Day to election voting. Youre looking at a registered independent who is proud to vote again and again and again because im an american and that is what americans do. Early voting has already started in some states. The election is basically here. It is here. Candidates ask people to vote because that is the whole purpose of a campaign. Win more votes. And that is usually meant motivating people for Election Day which is why we hear so much about voting occurring on a single day. I like the part when you dont go to school on Election Day. The candidates an the voters cast their ballots. 81 Million voted four years ago, the population has grown since then and more than 81 Million ought to vote this time. Polls are open now. By tonight after the polls close, we will know who our 41st president will be. The emphasis there is on Election Day. But that framework is out of date. The most recent president ial election marks a shift that is still sinking in, 2020 was the first race where a maj
what is your view? is it the end of humanity or a bit more of a benign force? well, it could be somewhere in between, i would say. i mean, ithink, like a lot of people, so i ve toyed around with like the chat bots and things, and things like that, chatgpt. we d actually, we d wrapped on this latest series of black mirror and then, and then the next month chatg pt came out. one of our episodes is quite timely. there s a sort of ai generated imagery thing going on in one of our episodes. but i toyed around with chatgpt and you sort of type in like, come up with a black mirror storyline, or something like that or, say something in the style of philomena cunk, or something like that, and it will do, it will spit out something that at first glance you get a kind of sudden spike of dread and think, that s it, i m out of a job, this thing has replaced me, because it looks convincing. but that s really. where we re at at the moment, that s really what it s doing, it s just sort
than half of the republican members of congress and before all the votes were even counted in iowa on monday night, at least at least a fair, nick the gop house conference, there was already calling for the other candidates to drop out. this weekend, she is in new hampshire campaigning on the former president s behalf and maybe auditioning to be his running mate. also at a rally last night, trump received a key endorsement for one of his former 2024 opponents, the south carolina senator tim scott, who was ironically appointed to his position by then south carolina governor nikki haley. as was the case in 2016, virtually the entire gop is falling in line behind trump. nearly two thirds of iowa republicans say that they believe he would still be fit to be president even if he is fit committed of a crime. a similar responded that believe president biden legitimately run the 2020 election. a sign that trump s baseless big lie continues to have a hold on the gop. the response
corral republicans on the debt deal, run desantis is in iowa, marking the first big speech of his presidential campaign and taking aim at the former president. now, he is attacking me over some of these disagreements. i think that he s doing it in a way that the voters are going to side with me. our panel will explain how all of this will play with the national audience. plus, a new study shows that the first 45 words of police officer says during a traffic stop of a black driver can predict how that encounter will end. i will talk to one of the researchers who discovered the warning signs of a police stop likely to escalate. remember the fifth grade florida teacher who is investigated for showing a disney movie with a gay character in it? as we speak, there is a heated school board meeting going on where parents and students have a lot to say about all of this. that teacher will join us straight from the board meeting. just a reminder, here is the controversial scene.
the source of the leaks that resulted in highly classified documents being released on the internet. in the last hour, the pentagon says they are looking at the impact those leaks could have on us national security and that a criminal investigation has been opened. the bbc s carl nasman is here with more carl, what exactly is the pentagon saying? well, i mean, clearly these documents, which are making the rounds for a few days, they are starting to concern the us department of defence officials were getting in the most recent statement from the pentagon, i want to summarise a bit of that here. depending on saying we have engaged with allies and partners and have informed relevant congressional committees and the department of defence, we also know that a criminal investigation has now been opened into the source of these documents. us government looking to find who may have leaked this, was country may have been behind it if it originated from the us, potentially from russia