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Talking about. >> commissioner shh mitt, a republican and deally a democrat are in charge of elections in philly. >> it is a concern that donald trump has singled out philadelphia? >> its a concern when anyone says things that undermine confidence in elections. and could potentially dissuade people from participating in them. >> quite honestly, its insulting. its insulting to our staff who many of them have been here for their whole career. and we know how hard they work. and theyre working tire...

Election and just give it to trump, right? what are we having? her policies are so bad. >> lets bring in two of the reporters covering trump on the trail. jacob rascon in manchester and ashley parker is a political reporter with "the new york times." mike pence on "morning joe" a short time this morning pushing this idea of a rigged election. take a listen. >> in our lifetime, there have been many instanlces of voter fraud and some jurisdiction. when donald trump talks about a rigged election,...

Reported at polling places in newarks north ward. republican poll watcher, some of them off-duty policemen wearing guns and arm bands were also near the polls. it was all part of the national ballot security task force set up by the republican national and state committees to guard against vote fraud. but democrats charge it was a scare campaign to intimidate voters primarily in minority neighborhoods. >> this was 1981, the new jersey governors race that year. we reported on this monday night. t...

But what we reported here on monday night that has now all of a sudden come to fruition as truly bad news for the republican party brought upon them by donald trump, its a very specific thing. its something that leading republicans are tearing their hair about tonight. and it is having to do with this. >> several of these signs were reported at polling places in newarks north ward. republican poll watcher, some of them off-duty policemen wearing guns and arm bands were also near the polls. it wa...

The polls right here in the u.s. to make sure theres no voter fraud, does that seem feasible? is it possible? is it necessary? >> well, i would say it is certainly possible. but, we do also have a very, sort of regulated system for who is allowed to be a poll watcher. each side gets to have poll watchers in a polling place. but, there are lots of very strict rules about being prevented from interfering with voters waiting in line. there are restrictions on getting too close to interfere with the...

Donald trump, this is a rigged election, widespread voter fraud although he said today in north carolina "get out and vote, dont blow it." im wondering if that would hurt the rigged election claim among republicans who could be thinking well, its rigged, my vote wont matter, ill stay home" and that will affect republicans down the ballot. >> i think it will have the reverse effect. i think republicans are going to say "not only do i need to vote but i need to be vigilant, i need to look around, ...

Up and up. >> that was in michigan, 73% white. it is just a half hour drive from detroit, which is 90% black or latino. it would sure be easy for someone to go with their friends to be a trump poll watcher in detroit. heres another one. >> you got to watch your polling booths, because i hear too many stories about pennsylvania. certain areas. i hear too many bad stories, and we cant lose an election because of you know what im talking about. so go over and watch. and watch carefully. >> that was...

Is encouraging. >> absolutely right. we just saw a report come out about you ubiquity of guns, handguns -- the shift from long guns to handguns as the most common form of gun ownership in this country, which we can track over the course of the eight years of the obama administration and this apocalyptic fear that with obama as president, black people will take over. the confluence of an armed poll watcher now responding to trumps dog whistles creates tremendous problems and fear for people going...

>> im shocked! >> how can you be shocked by it? >> hes skillful at it, he knows what hes doing, and no candidate ever loses votes by attacking the media. >> and next saturday, hell be on "saturday night live," so will he turn around this relationship he has with the media? >> i dont think so. donald trump is nothing but a poll watcher and knows he ignites the outrage factor in a lot of people. people are outraged by the media. hes quite right. our status with the public in the polls has consiste...

Does not make any sense. also what i dont understand is, you have the president running around saying this and that. iranians are continue to continue to nuke up. i think the president continues to do this so he has a wing in his presidential library. doesnt matter if there is a mushroom cloud over chicago. >> your same skepticism is heard by the american people. hair youre a big poll watcher. look at this poll. latest poll out of monmouth university, shows majority of americans do not trust an ...