, but for jamie harrison.'m trying to build a bridge to the future. our graham: if this is future, god help us all. [cross talk] sen. graham: it is nancy pelosi and hillary clinton are your political mentors, you are probably not conservative. they understand that if bernie is a champion, you are not conservative. what conservatives need to understand, this matters, the control of the senate is on the ballot. mr. harrison is playing a game with the ballots. the doctor is technically on the ballots, but he has asked his supporters to vote for me because he wants conservative judges. he has never answered the question, would he vote for justice barrett's, one of the most qualified women to be nominated in the history of the supreme court's. he opposed cavanaugh and gorsuch. god be with him when it comes to the big stuff. i think it is one of the most radical agendas coming out of nancy pelosi's house. if republicans keep the senate, i'm the budget chairman, if democrats take it, bernie sanders is the chairman. t

if jamie harrison, it will be historic.e, growing more diverse over the years. 60% of democrats in south carolina are black. >> we are extremely important. i know south carolina is a red state. but we are hoping to turn the state blue and we are going to be hopeful. there's always hope. >> reporter: with harrison out fundraising his opponent by nearly $30 million last quarter. graham taking to fox news. >> i'm being killed financially. this money is because they hate my guts. >> reporter: we met up with jamie in one of had his favorite barbecue spots before he exploded in to the political spotlight. >> the hush puppies are the best. >> reporter: some of his campaign tenants, expanding medicaid, and expanding broad band. >> there's good folks in washington, d.c. that go to congress trying do good for the american people. that's who i want to be. >> it is who i thought graham was at one point. he epitomizes why p politici politicians. >> in maine, senator suzanne collins has been under fierce scrutiny since the 2018 supreme c

jamie harrison is just running -- he is eclipsing that.is raising or the messaging he has had but the fact that he is running one of the best campaigns we have seen in south carolina. the problem that the republican party has is trumpism. it's allowing us to expand our base. it's not just south carolina. it's in mississippi. it's in georgia. it's people in states who you would not think we have anticipate opportunity to win. >> what states are you watching closely? >> i mean, i think there are seats that republicans are -- incumbents are struggling to hold onto. colorado looks tough. what i have seen in the last few weeks is that republican senate candidates have come on a little bit, just like the president has. the numbers are tightening. races like arizona that looked to be a little too far have now come back. you see a couple polls within the margin of error. mcsally is surging there. same thing with susan collins in maine. thom tillis in north carolina. you have several incumbents that -- those are the ones you want to hold on. they h

in south carolina, a republican incumbent lindsey graham is up against jamie harrison.dsey graham is seeking a fourth term. as head of the judiciary committee, he has led the republican push to confirm three of president trump's nominees to the supreme court. during the 2016 primaries, he called trump a xenophobic racist but has since become one of the president's staunchest allies. as chairman of the south carolina democratic party, jamie harrison was one -- was the first african-american to hold that role, growing up on food stamps and pubc housing. he says his humble upbringing would make him an important and underrepresented voice in the senate. in north carolina, the races between tom tellis and cal cunningham shared tellis is running for a second term but is consider the underdog in the race. tellis recently contracted the coronavirus and was criticized for not wearing a mask at a many attendees iluding donald trump tested positive for the virus. cal cunningham is a former state senator and military officer. his campaign was recently rocked by allegations of an ex

, but for jamie harrison.g to build a bridge to the future. our graham: if this is future, god help us all. [cross talk] sen. graham: it is nancy pelosi and hillary clinton are your political mentors, you are probably not conservative. they understand that if bernie is a champion, you are not conservative. what conservatives need to understand, this matters, the control of the senate is on the ballot. mr. harrison is playing a game with the ballots. the doctor is technically on the ballots, but he has asked his supporters to vote for me because he wants conservative judges. he has never answered the question, would he vote for justice barrett's, one of the most qualified women to be nominated in the history of the supreme court's. he opposed cavanaugh and gorsuch. god be with him when it comes to the big stuff. i think it is one of the most radical agendas coming out of nancy pelosi's house. if republicans keep the senate, i'm the budget chairman, if democrats take it, bernie sanders is the chairman. this stuf

in south carolina, jamie harrison lost the race by ten points. it wasn't close.n ohio, quinnipiac's final poll showed biden up by 4 and trump inverted it and won by a little over 4%. so none of these errors were limited to one polling outfit. most of them were way off. why does that matter? it's not just annoying, it'sth significant. research shows that polls influenced voting behavior, so effectively all those errors amounted to voter suppression, and it's really clear why. when people believe their candidate can't win and that's what the polls told us, they are less likely to vote for thatwh candidate and much less likely to send money. would you want to send money to a losing candidate? no one else will either. a study by researchers at the university of r toronto found "polls may lead people not toad vote for a given party because that party is perceived to be unlikely to win." that's obvious. and finally, another massive source of election interference that we should get to the bottom of came from our public health authorities and the politicians who run som

we need our elected representatives to actually follow those laws. >> jamie harrison, thanks for beinghank you. >>> the president making more moves behind the scenes to put joe biden behind the eight ball when he is sworn in, this includes a possible attack on iran. and we'll see the president-elect in moments as he gets a briefing from national security officials. and we roll tape on all of the promises and claims the trump administration made about covid as cases soared. this is cnn special live coverage. when i was in high school, this was the theater i came to quite often. ♪ the support we've had over the last few months has been amazing. i have a soft spot for local places. it's not just a work environment. everyone here is family. gonna go ahead and support him, get my hair cut, leave a big tip. if we focus on our local communities, we can find a way to get through this together. thank you. ♪ if you are ready to open your heart and your home, check us out. get out and about and support our local community. we thought for sure that we were done. and this town said: not today. ♪ to

lindsey graham, we talked about this, jamie harrison spent $104.1 million to win that election but hedsey graham won by 12 percentage points. what are your thoughts? >> my thoughts you cannot buy elections. we've seen this, it is not about money. it is about message and what the american people want. bloomberg spent $100 billion in florida. look what happened in florida and his racing general. the truth is you have to have a message that resonates with voters, represent what is most important to him, and something will resonate with them. >> you know how these southern states work. don't tell us what south carolina didn't really want. did that hurt him getting money from other states? >> i think it did hurt him. i was in south carolina before this and talking to a lot of south koreans who did not want to see this, they want to make their own decisions like they always have and that is true across many states but democrats are not just interested in beating lindsey graham. they need to move the needle. beto rourke, 70 million to lose and texas against ted cruz, the goal is to move the

senator lindsey graham over jamie harrison.n kentucky, not a battleground, senator mitch mcconnell, people were watching closely because of outside money given to amy mcgrath, the democratic challenger. 97% came from out of state. peter: let's hear your voices. charlie is in utah, alabama on our support president biden line. >> it was good. joe biden is doing very well. emerge he is going to victorious to the presidency, and i think he will do a good job peter: charlie, why are you supporting vice president biden? >> because he is a good person. he is not like donald trump. has not been, in the past four years since he has been there. so i am supporting joe biden and i think joe biden will be a better person for the presidency. peter: thank you for calling in. samantha is in beverly hills, florida. samantha, why do you support president trump? he is ase i believe strong individual who will lead this nation to better things. he is stronger in every aspect. peter: you have got to hit the volume on your tv, samantha. >> i do belie

there was a big battle, but he saw of the democratic challenger, jamie harrison.onald trump a bigot, but then appeared to re—evaluate and over time became a close supporter of donald trump. recently he chaired the senate committee that confirmed amy coney barrett as the latest member of the supreme court. here's what senator graham had to say on tuesday?” supreme court. here's what senator graham had to say on tuesday? i have had two goals already. one from president trump. he is going to win. he is going to win! to all the pollsters out there, you have no idea what you're doing. and all the liberals in california and new york, you wasted a lot of money. so that was south carolina, let next to georgia, where the republican, here has... she is the first open supporter of qanon and she stood unchallenged and won. there are certain elements of the story, there is sarah mcbride of delaware, who has become the first openly transgender state senator. has become the first openly tra nsgender state senator. we has become the first openly transgender state senator. we are

graham will hold on to his seat in southern california against a very strong challenge by democrat jamie harrisonahead by about 10% in south carolina with more than 40% of the vote counted. harrison raised $57 million during the final quarter of the campaign. that is the largest amount in senate history. polls have also closed in kentucky were fox news project that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will win reelection. he has about a 10 point lead over former marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath. in arizona former astronaut mark kelly is leading in the senate race there. the democrat is running against incumbent republican martha mc sally. right now, kelly has an 11 point lead with 70% of the vote in. mc sally was appointed to the post following the death of senator john mccain. >>> let's talk to greg lee one more time for an update on where things stand in the presidential race. >> reporter: closing thoughts here as you look at the electoral college map about some of the races that have been called, frank said this earlier but president trump is doing everything he needed to do early on in many

so i heard james carvell on air suggesting jamie harrison, someone who tried to be national democratic chair in a previous incarnation before his senate run, noble but failed senate run against lindsey graham. i can't imagine but jamie harrison will be at the top of a lot of people's minds and tip of tongues as we head to the selection of of a new dnc chair. >> wow, you three have given us a lot to think about tonight. much obliged to ashley parker, shannon pettypiece and john heilman, our big three on this back to work monday evening with our thanks. >>> coming up, the news on the vaccine front today was great, and potentially life changing. make no mistake. but the virus is growing to a new record height every day in our country, so we'll talk about the challenge with an expert here tonight. and the president, as we mentioned, has fired the defense secretary. a former supreme allied commander which makes for a nice business card is saying tonight the president is playing with fire. he'll explain that comment when we speak with him live shortly. all of it as "the 11th hour" is getting

and so i heard james carville on our air today suggesting jamie harrison someone who try today be nationaldemocratic committee chair in his failed senate run against lindsey graham, i can't imagine jamie harrison's name isn't going to be at the top of everyone emphasis mind and the tip of tongues as we head to the selection of the next dnc chair. >> much obliged to ashley park, shannon pettypiece, and john heilemann with our thanks. >>> coming up, the news on the vaccine front today was great and potentially life changing, make no mistake. but the virus is growing to a new record height every day in our country. so we'll talk about the challenge with an expert here tonight. and the president as we mentioned has fired the defense secretary, a former supreme allied commander which makes for a nice business card is saying tonight the president is playing with fire. he'll explain that comment when we speak with him live shortly. all of it as "the 11th hour" is just getting under way on this post-election back to work monday night. st-election back tk mondayig nht for people living with h-i-v,

long standing, challenger, jamie harrison, democrats had faith n were hoping he would come through. 46rats with 47. they need to pick up a net of three, if joe biden is president, and four if they lose the presidency. now, thanks for being up late with us, appreciate it. as you view this evening, and look at voter turn-out, the black vote turn-out, what are you watching at this hour? what are you seeing? >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so many votes that still have yet to be counted. i think a lot of americans are unsettled by the president's comments this evening. we have to make sure, for the integrity of our elections and democracy, that all of the absentee ballots are counted. for the state that is didn't start to count them, they were not counting ballots cast during early voting. just because the president doesn't like a particular percentage, it doesn't mean we stop counting the votes. vice president pence tried to walk it back. free and fair election system one of the few principles that separate us from nondemocraticinations, everybody is watching us right now. >> talking

then there was all that money that rich democrats coughed up to help jamie harrison in south carolinased more money than any candidate in senate history, over $100 million. much of it from hollywood moguls and hedge fund billionaires in new york. it didn't turn out to be much of an investment. senator graham won his race by more than 10 points. of course, there was the money spent to try to pass proposition 16 in california. now, this was the attempt to change california state law to permit racial discrimination in college applications and state job hiring. supporters outraised their opponents for this am pain by 14-1. tech billionaires and sports franchise owners and others tripped over each other to put their money where their woke mouths were. in their infinite wisdom, california roundly rejected the idea, and we thought all these plutocrats were supposed to be smart as well. well, that's it this week. please be sure to follow me on twitter, facebook and instagram, and i'll be back next week with more in-depth interviews on the "wall street journal at large." thank j j j j j j j j

jamie harrison despite a flood of outside money especially at the end of this thing could not do it,ld not convert it in the state of south carolina. the georgia second race will be indeed a runoff between warnock and lefler. that we've put in the runoff category. it's a lot to balance but, rachel, this is what we do. >> it is a lot. it does mean we're going to have potentially a determinative senate runoff in georgia in january. as we get to the top of the hour here, i do want to just say a moment before we put that south carolina senate race behind us, how much i think the democratic party and south carolina has to be part of in jamie harrison. a protÉge of jim clyburn, running in a blood red state raising a ton of money running a dignified ins spiring in some ways flawless campaign, and it was not enough to get him to beat lindsey graham who is contending with his own reputational issues. but jamie harrison i think is a big part of the future of the democratic party in the south. >> and you know, sometimes i think when we look at political races we only look at the win and loss, b

i saw jamie harrison everywhere. unfortunately, it just did not work out for him and i do not know why that is, but yeah, he did not win. >> britney, what do you do in conway, south carolina? jobs.i worked two . i work for a company called political connections so we call people during the election and we find out who is voting for trump and who is voting for biden and we take surveys and send it into clients. rver at ase restaurant. >> has the steakhouse reopened? >> it definitely has reopened. people wear their mask and when they sit down, they take their mask off. we have a lot of clients. it is great. >> back here first job, do you do that political -- back to your first job, do you do that political calling on a neutral basis or in support of one other the other -- of one or the other candidates? >>>> it is usually a neutral basis, but it defendant -- but it depends who our client is. we do both. it is not really -- we are not biased. >> weber hires you -- whoever hires you. >> exactly. >> thanks for your time t

lindsey graham is running for reelection to a fourth term in south carolina against democrat jamie harrison. next, their final televised debate. ♪ >> good

senator lindsey graham has a chairnlchanger jamie harrison. what's your thoughts on it. >> the republican this is his fourth term this is a seat in south carolina is a red state but this has been around democratic challenger jamie harrison has proven to be full speed. the campaign outraised him over $100 million expenses. i don't think a lot of peoe were expecting that. the living room and people whode may not have known him earlier today harrison spent the day visiting throughout the >> live for us there from south carolina public radio. thanks to you.t two stateo continue keeping our eyes on. judy, back to you. >> woouff: thank you to you amna and apologies about that audio difficulty.go we'rg to try to get that straightened up when we go back a little bit later. we are now able to make a call. it is in the state of west virginia. i think the polls have just closed. let's see. in three states, two more states. north carolina have been delayed. it's 7:33 in the east we're able to call west virginia for donald trump. this may be the reddest st

south carolina race with jamie harrison in a dead heat. our is another one of states.e are looking at so other states like tennessee. the only black woman running for the u.s. senate is in the state of tennessee. nowhere in thef primaries against the democratic candidate. nobody has really been talking about that. been supporting global -- voter mobilization in tennessee because we believe hat ifis potential there we could tap into expanding that electorate and supporting local groups that even tennessee could one day soon be the same situation that right now georgia is in. ago, they weres just red states. with some investment you could see. thats why we do the work we do in some states that some people often take for granted. amy: north carolina is very close right now. i think biden is just ahead of trump. it is really too close to call. you have pennsylvania as well. we will be talking about that in a little bit. cliff albright, we want to thank you for being with us. us from atlanta, georgia. from the election night special is the publisher of nation magazine. the

. >> jamie harrison, his campaign was running 5000 points of television in a market each week by the end. now 1400 points a week is considered a lot, like 1600. 2000 is a lot. they were running 5000 points a week in one market. they were trafficking in, they had five or six different ads they were running. lindsey graham was no -- he didn't rollover either. he raised a ton of money as well. they had so many different creative's going on, you could barely keep? them. keep track of them. >> the greenfield campaign, at one point they had a spot on about fixing potholes. i remember thinking, they have run out of things to say, they have so much money. steve: here is the thing, as we go into the georgia runoffs in january, which will decide the control of the senate. we know what will happen. the countryat in will be giving some bucks, but is that helping the candidates, but is that letting them say, they are trying to do it again, the coastal liberals trying to buy our state and impose chuck schumer as the senate leader? at some point, does the money doesg in help less than it empower th

you have jaime clayburn, and he is saying jamie harrison lost his race because of his projected defund police rhetor rhetoric. and then you have aoc saying not so much. >> jim clyburn is a very wise man. i'm sure he understands what is going on in south carolina. aoc has a point as well here. we do need to improve our operations to withstand the ridiculous republican attacks. i certainly didn't run on socialism. very far from it. that is what i was tarred by -- tarred with by my republican opponent. those attacks are out there and they are coming from the republican party. but we have to be unified to get things done and i think we will do that especially under joe biden's leadership. there is a lot of americans right now that just want to see congress do the right thing for the country. they want to see congress do the right thing for the country. i'm reminded of a world war ii veteran that said if you win this election promise me would go to washington as an american. not a republican or a democrat, but as a american. there is no time when i have been proud tore be a democrat than in

jamie harrison had a spectacular run in south carolina. we have to keep organizing down there. i think we can win. we can't be a pop-up operation. we are not anymore. we have become a 50-state party. >> how do we deal with it. the reports that some of the moderates are accusing the progressives of causing some defeats of some of the congratulational seats because of the slogan defund the police. is there a riveff in the party d how do we keep a party together that may disagree but that really understands that people want answers. people didn't stand in line to take sides on which side of the party or the policy stuff you are on. they want the policies enacted that will solve their problem. people are dying of covid-19 as we speak. >> and joe biden won the election because he has answers and plans to deal with the issues that matter the most to people. tomorrow he will be announcing his coronavirus task force. he is doing it now. you look at our platform and it is a really bold and progressive platform and everybody came together around it. we know we have to solve problems for

harrison. jamie, thank you. it was very gracious. than anyone in the history of the united states senate. i don't got a lot to do with that, but jamie, i appreciate the phone call. i will do my best to unite us where i can. you are a good father, you are a good husband, you're a good man and i look forward to working with you where i can. [applause] and congratulations to all the people who worked on your beha behalf. this is the thank you time and i will try to not keep us here forever but i've got so many people to thank, from the day i got in this business until now. i am the least self-made man in politics. governor, thank you for introducing me everywhere we went. i almost spilled all your jokes. and lieutenant governor, we were just a great team. but i want to start with my family behind me. thank you, darling. thank you very much, sweetheart. [applause] your ad made me cry. just about the only ad i would watch and i couldn't get through that one. but larry and emily and nicole, you have my heart. bernie and now can't be with u

everyone is talking about the great race jamie harrison ran in south carolina. he set records.came into my life as an 11th grader. we worked with him and did scores of other young people in south carolina. all of that is paying off. i get interested when people talked about who can or cannot be a bridge to the future. i don't think you have to be 25 years old to be that. that's the age of my grandson. i'm trying to help him. >> let me ask you about the presidential race for a moment and what it means. joe biden, as you mentioned, he received 72 million votes, more than any other in american history. to the flip side of that donald trump received 68 million votes, that's more than anyone else prior to joe biden. what does that tell you about the state of america and how divided we are? >> this country has always been divided. i don't know why everybody sees that as being unique. it's not unique. this country has been divided since 1619, the year that african-americans first came upon the shores here. we've had a racial problem in this country that has divided us. this president

the reason i bring that up is because, after losing another very expensive senate race, jamie harrisonham in south carolina, he was asked this week what he learned from his loss in south carolina that could actually help you guys in georgia. listen to what he said. >> the one thing is, you've got to punch back and you've got to punch back hard. you can't allow them to define who you are. you have to help define who they are. >> speaking there to john berman. do you think you've done that? do you think you need to go more negative? >> well, i think we've made clear to the people of georgia that david perdue is a crook who abused his office to enrich himself, but it's not enough just to expose david perdue. we also have to present a positive vision at a moment of suffering when people are looking for direction and leadership. the country is crying out for healing after four years of division and hatred. we're looking at these cases spike now in this third wave. the death toll is mounting. we have to chart the course out of this crisis and into the next era in our country's history. so in

harrison, defund the police, showed up with the caption on tv right acrossis ht jamie.f that is why i spoke out a long time ago. i have always said that these headlines can kill a political effort. amy: that is congress member clyburn speaking on the sunday talk shows. withrn is accredited really joe biden winning the democratic primaries, having endorsed him right before the south carolina primary, which then launched him to victory. i want to first go to bree newsome bass. you're in the carolinas but you're in the other one, north carolina. can you talk about this major debate, this debate for the soul of the democratic party right now? >> certainly. first of all, to this argument being made so fiercely right now attacking the defund the police effort, i have yet to see anyone provide any concrete data that supports that claim other than people making this conjecture. i live in the carolinas. i have seen all of the ads that have been running. there also running a lot of ads into dry -- type jamie harrison to hillary clinton and nancy pelosi. unless anyone are showing

carolina, senator lindsey graham had the fight of his political life but held on against democrat jamie harrison>> i've never wanted my job more than i do now. i never appreciated my job more than i do now. >> republicans also picked up a seat in alabama with tommy tuberville defeating democrat doug jones. senator mitch mcconnell expressed hope today he will continue leading the senate. >> i don't know whether i'm going to be the majority leader or the minority leader, as i told you, i've been both. majority is better. >> two pickups for democrats in colorado with john hickenlooper defeating republican cory gardner. >> it's time to put the poisonous politics of this era behind us and come together to move forward. >> and in arizona with mark kelly defeating republican martha mcsally. >> are state doesn't need a democrat senator, a republican senator. we need an arizona senator. a senator like john mccain. >> in-house, democrats lost numerous seats, many that they won two years ago. in iowa, new mexico and florida. donna shalala and debbie mucarsel-powell. in oklahoma, kendra horn and in south ca

long time diop gop senator lindsey graham is fighting for his political life against democrat jamie harrisonlina. harrison raised $57 million during the final full quarter of the campaign. that's the largest amount every raised in a senate race. graham has represented south carolina in the senate since 2003, and tonight he is leading harrison by about 4%, but the returns very early. >>> polls have also closed in kentucky, where fox news says that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has won re- election. he is shown with a double-digit lead over former marine fighter pilot amy mcgraph. >>> many voters in the bay area were up early to cast their ballot in person. we found a line outside a voting tent in a parking lot at legislation farm in walnut creek. we spoke with one voter who said there could have been more coordination information and given about polling locations that have been moved. >> a lot of confusions on where to vote. some people get confused. it's pretty complicated to find out where we're supposed to vote. >> there are fewer polling places in most bay area counties, and some

that phrase, defund the police, caused jamie harrison tremendously. >> real talk with jim clyburn whatjoins us now. good morning to you. what clyburn had to say to you and the message to democrats i think is one that we're going to be grappling with going forward for the next couple of years frankly, because democrats did lose streetses eats in the hous weren't expecting to and on the senate side didn't win as many seats as perhaps they thought they would heading into election night. we've already seen the ramifications of that and how republicans have reacted to president trump's refusal to concede, the reality a lot of republicans came out to vote for president trump and, of course, the fact that democrats now have slimmer majorities as they are going to be trying to governing partners in the biden administration. what do you think this means for progressives handles themselves going forward and knit themselves together considering what happened. >> that conversation, the clip you played with congressman clyburn reflect wag you're saying, the tension we're seeing within the democrati

one of the key races, longtime gop senator lindsey graham has a 10 point lead against democrat jamie harrisons reporting. harrison raised $57 million during the final full quarter of the campaign, that is the largest amount in senate history. lindsey graham has represented south carolina in the senate since 2003. polls have also closed in kentucky where fox news projects that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will win his reelection bid, he has got about a 10 point lead over former marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath. former astronaut mark kelly did last-minute campaigning on this election day in the race for the senate in arizona, he is running against incumbent republican martha mc sally, she was appointed to the post following the death of senator john mccain. president trump and joe biden have both heavily campaigned in arizona, in recent weeks, so far, there are no results in this race. >>> here is another look now at the presidential election results so far, you can see this map, all the states in blue have gone joe biden, all the states in red have gone for president trump. light blu

he said it in the context of jamie harrison but it certainly could be employed to these house districts prioritize hanging on to the majority in the house and balancing it with the energy on the progressive side in a biden administration? >> that's what in. we have to have careful about pointing if i knowers in any direction. the country is divided. the reality is there are a lot of people had voted for donald trump as well. and so there is a different map to winning a state and a different map to winning a district. and many of these districts had different challenges. so my appeal to everybody in the party is to not point fingers. we did not do that. we did not say, we are the conservative part of the wing is wrong and we're not going to turn out democrats. we all unified around joe biden and kamala harris in spite of fact joe biden was not our top choice of many progressills. many young people. we made the case that i firmly believe in. that no progress is possible with donald trump in the white house and we turned people out. if we say from anywhere in the party that progressives ar

call but this is a hot race in south carolina between lindsey graham, the long time senator, and jamie harrison. we have a couple of races. this is too early. john ossoff and david perdue. now we have the jungle primary, that is the technical term. it is too early to call. both could go to a run-off. >> and that would be in january. >> all right. let's look at the kentucky senate race. 14%, too early to call. mitch mcconnell against amy mcgrath. in virginia, too early to call. let's see where that leaves the senate right now. the drum roll with this. democrats with 35, 30 for the republicans. >> we have kasie hunt right here. she's watching the senate very closely. what are the big races you have your eye on tonight? >> you just walked through some of them. i would describe it broadly as is sunbelt suburb. what does that mean? we've talked already about georgia. the suburbs of atlanta, the place that really could not just be a demographic shift that we've been talking about for several election cycles but a place that could really turn against president trump. that not only has huge implication

there was a lot of disappointment that jamie harrison didn't win in south carolina. but the reality is south carolina, mississippi, georgia, the south delivered joe biden, really, this nomination. he was dead in the water after new hampshire and iowa, these states that are oversized in the imagination of american politics but when it got south to the southern states, biden swept them all. he swept every single southern state. alabama helped deliver him as much as people are disappointed about doug jones losing there. the south really delivered joe biden into the position where he could then deliver the country away from donald trump. >> you know, joy, back in february i said the south's got something to say and that's all i'm going to say, andre 3,000 at his best. but i knew there was something historic that could happen in the south looking at our demographic shift. and when you, again, look at the turnout and the voter registration that we have across this state, the same things are ripe to happen in other southern states. and so when joe biden visited just before

republican politics, i was watching the other night a clip , i didn't watch the show and it was jamie harrison is the democratic challenger and i'm trying to remember, i think he was on kimball but the point is in my entire political career i've never heard of the challenger campaign going on a late-night show that wasn't running forpresident . that's where it is now where we've tried to figure out how to turn these late-night shows into the political shows where they can also tell jokes, and find ways to poke fun at conservatives for the president. used to be this place where the end of the day you could turn in and laugh andfall asleep . i don't thinkthey're funny anymore and that's a shame . >> it is and then you know you ripped from that to a vivid example of not just specifically comedy but it's about how the media has decided to treat liberals versus conservatives and you use the famous blackface example that whether you're a liberal or a conservative, a number of people involved in that yet the pending which side of the fence you're on your treated differently area to give us an example

i can't wait to see how much money they set fire to, as they did with amy mcgrath and jamie harrison'swas that, $200 billion that went up in flames? >> harris: that was a lot of cash. >> dagen: money doesn't buy you wins, not if it's in the hands of some democrats. >> harris: murray? >> marie: well, joe biden won georgia earlier this month. so democrats feel like there is a strategy and a play for democrats to win statewide again. i think one of the biggest unknowns here heading into this runoff is what donald trump himself will do. mike pence has been on the campaign trail, but nobody commands republican voters' attention like donald trump. he hasn't shown a willingness to get down there, get to georgia, do these rallies. he hasn't shown a willingness to really weigh in here yet. he's been too focused on his own conspiracy theories about his lost election. for me, that's a big unknown. what president trump will do, and whether republican voters will turn out when he himself is not on the ballot. that's the question. >> harris: so, is that really what you want to see? large president t

and in south carolina, republican lindsey graham has defeated democratic challenger jamie harrison.big surprise. the south has continued to keep a confederate monument. makes sense. before we wait for more numbers to come in, let's go to awe word winning author, professor, sociologist and 2020 recipient of the mcarthur genius grant, dr. tressie mcmillan cottom. >> hi, trevor, how are you this evening? >> trevor: how are you? i feel that should be title from now on, dr. genius. forget my name, i'm interest genius and that's all you shall refer to me as. congratulations. >> thank you so much. it's been a wild ride, hasn't it. >> trevor: it has been a crazy, crazy, crazy ride. what do you make of everything we've seen so far? obviously results are still coming in buttist been an interesting year where trump is winning more black men than republicans before him and the vote seems to be swinging in a strange direction, hispanic voters going for trump. what do you make of everything we're seeing? >> well, you know, so far don't it's going mighty whitely and i think that's how many of us e

. >> i was going to point out that jim clyburn said on "meet the press" he thinks jamie harrison lost because of defund the police, because he got labeled it, not because joe biden embraced it but it was used effectively by republicans. >> i won't glow tit for tat with clyburn, his opinion, but i'll say this isn't the time for democrats to cannibalize each other. this was a big win for democrats. i think the focus should be how joe biden is going to govern and how democrats will take the mandate from the historic wins last week, which are comparable to reagan and other big wins, how democrats are going to transition that into governing in january. >> i understand fully. thank you, joel. thanks for you and for david jolly and thanks to garrett haake. we're back at the big board. we haven't seen enough khaki, so steve kornacki back with how joe biden won the presidency. i think he's gotten some sleep. i hope so. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc now it's about to get even better. and as we work to integrate s

look at jamie harrison, raised over $100 million. the median donation was $30.president raised nearly, you know two billion dollars from 5.5 million americans. it is not big corporations on democratic side. it is grassroots support and engagement, supervaluable in the democracy. charles: occasional 100 million-dollar check from michael bloomberg. >> or sheldon adelson. charles: all money in the high-priced zip codes doing more than 30 bucks. brad, kevin. folks, stocks are soaring as battleground states continue to hash it out. we're getting analysis from one of our favorite stock market watchers, gary kaltbaum next. alveda king will learn how we can live together as brothers and sisters or perish together as fools i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for

lindsey graham had the fight of his political life, but held on against democrat jamie harrison. >> iver one to my job more than i do now. i've never appreciated my job more than i do now. >> republicans also picking up a seat in alabama with defeating the democrat doug jones. mitch mcconnell expressing hope that he will continue leading the senate. >> i don't know whether i will be the majority leader of the minority leader. i've told you, i've been both. majority is better. >>> two pickups are democrats in colorado, with the john hickenlooper defeating cory gardner. >> the time of the politics of this era is behind us. and coming together to move forward. >> and in arizona with mark kelly defeating republican martha mcsally. to speak of does not need a democrat senator or a republican senator, we need an arizona senator. a senator like john mccain. >> in the house democrats lost numerous seats, many that they won two years ago. in iowa, new mexico, and flori florida. donna shalala and debbie mucarsel-powell, and south carolina joe cunningham. and it was not just freshman. house agri

if you thought the money spent on the jamie harrison, lindsey graham campaign was record shattering,h what do we think will happen in georgia? obviously not the same time frame to raise that kind of money but certainly already people like stacey abrams are going to be doing a lot. what kind of impact do you think she'll be able to have -- >> this has been bothering me. is it effective? we've seen these races that have gotten tons of money poured into them. amy mcgraph in kentucky, the race against susan collins in maine. the money hasn't been effect. >> and that's right. and the democrats raised close to half a billion dollars to flip no states other than the ones that were predicted that arizona and colorado flips that we saw. all the rest of the close races this time did not flip. democrats spent a ton of money that was not effective exactly as you say. yes, there will be tons of money that go into georgia but you know what's going to matter more is organization and excitement. and with president trump not on the ballot in january the way he was this time, there might be a depressi