I appreciate everyone quieting down so fast. All right. Were about to embark on our second panel of the summit, and the second panel is on the topic that for those of you who know me and know my work over the last 25 years in the election space is near and dear to my heart. Its probably the most important thing is were talking about the nuts and bolts of elections for running smooth elections in the United States, and something where we have made fast strike in the last couple of decades, and that is maintaining accurate and complete voter list. Those two aspects are really important. Whereas women talk about Voter Registration come so much of the time when we talk so much of the oxygen is taken up by those who would seek to make it a choice between affording the franchise to all eligible voters and keeping clean lists and keeping those who are ineligible maybe because they moved or died off of the list. And what we know is that thats a false choice, that you can do both and that both
Bringing you the very latest numbers and the ongoing fight to curb crime in oakland. Well, the mayor says efforts to make communities safer are showing results. Welcome, everyone to the four this afternoon. Im Heather Holmes and im alex savage. Our Crime Reporter henry lee is joining us now live with a closer look at the to mayor tao, crime is down int discussion today on mornings on two, prompting mayor tao to speak up the narrative that crime is on the rise in her city. Actually, the numbers are down, so im going to push back on that. Were seeing that crimes and homicides are all trending down everything right now. Tao cited Oakland Police shoy categories these last several months is down compared to the same time frame in previous years, especially in Business Districts with concentrated Police Foot Patrols and crime suppression teams. The robberies, the commercial burglaries, you know, the shipping and all of that has gone down. Its trending down now. But one thing with crime stats
After news broke that a federal judge in d. C. Denied it team trumps hope for three more days, to respond to the dojs request for protective order. The deadline remains monday, five pm, despite the push from trumps lawyers. The government is seeking a protective order to keep trump from publicly disclosing evidence gathered during the dust disappointments sprawling investigation. And to keep him from threatening potential witnesses. Special counsels office wants this all to have been quickly. In a new filing they say, quote, the government stands ready to press send on a discovery production. The defendant is standing in the way. And the request for protective order, the Special Counsels office cited this social media post from trump, reading, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. The prosecutors argued to trumps rhetoric and possible use of grand jury transcripts could have a Chilling Effect on witnesses. This afternoon on msnbc, u. S. Delegate, stacey plaskett, who served a
Campaign manager, rodriguez, about what we can expect next november. The minnesota Secretary Of State, steve simon, what his state is doing to safeguard the next election and the next time around. This is american voices. We begin this hour with Breaking News. Donald trump launched new attacks on his former Vice President , mike pence. The attacks coming moments after news broke that a federal judge in d. C. Denied it team trumps hope for three more days, to respond to the dojs request for protective order. The deadline remains monday, five pm, despite the push from trumps lawyers. The government is seeking a protective order to keep trump from publicly disclosing evidence gathered during the dust disappointments sprawling investigation. And to keep him from threatening potential witnesses. Special counsels office wants this all to have been quickly. In a new filing they say, quote, the government stands ready to press send on a discovery production. The defendant is standing in the wa
Respond to the dojs request for protective order. D. C. Judge says, mondays deadline stands. Earlier today, trumps team had asked for three more days to respond. Again, the judge just denied that request. The doj, filing includes trumps ominous truth social post last night that read, quote, if you go after me, i am coming after you. Trump also called Special Counsel jack smith a, quote, Deranged Human Being and a gop dinner in alabama. If the judge does grant the protective order, trump wont be allowed to share testimony or any other Trial Materials with the public. This comes as one of the top witnesses against trump is already being harassed. Former Vice President , mike pence. In new hampshire, heckled with names like traitor, just days after the doj revealed he took careful notes on trumps coup attempt. You didnt uphold the constitution. You committed treason. You committed treason you committed treason hey pence on the fence. Rolling stone reports, the attacks on pence are even mo