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Are mediated by our shared institutions and i think that notion, the notion that is the opposite of vigilanteism and a repudiation is what kyle rittenhouse represents. last summer kyle rittenhouse, the person, the child in the eyes of the law, did something indefensibly stupid and reckless and went to a protest in the aftermath of police violence armed with a semiautomatic rifle and killed two people, wounding a third man. he has done literally irreparable harm to those three families, irreparable harm. and last week he was found not guilty by a jury of his peers. the same people have been cas...

>> every day is election day. >> reporter: for more than a month now that's been true in virginia. which is why debbie webber is greeting voters outside the county election office. >> hi there. how are you? >> reporter: and fielding questions about early voting. she's a gop volunteer and is getting an earful from many of her fellow republicans. >> they question the -- are these dominion voting machines? as far as i know, no, they're not. okay? but that doesn't lessen the concern they have that voting machines in general can be tampered with. >> reporter: that concern is unfounded. yet this is ...

Republicans and right-leaning americans. how do you measure success? look at what they're trying to achieve, doing in their work. today in arizona despite concluding on their own terms that by their count trump lost arizona even worse than the certified results say he did, nevertheless, the republican audit folks today spent hours today very excitedly, spent more than three hours excitedly showing powerpoint slides and -- and giving long confusing presentations all aimed at casting aspersions on the election process in arizona they did not produceny actual proof of any fraud in arizona. they d...

Now the us as well. like i said, the us government has, at least in our case, - the chinese government has stressed that this is part - of a broader us—china politics. this isn't punishment- for our coverage in particular, but it is definitely a very i difficult time for all foreign media operating in china. meera from the reuters institute. tit for tat was mentioned by amy. give us a little bit of context to that. yeah, i mean, first of all, i'm in awe of all your reporting and it's being done under incredibly difficult circumstances and thank you for persevering. i think the tit for tat is...

Journalists and their own media outlets, as well as foreign ones, casting aspersions on the integrity of journalists, casting aspersions on their political affiliations, implying that they're not independent. and this tit for tat scenario is very, very dangerous because it enables and it emboldens leaders around the world, i think, to use visas and work permits as weapons when they're exactly meant to be neutral, impartial, bureaucratic processes that protectjournalism and protect press freedom. it's really it's really very concerning. because back in march, just looking at what the us did, th...