With just weeks until the Nov. 3 midterm elections, many people are worried about what could happen — from federal agents at polling places to the president trying to "cancel" the vote. Amanda Carpenter of Protect Democracy, a nonprofit working against authoritarianism in America, says some of those fears are unfounded, while others are worth preparing for.

Carpenter says President Donald Trump cannot cancel the midterms, because elections are run by states and counties, and the national emergency powers he's floated have nothing to do with election administration. She says the Justice Department has lost all 25 of its court cases seeking states' voter data, by her count, and that mail-in voting remains one of the most reliable ways to cast a ballot.

Her advice: make a plan, have a backup and vote early. The bigger vulnerabilities, she says, come in the roughly two months between Election Day and the seating of the new Congress, when results are counted and certified. "Panic is the enemy," she said.

Carpenter also discusses what she calls the unprecedented corruption of the Trump administration — from the Trump family's cryptocurrency profits to the White House ballroom — and why she says control of Congress matters for accountability.

The second Trump administration has tried to assert more control over elections … using false claims about election security as justification. We’ll talk about security and safety at the polls headed into the midterms.

State Sen. Andy Manar has introduced a bill that would make Illinois the second state to cap co-payments for insulin at $100 a month. Plus, how the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is dealing with swastikas were found on campus in recent weeks—and how that response is being received by those who were targeted. We also get an update on what the state needs to improve the security of our election system, and preview the Chicago Red Stars' bid for a National Women's Soccer league title.

The Illinois State Board of Elections plans to help all 108 local election authorities across the state strengthen their cyber security practices. The effort comes after the state election authority was hacked by Russian intelligence officials in 2016.