newsroom. i m jim acosta live in washington. just 16 days to go until the midterm elections. we are now getting multiple reports of voter intimidation as millions try to cast their ballots early. take a look at these images from mesa, arizona, where armed individuals wearing masks and tactical gear were stopped near a ballot drop box. maricopa county officials calling them, vigilantes, who are disrupting the voting process. the state also getting reports of so-called ballot watchers, who have set up near drop boxes to film and take pictures of people who show up. joining me now, former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al fran nk, and cnn political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush, scott jennings. let s get straight to it. al, let me start with you. i want to show those pictures again. they are disturbing. this is what a lot of people anticipated, heading into this midterm election cycle, because of the
newsroom. i m jim acosta live in washington. just 16 days to go until the midterm elections. we are now getting multiple reports of voter intimidation as millions try to cast their ballots early. take a look at these images from mesa, arizona, where armed individuals wearing masks and tactical gear were stopped near a ballot drop box. maricopa county officials calling them, vigilantes, who are disrupting the voting process. the state also getting reports of so-called ballot watchers, who have set up near drop boxes to film and take pictures of people who show up. joining me now, former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al fran nk, and cnn political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush, scott jennings. let s get straight to it. al, let me start with you. i want to show those pictures again. they are disturbing. this is what a lot of people anticipated, heading into this midterm election cycle, because of the unfinished
and a state law prohibits convicted murderers and sex offenders from voting after they ve been released, but the state also restored the voting rights of other former felons in 2018 and it s led to this widespread confusion, even some of the officers saying in some of the footage saying they don t quite understand what s happening. al, what s your reaction to that? this is, again, it scares me. this is the governor doing this for show. this is victimizing people. these are people who in many cases, i understand, i don t know each case, but were told they could vote. this is this looks like, to me, the armed guards outside the vote this is part and parcel of the same thing, which is this
crisis, fixing the economy. i mean, this is the republican platform. look at mccarthy s platform that he put out. there s nothing about social security and medicare in there. inflation, economy, crime, immigration. that s the bottom line. all right. we re going to leave it there, guys. thanks a lot. great debate. appreciate the time and the snl shout-out to al franken. that was nice work there. it s an honor! thanks so much. appreciate it. see you, guys. now to the uk. and the question, big question over there is boris back amid politically turmoil in the uk after liz truss abrupt resignation as prime minister. her predecessor, boris johnson, is right to make a political comeback less than four months after his own resignation. tomorrow the conservative party will vote to narrow down the field to one or two candidates. with me now is christiane amanpour. christiane, thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. knowing you, christiane, you want to be a part of that
arrested in this effort, that has been underway, african-american. what s your response to that, scott? my response is, the laws ought to be followed. so if you have a law in a state or in a county or in a city, they ought to be followed. so if someone s legal to vote, they should be allowed to vote. and if someone is not legal to vote or has something on their record that doesn t allow them to vote, they shouldn t be allowed to. like al said, i don t know each individual case, but my general view is, if you re a legal voter, you should be allowed to cast your ballot during the time frame that s allowed. and al, let me get back to arizona, because you brought up arizona and the gubernatorial candidate there. as you know, katie hobbs, she has been held up as a hero by democrats across the country for standing up against trump s efforts to overturn the election. and i m sure you re hearing this, there are democrats who are criticizing her for refusing