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Every day. we know the doj started this task force last year that handles this issue about threats against election officials. the reporting is that so far there have been about 1,000 contacts that were hostile against workers. but the problem is, given free speech considerations, the fbi says only about 11% of those really meets the threshold for crimes. so theres a disconnect into whats being reported and what officials can go after. they really warned that the lake of ability to take these th...

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Very same bill with the exception of one line and it dealt with the vas ability to buy out providers contracts. that was stripped out. but with that exception its the very same bill that passed with 84 votes on june 16th. >> now, senator pat toomey, retired republican senator pat toomey he thinks whatever this technical change is, this not particularly important change is they so object to that caused them to change all their votes, he thinks with a 50-vote threshold you should be able to adopt ...

Veterans have been conducting a sit-in at the capitol now for days on. it seemed like all systems were go. there was a wrench thrown into this thing last week when about two dozen republicans said, wait a minute, were not so sure were going to support this. it looks like its back on track. this is a significant moment and it suggests some kind of agreement. talk to us about what you know. >> reporter: thats right. just a few seconds ago, pat toomey, the republican from pennsylvania who has reall...

Do this in expedited fashion. and the only with if senator schumer if he wants a simple majority threshold, only passing with 51 votes required. its unclear whos going to get their way here. its part of the process. its the hold justifyholdup tha upsetting. >> what if there is no vote today, whats the reaction of these folks out here? >> in -- i think theyre framing in terms of their ability to withstand this. i think this is cruel and unusual punishment going on and theyve got to end this. >> s...

>> no. this is how it works. you have activists and organizers pushing and pressuring. nk in fact, joe manchin said the dogs came after me after there was a lot of righteous anger. this shows that our democratic process only works if you work for it. they were out there fighting on legislation and fighting on a more fair approach who really do share the credit. no apologies needed. this is how they work. >> hes not the end of it, right? they need others if theyre going to hit that 50 vote thresh...

Downed power lines, the power lines are probably the most dangerous thing we have to avoid. >> lets look at the forecast now with cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. the ground there is already saturated, but another round of storms is in the forecast, not just for today, but for the coming days. >> yeah. unfortunately boris and sara, for some of the communities it will get worse before it gets better. you still have power outages. now were throwing more storms at the same communities before the...

Earlier what theyre thinking about doing if theyre one of the lucky ones who actually win. >> what are you playing? >> try my luck. >> now that its gotten over -- im sure you know what its now over. its over $1 billion. when it crossed that threshold, what was the first thing that went to your mind? >> a house. a car. no more work. thats funny. >> what do you now? >> work. thats whoo i said, no more work. >> i think thats the main thing on everyones mind. house, car, and no more work. so the rec...

Senate for that reason. it wasnt even changed substantively. it was changed in a very minor way. but this came after the senate had released a reconciliation package that republicans dont like, and there is an issue about an amendment that pat toomey wants, that chuck schumer said he could have at a 60-vote threshold. so they would need 60 to get that amendment in. chuck schumers going to bring it up again on monday. many in the capitol here see it as retaliation. and its sad to say that, althou...

With some uplift. people are feeling lucky. on average, how much are people spending for those hopefully lucky tickets? >> reporter: oh, my gosh. people are spending so much money, fred. and i will say just real quick, even though the chances are low, its for a much happier outcome than some of what you were saying before. weve been at a few gas stations across the chicagoland area and people have been incredibly excited, but also having visions of what a life as a lotto winner, as a billion dol...