the rising tide of threats some amplified by people in power is escalating the risks. and it prompted this warning from hillary clinton. a woman who knows all-too well what it is like to be targeted. ask yourselves, please, why would you entrust power to people who are either themselves unable to see how terrible it is that someone would be attacked in their home or don t really care because they think that it will somehow get them votes that will get them elected. and speaking of big political names, some of the biggest are on the campaign trail today including former president obama in arizona. we have brand new poll numbers from there and from wisconsin where margins in both the senate and governor s races are razor thin. and soon the gunman in parkland, florida is expected to be formally sentenced to life in prison. not the death sentence so many families have been hoping for. later this hour, i ll talk to the reverend risher whose mother was killed in charleston. w
risk times, which as you noted are the election, you know, time period. i think the long term though is that we are, frankly, just in an age of heightened political violence and at some point we just are going to have resources across the board. marianna, experts told you if the capitol police would stop an attack at any home, they had the best chance do so at pelosi s and they still couldn t do it. i wonder what experts are telling you about how the intense political climate and climbing number of threats which we ve can covered has made security exponentially harder. it really has made it much more diblgts. and here is the thing. yesterday in a statement u.s. capitol police chief said that they need more resources. and they need more officers, something that they have seen actually lagging since january 6
an unprecedented joint endorsement of the state superintendent hoffmeister. it s historic, truly humbling but it actually signals the fact that there is so much at stake. the current governor is the most anti-indian govern nert state of oklahoma. that s a big statement. it is. and if you go back in time, the bar is high. and the renegotiating of the gaming compact and the tribal sovereignty on other issues particular has made it an existential fight. the campaign responding to nbc news in a statement, saying he has worked to create more fair opportunities for all people who call oklahoma home. what is at stake for the choctaw nation? for us, it is our sovereignty. 16% of oklahomaens identify with one native american tribe,
that? right, initially a federal judge last week approved the actions of these individuals, some masked, some armed, many videoing or taking photographs of people as they dropped off their balancing lot drop boxes, taking pictures even of their license plates. but what you saw in the order late last night here in the appeal handed down is the determination that the group that is behind many of these individuals, clean elections usa, is not able to engage in this sort of the covert operation, masks and taking of photographs of license plates here. and that the leader of this group melody jennings who is based out of oklahoma, that she had to post on her social media account a disclaimer noting that folks are allowed to drop off multiple or mail ballots at drop boxes if they live at the home that are either that they are the care give for or family members because a lot of the targeting was around individuals supposedly operating
the rising tide of threats some amplified by people in power is escalating the risks. and it prompted this warning from hillary clinton. a woman who knows all-too well what it is like to be targeted. ask yourselves, please, why would you entrust power to people who are either themselves unable to see how terrible it is that someone would be attacked in their home or don t really care because they think that it will somehow get them votes that will get them elected. and speaking of big political names, some of the biggest are on the campaign trail today including former president obama in arizona. we have brand new poll numbers from there and from wisconsin where margins in both the senate and governor s races are razor thin. and soon the gunman in parkland, florida is expected to be formally sentenced to life in prison. not the death sentence so many families have been hoping for.