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Issues, tim so when you see that kind of inspiration, or he gives that kind of inspiration, i say, i dont know. I hope he has a few more years left in it because we need him we need people like him speaking, peace and dialogue, rather than all of the dissension that weve been seeing in the world there with a whole lot of that in the world, father edward beck, you never bring that dissension to the set, so we so appreciate it. Thank you for being here this morning. Great seeing you, sir. John ght...

>> plus, day three without water in jackson, mississippi. and the situation is so bad, the hospital does not have air conditioning. but one part of a temporary fix has arrived. >> welcome to "the lead." im cakasie hunt in for jake tapper. donald trumps legal team is on the clock. they have under four hours to submit their response to a scathing court filing from the department of justice which accused the former president of pushing a, quote, incomplete and inaccurate narrative about t...

power. water as well. were going to get a live update on what hell hear and see as well. also this morning, court is in session. its the first day of the supreme courts nine-month term with justice ketanji brown jackson making history as its newest member. the history-making docket, the justices have teed up, after their last blockbuster term. opening statements are under way in a trial involving the oath keepers. their founder and other members are the first capitol attack defendant...

seconds, ago lawyers for the former president took the next step in the effort to force an independent review of materials taken from his florida mansion. they are court. filing, which we just got our hands on a second ago, caps a day of reaction to a justice department filing. and the picture, this one in attachment f, it shows highly classified documents that the fbi says its found despite written assurance two months prior according to doj. that none remain there. cnns learned that ...

New term, and there are consequential cases head over the weeks and months to come. and it follows of course what was a very blockbuster session for the previous term with roe v. wade being overturned. there will be other big cases ahead here on matters like race and voting rights, the environment, gay rights. those are all issues that this court will grapple with and still expected to be a court that will turn towards the right. of course, it comes at a time now where its only about a month unt...

You do look over your shoulder. and that was all just ginned up by lies and those stirring the pot. >> reporter: across political parties, election officials continue to be falsely accused of mishandling and rigging the 2020 election. there are fears the threats will increase into next year. >> if you count all the fraudulent votes -- >> reporter: as they spout conspiracies as the central complaints. >> that opens the door to adding more political actors, less professional, more political actors...

>> sending your wife sexualized text and all that other kind of insulting garbage. and then, breaking into your daughter-in-laws, you know, townhouse and leaving lights on and you know that they were there and then driving by our house. and so, those are the kind of things are, you know, stuff that you notice. you do look over your shoulder. and that was all just ginned up all by lies. and all by people that were stirring the pot. >> reporter: across the u.s. and across political parties, electi...

Less professional, more political actors into the election space which again is incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: a report in 2021 from the brennan center for justice found roughly 1 in 6 election workers received threats of violence. while almost 1 in 3 said they feel unsafe because of their job. earlier this year, the justice department and the fbi formed a task force to address the rise in threats against election officials. but griswald tells cnn she has yet to see action. >> the fbi says t...

Political actors into the election space which again is incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: woodal vogue is staying but she closed the elections office until she could beef up security. >> so it made me really concerned how powerful conspiracy theories have become that my job would become dangerous, that election administrators now and in our very well established democracy has lots of checks and balances is now a dangerous profession. >> reporter: the danger isnt just the obvious threat of viole...

People. >> reporter: this could lead to a damaging loss of experienced professionals who know how to conduct elections. a report from the brennen center for justice found one in three election officials feel unsafe because of their job. matt masterson was the lead cybersecurity adviser for the department of homeland security in the 2020 election. and says its all creating an alarming situation. >> local election officials are gonna leave. and then, that opens the door to adding less professional...