and tammy patrick. maricopa county. arizona. commissioners ann mcgene of the elections in texas and chris thomas. a current state director of elections and michigan. and in the middle. a research director law director and research direct ofrt commission. looking for the initial remarks and the commission's one-year anniversary. thank you so much for being here delightful for senior research directors and as you know, the goal of the commission from the very beginning was to gather together, views from across the country. election administrations and experts. voters. voting rights communities and across the board. on a fully bipartisan basis. to determine what could be done to make a voting process more functional for voters. obviously the origin rests behind the commission was in the reduction of the long lines that became an issue that was much discussed in the political process in the course of the election. but it was widely understood that there was a whole series of other questions. questions that fit into the issue of line

public library tammy patrick, former election official from arizona, commissioner and mcgeeham from texas and chris thomas, the current state director of elections in michigan and in the middle, the research director of stanford law professor and research director of the commission. i will turn to bob and ben for initial remarks in this opening session about the commission's one year anniversary. >> thank you very much for being here. delightful to be reunited with our commissioners and senior research director and as you know the goal of the commission from the very beginning was to gather views from across the country from administrators from voters voting rights community across the board. and anna will be bipartisan basis to determine what could be done to make the voting process more functional for voters. .. with the democrats, republicans and independents participating in a conversation about the importance of showing of the voting rights in the united states with particular attention to election administration as a sector of public administration. as a means of making elections wo

tammie patrick, a former election official in arizona.former state director of elections in texas and chris thomas who is the current state director of elections in michigan and in the middle the research director stanford law professor and research director of the commission. i'm going to turn it to bob and ben for initial remarks in this opening session about the commission's one-year anniversary. >> thank you. thank you very much for being here. it's delightful to be reunited with our commission. as you know, the goal of the commission from the very beginning was to gather together views from across the country, from election administrations, experts, voters, voting rights community, just across the board. on a fully bipartisan basis to determine what could be done to make the voting process more functional for voters obviously, the original interest behind the commission was in the reduction of long lines that became an issue that was much discussed in the political process in the course of the election, but it was widely understood t

patrick's week. on the show authorizing the mission. with isis now claiming attacks far beyond iraq and syria, when will congress make the war official? i want to ask congresswoman and iraq war veteran tammyrs on campuses across the nation. we have the stories of two inspiring student-athletes at duke who are joining the ranks. and today's final thought. a royal soldier says farewell. but first, in a matter of hours, united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting on yemen. it comes just as the u.s. pulls out its special operations forces following friday's mosque bombings that killed 137 people. joining me now is nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, what do we know at this point? >> well patrick, good afternoon. we know that yemen continues to descend into chaos this afternoon. opposition fighters who drove the country's president into hiding months ago seized the third largest city overnight. the u.n. security council, as you pointed out, is planning to hold an emergency meeting later today to discuss this latest unrest. and in a draft of this afternoon's proposed resolution we expect the council to reaffirm its commitment to the president of yemen