john: the republican senate in pennsylvania too close to call. oz and mccormick separated by a few thousand votes. it could eventually decide the balance of power in washington. john roberts good to see you here today. gillian: great to be with you, back from coverage the johnny depp trial in fairfax. secretary of state of pennsylvania is saying it s going to be a few days before the republican primary can be called. that race will be sent to a recount if the margin remains within half a percent. john: tv doctor, trump s endorsement, skyrocketing in the last couple of the weeks. but mccormick says he s the best chance to win in november and they are confident he will be the nominee. gillian: we have guy benson to break it down, but first bryan llenas joins us from new hope, pennsylvania. how are both campaigns feeling this hour about where they stand? hey, gillian, the bottom line, two words we keep hearing. optimistic and confident. those are the two words we are h
Sentence i m frankly scared. why does the chairman send this movement to intimidate witnesses? so change their behavior. to make it less safe for law enforcement officers to enforce the law. less likely that researchers and companies will combat the spread of hate and violence online. one witness, an academic who organization helped identify disinformation threats to election processes and procedures described the threat sent to him and his family in detail when the republican staff asked him if he would consider performing the same research for 2024 elections he said, quote, since this investigation has cost the university now approaching seven figures in legal fees, it has been pretty successful in discouraging us from making it worthwhile for us to do a study for 2024. another witness a researcher who analyzed massive datasets to assess the way rumors spread online was explicit and personal about the effect of the threats on her life. quite frankly i don t have kids
Did not lead them to we should be devoting more of our defense dollars towards a regional missile defense system stationed in the western pacific as well as in alaska, hawaii, the west coast, that will neutralize the threat to the american people. john: and back to where we started here, apparently sent mayorkas after getting rid of the disinformation governance board is asking michael chertoff and former attorney general to lead a thorough review and assessment to focus on answering two questions, how could the department most effectively and appropriately address disinformation threats against our country, while protecting free speech, civil liberties and
Disinformation threats, and when successful, china may be able to disrupt the live broadcast, impact public or private digital infrastructure supporting the olympics. last night at the reagan library in california fbi director addressed our national security and discussed the biggest threat and you guessed it, china. china s government has the global reach and presence of a great nation but it refuses to act the part and too often uses this capability to steal and threaten rather than to cooperate and build. that theft, those threats are happening right here in america literally every day. the justice department where i am, top officials reviewing the china initiative to stop espionage in the united states.