Interference, accusing them of knowingly putting out false polls to limit turnout by his supporters. Well, by contrast today, joe biden urged americans to stay calm, assuring them the process is working. Here are the facts cbs news has not projected a winner. By our projections, joe biden leads in the race to 270 electoral votes, 253213. The race has tightened in the hand full of states that could decide who will become the next president of the United States. The margins are now razor thin, and tensions remain high with noisy demonstrations outside buildings where votes are being counted. Adding to the tension, another sobering milestone in the coronavirus pandemic 100,000 new cases were confirmed on wednesday. That is the highest oneday total since the beginning of the pandemic. So theres a lot of news to cover tonight. Weve got our team of correspondents standing by across america to cover it all. Were going to get to the president s comments in just a moment, but first, cbs Major G
Most urgent issue we face and theres a lot of competition. Weve been witnessing a relentless and unprecedented seriesta of attacks on the twin foundations of our democratic system, free and Fair Elections and the rule of law. They are not unrelated to the president has made repeated threat to separate the election, some with support from the attorney general, suggesting he will military to the polls which is illegal, Voter Suppression of perhaps most chillingly refusing to commit to abide by theab election results. Some are worried that the rule of law has been so eroded in this country that it may be possible to literally steal the election, and we think there are strong legal and institutional safeguards against that, but the dramatic erosion of the rule of law in recent years is unmistakable. We you see Law Enforcement weaponized arew partisan and political gain come from threats of politically motivated prosecutions against political adversaries to the actual interference in prosec
So speaking of funding gaps. The Brennan Center for justice hosting a discussion on how the government should respond to protests. Whetherthe response should be different for Peaceful Protesters and anarchists and what the response could be. Democracy and equal protection under the law. We are a nonpartisan 501 c 3 . We do not participate in elections or endorse or oppose candidates in any way and we are very grateful to be producing todays event with the nyu John Brenneman center which advocates for civil debate on politics and Public Policy and nyu votes which works to give every nyu student the information they need to vote. I am especially grateful to be introducing an event with some of the countries most important thinkers on what i think is one of themost urgent issues we face and theres a lot of competition. Weve been witnessing a relentless andunprecedented series of attacks on the twin foundations of our democratic system. Elections and the rule of law. They are not unrelated
Washington journal, live at 7 00 eastern tuesday morning. Join the discussion. Joining us to take to talk about her book one person, no. Ote is the author why did you write this book . The book emerged out of two one was the 2016 election and there i saw the pundits keep talking about people just didnt show up. Up andople didnt show hillary lost because black people werent feeling hillary. That and it did not make sense because this was the first election in 50 years without the protection of the Voting Rights act. We had a series of laws coming through, targeting africanamericans, so i wanted to lay out how Voter Suppression s. Rks because host what protections were under the Voting Rights act. Passedin 1965, congress the Voting Rights act. It began to deal with the massive disenfranchisement happening particularly in the south. Where you had counties that had a majority black population, but zero africanamericans were registered to vote. What the Voting Rights and did was have a prov
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please welcome the executive director and founder for the center of innovation and research, david becker. [applause] thank you all. Welcome here to beautiful International Spy museum in washington d. C. And those of you watching remotely dont get to see the beautiful views that we see in washington on a gorgeous day in may. Its wonderful to see so many people here in person. Many friends and colleagues ive known for a long time and many people i havent seen for years or ever met in person ever. Thank you all for being here today. When i founded ceir almost seven years ago in the summer of 2016, the field of election was different. Cyber threats were at the forefront and experts concerned mainly concerned of foreign actors illegally attempting to access voter bases or spread disinformation overseas. Election officials were not only free from threat of harassment, Election Officials had a hard time getting anyone to notice them or unde