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Weapons on european soil and put us on a level playing field which is a deep cause for concern for me. >> this was self-inflicted for macron? >> i dont think it was self-inflicked, but he was speaking the need to bolster defenses in light of a variety of threats. typically leaders, perhaps not our own, make statements that benefit their national security rather than worrying about what a personal reaction might be. he knew this would get a reaction from president trump just like he probably knew...

Trusting poll workers? >> thats the key in campaigns. you want to have your people at the polls. thats not to demise the effort the officials put in and all of the early votes that came in. the thing about florida, cant tell if were in 2000 or 2018, it is the same thing we went through in 2000. i think what nelson and gillum, the gubernatorial candidate and u.s. senate candidate are saying is that democracy must prevail. lets make sure everyone is not intimidated, people are not forced to rush, ...

Because this is the kind of wrong information. if that is true, that could force some voters out there who want to make sure and get out and vote might end up voting for the wrong place or might not know where to go. in brooklyn, new york, voters were locked out of a polling place for 90 minutes. poll workers could not open an electronic lock on the building. not everything is going smoothly today. there is going to be an element of human error. what were on the lookout for are serious issues to...

Jersey and rhode island. they both tweeted this morning that there are reports of incorrect information about polling sites going out to voters and they just want people to be careful. and can voters physically vote this morning? two stories i want to point to. one is in brooklyn, new york. voters were locked out of a polling site for about 90 minutes. this community center was supposed to open at 6:00 a.m., didnt open until 7:30 because poll workers could not get an electronic lock on the door ...

Barack obama. president trump and vice president pence campaigned for kemp. there are accusations of voter suppression and outside groups making racist robocalls. gary tuckman is at a polling station in georgia. what are you seeing on the ground? >> reporter: well, jake, ive been in this church gymnasium for more than nine hours now, since before the polls opened. when the doors opened, more than 100 voters ran inside. it was pouring rain out there, but they were waiting in line in the rain to v...

Both brought out president trump and vice president mike pence who was with kemp. and oprah winfrey, partnered with stacie abrams. if elected, stacie abrams would be first female african american governor. it is possible we wont know the outcome of this race tonight, it is so tight if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, we could look at a runoff in early december. back to you. >> jonathan, thank you. >> americans young and old pitching in at polling places across the country, san franci...

That basically unlocks the voting machine. the machine that issues those cards wasnt working for a while. the county -- the folks there running the election, the poll workers failed to do what they should have done, the state says, which is to give people paper ballots. so that precinct is going to stay open 25 minutes later, the secretary of state says. now, across the country, the usual problems we have. people show up to vote at the school and the machines are locked in a closet that nobody c...

>> desiline victor was born in 1910 in haiti. she became a u.s. citizen in 2005. in 2008, at the age of 97, she cast her first ever vote for barack obama. four years later, in 2012, desiline victor arrived at her local library to cast her vote again. that time, things were a little more difficult for folks all over the state. republicans in florida had just cut early voting days by nearly half. why did they do that? well, we can see what the effect was. lines to vote that year were long. desilin...

Desiline showed up on day one of early voting. she was told she night have to wait six hours to vote. she said okay, and then she waited online at the age of 102 for three hours. she stayed online until poll workers finally advised her she should try to come back later. she left and came back. finally that night she was able to cast her vote. she told the "miami herald," quote, i never voted in haiti. it wasnt safe. in this country have i the right to vote. in haiti i did not. having earned her ...

Things that the judge told him to do. i havent checked this morning, but i hope that they were done. the judge essentially said that he has to issue new procedures, to tell people how they can vote if their registration was flagged for citizenship issues. hes to provide a press release explaining how people are to vote. he is to direct poll workers and county officials about allowing people to vote. he is to provide that people can vote by provisional ballot and so forth. i hope he has fulfilled...