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Election officials nationally are concerned about a flood of conspiracy theorists signing up to work as poll watchers.

Knowledge in the violent attack on speaker pelosis husband paul, noting that it is, quote, working around the clock to stop thousands of potential factions in their tracks. we dont know the motive the attack, but police are investigating. the attack on mr. pelosi comes as early voting is underway and the department of homeland security is warning of heightened threats this election cycle. fueled by violent domestic extremism. we have seen intimidation efforts in arizona, where watchers dressed i...

A warning about a heightened threat to the midterms field by a rise in domestic violence extremism. thats according to cbs news, and cnn, they obtained a joint appellants bulletin. and bc news has not reviewed the bulletin, and just this week nbc news obtained a -- warning about an elevated threat about a racially and ethnically but threat of extremism that could target voting sites and poll workers. as we mentioned earlier, sources tell nbc news that before for the suspect attack he was shoutin...

Consequences and inaction has consequences. when i see my republican colleagues fail to condemn the political violence thats out there or in many ways like m marjory taylor greene, it gives a green light that its okay to do this. >> what can be done about that? >> funding the department of homeland security and local law enforcement to protect these critical voter integrity sites. make sure ballot box drop off sites are protected. make sure that poll workers are protected and make sure that we h...

Receiving the most states to election workers. following the election disputes of 2020, the fbi reports in georgia, it is a felony to interfere with their poll worker performing their duties. georgia secretary of states office has created a tense system for poll workers and other induction employees to report threats or safety concerns in realtime. what do you make of the efforts to curb these attacks to election workers? what can be done more in this regard? >> we have to remember that the reas...

The new york police department issuing a new bulletin warning that, quote, mish us on actors, especially racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists and anti-government, anti-authority extremists will continue to prioritize the targeting of political rallies, voting sites, poll workers and election officials. >> youve got poll workers and election officials literally quitting their jobs because of the atmospherics. they are worried about what they are seeing and about what they are hear...

Campaign headquarters here in such you can county. bringing in the big names, hoping to drum up support. he has been focusing on the issue of public safety. governor kathy hochul has been spending her morning in buffalo. thats her hometown. she got out there this morning and cast her ballot. the very first day of early voting here in new york, which begins today. we are standing in front of a polling location which opened up just a couple of minutes ago and we have been watching a very, very slo...

Facilities that might be indicators of potential problems or violence. thats the highest level theme that the nypd is making here. >> the bulletin reads, actors, particularly violent extremists will continue to prioritize the targeting of political rallies, voting sites, poll workers and elections officials. >> thats right. we know that grievance is the thing that motivates many domestic violence extremists and a lot of that grievance is focused on our political process and system. its unforctun...

If anybody’s a proponent for voting, it’s Barb Busche.

Questions. the democrat is recovering from a stroke. norah. >> odonnell: weijia jiang, thank you. well, with the midterm elections less than two weeks away, the new york city police department is warning that racially- motivated and anti-government extremists could target poll workers, political rallies, politicians, and voting sites in the days leading up to the elections. in a bulletin obtained by cbs news, the n.y.p.d. says there are currently no specific threats, but its advising elevated vi...