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
they 70s dirt on scene cnn breaking news. welcome to inside politics. i m dana bash and we start with a monumental supreme court decision on the power of the presidency the highest court in the land is just ruled that donald trump is entitled to some level of immunity from prosecution for actions he took in the final days of his presidency it could put big parts of the election subversion case against him in jeopardy and sets a critical new precedent for future commanders in chief the split 6-3 opinion was authored by chief justice john roberts, who writes in part, we conclude under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of presidential power requires that a former president have some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts during his tenure. for an office. at least with respect to the president s exercise of his core constitutional powers this immunity must be absolute he also said that there are some parts of what the president does. tha
sides, kennedy i do agree with you, that the politics got ramped up too high. it is time for both sides to throw a little jell-o here, through a little mess here as w get closer to the electionig at. but at some point they should get back to work. and we got about a problem, and we have a crime problem. we ve got to figure out how to make the nation more compe competitive. i love to see those things are just as well. but these politics around these legal issues unfortunately i think will theive. persist. well, you can do that and also you can investigatethere i biden family. the dams, that s the only work they doems.. that s the only when i was listening to that montage, i felt a 2015 all over again. they actually used the sam te he phrase: mafioso, right. doesn t cnn learn what that did to their brand? i mean, they are barely conscious right now as a netwo network. and this is amazing timingis i the hundred plea deal falls dea apart that suddenly these new charges on trump this
of the rhetoric that s been going on. it s quite interesting to see that the russian defense minister spoke with the u.s. secretary of defense spoke with the british secretary of defense and also spoke with the french defense minister, as well. it really does seem as if the r russians are escalating their messages on all of this, jim. fred pleitgen, we appreciate your work, as always. thanks so much. great to see you. coming up, just how secure are your passwords? cnn s donie o sullivan found out the hard way, letting some friendly hackers show him how vulnerable his online presence is. is is this a passward that you use now? yeah. how do you feel about that? i subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. it s subway s biggest refrfresh yet! tech: at safelite, we take care of vehicles
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