people who are rescuing animals from dangerously high waters. and eons disastrous aftermath. plus the supreme court s new term begins tomorrow with the new justice on the bench. some say that one of the cases on the docket could be the biggest threat to democracy since the january 6th insurrection. i ll go in-depth with the journalist who s been sounding the alarm about this case for months. later, we ve heard so many stories about election workers facing violent threats and false claims, would you believe, that actually inspired people to sign up to work holds? i ll speak live to someone who made that exact choice. good sunday morning to all of you. i m katie fang. we begin this hour right here in florida, where rescuers continue to search for survivors in the wake of hurricane ian. the death toll is tragically growing to 73 s search teams reach more areas of the community initially cut off, including in pine islands where our amazon news team got a closer look at the devast
right now, especially as we round up to the november midterms? there certainly is, as you mention, there s been a shortage of poll workers in many places around the country. i think that was true in 2020, but it became more true as a result of the kind of threat that we just been talking about. so i think that election officials are eager to have people like remiss who wants to help our democracy continue to thrive. and sign up to people workers. . shot, for our go back to amanda, i want to follow up with you on this. do you think when it comes to election security, we ve seen footage from surveillance cameras in coffee county georgia where a gop official leads people into a restrictive voting area where there is an allegation of tampering with a voting machines. do you think that we re better prepared, in 2022, for election
a georgia poll worker. also joining me is jon morales doyle, the acting director of the voting rights and elections program at the brennan center. i thanks to both of you for being here this morning, on this really important issue as we get closer to the midterms. amanda, at like to start with you. i know that one andreas testimony before the 16 committee had a very deep impact on you. can you tell us about what you are feeling as you watched her testify, and how it likely to become a poll worker yourself? good morning. thank you for having me. yes, that experience just watching that live, my heart was just, it was overflowing with emotions. how can, today in 2022, we deal with this still? they re just innocent people working at the polls. their lives were turned upside
her facebook masses after that live by trump. take a listen. i went to that i calm and, it was just a lot of horrible things there. those horrible things, the day include threats? yes. a lot of threats. wishing death upon me. tell me that i ll be in jail with my mother and saying things like be glad it s 2020 and not 1920. it s unbelievably disgusting. her testimony, and the added ripple effects. but it s in the fact she might not expect to have occurred. the associated press spoke with election officials and poll workers across the country who set the donald trump s big lie has led to many more people interested in working the polls. one of those people is here to talk with me this morning. amanda rouser.
received emails from strange people who are also congratulated me, and thanking me for stepping up. i m excited about it. i am. amanda, you mentioned the emails where people are congratulating you and say thank you for stepping up, i hate to ask, what have you already received emails are messages that are negative about the because you ve decided to heed the call and decide to be a poll worker? i have not yet, katie. i have not yet. if i do, i ll still will not be deterred. i m going to go ahead and do what i choose to do for miss moss and miss freeman. this is for them. amanda and shawn, i thank you both for being here this morning, to emphasize and give insight into a really important issue.