LIVE: Breaking News and Top Stories on CBS News 24/7

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[0:00] I know I can beat Dan Sullivan. I beat

[0:03] Santa Claus.

[0:06] >> CBS News White House reporter Olivia

[0:08] Raldi joins us from our DC bureau. Uh,

[0:10] good morning Olivia. I don't know what

[0:12] that Santa Claus was in reference to.

[0:14] Maybe you do, but what's the latest on

[0:15] this race and this issue?

[0:17] >> Yeah, I don't. And actually, when I

[0:18] heard that sound, I said that's a good

[0:20] sound bite. Uh, so I'm glad we're using

[0:21] it this morning. But certainly the

[0:23] latest is that the investigations into

[0:25] whether Mary Pelah and her campaign

[0:28] intentionally sought to add another Dan

[0:31] Sullivan onto the ballot in Alaska to

[0:33] intentionally confuse voters is ramping

[0:35] up at the state and the federal level.

[0:38] There was uh a series of new grand jury

[0:41] subpoenas that were issued yesterday by

[0:43] the Department of Justice. And as you

[0:46] mentioned, there was also uh an ask from

[0:49] the DOJ to file a legal request asking a

[0:52] federal court to delay any certification

[0:55] of the results of the election if the

[0:58] incumbent Dan Sullivan, the Republican

[1:00] senator from Alaska, loses by any

[1:03] margin. So they are taking a very close

[1:06] look at this at the federal level. Now,

[1:08] on the state level, Alaskan Governor Dun

[1:10] Levy has launched an investigation into

[1:13] whether any of this had violated state

[1:15] law because not only are you contending

[1:17] with federal law here, but also state

[1:19] laws, which do control elections. And

[1:22] Dun Levy was on NewsNation yesterday

[1:25] where he was asked whether or not they

[1:27] would even certify the results of this

[1:29] election given that there is an

[1:31] investigation ongoing. Let'

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