots with legal ballots and now they don't know which wupz are legal and which ones aren't but they want to count all of them and that's just one of many examples of what's happened that have been in violation of the law since this whole recount process started. there are laws in place to prevent this kind of fraud, and since the -- since this recount has continued, we've seen over and over again the democrats and broward and palm beach county officials completely failing the state of florida. >> all right. thank you

loopholes there's always going to be a political use of a an organization like the federal election commission like to ask you about that until this news conference that is just taken place he said not that he will. and to work with the democrats. the democrats the more outspoken members seem to talk about impeachment more than anything else it seems to people on the outside certainly me that some of them are of the opinion it's almost like the anti christ is in office do you really think these two sides can work together. yeah i do unfortunately though for the wrong reason i don't think i think they will come to take for instance they want to spend money on infrastructure trillions of dollars democrats are probably going to be wanted to strike a deal with the president and get their money and that's a big boondoggle they get along better than most most people say i don't think they're going to impeach the president because that's going to open up more war car can of worms on all what hillary had been doing and all but knows they they work together too often take foreign policy for instance do

than $90 million and more than $58 million pumped from outside groups according to the federal election commission. the first female air force pilot elected to congress in 2018. >> i am convinced arizona is the best state in the country and our best days are still yet to come and i'm going to continue to pray for our success. >> cinema started her career as a social worker and activist. >> cinema's win gives democrats their second senate pick up of the election. democrats will hold at least 47 seats. >>> time now 4:47 still dealing with a lot of unhealthy air. >> that's right. another day of smokey conditions. it does look like that smoke will stick around not just today but over the next several days. so air quality forecast unhealthy for the entire bay area. very unhealthy for the north bay coast and central ban. i want to show you the air quality conditions currently and you can see check out these numbers. this is the aqi values from 200 in santa rosa looking at san francisco 171 for aqi value. livermore 153 and 158 in san jose. when you have values of 150 or higher that is very unhealthy tici

political reporter for politico in florida and larry noble, former general counsel for the federal election commission. all right. good to see you both. larry, you know, let's begin with you because, you know, a lot of folks are feeling like this is reminiscent of what happened in 2000. in florida on the whole presidential debacle race of 2000. there are similarities. now protesters. people who are overtly expressing their real concern here. but very much unlike that, this is an issue of counting all the ballots in the first place. now that this deadline has been met, is it likely that all of those count yips will have been able to deliver their results? >> well, i hope so. there are a number of things going on where it's not clear exactly what's happening. in broward county, they're saying they had so many ballots. at the same time, they were sued over not stating how many ballots they had. so it's hard to tell. we know there have been problems in florida. there are problems in a lot of states. the election administration is not the state level. there's the only election administration prayer, let it

expensive ever yet more than half a billion dollars is a budget approved by parliament for the election commission and already politicians are spending millions on public city and planning for election day. the election commission which had its budget approved last month is also faced with a logistical nightmare of having the long list of seventy nine candidates on the presidential ballot paper there's no room for a commission to begin to be the issues of when in front the law provides that every political party that that wish to contest has to be on the ballot paper yes of course there could be one or two challenges but there are manageable what will also come into play in next year's election are regional religious and tribal leaders analysts say unless voters look beyond those factors nothing much will change in africa's most populous nation. greece al-jazeera abuja nigeria government leaders in terms of two hundred thousand tonnes of cashew nuts on their hands the government's bought the entire crop to try and end the price dispute between farmers and traders as catherine sawyer reports the ar

expensive ever here more than half a billion dollars is the budget approved by parliament for the election commission and already politicians are spending millions on publicity and planning for election day the election commission which had its budget approved last month is also faced with the logistical nightmare of having the long list of seventy nine candidates on the presidential ballot paper there is no room for a commission to begin with it. when in fact the law provides that every political party that that wish to contest has to be on the ballot paper yes of course there could be one or two challenges but there are manageable. what will also come into play in next year's election are regional religious and tribal on the juices analysts say unless of voters look beyond those factors nothing much will change you know africa's most populous nation. greece. abuja nigeria. a quick recap of the top stories for you now u.s. president donald trump says he hasn't listen to recordings of the murder of saudi janis jamal khashoggi as that graphic the u.s. government is expected to release or a fourth into

the democrats or republicans or either of these races have conceded they're waiting for the election commission in florida to officially decide if there will be a recall or not but i got to tell you florida law indicates that any election that's that is close that is between half a percentage point and below is an automatic recount you can see both of these are within that so far so it's probably going to be a recount for both all right we'll wait to see what happens there. for us in washington. now the two big wildfires in the u.s. state of california have killed at least nine people and left thousands of all those homeless one of them has forced twenty seven thousand people to flee their homes rob reynolds has more from ventura county. fire is ripping through southern california with high winds driving columns of flame and smoke from the mountains to the sea. tens of thousands of homes are threatened many have already been destroyed my friend's house is totally bundt i don't know but mine you're fearful that your house will burn yes. ok he got. very. residents of the wealthy seaside enclave o

this year he was elected chair of that commission. prior to being on the eac, which he will explain to you, he was the senior elections council and minority elections council on the u.s. house committee on house administration. where he focused on issues relating to campaign finance, election reforms, contested elections and others. prior to that he served as a senior lobbyist for common cause, which is similar to the league in terms of promoting citizen action and speaking to government. and he even served for seven years in the clinton administration, at the office of personnel management. he has a law degree from catholic university and an undergraduate degree from clark university. if you would explain to us about the eac, which is still pretty new to the federal system, and your take on how well it is working and how well you are able to serve the states and local officials. tom: thank you. nancy: are you going to come down here? tom: i'm going to do both. so hopefully the camera can keep up with me. leslie did an excellent job of

they had a meeting with the chairman of the elections commission where they said they have complained to him about the dissolution of parliament about the elections that have been called for january two thousand and nineteen they said there's no constitutional provision to call an election basically the time when the men mentor should lanka's constitution says that it's only after four and a half years of the term of parliament being completed that president seriously and can dissolve parliament he's way earlier than that it's a year and three months before that four and a half. sort of completion of ten you know that he has gone ahead dissolved parliament and called a snap election so there is mixed reactions among people in this country and we'll let you hear from a few of them what they had to say. so. sir . on a little. while.

as the independent election commission set up in this country has three commissioners and we're hearing that one of the commissioners dr rutledge even who has submitted a petition of his own against the holding of a general election following the dissolution of parliament so all of this petition is to be taken up before the bench they have adjourned for an hour and are due to sit within the hour when we should hear where the they decide to take up those petitions and give leave to hear it peter depending upon what the court decides minal could be fear at a clip in a situation where we go back in time politically a week or ten days so the gentleman who was prime minister becomes prime minister again and there's no chance of an election. peter completely speculative at this stage but the question can we go back in time it's all down to the courts because the petitions a number of them have been filed on the basis that the president's gaz that his decision to dissolve parliament is illegal and that many of those petitions calling for that gadget to be declared null and void if the presiden

the situation received wide news coverage the country's election commission ignored reports of fraud declaring kremlin back victory the winner international politicians such as former general secretary of nato. became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties and i told her you will. be able to count. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. therefore these nonviolent and very orange protests lasted for a month during which time the previous election results were no marred by massive corruption and new elections were announced an important nuance just three months before viktor yuschenko became a victim to a mysterious and still unsolved poisoning but it didn't prevent him from winning in the new election. there as we shall soon see there was much more than just the people's will that led to this victory this peaceful revolution and its leader were warmly welcomed by the international community but the euphoria didn't last long. gov

election assistance commission. linda lindberg, director of elections for arlington county and a speaker who may be joining us is sean conlin, who works with various federal and state clients. so before i turn it over to the panel, i want to set a little context about the u.s. political system. so i'm sure that certainly everyone at napa and elsewhere is hearing a lot about elections today. usually we hear about the parties, the candidates, campaign strategy, political advertising and media coverage, which is endless of all of those above. most of us know that there are a number of factors that are less obvious, but that do impact these races and the outcomes. one, of course, is the census and redistricting process that goes on every ten years, sometimes more often, but every ten years. the primary system that selects the various candidates. money, of course, has a huge impact that we can't always see exactly how it influences things, but we know that it does. the information that voters get all during the election s

>>> "outfront" for us now to talk more about this is former general counsel to the federal election commission noble, and also former l.a. bureau chief for the "national enquirer," jerry george. larry, it's been something like a year of denials from president trump about this. does this new reporting in the "wall street journal," if true, does it lay out that the president committed a crime? >> yes, if true, it makes a very strong case that he committed a crime, because first, it says he was involved. he knew about it every step of the way, despite his denials previously. so, he knew that they were trying to pay off two people who were going to talk about an alleged affair and it was -- and it looked like it was related to the campaign. they were concerned it would hurt the campaign. so, he knew about this. he can't say he did not know about it if these things are true. once he knew about it, the question then becomes, was it campaign related? it looks like it was campaign related. and the third question for knowing and willful violation, for a criminal prosecution, is did he know that this wa

expensive ever hear more than half a billion dollars is a budget approved by parliament for the election commission and already politicians are spending millions on publicity and planning for election day. the lection commission which had its budget approved last month is also faced with a logistical nightmare of having the long list of seventy nine candidates on the presidential ballot paper there's no room. to begin. when you. that wish to contest on the ballot paper yes. but. what will also come into play in next year's election regional religious and tribal . analysts say unless voters look beyond those factors nothing much will change in africa's most populous nation. nigeria still to come here on the force we'll have reaction from sri lanka after a rare series victory for england's test cricketers. as it breaks the world bank says. migrants official for the. details by turning back on bilateral ties with iran what president donald trump has done is to show people there will be between friends and enemies from around the world.

and that number could rise once the commission releases post-election financial reports.st spender was the republican national committee, which spent at least one-point-two million dollars at the trump-owned properties. president trump's own re- election campaign spent just under a million ...... and a pro-trump super pac called "america first action" spent at least 360-thousand dollars. the three-point-two million dollars is down slightly from the 20-16 presidential cycle ...... when trump properties raked in three-point-seven million dollars. (justine) still ahead -- he was mayor of san francisco and speaker of the california assembly.. but what is bay area political powerhouse willie brown up to nowadays ... the first of a three- part look behind the scenes of his high profile life ... coming up later tonight. (jrstone) willie brown is a towering figure in california and the bay area .. after 40 plus years in the middle of the political heat, the former mayor and speaker of the california assembly ... still grabs attention, even though he has been out of office for yea

million, including more than $58 million pumped in from outside groups, according to the federal election commission. mcsally, the first female air force pilot to fly in combat, was elected to congress in 2014. she congratulated sinema on a hard-fight battle. >> i am convinced arizona is the best state in the country, and our best days are still yet to come. and i'm going to continue to pray for our success. >> reporter: sinema started her career as a social worker and political activist. during her time in congress she developed a reputation for she voted for bills backed by president trump 60% of the time. sinema participates win gives democrats their -- sinema's win gives democrats their second win in the election. the democrats will hold 47 seats. depending on what happens in florida recount and a runoff in mississippi. ain't anne-marie? >> tom hanson here in new york. thank you very much. >>> on to those wildfires in california. at least 42 people have been killed by a wildfire that obliterated a town in northern california. the so-called camp fire is now the deadliest in state history. one nea

expensive ever here more than half a billion dollars is the budget approved by parliament for the election commission and already politicians are spending millions on publicity and planning for election day the election commission which had its budget approved last month is also faced with a logistical nightmare of having the long list of seventy nine candidates on the presidential ballot paper there's no room for a commission to begin with it. when in fact the law provides that every political party that that wish to contest has to be on the ballot paper yes of course there could be one or two challenges but there are manageable what will also come into play next year's election are regional religious and tribal allegiances analysts say unless voters look beyond those factors nothing much will change in africa's most populous nation. nigeria. two former presidents of madagascar are set to face each other in next month's runoff election their provisional results show andry rajoelina and marc ravalomanana each received under forty percent of the ballots in last week's first run has filed a court chall

antidemocratic the ousted prime minister's party has already decried it and said they will meet the election commission of tomorrow morning and challenge that so we're bound to see this is not the end of this issue. a bomb and gun attack has killed at least twenty one people in the somali capital mogadishu witnesses say a gunman tried to storm a hotel when the bombs went off a warning some of the images and poacher divisions report may be disturbing. the car bombs exploded simultaneously near a hotel and a police department headquarters in the capital mogadishu one of the three bombs ripped apart a minibus victims' bodies were scattered on the street. and i pulled many dead bodies from the burning cars one of the cars exploded next to a public transportation vehicle and there were many people in it he said including women and children but the number of casualties is unknown as bodies are still being pulled from the burning cars. witnesses say a gunman tried to storm the whuffie hotel by blowing up its security wall security forces reportedly killed the gunman before they managed to enter the hotel. and

employees and this by the never ending meddling mania in the us over the past two years the federal election commission has rejected proposed changes to address foreign influence in the us three times and we can't accept the fact that why would people want to give us money unless they think they're good or they kick back or getting something from it so it's a reflection of the type of government we have is a reflection that we have interests around the world. we're in one hundred and fifty hundred sixty countries we are maintaining an empire so everybody has an interest and we're out there over regulating trade where you know threatening sanctions and putting on tariffs and so the lot of people are buying influence so i think that is the problem to curtail the money you know we're sort of tackling this symptom yes we want to do that and the law says you're not supposed to but the loophole is that there's a complex system here through the pac system you know that is a huge huge problem the laws says that they can't do it and they should say that if it's coming from of from a foreign source just because

antidemocratic the ousted prime minister's party has already decried it and said they will meet the election commission of tomorrow morning and challenge that so we're bound to see this is not the end of this issue. so news from yemen where government forces backed by the saudi led coalition say they've launched a major offensive to retake the rebel held city of data ili half a million people have fled the area since june although the un has warned that thousands of others remain trapped by the fighting and the heywood reports. on the edge of her day the battle for territory is intensifying it is a relentless spite with both sides claiming they are making gains data is the prize at the center of this nearly seventy percent of b.m. and commercial imports passed through the city's port practically who un supervised eight pro-government forces backed by saudi arabia say a major offensive is now underway to try to take her data back problem rebel fighters the ones that have remained in order. and sunny dition. scarcity of decision goods basic needs like food the prices of basic commodities have double. doo

election assistance commission. this election day, tell us about your organization, your role on this election day. >> caller: good morning,ol bill. the united states election assistance commission was formed in 2002 to help states administer elections by providing additional information, by providing funds and the certification of voting machines on a voluntary basis. we have about 25 employees. we given about $4 billion to the states since 2002 and in 2018 we gave about $380 million to the states to help with the administration of the process. mostly within cybersecurity, shoring up the systems to be verified, purchasing voting equipment for by showing up their voter registration system or helping with theio election audits. >> host: on the issue of cybersecurity in the week ahead of the election, the defense secretary james mattis at an event c-span covered this past week said the number one responsibility for u.s. cyber command was the protection of the u.s. election system. how does your organization interface w

jonathan marks, commissioner of bureau of commissions, election and legislation, department of state, commonwealth of pennsylvania, indicating that

they have recently attacked in tripoli even known the north sea and most recently before the elections commission know the catastrophe in the south where they have killed so many people in the area. the catastrophe is not only the killings of these innocent people and pray for their souls but the catastrophe is that our politicians are fortunately in the parliament and in the state council and in the presidential council are going. on with their bickering and. instead of organizing themselves to go for elections that can really get to meet institutions in libya and can do unify institutions in libya they're actually trying to prolong their stay in power as much as they can the cost of the libyan population so we're losing people to these isis attacks but we're also. suffering a great deal the population is suffering in luck of medical care or proper education electrical supply water supply all services are actually delivered and of course the most important services security and these project killings of innocent people are just another example of the second forces that the libyan people are havi

political parties and on behalf of people who represent parliament and surprisingly on the election commission us one of the members himself has petitioned and we believe that. people will have justice in a third address to the nation in just over two weeks president seriously and has said he sect parliament because of what buying and the behavior of the speaker of parliament but the speaker he pushed out says as the custody of parliament i have watched over the last two weeks as the executive branch has seized the rights and usurped the powers of members of parliament who were elected to represent the people i call upon all public servants to refuse to execute any illegal orders they may receive no matter from home president my policy to say they insist that his dissolution of parliament on friday was the right thing to do more than ten petitioners who have come before the court behind me the supreme court of sri lanka say other. and it's down to the three judge bench to decide who's in the right been a financial jazeera colombo. police in australia have charged a fifty year old woman on seve

antidemocratic the ousted prime minister's party has already decried it and said they will meet the election commission of tomorrow morning and challenge that so we're bound to see this is not the end of this issue investigators in california are trying to establish what motivated a mass shooting on thursday a twenty eight year old former marine walked into a bar and shot twelve people the government killed himself when confronted by police probably call him reports. another day in the united states another day to learn the names and the stories of the victims of a mass shooting among them a small business owner a police officer a college freshman just eighteen years old a man who took care of disabled children and a twenty seven year old who survived the mass shooting in las vegas just over a year ago my name is susan or if i don't know if my son was tell her father if we lost him last night at the borderline in shooting my son was in westbury guess with a lot of his friends and he came home he didn't come on last night and i don't want prayers i don't want thoughts i want gun control and i hope to go