Tina peters admits she recorded video of the procedure and also said she brought in a consultant two days earlier to make a forensic copy of the computer data because she was concerned that election results would be destroyed. in august, those images were posted to a website peddling election conspiracy theories. peters denies she authorized this leak and her lawyer says she was surprised and upset that the information became public. she maintains that close to 30,000 files were deleted during the update. virtually all electronic data that would be necessary to conduct a full-forensic audit of the 2020 election was were deleted. reporter: the colorado secretary of state tells cnn that no election records are missing, and that peters are misleading voters with these baseless accusations. the clerk either still does not know the type of security breach she has created. or she is lying to try to cover her act.
International community, never leaving them behind and now they are left with nothing. reporter: now at home in denver, she says she and others like her are suffering from survivor s guilt. to this day, i am still processing the information and processing the reality on the ground. it just feels like it s a ongoing nightmare that, you know, i haven t been woken up from. reporter: alex marquardt cnn, denver. incredible story. thanks so much to all of you. it s time now for anderson. another piece of evidence tracing the journey of gabby petito and the disappearance of her fiance who remains at large. dispatch audio from the day the couple fought and police were called. the letter rp, you will hear, stands for the reporting party. do you have a phone number for the rp maybe just a landline and location of where our victim s at? phone number is but the
Republican county election clerk who s alleged to have done more than just peddle fraudulent claims and who also has ties with a quite infamous tv pitchman turned election conspiracy theorist. ed lavandera has the details. reporter: tina peters is the mesa county clerk who oversaw elections in grand junction, colorado, until last month when investigators began looking into her alleged involvement with a reported breach of the county s election system. she s not interested in speaking with cnn. want to get you in touch with people that can schedule that for you. reporter: peters, who hasn t been charged with any crimes, has teamed up with one of the biggest 2020 election conspiracy theorists, mypillow ceo, mike lindell. in august, peters flew to this symposium in south dakota where she told an adoring crowd she s uncovered voting problems, even though donald trump won her county by almost 30 points. out of 64 counties in colorado, i am willing to stand up as the county clerk.
Passed, greatly expand the social-safety net with items like universal pre-k for kids, paid maternity leave, and medicare, dental coverage, potentially in the mix. but if there is no agreement which requires support from moderate house and senate democrats, house progressives could end up voting against the infrastructure bill which the president also wants and has already passed the senate. with all that at stake, it s getting tense in washington. house democrats have been meeting behind closed doors and on top of that, senate republicans just blocked legislation to prevent a government shutdown. cnn s ryan nobles is on the hill for us with the latest. so what happens next? i mean, is there real danger of a government shutdown? well, there is, anderson, at this point because the government it could run out of money as soon as midnight on thursday which would mean a partial-government shutdown would take place. so, they need to find some way out of this. democrats have been insistent
okay. so um, one final question, congressman ro khanna was just on cnn earlier tonight. and he said we re going to respect and get behind our president. i think it s actually really hurtful to the democratic party that you don t have people showing the president respect. um, of course, the progressives have driven the legislation for the larger package. what do you say to someone who might say and i wasn t saying it to you personally but that moderates like yourself are disrespecting the president right now? i m not trying ro is a good friend so i will talk to him about that. i think it d be very disrespectful to vote against the president s bipartisan infrastructure package this thursday. that s why i really believe and frankly it d be disrespectful to the country given how much we need infrastructure so so we are going to get that done and i think the best way we respect the country and respect everyone we represent is to work on both these packages, and keep making sure they