Has been pretty predictable. There was this joint statement in which they say the russian people were denied any real choice in the vote that took place over the past three days. We heard from the veteran spanish diplomat saying that the Russian Election was characterised by repression and intimidation. One thing the eu has not done which the widow of Alexei Navalny wanted to happen, she wanted european leaders to come out and say President Putin does not have any legitimacy and he wanted brussels not to recognise this victory. That hasnt happened today but as you have been saying they are looking at more sanctions and we understand that the sanctions being talked about today and potentially agreed would affect people within the Prison System in russia, specifically those who work at the penal colony in the arctic where Alexei Navalny was being held and where he died last month. There have been talks and where he died last month. There have been talks about and where he died last month
really demonstrates that we have to calm things down. we have to decide that we are going to be more respectful as an american society, that it s okay to disagree. san francisco s district attorney makes a plea for decency in the national discourse following the politically motivated attack on nancy pelosi s husband and now we re learning more about what the suspect had planned for the speaker of the house. meanwhile, that disturbing attack is becoming a punch line for more and more republicans. the latest coming from the far right nominee for governor of arizona. and also ahead, affirmative action goes before the supreme court with justices hearing arguments in two cases tied to college admissions. good morning, and welcome to way too early, tuesday, november 1st. we are exactly one week from election day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. the man accused of breaking into nancy pelosi s home and brutally attacking her husband has been set wit
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joining us now with a look at axios a.m. is congressional reporter for axios, alayna treene, what is the axios one big thing today? good morning, jonathan. today we re talking about the cease and desist election, which is what we re calling it, but we ve noticed that in the run up to these midterm races and in recent weeks, we ve seen several high profile campaigns for some of the leading candidates put forward lawsuits against different campaigns and try to get them to yank their ads off the air waves and launching a legal battle about these ads, and they insist that these ads range anywhere from very disputed facts to just outright
behind you, give us a sense, how big a problem is this financial disclosure issue for booker? more broadly, what were the general takeaways, what did you leave the conversation with him yesterday as you saw the way he interacted with voters across the state. sure. well, the financial disclosures came late in the game. realistically, the voters i talked to yesterday only had a vague awareness of them. it s unlikely to affect the race here. in the bigger picture, the disclosures are likely to stick with booker throughout the rest of his career. if he has national ambitions and goes on to higher profile campaigns, they could pop up again. one of the things we talked about yesterday in my interview, he said the statutory duties of mayor would have constrained me, as he described his tenure as the mayor of newark. that s really the attitude we saw from him on the campaign at these stops across the state and it s the attitude he says he ll