arizona board of elections submits 18 reports of voter intimidation to the department of justice in texas site removed workers. whose photos from the capitol during the events of january 6, 2020 appeared on social networks pseudo teachers of democracy showed a real master class. far-left philadelphia election officer marking ballots in broad daylight, not hiding amid a series of outright fraud issues, republican donald trump urged his supporters not to give up and leave the polls until their vote will not be taken into account. don't leave your line at the polling station. stay where you are. they say the machine doesn't work. they say they're running out of paper, don't let yourself be held up. baid has virtually no chance of holding on to a vote following exit polls reported by cnn over 70% of u.s. voters are dissatisfied with his performance as president, and 34% of respondents reported that the situation in the country made them angry 40 years ago, when all ballots were manually counted, the outcome of the vote was known by the evening of 2022, when there is many different technologie

the arizona board of elections referred to the department of justice 18 reports of voter intimidation in texas by black voters en masse . go to the police with allegations of harassment in illinois complained that during the elections all these servers were subjected to a cyberattack in georgia from the site removed the workers. whose photos from the capitol during the events of january 6, 2020 appeared on social networks pseudo teachers of democracy showed a real master class. how to hold the most non- transparent election footage from far-left philadelphia election commissioner marks ballots their supporters not to give up and not leave the polling stations until their vote is taken into account. don't leave your line at the polling station. stay where you are. they say the machine doesn't work. they say they're running out of paper, don't let yourself be held up. baida has virtually no chance of holding a position following the results of the voting following exit polls, which are reported by cnn. more than 70% of us voters are dissatisfied with his work as president, and 34% of re

this speaks disturbing reports of voter intimidation or emerging out of north carolina. where early voting ends today. according to a reuters report published yesterday, state officials have registered 14 cases of potential intimidation or interference with poll workers or voters. those attempts to discourage voters to come as the senate raisin with carolina has drawn unexpectedly close, the democrat and congressman ted budd are vying for one of the state senate seats. it is currently vacant. winning is gonna be tough for beasley. democrats have only won two senate races in the last 30 years. joining me now is a reporter live in winston-salem, north carolina. it is great to see you back on the show. you recently spoke with republican nominee, the congressman, ted budd. what did he have to say ahead of election day? >> right now, congressman is really focused on inflation and the economy. those the issues that republicans believe already winning issues for them when it comes to voters here. when i talk to people consistently, it is a inflation in the economy, it is abortio

elsewhere around the country, election disruptions have mostly been minor, with isolated reports of voter intimidationsiana, a bomb threat forced the relocation of one polling site brian, that's the latest news, up to the minute back to you. >> tyler, thank you very much. >>> all right, on deck earnings exchange with the house earnings exchange with the house of mouse and onlin ♪♪ ♪♪ be ready for any market with a liquid etf. get in and out with dia. means choosing the right medicare plan for you. humana can help. with original medicare you are covered for hospital stays and doctor th thoffice visits but you'll have to pay a deductible for each. a medicare supplement plan can cover your deductibles and coinsurance but you may pay higher premiums and still not get prescription drug coverage. but with an all-in-one humana medicaree n advantage plan you could get all that coverage plus part d prescription drug benefits. with no copays or deductibles on tier 1 prescriptions. you get all this coverage for as low as a zero-dollar monthly plan premium in many areas. humana has a large network ofh doctors and

reporting that nearly 39 million americans have already voted early and despite concerns and reports of voter intimidation at polling sites, early voting is out at a pace to break midterm records in several states. but a bigger concern for democrats on the defensive is whether it includes in the turnout, who would includes, if it does not include. are they specific voters that, the party needs going to be enough to prevail. because a future of the biden administration is hanging in the balance. along of course with democrats congressional majorities. but it is in that senate particularly that democratic leaders are trying to stave off losses. president biden is back in philadelphia tonight along with former president barack obama. both slated to take the rallies siege shortly in support of democratic senate hopeful john fetterman in his tight race against doctor a mehmet oz. who will be joined by donald trump for a campaign rally in a few hours. we have a busy full hour of news and analysis ahead, and we start in pennsylvania where nbc news reporter mike emily is standing ahead of the biden and obama part

let them know. >> reporter: in mesa, arizona, a group was barred from coming within 75 feet of a ballot drop box after some of its armed members were accused of intimidating voterseporter: in ohio last night, j.d. vance said he'll accept the results of his own race, but stands by his criticisms of 2020. >> i just want >> i just want elections to be as good as they possibly can be. ohio is a great model, but i think other states could do a lot better. >> reporter: two years after the >> reporter: two years after that election in 2020, there is still no evidence of systematic voting problems. in his speech, president biden argued that election lies and conspiracy series could spark chaos once again the way they did on january 6. >> o'donnell: what a norah. >> o'donnell: quite a warning. nancy cordes thank you. we're getting new information tonight on the planned attack at house speaker nancy pelosi's san francisco home. the brutal assault on pelosi's 82-year-old husband, paul, has sent shock waves across the political world as threats against elected officials have skyrocketed. cbs' jonathan vigliotti has the that the break-in at nancy pelosi's home was captured b

for a restraining order on this type of activity because we have received so many reports of voters feeling intimidatedebate your opponent? if you believe your opponent has issues and is spreading conspiracy theories and is not being truthful with the people of arizona, why then not get on the debate stage and debate her? >> you know, not only is carrie lake centered her entire platform around this election, she has shown she's not interested in any kind of substantive conversation, she's creating a spectacle. >> wouldn't be it easier to knock it down in front of everyone, in front of the most people because you're not stopping her from spreading whatever you believe that she is spreading by not depatrioting her. s -- debating her. she can go on television but you're not confronting her on it. seems like it would be an easy fix if you stood up on a debate stage and confronted her. >> our campaign strategy is our campaign strategy. i'm continuing to make my case to the voters of arizona. whether or not we debate in this race, we made a decision, didn't want to be a par t of her spectacle and she won't a

let them know. >> reporter: in mesa, arizona, a group was just barred from coming within 75 feet of a ballot drop box after some of its armed members were accused of intimidating voters>> i expect to win. >> reporter: in ohio last night, senate candidate j.d. vance said he'll accept the results of his own race, but stands by his criticisms of 2020. >> i just want elections to be as good as they possibly can be. ohio is a great model. but i think other states could do a lot better. >> reporter: two years after that election in 2020, there is still no evidence of systematic voting problems. in his speech, president biden argued that election lies and conspiracy theories could spark chaos once again the way they did on january 6th. norah? >> quite a warning. nancy cordes, thank you. >>> we're getting new information tonight on the planned attack at house speaker nancy pelosi's san francisco home. the brutal assault on pelosi's 82-year-old husband paul has sent shockwaves across the political world as threats against elected officials have skyrocketed. cbs' jonathan vigliotti has the latest. >> reporter: we're now learning that the break-in at nancy pelosi's home was cap

. >> especially after the recent instances of voter intimidation reported at this location, near masonive and baseline road. voters of people wearing face masks, tactical gear and guns -- >> last week, a federal judge handed down a ruling that the night a request to stop voter intimidation, setting the first amendment, effectively allowing these folks to continually show up to drop boxes with guns and military getup filming and photographing people casting ballots. just yesterday, the department of justice warned the practice is likely illegal. they added their own filing to this case, quote, when private citizens form about security forces and attempt to take over the states legitimate role of overseeing in policing elections, the risk of voter intimidation and violating federal law is significant. joining me now is congressman ruben gallego, a democrat in wisconsin, an election law expert at ucla -- safeguarding democracy project. let me start with you, just to level set here, you guys have not seen this before in arizona, right? this is new? >> this is new, but conspiracy theories t

when we have cases of voter intimidation, people being threatened. there were reports of people with guns who were threatening people trying to vote properly. that's going to depress voter turnout, and we see this type of thing happening in regimes around the world. that's going to make it difficult for people to say you know what i'm going to take on this effort and huge risk to vote particularly when there's also this feeling that their vote doesn't matter and that the outcome is a forgone conclusion. >> it's certainly shocking to think that a super power has barriers to voting. it's not very democratic at all, is it? so overall, natasha, talk to us about how you think this will shakeout in terms of the house and the senate. >> well, i think it's going to be nearly impossible for the democrats to maintain their majority in the house. they have to really have a miracle, and the republicans only have to turn five seats, and there are 40 seats that are competitive, and it just doesn't look likely that the democrats can hold onto that. in terms of a senate that's more of

there are reports, though, of voter harassment and intimidation at polls in two key states in north carolinacials say thothere have been isolated incidences of voters being filmed and even some poll workers being harassed 18 cases of voter intimidation have been referred for review since start of early voting since october 12th in arizona. and election officials are reminding people to be patient while votes are being counted. groups that represent the secretaries of state and electors directors say it can take days to tabulate the millions of ballots and ask voters to allow them to do their job. >>> news breaking in the last hour in the crypto world as many of you know by now striking a deal to buy a unit of sam bankman freed's xtf. i'd like to figure out how we got here and what the real take away is for investors. when i'm looking at a tweet from sam bankman freed where it says yesterday a competitor is trying to go after us with false rumors ftx is fine, assets are fine now today, what should we take away from this >> that doesn't give investors a lot of confidence, the idea he was pushi

of us. >> reporter: focusing on voter intimidation, political violence and those who won't commit to acceptingn results. >> we, the people, must decide whether the rule of law will prevail or whether we will allow the dark forces to -- the thirst for power, put ahead of the principles that guide us. >> reporter: the motivated attack on paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, denouncing those who joked or spread false information about it. >> we must with an overwhelming voice stand against political violence and voter intimidation period. >> reporter: mr. biden spoke less than two blocks from the u.s. capitol symbolic because this will be the first national elections since the january 6th attack against the capitol nearly two years ago. >> i wish i could say the assault on our democracy ended that day, but i cannot. >> reporter: the president placing blame squarely at the feet of his predecessor, former president trump, for refusing to concede the 2020 election. with his poll numbers sagging, mr. biden has mostly stayed off the campaign trail, instead focusing on key issues like th

but we're starting to get these reports, the legal fights and the questions of voter intimidation. closely. obviously after what happened in the 2020 election, you know, it does come to the state that is important to remember if there are small errors that get corrected quickly and fixed, that does not equal fraud, even if some people try to take advantage of those instances. victor blackwell, appreciate the update. >>> so, listen, voters are going to decide all of this. one thing we want to focus now is what is going to happen in the house. john berman joins us now. good morning to you. >> good morning. hard act to follow. >> blackwell was good. i was glued to every word he was saying. >> he does a good job. he knows it front and back, just like you. >> 435 congressional districts, all of them, every district in america up for grabs tonight. kind of. right? however, cnn has identified along with inside elections 82 that we consider to be the most competitive. 82 congressional districts, they are the ones in yellow on your map right here. let these districts in yellow sink in. of t

interfere or disrupt the elections process or intimidate voters. >> reporter: and in philadelphia, the district attorney with a stark warning. >> extremists of any type who are pondering interfering in any way with a free, fair, and final election better be warned. we have handcuffs, we have jail cells, and we have philadelphia juries that will be here. >> and so let's bring in terry moran, live with us from washington tonight. and terry, of course the concern, as you point out there, in pennsylvania, michigan, what you saw in colorado, a county clerk wearing a bulletproof vest, panic buttons. i know authorities in all of these states are going out of their way to warn that they will keep americans and their votes safe and secure, no matter what here. >> reporter: they are, david. that's what election workers, who are our neighbors, our local election officials, that's what they always do. in the last election, in 2020, for instance, attorney general william barr was asked by president trump, then president trump, to investigate, send the department of justice to find voter fraud. and he came back and said there wasn't any of any significanc

comes as civil rights groups and others have raised concerns ore voter intimidation at some locations and ballot boxes. there have been reports of armed people watching ballot boxes. maim sure you stick with cbs news for everything you need to know. we're going to have full coverage of the 2022 midterm elections right here on cbs starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> and it looks like we will find out in a week whether former president donald trump will, in fact, run again in 2024. >> i'm going to be making a very big announcement on tuesday, november 15th at mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida. >> trump dropped that hint last night at a rally in ohio for republican senate candidate jd vance. last week trump said that he would probably run again. >>> and a russian businessman with ties to russian president vladimir putin appears to admit for the first time russia has meddled in u.s. elections. in remarks posted yesterday, yevgeny prigozhin said he has interfered in u.s. elections and he would continue to do so. he also responded to a journalist's question about the russians' possible meddling in today's elections. he was indicted in 2

of political violence and voter intimidation. there was an emphatic statement that in america, the will of the people prevails. >> reporter: that statementdomestic audience. it's one he said for u.s. voters, for the u.s. public. that was for an international audience. it reflected what i'm told, are conversations he had with other world leaders over the course of this three-stop trip up to this in point, but it was one he wanted to underscore for his counterpart, xi jinping, and the democracy construct the president always talks about, democracy has shown results in the last couple of weeks, at least in the president's view, guys. >> phil mattingly for us there in bali. thank you. >>> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy made an unannounced visit to the newly liberated city of kherson. there were joyous chants. you can hear them there, and people sang the national anthem. ♪ >> cnn's nic robertson joins us now live from kherson. a significant day, but zelenskyy himself acknowledges this is far from over. >> reporter: he does, but he said they're moving forward. he said he's ready for peace, but he made it clear on ukraine's term that i

of training. again talking earlier with the dropbox. we want to make sure the voters can go in and you can see someone if someone is aggressive or intimidating voters should feel comfortable reporting that as well as the folks, that's part of their job as well. to be on the lookout for that and make sure people can vote in private and feel comfortable about that outcome. there are a lot of groups, phone number that they had, others have call in numbers people can use on social media trend report things. we can work through that. but it is disappointing that some of these systems and structures we set up to provide that safeguard are being taken advantage of a little bit. but the flipside is we saw in 2020 republican secretary of state who voted for the republican president stand up to that president on the phone in a heated moment. we saw michigan, a lot of pressure on certification and folks doing that as well. there's so many instances of that happening. it became newsworthy and 2020 and it will become newsworthy and 2022, but hopefully we'll all be people doing the right jobs. and when they don't we have laws on the books that we can pursue and prosecute when people aren't doing

reporter: with democrats on defense in the final midterm push, president biden sharpening his closing message overnight. >> democracy is on the ballot for all of us. >> reporter: focusing on voter intimidationt commit to accepting election results. >> we the people must decide whether the rule of law will prevail or that we'll allow the dark forces to thirst -- that thirst for power put ahead of the principles that have long guided us. >> reporter: mr. biden framed his speech around the attack on paul pelosi, husband of nancy pelosi. denouncing those who have joked or spread false information about it. >> we must with an overwhelming voice stand against political violence and voter intimidation, period. >> reporter: mr. biden spoke less than two blocks from the u.s. capitol, symbolic because this will be the first national elections since the january 6 attack against the capitol nearly two years ago. >> i wish i could say the assault on our democracy had ended that day. but i cannot. >> reporter: the president placing blame squarely at the feet of his predecessor, former president trump, for refusing to concede the 2020 election. with his poll numbers sagging, mr. biden has mostly stayed of

of course, today we're monitoring polling places for instances of potentially illegal voter intimidation, after weeks of increasing reportsropping off ballots in drop boxes. "the new york times" reported this today -- even republican election officials said they were embraced for a renewed onslaught. i felt like i had been stabbed in the back repeatedly so much that i don't have anything but scar tissue, said a republican on the county board of supervisors in maricopa county, arizona. home to phoenix. join us now is a former top official in the justice department. mary, i know you work on these issues. tell me what you're watching for today and in the coming days? >> certainly today, this is the culmination, more than two years of disinformation that is, you know, fueling various online threats and so far not too much at polling places, except that any time there's some little glitch, some minor mechanical glitch or minor hiccup in the process, that's exploding online as being proof of some sort of fraud in the election process and something that will mean that a result that is not to the liking of certain people in this

speak as a country and say there's no place, to place for voter intimidation or political violence in america. >> reporter: joe biden warning of what he called a path of chaos in the wake of election day, if results aren't seen as fair and candidates refuse to concede, pointing to the section of the republican party still loyal to president trump >> american democracy is under defeat because the defeated former president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election he's made a big lie, an article of faith in the maga republican party, a minority of that party. wherever fact or evidence had been demanded, the big lie has been proven to be just that. a big lie. >> reporter: the rnc responding, calling the speech desperate and dishonest, saying joe biden promised unity but has demonized and smeared americans while making life more expensive for all. democrats raising the stakes for a midterm election now seen favoring the gop with less than a week to go the white house warning that medicare and social security could be in danger the democrats making the case that democracy is the highest stake of all hi

intimidate voters. >> you have to get into the ring. you cannot fight this on social media. >> reporter: i have watched many of these different presentationsis guy calls himself the presser. presenting this evidence. but none of that stuff adds up to the millions of votes between trump and biden. >> we're not convinced and we're a bunch of crazy people there. >> i didn't say you were crazy. >> sure we are. we're deluded, mislead. >> maybe mislead. >> we don't see it that way. >> i know you don't see it that way. the reason to talk to people like you is to see if there's a place where there could be reconciliation. >> go back to same day voting and paper ballots. >> we get comments people come to us we need to use paper ballots. we do, do you understand we use paper ballots. >> reporter: dealing with election misinformation has become a big part of the county council's job. >> the votes are cast on a ballot and then scanned and then tabulated on the scanner. you're not really voting on the scanner, you're voting on the paper ballot and that is maintained as a record of the voter's vote. >> reporter: delaware county in pennsylvania has fough

of the polls. we absolutely need to be reporting about efforts to intimidate voters and other things. i relied upon your reporting and others when you said, no, no, no, no. it was really mean. it's important that we know about this. i talked to the election officials here. they're worried about it. that vigilance is really, really important. but i have a lot of confidence. you know, we see record early voting in many states including georgia right now. it seems to be racially balanced. it seems to be something that everyone is advantage of. but once the polls close, they're going to be efforts to delegitimize the process by let's face it losing candidates, the winner has no reason to de-legitimize the process. so we should be very, very vigilant for anything. candidates perceive that they're losing, even if they're temporarily winning, as we're counting the ballots normally through a process that we always have. i just saw a tweet from a us senator that criticized that certain party, certain areas controlled by one party take longer to count ballots. others, that is false. we've never

voter intimidation. as people show up to cast their votes. the justice department says it is working to fight both of those efforts reporting in washington. alexandra limon. >> all right. now that we have laid the groundwork, we want to welcome san jose university a lecturer donna crane. >> donna, good evening. election eve, what could go wrong? it expecting everything runs smoothly. >> well, the only thing that could go wrong my coffee maker we need the caffeine. it's going to be a long night and likely running may be days and weeks. you know, until they get the final count, some of these places. yeah, that's right. it's it's it's worth reminding ourselves and everyone who's watching that, you know what a lot of states is going to take them some number of days to count these ballots that are coming in large batches these days before the eights, right, counting in some cases doesn't even start until the night. so it could be some number of days. that's the need for cathy. >> do expect the democrats to hold the house. what do you think's going to happen in the senate? what your your best guess of where things stand when all the votes are c

place, no place for voter intimidation or political violence in america, whether it's directed at democrats or republicans. no place, period. >> reporter: so, the question now is how much of an i believe pact will this speech make? voters in poll after poll as you pointed out are far more likely to say that inflation and the economy are their top concerns rather than the future of democracy. even some democrat who is agreed with president biden last night are concerned that days before the election, pocketbook issues should be the central message right now. >> we've been hear that from republicans too. has there been a reaction at this point to what the president had to say last night? >> reporter: there's been a reaction. republicans have been pointedly criticizing president biden's speech as disconnected from the top concerns of everyday americans. both senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and house minority leader mccarthy weren't always on the same page. they both posted disdain that americans aren't buying president biden's warnings about democracy, and the gop races across the country, they've been arguing democrats are to blame for a number of things, including h

voters are focussed on the economy. >> reporter: president biden knows this election is about the economy, that voter intimidation is not top oflly wanted to give this speech in light of the attack on his friend paul pelosi. he said he genuinely believes the future of our country is at stake right now. >> let's get more from rick klein. rick, you're keeping an eye on the critical state offices to determine whether future elections will be fair and results respected. >> this is exactly what president biden is talking about. we've analyzed public statements along with our partners at fivethirtyeight. candidates that denied the legitimacy of the last election are on the ballot everywhere. almost every state has people like that running for congress or statewide office. these are the ones i'm keyed in on. these are battleground states that have people who deny the legitimacy of the election. places like nevada, arizona, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. joe biden flipped four states from donald trump last time around. four of these states were flipped by biden. one other as well. these will be the closest states in the nation. no

and today, reuters reported that they have identified 23 statewide and local door-to-door canvassing groups intimidating voters. some of them carried weapons and war badges, trying to make themselves seem like they were officials on some kind. rather than explaining where residents could vote or promoting a candidate, these canvassers grilled residents on their voting history, and i asked them who lived in their homes. reuters identified at least 19 states where pro trump canvassers like this are using their, quote unquote, findings. to allege fraud on the basis of an accurate voter registration list. in michigan, that group is already use it -- supposed irregularities to challenge voters in the november 8th election. to be clear, we are now headed for what will likely be the election with the most allegations of fraud in american history. so just, wow, there is a lot going on here. as bad as the unfounded challenges to the 2020 election were. in retrospect, it sort of looks like amateur our. that was rudy giuliani, right? him improvising election fraud claims in front of four seasons total landscaping. but this year,

of guns near drop boxes or where they're processing ballots. we have zero acceptance for voter intimidation. every coloradoan should feel free to vote without intimidation. luckily we have no reportsre is we will act swiftly. >> we covered a great deal of what's going on in arizona with people filming and watching the ballots and what's gone on with doj intervening there. are you seeing any evidence of that, are you prepared if that does come to pass in colorado? >> well, there was an election denier group, led by someone who has threatened both the lives of the governor and myself, who said that they were going to launch this ballot dropbox watching in the state of colorado. but, in fact, we have not seen any evidence of that. and again, if there is any voter intimidation we will act very quickly. i think it's great that a court acted yesterday in arizona and the doj is taking such a strong position. overall, we have to reject extremism and election denialism and we do it in a couple ways. number one, stopping voter suppression. there's been an effort to stop voter suppression laws. number two, prosecuting, when there is any type of destabilization or breaking of the laws of -- e

or voting center reporting here outside the california state capitol eytan wallace kron. 4 news >> meantime, a federal judge in arizona is banning people accused of voter intimidation from monitoring the state's ballot boxes. u.s. district court judge michael liburdi restricted the activities of the group clean elections usa late tuesday. now this group claims it is preventing voter fraud by stationing armed and masked guards near ballot boxes. well, the league of women voters sued clean elections usa last week seeking to stop their actions. a federal judge ruled that clean elections. usa members cannot stand within 75 feet of a ballot box or speak or yell at anyone unless they're spoken to. first. they also cannot follow voters after they've dropped off their ballots. the biden administration has announced billions of dollars in new funding as part of an effort to help families lower their energy bills. under the plan, the department of health and human services will release 4 and a half billion dollars to help low-income families pay energy bills and home repairs. another 9 billion dollars will go to low and moderate income families to make energy efficient upgra

likely to put voters in reasonable fear of harassment, intimidation, coercion of their voting rights. >>> this a stark warning from vladimir putin. the russian president telling reporters the barrage of missiles are, quote, not all we can do. cnn's selma abdelaziz is live in kyiv. what, selma, is putin suggesting here? >> reporter: this was in response to a reporter's question, as you mentioned there. president putin saying, yes, that barrage of missiles is partly a response but it's not all we can do, a very ominous warning there. christine, he's already done more. he's already pulled out of this very important grain deal that could cause a huge domino effect around the world. take a listen to what president putin said. >> translator: so we are not saying that we are ending our p participating and the united nations representatives take an active part in this process. we are grateful to them obviously. then let them communicate with ukraine so ukraine gaur an tease there will be no risk to our ships which provide security. >> reporter: now ukraine says that several vessels have been able to leave black sea ports despite russia pulling out of the initiative. russia say

of election fraud. >> and now just days before the mid terms, there are new concerns about self-proclaimed poll watchers and fears that could intimidate voters. >> reporterthen? >> observe. >> reporter: but what are you looking for exactly? >> observing. we're looking for odd ball stuff, i guess. >> reporter: john is training to be a poll watcher, part of a wave of organizing among people who believe the 2020 election was stolen. >> all over the country we're deploying people to be poll watchers to watch everything that's happening. >> reporter: generally it's a good thing when more people get engaged in their local government but some of this engagement is motivated by lies. >> reporter: especially the mail-in ballots. in pennsylvania there were 1.8 million mail-in ballots went out, 2.5 million come back, there's a question maybe. >> reporter: are you sure? it's that bad? >> look it up. >> reporter: can we google it? >> it's everywhere. >> so the first is from the a.p. in the weeks before the november 2020 election, more than 3 million pennsylvania voters requested vote by mail. we met john at a poll watcher training put on by del caware conservatives.

reporting more than a dozen instances of intimidation. in michigan one group is encouraging people to set up cameras to capture license plate num numbers. what's your message to people intimidating voters nobody should be intimidating the voters. poll watching isn't intimidating. we send out guidance to our poll watchers. the rnc couldn't do this for 40 years. we were under a legal order that we couldn't have poll watchers and now we can. the democrats have always had that. i think that's a real imbalance. if you've been at a polling place, they're simply observing, and it helps us at the end give assurance to the voters, listen, we were there, we watched it. it went well. i think there's other things we should do. like voter id, get rid of ballot harvesting. 80% of american people think we should have voter i.d. >> you mentioned the rnc, you have a very big organization of poll watchers out there right now. but i just want to go back to underscore what i just described could continue in an aggressive way. as the top republican in this country right now, your message is -- >> do not break the law. do not attack or intimidate people trying to vote. >> in any way, shape or form. >> i don

of voter intimidation. officials are preparing to keep polls safe. >> we're monitoring any protests, any disturbances from activists or people that want to sow any discord in the election process. >> reporter: there's enthusiasm to weigh in on the economy, abortion and crime. >> get out and vote. do your civic duty. >> reporter: more than 42 million votes have been cast already with millions more expected to vote in person today. the justice department announced it will monitor polls in 24 states today to ensure that no one interferes with the voting process. marcus, laura? >> so important. thank you, brie. >>> an exclusive look at nbc's decision 2022 headquarters. that's where lester holt, savannah guthrie, chuck todd and andrea mitchell will help lead our special midterm election network coverage that includes a team of nbc news reporters spread out across the country covering the most influential and tightly contested races that will start for you at 7:00 p.m. right here on nbc bay area. >>> developing this morning if you're holding tickets for last night's nearly $2 billion powerball draw, you haven't lost yet, but you haven't won either. that's because the drawing is still on hold. lo

of michigan. and belize and toward director just fusion she spent two years as a lead election reporter for propublica. okay, kara. walk me through this, people are getting harassed. voters are getting intimidated. this is underway. i was going to ask you, what the administration will don forsman is doing about it. visit to light, the damage has been done. >> at the from the administration's perspective. there are a lot of damage up on the part the president speech. according to white house officials as part of what was driving him to deliver that speech. but they are preparing for more to come. so this is a midterm election that the white house as essentially resigned to having a bad night on tuesday. be very clear died about how sources will be. and yet they have a president who went through a similar mid term in 2010 who are vice president obama calls it a shellacking he has somewhat of a familiarity with what is going to change. and what has changed washington across the country on wednesday. but one of the things that is so dramatic about is what you're pointing out. that they're going to be dealing with things like a new dynamic when it comes to governing and washington. that's a lot of i

voter intimidation. as people show up to cast their votes. the justice department says it is working to fight both of those efforts reporting in washington. alexandra limon. >> kron 4 is the only station with live local coverage on election night. we're going to have crews all over the bay area as results come in from the major bay area mayoral races to local and statewide propositions. we do have you covered in fall. be sure to tune in. starting at 5 o'clock tomorrow night for your complete election night coverage. but before we get to tomorrow night, we've got to get through tonight. we've got a lot of rain coming our way live. look at the city. we don't have any rain falling just yet. it doesn't seem kyla grogan standing by. she's got details on what we've seen already is from overnight last night. and what we're expecting. yeah, exactly. there are some spots in the city, though. that may be picking up a few sprinkles. i'll show you just a second on the radar. but this is kind of what we have from the overnight last night just under half an inch about diablo. >> just about 4 tenths of an inch in canfield point, raise 3 tenths milpitas

. >>> plus, voters will see extra security at dozens of polling locations today as the doj looks to crack down on reports of intimidations taking place. >>> also ahead, one of our next guests is taking a look at why democrats are losing hispanic voters. you're watching "morning joe." we will be right back. s"morning" we will be right back. i look back with great satisfaction on my 32 years of active duty. i understand the veteran mentality. these are people who have served, they'e been in leadership positions, they're willing to put their life on the line if necessary and they come to us and they say, "i need some financial help at this point in time." they're not looking for a hand out, they're looking for a little hand up. my team at newday usa is going to do everything we possibly can to make sure that veteran gets that loan. age comes with wisdom. and wisdom comes with benefits. dryer's broken okay... you want a socket.... that's especially true when it comes to medicare. so make the wise call and learn more about cigna medicare plans in your area. their tools and resources make it simple and easy. bears can smell w

florida, setting up special police forces reporting to them who are engaged in net nothing were but intimidation to try to prevent voters from voting. in both ofsame pathology that we see right now among republican activists and elected officials. they simply do not want free and fair elections. it's become an article faith in the republican party to undermine elections rather than have them fair and square. >> you wrote an op-ed recently about days that protected democracy. we've been talking about scary things that are happening right now. we do so with we could expect more cases to be resolved before election day. give us a sense of why those for cases where significant winds, and what do you anticipate happening between now and day that either strengthens or weakens our democracy as we go into the next 72 hours? >> great question. i actually think that we have to take a step back, because very often we focus on all of the bad things, [inaudible] i marvel at a single day last week on thursday. one in the nipsey, new york, when in lansing, michigan, las vegas, and pennsylvania. all different cases, all different courts, but all four of them

disrupt the elections process or intimidate voters, and they will work with us to ensure that all voters are safe, and their rights are protected. >> reporter: colorado was one ofts here. ballots are dropped into locked boxes that can only be accessed by one of these workers. do you ever get people who come up to you and say, what are you doing? >> yeah, oh, yeah. >> reporter: suspiciously. >> yeah or off in the distance. >> what do you tell them? >> nothing. we just watch each other's back. >> reporter: here in adams county elections are run by first-term county clerk josh ziegelbaum. he oversees over 300,000 voters. safety measures include entrances with badge access and panic buttons under desks, but for josh, safety measures extend way past the doors of his office. >> i have had some instances in the past where where people followed me back to my neighborhood and it's a bit nerve-racking. >> you were followed. >> uh-huh. that prompted me to start talking with the sheriff about, you know, personal safety. he recommended that i wear a ballistic vest whenever i feel necessary. i wear one pretty much every single day. >> you come to work with a bulletproof vest

of 2 thousand mules which have to do with drop boxes and cell phone data. investigators and prosecutors are intimidating voters charging four people with illegally collecting ballots from "the new york times" reportingafraid to cast ballots or help with voting in the mid-terms for fear of receiving a visit from investigators or running afoul of a new arizona ballot abuse law. sadly that institutionalized scaring is called election vigilantes. people outside of government taking matters into their own hands. as they see it, why wait for a state to purge voters when individual citizens can file mass challenges to kick voters off the rolls on their own. why ask police to monitor drop boxes and sites when armed activists can don tactical gear and do it themselves. there are reasons for lower voting. is it possible that voter intimidation is among them? the answer to that question is vital for the future of our democracy and it is where we begin the hour. joining us now, mark elias. mark, it's great to see you. i want to go through your piece. tell me what's on your mind here four days ahead of what is really an extraordinary election. >> so, thanks for having me. you know, the thing that strikes me more

voter intimidation is a crime. it's a good signal. this was a trump appointed judge, i'll say. >> which does help with the deradicalization side of this. >> it's an incredible piece of reporting rick, thank you for starting us off on this important day. mary mccord sticks around. a development, trump insider and loyalist kash patel will testify before a grand jury, moving the case into serious territory for donald trump. we'll talk about that next. don't go anywhere. mp we'll talk about that next don't go anywhere. the other day... and forgot where she was. [buzz] you can always spot a first timer. gain flings with oxi boost and febreze. ♪♪ what will you do? will you make something better? create something new? our dell technologies advisors can provide you with the tools and expertise you need to bring out the innovator in you. becoming a morning person starts the night before with new neuriva relax and sleep. it has l-theanine to help me relax from daily stress. plus, shoden ashwagandha for quality sleep. so i can wake up refreshed. neuriva: think bigger. two new ihop lunch and dinner menu items for twice the goodness, twice the flavor, and twice the choice. sirloin salisbu

about these kinds of issues, people targeting voters, watching them with camouflage and other elements of military wear that can be disconcerting. >> reporter: voters feeling intimidated while casting their ballot is one thing. election transparency is high on the list when preparing for election day. alameda county's registrar of voters has set up three nest cameras which live stream the registrar's website. if you click on it you can see the vote counting process. >> we understand the need for observing and the ability for our voters to be able to know we are processing their votes

of issues. people targeting voters, watching them with camouflage and other elements. this can be disconcerting. >> reporter: voters feeling intimidated while testing their ballot is one thing election can pharisee is high on the list. -- registrar of voters have set up three cameras which lifestream the registrar's website. if you click on it you can see the vote counting process. >> we understand the need for observing and the ability for our voters to be able to know that we are processing their votes properly. >> reporter: -- county is also preparing for ballot security. >> we always have teams of two, sworn election officials with their ballots at all times. whether that is in our warehouse, scanning envelopes, or are drop box areas. 37 secure drop boxes every day. >> reporter: there is also a concern about the rain. larry grossman said he doesn't think it will be a problem because he thinks the rain will let up before the onslaught of voters show up. >>> we have a page on our website dedicated to tomorrow's election. there is a lot of information about where to go if you want to drop off your ballot or violent person. just send

reporter: u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are gearing up for a variety of potential threats today, according to justice department officials. from extremist violence and cyberattacks to intimidation of election workers and voters. the fbi says the threats are highest in states where donald trump contested the 2020 election results. and a legal fight in the pennsylvania has already exploded over how some ballots are counted here with democrats, incluing the fetterman campaign, filing that suit to make sure that undated or incorrectly dated mail-in ballots count. one more example of how every vote in every one of these states could matter down to the wire. hoda and savannah? >> yeah, peter, it comes down to results. so when can we expect results coming out of the pennsylvania election? >> reporter: yeah. we may be here for a while, as you noted. under pennsylvania law, they can't begin, the counties can't begin scanning and counting those mail-in ballots until right now, until 7:00 a.m. on election day. the acting secretary of state saying, hoda, that it could be a few days before they have is a good sense of the winners here. especially in states like this where the races are razor thin, certainly the top of th