Justice notes. just say you are with the department of justice, just say there was something wrong with the election. that s all you have to do. you don t actually have to do the work and find anything wrong with the election. that s actually also happening in a theatrically grotesque way and al arizonian. we have this sham recount going on and republican officials from pennsylvania and wisconsin have visited arizona to watch that process, lawrence. i think they don t really care if at the end of the day they find evidence of wrongdoing. findthe mere act of calling the election into question, is the enough to raise doubts in the voters minds that they won it allegedly. that is behind all the litigation around the big lie. we are in this moment in which donald trump, who is the most nefarious performance artists to ever have the oval office,
That those who were still there were involved in obtaining records secretly for sitting members of congress. we ll see if attorney general garland has any follow-up of the warning a couple weeks ago that the sham recount in arizona was mishandling ballots, mishandling equipment. that arizona event has now hosted republican state legislators from pennsylvania, alaska, nevada, colorado, georgia and virginia with more states to come because republicans want to do this sort of thing, they want to decertify the results. they re trying to do it anywhere they can get their hands on the ballots and the voting machines. so attorney general garland announcing some sort of speech
Scheduled a public speech for tomorrow and an announcement of quote, voting rights, any concrete steps that the department is taking to secure the fundamental right to vote for all americans. concrete steps you say? the justice department under merrick garland has thus far taken no visible concrete steps to defending voting rights to even across the country s move to rollback voting rights. as that former president continues to insist that the presidential election was somehow stolen from him and therefore voting must be restricted, we will see what attorney general l e what he has to say if anything about this new and very disturbing report in the new york times tonight that the justice department including some officials who are still there, were involved in obtaining communications records secretly from sitting members of congress. we ll see if attorney general garland has any sort of follow-up on the warnings in his department a few weeks ago and warning that the sham audit, the
Vaccine rates have been lagging behind to try to get people to get vaccinated. you have anheuser busch offering a free round of beer if the country hits that 70% mark as the president said get a shot, get a beer. all of these things trying to come together including keeping pharmacies open later on friday nights, the pharmacies volunteering to do that in an initiative with the white house, all trying to reach individuals who aren t just hesitant but maybe haven t been able to find the time because of jobs and child care. the white house pulling out all the stops recognizing these last couple weeks will be crucial to reach that 70% goal. they are on track but there s a lot more work to be done. guys? phil, thank you for that. turns out a sham recount has sham security observers watching arizona s republican-run recount of the 2020 election results say they ve seen security gates left open, confidential manuals left unattended and quality control measures ignored. after win ago lawsu
It adds significance after prince harry and duchess meghan came forward that they had experienced racism inside what they call the firm. back in march, the royal family said it was considering hiring a diversity chief but that has not happened as of yet. it sounds like they need to really fill that position. watch this space. the lead with jake tapper, starts now. some americans need to be bribed with beer, but other nations, they re desperate for the vaccine. the lead starts right now. a proposal to try to help heal the world. president biden announcing 80 million vaccines will be sent out of the united states to overseas. who is going to get them, and how soon? the sham recount going on by trump supporters in arizona. even more of a cluster than we thought. who is even looking at your ballot? arizona secretary of state will visit us, talk about the mess her team found.