i guess, elissa slotkin, i'll start with you.ntially use the military domestically, but i want to start with his plans to go to kenosha, despite the governor saying, not such a good idea. what do you make of that and do you think the president could make matters worse? >> listen, the measure of any leader is do they unify people or divide people? do they calm the waters or do they make the waters more troubled? i think in this case we hear from the governor himself that these are the kinds of actions his visit would make more troubles. so i think the president should do the right thing, respect the local leaders. he's all -- when it's in his favor he's all about talking about local leaders. let them make the determination of what will be troublesome for their community and i think his visit is a mistake by that measure. >> we hear concerns wherever we can, i'm sure you do, too, if donald trump loses he's somehow going to get the military to line up on his side and keep him in power by any means necessary. i'm deeply skeptical of

that should be absolutely abhorrent to every american. >> congresswoman slotkin, thank you very much.nks for being with us today. >>> this year, how you vote is as important as who you vote for. our interactive state by state plan your vote guide has everything you need to know about casting your ballot in this pandemic. find it at nbcnews.com/planyourvote. >>> coming up next, we'll hear from voters in wisconsin where the president pulled off a narrow 2016 victory. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. find pants that aren't sweats. find your friends. find your sense of wander. find the world is new, again. at chevy we'd like to take you there. now during the chevy open road sales event, get up to 15% of msrp cash back on select 2020 models. that's over fifty-seven hundred dollars cash back on this equinox. it's time to find new roads, again. she always wanted her smile to shine. now, she uses a capful of therabreath healthy smile oral rinse to give her the healthy, sparkly smile she always wanted. (crowd cheering) therabreath, it's a

article, the headline of pelosi is considering calling the house back to the up capitol, and elizabeth slotkint calling the postal -- to -- walked be done? >> all of the above. i semispeaker pelosi is right to call congress back. they ought to confront the federal government in terms of the fund, but the inspector general needs to be call in before congress immediately to explain why he is closing down certain processes, why they're actually closing down certain postboxes on the west coast that we have seen, literally interfering. why did they send a her to many states saying we do not know if we can get the mail-in votes to you in time for people to meet the deadlines. all of that should be dealt with in an immediate situation. this is not a cavalier situation that we can wait on everyone to take their summer break. they're breaking the rights of people to vote, which is the foundation, the bedrocks of a democracy. >> on the other hand, there are people who have been motivated to vote in this election and in 2018 that, you know, were otherwise not voting because they were feeling disenfranchi

slotkin is on this call ? >> i'm here. >> i would like to recognize the gentlelady from michigan an inspection. >> thank you mr chairman i have the real pleasure of introducing a fierce champion for michigan voters secretary of state jocelyn benson and she was sworn in in january of 2019 and she has really worked then to protect hard since then to protect michiganders right to vote and the integrity of our elections choose a marshall scholar and graduate of harvard law and expert on election law specifically but secretary benson served as the dean is the law school in detroit where she was appointed the age of 36, the youngest in history to lead an accredited top 100 law school. in her careeron working to protect voting rights and voting integrity and goes back to her work advocating for the passage of help americans vote act. she investigative journalist who the naacpking with legal defense fund she is a co-founder of the military spouses of michigan to provide important services for military spouses and thei

for five minutes beginning was secretary bentsen. >> thank you chairman and thank you congresswoman slotkin for your very kind introduction. chairman thompson and members of the committee of homeland security thank you for inviting me here today. democracy is a team sport and every single one of us here can agree that we we want this election to be successful. we want to vote and we won their vote to be fully and equally acceptable to every voter. don't the system to be secure and protected against any threats foreign and domestic and we want every citizen to have full faith that the election results are a full and complete reaction of the voting people. the coronavirus and did make along with what seems to be constant rhetoric and misinformation about our election has brought historic treasures on our bill is -- our ability. yesterday was mentioned my office had to correct an unconscionable attempt to suppress voting through a robo-calls targeting voters in the city of detroit that falsely threaten voting by mail with what voters personal information at risk for creditors one person and he

we've had debbie dingell, alyssa slotkin. have warned biden shouldn't take it for granted. nancy pelosi warned people who just show up to vote for donald trump are, perhaps, not people who showed up. do you think polls activeually reflect where things stand right now? >> i think michigan is definitely a tossup in the presidential race. we are going to see these numbers tighten. i have never, for a minute, believed that it was a ten-point spread. i will say this. in 2016, donald trump won michigan by less than 11,000 votes. i won michigan, just two years later, by around 400,000 votes. and so, i do believe that there is enthusiasm here to vote for joe biden. i believe his agenda resonates with michiganders. but it's always going to be a dogfight in michigan and that's why people need to understand there still needs to be an incredible amount of attention paid here. and i know joe biden and kamala harris both get that. kamala called me yesterday. we chatted briefly. i know that she is focused on michigan. they are eager to be p

elissa slotkin raise 1.4 million last quarter alone. charisse davis raised $875,000.lucy mcbath and debbie powell outraised their opponents for the second quarter in a row. representative katie porter raised a whopping two point $5 million, marking the fifth quarter in a row she has raised over a million dollars. these impressive fundraising numbers are just one of the ways that are continuing to shine and positioning themselves to win in 2020 with our help. here are some of the other updates from the incumbent protection region. in new mexico, a congresswoman has drawn a remap of former state representative yvette herrell, who had a very competitive primary. we ultimately invested in research and a direct mail program. we believe she poses the smallest threat to representative -- getting her as a nominee gets us one step closer to reelection. that race will be a rematch from 2018. we are looking at rematches in six, inee, georgia inginia two, and potentially florida 27. we beat these candidates last year and we can do it again this year. power has drawn the mayor of