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President Biden And Former President Obama Rally In Philadelphia; Trump Campaigns For Oz In Pennsylvania, Tease Possible Run In 2024; Senator Johnson Doubles Down, Won't Promise To Accept Election Results; Johnson, Barnes Face Off In Closely Watched Senate Race In Wisconsin; More Than 38 Million Pre-Election Ballots Cast In U.S.; Warnock, Walker Trade Attacks In Final Days Of Georgia Senate Race; Candidates Make Final Push To Voters Before Election Day; GOP Closes Gap With Dems In Critical Senate Races; Trump Mocks Florida Governor "Ron DeSanctimonious" In Speech; Trump Aides Eye Third Week Of November For 2024 Announcement; Houston Astros Claim Second Title In Six Years; No Winner In Record-Breaking $1.6 Billion Powerball Jackpot; Singer Aaron Carter Dead At 34. Aired 6-7a
Aired November 06, 2022 - 06:00 ET
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AMARA WALKER, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone, and welcome to CNN this morning. It is Sunday, November 6. I'm Amara Walker.
BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, Amara. I'm Boris Sanchez. Political heavyweights including three former presidents hit the campaign trail this weekend hoping to drive turnout just two day left before the midterm elections. We'll hear their closing messages.
WALKER: And champions once again. The Houston Astros claim their second World Series title in six years. Of course, Coy Wire is standing by with the highlights.
SANCHEZ: And nobody won the Powerball jackpot. It just keeps growing. We'll tell you how much cash is on the line and when you can get your next shot at major money.
WALKER: Plus, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is apologizing to employees. What he had to say in the wake of thousands of layoffs.
SANCHEZ: Welcome to a new week. Thank you so much for waking up with us. We're grateful that you're starting it with Amara and I. And I'm grateful that Amara didn't win the billion plus dollars in the jackpot.
WALKER: You're grateful?
SANCHEZ: Yes, because you're with us this morning.
WALKER: I was going to share with you.
SANCHEZ: I'm pretty sure I would have been up here by myself if you won.
WALKER: That's true. That's true. Well, it's great to be with you, Boris.
And we do have a new week we are beginning, lots of news. First, just two days and counting until the high stakes midterm elections. The candidates and their heavy hitters are out in force on this final weekend of campaigning, hoping to rev up their supporters and, of course, get out the vote.
SANCHEZ: Yes. President Joe Biden rallied with former President Barack Obama for the Democratic candidates in Pennsylvania, a key swing state in Tuesday's elections. Biden told the crowd that they have the power to shape the country's future. Listen.
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JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Today, we face an inflexion point. One of those moments that comes along every several generations. One of those moments that you're going to look back on years from now and know whether or not we met the moment based on the state of affairs 10, 15 years from now. I want you to know we're going to meet that moment, just like we've done before. We are -- we are going to enter those final days of this midterm election remembering that the power of America is in your hands.
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WALKER: And former President Trump held a rally supposedly for Dr. Oz, his hand-picked candidate for the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania, but Trump focused mostly on himself. Oz and John Fetterman, they've locked in another key battle that could determine the control of the U.S. Senate. CNN's Phil Mattingly has a report from Philadelphia.
PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, for Democrats trying to beat back Republican wave or at least Republican majorities in the House and the Senate there is no more important state than the state of Pennsylvania and there is no more important city than the city of Philadelphia. It is where Democrats run up huge numbers. It is a bastion of Democratic support. And that's exactly why you saw the current president and the former president together at their first rally.
And even the current president, Joe Biden, went and threw a few political jabs in his remarks. Take a listen.
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BIDEN: I lived in Pennsylvania longer than Oz has lived in Pennsylvania. And I moved away when I was 10 years old.
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MATTINGLY: That comment in reference to John Fetterman, the lieutenant governor's Republican opponent. They are in an extraordinarily tight race, one that Democrats think they can win but understand that there are a lot of dynamics working against them, including very clear Republican enthusiasm that is not just Pennsylvania centric it's really across the country. That's what they're fighting against right now. That's why they were in Philadelphia.
It's a county that President Biden won by more than 60 points in 2020. They're going to need to run up huge numbers. Again, this time around they believe they can but they want to get their biggest guns out and they certainly did that.
President Biden and former President Obama certainly have different approaches to things. We've seen it over the course of the last several weeks but their messages they overlap. Their goals, they seem to as well. And their view of the stakes, as President Obama laid out, certainly.
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BARACK OBAMA, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Fundamental rights are on the ballot. Truth and facts, and logic and reason, and basic decency are on the ballot. Democracy itself is on the ballot. The stakes are high.
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Yes. The stakes are high.
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MATTINGLY: Just a couple days left. These two individuals, President Obama, President Biden, will not be together again on the campaign trail but they will be pushing forward. Again, right now Democrats pretty much acknowledge behind the scenes they don't expect to win the House. They do believe they have a very clear shot at the Senate but they also acknowledge it would be very difficult without the state of Pennsylvania.
Phil Mattingly, CNN, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
WALKER: OK. So on the Republican side, former President Donald Trump campaigned outside Pittsburgh for Dr. Mehmet Oz.
SANCHEZ: Yes. He called Oz a good man who could help reverse a country in decline. But as we've seen so often with Trump endorsements, much of his speech was focused on his own achievements, his own grievances and debunked conspiracy theories about voter fraud in the 2020 election. He also took aim at very familiar targets, Democrats and the media.
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DONALD TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Every citizen who is appalled by the radical left's lawlessness and corruption, and they are corrupt, this election is your chance to make your voice heard. With your vote you can reject left-wing maniacs, you can reject left- wing tyranny and proudly declare that America will always remain a free country.
(END VIDEO CLIP) SANCHEZ: Trump also used the event to rally his supporters as he prepares for another presidential run. Aides tell CNN he's considering making an announcement as early as November 14th. Meantime, Wisconsin is another state that could impact the balance of power in Washington.
WALKER: Yes. Last week the Republican and the race incumbent Ron Johnson refused to commit to accepting the results of Tuesday's vote. And yesterday he doubled down.
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SEN. RON JOHNSON (R-WI): I want nothing more than when the polls close to say, OK, nothing weird happened here. You know, we didn't find a bunch of suspicious activity. Our observers were able to observe. They were given full access.
We want full transparency, full access. And if that happens and that's what needs to happen, then I'll accept the results, but we need that full transparency. I'm not sure we're going to get it.
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WALKER: So, very conditional when it comes to accepting the results. Johnson is in a tight race against Democratic lieutenant governor Mandela Barnes. And CNN's Omar Jimenez has the story.
OMAR JIMENEZ, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Boris and Amara, both of these candidates are making their stances very clear in this final stretch to Election Day. Senator Ron Johnson told his supporters this weekend this election is a fight for freedom, as his opponent, Democratic lieutenant governor said that he doesn't want to take anyone's support for granted, we need to meet people where they are here as he's also clearly gone on offense against Johnson.
Johnson instead has tried to paint himself as someone who wants to unify this state. That said, he has not committed outright to accepting the results of Tuesday's election, saying he needs to see how the process unfolds, implying things may go awry in the election situation, though there have been no signs of any widespread fraud and both of them have been campaigning on the country being on the line. Boris, Amara.
WALKER: Omar, thank you. And judging from the numbers it seems that voters are enthusiastic about the midterm elections. More than 38 million pre-election ballots have already been cast in 47 states. And in Georgia more than 2.5 million votes have been cast which is a midterm record for the state.
SANCHEZ: Yes. The Senate race in Georgia is one of the most closely watched in the country with former football star Herschel Walker hoping to unseat the Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.
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HERSCHEL WALKER (R), GEORGIA SENATE CANDIDATE: He has failed as a senator, has he not? He has failed. Less than two years, you all see where we at? You all see where we at? And now he asks for six more years. Is he kidding me? He isn't getting six more years. He's joking. I know it's a joke if you want six more years.
SEN. RAPHAEL WARNOCK (D), GEORGIA SENATE CANDIDATE: If you send me back to the Senate, you will have somebody who will stand up and work with anybody if it helps me to do good stuff for the people of Georgia. You know I know how to work with anybody. I worked with Ted Cruz.
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SANCHEZ: CNN's Eva McKend reports from the Peach State.
EVA MCKEND, CNN NATIONAL POLITICS REPORTER: Boris, Amara, Republican senate candidate Herschel Walker returning to the town that made him famous, telling his supporters that Democratic incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock is too aligned with President Biden.
Meanwhile, Senator Warnock busy on the campaign trail as well. Central to his closing argument is that Walker is not fit to serve in the United States' Senate. Warnock has characterized himself as a bridge builder, willing to work with Republicans in service of Georgians. Now, unique to Georgia, if neither Warnock or Walker reached that critical 50 percent -- above 50 percent in this state it will trigger a December runoff.
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That is something that both are trying to avoid. Boris, Amara.
SANCHEZ: Eva McKend from Georgia, thank you so much. Let's dig deeper now with CNN political analyst and managing editor at Axios, Margaret Talev. Margaret, great to see you bright and early on a Sunday as always. About 48 hours from Election Day how do you think things are going to shake out?
MARGARET TALEV, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: Wow. I mean, things are very tight, at least in the Senate. And that's why you're seeing that extraordinary sort of three-panel screen last night, right, the -- former President Obama, President Biden and Donald Trump. But I think -- look, it does seem like both Democrats and Republicans feel differently about the House than they do about the Senate.
The irony is even though like all eyes were on Pennsylvania last night, it may not come down to Pennsylvania. That would be a game for the Democrats, that would obviously be huge for the Democrats if they picked up that seat but it may come down to Nevada or New Hampshire, places that Democrats did not expect to be performing as precariously as they are right now in the last 48 hours.
SANCHEZ: I'm glad you mentioned New Hampshire because Democrats spent millions of dollars this cycle boosting Republican candidates in primaries that they saw as too extreme, that they saw as election deniers, et cetera, et cetera. Now some of those candidates could potentially wind up winning. Do you think that strategy was not a good idea?
TALEV: I think they're going to find out how dangerous that strategy was. You know, Don Bolduc, the Republican nominee there in New Hampshire, that's who you're talking about, an election denier. The governor, the Republican governor there, Governor Sununu during the primary process himself had said this guy is not serious, you should not select him. And now Sununu has come around and saying he'll support the Republican nominee. And it's that combination of kind of the establishment Republican and Donald Trump together that has at least the potential to get him over the finish line and that is just not what Democrats were expecting in New Hampshire.
I'm not sure what will happen. I think it's more of a long shot. I know what the polling says but I think that's more of a long shot. But in New Hampshire -- in Nevada Democrats are really, you know, bracing for the potential for a loss there.
If you're a viewer watching at home, what does all of this mean for you? I mean -- nothing. It means you should vote regardless of which party you're in or where you align. You should go and vote for the candidate who you think best serves your interest.
None of these races is over until people cast their ballots. And while a lot of ballots have been cast early, the ballots cast on Election Day will make the difference in all these races.
SANCHEZ: Let's talk about the issues that voters are basing their choice on. Because earlier in the summer, a month or two ago, it looked like Democrats had the momentum off the reversal of Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court, gas prices were trending down. But more recently in polling it appears that Republicans have the momentum as we've seen signs that this inflation is going to be longer lasting, potential for a recession next year. Is this election going to boil down to the economy?
TALEV: That's all the polling says consistently, that the economy and gas prices are like the top driving issue. Crime rising up there because it's tied to the economy. These are the kind of crimes that, you know, there's unrest when people don't have money.
So having said that, Democrats say the big question is whether the modeling for the polling has captured the kind of first time voting enthusiasm from younger voters and the midterm enthusiasm from suburban female voters in particular around the abortion issue. Whether it's truly captured that enthusiasm, polling is only as good as who you're polling and the polls are meant to proximate what would be the expectation of midterm turnout.
If people who are more enthusiastic to turn out around issues like reproductive rights, if they're not captured in the samples to begin with, then the polling could be off. So, I think, that's one of the big question marks. But consistently what the issue polling is saying is that American voters say the economy above all else and certainly above reproductive rights is the top issue that's concerning them as they go to the polls. SANCHEZ: Margaret, I want to take a look a little bit past Tuesday because there are indications that former President Trump may announce his 2024 presidential candidacy as soon as a week later and he gave a preview of what that might look like when he was stumping in Pennsylvania. Listen to this.
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TRUMP: Trump at 71. Ron DeSanctimonious at 10 percent. Mike Pence at seven. Oh, Mike's doing better than I thought.
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SANCHEZ: DeSanctimonious, obviously going after the Florida governor. Not one of Trump's best nicknames I got to say.
TALEV: You picked up on that, huh?
SANCHEZ: Yes.
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TALEV: Very subtle shade throwing by the former president there. He's trying to clear the field before he even announces a reelection campaign. You're right, that's our reporting as well, that he could announce that week of November the 14th. And he is trying to get out ahead of all of the Republican field but particularly the person who he sees as his biggest rival, that is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
SANCHEZ: Yes. It's going to be interesting Tuesday night because even as polls are closing and we're counting ballots, we're seeing the beginnings of the 2024 election. Margaret Talev, as always, great to spend some time with you. Thanks.
TALEV: Thanks. You, too.
SANCHEZ: Of course. And don't forget to join CNN on Election Day for special coverage starting Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. Eastern. We're going to have up-to-minute results on everything that's happening in all the key races across your state and around the country as well.
WALKER: For the second time in six years I'm sure you are aware the Houston Astros are celebrating a World Series title beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1, wrapping up the series with game six in Houston last night.
SANCHEZ: And Coy Wire has all the highlights for us. Good morning, Coy.
COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: What a night. Good morning, Boris and Amara. The Astros have been to four of the last six World Series but they only had one title to show for it and that was 2017. Many thinking that was tainted due to the sign stealing scandal. So this was ultimate redemption for Houston and the fans.
And they got to do it in front of those fans at home in game six. The offensive hero, Yordan Alvarez. The slugger knew this one was going, ripped the leather off of it. And 42,000 fans at Minute Made Park going buck wild. The three run homer giving Houston the lead for good. And this was Ryan Pressly there and they're closing out in the ninth. And Kyle Tucker goes into foul ball territory, seals the deal.
The Phillies after matching a World Series record five home runs in game three have just nine hits in the last three games as the Astros win three straight for 73-year-old manager Dusty Baker. He took over three years ago to help them recover from that cheating scandal, now his first World Series title as a manager after 25 years.
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DUSTY BAKER, HOUSTON ASTROS, MANAGER: How about them Astros? This is the greatest, greatest bunch of guys. They told me in spring training that they are going to win. Now what's next? Party.
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WIRE: And a party it was in the locker room afterwards. And our Andy Scholes was there among those getting douse in the champagne and all kinds of other fun bubblies. He caught up with Jeremy Pena, the first rookie position player to ever be named World Series MVP.
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JEREMY PENA, 2022 WORLD SERIES MVP: This is what you worked for all year. We have a tremendous group of guys. You know, we just showed the world that, you know, this team -- this team gets it done. And that's what we did.
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WIRE: All right. We'll have much more from Andy in our next hour. And I'll be back later with how another Philadelphia team lost a different major pro sports title in a heartbreaking fashion No word yet back from Andy on whether or not he's survived that locker room chaos as a Astros fan as we all know.
SANCHEZ: Andy's still there. He's still cleaning champagne from his eyes. It's probably burning.
WALKER: Please -- still has his voice. Coy Wire, thank you. And we've got good news and bad news. I think it's good news for Boris, as he would say. The bad news, he did not win $1.6 billion last night. The good news is no one else did either.
So the Powerball jackpot will just keep growing. And here are the last -- here are last night's winning numbers in case you won one of the smaller prizes. The time, I think, we won like $4.00. They are 28, 45, 53, 56. There. You just heard her say that, and 69. And the Powerball was 20.
The new jackpot is now at an estimated $1.9 billion. That drawing will be on Monday. So if you win, it will be the largest national lottery payout in history. And, Boris, I can't believe you would think that if I had won the $1.6 billion I wouldn't come back to work. OK, fine, maybe I might disappear but I would take you with me.
SANCHEZ: Oh, that's very sweet. After all, yesterday you said you might buy me a grande latte.
WALKER: I know.
SANCHEZ: What did you do with the $4.00? I never saw any of that.
WALKER: You know, I had to split it between like 12 people. So, I got a few pennies actually out of that. I can't share $4 with you but I'll share the billions, I promise.
SANCHEZ: All right. I hope so.
WALKER: All right. Still ahead, Elon Musk faces fierce backlash as he makes major changes to Twitter. And now the social media site is rolling out a paid subscription service. Yes, he has been trolled for that. We'll tell you how it can impact your account.
SANCHEZ: Plus, they believe in election conspiracies and fraud.
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And now there are growing concerns about a grassroots movement by MAGA influenced poll watchers. Ahead, CNN is sitting down with one of them.
Plus, there's a disturbing new study on the climate crisis. How some glaciers in places like Yosemite and Yellowstone National Park are on the brink of vanishing.
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WALKER: And some very sad news for fans of pop singer Aaron Carter this morning. The 34-year-old was found dead in his home in Lancaster, California yesterday.
SANCHEZ: CNN's Camila Bernal has more in his life and career.
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CAMILA BERNAL, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From a young age, Aaron Carter was in the limelight, the younger brother of Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter had his own success as a child pop singer.
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Songs like "I Want Candy" and "Crush On You" raised him to fame. Aaron Carter died on Saturday, authorities giving no information about a possible cause of death.
His debut album, "Aaron Carter," was released in 1997. He had already performed as the opening act for the Backstreet Boys. Carter was also known for his roles on T.V. show like "Lizzie McGuire" and "7th Heaven." He was also on his family's reality T.V. series "House of Carters."
In 2017, Carter came out as bisexual and later received an outpouring of love and support from his fans and other celebrities. In 2018, he released his fifth and final album, "Love."
Over the years, Carter publicly talked about addiction struggles. Here he is on an episode of "The Doctors" in 2019.
AARON CARTER, ARTIST: The reason why I went to rehab is for huffing aerosols, duster cans. That's why I went. I lied to you and I lied to you and I'm sorry. And I'm here to make amends.
BERNAL: He also opened up about his battle with multiple mental health issues, including multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, acute anxiety and manic depression.
CARTER: That's my truth.
BERNAL: The fans constantly supported him and are now remembering the pop star. Many on social media saying they're saddened and shocked and sending prayers to the family. He leaves behind his 11-month-old son, Prince. Aaron Carter was 34 years old.
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WALKER: And that was our Camila Bernal reporting. And next, we are diving into the movement of self-proclaimed poll watchers who are driven by election lies and baseless claims of fraud.
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SANCHEZ: Welcome back. We're just about 31 minutes past the hour and we're following a developing story out of Tanzania where several people had been rescued after a commercial plane with an unknown number of passengers crashed into Lake Victoria.
WALKER: Yes, some really remarkable images there. A spokesperson for Precision Air which owned the aircraft says the plane went down near an airport located on Lake Victoria's western shore. In a tweet, Tanzania's president said his condolences -- sent his condolences to those affected and urged calm while rescuers continue to search for survivors.
At least 38 people were hurt when a fire broke out at a 37-storey New York City apartment building. Firefighters believe the fire was started by a lithium-ion battery connected to a bike or scooter. New York's Chief Fire Marshal said this is close to the 200th fire caused by lithium-ion batteries this year alone.
SANCHEZ: And an apology from Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey. He's expressing regret for growing the company too quickly after Elon Musk laid off thousands of Twitter employees on Friday. In this tweet, Dorsey said, "folks at Twitter past and present are strong and resilient. They will always find a way no matter how difficult the moment. I realized many are angry with me. I own the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation. I grew that company size too quickly. I apologize for that."
The layoffs also included 15 percent of Twitter's Trust and Safety workforce. Speaking of trust and safety, some of these folks are inspired by lies and baseless claims of election fraud.
WALKER: And now, just days before the midterms, there are new concerns about self-proclaimed poll watchers and fears they could intimidate voters. Here's Elle Reeve.
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ELLE REEVE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So, what are they trying you to do them when you're watching?
JOHN P. CHILD, GOP POLL WATCHER: Observe.
REEVE: But what are you looking for?
CHILD: Observing. We're looking for oddball stuff, I guess.
REEVE (voiceover): John P. Child is training to be a poll watcher, part of a wave of organizing among people who believes the 2020 election was stolen.
CLETA MITCHELL, FORMER MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: All over the country, we're deploying people to be poll watchers to watch everything that's happening.
REEVE: Generally, it's a good thing when more people get engaged in their local government. But some of this engagement is motivated by lies.
CHILD: Especially the mail-in ballots, that's where the big issue was in 2020 because in Pennsylvania, there were 1.8 million mail-in ballots went out, 2.5 million come back. There's a, hello, a question maybe?
REEVE: Are you sure about that?
CHILD: Yes, look it up. Sure.
REEVE: Can we google it?
CHILD: Google, I wouldn't -- yes, it's everywhere.
REEVE: OK, so the first result is from the AP.
CHILD: There you go.
REEVE: AP's assessment false. In the weeks before the November 2020 Election, more than three million Pennsylvania voters requested vote by mail. We met John at a poll watcher training put on by Delaware County
Conservatives. The organizer wouldn't let us in but John agreed to an interview and he brought the training materials.
CHILD: My head was spinning at the end of it. It's a rabbit hole.
REEVE: Well, so tell me about --
CHILD: I liked it better when I didn't know any of this honestly.
REEVE: Tell me about what was the mind-blowing in this.
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CHILD: Well, the whole chain of custody thing of V-drives. That was astounding.
REEVE: The documents go through many technical and procedural details of how votes are counted after polls close and question whether each is an avenue for cheating. It casts an enormous cloud of suspicion over the vote without any proof.
STEVE BANNON, TRUMP ADVISER: And we're going to prove it to you --
REEVE: It's part of a real nationwide movement led by mega influencers who circulate false information of election fraud in podcasts and in tours across the country.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And knows how mail-in votes will occasionally switch with in-person votes.
REEVE: They've inspired citizens to get involved at the local level to hunt for proof of fraud and to prevent it from happening on election day. They have not found proof or fraudsters. What election officials are worried about is that these efforts could intimidate voters.
DAVID CLEMENTS, FORMER PROFESSOR: You have to get into the ring. You cannot find this on social media.
REEVE: I have watched like many of these different presentations, Steve Bannon, like this guy who calls himself the professor, presenting this evidence. But none of that stuff adds up to the millions of votes between Trump and Biden.
CHILD: So, you're not convinced and we're a bunch of crazy people then.
REEVE: I didn't say you're crazy.
CHILD: Well, sure you are.
REEVE: I didn't say you're crazy.
CHILD: No, we're deluded. We're misled.
REEVE: Maybe mislead. CHILD: I don't see it that way. But anyway --
REEVE: I know you don't see that. I know you don't see that way. But I guess one reason why it's important to talk to people like you is to see that there's a place where there could be reconciliation.
CHILD: Yes, go back to same day voting and paper ballots.
CHRISTINE REUTHER, COUNTY COUNCILWOMAN, DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: We get these comments, people come to us at county council meetings and say, we need to use paper ballots. I'm like, we do use paper ballots. Do you understand? We use paper ballots.
REEVE: Dealing with election misinformation has become a big part of the County Council's job.
REUTHER: So, the votes are cast on a paper ballot. And then they are scanned. And the results of that vote are tabulated on the scanner. But you're not really voting on the scanner, you're voting on the paper ballot. And that paper ballot is maintained as a record of the voters vote.
REEVE: Delaware County in Pennsylvania has fought 15 election lawsuits against 2020 election deniers and won all of them. But it costs more than $250,000. And officials are worried about how much more time and money this movement will drain with the midterms.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mail-in ballots are susceptible to fraud.
REEVE: The biweekly county council meeting, most of the public comments falsely suggested that something sketchy is going on with elections.
REUTHER: Somebody can stand up at one of our meetings and they get three minutes to say whatever they want, spout off lies about the election. There's not much I can do about it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're talking about electronic digital devices. Every one of those is providing a gateway for outside intervention or in-house intervention, as it may be.
REUTHER: I guess, I would just say to them, "Do you really think all of us want to go to jail? Do you really think everybody in government, and everybody who works in our election department wants to go to jail? Because we'd be doing something really illegal. And I'll tell you something. If I thought somebody was doing that, they should go to jail."
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There has to be some degree of trust in those who serve the public that they're doing something for the public good, and that we have lost. I don't know our way out but this is the world we live in right now.
REUTHER: There's some kind of cognitive dissonance out there where people are saying, well, we've got to save democracy by overturning an election. That's more of a dictatorship than it is democracy. CHILD: I'm open to put my eyes on things.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Will you accept the result of these elections even if it's not the result you want?
CHILD: Accept it? What, am I going to start a revolt? No. Accept it?
REEVE: Yes.
CHILD: I have to accept it. What other -- what else are you going to do?
REEVE: Elle Reeve, CNN, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
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WALKER: Just a real eye-opening report there. Thank you so much, Elle.
With the world's glaciers melting at a rapid rate, scientists are warning that we may have reached the point of no return when it comes to the impacts of climate change. We're going to discuss with an expert next.
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WALKER: A new report from the United Nations is warning that a third of all glaciers and World Heritage Sites are on track to disappear by 2050 even if efforts are made to combat global warming. So, that includes all the glaciers in Yellowstone National Park which saw unprecedented flooding earlier this year. Yosemite National Park are the last remaining glaciers in Africa.
Here with me now is geoscientist, Dr. Simon Cook. He is a senior lecturer in Environmental Sciences at the University of Dundee. I really appreciate you joining us. Like, it's alarming when I read these numbers, but the basic question of why should people care? And, you know, do they see an immediate impact in their daily lives?
SIMON COOK, SENIOR LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE: I mean, there's a number of reasons why people should care. So, I mean, you've just mentioned Yosemite and Yellowstone. So, those are iconic locations, glaciers. There are important part of the appeal of those national parks. So, there's kind of a local-scale tourism issue, I suppose.
I think sort of big picture, you know, glaciers around the world are really important for water supply. So, it's estimated that maybe as many as one billion people worldwide are dependent at least to some extent on glasses for meltwater. So, if that's water for irrigation of crops, it's water for drinking, its water for hydropower as well. So, those glaciers need to be there to melt a little bit during the dry season or during the summer to continue to supply water for those reasons.
[06:45:22] Other reasons, you know, glasses are really important in terms of -- I mean, they almost physically hold up the sides of mountains in some cases. So, as glaciers shrink and thin, you might expect the landscape kind of loosens up. You get more landslides, you may have more melt water floods. You may have more ice avalanches and glass you collapses.
So, there's a whole range of different reasons why we should -- we should want to preserve glaciers as best we possibly can.
WALKER: It's, it's really saddening to think about, you know, these beautiful sites also, you know, diminishing through time. When it comes to global sea level rise, I mean, that's astounding, right? They have accounted -- they had the melting of the glaciers have accounted for 20 percent, 20 percent of global sea level rise over the past 20 years.
If you live in these low-lying communities, and I lived in Florida for many years, and you know, these kinds of thoughts, you know, racing my head, you know, especially when you hear about the sea level rising. I guess, what kind of timeframe are we talking about, especially here in the United States of us seeing the impacts of the sea level rising?
COOK: I mean, sea level rise is incredibly complicated. It's not just to do with glass us melting. There are a lot of unknowns. And this is one of the real problems is we're in uncharted territory. So, you've mentioned glaciers shrinking, and those directly contributing water to the oceans. There are other things. So, there's thermal expansion of the oceans. That's going to change. Some places like, you know, as I look out my window here in Scotland, actually parts of Scotland are actually rising because we're still responding to the loss of glassier ice from 20,000 years ago. So, we're actually kind of rebounding out of the ocean.
Places like Florida, low lying, you know, that is going to be a really significant problem. So, I think my sort of cop out answer is that it's going to be really complicated. And it depends on where you are in the world as to -- as to what kind of conditions you're going to experience. In some parts, it's going to be worse than others.
And it's not just sea level rise and coastal erosion, it's also incursion of water into aquifers. And that can affect water supply as well.
WALKER: And we are almost out of time. Just quickly, you know, we need hope, right? There are things we can still do. This is not a foregone conclusion. What are some things that we can do to combat climate change and to prevent this, you know, 1.2 degree, average temperature rise from getting to 1.5, which is that dangerous threshold?
COOK: I mean, my headline is we need leadership. So, we've got COP27 starting this week. We need world leaders to put the money where their mouth is and actually really commit to cutting carbon emissions. That is probably the single most important thing we need to do. If we do that, we reduce our energy and water and food insecurities. And that was a double win for us because it also we have an energy crisis and especially here in Europe. And if we -- if we cut carbon emissions, we become more energy secure, and we also become more climate secure as well.
WALKER: Yes, the energy crisis complicating, you know, any kind of agreement in terms of committing to cleaner energy. I appreciate you joining us Dr. Simon Cook. Thank you. We'll be right back.
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SANCHEZ: Just a rough weekend overall for Philly sports fans. Not only did the Phillies wind up losing the World Series to the Astros, but their soccer team, The Union, they lost the MLS Cup final in heartbreaking fashion.
WALKER: Coy Wire has more in this morning's "BLEACHER REPORT." Hi, Coy!
COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Hi, Amara and Boris. Philly sports have been on fire. But after one of the greatest MLS games ever, the Eagles are Philadelphia's only shot at winning a title this year. A normal 90-minute match wasn't nearly enough for all the drama yesterday. The Union, the plan at LAFC thought they had won. 124th minute, Jack Eliot put in Philly up 3-2 score in the latest goal in playoff history on goalie John McCarthy who just come into the game after starting goalie was injured.
But then, magic. European superstar Gareth Bale, who just signed with LA in June, outjumping six-foot-six Jack Elliott to find the back of the net and level the match within unreal header. Bale and the crowd go wild. It's 3-3 and it's heading to a shootout. And that's where the backup keeper McCarthy became an unlikely hero. Philly failing to score on all three attempts. LA's Ilie Sanchez then drilling home the winning shot. And look at the celebrations. This is LAFC's first-ever MLS title. It's a huge moment for them and some of their famous fans like Will Ferrell and Justin Bieber. Philly, as Boris mentioned, left heartbroken again.
Huge day in college football. Number three Georgia hosting number one Tennessee and the defending champs show why they're still top dogs. Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett's phone number got leaked before the game according to multiple reports and hundreds of false fans reportedly calling him all night. So, Stetson goes to Carly Rae Jepsen. He goes the call me sign after he scores early in the game.
Georgia's defense though, they put the nation's highest-scoring offense to sleep sacking Heisman candidate Hendon Hooker six times. Georgia wins 27-13, now in control of the SEC East and should be number one when the new rankings come on Tuesday.
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Number 10 LSU, number six Bama had eight lead changes in the second half and overtime where Alabama needed seven plays the march 25 yards and a have Roydell Williams punch it in for the lead. But on LSU's very first play in overtime, quarterback Jayden Daniels takes the 25- yards himself. And then, coach Brian Kelly, first year at LSU, he decides to roll the dice and go for two instead of the tie.
Daniels rolls out and hits Mason Taylor who barely stretches out across for the win. He was playing in high school last year. Tigers fans had stormed the field. They beat Bama 32-31. And LSU now controls their own destiny for the SEC West. Alabama's playoff dreams could be over but fourth-ranked Clemson got clobbered by unranked Notre Dame last night.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said the Irish kicked their butts and dominated every aspect of the game. Notre Dame's 18-year-old Benjamin Morris taking this interception, 96 yards to put the Irish 28-0 in the fourth. They'd went 35 to 14 for their third win over a top-10 team since 2018.
It was a wild day of college football, of MLS, of Worlds series. It was just -- if you're a sports fan, you were in heaven yesterday.
SANCHEZ: Best time of the year.
WALKER: Thank you so much, Coy wire.
WIRE: You got it.
SANCHEZ: Thanks, Coy.
WALKER: Good to see you. Thank you.
So, while the midterms may be on Tuesday, did the nation get a preview in Pennsylvania what is ahead in the 2024 presidential race? We're going to go live from the campaign trail next.
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