responded by suggesting that the break in was staged. she offered no evidence to support this. so, yet again, another baseless claim. you will remember that arizona was one of the primary targets of former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and the days that followed that election trump supporters descended on the elections office to intimidate election officials, some were even arms. now with early voting underway in 2022, poll watchers are hiding their faces. they re outside the elections department again and they say they are hoping to catch signs of what they believe to be voter fraud, but what they re actually doing is intimidating and, frankly, trying to scare voters. a group called protect democracy, on behalf of the arizona chapter of the league women voters, put up a restraining order to stop these people from terrorizing on friday, a district judge
breaking news in the still contested georgia governor s race. republican brian kemp says he is now stepping down as georgia s secretary of state to begin his transition into the governor s office. this after voters filed a lawsuit to force kemp to recuse himself from that role, which part of that job is overseeing the election. cnn actually has not called the race. democrat stacey abrams is not conceding. let s go to nick valencia who joins us with more. you re in front of where they re going to hear, i guess, the first parts, arguments in this case. what do we know? well, we want to start with breaking news here. the hearing was scheduled for 9:45, and the lawsuit had to do with five georgians filing it, late election night. they were seeking working with the nonprofit group called protect democracy, what they were seeking was for a federal judge to strip brian kemp s powers as the secretary of state. in an unexpected announcement just before the hearing was supposed to get under