election or prfrankly, could ha changed the results of 2020? erin, thanks for having me on. first of all, yes, it certainly a possibility that real elections integrity would be thrown out the window when you start putting some of these dangerous demagogues in the place of individuals who have carried out their duties and under at times great risk to their health and to the livelihoods. i will say this, i don t consider myself a hero. the real heroes are the ones unnamed like you said, the workers, the poll election officials, the volunteers, the corporate citizens who, you know, took out their time, spent money to get folks out to the poles. those are the true heroes. for me, it really is about putting american democracy first. why? because for me, i believe that voter access and elections integrity are the pillars of functioning democracy and so i refuse, i simply refuse to be a tool for voter suppression and
voter disenfranchisement of our citizens. 45 years ago, my family left saigon before the communists took over vietnam and i was taught never to take out precious freedoms for granted so to me, this is one small token of repayment. helen, you know, republicans say the changes to these election boards are to improve performance. that s the reason they gave. improve performance. what do you think that actually really means? you re being removed. obviously he s a republican. you re being removed with others. why do you think you re really being removed from the election board? is improved performance actually mean? erin, thank you for having me. i can tell you it is not removed to improve performance. the things that we have advocated for on the morgan county board of elections have been access, more access to the ballot box. having diverse workers, poll workers that will actually know
the chair of that committee, congressman maloney, as you know, blamed a lot of the losses that they saw in 2020 in house races on those members of the party who were out there and endorsing defund the police. and so this go-around, they re getting behind someone who is advocating for more police, not less. erin. thank you very much, jason. and next, a touching tribute to the grocery store worker who was killed after asking a customer to wear his mask. this is the greatest idea you ll ever hear.
first of all, as a prosecutor, the more lines you put in the more likely you are to flip somebody. also, if they can prove this wasn t just something done for allen weisselberg but perhaps for calamari you can argue to a jury this wasn t some mistake or oversight but a pattern, a way of doing business inside the trump org and that stlrengthens your case as a prosecutor. appreciate your time tonight. thanks, erin. next, qanon followers now clinging to news president biden s german sheppard champ passed away this weekend. why in the world? plus a government building in florida shut down after a covid outbreak that left two people dead and three in the hospital. only one person in the affected office, one person didn t get sick. that person was vaccinated. magenta? magenta! (crying) magenta! (announcer) the epson ecotank. no more cartridges. just lots of ink. print whatever makes you happy.
vance s time is almost up and he can make a decision whether to charge anyone in this case including the trump organization or former president before he leaves office. thank you very much with the new reporting there. i want to go to ellie, senior legal analyst and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. so you know what is going on. cara is reporting prosecutors could decide whether or not to indict allen weisselberg in nine days. now, that s just the beginning of the month. i understand can it can go longer. when cy vance leaves office, now it s summer and july. does this timeline sound realistic to you? absolutely, yes, erin. prosecutors have to be moving as quickly as humanly possible and thinking about end game. first of all, as cara said, cy vance has six months left in office and cannot leave this for his replacement that will be