it was so easy for people to just come in and jump the counter before. so number one, now at least we have a barrier. but we do have panic buttons all over now. that is a new feature. you have panic buttons? oh yeah. i just, i mean, i just have to stop and note that, like, this is the county clerk s office. and you have plexiglass and panic buttons. like, what has happened to america? yeah, it s not a good sign. there are people, these are people who are involved in the running of government and elections. like, this requires a totally different set of skills to: manage, a an incredibly situation but also resolve it. that is a lot to ask the clerk. what is the general emotional, like, ten or if people who come here and are really angry. i would assume they were all, kind of yeah, so this office we didn t get, we haven t gotten much of that. it was the recount that was really on full display. yeah. they were, like, they were closed arms. red faced. yelling. not listen
escalating the crisis. do you have a secret signal? well, part of it i was having that plexiglass so they can just hold in here. that was, since the whole. it was so easy for people to just come in and jump the counter before. so number one, now at least we have a barrier. but we do have panic buttons all over now. that is a feature. you have panic buttons? oh yeah. i just, i mean, i just have to stop and note that, like, this is the county clerk s office. and you have plexiglass and panic buttons. like, what has happened to america? yeah, it s not a good sign. there are people, these are people who are involved in the running of government and elections. like, this requires a totally different set of skills to manage, a, an incredibly situation but also resolve it. that is a lot to ask the clerk. what is the general emotional, like, ten or if people who come here and are really angry. i would assume they were all, kind of to this office we didn t get, we haven t gott
well, part of it now is having that plexiglas so they can t just waltz in lahere. so peopleca for people to come and jump a counter before. number one, now we have a barrier. but we do have panic buttons all over now. that s ans new feature. you have panic buttons? oh, yeah. i mean, i just have to stop and note this is the county clerk s office. and you have plexiglas and panic buttons.ic like what has happened to american democracy? yeah. it s not a good sign. there are people these arl people who are involved in the running of government and elections. like, this requires a totally different set of skills to manage, a, incredibly stressful situation and, also, resolve it. right. that s a lot to ask of a clerk. what is the generalf emotional like, tenor of people who come here and are really angry? i assume they re all kind of, like to this office. we didn t get we haven t gotten much of that. the recount was really on full
level of wanting to make sure we know exactly how to do it and not just thinking about it. that is one of the things in the slide. yourin body can t do what your mind hasn t thought. so h they re getting trainedn de-escalation and staging preelection night drills, they installedt panic buttons in thr offices. they re doing everything they can to try to protect their colleagues and make sure they can stillea do the job. but still, election workers across e the country have left theirav positions. and those who remain are facing this frightening game of russian roulette ase they try to presee the corner stone of america s democracy. november 8th is election day. iy
centuries of good governance, decades of leading, i won t say it goes out the window, but it s put on shaky ground, particularly at a time when the world needs strong leaders with things like the war in ukraine, the energy crisis, climate change, and all of those sort of things that britain would normally have led upon. and the list goes on and on. richard quest and bianca nobilo, thank you for the reporting and context. let s back back to the u.s. the midterms fewer than three weeks away now. early voting started today in north carolina. they re electing a new senator to replace retiring republican richard burr. democrat sherry beasley is hoping to become the state s first african american senator and is facing off against republican and trump backed congressman ted budd. officials say this election could be unlike any other. many election workers are dealing with mounting threats, some are installing panic buttons and bulletproof glass in their offices. now let s go to arizona.