welcome to alex witt reports. developing this hour, new word on the condition of paul pelosi after the terrifying attack at his san francisco home. how speaker nancy pelosi speaking her silence, saying her husband is doing better and she s grateful for the quick police response. and comes as audio reveals how a 9-1-1 operator may have saved his life. all of these new details ahead, new reaction from both sides of the political violence. i think this was a deranged individual. you can say, people saying let s fire pelosi or the take back the house. saying go to violence. i don t to see attacks on any politician from any political background. it is important people realize it is not just this moment, this horrific attack. that we have seen violence perpetrated throughout our political system. we are counting down to the midterms now nine days away. both party these sharpening their messages in this final stretch, democrats bring in one of their biggest weapons on the camp
In power. if republicans control the party, no doubt they will expand the committee and he could run out the clock. that is a scenario that is fairly likely, depending on how the elections turnout. even if democrats retain power, i think it is likely that he will engage in a protracted delay by asserting executive privilege. there are certainly some matters covered by executive privilege, but it is one that can be outweighed when there is a stronger national interest. it is one that belongs to the office of the presidency i think if the committee stays intact and if they persist long enough, they could push him to the senate s testimony. if he does testify would require someone to enforce it we will. see if the justice department is up to. that he could claim, less but merely as a delay tactic. it is your supposition that at some point they would say, this
The midterm elections are right around the corner and the polls tell us that the Republicans are likely to win a majority of seats in the House of Representatives. However, the Democrats are slight favorites to remain in control of the Senate, according to the latest odds at different betting sites. As voters get ready […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission is currently reviewing its Voter Education Manual with a view to designing better voter education messages that will improve citizen’s participation in the nation’s electoral process.
The National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), Festus Okoye, disclosed this on Saturday.
A statement by INEC’s Assistant Director (Publicity), Chinwe Ogbuka, quoted Okoye as speaking at the closing ceremony of a five-day workshop for the review of INEC Voter Education Manual held in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
“INEC Voter Education Manual is being reviewed by the Department of Voter Education and Publicity with the aim of identifying and including best methods of designing voter education messages to increase citizens participation in the electoral process. The is supported by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.