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Forced to flee at a moments notice had to leave everything behind, to the mercy of the flames. On saturday, hawaiis Attorney General announced an investigation into why the islands Warning Siren did not sound at the height of the emergency. Lets go live to our reporter in maui, helena humphreys. What is the situation right now where you are at the moment . Weill. Where you are at the moment . Well, we have been where you are at the moment . Well, we have been here where you are at the moment . W...

Comers remarks were short. If he found anything that was, he would have leapt at the chance to say it. You would think that he would have led the entire commentary just a few moments ago with whatever he seems to have found. That was fox news host neil cavuto, not buying what james comer was trying to sell on capitol hill yesterday. Were going to go through Hunter Bidens closed door testimony to the House Oversight Committee Later in the show here. Plus, the end of an era for senate republicans....

voting? >> reporter: well, fred, president biden has tried to hammer away at his message that he believes republicans would pose a greater risk if they take vol of the house and senate. all of this coming as democrats control could be in jeopardy over economic discontent among voters. the president was here in joliet, illinois campaigning alongside house democrat in a competitive district. and he really zeroed in on on plans to lower prescription drug costs and preserve social security...

georgias secretary of state brad raffensperger who lost a child to fentanyl poisoning sounded the alarm. >> i want to really emphasize the seriousness of this. some people like to call fentanyl a drug. but its actually poison. it will kill you. it will kill you very quickly, very easily, and it is very dangerous. we lost our son five and a half years ago due to fentanyl overdose. we know how deadly this stuff is. it is very, very serious and we take it that way. anyone who holds electe...

Unprecedented is this for the united states? it unprecedented is this for the united states? , ., , states? it is. i mean, it is unprecedented. _ states? it is. i mean, it is unprecedented. there - states? it is. i mean, it is unprecedented. there are states? it is. i mean, it is. unprecedented. there are no historians or democracy experts or political analysts that i have talked to who think this is a good thing for american democracy. it is certainly a test for american democracy and for voter...

Results can be trusted and whatnot. so i think in talking to democracy experts many say its the post-election period that will be more critical to watch and for twitter to be vigilant about for misinformation and conspiracy theories. >> and potentially undermining the results. all right. brian fung, thanks so much. all right. still ahead, a nationwide movement based on conspiracy theories and led by maga influencers. how self-pro claimed poll watchers are raising concerns over voter intimidati...

>> mitch, please. denial aint just a river in egypt. if he poked his head out of his shell for longer than 30 seconds, he would see republicans are already trying to do just that. in michigan, theyre replacing election board members with people who want to block the approval of elections. in wisconsin and pennsylvania, republicans want to hold open-ended reviews of the 2020 election. far more disturbing, npr found this years secretary of state races across the country, at least 15 republican can...

Counting of votes or conspiracy theorists running for election positions. i mean we are kind of steadily moving toward a crisis moment where you see all of these elements of social division, you know, coming together. biden has chosen largely to kind of, you know, as andy slavitt said, to focus on where he can work with the other side rather than calling out this danger. theres a big debate among democracy experts around the world about whether the best way to respond to growing authoritarianism...

Biden has chosen largely to kind of as andy slavitt said to focus on where he can work with the other side rather than calling out this danger. there is a big debate among democracy experts around the world about whether the best way to respond to growing authoritarianism is to call it out or to focus on what some call normal politics of building coalitions and delivering material goods. biden is betting very heavily on the latter even as all of these clouds gather. it is a defining bet not only...

That. the united states is fully committed to promoting safe nuclear power generation in poland. were prepared to offer our expert tees of the largest and safest nuclear power industry in the world. finally we discussed the issue of how we can jointly promote democracy. the session i had with democracy experts, including many of the founders of solidarity, who recently traveled to tunisia to share their advice and assistance is just a symbol of why poland is so important. it has gone through wha...