Page 14 - Discouraging News Today

We saw in the neighboring state with senator jones with doug jones in alabama that the combination of a sexual predator, at least one being accused of that and a pedophile in combination with his own acidally conservative politics did undermine him because of the up surge of african-american women voters. the difference is this is not sexually predatory behavior. thats not proved to be discouraging to those voters in the deep south. shes a white woman herself. when we look at the numbers of whit...

By sunset, a line of more than 200 people snaked around the library, people just waiting. one voter who had waited three hours on that line told "the miami herald," quote, i would have stayed in line eight hours if i had to. campaign workers for a democratic gubernatorial candidate andrew gillum handed out water and pizza to voters waiting in line. a local company provided head phones to help people pass the time. in the end, everybody who stayed in line yesterday got to vote in the desiline vic...

Request to why the program is not continuing. david ignatius, columnist and political analyst for msnbc. some of these were to build relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve, others mental health programs. it seemed like it was a step in the right direction and im curious about your analysis as it reflected, that program under the obama administration and where it goes next. >> its a useful program. its not a big expensive cost item, $10 million, in terms of the total...

Days ago. it is getting discouraging. i am apprehensive. level of anger, much of it generate generated not just mr. trump, who is feeding the underlying ferocity of the viewpoints but the leaders that amplify it and those that dont stand up to counter it. it is a problem. it is getting worse. the president is bordering on unconstitutional behavior. congress hasnt stood up to him. the media and the court system seem to be trying to confront him. but mark me down as personally concerned about what...

Some native americans, her husband included, are scrambling to get new i.d.s just to vote. >> i.d. >> okay. >> nooels landon had no idea what his street address was. he had to call his county emergency coordinator to find out. >> 3 first avenue east is what they told me on the phone. >> the process did take just minutes and he now has a tribal i.d. he will be able to vote. >> did it cost anything? >> no fee. >> reporter: thats not the point, says wife margaret. >> its discriminating and disenfra...

And hope is fading, but they say they have no choice but to continue on. patrick almond, cnn, on the mexico/guatemala border. we will continue to track their progress and that story. the u.s. president makes a surprise announcement just days before the u.s. mid term elections. it appears he may be looking for some voting insurance. also -- >> its discriminating and disenfranchising to our people to not allow them to vote and its discouraging on top of that. >> one of the highest races is i...

Will be able to vote. >> its discriminating and disenfranchising to our people to not allow them to vote. its discouraging on top of that. >> al jager is north dakotas secretary of state. hes trying to implement the new law which is designed to protect the integrity of the vote. what could be simpler than presenting an i.d. saying who you are and where you live. >> pretty simple process. and so others seem to be making it a lot more than it is. its pretty simple. >> reporter: others seem to be s...

>> reporter: the process just took minutes and now he has a tribal i.d. >> did it cost anything? >> no fee. >> reporter: thats not the point says wife margaret. >> its discriminating and disenfranchising to our people to not allow them to vote. and its discouraging on top of that. >> its not designed to disenfranchise anybody. >> reporter: this is north dakotas secretary of state. hes trying to implement the new law which he says is designed to protect the integrity of the vote and what could be...

Laws and the first amendment by someone who has solemnly pledged to defend it. we should never shrug the president cheerleading for a violent attack targeting a free and independent news media. and could that backfire from the president given the fact that we are following jamal khashoggis disappearance? >> well, first of all a great statement from olivier and glad he put it out. could it backfire? i dont think so. honestly, if you notice and i was not surprised that the president made that stat...

Are reporters. so it wont have an impact unfortunately and that is discourage inin inning -- can discouraging, but it is producing irony of the lack of civility, and the mobs of progressives turning this country into a violent mayhem, and you have a president up there, the leader of the party applauding a violent act. so to a degree that it does matter, it is sort of diffuses or takets the oxygen out of attack line of the republicans using in the past few weeks. >> and the other line, carol, it ...