Morning. Have a great weekend happening now Kamala Harris rallies in Georgia Voters on the issue of Abortion Rights as trump allies on the States Election Board approved a very, very controversial new rule requiring many ballots be counted by hand. This, as were learning that Donald Trump personally made the pitch to the brassica officials seeking an Election Rule Change that could potentially hurt the Harris Campaign. Also tonight, republicans in North Carolina Carolina are assessing the damage after Cnns Bombshell Report on offensive Porn Sites posts by their nominee for governor. We have new information about how the Harris Campaign is trying to tie Donald Trump directly to Mark Robinson as this scandal intensified. And after the wave of deadly blasts across lebanon Targeting Hezbollah, an expert tells us what it takes to turn a Lowtech Pager into a relatively powerful explosive device. Welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room new efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to change State Election rules in ways that could potentially help republicans. Have Alayna Treene standing by with details on a phone call. The former president had with officials in nebraska. But first cnns Sara Murray reports are there new controversial move by republicans on the georgia Election Board three people are all Pit Bulls Fighting for honesty, transparency, and victory. There, fighting those three republicans on the georgia state Election Board, who Donald Trump praised at a Campaign Rally last month, charging ahead with a controversial new rule about Hand Counting ballots. So this leaves us in a very difficult position. Do we maintain the Status Quo because its easier . Or do we make a few adjustments so that we can be better, but its not better for many bipartisan election officials across the state who begged the board to pause a new rules ahead of november, the idea that youre not going to listen to the individuals that are charged with conduct elections is absurd to me, State Officials from Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger to Attorney General Chris Carr, issued a sharp warnings. Thanks. Several of the dozen rules the board is considering may run foul of the law were too close to the election. In fact, were really just three weeks before we start early voting. And its just too late in the cycle, the new rule doesnt help determine a winner. Rather, it requires a Hand Count of the number of ballots at Polling Places on the left and day, and then comparing the number of ballots cast with the number recorded by voting machines. Critics say its a recipe for chaos. If i were to hand this stack of paper to three random people in this room especially at the end of a long Voting Day and ask them to arrive at the scene. Im total number. Do we think thats feasible . People doing a Hand Count are going to make mistakes, which can then be exploited to spread lies. Raffensperger says the change could delay reporting results on election night, you start breaking up the Ballot Boxes after you closed precinct. You wont be getting those Election Day votes until maybe 1 00, 2 00 michael 4 00 in the morning and we just dont believe thats healthy for the republican. We dont think its healthy for people of georgia. The three Trump Backed Republicans pass the rule. Anyway push and past three to two independent chairman of the fivemember board. If this board votes to implement this rule i think that we put ourselves in legal jeopardy now, this new rule is almost certainly going to face legal challenges even as you heard there from the Chairman Of The Board and to that and Georgia Secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger put out a statement after the Board Meeting Today saying Attorney General Chris Carr has stated that these rules would not withstand a legal challenge, and i have worked every Day Strength in Georgias Election Law to ensure our elections remain safe, secure, and free. So now were just kind of waiting to see where those legal challenges theyre going to come from wolf. All right. Sara murray for me for us. Thank you, sara. I want to go to Alayna Treene right now with new reporting just into cnn on Donald Trumps push for a change in a key rule on how votes are allocated in the state of nebraska, alayna, give us the latest where exactly right wolf, Donald Trump and his allies have been Making Waves in nebraska in their effort to make this Lastminute Change too the states Election Law and really, it could have major ramifications come november and republicans are pushing to alter the States Allotment to a winner take all format. And the effort really reached new heights this week when on wednesday that brassicas republican governor Jim Pillen hosted two Dozen State senators and officials at the Governors Mansion about this. Now im told Lindsey Graham who has been speaking directly with Donald Trump about this effort, was there as well, and our colleague Jeff Zeleny and i recently learned that trump himself made a Brief Call into the meeting on wednesday and Nebraska Republican Official described it as a brief conversation during which trump talked about the importance of Nepal Roscoe changing its Election Law. And at one point, the official said that Donald Trump described the law as unfair though he did not mention that he actually won the Omaha Area District in 2016, but lost it four years later. They added that trump was neither threatening nor overly persuasive in those brief remarks, which i will say grandma range, that call but look, i think the Reason Wolf that this is so important is because with just less than 50 days until the election, this could massively undercut harriss chances the best way to really describe why this one vote in Nebraska Matters is that harris can sweep the blue wall, meaning, win in michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania, and still not get to two 100 170 electoral vote. She needs that one electoral vote in omaha to put her Over The Edge in that scenario. Now the other dynamic at play here is that aside from nebraska, mean is the only other state that splits its electoral its electoral votes this way back in april when this Nebraska Idea was first gaining steam we actually heard from maines democratic House Majority Leader marine terry. She issued a Statement Saying that if nebraska had made such a move, she would push for a similar move in maine, which i should note delivered one electoral vote to trump in 2016 and 2020. But due to maines laws, its now too late for them to act in response. Now, i do just want to be clear that despite all of this, republicans in nebraska do not currently have the votes to do that. So its unclear what will happen. But again, i cannot underscore how important this could be if something like this were to happen and how it could negatively impact harriss chances in November Alayna treen. Excellent reporting. Thank you very much. I want to bring in our political experts who are all here with me in the Situation Room. David axelrod potentially very significant. Whats going on in nebraska right now in an effort to get 270 Electoral College vote. Yeah. Well, i think Lindsey Graham went there so to talk to them about this, the president , apparently former President Trump called in for a reason and its just as alayna laid it out. If if Kamala Harris at the most likely path for her still pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin in that one district in nebraska, it its a tie. It goes to the house and the house votes based on the majority of each delegation. In other words, there i think i dont know what these i think its 26 republican delegations now, 24 democratic delegations but it would give trump the edge if this thing gets kicked into the house. So you can imagine the turmoil that that would create wolf. It would create a lot of Turmoil Id that Kadia Goba is from semafor has with us as well. Could thanks for coming in. And what does it tell you that Donald Trump is personally making Phone Calls to some of his supporters in nebraska. I think they understand how tight this election is and all things are on the table. Well, and even if that means peeling away that one electoral vote in nebraska. Now, its funny that seems to be fluid obviously what the new reporting about trump making the call, is, there was there were murmurs earlier this morning saying that those two to three set states senators were going to flip that has since changed. I talked to don bacon early this morning. He said he did not think that that was going to happen. So it seems to be pretty fluid. Very fluid. Lets see how, what you think its appropriate. Scott jennings for nebraska to serve changing its Electoral College rules so close to an election, i dont know it is. It is appropriate as the democrats changing their nominee is late in the game thats probably what trump would say. I dont know if theyre gonna be able to get the votes for it or not, but acts and alayna are exactly right that one vote could make the difference. And look, theyre trying to scratch out every possible advantage they can get. And im sure the republicans feel like thats exactly how the democrats have played it this year. And theyre willing to play hardball to do the same do you think axe . Well, its interesting that bacon is opposed to this, and there are the key legislative vote. There is a State Senator from omaha who wants to run for mayor. And the folks in omaha are not excited about this change. So that guy is crosspressured. I dont know whats going to happen here in terms of the appropriateness of it. Look, i think that i think its a little different than a candidate resigns and another candidate comes in. I think people are going to look at this and theyre going to say its changing the rules of the game, not the candidates, the rules of the game in the middle, what does this tell you, david, about how the Trump Campaign is getting involved this late in the campaign in trying to change various rules, whether in Nebraska Or Georgia for them yeah. No look, i think this is a very close election, i think is going to be a very close election. And scott suggests theyre trying to get every advantage. Whats interesting about the situation . Mission in georgia where we have three audits of the 2020 election which all said the same thing. You have a Republican Secretary of state presumably backed by a republican governor who is who is at odds with these republicans on this election committee. So that tells you something, hopefully the courts can resolve this situation yeah, i think im sympathetic to arguments on both sides in georgia, actually, i think for some republicans believe it would instill more confidence in the vote count, but im also sympathetic to the idea that it may change the process and may also face this legal challenge. Actually, people on both sides of it, i have something important to say. Can i just say one thing . There was a Hand Count in georgia hes. Ballots and it validated the machinecount. The reason most states went to a Machine Count was because machines are more efficient at counting ballots. I think the interesting point is that both sides do think that there is an Election Integrity Thing associated republicans will say a Hand Vote is just going to be more accurate and to your point democrats are saying no, theres room for era, there. Its going to delay the vote and so, you know doubt on the election is if they have to Hand Count all those ballots, thats going to take a long time. Yeah, we dont nobody is like looking for a repeat of what we saw in 2020. Most of the states have made their systems more efficient in terms of preparing during for that. But this could definitely throw a wrench in the works. It was interesting. I thought the Georgia Republican Attorney General And Republican Secretary Of State both say this Move Wont stand withstand a legal challenge. Yeah, im not a lawyer, so couldnt i couldnt speak to it, but obviously they would know. And i do obviously there is going to be a legal challenge, and so i guess well have to see how the courts sorted out, but i think all of this that were talking about today, you just ought to if youre watching this and wondering why is all this happening . This thing is like a few hundred or a few thousand votes a knifes Edge Type of election. So everything that you think you can do to get an advantage, whether its a Nebraska Or Georgia, or North Carolina, or pennsylvania, or anywhere else. Both of these campaigns are trying to do, pull out every stop right now, its that close. You think oh, i do. I think this is a a Coin Flip Election right now that can change but it really seems like its on that track very close by, by all accounts. How do you see it out for sure. We even look at the strategy when we see walz going to asheville, North Carolina if thats the strategy, strategy to chip away some of those red counties surrounding asheville. 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And one of the democrats top issues warning about the dangerous to women from the restrictive Abortion Law in that state and others. And casting blame squarely on Donald Trump. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez covered the rally that latter for us, priscilla Kamala Harris really tried to capitalize on the fight for Reproductive Rights she did well shes delivered an impassioned address while here in atlanta in what was ultimately a very somber event of course, the reason that she came, you here, it was on the heels of that Propublica Report about those two women who died and whose deaths were linked to the States Abortion restrictions. In fact, sources tell me that the report was so jarring to the Vice President that she directed her team to come here as a detour before she headed to wisconsin this evening, it was the type of rapid Response Travel that weve seen the Vice President do multiple times over the past year, and we saw her bring her argument. On Reproductive Rights right here in battleground, georgia, where she talked about the Trump Abortion bans and use the moment to draw a stark contrast. With republicans. Take a listen one in three, Women In America lives in a state with a Trump Abortion ban this includes georgia and every state in the south, except virginia think about that when you compound that with what has been lo