in phoenix, arizona. this is thursday last week, it was 112 degrees in phoenix that day. ♪ can't take it no more ♪ ♪ we're fired up ♪ ♪ we're fired up ♪ ♪ can't take it no more ♪ >> fired up, can't take it no more. 112 degrees that day in phoenix. not counting the radiant heat off the tarmac there. that was outside the office of arizona's republican attorney general, mark burn avich. those folks were protesting outside his office because of his role in promoting and defending new voting rights restrictions in arizona, including all the way up to the united states supreme court. also, arizona's new rules about how the state's elections will be conducted in the future, new rules explicitly designed to make sure officials from the democratic party can't play a top role in election administration in arizona anymore, only republicans will be allowed to do that from here on out. of those folks protesting outside attorney general's office in arizona, nine were arrested. it wasn't -- they weren't

republican congressman paul gosar of arizona, a member of congress who should be far more famous than he is. he writes, it is unjust to sweep ashli's death under the rug. her life mattered. we do not allow the execution of citizens by street justice in our country. babbitt is the 35-year-old woman who attempted to charge into the speaker's lobby where members of congress were present at that moment on january 6th with a violent mob breaking down windows, braying for blood at her back. when rioters broke the windows of these doors right there leading to the lobby, which is right outside the house chamber, ashli babbitt and her alone vaulted through, the first one to go through, though there was a gun drawn and a warning, and she was shot and killed by a capitol officer that you see there on the other side. her death is obviously a horrible tragedy. it never should have happened. she never should have been there. she never should have been in that position. the key question is not who killed her but who is truly culpable for her death and the deaths of three other trump supporters that

host: news from arizona central on this topic -- " arizona said that they need more material from maricopa county, suggesting that the senate's review may be nearing its end. fann said during a hearing at the capital that she expects the demands for additional materials will end up in court, setting up another legal battle in the saga that has seen the country and state lawmakers spar over the scope of the legislature's subpoena power. also during the hearing the senate's top contractor on the review recommended reviving plans to go door-to-door to inquire about some residents' participation in last year's general election." caller: glad to talk to you. my concern is over black lives matter, what they had to say about the demonstrations in cuba the day before yesterday. i think it was around us. -- i think it was horrendous. host: how do you feel about the demonstrations in cuba, bob? caller: i worked with a lot of cubans. i had a cuban neighbor in chicago. they are wonderful people. these people have condemned them. it is horrendous. host: is the u.s. government doing enough to support th

what is happening in arizona, the fake audit is mad, it's ridiculous, local election officials in arizona have slammed it. are republicans in pennsylvania really going to copy arizona and do the same? >> they're trying to do that here in pennsylvania. and my colleagues in the senate democratic caucus are taking every step that we can to prevent them from continuing to put on this charade. we're fighting hard to make certain that our colleague, senator mastriano, doesn't get the opportunity to do audits. we're working closely with the attorney general and the governor's administration to prevent him from being able to conduct one of these audits. he doesn't have the authority because of a chairmanship of a seldom-used committee, certainly not used for this purpose, to conduct audits along these lines. we think it's the wrong thing to do, obviously, and we're going to continue to fight it. >> is joe biden, is the democratic president of the united states, your party leader, is the federal government, doing enough to help democrats like yourself in swing states like pennsylvania where republ

aywhat's happening in arizona were the fixed audit is taking place? officials and arizona slammed. it are republicans in pennsylvania going to copy arizona and do the same? >> they're trying to do that in pennsylvania and my colleagues in the caucus are taking every step we can to prevent them from continuing to put on this charade. we are fighting hard, to make certain our colleagues, senator mastery on who's the leader of this group doesn't get the opportunity to do audits and we are working closely with our department and state as well as our attorney general, the governor's administration to prevent it from being able to conduct one of these audits. it doesn't have the authority. they sell the news committee, was not used for this purpose. to conduct audits along those lines. we simply think it's the wrong thing to do and we will continue to fight it. >> is joe biden, is a democratic president of the united states, your party leader, the federal government doing enough to help democrats like yourself in swing states like pennsylvania where republicans are in the majority in the

the state of arizona. joe biden wins arizona and he wins it narrowly. phoenix, big. that's where you win in arizona. you win here. that's blue. let's go back four years. that's red. donald trump carries arizona then. one of the examples, you can do it in georgia, too. donald trump runs strong among white suburbans. joe biden runs strong four years later, he takes arizona and changes the -- map. the shifting mood. come over here and look at this giant game. 66% for hillary clinton. 28% for donald trump. joe biden still won but 59-38. donald trump improved his standing. 10 points among hispanic voters. how does that translate on the map? remember in the 2020 campaign. democrats had dreams. we're going to take texas back. you see a lot of blue down here. right? in this part of texas. but take a look. this is 2020. right? biden lost texas. donald trump won it comfortably. go back in time. you see more blue. right? when hillary clinton -- i mean when donald trump carries texas over hillary clinton shelf did better here. has the tiny county, maverick county. but 76% for hi

the supreme court has already reviewed the arizona case. and the arizona case they upheld arizona. the constitution says states make these decisions. not federal government. the case is pretty well settled. >> bret: all right, panel, when we come back, we will tap you for tomorrow's headlines. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ summer is a state of mind, you can visit anytime. savor your summer with lincoln. like you, my hands are everything to me. but i was diagnosed with dupuytren's contracture. and it got to the point where things i took for granted got tougher to do. thought surgery was my only option. turns out i was wrong. so when a hand specialist told me about nonsurgical treatments, it was a total game changer. like you, my hands have a lot more to do. learn more at factsonhand.com today. what's on the horizon? like you, my hands have a lot more to do. the answers lie beyond the roads we know. we recognize that energy demand is growing, and the world needs lower carbon solutions to keep up. at chevron, we're working to find new ways forward, like through our venture c

today, arizona republicans who are doing there, so called, audit, in arizona, they gave a briefing on the progress. only two republican senators were there but they try to call it a hearing. this audit that they're doing in arizona, they launched it in april, this it will take three weeks. it's of course mid july under still going strong. they make clear today that they're definitely finding all the fraud they've been fantasizing about. but it's definitely gonna take a lot of more investigation, lots more materials, probably lots more donations from trump supporters nationwide. it looks like they will subpoena more stuff from the county america where they got all the ballots from. the way they're talking about it today it sounds like they have weeks to go, maybe months still to go. it's such a big and complex investigation. there is no sign that there was anything wrong with the presidential vote in arizona. nothing. there is no sign that there was anything wrong with it, at all. and i'm saying that because i can observe it, because i can observe that the vote in arizona was subjected

they're winning the audit in arizona raking in big bucks. $5.7 million linked to individuals who promote the big lie including michael flynn, sydney powell and the former overstock.com ceo patrick burn. donations are on top of $150,000 the group was paid by the arizona senate. >>> the fight against a looming recall election in arizona. >> we've seen trump republicans across the country attacking election results and the right to vote. now they're coming to grab power in california. >> that's the massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren, former president candidate, linking to restrictive voting against the country including the former president. thank you for joining us. we'll see you back here tomorrow. ana cabrera picks up right now. >>> thanks for being us. we are entering a new era in the pandemic fight in the u.s. vaccine requirements. soon president biden is expected to say all federal employees will have to prove they're vaccinated or face strict routine testing. corporate america already going there. facebook, google, netflix and more now requiring or mandating shots. the resoundin

here we are in arizona. we know that right now they're seeing daily case totals that they haven't seen since february. in maricopa county, the most populous county in arizona, they're seeing a seven day average that they haven't seen since february. the positivity rate recently was around 5%. now it's around 11%. icu beds are filling up again. the governor is imploring residents to get the vaccine. he said he got it himself. but he is also taking a slew of executive actions here that some say is kind of an opposition to what they're trying to do to curb the pandemic here including preventing k-12 schools from -- rather recinding an order an executive order that required k-12 schools to require masks. preventing state colleges and universities from requiring vaccines. preventing states and municipalities from requiring vaccines. it is frustrating for the doctors. an e.r. physician i spoke to here says we have this tool in our tool kit. yet there is a plateau of vaccinations. he said everybody anecdotally that

mark kelly out in arizona, an important race for the country. more on the democratic party's thirst for power. they once demanded -- and the mantra was that we the american people follow the science. i believe in science, i believe in vaccine science and especially when it comes to covid-19. now democrats have thrown science to the wind despite their own cdc guidelines and numerous studies showing that children face extremely wrote to low risk of getting sick or having convocations or god forbid dying from covid-19. in spite of cdc protocols and recommendations, dr. fauci is now demanding that children as young as 3 -- 3 -- wear masks indefinitely. good luck to your parents that, well, don't have kids as old as mine. take a look. >> the children were not able to get vaccinated because of their age should follow their -- their parents should follow with them -- the guidelines of the cdc that unvaccinated children of a certain age, greater than two years old, should be wearing masks. no doubt about that, that's the way to protect them from getting

i want to start with this arizona stuff. i mean, we've known for a long time, obviously, that the president has been interested in getting states to basically find the votes that he needed in order to win. what went on in arizona, i think, highlights the big challenge. it didn't end after election day. it didn't end after the inauguration. we have an audit going on there. and this is a little bit from giuliani's voice mail to one of the republican arizona officials. he says to him, if you get a chance, would you pleads give me a call. i have a few things i'd like to talk over with you. maybe we can get this thing fixed up. i think it's a shame republicans are both kind of in this situation, and i think there may be a nice way to resolve this for everybody. this is like the kind of thing that you would see in a gangster movie or something like that. but it's happening in american elections. what does this matter at this point given that this is the predicate for voting restrictions that are coming down the pike in states like

that is what they are doing an arizona. the second thing is that he say the voting as sacrosanct and so they we should protect. name in the search bar. we will have

he saw a 2-1 arizona lead in the 4th. then flores went yard. a two run shot gave the giants the lead. okay, fine. in the home half of the inning josh redding got all of it. that two run homer gave the lead back to the diamond backs. here is a game ending double play. it marked the giants fourth straight loss. it was arizona's night. 5-3 final. so the giants lead in the west has been trimmed by l.a. to a half game. >> right now we are not able to get that one big punch in the most important moment. there needs to be a sense of urgency when we are not winning baseball games. we have that urgency. [ indiscernible ] it was not our best baseball from any angle. >> before the game buster posey was voted the starting catcher for the national league all-star team. seventh selection for posey. fifth time he has been elect add starter. he will was the only giant voted in by the fans. the reserves will be announced on sunday. the all-star game is july 13th. >>> lets join pitcher shawn who warmed up for the rangers yesterday pick. joey gallo, when he gets

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he also talked about the supreme court ruling on arizona voting rights. this is 15 minutes. pres. biden: let me begin by saying that the creative cooperation between local, state, and federal officials down here has been remarkable. i want to thank our fema director for their effort. governor desantis, senator marco rubio and scott, congressman schulz, mayor, they have all cooperated in ways i have not seen in a long time. it is really a testament to how difficult things are down here. it is what, quite frankly, we miss a lot. we have all been working in tandem from the moment we got the news of the collapse of the building. i think my colleagues will tell you, we cut through the bureaucracy, the one order i gave, the federal folks, was no bureaucracy, just cut through and get to what they need. that is why we decided to cover 100% of the search-and-rescue costs for the first 30 days. that is necessary here, in my view. and fema is going to provide temporary housing and other urgent needs for the device -- survivors. state department are expediting visas for family members from ot

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it's not even popular amongst republicans in arizona. however, there's something nefarious here but they are asking for ballots and equipment to be handed over audit style. that's what caused the department to say you are endangering the sanctity of the process. once you start handing ballots around to other people, particularly nongovernmental people and ballot machines, you've now tainted the process. so you've thrown doubt into the system and then you've mucked up the machines. now no one will ever get a real answer. that audit in maricopa county will never, ever end because they just keep shuffling the same ballots around. >> sure. thankfully in pennsylvania that's never going to happen because the counties in question have already said no. our department of state here in pennsylvania has already shut that down. there's no path for this audit to continue. this is just carnival barking at its lowest, and they're going to continue to try to do this because that's all they have to run on. but i just want people to understand, like i sai

let's look at what's going on in arizona. a bill just was signed talking about critical race theory. it lets look at what's happening there. arizona governor signed a bill preventing local government -- governments from teaching local -- critical race theory. for him it's the state and any local government from inquiring -- forbids state and any local government from inquiring -- from requiring their employees to engage in orientation, training or therapy that suggests an employee is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive whether consciously or unconsciously. the measure comes as critical race theory becomes the latest flashpoint in the culture wars. the theory which is decades old examines the impact of racism on history and maintains that racism is systemic. republicans have used the term critical race theory as a catchall for teaching racism with some panning the bill as discriminatory. let's go back and talk to darrell who is going to jackson tennessee. garo -- darrell, good morning. caller: good morning. the problem is

it is dangerous for texas, arizona and every other state. it is tragic. >> sean: all right, we will take a break. when we come back we will be joined by the governor and the great state of texas and also sara carter will bring us an exclusive report from the southern border with migrants literally have been and continued to die taking this perilous journey. governor abbott will be here and much more, much more president trump as we continue south texas. we are glad you were with us. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> sean: all right, the great state of texas at the southern border tonight. thank you for being with us and we are with former president donald trump peered at her conversation with him continues in a few moments. but first sara carter reporting about the crisis at the southern border. and by dense border prices damaging to the country but pref a perilous journey for those crossing and trying to enter this country illegally. watch this. >> jesse come on this road sheriff's deputies at brooks county along with a judge are rec

going to be in that is senator joe manchin a senator from west virginia and senator kyrsten sinema from arizona since they are the most moderate democrats that biden needs to pass that reconciliation. they will have a few -- they don't want a huge liberal package, they want something more targeted. for a senator like joe manchin, west virginia, i have not checked the stats, but there is not that many nature -- major cities which are bearing the brunt of this type of increase in violence, it's a rural state so i'm sure he is under less pressure to put in more background check laws and try to take illegal guns off the street. i'm sure that reconciliation package will have more funding for cops and making sure that they reform as well, because you don't want the repeat of where african americans in our country feel like the police are targeting them with george floyd and countless other instances over the years. they are trying to figure out exactly what's in that infrastructure package and how much money they should spend on childcare and other soft infrastructure because they have not finished t

the supreme court upholding two voting rules in the battleground state of arizona. cheryl casone has more. cheryl. cheryl: that is right, dagen. so the high court ruling 6-3 that arizona's new you rules do not violate the federal voting rights act. the state's going to be allowed to ban ballot harvesting and discard ballots cast in the wrong precinct, happening in an effort to tighten the laws following the 2020 presidential election. the vote coming along ideological lines, justice alaina kagan issuing a 41 page a dissent. now to the tragedy in florida, the search for survivors in the surfside collapse is back on this morning. rescue efforts were paused for 14 hours over concerns about the stability of the remaining structure. crews are sifting through the rubble by hand. they are looking for 145 people still declared missing. 18 people have now been confirmed dead. president biden and first lady jill biden did tour the site yesterday, meeting with victims' families to tell them, quote, never give up hope. the recall election date is set for california governor gav

we saw a law of that nature in arizona passed by republican-controlled legislature, upheld by the supreme court this week. so these are very controversial issues. republicans are trying to make sure that the rules for voting are stricter. democrats are trying to make sure that as many people are able to vote as possible. there are some tensions, of course, between ballot access and ballot security. but as i mentioned in that piece, one of the reasons why the debate is as heated as it is is that in each case, the parties i think perceive themselves to be getting some kind of advantage by having the legal regime surrounding voting that they prefer. republicans believe that if you tighten up some of the protocols that we saw in the 2020 election, that they would win more races, possibly given that the presidential race really came down to fewer than 45,000 votes, remaining battleground states. from an electoral college perspective. the democrats believe that the greater the turnout, the greater their chances of winning. clearly they are pretty happy that joe biden has 81 million votes. that

and in philadelphia and pennsylvania, you end one the same situation you in arizona. one drew president trump's ire when he said things like this. >> there have been all these allegations of massive or widespread voter fraud. and if that's the case, they should at least be able to site a single case of it in any of the state and federal lawsuits filed in pennsylvania. and as of yet, there have been none. >> none. not a single case of it. the pennsylvania circus that we're seeing right now is coming on the heels of that audit in arizona. the audit run by a company that calls itself cyber ninjas. the board of supervisors has condemned the audit, and i want to note four of the five members of that board are republican. the board writing, it's time to end this, for the good of the senate, for the good of the country, and for the good of the democratic institutions that define us as americans. these lies about the election integrity, these audits are dangerous. because some people believe them. trump supporters believe they will lead to trump being reinstated. >> are you d

did you see any of bearing on that outside of arizona? >> sure but there are two ways to attack these voting lieus. one is the statute, which is the voting rights act. the second is the constitutional treatment, equal treatment, equal process, not discriminating. if you look at, for example, the justice department's recent lawsuit in georgia it makes both statutory and constitutional claims. there are still parts of section two. of course, a lot of these will be fact-bound questions in these state laws. so, you know, it certainly is not good news for the people who are challenging these statute, but it's not the end of the road. >> natasha, your reaction this morning? >> it's very disturbing, disappointing. the bottom line is we're seeing the voting rights act that was passed because people had to actually force it to get passed in 1965. so the two provisions that give teeth to the voting rights act were section 5 and section 2. section 2 is the premise in which in what we're seeing right now that the doj is going to sue georgia. what is

we should all congratulate the arizona gop because they had an historic victory in the supreme court. [applause] think that her president trump and the supreme court who have upheld election security laws so that hopefully in 2022 we will have across the country a secure, free and fair election, which is all we expect. but the democrats are going to fight tooth and nail to strip the states of all local control. but we have to be united as conservatives and republicans to make sure that every election is free and fair. in free and fair elections, we win. this lie is a complete lie from biden down. they believe if you have any election reforms, we are racist and trying to oppress voters. it is a complete lie. we have to stand up and say the democrats are lying. voter id is not racist, it is common sense. [applause] preventing ballot harvesting from duck -- drop boxes, it's not racist. preventing illegal immigrants from voting is not racist, it is common sense. the democrats corrupt politicians act as an assault on free and fair elections and erodes state safeguards that are going to mak

arizona is one such case where you could be able to provide cooling. even though people are spaced out and you could also have a network of people helping so in our case we have had all sorts of community members step up including a utility company. long-term solutions provide cooling spaces along the way. to provide cooler spaces and handle long-term mitigation adaptations. >> thank you so much for your comments, and i will yield back. >> the chair recognizes mr. kyl mr. kilby for five minutes. >> thank you, for holding this important hearing. i've been toggling back and forth with lots of things going on today so if my question is redundant, i apologize. over seven years ago in my hometown, a water crisis emerged. my hometown is flint michigan. the children were affected by the crisis and exposed to high levels of lead that poses significant health risks particularly in their development. what was not as well-known in the water crisis that there was an outbreak and as a result of the crisis. michigan again is experiencing a surge. the michigan depart

in arizona we have been using the drug laws and there is one county prosecutor that have a 100% success rate. by expanding it to trespass and vandalism. that's important.as that expands the crimes you can charge people for instead of just drug crimes. what stopped them before is resources. >> that won't end. charlie, as a newspaperman, this is unique. we always had a border issue. unlike this now because of the numbers, where do you think this is headed? w it doesn't seem as though the biden administration has any interest in stopping it?oe they seem to that want to happen. >> well, of course. you can blame this on no one but the biden administraministratio. you are right it has been a problem for decades. trump made strides to curtail the immediate crisis and joe biden in his first day in office, after 6 months we talk about it but most of the media doesn't talk about it.ac it's easier to forget the fact that joe biden made active decisions on day 1 to undo all of the sensible solution that donald trump put in place to prevent this crisis. stopping 200 people at the border and over hal

i objected specifically and senators filed an objection to the state of arizona so we had a debate on both of those and my view is we needed a debate on election integrity. i think it was appropriate to have it and democrats with a previous election with a debate is appropriate and certainly within their rights to raise these issues and i promised my constituents that ie would, soi did and that is why i raised the issues and i wasn't going to let the actions of a criminal mob who came to the capital and tried to stop the certification process and debate that we were in the middle of i wasn't going to allow their actions to interfere with my obligations and constituents in doing what i said i was going to do so those who committed acts of violence and crime on that day, they deserve to go to prison and i don't care whether justification is. it wass wrong, violent, i don't care if you are doing it on the right or the left. those folks who came to the capital and committed violence it's like those across different cities in the country over the past year and just like the deranged indivi

moved out of the coliseum, brought across the arizona state fair grounds on these trucks and delivered to a storage facility. and now look at this next video clip. and this is from about a week ago. this facility looks like you'd expect, storage, ballots are all boxed up. there's nothing happening. it looks like a ring camera. well, suddenly, there was activity. this morning, if you look at this next video clip, suddenly, there were two counters, they're paper counters that were delivered. and we are now told it's not a hand count, it's a machine count. these machines are going to count each ballot. they're not going to look at what's on the ballot. they're just going to count the ballot. the arizona audit spokesman tells me is the reason they're doing this is to double and triple check what the contractor has done, cyber ninjas. he's calling it basically cleaning up. what does that mean? i don't know. i've talked to a number of people. maricopa election officials and national officials, and they're scratching their heads saying they just don't know what's happening, anderson. >> just

democrats challenge two arizona rules. one, that tosses out ballots when voters show up at the wrong pre precinct. the ruling was 6-3. that a reflection of the court's powerful conservative majority and it sends a clear signal this court believes states get wide latitude in the voting rules. we are joined with the big final day decisions. >> very big, indeed. and the take away from this is that this is going to make it a lot harder for challengers of these voting laws to actually prevail here. because in this 6 3 decision written, this didn't just uphold the arizona laws that have been in effect for many years. but this restricted the ability of challengers to really challenge section 2. and the reason why this is so important is that really section 2 is the only way now for these people to challenge these voting laws. that's because in 2013, the supreme court struck down essentially section 5 of the voting rights act. that was a section that mandated that jurisdictions with the history of racial discrimination, they neede

the arizona county election officials have identified fewer than 200 cases of potential voter fraud. this isn't exactly voter fraud. this is out of three million ballots. some were republican cast votes. what can the federal government do at this point? >> every avenue we have within the court system is being systemically taken away from us. everything that we could have done legislatively is being taken away from us. now we're having to depend on the federal government, at this point in time, for states like arizona, texas, wisconsin, georgia, all of these places where these republican legislatures are passing some draconian election laws. we're having to depend on congress to come by and say let's take a look at what's really going on here. i hope our attorney general investigates because donald trump was calling our senate leaders just before this thing happened. >> greg abbott is trying to usher through conservative pipe dream with not om banning 24 hour voting but trying to expand or limit abortion rights and anti-trans laws. it's really scary here. it cast a wide dark shadow ov

arizona's is among a whole new sweep of laws that in fact, it's not a matter of discrimination as she is caricaturing it, but they do make it harder for reasons of their lives for minority voters, disproportionately. the big point here, is that section two was available for just this before today. it really has been, got it would be too strong a word, but it no longer is the tool it was. it sort of an explanation point on a term that moved to the law in many directions. one more thing about this case, the argument across the country's republican legislature saying, we have such voter fraud, and we really have to do these laws for that reason. that's proven to be kind of a phantom argument, but the court took it appear. they said that's a very important reason, and we are going to endorse it, and thought of course it is poorly a lot of laws out there. >> shannon: okay, harry mentions the slew of states that are doing this kind of thing, the doj announced last week it's going to sue georgia over its law in reaction to this ruling today said, the department remains strongly committed to

cal perry is live at the arizona/nevada state line at the nation's largest reservoir. this reservoir provides water and power to the entire region. you're at lake meade. it is at the lowest levels since the 1930s. >> reporter: this is a climate change story that i can visually show you, put it to you another way, about 20 years ago i would be 100 feet under water. they call it the bathtub rings and i'll show you what we've lost in 20 years. 140 feet. that is 5 trillion gallons of water that would be headed to arizona, into nevada, into california. we're talking about ranchers, we're talking about the way that we live. it is obviously a climate change story, but it's an allocation story. this lake is, quote, over-allocated. take a look at what the state's climate coordinator had to say. >> climate change has upset the supply and demand balance that otherwise would keep the lake full. the way this is happening is when the atmosphere warms, it holds more water. so you're essentially sucking the -- the air is essentially sucking the landscape dry, it's drying out our plant

what are these new revelations from arizona contributed i think about that? >> thank you be with you. happy anniversary, i guess we would say. this is just a crazy moment in american history. we've gone through a storming of the capital. we've gone through an attempt to overturn the results of an election led by the president, and yet we have one political party that is not only in denial but there's also in a position that in order to show fidelity to the parties leader, donald trump, you have to mimic the lie that the election was stolen and you have to push legislation and other rules that are going to make it easier to mess with votes next time. i'm really concerned. and it's really hard to explain. this is different from the concerns about gerrymandering that we talk about all the time. this is worse than voter suppression. where states pass laws that they can't give voters water. this is really about something so basic to a democracy that the vote is going to be fairly counted. you put together what happened in arizona with what happened in georgia, wit

most arizona voters, the majority of arizona voters believe that. they don't support this ongoing fake audit. they see it for the sham that it is. and they are tired of these political games. they want leaders who are going to put the partisan games aside and get to work on real issues we're facing, funding our schools, investing in infrastructure, rebuilding the economy. that's why i'm running for governor and folks can join me at katiehobbs.org. >> president biden is reportedly more at odds with leaders of the voting rights movement. they don't think his words are squaring with his willingness to push congress to pass legislation. do you think they're doing enough? >> the bottom line is that we need to have action taken at the federal level to protect access to the ballot for all americans here in arizona and across the country. we're seeing unprecedented attacks on americans' right to vote. and we can fix that with federal legislation. and i think this is an all hands on deck moment to do that. >> all right, katie hobbs, thank you so much for joi

objection ifalpa i felt was in the state of pennsylvania and others filed an objection of the state of arizona so we had debate on both of those in my view is this, we need to have a debate on election integrity. i think it was appropriate to have it done by the way democrats debate was appropriate and certainly within their right to raise these issues and i promise promised my constituents that i wouldn't so i did. that's why raise the issue on that day and that i wasn't going to let the action of a lawless criminal mob who came to this capital and try to stop the certification process and tried to stop the debate that we were in the middle of i wouldn't allow their actions interfere with my application with my constituents and doing what i said i was going to do. those who committed acts of violence and those who committed acts of crime on the day of them -- january 6 they need to go to prison and i'll pay with their justification is. it's wrong it's violent it's lawless and criminal. i don't care if you are doing it because you run a writer on the left are those folks who came to the capito

adrian is -- adrian fontes served in maricopa county arizona. approximately two thirds of arizona's population from 2017 to 2020. his position was most recent in a long list of his service to his community and country, from 1992 to 1996 he served as -- on active duty in the u.s. marine corps. we thank you for that service. he earned a nomination meritorious commission, after being honorably discharged she received a bachelors degree from the arizona state university, before continuing on to the sturm college of law at the university of denver. after law school, he served as a prosecutor with the denver district attorney, worked in the maricopa county attorney's office, then headed the form prosecution unit at the arizona attorney general's office. in 2016, he was elected to the office of the maricopa county reporter where you served a four-year term, implementing national award winning systems and procedures to improve accessibility and security for maricopa county elections, even amidst the immense logistical and personnel safety challenges pos

this fire near the arizona utah border is one of the many that's close highways and roads. scientists say severe trouts and the climate crisis are fueling extreme temperatures. the bootleg choir in oregon is the largest blaze, an area twice the size, the city of portland is in flames, and it's disrupting power transmission lines to california. thousands of people across many states have been evacuated. we got out in time. i looked in my rear view mirror and the flames passed over the road and headed down my driveway and burned both sides of my property. in oregon, he related deaths are also on the rise. many have died alone in their homes, with temperatures reaching $46.00 degrees over the last year. we have prepared for a search and just because it could be 19. and a year ago we were just emerging from restrictions and honestly it never crossed my mind than that we would be a wave of dust from heat as we have these last few weeks. the extreme conditions pose yet another challenge for emergency crews. we have to be very careful about we where we insert cruise to make sure they don't g

no votes in arizona were counted twice. yet republicans in other states are pushing for similar ninja-style propaganda audits. it's not about fraud. it's about democratic votes. let's look at texas. republican state representative steve toath has been calling for an audit of larger counties that went for biden. asked if he was going for smaller counties? he said what's the point? all the small counties are red. all the small counties are red. not even hiding the agenda behind this anti-democratic push. it's an attempt at suppressing votes purely because those are not republican votes and because a lot of them are cast by people who are not white. just because you live in a democratic district or state doesn't mean this doesn't affect you, if this affects one of us in this nation, it affects all of us. if you have never had a problem like i never had a problem, that's great. that should be the way it is for all americans. that's what democracy is about. as long as there are barriers preventing people from voting with ease, w

now there are no good options for this audit here in arizona. it was -- first of all, it was unnecessary. our republican county board of supervisors, which is 4-1 republican conducted two audits using election assistance commission approved companies, bipartisan commission, non-partisan professional companies two audits confirmed we had a fair election here in maricopa county. it was no purpose to begin with but since it's been a conclusion in search of evidence and now that no evidence of fraud or error has been detected, they've taken to inventing statistics and facts made up out of thin air about more ballots received than requested, which of course is thoroughly debunked. there is no good resolution for this. when i started, there is no good that can come out of this. >> here is the thing, when this audit and, you know, i put the quotes around it, when this is done, whatever it's done, it been going on and on and still goes on and on and there is an outcome and what chris said is powerful. you can go off the cliff or jump off the train going

from arizona to missouri to nebraska to georgia. i mean we could tell -- to texas. we see this happening. it is a concerted effort. it is an all-out effort on the part of the republican party. i think what you have been saying over the course of these many weeks, nikole, you have been sounding the alarm, you have been trying to tell folk that we are in serious danger, that democracy is in serious danger. i think it is time for president biden to go on the offensive. i think he needs to give a speech about not the state of the union but the state of american democracy from the oval office, to set the terms of the debate, to bring the fight to these people, because the stakes are that high. we keep seeing democrats on their heels while republicans are attacking at every front, on every front. it seems to me, given what we have described, what you have described, what we know, democrats have to go aggressive, and if they don't we need to start asking questions why. >> okay. i want to throw out everything i was going to ask you guys. let's talk about this. what does tha

states are gaining momentum following the recent supreme court ruling that upheld new election laws in arizona and the success of senate republicans in blocking federal voting rights legislation. now leaders of national civil rights groups are stepping up pressure on the white house. late today, they met president biden and vice president harris in a private session to lay out what they plan to do to safeguard the right to vote. >> democracy is under vigorous, vicious, and sinister attack, beginning with the events of january 6th at the capitol and cascading like a tsunami through state legislatures across the nation. >> we are going to build a movement around this country to resist that, what is clearly a move to try to disenfranchise people of color from voting, the methodical way this has been laid out in the state legislatures and at their state legislation is geared toward robbing us of the vote. the movement from the ground up is starting to be the only way that we can preserve our right to vote. we informed them that this is going to come not from the white house down, but from our hous

arizona is turning into a politically-purple state. and they are concerned. >>> strong values and strong opinions. >> there is not one bit of proof of any of this. >> reporter: he is the go to for conservative talk on arizona radio. but on these so-called audit? >> i understand that i'm an outlier with my own people when i question what people are going to think about this audit. >> reporter: mike, lifelong republican. trump? >> yeah. >> you voted for him? >> twice. twice, i voted for him. >> reporter: but trump lost and broomhead thinks a so-called audit is a waste of time. instead, he thinks the focus should be on winning republican seats in 2022. >> if they win enough seats in the house, they take over the majority in the house. >> reporter: but some of his listeners, his base, now call him everything from a turncoat to a rino to a liberal. >> when you throw people out that disagree with you, it's hard to get them back when you need them to vote. and that scares me. >> reporter: politically, what is at stake here for republicans? >>

in arizona -- this mess in arizona has been one county. this inquisition in arizona and the cyber ninjas, it was supposed to be done in may. now it's june. now it's july. it was going to be done last thursday. now we think we'll take it to august. we've been enjoying ourselves. in arizona that was one county and it's been going on since april. in pennsylvania they are starting with these demands to three counties, including zo philadelphia. and then say after that initial response, they'll make the same demands of more counties. maybe they'll be able to keep theirs going on for years. there is no split screen. there are two different worlds. there is a party that is trying to use electoral politics and the democratic process to make policy about problems that the country faces. there is another party that is trying to end the use of electoral politics as an objective way of deciding who has power and how questions get resolved in our country. the two parties are engaged right now in fundamentally different projects. one of them is engaged

that's something arizona's attorney general argued. >> we want to make sure everyone has want ability to err exercise their franchise but we want to make sure everyone has confidence in the process and they repect the results and that's what these laws are designed to do. >> reporter: liberal justices said the decision undermines the voting rights act because laws like arizona's can be a barrier. president biden said he was deeply upon disappointed in the decision and called on congress to pass new legislation. legislation. at the same time, his justice department is suing one statement, georgia, saying its new voting law intentionally discriminates against black voters. the decision today may make that lawsuits more difficult, and as states pass more restrictive voting laws the message from the justices is clear. >> this is another cipe from the supreme court that these are going to be quintessential political: left to the political branches of the state and it's going to be increasingly difficult to challenge them in court. >> reporter: now, on this last day of the supreme court's t

just last week, it was a legal challenge to arizona voting restrictions. the supreme court seemed to credit the idea that there was a true threat of voter fraud that needed to be addressed by the states and that could take steps through more restrictive laws to address claims of voter fraud. even at the highest echelons of the courts, we are seeing this big lie is in fact becoming embedded as a big fact. that's fueling more and more legislation, and more restrictive legislation that will make it harder for voters to go to the polls and vote. >> jonathan, let's talk about border rights and the civil rights group that met with the president today and the vice president. they're making it clear, you heard reverend al say they are starting a movement from the ground up to stop the erosion of voting rights. p to stop the erosio of voting rights what impact does not have? the fact a civil rights leaders, most of whom are allied with the white house in the first place, what difference does it make that they went there and sat with the president and the vice presi

let me give you one example of the northern arizona forest fire. here's an area where the community agreed -- agreed, there was a collaborative group that wanted to get in and do restoration. one of the projects in the roof was a salt river project, and they were extremely concerned that if a fire came in, it would take out there watershed and ruin the municipal water supply. they were willing to invest money upfront to move this project forward. it wasn't only the utility. phoenix joined then, even coca-cola joined in. other recreational businesses joined in. they wanted to get the stuff done, start paying people to get more people on the ground doing this work. it is that type of project and understanding what the benefits are and how we can provide the benefits and get people the help, help to move these projects forward is what will really require what i call sustainable management. i mean long-term care, which is what we need to ensure that we have healthy forests for us in the future. >> for those public-private partnerships, are those gettin