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Blitzer in the Situation Room news, Donald Trump says he Wont Repeat Wont take part in the second debate with Kamala Harris trying to spin their showdown this week is a win for him. Even as his allies or deep into Damage Control after his rocky off message performance, were standing by to see if he has more to say at a rally this hour in the battleground, state of arizona, also tonight, Vice President Kamala Harris is firing right back, saying she and trump owe it to voters to face off again harris is working to build on her Debate Momentum with events in the Swing State of North Carolina plus the u. S. Attorney general, Merrick Garland slams effort to turn the u. S. Justice department enjoyed. He calls a political weapon, were breaking down his fiery speech to staffers and his warnings about the threats and the attacks they are now facing welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room the is cnn Breaking News. The Breaking News this hour, Donald Trump declaring there wont be a second president ial debate between him and Kamala Harris, the former president , hosting the announcement online shortly before his rally. This hour in the battleground, state of arizona will monitor that Cnn Steve Contorno was at the Trump Event in tucson. Eva mckend is with Kamala Harris in North Carolina, will get harriss reaction to all of this. But steve, let me go to you first. What reason this trump give for not doing another debate . Well, just moments ago, trump posted on his website truth, social laying out his case for why another debate is not necessary. He wrote i quotes when a Prize Fighter loses a fights, the first words out of his mouth are i want a rematch. Polls clearly show that i won the debates, and he ended wiing in all caps, there will be no third debate. He also said that the Vice President should quote, Focus On what she should have been doing for the last four years. I should note that a Cnn Poll of registered voters who watched the debate 67 of that, 63 of them said that harris outperformed Trump Trump though is making the case in his campaign has made the case that they have gotten more of a bump out of this debates than harris as they see no need for a second debate when 65 Million people watched the first one. So instead he is hitting the road hes an arizona a critical battleground, also a Border State. So we can expect that immigration will be on his mind is certainly was at Tuesdays Debates. He also is going to Focus On the economy on behind me, on the stage, there are signs set up with some of his economic messaging, including make housing great again, and note taxes on tips, even in a state like arizona, where its a Border State and immigration ads have been flooding the airwaves. Most voters say the economy is their number one priority, going into this election, just as it is and all the other Swing States, wolf our Steve Contorno on the scene for us, well see what trump has to say. This hour. Well stand by for that. Not a Vice President , Kamala Harris out there on the Campaign Trail in North Carolina is still pushing for a Debate Rematch with trump, seen as even mckend is in greensboro, North Carolina for us right now. Thats where Kamala Harris will soon hold her second event. In the state today. So eva, whats the latest what does she already say why her campaign wants another debate is because they believe that that platform illustrated in their view that the former president is unfit for the presidency. And although winning a debate is not the same thing as winning an election, they feel as though overall it just provided a lot of momentum for the campaign. Though they are still measured in their response and know that they have a lot of work to do well, lets talk about North Carolina. They believed that this state is really in play, this cycle for a whole host of reasons. One of which they feel as though the candidate, the republican candidate for governor here is especially weak in a way that benefits them. They also are encouraged by the amount of momentum here when it comes to early voting, 161,000 people have requested ballads to vote early. You also have nearly a dozen historically the black colleges and universities in this state. And so they can speak directly to those voters. I can tell you that i spoke to some young women in the crowd from bennett college. They are very excited and this is the first time that therell be participating in a president ial electiOn And so for those reasons, and then also running on the strength of reproductive rights, they thank that they can really compete in this state in a way that they havent been able to do in the recent class. So ill leave you with this wolf the last time a president ial democratic Prevent Ventral candidate was successful in this state. It was 2008, with President Obama and lets take a listen to how the Vice President spoke about the debate in charlotte earlier this evening nights ago, Donald Trump and i had our first debate the voters to have another debate and what is at stake could not be more important now, wont say that they arent successful in pennsylvania here in the state of North Carolina, if they are able to pull out this state with North Carolina and a few other states, they can still get to that critical 270 electoral votes. So that is why she is Here Today Making Two stops that is why they are investing so heavily here in the south carolina, purely a critical state. Eva mckend on the scene for us. Thank you very much. I want to bring in our excellent political experts right now. Zeleny, i want to remind our viewers of the results from our Cnn Instant Poll of debate watchers, the other night, 63 said Kamala Harris won the debate compared to just 37 who say trump won that debate. Are you surprised . Trump is now foregoing the chance to have a better performance in front of tens of millions a voters. Wolf, only surprise and the fact that if Donald Trump holds to this, and i think we should say if he holds two, not one to do a third debate, its simply him giving up on a very large audience, which is something he very rarely does. But one of the things he clearly did not like was that contrast on stage, the country . Tries benefited Vice President Kamala Harris. It did not benefit Donald Trump of course, he could have a rematch. He could actually prepare for this debate, which clearly he did not do for the debate in philadelphia. But no, im not surprised necessarily at the outcome because he is trying to live in an Alternative Universe were he says he won the debate. He says poll, say he won the debate that clearly is not true. Republican advisers, republican allies, republicans who want him to win. Tell me they think he missed a big opportunity so the reality here is he believes he can sort of live in this unity or this world where he is saying he won. He clearly didnt. But the contrast with harris is something that clearly does not appeal to him a second time around. Good point. Michael Eric Dyson is with us as well. Michael, thanks for coming in. It wasnt that long ago. You and i remember when the Trump Campaign Slogan with to regard to debates was quote quote, any any time, any place they even t shirts emblazoned with that motto, do you see trump refusing to do another debate as a tacit admission that he scared and that he lost. Of course, she beat him like a dirty rug. She smoked him like a pack of menthols and him its fatal, mediocrity was revealed. Here is a man whos delusional narcissism has made him believe that somehow he won that battle. Remember he said she had just turned black, so he was racially charged in his rhetoric. And then he said she was stupid and not very bright. She was so bright, she just charged you with Intelligence And Logic and overwhelmed him. Heres the guy whos proud to be unmolested by enlightenment facing up against a woman who was his intellectual superior. And she drugged him in all certain terms. So yeah, it makes sense for him to back off into pretend that he has nothing else to prove when he has everything in the world to prove, but he has the privilege of his own White Masculinity to hide behind Scott Jennings is with us as well. Scott trump is continuing to claim he actually won the debate, but this is what republican strategist Karl Rove, a man you and i know well rights today, listen to this Tuesdays Debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was a Train Wreck for him, far worse than any anything. Team trump could have imagined. Legend mr. Trump was crushed by a woman he previously dismissed as dumb as a rock which raises the question, what does that make him . What do you think of what Karl Rove has to say . Well, he missed an opportunity. I mean, theres no question about it. She came out, she had a game plan. She executed it. I do think he got some point scored on the economy, which in our Cnn Snap polls showed he actually went up on the question of the economy afterwards. But overall, he got off track for most of the debate after the economic portion was done. Im not a surprise that he wouldnt want to do another debate. I dont think theres much to be gained for him in another debate, i think hes done seven, he won one, which was the biden debate in june, the other six, a Snap Poll say he didnt win and he lost to hillary, but hes still won the election. So i dont think its fatal. But he did miss miss a chance to execute. During this debate now were going to grind it out for the next two months. It sounds like with no big event to change the flow of the election, well see what happens. I added a barros with us. Anna in a statement declining to face off against harris in another debate, trump uses a Prize Fighter comparison. What did you make of that . Well wolf, anybody who follows boxing knows that when a champion wednesday a fight, they either have to defend the title or retire. But if you want to keep the belt, you go back into the ring and you defend the title. So he wants to use his own analogy. I would sadow him, then go ahead and retire. Look, we all sides 70 Million americans site. She baited him, she real the human she fell, laid Him Barrette at him friday him, and then chewed him, and had him for so this is undeniable well, Donald Trump is used to lying and saying lies so many times over and over and over again that he himself begins believing them and thanks, people are stupid. Im going to believe him also the reason hes not doing another debate is because he thinks thats not going to be good for him. And its very ironic because we all remember he spent weeks, if not months mocking Joe Biden for not wanting to do a debate, which was false, but he would do it at every rally. I think Kamala Harris should do the same to him mocking goal him, call him a coward, call him a chicken. Seven people like Chicken Costumes to his rallies and remind him that if he wants to, but if he so brave and he wants to defend his boxing title, he should go back in the ring you know, its interesting he got beat by a girl he got beat by a woman of color in front of 70 Million people. I hope it hurt a huge, huge Television Audience End even more were watching on various Social Media platforms i want to play a moment to jeff featuring President Biden and a Trump Supporter thats getting a lot of attention right now. Watch this that remember going said today, jeff, that the President Biden, don the Trump Cap as a gesture of bipartisan unity. What did you make of that looked that was when he was visiting shanksville, Pennsylvania Dropping by i believe the Fire Department on 9 11. Look classic. Joe biden there in many respects that handshake there if Joe Biden was still running for office, if he was still a candidate for the presidency, he might have shaken her hand a little bit longer and tried to win that man over. I mean, i saw Joe Biden doing that when he was running for president. Obviously, a couple of different times and certainly in the office look, i think it was a moment of unity that there should be certainly more of it also, hes a good sport. The voted, there are obviously a Trump Supporter asked him to exchange hats. I think it was a moment of good humor. Obviously, the right is using the image there. This still image of the president with a Trump Hat on to try and discredit him and his credit. Vice president harris. But if you watched the whole moment, i think its actually a nice one michael Eric Dyson, let me get back to you. You have a brand new book just out entitled to represent the unfinished fight for the vote coming is Donald Trump and house republicans are trying to pass a rather controversial bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote, something that is already illegal. You got to admit that. If you want to vote, you have to be a citizen. So why are we seeing republicans push for this now . Well, they are trying to obfuscate a fundamental right here. And that is the right of american citizens to vote all of this exaggerated a Sermon Drawing in all of this drama about Voting Irregularities have been proved to be much ado about nothing. On the other hand, attempts to impose i. D oh registration laws you can get a, you know, use a Gun Registration to get the voting as opposed to your school i. D. So this is the attempt of the right wing and conservatives to undermine the legitimate and valid attempt of people to vote. And using that now, they are desperate. They have a candidate who is an orange Apa Mission who has really expended all of his political capital and all he can appeal to now is xenophobia, nativism, and prejudice and on the other hand, we have a candidate who is trying to bring america together. All races, all creeds, all ethnicities and nationalities. And in our book, we explore the historic legacies of inequalities i see that have driven the attempt to make the Votes Something that was hard to get for average, ordinary people. Its an important book entitled to represent the unfinished fight for the vote will be reading it. Certainly anxious to get your thoughts down the road. Michael Eric Dyson, and the whole team guys. Thank you very, very much Coming Up. Were going to get reaction she did trumps refusal now to debate once again, from a key michigan democrat who is warning the race is still Razor Close in her key Battleground State Representative Debbie Dingell is standing by live and the Trump Campaign is now attacking the united States Attorney general Merrick Garland after garland denounce threats and intimidation of his staff over at the u. S. Justice department saturday, syscall, cnn is taking a break from Breaking News to air. Have i got news for you . Breaking news. Im getting a sandwich. We need to talk about what constitutes Breaking News. Provide got news for you from near saturday at nine on Cnn And Streaming next day hey, on mac but the gains are pumping. The markets closed. Features dont sleep in the after Hours Brow is mainly Finance Bro she switched careers to make money for your weddings and his doctor blown up, sweetie, grab your piggybank. Were going all in. 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Women i wont be following you around to the hospitals, monitoring know she made it up. Shes a liar. She does her work at mcdonalds. She said she worked at mcdonalds right . She worked at mcdonalds and she was working so hard. Theres only one problem. She didnt work at mcdonalds. Shes a liar that i wanted to deny People Ivf Treatment when in fact, i want to require Insurance Companies to pay for it came out totally in favor of ivf. Thats fertilization for the men in the audience which we can lead to tough ones here she claimed she doesnt want to ban fracking when she said repeatedly over a tenyear period i will not have fracking than about a little while ago. She goes Id Love to have for our k1 her poster came back and said this is not good in pennsylvania, you want to ban fracking and thats not so good. Thats a big part of what they do, right . And she came back, she came back All Of A Sudden she thought fracking was wonderful. Heres what happens with all of these things right after the election. She goes back to where she was she claims she doesnt support mass a gun confiscation. When in fact, she supported it entirely and through her entire career. Think of that if she wants to confiscate guns the audience have a gun . Raise your Hand Mind if this lunatic knocked on your door . Hello, id like to take away your gun because that are werent allowed then i can thats unbelievable. What does that about 100 of the lets go anybody in the audience, not have a gun theres some wanted to keep your gun . We . Dont have to go through the rest of it. You want to keep your Gun Vote for trump she did something even worse than that. You know noted is she was the leader of a thing goal, the movement defund the police about she was the leader of the moment to defund the police now think of It Anybody . I didnt wants to defund the police. Thats gold. Shes down and dirty left. Okay. Thats down and dirty if shes in there for a week at defund the police, we dont want her to be president. We dont want to for anything, frankly but All Of A Sudden, All Of A Sudden, shes no, i never said, you know, she actually goes around sanctions. Never said it but weve got like ten years of tapes where she saying with the guns, were the fracking with me we mentioned she had many years of tapes but the public was not full. They saw right through it kamalas lies and unprecedented partisan interference of two low live Anchor Zillow lives for them to do what they did and they wouldnt correct her on like project 25. I dont know what the hell it is. I purposely have not read it. I could, but i dont want to because they never had my authorizatiOn And for them to allow her to get away with me. Everything i said oh, well, we dont think it should like crimes, statistics. The fbi didnt report the most crime ridden cities. They didnt do it. They left out large numbers of areas where they had a lot of crime. So the numbers came in, they werent up too much and if anybody in this audience doesnt think theres more crime now theres so much more crime now but they gave false and fraudulent numbers. They did it with something else, 818,000 jobs. Think of it. They said they had 818,000 jobs that didnt exist. So your Jobs Numbers look better, but now now they had to do what happened is they would take it away by a leaker. Usually, i dont like lakers, but i like this particular vigor, whoever it but when a Prize Fighter loses the fight, youve seen a lot of fights, right the first words out of that Fighters Mouth is i want to rematch. I want a rematch and thats what she said. I want to rematch polls slowly show that i won the debate against Comrade Kamala House probably know, because you know, when you say harris, does anybody know who harriss now . Kamala is a very different kind of a word, nice name, or a nice name. But, you know, or his government, you dont know are is harris when you say harris, everyone says who the hell is that . But she immediately called for a second debate, which means that she was like a Prize Fighter that lost a fight we had two debates, so i had to debate with crooked Joe Biden, right . And i had another debate with her she and Crooked Joe have destroyed our country with millions of criminals and mentally deranged people pouring into the usa. Totally unchecked unvetted, and with inflation bankrupting our middle class, it has gotten bad. Everyone knows this and all of the other problems caused by kamala and joe. It was discussed in great detail during the first debate with joe in the second debate with Comrade Harris show at the fox debate. Fox invited her. She was a no show. I sat with the great sean hannity. Does anybody know man. Hes good man. And i said, where is she . She didnt show, so we did a Town Hall and he got great ratings of that Town Hall. Ill tell you right now, got really great, led all of television for the week. Is that bad, right . Simple Town Hall turned out to be it turned out to be a Town Hall from what it was supposed to be, but she didnt show up. And refused also to do nbc and cbs. She went over to abc, which in my opinion, has taken a big hit because these new people were bad news they kept screaming at me. I said, why are you screaming im im looking at i always liked him. Im not going to watch him anymore im not going to watch him because hes not legit. What he did. Im not going to watch it good as it used to be kamala should Focus On watch. She should have done during the last almost fouryear period, she kept complaint. Well, you know, when im here and im going to do this and im going to do that and at The End of the better said, why dont you just do it . You could leave right now. What are you doing to do this and then im going to do that. And then im going to do this and that remember at the convention when she went out, they nominated her though she got no votes, they nominee know she came in last place in the primaries, right . And then she got and then she said total trump is a threat to democracy. Know shes a threat to brag. She is a threat to democracy but do you remember when she went out . And she said, thank you. Do you remember that . It was the weirdest thing . Am i wrong . Because they were saying jd and i are weird know were very solid people. Shes weird. And that Vice President of hers is really weird. Hes really were going to continue to monitor Donald Trump. Hes speaking in tucson, arizona right now. Were making all sorts of very very weird statements, including that he had a monumental, his word monumental victory over what he called comrade Kamala Harris at the debate earlier this week, i want to bring in cnns Kristen Holmes. Shes in Los Angeles right now where trump will be holding a fundraiser later tonight and cnns chief national affairs correspondent, Jeff Zeleny, is back with with us as well. Kristen, break down what trump just said, an arizona because hes going On And On And on making up a lot of stuff i mean, most of this is him trying to relitigate the entire debate. I mean, weve been hearing him now for something like 15 minutes, go through, bind by line, various attacks, but now he is in front of a very friendly audience who is cheering him on, as you said, he said he had Anya Mental Victory at one point, he said that they won with women and independence. Of course, as we know, our polling did not show that they have pointed they, the Trump Campaign to a number of conservative Straw Polls taken right after the debate. But as we have reported repeatedly, there were a lot of people who went into this Debate Knowing who they were going to vote for. So its not surprising that if you look at a conservative Straw Poll that conservatives would think Donald Trump won the debate . Hey but obviously are polling didnt show that he went through a number of different claims. He criticized the moderators, all of this appears to be a leadup as to why he is not doing this third debate as he announced earlier today, just a couple of things that he said. He said that the Kamala Harris claimed by want to monitor womens pregnancies. Thats not something i wanted do you but he really particularly took issue with the fact that the Moderators Fact checked him unsurprisingly and then he said that they didnt fact check her even when she was talking about project 2025. That is something we know has gotten under his skin of all things. He mentioned this twice and just the short span he was speaking, but they didnt say anything about the fact that he has claimed to have nothing to do with project 2025, then he went on to his same claims about the fact that he won the debate and that she said noted the other debates that she asked for a second debate right away, which means he won. I mean, wolf, this is just him. Again relitigating the entire debate. I can tell you time and time again over the last a several days, i have picked up the phone and called republican allies of Donald Trumps, who have said in different words that they were disappointed with his performance on Tuesday Night. Do they think it cost him the election . No. But he is hearing from people and he is hearing these reports of republicans saying that he could have done a better job. He should have stuck to the issues that is what every republican that wants him to win in november has told me about his Debate Performance and clearly it is getting back to Donald Trump, who seems anxious on stage. He is ranting, he is angry all of this again, relitigating Tuesday Night, but this time he has in front of a crowd of Trump Supporters. So you can hear hear them cheer. Hes getting the reaction he wants in that room shortly as a geoff. What did you make of Trumps Explanation that we just heard for why he wont debate Kamala Harris again well, look, i mean, he is trying to create an alternative reality. I mean, weve seen him be successful at least among republicans in doing that at before about the outcome of the 2020 electiOn And other things. One thing he was not talking about were those words printed on the screen, on the Stage Right behind him . This was designed to be a message about the economy and about Housing Costs and his other economic proposals. They are printed on Stage Right behind him and hes certainly is not talking about those at least at the moment. But look, hes clearly trying to reset the conversation kristens point, so many of his allies thought that he missed missed an opportunity. He went down one Rabbit Hole after another. He followed the exact abate that the Vice President was trying to leave for him about crowd sizes, Et Cetera and hes ranting. But that does not mean that his supporters wont like if they obviously will. But one of the whole issues here is he spent so much time in his bubble delivering many of the lines on stage at the debate that he does that our rallies in a friendly audiences and they simply do not comport with the reality here, but weve seen this movie many times before, but we dont know is how this one will end. Im sure well see at many times down the road, Jeff Zeleny and Kristen Holmes to both of you. Thank you very, very pretty much. 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You told my Colleague Kasie Hunt that you were thrilled by Kamala Harris Debate Performance earlier in the week until you got to reminder from a local official in your state of michigan. I want to play for our viewers what you said, listen and watch yes its just closer than people realize he stayed on message on immigratiOn And immigration is a powerful leads to insecurity, fear, both in economics, the Job Market so. What are you hearing congresswoman from voters in your state of michigan, which is a key battleground state. Now that youre home sorry, hes got home, but i want to tell you, weve got the first poll that has put down post Tuesday Night by Mitchell Research for mirrors. And It Shows that what mike said this morning if correct It Shows that its a statistical dead heat in a headtohead between the two of them. Its 48, 48, while 56 of the people think that she won the debate. If you take all of the candidates that are on the ballot, shes up by one point, which for me is not comfortable so i think that while clearly i hear everybody and i love hearing, i agree with everybody how well she did i think president former President Trump, Donald Trump is very strategic and refusing to do another debate. I made that prediction. The kc on Tuesday Night, i knew he would go after the moderates theres a Death Debate and weve got a lot of work to do and can take nothing for granted. The bubble of washington, dc, a commentators talking to each other is not the real world and i will be in union Halls Farmer markets, Veterans Hall was via ws this weekend and i want to see what people are saying. But this poll confirmed my god. Youre worried obviously, which is understandable Kamala Harris, his Vice President ial running mate, Tim Walz, is landing in your state of michigan any moment now, harris will certainly be back soon. What do they need to do to get ahead in this . Dead Heat Race in michigan is immigration, the place to start but you got to do is talk about the economy. There. Weve got to talk about trade you know, democrats did a terrible job of talking about trade and to 16 and Donald Trump played to Union Workers fear and anxieties President Biden and Vice President harris delivered deliberate on that. They have to talk about it and remind people what he promised and what he didnt do have these promising billionaire cuts, not doing anything for working people of america. So hes got a shes got to come in here, tim Walz Testing mean youre and Tim Walz is very good at just talking every terms and talking straight talk. Thats ive known him forever. I think hes straight talk is going to work in michigan that gotta be here. Theyve got to be present which by the way, democrats were not into 16. And we can when im debbie determined that can be downward are we will win. But if we take one thing for granted, we wont. And thats why weve got to really work hard and michigan successful candidates often say they got to run as if theyre losing in order to make sure that they when you say Kamala Harris, needs to focus in on the economy, which of course is a huge issue. Debate watchers told cnn after the debate, they favor trump by 20 points on that specific issue. How does she turn that around she has to show, first of all, i hear it from young people to seniors about how affordable housing u. S. Is serious facial burger. I dont think Donald Trumps i thought about affordable housing and new slide decks. One of the first economic issues that you talked about. I do hear you new workers concerned about their job hes not keeping us competitive by the way. Were the Auto Industry is finding in a global marketplace, electric vehicles are one of the vehicles of the future. He wants to destroy we have to not let him play the Union Workers spheres, but talk about how we lost a decade of competitiveness in the 70s because we werent ready for the global marketplace with small cars, we cant let Donald Trump get away with his plane to peoples fear and anxiety is we have to give them the facts sean, how were not going to lose jobs, were creating jobs, bringing the supply chain. Oh, and nothing he ever did when he was president did that one of the most divisive issues in your party, especially in your Home State of michigan as the war in gaza, Kamala Harris has stuck closely to the script that shes working tirelessly around the clock for a seat his fire, even though those talks are deadlocked, at least right now, is that enough for your constituents in the socalled uncommitted movement, who are devastated by all the carnage that has been going on over these months in gaza. You know, its a particularly bad day again in michigan because our Attorney General file some charges against some students who are protesting this issue. I think the Vice President has been much more direct on this issue. Them or President Trump doesnt care about whats gone on in gaza. He doesnt care about my Arab American constituents. I have to remind them what he did when the first week that he was there, he wanted to deport them. This he now how many hew they want to deport . Shes got to talk straight, talk we all want a ceasefire. We need that ceasefire we need the hostages to come home and its it look let me tell you. Its one has a serious issues we have here in michigan, but i think weve got to talk real fact with the community. And what is at stake. If someone like Donald Trump is elected for the mideast representative, Debbie Dingell of michigan. Thank you very much for joining us. 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Cnns Brian Todd has the latest brian wolf, this latest Back And Forth between the Trump Side and Merrick Garland and the Justice Department comes as the tensions between those two entities have reached alarming levels with the Attorney General roll genuinely seeming Exasperated Today Indignant Attorney General takes aim at those who he believes have leveled threats against prosecutors and other staffers at the department of justice. We will not allow this department to be used as a political weapon. In an impassioned speech to justice, employees Merrick Garland said, its dangerous now for people at the department to simply do their jobs. And he condemned what he called the escalation of attacks against government lawyers, Law Enforcement agents, and others these attacks have come in the form of conspiracy, Conspiracy Theories dangerous Falsehoods Efforts to bully and intimidate career public servants by repeatedly and publicly singling them out and threats of actual violence yeah, very polite. Garland never mentioned former president Donald Trump by name, but it was clear the recent actions of trump and his allies fueled much of his frustration. The former president definitely amped up with that threats against the department of justice. And he has been threatening to put people in jail who worked for the Department Apartment of justice, who work for Election Offices by threatening them with this idea that they were cheaters during the election. And indeed, last weekend, trump threatened prosecutiOn And long Prison Sentences for election officials and political workers who trump suggested could cheat in this Years Election. The former president posting on truth, social quote, when i win and those people that cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Its part of trumps efforts to cast doubt on the integrity of this Years Election even though theres no evidence of widespread Fraud Or Irregularity in any recent us Election Trump has often suggested recently that he would weaponize the Justice System to go after his political opponents if hes elected again, even though during this weeks debate, he accused the democrats of doing that to him with the recent criminal prosecutions against him, they weaponize the Justice Department. They use it to try and win an election to take cases. Garland defended the departments integrity. There is not one rule for friends and another fourfold it was one rule for democrats and another for republicans. And he reiterated his prosecutors and agents wont be intimidated by political attacks but it is dangerous and outrageous that you have to endure them, have worried about electionrelated violence, is worried about trump inspiring someone who may take what he is saying and run with it feel like they need to take things into their own hands the Trump Campaign responded to Merrick Garland Speech Today with a statement calling garlands conduct disgraceful, saying his actions have done, quote, tremendous damage to a oncegreat institution using phony charges to interfere with the president ial election on behalf of the democratic party are brian. Thank you very much. So much, Brian Todd reporting. Lets discuss whats going on, all the rhetoric thats coming from the former president of the United States and its allies, including threats to election officials joining us now, here in the Situation Room, the director of the u. S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the department of homeland security. Jen easterly. Jen, thanks very much for joining as you just heard, brians report, trump on saturday threatened to Jail Election officials if he wins in november, he posted when i when these people that cheated will be prosecuted as your agency reached out to any election officials to provide support for them in the midst of these threats . So as the federal Government Lead for Election Infrastructure, security, we are in regular communication with state, local election officials across the nation, providing them support and resources, training to help protect themselves. But ill tell you, wolf, this is one of the key things that election officials have been talking about for you heres are these threats and Harassment And Violence against election officials and their families largely stemming from unfounded claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent. I think we need to remember that election officials are not some faceless bureaucrats there are neighbors, there are friends, their in our communities, and theyre not doing this for pay or glory. Theyre doing it because they believe in our democracy and they deserve our support and our respect and our gratitude. Theyre Hardworking Americans are doing important work and they dont deserve these threats. How much does trumps rhetoric his rhetoric and his Allies Rhetoric . Lead to an increase of harassment and threats to these election workers. Well, there have been a longstanding problem with physical threats. Weve heard this for years now. Threats of harassment, threats of violence, swatting. And thats why we are constantly looking to be able to provide resources like active shooter training, deescalation training. We provide physical assessments of Polling Places to ensure that we can work with election officials across the country to reduce risks. And of course they work very closely with local Law Enforcement to help them reduce risks to both people and to facilities. Jen, i know you said that Collection Infrastructure has never been more secure in our country. How do you convince americans of that, particularly the Trump Supporters who clearly hear all these threats coming from trump. Yeah. So lets lets be clear this Threat Environment is more complex than ever. We have cyberthreats, we have the physical threats we just talked about and we have the threats from foreign adversaries who are intent on undermining american confidence in our democracy. But i spend an enormous amount of time with election officials. They have done tremendous work to ensure that the Security And Resilience of Election Infrastructure is better than it has ever been. They have put safeguards in place to mitigate risk, and i have incredible confidence in them. And the american people should as well. But for those who dont be part of the process, be a poll worker, talk to your election official. Its a transparent process. What theyll tell you is three key things. First of all for the Voting Systems that youll use to cast your ballots, they are not connected to the internet secondly, 97 of registered voters will cast their vote in jurisdictions that have paper records. Those records can be verified to ensure accuracy. And finally, election officials put multiple safeguards. Theres testing before they use election equipment. There cyberSecurity Controls. Theres physical Security Controls and, theres postelection auditing. So multiple layers of controls that can help to ensure that risk to Election Infrastructure is reduced as much as possible. And these threats coming in from iran, from china, from russia right now, how serious are they . There are very serious and weve been talking about this for months, working with the Intelligence Community in the fbi. Weve put out a lot of advisories on this. It is very clear that our foreign adversaries, russia or around china, are intent on interfering in influencing on our elections specifically to undermine american confidence in our elections, and to so partisan discord. And we as americans need to sure that they are not successful, we need to come together and ensure that we do everything we can to preserve our democracy. Thank you very much for all youre doing, jen easterly. Thanks very much for coming in and we really appreciate it. Very much and Coming Up Vice President Kamala Harris has already needling former President Trump over his Debate Performance. 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