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The abortion pill. The Southern State now trying to criminalize it as a dangerous controlled substance. And the man charged with attacking Nancy Pelosis husband with a hammer is back in court. What to expect at his state trial and the error that has the judge in his federal case calling for a redo. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We want to begin with nbcs dasha burns in fort pearce, florida, where the second of two hearings in trumps classified documents case is now underway. Dasha, things got a little heated this morning, but give us The Big Picture. Whats going on there . Yeah, it did. Let me get you up to speed here. This morning, the judge heard the motion to dismiss walt nautas case. In this motion, the defense alleges that when special counsel jack smith decided to charge nauta, he was doing so selectively and vindictively. Basically saying that it was a form of retaliation for nauta not fully cooperating with the investigation. Things got a little heated with the prosecution came up to refute those arguments. The prosecutor called it absolute garbage, and at one point, the judge actually had to admonish him saying you need to calm down. So a lot of passion this morning. Now we moved on to the second motion to dismiss charges against all three codefendants, so walt nauta, Carlos Deo Live here the defense says the indictment fails to lay out in plain and distinct language the violations of criminal law, alleging that instead, this is a personal and political attack against former President Trump. Now, interesting timing here. Just as we are listening to these arguments in court today, overnight there were new documents unsealed related to this case that gave us a lot of new information. When it comes to walt nauta, we got images of him carrying boxes from a storage room and moving them. This is june 1st, 2022, this image here. This was around the same time that trumps lawyers were looking to review documents in the Storage Facility to look for classified materials that should be returned to the government. And the prosecution says that these images are part of the evidence to show that nauta was part of a conspiracy to hide classified documents from the government. The other piece of information that we learned and you teased this a little bit in your intro, chris, is that when he learned the former president still had some classified materials in his bedroom at maralago months after the fbi searched maralago, and the judge overseeing those proceedings wrote, theres quote no excuses provided as to how the former president could miss classified marked documents in his own bedroom. All of this information newly unsealed. Not all of this is going to be addressed today. The judge here, judge cannon has been taking each motion, each piece of this process really one step at a time, which is why the time line here has been so slow, and now, were not necessarily expecting anything to really move forward here in terms of a trial until after november, chris. Dasha burns, thank you. Lets go to iowa now, where the damage from a Tornado Outbreak is truly horrific. Nbcs Shaquille Brewster is on the ground in greenfield where multiple deaths have been reported. That town, i mean, to say it was hard hit is an understatement. What can you tell us . Reporter yeah, well, chris, we just learned exactly how hard hit it was. We just learned from the National Weather service that based on initial assessments, it was at least an ef 3 tornado. That means there were those wind speeds exceeding 135 miles an hour, as it tore through this town. The devastation so extensive, so widespread that theyre keeping us out of town. You can only go inside with the police escort. I went through, and you see what youre looking at on your screen right there. You saw homes completely removed from their foundations. Cars flipped over, i talked to a lady who was stuck in her basement, trapped in her basement for about 45 minutes until she was rescued by both Family Members and first responders. I want you to listen to what we heard from the governor during an update this morning . It is still a Search Mission as far as were looking to make sure all residents are accounted for. When we have this many homes that have been destroyed and just fully demolished. It is just horrific. Its hard to describe until you can actually see the devastation. Reporter you hear Officials Say this is still a Search Mission. Theyre saying, or at least theyre not specifying how many people were killed. Just saying that multiple poem people were killed, multiple people were injured. This is all part of a system thats responsible for nearly two dozen reported tornadoes yesterday alone. Not just here in iowa. We also know reports in nebraska, in wisconsin, in illinois. This is a system that is now making its way east, threatening people all the way from texas all the way up to upstate new york. Chris. Shaquille brewster, thank you. In louisiana, State Senators will now take up a bill that would classify Abortion Pills as dangerous controlled substances. Opening up the possibility of prison sentences. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is following this story for us. What are the details of this bill, and what are the chances it gets signed into law . Hey, good to be with you. What are the chances this gets signed into law . Pretty good, right. It goes to the state senate this afternoon. They have to reconcile the bill essentially before it goes to the governors desk. He is expected to sign it into law at some point, which would make louisiana the first state in the country to essentially criminalize these two key abortion drugs in this manner, by reclassifying them as controlled dangerous substances, in the same category as depressants such as xanax. What are the details of this bill. It has this reclassification attached to the bill itself. The bills author talked about how he brought this forward because his sister, and stay with me here, his sister was essentially slipped an abortion drug without her consent by her then husband who was sentenced to prison time after pleading guilty to a lesser charge involved in this. His intent is so bad actors cant do something critical. Critics say this is a slippery slope. And some include doctors in the state of louisiana. 280 of them have signed on to a letter that suggests this is not scientifically sound. It is not based in science. They point to the Maternal Mortality rate in louisiana, and could create confusion and misinformation for patients. These drugs are used in many instances, beyond abortion access, for example, to induce labor. Theyre used to manage miscarriages as well. Theres real concern here about what this could do. Pregnant women who have a valid prescription are allowed to have access to these drugs. Keep in mind, louisiana has some of the most restrictive Abortion Laws in the first place, not medication abortion, not surgical abortions New York City no exception for rape or incest, only the life of the mother. What happened in louisiana is a blueprint moving forward. Hallie jackson, thank you. Jury selection is underway today in the state trial of a man charged with attacking paul pelosi with a hammer. While this trial gets underway, theres an issue with sentencing on federal charges. Get us up to speed. Reporter that issue essentially breaks down to human error. Lets go back to last week, it is the sentencing of david depape, sentenced 30 years for the assault on paul pelosi, the attempted kidnapping of nancy pelosi. The court by way of the judge by law has to ask the person being sentenced if they have anything more to add during the hearing. Are they remorseful, is there an apology that will be issued. Do they have a bomb shell that will influence the sentencing. Apparently that didnt happen. By way of prosecutors being good citizens, they file a motion to the judge. The judge reads a motion, bringing to their attention, and say, yeah, i screwed up here. There will be another sentencing happening in about six days or so, a resentencing, if you will. The question is will anything change. Will this influence maybe create a new sentence . It is very unlikely based on the severity of the crime, the overwhelming evidence, including video evidence, statements that depape has made. Statements that the judge has made about depape, unlikely that any of this will change. Remember, this is on top of the state trial happening now. Jury selection underway. Five charges amounting to life in prison if hes convicted. All of this with new resentencing happening in six days. Steve patterson, thank you. We are following tragic news out of pennsylvania where two people are dead, three others injured after a Workplace Shooting in chester. It happened at a family owned Linen Business with officials describing the suspect as a disgruntled employee. The local d. A. Told our affiliate what happened today is everyones worst nightmare. They came to work to live the american dream. They came to work to work hard, play by the rules and get ahead in their lives, and today, two of them are laying on the ground dead, three others are in the hospital, should never have happened. Officials say while the suspect had had issues with colleagues in the past, there was nothing to suggest a shooting was possible. In 90 seconds, the judge getting ready to issue critical Jury Instructions in trumps Hush Money Trial. Well talk to the attorney who helped prepare Michael Cohen for the stand on whether he thinks his testimony will determine the outcome of this case. E of this e vo dan made progress with his Mental Health. But his medication caused unintentional movements in his face, hands, and feet called tardive dyskinesia, or td. So his doctor prescribed austedo xr a oncedaily td treatment for adults. As you go with austedo austedo xr significantly reduced dans td movements. Some people saw a response as early as 2 weeks. With austedo xr, dan can stay on his Mental Health meds dan cool hair vo austedo xr can cause depression, suicidal thoughts, or actions in patients with huntingtons disease. 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Today the judge in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial is likely working on critical Jury Instructions after telling lawyers that hell have a draft for them by tomorrow to help them prepare for Closing Arguments coming up next tuesday. And while a guilty verdict would require the jury to unanimously agree that trump falsified business documents to commit or conceal a crime, the judge has already decided it doesnt matter if the jury has different opinions on exactly what crim trump was allegedly trying to cover up. Joining us now, one of the attorneys that helped the star witness, Michael Cohen, prepare for his testimony, joshua cole. Good to see you. Let me ask The Big Picture question first, how important are the Jury Instructions as far as what happens at the end of the trial . They are quite important. They are the instructions by which the jury will understand how to apply the facts they have heard throughout the course of the trial to the law. Its the last word the jury will hear before they go to deliberate, and thats why the arguments we heard yesterday, theyre quite technical, a bit wonky, they are incredibly important, there was a lot put into this by the defense attorney, emil bove, putting that before judge merchan. What we hear tomorrow will be important in analyzing what we hear in Closing Arguments. Michael cohen, you spent a lot of time with him, his testimony has been the subject of much debate, widely praised in some circles. On the right, a lot of people said it was a disaster, they literally used the word disaster. Let me ask you quickly about things they say was a disaster, start with the 60,000 from the Trump Organization he admits he stole, and say this shows you a guy that cant be trusted. One more piece of evidence. They say he admits now. The only reason the defense knew about this in the first instance is michael wrote about this in his book four years ago disloyal, he has been on a journey, of making amends, telling the truth about what happened, even some of the checkered things that happened, things he may not have been proud of. He felt aggrieved and upset when his bonus was cut by 2 3. It may not have been his proudest moment, but it was something he was forthright about. It speaks to the credibility he walks into the courtroom with that he can fully reckon with all of the events that happened, and speak about it openly and honestly where it will allow someone like trumps defense team to be able to use that against him from his perspective. You talk about a journey, clearly in the closing argument, the defense is going to say, that journey was about making money. Thats all Michael Cohen wanted to do then, and all he wants to do now. Get at donald trump, and make money off of it. Yeah, well, you know, its interesting. Most cooperators have some reason to testify. Usually they have Something Like their liberty at stake or their familys liberty at stake if theyre a cooperating witness here. Michael cohen has served his time. He went to prison. Hes not on trial here. Hes here to tell the truth about what happened and to continue to tell the story that he has been telling for the past six years. Obviously, he has a certain feeling about donald trump. I think anyone whos gone through what he went through would have a certain feeling of animus or frustration with the former president. But acknowledging that goes directly towards why he was such a powerful witness in this trial. All right. Let me ask you about what may be a very key point, a 96second phone call, that first of all, the defense says was too fast, but also that it was about a conversation about Harassing Phone Calls that Michael Cohen was getting from a 14yearold. Of course his testimony is that he was updating donald trump on the hush money that was paid to Stormy Daniels. How can a jury possibly say, which of those stories to believe. There is no unimpeachable fact, right, that shows us what that conversation was about or is there . Heres what we know. We know to start with that the way Michael Cohen and donald trump spoke to each other was very brief. They were able to accomplish a lot in a short period of time, even on the most sensitive matters and the jury heard that for themselves on the recording when they were discussing the Karen Mcdougal matter. They could have talked about it fast, but whos to say thats what they talked about . Michael cohen is. Hes been completely insistent that he spoke to donald trump on that day, spoke to him throughout that period of time. You know, its very common for a witness to be refreshed about a recollection when they see Text Messages or Something Like the Text Messages he was shown during the crossexamination about the 14yearold kid. Theres nothing inconsistent about the testimony he gave on direct examination that he spoke to donald trump to basically say were Going Forward with the Stormy Daniels matter. Thats in sum and substance, and to speak quickly with Keith Schiller and say im getting these Harassing Phone Calls, what should i do. And schiller says, send me the message, ill send to Michael Cohen. We saw the picture of trump and schiller together, just mere minutes before the call happened, which shows exactly, a, the common way that schiller and trump were next to each other all the time, cohen would have known that. And b, the inference is quite clear about what could have happened. Oh, he lied. Oh, there was some kind of half truth. I think thats overstating it grossly. His memory was fully refreshed on crossexamination, and one more point, i would make, chris, thats just worth noting. The only reason the defense knows that is because they were given the information from Michael Cohens phone. He voluntarily handed the phone over as part of the investigation. So, you know, there was much adieu about it. It was a moment. Todd blanche certainly made a lot of it. I saw that in person sitting a few inches away from him. Did it give you pause . No, it didnt. Honestly. Yeah, honestly, because what you saw, particularly if you were in the room, and i think the jury saw as well is that Michael Cohen wasnt flustered. As soon as he saw the Text Messages, he recalled what happened, yes, of course, i spoke with Keith Schiller about those things, and i also spoke with the boss to move forward with the Stormy Daniels matter. I think what the jury will come away from the entire exchange is how unflappable, how consistent, how calm, how seriously Michael Cohen took the entire testimony, and even in that moment, which some were calling oh, its a perry mason moment. If it was a real got ya, it would have rocked Michael Cohen, and i think the jury understood that. Weve got to go, i wonder if you can tell us if cohen is following the proceeding since he left the stand, and how is he feeling going into Closing Arguments. You know, frankly hes exhausted. Its been a long time for him. A lot of stress on him and his family. Hes reconnecting with his family, resting, taking time for himself, well deserved time for himself and getting through the week. He deserves that if anything. Joshua cole, thank you for coming in. We appreciate it. Still to come, call it the costco defense, how a codefendant in Bob Menendezs bribery case is trying to explain the gold bars seized in the investigation. Investigation. 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You could kind of sense that in the mood outside Downing Street where you had the Prime Minister standing in the pouring rain, being drowned out by protesters sending a Labor Campaign sound as he was making his announcement. The timing has been a shock not only in the uk but in the u. S. Where White House National security adviser Jake Sullivan just had this to say about it. I confess that i was surprised to see it today because i think it was not expected announcement but i dont have any real comment on it because ill leave it to the uk to deal with their politics while of course the United States deals with its politics. We have a very strong, maybe thats an understatement, partnership and alliance with the uk, regardless of elections, regardless of Prime Ministers, so, you know, we wish them luck in the conduct of their election, and well be here as the United States standing with the uk through it all. And, chris, part of the problem politically for sunak and his party is they have fallen short on promises, reducing wait times in the National Health service, dealing with the flow of Asylum Seekers showing up in the uk. One reason that he may have decided today was the right time to call for elections, we got positive economic figures early in the day. Showing inflation has dropped in the uk, significantly to 2. 3 , which is the lowest level in several years. Sunak may be calculating that now is the best chance he has to stay in power. Josh lederman, thank you. Meantime, the jury in senator Bob Menendezs bribery trial, about the alleged scheme to trade political favors for a mortgage payoff. Menendezs girlfriend and now wife was facing foreclosure on a new Jersey Property when a company took care of the more than 23,000 payment for her. And they allege that was among the first of many payoffs the couple received. The senator for his part maintains his wife kept him in the dark about her finances and any help she may have solicited. Joining me is tom winter, and former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, paul butler. There is another trial we have been following so we havent spent a lot of time talking about bob menendez, bring us up to speed. Were talking about the trump trial. A lot of details we have reported over the past five, six, plus years. Were getting more of the intricate details of the schemes prosecutors allege took place here. We should note that the senator, his wife, and two businessmen charged alongside menendez have pleaded not guilty. We have been hearing from the former inhouse counsel, the attorney for the mead company, he questioned the terms o. Agreement in a potential Employment Contract for Nadine Menendez when she was then the senators girlfriend. Another thing we heard about yesterday was a master class from somebody who used to work at the State Department who testified about how the appropriations process works, the kind of details that we really never get into, and the back and forth between the State Department and congress and how this all comes together. The reason for eliciting that testimony, according to the transcripts and what the prosecutors have laid out is to pinpoint just exactly how powerful the democratic senator from new jersey bob menendez is or was when he was the chair of the Senate Foreign relations committee. And the type of power that he has over the purse strings, as far as from a practical standpoint, and also from a better not cross congress standpoint if youre at the State Department, as far as the money that would go to egypt. So theyre focusing initially on this scheme, what was going on with egypt and the company in new jersey, and alleged payments to obviously Nadine Menendez and also for the senators benefit as el. How much might it matter that Nadine Menendez never mentioned her husbands name when she was going for the alleged payoff. She didnt mention it to the lawyer who was the bagman, apparently the person who was the authority who gave the go ahead for the money. She or he knew what the deal was. They were friends, he and mrs. Menendez, before she was married to the senator. And when the marriage happened, folks who knew her looked at this as an opportunity for them to get rich. Paul menendezs attorney argued that he was unaware that his wife had gold bars and that the jury shouldnt judge someone who they live with. Is that a believable argument, wife didnt know what the husband was doing, husband didnt know what the life was doing. Does that fly . A couple of days ago, we had the prosecutors handing out the gold bars. A prosecutor rule, if you got gold bars, you got to let the jury handle them. Unofficial but its a rule. The defense is he didnt know the gold bars were there. Theyre being, ostentatious, and there were 12 of them. 13. 12 were found in the home. After one of the meetings where they arranged the deal, according to prosecutors, next day, the senator googled gold bar, one kilo, wanting to know the price. It was also interesting and truly you cant make this stuff up that one of the lawyers for one of the codefendants, tried to down play the significance of these gold bars by saying you know what, they were just generous gifts to a friend, and you could go to costco and pick them up. Costco is seeing a surge in people buying gold bars. What do you make of that defense . Go ahead, paul, im sorry. Youre the legal expert. Going. One of his defenses is the wife did it, and again, it helps that now there are separate trials. A tragic reason why because the wife has Serious Health concerns. She does. This would be a difficult defense to blame the wife if she were in court. Another one of the defenses is that what he was doing for these folks wasnt being on the take, it was constituent services. It was part of his responsibility a senator to help his folks get these kinds of contracts that the prosecutors say he was on the take for. This showed up again just last week. A long time ago, right, some people are saying at least a month more maybe . Probably will take up the balance of june, extending to deliberations in early july. One of the things were going to hear more about is the egyptian scheme to get it an overarching name. Well hear more about that. Prosecutors have more work to do to tie the senator to as we have been discussing at the table, and move on to the qatari scheme, and of course theres a cooperating witness in the case who was initially charged, pleaded guilty, and expected to provide testimony, and thats uribe, so were going to hear from him sometime here in the next week or two. Expected. And that promises to be obviously interesting testimony, if in fact, prosecutors and the jury believes and he can walk them through this entire alleged bribery scheme. Tom winter, paul butler p much more to come. Thank you both, guys. Appreciate it. Still ahead, the d. A. Prosecuting donald trump in georgia pulls off a primary win. The message fani willis delivered to voters after month s of republicans attacks. And the former federal prosecutor sits down with my colleague, joy reid, nathan wades interview will air tonight on the reidout at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern. For one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. 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Order one with your favorite subway series sub today. Fulton county d. A. Fani willis just cleared a hurdle after months of fending off attempts to get her removed from Donald Trumps Georgia Election case. Willis survived a democratic primary challenge last night easily getting 87 of the vote, an even larger margin than when she first ran four years ago. Heres her take on voters. Tonight, they delivered a strong and a powerful message. They want a District Attorney that believes everyone deserves to be safe. And everyone is entitled to some dignity. And its a message thats pissing folks off, but there is no one above the law in this country, nor is there anyone beneath it. And the judge in trumps georgia case also had a big win last night. Judge scott mcafee who was appointed to the bench last year. One in a nonpartisan election. Now he gets a full fouryear term. I want to bring in nbc news senior political editor, mark murray, and susan del percio, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst. Four years ago, susan, fani willis got 71 of the vote in her primary. This time, 87 . How do you, i mean, when you look at everything that shes gone through, the attacks that she has been the target of it, how important was it for her to run up the numbers . It was really important to show that basically the citizens of the county have faith in her, and that you can trust the legal system when youre going in there. Donald trump, he may not like having to face her, but he will have to do that, and knowing that she has the Community Behind her. Thats the time, if you had a problem with a prosecutor, thats when you get rid of the election day. This number was huge. This sets up an interesting contrast in the november General Election. Talk about her opponent . The opponent is courtney kramer, a republican, a member of the Litigation Team that was doing some of Donald Trumps post election challenges in georgia after the 2020 election. She has wanted to take the case on 2020 to fani willis. But do note, chris, that were talking about fulton county, which is one of the most democraticleaning areas in all of georgia. Joe biden ended up getting more than 70 of the vote in 2020 in that county. Any republicans, though aligned with donald trump, and those not aligned will have very tough sledding in that county come november. Meantime, a special election mark in california gave republicans a little more pad for their narrow house majority, a protege of kevin mccarthy, who had the endorsement of donald trump, won the race to phil mccarthys seat. How big is this for the party . The candidate who ended up winning, vince vaughn is a former staffer and aide to kevin mccarthy, he ended up winning in a republican on republican race in californias top two system where the top two candidates, regardless of party, advanced to special elections, and you ended up having in that case, it was two republicans who did advance into the top two. And when fong gets sworn in, he will give republicans a 218 to 213 majority, such a slim majority for house republicans, but they have just a little bit more Breathing Room than they did before this. You wrote a really interesting piece, susan, for how to win 2024. You jumped ahead to 2028, talking about people like nikki haley, ron desantis, and chris sununu. And you write, in politics, we talk about how to win. If youre a potential republican candidate thinking about the future, these days you might be more focused on how not to lose. Explain what you mean . Well, when you look at the 2028 election, were going to say who came out of 2024 the best off. Its a delicate balance because these candidates, well, so far nikki haley has not, but you have to embrace trump, but you cant go full trump. They dont want to. Theyre doing the bare minimum, saying the endorsement. I think nikki haley will be different. I think shes going to go all in, endorse him, make a deal. You do . I think she, the account that she hasnt done it yet, tells me shes probably looking for a deal, being the speaker during the convention, and thats when she unites the party. Shes the perfect person to do that for trump. And she does it once, shes done, she has checked that box with trump voters. She checked the box with trump voters, does she lose the middle . Again, 2028 is a long way away. We have to get to 2024. But i think thats her move to really be the leader and the designee for lack of a better word or who we think of as a designee for 2028. 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The case is expected to go to trial this september, which would ensure that the false claims that were at the center of the last president ial election are still going to be discussed as were heading into the 2024 election this fall. I think a lot of people probably remember that fox news agreed to pay another company 787 million over similar claims. Could we be looking at something possibly that high here . Its possible. In part because dominion was a Voting System company that operated in a relatively small number of municipalities at the time, and smartmatic is a much, much Larger Company that operates all over the world, and therefore, the lost Business Opportunities that judges and juries would take into account when making a decision about potential damages, theyre just that much bigger. I think its important to note that defamation suits, especially against Media Organizations are historically very difficult cases to bring and very difficult cases to win in the United States. So were going to have to wait and see if it ever reaches that point. Sarah fitzpatrick, thank you so much. Well, five months after a 148 million defamation ruling, Rudy Giuliani has finally agreed to stop accusing two georgia poll workers of election tampering. The agreement, filed in federal Bankruptcy Court comes after giuliani pushed bogus claims that ruby freeman and shaye moss brought in suitcases of fake votes for joe biden. Jane tim joins us now. What else are we learning from the new court filing . The power is in the pursestring after the judgment in d. C. , its in Bankruptcy Court in new york where giuliani has finally agreed to stop making claims about these two Georgia Election workers. They went to the Bankruptcy Court proceedings and said, look, you know, giuliani is using the court system to manipulate it and using it in bad faith because hes pursuing an appeal hes going through chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. They argued he was playing the judicial system against itself, and pointed to the fact that he was still talking about them in public spheres, talking about them in a live stream in april where he said he had evidence. They had counted ballots twice. Theres no evidence they did anything wrong in their work as Election Workers in atlanta. But as we see, hes agreed to stop talking about them, defaming them, and agreed to have the court continue to force this. Its a question in the age of disinformation and outright lying, how much will it take to get people to stop telling lies. Let me tell you about other Election Workers around the country because there has really been a Chilling Effect from watching this unfold. Yeah, the turnover we see in Election Workers, all the way up from people like ruby freeman who was a volunteer poll worker, worked for a day or a couple of days to count ballots to people like shaye moss, who was staffing that office. When i think about atlanta, all four County Election Directors in the atlanta area, they are all new this year. In 2020, theyre completely different people. So the turnover is really big. When we talk about turnover, it isnt always a bad thing. Its a normal thing. When you have a lot of people changing, you lose institutional knowledge. This isnt just election directors, its down to people like shaye moss, in one office, i talked to somebody who said that, you know, he knew he was new, and he said 15 out of 17 staffers are all new from 2020. These are people who have never won a president ial election in some cases. Its hard work, and its going to be a challenge with all eyes on them in november. You can see where that would have a little bit of a domino effect, right, jane, because things do happen. Every polling place, questions are raised, whether its by a poll worker or somebody who comes in to vote. If you dont have experience, and you dont have anybody else necessarily who has that kind of experience, it slows things down, can cause questions. As we know, sometimes questions can get blown out of proportion. I talked to one official who said theres no one to ask. I have been doing this for a couple of years, and im the most senior person i know. Great reporting. Thank you so much for coming on the program. Appreciate it. Thats going to do it for us this hour. Join us for Chris Jansing reports every weekday here on msnbc. Our coverage continues with Katy Tur Reports next. R repor. In real time. jen so we partner with verizon. Their solution for us . A private 5g network. ella we now get more control of production, efficiencies, and greater agility. marquis with a custom private 5g network. Our customers get what they want, when they want it. jen now were even smarter and ready for whats next. vo achieve enterprise intelligence. 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