phang show this morning. with all of our live tv grand lands, i ll see you tomorrow morning at 7 am eastern. velshi starts right now. good morning to you, particularly early morning here in arizona, it is saturday october the 29th. i m ali velshi in phoenix, arizona for another edition of velshi across america. only ten days left in this midterm election, cycle this worst first nation since donald trump began spreading the big lie, following his lost of joe biden in 2020. that lie, of a stolen election that wasn t stolen, fueled the violent insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. it is still spinning off new lives today, creating an atmosphere in which the future of democracy itself remains in doubt. the threat of violence, and intimidation hangs in the air. particularly here in maricopa county arizona. on the day that the mob swarmed the cat bottle, roz on january six, some carried rough vince assaulted wang forsman s officers, many of them were explicitly looking fo
capitol on january 6th. some of the mob that breached the capitol that day were explicitly looking for the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. they were yelling, where is nancy? as they stormed the halls of congress. sources tell nbc news, that question was uttered once again by an intruder who broke into speaker pelosi san francisco home in the middle of the night yesterday and violently assaulted her husband paul with a hammer to the head. speaker pelosi was in d.c. at the time, but is now back in san francisco to be with her husband who is expected to make a full recovery after undergoing surgery for a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. we do not know yet what the attackers motive was, but the san francisco police department said last night quote, this was not a random act. this was intentional. the violent assault of the capitol on january six may have been quelled that afternoon, but the insurrection is ongoing. donald trump s dangerous rhetor
america will head to the polls for this year s midterms. i keep saying, that in place like arizona, you can go to any days you want. mail-in ballots, you can do it, it was a beautiful invention in the state by republicans. who set up the mail in voting, you can do it in the state, and you should. wherever you are in the country, do it, get your ballot in there. there is a lot of the next ten days to consider if you have not voted, especially in arizona, this weekend, i am in phoenix for this edition of velshi across america, a special edition, given how important arizona is, dozens of candidates on the ballot, in this state, who deny the results of the 2020 election. they claim joe biden is not the real president. they are trying to take over. it almost every level of government including governor, center, secretary of state, many, many more. to get a better sense of how arizona feel about this. yesterday, i had a conversation with six politically minded arizona voters.
largest county, which is where i am, maricopa county, and in rural county. their actions are part of a growing effort by some conservatives to monitor drop boxes in hopes of catching election fraud that actually doesn t exist. or maybe, just to intimidate voters. the conspiracy theory about so-called ballot fuels, people who supposedly secretly drop off hundreds of fake ballots in the middle of the night at election sites is a popular theory among mega republicans. the group that was sued, clean elections usa, began coordinating drop box tickets on former president donald trump s truth social, that is according to vaughan hilliard. his latest report for nbc finds that far-right activists across the country have been organizing the stake out since at least july. trump has also shared post from users advocating for drop box surveillance including here in arizona. with me, i m joined with nbc s vaughn hillier. he grew up in phoenix and four
democracy. like i said, we are going to come through for america. but we do need help and we need all eyes and all hands on deck. we will be watching very, very closely across america to what happens to arizona. thanks for being with us, we appreciate it. chris mays is the democratic nominee for arizona attorney general. you re watching velshi across america live from phoenix. a new sweeping book ban is in effect for public schools, it could have grave consequences for everyone but, especially for young women and the members of the lgbtq community. i m going to speak with a state lawmaker who vehemently opposes and a judge who refuses to block we just talked about it, intimidation tactics and voting drop boxes, including stand near voters armed with guns while wearing mask and body armor. plus, i have an important conversation with a group of voters right here in arizona which has just days ago before the midterms elections. arizona knows how high the stakes are, but if you think a