presidential election has been postponed again this time until september twenty eighth the independent election commission has blamed a lack of transparency and voter registration for the second delay the election was meant to happen in april it was then postponed to july over security concerns and a lack of preparation the afghan president is expected to seek another term indian administered kashmir is once again under curfew the death of a school teacher in a police station on the outskirts of the state capital srinagar is caused outrage and civil society groups have begun a three day strike in the region in protests ahead raman reports now from new delhi . the roads are clear and in the pouring rain there's barely any water around another curfew an indian administered kashmir imposed by the authorities security forces and manning checkpoints making it difficult to get around. the reason public anger over the death of a school teacher rizwan while in police custody in the town of our one to poor little state capital trigger. at his home family and friends have been gathering since sunday waiting for new

make considerable investments to ensure our elections are secure, independent, and free from foreign interference. empowering the election assistance commission will allow states to get the funding they need to upgrade or improve their election infrastructure and improvements in elech administration will help protect voting systems from cyber threats. election infrastructure is critical, and this bill finally recognizes the role that congress must play in he protecting our elections. a specific priority of mine that i'm excited to see included in the bill will make it easier for persons with disabilities to participate in the electoral process. for too long individuals with disabilities have faced barriers there them participating at the ballot box. i introduced legislation that will direct and assist states to improve access to voter registration on the ballot box for persons with disabilities. these democracy driven policies represent just a handful of the voting rights reforms contained in h.r. 1. they will improve access to voting, promote integrity in the voting process, and ensure the security of our elections. going further h.r. 1 acts

make considerable investments to ensure our elections are secure, independent, and free from foreign interference. empowering the election assistance commission will allow states to get the funding they need to upgrade or improve their election infrastructure and improvements in elech administration will help protect voting systems from cyber threats. election infrastructure is critical, and this bill finally recognizes the role that congress must play in he protecting our elections. a specific priority of mine that i'm excited to see included in the bill will make it easier for persons with disabilities to participate in the electoral process. for too long individuals with disabilities have faced barriers there them participating at the ballot box. i introduced legislation that will direct and assist states to improve access to voter registration on the ballot box for persons with disabilities. these democracy driven policies represent just a handful of the voting rights reforms contained in h.r. 1. they will improve access to voting, promote integrity in the voting process, and ensure the security of our elections. going further h.r. 1 acts

election. >> congress must establish an independent, outside commission to investigate. >> what happen now, whatappoints a special prosecutor to oversee this investigation. >> martha: that, as you know, is exactly what happened. then they cheered, rod rosenstein behind the curtain, when andrew mccabe said that he had wanted to oust the president using the 25th

independent election candidates. i'm here today to urge the commission to reject attachment one and to instead pass attachment two but amended so as to only increase the ceilings incrementally by 25 or $50,000 at a time instead of the enormous increments that are in the current draft. i also -- this is my first time at an ethics meeting, but i also question the timing of this meeting on a friday afternoon before a long weekend, something so profoundly impactful as public financing is going to be discussed. >> chair chiu: our meetings are scheduling on the third friday of each month -- >> okay. i'm just questioning the timing of it on a friday before a long weekend on something as impactful as public financing limits, so just want to put that on the record. thank you. >> chair chiu: thank you. any other comment? >> hi, commissioners. a my name is edward wright, and i'm a legislative aide to supervisor gordon mar, and i'm here to speak on his behalf. >> vice chair kopp: i'm sorry. on whose behalf? >> supervisor gordon mar. as he announced at the last meeting, he's been working on reform to the current election finance

election. >> congress must establish an independent, outside commission to investigate. >> what happen now, what must happen now, is mr. rosenstein appoints a special prosecutor to oversee this investigation. >> martha: that, as you know, is exactly what happened. then they cheered, rod rosenstein behind the curtain, when andrew mccabe said that he had wanted to oust the president using the 25th amendment. >> what we ought to really focus on is the fact that there was concern enough about the president's actions and behaviors that this even came up as a possibility. >> martha: deputy ag denies that happened get although there was some pushback to bill barr's nomination for attorney general, it was as uneventful a confirmation process as we have seen in a while. three democrat senators voted in favor of attorney general bill barr. but tonight, they are all under scrutiny as democrats say that anything short of full disclosure of the entire report is a dodge of what is really in there. i martha maccallum, and this is "the story" tonight. we know the president will not get to see the report before

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the election assistance commission is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with developing guidance to meet the help america vote act of 2002 requirements. the e.a.c. has already done extensive work on best practices for ballot design that are available to state and local officials already. in fact, the e.a.c. published their insights on the importance of good ballot design just last month, and are already in the process of updating its guidance based upon the feedback its received. i would assume that would have been studied already. additionally, every two years following an election, the e.a.c. sends its election administration and voting survey to election officials in all 50 states, the district of columbia, and our four territories. the survey includes national, state, and county level data on voter registration, overseas voters, early, absentee and poll workers, polling places and precincts. all that to say, again, this is a waste of taxpayer dollars. to be redundant and have the e.a.c. perform another study that's going to cost the taxpayers of this country. with that, i res

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. >> alan: i look for an independent, nonpartisan objective commission like the 9/11 commission to look into the nttempt by russia to influence electionsgeneral. the american public would have trust in a credible investigation like that. they are not going to have trust and congressional investigations whether conducted by republican majority or democratic majority. that is the reality.wh everything is partisan and everything is political when congress investigates. >> jesse: all right. no one trust congress. i think everybody agrees on that. thank you for joining me. >> alan: thank you. >> jesse: coming up it's been over two years and hillary clinton still can't accept she's not sitting in the oval office right now. and she still can't accepthe the fact democrats are losing. we will be talking about some of her embarrassing comments next. plus, high school students being rebuked for wearing maga gear to school, why? is it making school unsafe? that debate is up next. >> as we are taking pictures, the police officer approached us and said, "we are asking youe to leave the campus right now." >> teacher: let's turn in your science papers

wanted to see the appointment by congress of a independent, nonpartisan expert commission like the 9/11 commission. looking into the entire issue of the 2016 electioneverything. this b-17 dossier, what the clinton camp did wrong, what the camp did wrong. objectively, nonpartisan investigation, not behind closed doors, not one-sided, so that everyone in america could see what went wrong with the 2016 election in terms of russia's attempt to influence it, and make sure we can prevent it in the future. that is what commissions are supposed to look into. but when you make somebody into a prosecutor, they are not interested in the truth. they are interested in getting somebody, putting a target on their backs, and prosecuting, and that is not the way to get to the truth. >> sean: gregg, if hillary has her investigation rigged, fisa court judges, they are committing open fraud against them to spy on an individual, an american, also get into the trump campaign, those lies are spread, real russian lies, are you confident those people will be held accountable? >> i think they should be and i think william barr will look into -- and lindsey graham will look

independent commission. they were very helpful in the initiative. thank you very much for being here. they drew the districts. the first election after it passed was 2012. four republicans lost their seats. four democrats gained those seats. the following election, one republican lost the seat and one democrat gained a seat. ,n 2016 it was even and 2018 seven more republicans lost a seat and seven more democrats gained a seat. you can imagine. to me, i do not care. what is more important to me is what is happening to california? in california, we have seen that the approval rating has gone up from 20% to below 20% to 50%. why? now both of the parties are working together. the democrats will always be democrats and republicans will always the republicans. when both of the parties work together, we can get great results. now the democrats are talking about business issues. more than 90% with the chamber of commerce. i wish i would have had democrats like that around. now, just to show you, eight democrats have voted for it willental protection reduce greenhouse gases. now they are going all out. now, there are eight republicans v

independent commission. common cause, of course, was very helpful. so, kathy, thank you very much for being here --, because. -- common cause. the first election after it , and fors 2012 republicans lost their seats, and for democrats gained seats. the following election in 2014, 1 republican lost a seat and one democrat gained a seat. 2018, 7 it was even, in more republicans lost their seats and seven more democrats gained seats. so, you can imagine. but to me, i don't care. i have never thought about it that -- i have never thought about it as losing to the democratic party. what is more important to me is what is happened to california. in california, we have seen that the legislative approval rating to gone from the 20% rating over 50%, because now both parties are working together. . the. democrats will always be democrats and republicans will always read republicans -- will always be republicans. but now we crossed the aisle and get things done together because we know that only when both parties work together can we get really great results. now, the democrats are talking issues,sues -- business they are voting more than 90% with the ch

election security lobbying, very specific provisions democrats have been pushing for years such as automatic voter registration, supporting d.c. statehood. if they like to have an independent commission the in charge of house redistricting efforts. there's a lot of far-reaching pieces that democrats have wanted for a very long time and we are going to see all of this on the floor next week. >> host: used tweet that according to the congressional budget office to cost about $2 billion. most of that is going to states for grants for election security. with a price tag like that's what does it mean for the future of h.r. 1? >> guest: h.r. 1 having 227 co-sponsors already virtually means they will have no issues getting it on the floor next week but of course the money is going to be something that would need to go through the appropriations committee and in the house is controlled by democrats of that would be no problem. they'd have to reshuffle a bit of money here and there but for the most part democrats have supported election security grants for a long time. republicans as well have supported election security grants but they are uniformly opposed to a lot of these other issues lik

election interference. are you looking into the precise wording. what he is saying you couldn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. it wasn't prosecutable. this is why we need an independent commissionere is a big story. it's not just about the legal parsing and the legal arguments here. it's about the bigger picture. it's about the intent and what actually happened. it's never been written out for the american people. i doubt we will get that from the mueller report. >> ben, what do you expect to see when bill barr releases more of the mueller report the feeling that it's probably not bad for the president. what that means. how bad it is from total vindication to something that could be very politically damaging, but simply not a prosecutable case on the collusion side. that's anybody's guess. they would have to be a little bit concerned if he were to write the summary. they misled people about the consequences to him and representation when that came out. i assume that the account is not inaccurate in any material respect. it does accommodate a huge range of possibility, including as evelyn said, the change of possibility from real vindication to something like we saw a whole lot

election integrity? >> it creates, using our jurisdiction found in article 1 section 4 of the constitution, it allows federal redistricting , requires independent citizen commissions to the do the redistricting, there's a whole long section to make sure the part, the people who are selected are not partisans and provides for rules they must follow in doing the redistricting, so it is not partisan, making sure we have elevated voting rights issues because we want to make sure this does not result in discriminatory districts, also respecting on that point, communities of interest have been respected, there's a provision that allows it, there's misconduct for recourse to the federal courts for correction at several stages. >> instead of redistricting commission -- >> similar to what we have in california, correct. >> which was what democrats paid to republicans in california when we needed a vote for the budget. >> that is correct. >> we had a $15 billion deficit, unfortunately, did not quite work out as republicans wanted, they later suit. >> i will just say this, you know, would parties have a chance, use the redistricting process to their advantage? both parties d

election integrity? >> it creates, using our jurisdiction found in article 1 section 4 of the constitution, it allows federal redistricting , requires independent citizen commissions to the do the redistricting, there's a whole long section to make sure the part, the people who are selected are not partisans and provides for rules they must follow in doing the redistricting, so it is not partisan, making sure we have elevated voting rights issues because we want to make sure this does not result in discriminatory districts, also respecting on that point, communities of interest have been respected, there's a provision that allows it, there's misconduct for recourse to the federal courts for correction at several stages. >> instead of redistricting commission -- >> similar to what we have in california, correct. >> which was what democrats paid to republicans in california when we needed a vote for the budget. >> that is correct. >> we had a $15 billion deficit, unfortunately, did not quite work out as republicans wanted, they later suit. >> i will just say this, you know, would parties have a chance, use the redistricting process to their advantage? both parties d

election integrity? >> it creates, using our jurisdiction found in article 1 section 4 of the constitution, it allows federal redistricting , requires independent citizen commissions to the do the redistricting, there's a whole long section to make sure the part, the people who are selected are not partisans and provides for rules they must follow in doing the redistricting, so it is not partisan, making sure we have elevated voting rights issues because we want to make sure this does not result in discriminatory districts, also respecting on that point, communities of interest have been respected, there's a provision that allows it, there's misconduct for recourse to the federal courts for correction at several stages. >> instead of redistricting commission -- >> similar to what we have in california, correct. >> which was what democrats paid to republicans in california when we needed a vote for the budget. >> that is correct. >> we had a $15 billion deficit, unfortunately, did not quite work out as republicans wanted, they later suit. >> i will just say this, you know, would parties have a chance, use the redistricting process to their advantage? both parties d

make election day a federal holiday, allow citizens to register to vote online, expand automatic voter registration, increase access to early voting and vote by mail and to have independent commissionsedraw districts having to do with the concerns over gerrymandering in-house districts. just some of the provisions. we want to hear how you would change how americans vote in this country. on phone lines for democrats, republicans and independent's as usual. cornell, are you with us? try the line for democrats again, carol in ohio. good morning. caller: yes. i have two comments. one, no gerrymandering. i think we should have a national holiday. the other comment, the deficit balloon, 77% because of trump's tax bill. one man said he had gotten $4000 refunded last year and this year, he had no refund and had to pay. only with a 1% got the tax breaks. tax used -- trump used his office to make money because of his real estate business. every voting citizen not getting the refund, why would you vote for trump and republicans? is jim in delaware, republican. go ahead. guest: i think this is -- caller: this is an attempt to dilute the power in the states. we use to elect state representatives

represented in election matters all the democrats he peered under hr one,-- bernie sanders could be , appointed as an independent. any president could find could reflect his party's views on the commission. further hr one gives powers to , the chairman. the chair would have the sole power to determine agency budget, subpoena witnesses, compel testimony and reports and appoint the staff director who oversees, among other things, the audit division. this is a prescription for partisan control and abuse. i assume the majority knows that and this is why this provision of the bill, unlike the others, does not take effect until 2021. the majority has no intention of allowing president trump to appoint all five commissioners, including the powerful chair. the claims made that up our sin -- the partisan controlled commission is necessary to restore integrity to enforcement is backwards. the only reason the fec has any credibility is the bipartisan makeup. under title vi they will appoint all five members including the chair, which has the power to write and rewrite numerals with an eye toward the 2022 midterms, and the following residential elections. some of you may consider this a feature rat

independent commission. which is now recognized as one of the best practices in redistricting. let's follow this example across the country. let's have members here who represent fair and equitable districts and who are elected to represent their districts and not to be -- just to protect incumbents. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition. mr. thompson: madam speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: madam speaker, 58 years ago this week president john f. kennedy signed and exesktir order establishing the united states peace corps. since then more than 00,000 americans have participated in international service opportunities through the peace corps. international service organizations like the peace corps and student exchange programs operated by the department of state play an important role in promoting the image of america around the world. these programs provide american volunteers with a chance to learn about their host countries, society, and values. and

election security, to lobbying. there's very specific provisions that democrats have been pushing for years such as automatic voter or registration, supporting d.c. statehood, they would like to have independent commissions be in charge of house reticketting efforts. there's -- redistricting efforts. there's a lot of far-ranging pieces that democrats have wanted for a very long time, and we're going to see this on the floor next week. >> host: this would cost, according to the congressional budget office, about $2 billion, most of that going to states for grants for election security. with a price tag like that, what does it mean for the future of h.r. 1? >> guest: well, the h.r. 1, having 227 to cosponsors already virtually means they will have no issues passing this on the floor next week, but, of course, the money is going to be something -- this is all something that would need to go through the appropriations committee. of course, in the house it is controlled by democrats, so that would be no problem. they would have to reshuffle a little money here and there from within these budgets, but for the most part, democrats have supported election security grants for a long time. republicans have as well

election security, to lobbying. there are various positions democrats have been pushing for years such as automatic voter registration, independent commissions charged with house redistricting efforts. there are a lot of far ranging pieces here that democrats have wanted for a long time. we are going to see all of this on the floor next week. >> according to the congressional budget office, this would talk -- cost about 2 billion dollars, most of it going to states for election security. what does that mean for the future of hr1? cosponsors27 already. they will have virtually no issue passing this next week. the money means it would have to go through the appropriations committee the houses controlled why democrats, so that would be no problem. they would have to reshuffle a little bit of money here and there. have supported election security grants, but they are almost uniformly opposed to a lot of these other issues such as overhauling the federal election commission. the republicans in the senate funding to do these compromises. there is really no chance we will see some of the broader items being adopted. but some of these funding opport

election security to lobbying. there are very specific provisions democrats have been pushing for years, automatic voter registration, supporting d.c. statehood, they would like independent commissionsbe in charge of house redistricting efforts, there is a lot of far-ranging pieces here that democrats have wanted for a very long time. and we are going to see this on the floor next week. : you tweet this could cost about $2 billion, most of this going to states for grants for election security. with a price tag like that, what does it mean for the future of hr 1. ms. ferris: having 220 seven cosponsors means they will have virtually no issues passing this on the floor next week. of course the money is going to be something, this would also need to go through the appropriations committee. in the house it is controlled by democrats, so that would be no problem, they would reshuffle a little money here and there within some of these budgets but for the most part democrats have supported election security grants for a long time. republicans as well have supported election security grants, but they are almost uniformly opposed to a lot of these other issues, such as overhauling the federa

election security. there are specific positions the democrats of been pushing for years, including supporting d.c. statehood. they would like to have independent commissionse in charge of house redistricting efforts. are far ranging pieces here that democrats have wanted for a long time. we will see all of this on the floor next week. would tweak that this cost, according to the congressional budget office, about $2 billion. most of that, going to states for grants for election security. with a price tag like that, what does it mean for the future of hr one? g 2271, havin 22 cosponsors, means they will have no issue passing it on the floor next week. it is something- that needs to go through the appropriations committee. in the house, it is controlled by democrats, so it would be no problem. they will have to reshuffle money here and there within some of these budgets. part, democrats have supported election security grants for a long time. republicans as well have supported them, but they are almost uniformly opposed to a lot of these other issues such as overhauling the federal election commission. the republicans and the senate, when they do these fund