the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that senators cassidy, kennedy, and i be allowed to complete our remarks prior to the vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so, madam president, the democratic leader has scheduled a vote today that he knows will fail. for more than two months, since july, republicans have been clear about where we stand. we're willing to work together to keep the government open. we're not willing to help democrats raise the the debt ceiling while they write a reckless taxing-and-spending spree behind closed doors. democrats control the senate, the house, the white house. they intend to go it alone to slam american families with historic tax hikes and borrowing. so they will need to raise the debt limit on a partisan basis as well. and they've known that for two months now. two months. just like then-senator biden and senator schumer voted no on a debt limit increase and made a unified republican government handle it alone back in the early 2

office. republicans kevin faulconer, the former mayor of san diego and john cox campaigned in the bay, across the bay in san francisco. the latest polls have talk show host larry elder as the leading challenger of the 46 candidates on the ballot hoping to replace governor newsom. elder ran into hostile people if southern california. he was touring a neighborhood in venice with residents pointing out where drug dealers and users were leaving needles. a crowd of hecklers followed along drowning out the tour stop. as the shouting and tension increased, a bike rider in a pink wig rode up from behind and threw an egg that just missed the candidate. at that point, elder's team hustled him into that waiting car. thankfully, no one was hurt. his role as a conservative radio host, larry elder could be hurting his own campaign by claiming that elections involving president trump were rig order corrupt. they appear to be deterring conservative voters from participating in this election. let's bring in larry gerston. does president trump have a role in these claims and is he shaping in part the californi

we will see which of our republican colleagues on the other side will have the strength, the courage, to follow mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: over the past year and a half, senior democratic leaders decided the upheaval and hardship of a once-in-a-century pandemic was actually a

we will see which of our republican colleagues on the other side will have the strength, the courage, to follow mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: over the past year and a half, senior democratic leaders decided the upheaval and hardship of a once-in-a-century pandemic was actually a chance to justify radical left-wing change. this isn't just me conjecturing. it's what they keep saying. right at the start of the crisis, march 20 to, the house democratic whip said the pandemic offered, quote, a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision. just last week, president biden said, quote, this pandemic has been god awful for so many reasons, but -- but, he said, it does present us with an opportunity. so they get points for honesty at least. the reckless taxing and spending spree the democrats are writing behind closed doors is designed to leave americans with a socialist country they never voted for, a country that working families in many ways would barely recognize. last night one of those many efforts hit a stumbling block. senate democrats were reminded the rules of this in

soon, the governor of the us state of california has seen off an attempt to remove him from office republican party. lead push against democrat gavin newsome mostly had to do with his handling of the pandemic. rob reynolds has more from beverly hills in los angeles. good evening, california democratic governor gavin newsom handily shut down a recall effort tuesday. he will serve out the rest of his term despite a republican push to oust him from the leadership of the nations most populous state. i am humbled and grateful to the millions and millions of california that exercise their fundamental right to vote and express themselves so overwhelmingly, by rejecting the division by rejecting the citizens by rejecting so much of the negativity that's defined are politics. while some voters chose to line up and cast their ballots in person, every registered eligible voter received the ballot in the mail beginning weeks ago . the overriding issue has been newsome's handling of the corona virus pandemic. he was among the 1st governors to declare widespread locked downs and masked mandates . that ange

office. republicans under bush lost the house, the senate, and john mccain double down on bush's record got shellacked2008. turns out gop voters have had enough. the country had had enough and now after they lost their grip on the gop for good, deal. establishment are older but not wiser. bush's remarks at the stage to boost biden democrats. they are flailing with their agenda and forest or wipe out in 2022 but bush came into to contemporary save and all the media can do, of democrats can do is report attack republicans as racist, white supremacist and insurrectionist. the entire thing is pathetic and most of all that is revealing, it shows that they know that their agenda is delivering disparate will not improve the lives of average americans. >> it is not just bad. it is dangerous we learned situation. >> incredibly damaging attack, the seed of that still continue. >> the at the effectiveness you got to always be prepared because the first amendment with this group could turn to a terrorist attack. >> they are talking about the rally next saturdays that no one i know has ever heard of. their view an

office. republicans under bush lost the house, lost the senate, and john mccain who doubled down on bush's recordd by barack obama in 2008. turns out g.o.p. voters have had enough, the country had had enough. and now after they lost their grip on the g.o.p. for good, the old bush establishment are older but not wiser. bush's remarks set the stage to boost biden and the democrats. they are flailing with their agenda now and poised for a wipeout in 2022 but bush came in to try to do a temporary save. and all the media can do is attack republicans as racist, white supremacist, and insurrectionist. the entire thing is pathetic and most of all, it's revealing. it shows that they know their agenda is delivering despair and will not improve the lives of average americans. >> it's not just sad, it's dangerous that we are in a situation where we need defense. >> incredibly damaging attack, the seeds of that still continue. >> that's the effectiveness of terrorism that you've got to always be prepared because you don't know with this group now could turn to a terrorist attack. >> of course, they are talkin

the wall, reaffirming the remain in mexico policy and stop debited our brave border patrol officers, republicans are the only ones in washington with solutions to the border crisis. president biden and kamala harris have done nothing. alejandra mayorkas revealing to an online legal conference that 13,000 haitian migrants are having their cases heard before an immigration judge increasing the previously known number of migrants released in the us. >> i think it is 12, 13,000, the numbers placed in immigration proceedings are what we consider to be appropriate. laura: the bombshell was mayorkas admitting one in 5 migrants coming to the us sick amid a global pandemic. >> we are confronted with the population of people that have a rate of illness of approximately 20%. what i didn't expect is the tragic rise of the delta variant. >> meanwhile the white house is not shifting their stance on del rio border agents despite images showing agents were twirling rains, not whips. jen psaki doubling down condemning the agents and praising the ongoing investigation. jillian: cost firing a short range missile f

office. republican legislators are giving themselves greater control over the election certification process. as of this break, republicans have port pros are passed measures in at least 16 states that would shift certain elected authorities from the purview of the governor, secretary of state and other executive branch officers, to the legislature. would arizona bill flatly states that legislature may revoke the secretary of state's issuance of certification of a presidential electors certificate election. by simple majority vote. some state ledger serves seek to impose criminal penalties on local election officials election have committed technical infectious including obstructing the view of poll watchers. the state's that's been set for chaos. imagine weeks of competing mass protests against multiple states as lawmakers from both parties claim victory and charge the other with unconstitutional efforts to take power. partisans on both sides are likely to be better armed and more willing to inflict harm than they were in 2020. would governors call out the national guard? with president bide

here's what i'm told from the whip's office, republican whip's office, first of all, they just broke. so the infrastructure bill is in fact going to be linked to the reconciliation bill. okay. that is after they first said yes, no. now it's back. the date next week, september 27th which was supposed to be vote on infrastructure, beg your pardon, that is not likely to happen unless they get a vote on both, reconciliation. and of course that breaks the promise with the bunch of moderate democrats in the house and of course the progressives are furious because they don't really care about infrastructure. they want all their social spending programs and new entitlement programs, which will cost a fortune and stop work. so i don't think they're anywheres. you know this number 3 trillion, supposedly, supposedly the biden meeting with lots of democrats i guess yesterday, charles, supposedly he said, go ahead, fine me a top line number. now pelosi is aware, she was in at least one of those meetings. well they're starting to move the top line number down to less than 3 trillion, for the recon

rent -- and senator tim scott representing the republicans and this is something that they tried to negotiate last year when president trump was still in office and republicans controlled the senate. with that being election year, that made it much more difficult to get anything done. this year they found thorny issues like qualified immunity which shields police officers from liability in lawsuits, that was something that they couldn't come to an agreement on. once again, police reform is at a standstill, and house democrats have passed legislation twice, this year and last year, to address police reform. they can't pass things by simple majority in the senate, they couldn't unilaterally pass that bill on their own and as long as there weren't also nine other republican senators in addition to tim scott who would agree to something, that is another thing that they couldn't get done. host: let's get one more call in, gary in maryland, independent line. caller: i think the $3.5 trillion bill is nothing but a democratic plan to turn this country socialist, possibly even communist which is the democrat dream. in the bill, they -- if you go to th

advantage in that state and governor gavin newsom is counting on that margin to hold on to office republicansthe governor's handling of the pandemic after imposed restrictions on businesses and kept schools open. i should say, kept schools closed on the final stretch of his vote no tour, governor newsom is working to stir democrats in the state into action. he says his plans are based on science and that failure to vote do lead to an anti-vax republican governor. gavin newsom is on a crowded ballot, contending with more than 40 candidates there are two votes. one, keep him or toss him. the other on who should replace him. recent polls show the governor is holding his own here's cnbc's scott cohen. >> it's the bluest of blue states, but gavin newsom still finds his future on the line >> we have to get out the vote >> it's not that there's some sort of republican insurgency here but early indications were that democrats weren't that into newsom what republicans lacked in numbers, think thing went, they could make up in enthusiasm. >> what republicans were hoping for was every republican in the

. >> challengers are not just trying to get governor newsom out of office, many republicans are focused on the validity of the election even before it truly happens. larry elder is prepared to immediately challenge the outcome but the question this morning, is there any indication of widespread voter fraud? here's "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd. >> reporter: on the republican recall newsom website the allegation of voter fraud is the headline. voter integrity has been candidate larry elder's focus for weeks. he was questioned about that exclusively on nbc news. >> let us all work together to matter the results are to make sure the results are valid and legitimate and everybody who voted should have voted. let's do that together. >> is that a commitment. >> let's do that together working together. >> reporter: what governor newsom says he want too, campaigning with president biden he's fighting against the republican grab of his seat using former president trump as his weapon. >> you saw what happened on election night. the big lie. we may have defeated donald trump but we have not def

the presiding officer: the republican whip is recognized. mr. thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. thune: in a moment i want to talk about the situation in afghanistan, but before i do that, i just want to speak to something that the majority leader said earlier regarding some of the justice coming business that we have to deal with this fall. we have a whole series of deadlines in front of us. the fiscal year ends on september 30, meaning we have to at some point fund the government which would likely be in the form of a continuing resolution, we were told that the house of representatives when they send it over here will include a debt limit increase. the debt limit does run out. we will hit that at some point. varying estimates of when that would be. some say as early as october or mid-november, but that will be upon us. and there is a discussion here about how that ought to be lifted and who ought to deliver the votes to get that done. and i just want to make the point, mr. president, that the majority

and the other one, which is turn over more election powers to partisan republican office holders. a handful of republican office holders held donald trump at bay in 2020. and the party is now structuring it so that those checks and balances won't be there next time. look forward, not backward in the great cliche of american politics. >> one of the things that's remarkable. there are so many conspiracy theorys about this election. all of them bogus. the italian military was using satellites to change results. you had the people in the fraudit looking for bamboo in the ballots because supposedly they came from china. but then also the craziness about dominion voting systems and "the new york times" obtained new court documents showing that officials working for the trump re-election camp were aware that the voting machine claims being pushed by pro-trump attorneys were baseless. this is in the context of dominion voting systems suing giuliani and fox news for defa defamation. yet the lie is still out there . >> i find it fascinating that dominion has taken the role of being very aggr

not just trying get the governor out of office but many republicans are also focused on the validity of the election. larry elder saying he's prepared to immediately challenge the outcome with his team of lawyers. is there any indication of widespread voter fraud? here's nbc bay area cheryl hurd. >> reporter: on the website, the head headline is voter fraud. larry elder has been focused on it for weeks. >> no matter what the results, are i'll work to make sure the results are valley and i had legitimate and everybody who voted should have voted. let's all do that together. >> reporter: working together is what governor newsom says he want, too. he's fighting using former president trump as his weapon. >> you saw what happened on election night. the big lie. we may have defeated donald trump but we have not defeated trumpism. trumpism is still on the ballot in california. >> reporter: cal state east bay political science professor dr. andy lee is analyzing it this way. >> republicans are the minority in california. what it says to me, that they are claiming voter fraud at this stage i

, california republicans tried to recall democratic governor gavin newsom, and the voters gave the idea two thumbs down, way down, nearly two-thirds of voters wanted newsom to stay in officean effort to make this recall a referendum on newsomose covid response, that failed spectacularly. they tried to proper tray newsom as a movie villain, drunk with power and overstepping his authority when it came to pandemic regulations. but the voters saw a different story. 47% of them thought newsom's approach was right on, and 18% thought it wasn't strict enough. confronted with the rag-tag ensemble, two-thirds of the state population is fully vaccinated, almost exactly the margin that voted for newsom in the recall election, because most californians take this pandemic seriously, and most americans do too. nearly two-thirds of the adult population is fully vaccinated, and three-quarters of us have at least one dose. we're tired of watching so many republicans indulge the small minority of people who refuse to take the pandemic seriously, putting us all at risk. but just because vaccinated californians overwhelmingly chose to keep the democrat in power, does that mean the rest of th

the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. nnell: i'm glad to share that a few minutes ago, i received a booster vaccination for covid-19. all throughout the pandemic, i have followed the best advice from experts and especially from my own health care providers. it was an easy decision to receive a booster. i'm a survivor of childhood polio from before vaccines. before vaccines eradicated that disease here in our country and around the world now, so i have been a lifelong champion of vaccinations. mountains of evidence tell us these shots are safe, effective, and dramatically shrink the odds of severe disease or death from covid. like i have been saying for months, these safe and effective vaccines are the way to defend ourselves and our families from this terrible virus. they're also how we stay on offense against covid as a country. all americans should speak with their doctors and get vaccinated. now, on a completely different matter, it's not unusual for a presidency to have a rough spell. every administration faces a stret

office. in a recall election, the republican led push to hold a vote was filled by anger of i've got a new some handling of the corona virus pandemic. it's in the 4th election of its kind in us history. but robert knows join us live now from beverly hills, rob, so california and have not rejected efforts to remove governor gavin newsom talk us through the results so far. well the result so far, darren indicate a very sweeping victory for gavin newsome with many of the counties and jurisdictions around the state heavily voting no on recall. and so he has already given a speech, a very short speech, thanking the voters, saying he's humbled. also calling out what he called, the spirit of trump ism, that remains throughout the society in the united states and saying that he was determined to continue to work to bring california in together and to try to defeat the what, what he criticized about the former president trump and his main opponent in this recall election, the conservative talk show hosts larry elder. so this was really kind of a surprise darren. we were, we were girding up for a long ni

. >> the surge, american voters sweep republicans into office. the gop takes command of the house. >> the president will have to work in the framework of a divided government. democrats riding high after winning the house and republicans expanding their senate majority in the midterm elections. >> under the conditions we have, which is partisan polarization and something called thermostatic public opinion. you are probably goes to lose one or both houses in the midterms. electoral politics isn't binary. margins matter. take a small or huge hit, a big loss or a small loss. the key thing to understand is that presidential approval rating has a big impact on the midterms. the website 538 writes, presidential proval rating has been a decent indicator of what will happen. in the last four, the incumbent president's disapproval rating was higher than his approval and in all four cases the president's party lost a block of house seats. because of that, democrats have a short amount of time to effectively govern. you have to understand the clock is runnin

governor of the us state of california has defeated an attempt to remove him from office and a recall election. the republican lead pushed to hold the vote was sealed by anger . but gavin knew some handling of the corona virus pandemic. it's in the 4th election of its kind in us history. robert knows has the latest, not from beverly hills, with many of the counties and jurisdictions around the state heavily voting no on recall. and so he has already given a speech, a very short speech, thanking the voters, saying he's humbled, are also calling out what he called. the spirit of trump ism, that remains throughout the society in the united states and saying that he was determined to continue to work, to bring california together and to try to defeat the what, what he criticized about the former president trump and his main opponent in this recall election, the conservative talk show hosts larry elder. however, there may still be some lawsuits and some disagreement because republicans including larry elder, the, the prime candidate opposing newsome and ex president trump had all said in essence that if knew some

will be republican saying they are spending way too much, trump has spent more than anybody has and unfortunately the democrats went along with it. but now that of course the democrats are in office, the republicans ought to balk at the -- what they wish to spend, which is basically to help the general public. that's all i have to say, thank you. host: a busy week on capitol hill and also at the white house , joined next by the white house reporter for the washington examiner who is here with us to talk about the week ahead, the president busy over the weekend. he and his staff talking to lawmakers about the votes ahead. guest: thanks for having me. a big week for the president's agenda. the hard infrastructure bill is up for a vote on thursday and according to politico reporting, the democrats in the house confirmed the president hasn't been whipping votes hard enough and they need to focus more attention on -- that they can get, kratz aligned in order to proceed with the bill. host: the continuing resolution was passed in the house last week and has to be passed by the senate to avoid a government shutdown. what can you tell us about the administration's preparations for a pote

office. >> reporter: but republicans say president biden is to blame. >> and what you see now is a cascadeof calamities and disasters, and they were all created by him and by actions he took. >> reporter: the president speaking out with his poll numbers falling. >> this is a process, and it is going to be up and down that's why i don't look at the polls. not a joke >> peter, let me ask you about vice president harris' scheduled appearance on a tv talk show today that was disrupted. what happened? >> reporter: the vice president was in new york to be on "the view." moments before the segment, two of the hosts walked off the set, having tested positive for covid. vice president harris eventually did the interview remotely and the white house says tonight she had no contact with the hosts. lester >> all right peter alexander, thank you. >>> we learned today that massive migrant camp in texas has been cleared the biden administration announcing 2,000 migrants there were deported while 12,000 were released into the u.s. others crossed back into mexico. which is where juan is tonight. >> reporte

s. state of california has defeated an attempt to remove him from office in a recall election. the republican lead push to hold the votes with fuel by anger over gavin newsome's handling of the current of ours pandemic. certainly the 4th election of its kind in us history. we said yes to all those things that we hold dear as california and i would argue as americans, economic justice, social justice, racial justice, environmental justice, our values were california, made so much progress. all of those things were on the ballot this evening. and so i am humbled and grateful to the millions and millions of california that exercise their fundamental right to vote and express themselves so overwhelmingly, by rejecting the division by rejecting the citizens by rejecting so much of the negativity that's defined our politics in this country over the course of so many years, rob reynolds has the latest on the story from beverly health, with many of the counties and jurisdictions around the state heavily voting no on recall. and so he has already given a speech, a very short speech, thanking the voter

governor of the us state of california has defeated an attempt to remove him from office and a recall election republican lead pushed to hold. the vote was fueled by anger over gavin news and handling of the pandemic now to afghanistan, where it's been one month since the taliban sees the capital kabul and effectively took control of the government. now, facing a daunting challenge, of converting a military success into a durable and lasting administration, the country's economy is in ruins as high unemployment, according to the well feed program, up to 14000000 people on the brink of nation. let's go to a summer, been job aid, who has live for us in a couple a summer. so the country clearly facing a lot of challenges. what is the mood of people that you talk to? well, the biggest challenge is the economic challenge of a mountain thing. charlene, which is gone bigger and bigger in the last 2 weeks that a dollar bonds have been in charge. we that it's coming to this particular bank for the last few days trying to get money out. but because of the cash crunch, there is a limit that you can only withdraw $2

gavin newsom in the district and on the attack speaks out against those not wanting his office but the republican party and asking voters to see that this recall is not just an attack on him but all democrats. >> a republican fact recall backed by the rnc. >> we said the most important election is the defeating donald trump and we did that. but we didn't defeat trump really. >> now there is 54 previous attempts to try to recall a governor in the state of california. since the option became available in 1911. since then it has happened one time. of course in 2003. guys. >>> joy benedict live. thank you, joy. >>> and joining us now is us p political science professor james taylor. thanks for joining us. good to talk to you. >> a couple of the recent polls showing that governor newsom is moving the election in his favor. what is not resonating about two weeks ago maybe? >> fear. the democrats statewide. they have closed the gap by 20 points in three weeks and governor newsom has raised $7 million compared to five million and spending on radio and tv statewide and this state costs a lot. democrats ha

power tool, the latest incident of the former president to exert influence over republicans in washington while out of office saying that as he looks at it, what the democrats are proposing will destroy the country, so republicans have no choice but to do what they have to do and democrats will have no choice but to inflict all the horror they are trying to inflict on the united states. democrats have noted that past ceiling boats were bipartisan and they raised it under the former president without any provisions attached to meant to reduce national debt and would only be used to accumulate -- cover debt accumulated during the previous administration. betty, blacksburg, south carolina. you oppose the idea? caller: yes . i oppose it. that woman was talking about trump? he didn't even take his pay. all of these people coming through, i feel sorry for them. they shouldn't have to go through what they are doing but they should go to biden's house and his kids. they were put in the office to, you know, the american people. they were voted in for american people. not everybody else. they are supposed to be for am

the governor's office and if he gets any chance at all he will take away the duly elected democratic majority and hand the united states senate over to mitch mcconnell and the republicans warren cited newsom's record on climate change and women sell to keep him in office. the leading republican candidate was also in southern california. >> we were denied a whole year of in person education. his own kids enjoyed in person private education. >> larry elder was in orange county making his pitch to voters of why he should replace newsom. he is pledging to keep kids in school during the pandemic. recent polls show him as the front runner among replacement candidates. newsom holds the backing of nearly 60% of voters opposing the recall. and he will get a boost next week and joined by kamala harris on wednesday here in the bay area. >>> latino voters could be significant. they are key. the big question is whether they will turn out in an off year election. take this maintenance technician and as it jammed he doesn't have time to care about the upcoming recall election. he carries one overriding feeling about gavin newsom. >> it is that lack of, i don't think he understood the

office. dan: two republicans hoping to take newsom's job campaigned in the bay area today. kevin faulkner appeared at san jose city hall. he says newsom has all but ignored rising crime in the state. >> as we are here in this great city of san francisco, we have seen retailers like walgreens close down their stores because of rising crime. it is rampant. we need to put a stop to it. we need a governor that says the status quo is not working for us. dan: falconer says he is the only candidate that will put victims first and criminals in jail. meantime, republican john cox took aim at the governor's policies at a stop on treasure island. >> he is following the oldest playbook in the world, to scare people into keeping him in office. he cannot defend what he has done to this state. this state is a monument to mismanagement. dan: cox also made a campaign stop in santa cruz, urging voters not to get distracted by issues raised by other candidates. cox lost to newsom in the 2018 california general election. larry elder cut a southern california campaign stopped short when protest

the surge american voters sweep republicans into office, the gop takes command of the house. >> president is going to have to not work in the framework of a divided government with democrats riding high after winning the house and republicans expanding their senate majority in the midterm elections. >> okay so under the conditions we currently have, which is partisan polarization, and something come thermostat a public opinion. where the public sort of moves against the party who is empowered, if your party had unified come to, like democrats do, then you're probably gonna lose one or both of those houses in the midterm. that said electoral politics isn't binary. margins matter. you can pick up margaret or small head. you could take a huge loss or solace. the key thing to understand is that presidential approval rating has a big impact on the midterms. the website 5:38 rights, of presidential approval ratings in recent years have been a decent indicator of what will happen in the midterms. in the last for the incumbent president's disapproval rating was higher than disapproval, and in all

office. in the recall election, the republican led push to hold the vote was sealed by anger of a gavin newsome handling of the corona virus pandemic affinity for the election of its kind in us history. we said yes to all those things that we hold dear. as california and i would argue as americans economic justice, social justice racial justice invite.

even when president trump wascen office, democrats worked three times with republicans to suspend the debt ceiling because it was the right and obvious thing to do. we didn't pick excuses and say here's what's important but now unfortunately some of the colleagues even though they were eager. now some of the republican colleagues have contemplated a reckless idea spearheaded by the republican senator from wisconsin to oppose any effort to raise the debt ceiling whatsoever, and unfortunately and sadly the republican leader seems to be going along. taking the hostage and playing games with the credit of the united states is reckless, irresponsible and will harm every single american. it's a complete nonstarter. this isn't just another political debate. and a crucial moment in the country. now it's important to remember that this is not about green lighting future spending. occurred in the trump administration and received favorable votes from the republicans and democrats indeed a new study that came out according to the nonpartisan congressional research service the trump administratio

office. but republican candidate larry elder, the leading candidate to replace newsome if he is recalled, has begun to spread the 2021 version of trump's big lie, baselessly claiming a newsome victory could only be the product of democratic cheating. ahead of any election results, elder is already threatening legal action. have a listen. >> whether or not you win or lose, will you accept the result of the election tomorrow? >> i think we all ought to be looking at election integrity. >> we have lawyers all set up already to go to file lawsuits in a timely fashion. >> no evidence of any wrongdoing or fraud. cnn's dan simon is at a polling place in sacramento. dan, tell us what you're seeing there and is turnout expected to be big? >> reporter: hi, jim. we are at the sacramento county registrar's office. and the polls will open at the top of the hour. there will be a lot of activity here today. this is actually where the votes will be tabulated later today. and behind me you can see this drop-off box and already seen a number of cars, people dropping off their ballots. but in terms of the overa

president joe biden campaigning for governor gloveavin newsom t hold on to his office and republicans are threatened with losing an election crying foul doing it already. does that sound familiar to anybody? it's rigged. if i lose, it's rigged. that's an old one. if i lose, it's rigged. that goes back to '15, '16. it is the big lie all over again. bogus claims of voter fraud and yelling about mail in ballots refusing to accept the results if they don't go your way and a giant scam. i hate. it's so asinine and juvenile and ignora ignorant. it feels beneath the dignity of journalism to report on that. it is almost like it should be another conspiracy theory realm you go why are we even bothering? controversial talk show host larry elder flatout claiming democrats will cheat. >> we have lawyers all set up all ready to go to file lawsuits in a timely fashion. they're going to ging to cheat. we know that. >> it is baked into the gop platform. in our view new cnn poll 6 in 10 republicans and republican leaning independents say believing the former president won in 2020 is an important part

and so that is a key office that has been in office where republicans run against democrats and it is not nonpartisan but has not been subject to the level of partisan elevation as an office like governor or even state attorney general and so that is significant about seeing these seconds of state subscribe to this false set of beliefs about the 2020 election. >> so walk us through what might that have looked like? should someone be concerned in some of these states if it's quite close the secretary of state threw their -- through their powers could do something? >> yes and when you go back to 2000 and the fight between george bush and al gore, at that time katherine harris, the secretary of state in florida played a pretty crucial role in preventing a statewide recount. and that's an important history lesson to remember as we go forward and talk about how vulnerable our system remains to some kind of trickery after an election. this is something that congress could fix. they could make sure -- they have the power to make sure that there are stronger protections for a vote being condu

governor of the us state of california has defeated an attempt to remove him from office in a recall election. the republican led push to hold the vote was filled by anger of a govern newsome's handling of the corona virus pandemic. it's only the 4th election of its kind in us history. reynolds has more now from beverly hills. there may still be some lawsuits and some disagreement because republicans including larry elder, the, the prime candidate opposing newsome and ex president trump had all said in essence that if newsome one, something must have gone wrong, there must have been cheating. there must have been some kind of skull dougherty or shenanigans, as, as elder put it at the poles, but the scope and size of this victory seemed to put that particular claim to bed. the south korean military says north korea has 5 to ballistic missiles of his east coast 2 days after claiming to have tested a long range weapon. it coincided with a visit to sol by china's foreign minister, south korea's hoping to enlist beijing to help installed nuclear talks with young. yes. 3 former us, the intelligence operatives of a

office. he's gonna talk about how. in the pandemic are. running california and that a republican governor is going to lead this is a disaster. he's got it wrong the completely wrong he's following the oldest playbook in the world and that is to scare people in the keeping him in office. another republican recall candidate kevin faulkner campaigned outside of san francisco superior court he top doctor about his plan to cut crime. i will be a governor. that will put victims first and criminals in jail. i take a strong stand to reversing the trend that we have seen unfortunately in our great state. or crime is at a thirteen year high murders are up 30% doctor said if he's elected he'll immediately and the moratorium on the death penalty which was ordered by governor newsom in twenty nineteen the leading republican challenging governor newsom larry elder is in the central valley today he was in los angeles for his campaign bus tour that's going up and down the state he stopped in venice to a homeless encampment. but the tour ended after people heckled him and threw eggs at him some o

office. the republicans get in, they can do what they want to do, start there wars like they always do.f i had my way, every minority and poor person, they would take their children out of the military. what are they dying for? they come home, can't get a job, can't do this or that. all of this socialism they talk about? what's wrong with helping your own people? talking about north korea, china, russia? what's the point if you can't help your own people? host: this is the front page of "usa today," mark milley, the defense secretary lloyd austin, and central command general kenneth mckenzie, set to testify before congress this week on the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan and lawmakers on both sides have criticized the bind administration handling of the exit last month, ending a 20 year war. beyond that, millie is likely to face questions about allegations in a new book that he assured china the u.s. would not launch a nuclear strike in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. host: just to remind you, or coverage of that during his today on c's and three at 9:30 30 and we w

trump, are increasingly anathema not to mention places like new jersey, virginia, where republicans held statewide office just a few years ago. in california, the candidate that is sort of popping out is front-runner larry elder. he is a republican. conservative talk radio host with zero political experience. zero governing experience. he mentored former-trump adviser, stephen miller. he is against abortion rights, minimum wage, and vaccine mandates. and the polling shows those positions are not appealing to voters in california. not surprising. governor gavin newsom has been steadily gaining ground, particularly since he announced vaccine mandates for healthcare and education workers last month and contrasted that with the flailing approaches the republican governors in places like texas and florida. the current polling average of those who want to keep him in office is 57.5% to 40.8% who want him -- to remove him, according to 538. of course, those are polls and polls can be wrong. we know that. but if we were core covering this race in another state, if a democrat we were running nearly points behind,