after the fight over the 2020 election, what lessons have been learned? someone s going to get hurt, someone s going to get shot, someone s going to get killed. election workers facing death threats. we ve seen a dangerous increase in threats against public servants. in 2024, the bad actors will be more coordinated, more strategic. we support every voter right free and accurate. this morning a by part can conversation with the secretaries of state in four key battleground state. plus, the threat of disinformation, artificial intelligence and the increase of heightened risk from foreign actors. i ll speak with anne applebaum and rene de-res ta. and in a year when we ll hold elections, how will it work? joining us, peter banker, amna nawaz, evelyn far ka, and ben ginsberg. welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the press. announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is a special edition of meet the
his decision to lift covid restrictions in connecticut. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. as the biden administration, the democratic congress, and the country as a whole try to claw our way out of an unprecedented set of national crises, the republican party coast to coast has found its mission for the year 2021 make it harder for americans to vote. right now we re on track to see the largest rescue bill in recent memory signed into law by president biden this week. it would provide direct relief to americans, billions for vaccination programs, money to reopen schools, keep restaurants open, and not a single republican in either house or the senate has voted for it. instead, after losing the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections going all the way back to 1992, republicans are laser focused on restricting voting access. brennan center s tracking all the state bills aimed at restricting access to the polls. the
elections going all the way back to 1992, republicans are laser focused on restricting voting access. brennan center s tracking all the state bills aimed at restricting access to the polls. their list includes 253 bills introduced, prefiled or carried over this year in 43 states. in georgia, of course, already notorious for having absurdly long lines to vote with residents waiting up to 11 hours to cast their ballots last fall, republican governor brian kemp has waged a long battle to make the voting process even more difficult. in his previous role as georgia s secretary of state, he oversaw the closing of polling places and the purging of hundreds of thousands of registered voters from the polls. thanks, in part, to the efforts of stacey abrams and other activists on the ground registering hundreds of thousands of new voters, turnout in 2020 in georgia in the election was unbelievably high, smashing records and, of course, also helping to propel joe biden to the white house
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Finish line. And one of the president s first congressional supporters now faces criminal charges. Congressman collins cheated our markets and our justice system. Is a wider Culture Of Corruption Story Unraveling around the white house . This is mtp daily an it starts right now. Good evening, im chuck todd here on a very busy washington, d. C. Welcome to mtp daily. Is it really august . Once again welcome to a wild day of legal and Political Developments surrounding, who else, but the president. One of his top loyalists in the house was just arrested on Insider Trading charges on a plot that was so brazen, it includes the white house south lawn, by the way. As it was described by federal prosecutors today that you have got to see it to believe it. Weve have much more on this story and this Culture Of Corruption Stench thats starting to grow around the president coming up. But were also going to talk about the polit