robin swanson. allen thank you so much.the crowds. to the woman most responsible for my presence here today, my mother, shyamala gopalan harris, who is always in our hearts... cheering and car horns. when she came here from india at the age of 19, she maybe didn't quite imagine this moment, but she believed so deeply in an america where a moment like this is possible, and so i am thinking about her and about the generations of women, black women... cheering and applause. asian, white, latina, native american women who, who, throughout our nation's history have paved the way for this moment tonight. women who fought and sacrificed so much for equality, and liberty and justice for all. including the black women who are often, too often, overlooked but so often proved they are the backbone of our democracy. cheering and applause, and car horns. all the women who have worked to secure and protect the right to vote for over a century. 100 years ago with the 19th amendment, 55 years ago with the voting rights act, and now, in 202

let's talk now to republican strategist lisa james and robin swanson, democratic strategist and formerhank you so much forjoining us and we are sure this is a busy time. talking about the angry rhetoric and how contentious it is. lisa, if i could start with you. the lawsuits, the calls for stopping voting or continuing with counts, how damaging do you think this is for the whole process and how the us is seen?|j think process and how the us is seen?” think there's a confidence in the election system, the electoral system and i think the lawsuits are to ensure that every legal vote is counted and those who voted legally should absolutely be counted and those that are not voted legally, we need to be concerned about. that seems fair enough, doesn't it? of course, i think everyone wants the votes counted and i think it is important that votes continue to be counted, especially because our military folks were overseas, those are the folks that are most likely to be voting by mail them for their ballots to be coming in, even if there postmarked by the date. every vote should be counted in t