in the face of such extraordinary challenges. audit recounts, were conducted in arizona, wisconsin in georgia, was re counted 3 times. to clear those who challenged results in question, the integrity of the election. no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny. says high standards. the big eyes. yes, that's a big why. yeah. yes. when you, when i probably suggest the most examine and the fullest expression on the well of the people in the history of this nation should be celebrate example of america as best but is day. we continue to see an example of human nature. it's worth something darker, the more sinister in america, if you lose except the result, you fall, the constitution. you try again. you don't call back faith and then try to bring down the american experience just because you're unhappy. that's not safely. yes. think that so that's not the mark received. you know, nile of the right to vote suppresses it's subjugate, lie a full frame for alexis most on american thing. and then they can imagine the most on democratic most unpatriotic id. sadly, not impression in

this fire near the arizona utah border is one of the many that's close highways and roads. scientists say severe droughts 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 is 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

so what's happening at all these various legislatures, whether it be taxes, whether it be arizona, whether it be georgia, is that something that is allowed under the constitution, they can implement these voting restrictions. and then the voters, if they don't like them, can kick the republicans out of office and put democrats in who could change it. and that's the system of government in the united states. but it's also the central debate that's taking place in american politics right now. whether or not this is just whether or not this is moral and whether it up is hurts minorities disproportionately. ok. kimberly we have to leave it. they will come back to little later. i'm sure mr. biden shows up there where you are in philadelphia. good talk. you, kimberly, thank you very much. degree in places say they've seized a major town in a new offensive in ethiopia. they're spokesman says the town of rail was taken after federal and m. r a forces withdrew. it's the most intense fighting there that they've seen this since they capture the regional capital. mckelly last month corresponded. cathe

there have been 3 recounts in georgia, arizona is in the midst of another audit, and in 17 republican states, since november, state representatives have passed law after law, limiting access to the ballot. they say it is to protect the integrity of ballot, but there is no evidence of widespread electoral fraud. 80 state and federaljudges have dismissed every case that has been brought. and sojoe biden was in philadelphia today to warn americans not to take these freedoms for granted. this is not about republicans or democrats he said — the right to vote he said is about who were are as americans. and the whole world is watching. hear me clearly. there an unfolding assault taking place in america today, and attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. an assault on democracy, and assault on liberty, and assault on who we are, who we are as americans. make no mistake, bullies and merchants of fair, peddlers of lies are threatening the very foundation of our country. it gives me no pleasure to say this. i never thought in my entire career i'd have to sa

in arizona and wisconsin, and georgia it was recounted three times. it's clear for those who challenge the results and question the integrity of the election. no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny, such high standards. the big lot is just that, scrutiny, such high standards. the big lot isjust that, a big lie! applause. the 2020 election, not hyperbole to suggest the most examined and the fullest expression of the will of the people in the history of this nation. this should be celebrated. an example of america at its best, but instead we continue to see an example of human nature at its worst. something darker and more sinister. in america, if you lose, you accept the results. you follow the constitution, you try again, you don't call facts fake and then try to bring down the american experimentjust because you were unhappy! that's not statesmanship! applause. that's not statesmanship! that is selfishness. that is not democracy, is a denial of the right to vote. tt is a denial of the right to vote. tit suppresses and subjugates the

we have intel there, building in arizona. we have a samsung in austin, texas, with global foundries. those of the bid -- the big players in the u.s. and in that area, are we going to get leading-edge capacity? putting it in a little bit behind, taiwan and samsung will be the hang -- the same with intel scrambling to catch up. caroline: how much pushback is there when you get a company like this where they say they are going to treat one sector differently from the rest? we are talking to the whirlpool ceo later -- we were talking to the whirlpool ceo who said that it was driving up cheapest ones the most and if there are chip or plastic costs changes it will hit the price point harder. how do companies make a decision like that? willy: well it's hard, right? people there a few years ago said they knew what the size was and that they supplied all the competitors and had an idea of what the market would look like and all the competitors came in with their forecasts and they said they all forecast that they would each get 100 ce

in the case of intel, they are investing $20 billion in a plant in arizona. there are a lot of positive things. what today shortage may be three or four years from now. a tremendous amount of investment coming into the space and we are going to catch up sooner may they die sooner than we make -- catch up sooner than they may think. it would be phenomenal except for the fact the ceo of global foundries was on this morning dismissing the idea it was going to happen. even in the face of that attentional acquisition being scuttled, it would have been promising for intel. they still have the lion's share of the pc and server processor market. and sales in the processing market. that is going to be a key catalyst for growth. in this type of market, 1.6% off its recent highs. where you find value? intel is trading at 11 and a half times next year's earnings. over the last 15 years, the average pe has been 15 times. it pays a 2.5% dividend yield. shery was talking about the 10 year yield at 120 basis points. it is not just the current yield. it is the fact the increa

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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

and you can look at arizona. and clearly, this was a state that trump campaign thought they were going to win. but you have to look at the bigger picture. when we're looking at questions of the election integrity, across the board, trump, giuliani, and that team has brought legal challenges to the election results, over 60 times, to no avail. and now, what we're seeing in arizona and, also, some in georgia and pennsylvania. we are seeing audits and we're seeing new inquiries but that is not going to end -- and it's not going to be a new result because these are -- these are still the same numbers that we saw on election night and in the days and weeks to follow. >> and -- and, chris, i have to ask you what you make of this so-called audit that is happening in arizona right now. this quest for bamboo ballots and so on. as somebody who has called elections, every-four years, how nutty is this? >> well, first -- first thing, let me say is i love your heart, alice stewart. >> thank you. >> but the truth is that this

arizona is a very, very lenient state on firearms. i've been a firearms owner my entire life, and i like the laws in arizona. i think we have a very safe city here in phoenix, and i think we've proven just because you have lenient laws for law-abiding gun owners that it doesn't make your place more dangerous to live. maybe that one. >> hold on, let's go one at a time. i am a gun owner, by the way. you probably didn't know that. most of you guys don't. but do you believe that all sales should be checked to make sure that people who are getting them should get them? >> i think most of the sales already are, but, yeah i don't have an issue with checking to make sure people are legal gun owners. i think a better way to solve the problem is theid databases that are used when they do the background checks should be updated. >> i agree. do you think people who don't -- first of all, you've got to do better with the paperwork like you just said. do you think people that don't get secure their firearms and they get used in a crime should be ch

in this case, the arizona fraudit. my next guest lives in maricopa county. that's where it's being conducted. a two-time trump voter. a well-known voice in phoenix. he was for this cyberninja count, initially. but now, he is against it. i want to talk to mr. broomhead -- real name -- because i want to talk about what's happening there. but more importantly, what does he believe needs to change? next. no, he's not in his room. ♪ dad, why didn't you answer your phone? your mother loved this park. ♪ she did. what's on the horizon? 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 capital group. backing technologies like electric vehicle charging, carbon capture and even nuclear fusion. we may not know just what lies ahead, but it's only human... to search for it. >>> we are about to learn a whole lot more about what the cyber ninjas are up to with that so-called audit in arizona. the house ov

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not recommended for use, in arizona's summer. cooled by fans and a network of portable coolers, the white hoses hanging all over the facility. this is now home to maricopa county, arizona's, 2020 ballots. a handful of workers began the day with the "star-spangled banner" and god bless america with some ymca dancing. the song donald trump used at his rallies leading up to the 2020 vote. why is all of this happening? the arizona audit spokesman says the numbers they have, after a hand count, don't match with maricopa county's. >> sometimes, we counted more. you know, so it's -- but there's variations in the -- the count. and we are just trying to get to a number that's -- we believe is accurate. >> reporter: whatever they do find, it won't impact the 2020 election because arizona's vote was, already, certified. also, two previous audits by maricopa county didn't find any widespread fraud, but he maintains they could find gaps to continue the question the election. >> i'm saying that's the possible. i'm not saying it did. just a ris

. ♪ ♪ >>> topping our political lead, former president trump heads to arizona this weekend to boost the big lie that the election was stolen from him, which we know is not true. this as the so-called audit of the 2020 votes in maricopa county launched by arizona republicans continues. let's launch right into it with our panel of ladies wearing red. you've got on red shoes. [ laughter ] so let's talk about this. really it's stunning what "the washington post" is reporting, that former president trump's political pac stockpiled $75 million, and most of that money is staying in its war chest. why not put your money where your mouth is? >> well, billionaire presidential candidate is someone who's also known for never wanting to really risk his own money when it comes down to it. there's a lot of talk and very little action. and i think it really demonstrates that at the end of the day what this is all about that war chest is all about is his own political future, what happens to him, his ability to run again in 2024, and not so much financing this sham audit in arizona, which i think even h

>> reporter: a truly brazen and deadly act of violence jechl in tucson, arizona. a 35-year-old murder suspect is in custody and in critical condition after a shootout with police. authorities believe the suspect set a fire at a residence and then went to a nearby park where he flagged down two emts, he began pointing in the direction of the fire, and without warning, brandished a firearm and shot at the medics, hitting one of them in the head, shooting another in the arm and the chest. police say as that shooting was taking place at the nearby park, fire personnel were already responding to the fire at the residence. the suspect then went there and started shooting at firefighters. one neighbor was struck and killed. a firefighter and another bystander were shot and sustained nine life-threatening injuries. as this was going down, firefighters radioed to the police that they were receiving gunfire. the suspect fled. this is how that ended according to the police chief, that encounter. take a listen. >> he rams the vehicle, disabling the police car. the officer sta

. 99% of arizona is in a drought. part of the problem is the desert acts differently. the water table acts more like a sponge for wetlands. for deserts, most of the water runs off which is good news for for wasn't a moderate 3 out of 14, guys, for today. >> yeah. the western part of the country getting hammered with heat and rain. been a if you have year. allison chinchar, thank you so much. >>> still plenty of news to get to. the next hour of "new day" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to your "new day." i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm kaitlyn collins. right now covid cases are surging across the country fueled by the delta variant. vaccination rates are slowing, officials are sending blunt messages to the unvaccinated. millions across the u.s. still unvaccinated. in the words of my hom

arizona's governor signing bills he claims will keep critical race theory out of arizona's government and public schools even though the truth is it's academic theory. cpac betting outrage. here is ronny jackson railing against this. >> this is just another government over reach that sits in the narrative that democrats do everything else with the socialist mark communist way they want to control their lives. >> you remember him. he used to be the white house doctor to president obama and president trump and then there is the gop's seeming inability to stop talking about nazis after the qanon congresswoman marjorie taylor greene compared covid vaccination out reach to not s not see -- nazi wearing brown shirts calling door to door vaccinators quote needle nazis. end quote. what else do you expect from a party's leader told his chief of staff quote well hitler did a lot of good things. that's according to a new book. a trump spokesperson denies he said that as the former president was picking a fight with bender today. not over the reported hitler quote, he is just all riled up about t

think about the fraudit in arizona, okay? the cyber ninja who has this outfit has no business doing anything like this. they never have before and the guy at the head of it is a known mall factor when it comes to conspiracies. they throw out a number. 74,000 questionable mail-in ballots. out no the ether. what about that number? it's garbage. the number alone though is enough to get trumpers riled up. so weighs the truth? where does 74,000 come from? it comes from comparing two lists. one for ballots requested and one for ballots submitted. so what's the discrepancy? where is the 74,000? 74,000 people voted early over a weekend, but their ballot submissions were not updated in the count until monday when the clerks returned to work. is that really it? yes. who says so. the republicans in arizona say so. you know, your people, if you're in that party. so that's the truth. but it doesn't matter. why? because the misinformation is in intoxicating because it fuels what people want to be true. there is a problem. and that's why th

the supreme court has just issue aid ruling on a challenge to arizona's voting law changes. let's get to jessica schneider for more. what did they rule. >> this is a major decision coming from the supreme court on voting rights and in particular how challengers to many of the restrictive voting bills around the country enacted by the republican-led states, how they'll be able to enk the laws in court. so first of all, i'll tell you that the supreme court was ruling specifically on two arizona laws, the supreme court upholding these two laws. these were one regulation, one law, the first regulation said that election officials had to discard ballots that were cast at the wrong polling precinct. the second was a law that actually made it a criminal offense to help in ballot collection. something that critics call ballot harvesting. and it said that anyone who wasn't a family member or a caretaker or an election worker could not help another person deliver their ballot to the right precinct. so the supreme court saying that both of those regulations or laws were okay. now 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

a key focal point is that so-called audit in arizona that we have been following closely. it was supposed to finish already, so we thought. what is the latest chapter in all of this with this so-called audit? >> it's a bizarre chapter. we have been following and watching on the floor. it's a hand count. they were looking at each ballot. that part allegedly is done. you can look at this now as the sequel you didn't want. what we saw -- let me catch you up to date. if you look at this picture. we saw the ballots being boxed up, moved out of the coliseum, brought across the arizona state fairgrounds on these trucks and delivered to a storage facility. look at this next video clip. this is from about a week ago. this facility looked like you would expect, storage. the ballots are boxed up. there's nothing happening. it looks like a ring camera. suddenly, there was activity. this morning, if you look at this next video clip, suddenly there were two counters, paper counters that were delivered. with are now told it's not a hand count. it's a machine count. these machines are goi

them, play this hypothetical out, and then provided it to a third party like what they're doing in arizona, the taxpayers in those counties would then be on the hook for millions and millions of dollars to replace all that equipment, because it ultimately would be compromised. so the taxpayers would not only pay for it with their dollars to buy new machines, but they would also pay for it because their personal security, their personal information, would be compromised by this sham audit. >> do you think this senator, state senator, actually believes what he's saying, or is this just cynical and dishonest -- as cynical and dishonest and potentially dangerous as it seems? >> look, i get asked that all the time. you would have to ask that state senator what he really believes. but i get asked generally, do these republicans really believe this stuff? anderson, that's what folks ask me. i think they do. i mean, this is the modern day republican party. this is who they are. they have bought into the big lie and sadly, they keep selling it to the good people of pennsylvania. they keep telling t

, that has led to a flash flood watch for arizona today. we could see in some areas up to 4 or 5 inches of rain. and again, with the ground so dry and picking up this much rain in short order, that is the recipe for some flooding. and also right here, i want to show you that across the midwest today, we could see a significant severe weather setup later on this afternoon on into this evening, there is a level three out of five ring, and that includes madison, wisconsin. we could see very damaging winds later. >> thanks for keeping a close eye on all of that, tyler mauldin with that. >>> and if you are feeling pain at the pump or in the pocketbook, inflation is likely to blame. over the past dryear, prices ha skyrocketed. the cpi was up more than 5% annually last month. and gas is up a whopping 45%, which is programs not all that surprising after so many months of empty roads zs and lower dem. but the president of the federal reserve bank believes the surges will be temporary. >> we know that as the economy goes through this first rapid shut

the expected high temperatures this weekend and focus in on california, arizona, nevada. death valley up to 126 degrees. the death toll from last week's record breaking heat in the pac pacific northwest is close to 200. >> one power grid operator is asking people to conserve energy to avoid rolling blackouts. cnn national correspondent is in lake mead, nevada. what's the situation there? >> reporter: first of all, it's about 111 degrees at the moment and the worst is still yet to come. the problem is that this severe drought just gets even worse. first, let's talk about the power here at lake mead. we're told that hoover dam is generating about 25% less electricity. it's only operating at about 75%. in term of water, all you have to do is look here behind me. take a look at the high water mark. it looks like a bathtub ring. officials are telling me that every single day they are having to record a new low in water levels. as early as next month they will be declaring a shortage of water. that's what they plooef will happen. as a result of that, people in las vegas or ariz

in a recent cnn analysis, we have identified at least nine states that have such policies, arkansas, arizona, georgia, iowa, oklahoma, there's south carolina, texas, utah, and vermont. now, this list is constantly updating and changing, but brianna, like you said, these policies go against what the american academy of pediatrics recommends which is that staff and students who are 2 years old and older should wear masks regardless of their vaccination status. now, the cdc says that if you're vaccinated you don't have to wear a mask. there is that difference. dr. anthony fauci, he described the american academy of pediatrics recommendation as being made out of an abundance of caution. here's what he had to say. >> you can understand why the american academy of pediatrics might want to do that. they just want to be extra safe. >> so you see there, he said they're being extra safe. and brianna, with students heading back to school, most of them next month, you can imagine there are a lot of questions among parents and students about how to stay safe. brianna. >> there certainly are. i certainly

the supreme court upholding arizona's voting restrictions and signaling that they would likely side with other states passing new restrictions in response to the big lie of voter fraud. while in congress, the john lewis act is stalled after the senate refused to even debate the for the people act. president joe biden holding a closed-door meeting with civil rights groups. the white house saying they discussed the path forward to protect the right to vote. >> this is the moment. there is no more time. we must have legislation. we must have the president use his voice, use his influence, use his power, and use what he clearly understands about this moment. and that was one of the encouraging things about this conversation was that the president understands us to be in a moment of peril in terms of our democracy. >> vice president kamala harris calling the assault on the vote the fight of our lifetime. >> so this is the fight -- this is the fight of our lifetime. this is the fight of our lifetime. we all stand on the shoulders of giants. we will always remember our history. we also understa

when multiple states send additional resources down to support texas and arizona along the border, we hope that has a beneficial impact. it ought to be coordinated with the federal government. if that's not happening, then that's a shame but we are going to try to do our part because what's happening right now is a disaster and human tragedy of what we are seeing with the change in policy coming out of the biden administration. >> i want the ask about what your colleague in south dakota is doing, she's raising some eye brows. a billionaire donor is funding her deployment instead of taxpayers. would you use political donation to send your troops to the border? >> not for this purpose. this is as state function. it is something that we respond to other states in terms of disaster. i would consider it a bad precedent to have it privately funded. now, whenever you are looking at supplemental pay for some state employees, we use private foundation money, it is not across the board rule against that. but in this instance, i think it is very appropriate that we have ours paid for by the usua

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across the board they changed arizona, georgia, and parts of nevada. and then after that, republicans said well, we'll need voter restriction laws. that's occurring right now. not only is it occurring, but it's continuing. and we're having challenges to the supreme court. allowing people of color to vote and seeing these voter restrictions. he set the tone. he's sending dog whistles to say the number of people voting is corrupt. the republicans are saying we agree with you and need state laws to prevent it. >> elie honig, walk us through number one, i'm not a lawyer, i know this is grossly inappropriate. grossly inappropriate for the president of the united states to call the country's chief law enforcement officer and say help me lie and cheat. but walk us through the specifics of why this is such a morass. >> yeah. first, this is a closl abuse of power by the president. i think it's important we not take this for granted. we've seen plenty of evidence that the president was willing to do anything to overturn the election. here we are getting confirma

last week we saw the supreme court upholding provisions of that arizona gop voting law. how do you think that the supreme court's decision is going to ultimately weigh on the calculus, the political calculation around voting rights moving forward. >> right, i think you'll see this is playing out in the states in much braet greater fashion than here in washington. the supreme court has shown no interest in sort of trying to fortify the voting rights act. they're sort of supporting -- they have decisions that have come down, the recent one in arizona you mentioned, obviously the huge case back eight years ago, the shelby county case where they have chiseled away at the case. and you're not going to see the court doing something and the math is not there in the united states congress. and you mentioned at the top, the biden administration and the vice president meeting behind closed door and meeting with voting rights actives and how passionate the president is about the issue, and he's going to give speeches and we haven't seen that on the schedule yet but president biden

depicts trump lawyer rudy giuliani on election night pushing trump to forget that fox news had called arizona for joe biden. quote, just go declare victory right now giuliani told trump. you have got to go declare victory now. giuliani's interjection of his just say you won strategy infuriated trump's campaign advisers. >> these two old guys trying to determine what's really going on in the world, and they don't get it. >> rudy giuliani did not respond to cnn's request for comment. another book by michael wolf portrays a president isolated right after the election. quote, by the friday after election day, there was not a single white house aid or trump campaign official or trump pollster who believed that the vote count could be reasonably or effectively challenged. >> he is a man alone. his lawyers are saying we're not going to -- we're not going to do this. we're not going to fight these cases. >> and wolf rights that as the attack on the capital raged on january 6th, quote, the president seemed to not be grasping the facts as they were coming through. these people were protesting the elect

something similar to arizona. you've had some choice words about this aemt itted move. but regardless of whether it happens or not or moves ahead at all, do you worry this still works to undermine the confidence of voters in the commonwealth? >> as i've said, my choice words, like, this is the very back of the gop bench. again, this is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier that is behind this. the bottom line is that the main line republicans don't want to talk about this any more. they don't want to run on election conspiracies. and if they end up performing an audit, that would be fine because it would just confirm what we already know, that joe biden won. this is all theatrics on this side. but it is not something that we need to be taken seriously, but it also works to the democratic advantage because you could not win in pennsylvania talking to the lunatic fringe and you cannot win with a news max candidacy state wide here in pennsylvania and that is exactly what this is rooted in here. >> well then i'm curious, to this, we know the election result in pennsylvan

now, the good news at least for states like arizona and new mexico, we're hoping the rain in the forecast today can help firefighters contain some of those fires. the concern really is for the rest of the states, especially places like montana, idaho and even oregon where they are not expected to see the rain that some of their counterparts in the southwest are. overall to date the u.s. has had about 36,000 total u.s. wildfires, total area burned 2.7 million acres. we are ahead of pace from where we were last year and 2020 was an awful year for wildfires. one of the specific fires, the large fires that we've been saying close attention to is the bootleg fire in oregon now burning over 400,000 acres. they were able to make a little bit of improvement in the containment earlier this week. the hope is we can keep those winds down to allow those firefighters to continue making good jumps in the containment. one thing to note, though, is how far the smoke from a lot of those wildfires actually spreads. take a look at this, chicago, st. louis, cincinnati dealing with code orange air quality ale