we need to return to democratic norms violated and broken by the senate gop and this administration.to take whatever action is necessary. - sure. flamethrowers, wood chippers, nunchucks. - or expand the size of the court. - shit on their doorsteps, shit on their neighbor's doorsteps, shit on their neighbor's neighbor's doorstep. - i'm advocating for expanding the size of the court. - i like that. how would one go about expanding the court and shitting on their doorsteps? - if you do the first, you don't need to do the second. you add seats to the supreme court, you restore the essential checks and balances that we need in a democratic system, and that is why i'm focused on "take back the court." - what exactly is "take back the court"? - it's a two-year-old project focused on expanding the size of the u.s. supreme court, and thereby restoring and preserving democracy. - isn't it against one of the long-standing pillars of the democratic party of being total pussies? - i can agree that i have shared the frustration of many. we have to stop reacting as if the sky is falling, but not do

across the aisle to the gop is calling gop senators gop leaders, not donald trump but those around him in the gop area quietly talk to the president and explain really what's going on and you can stop this train. that's exactly where things are headed joe biden will hit 2.70 will probably hit around 3 '05, 3 '06, 3, 107 electoral votes overall. >>as for what a biden transition team might face mckeown says things could get truly ugly in fact he says it could be the ugliest ever. he says that it doesn't help that president trump does not like or respect joe biden mckeown says it's really personal. >>now remember kron 4 is your local election headquarters. we have the latest on the presidential race as well as all the local and state measures just go to our website kron 4 dot com. now some members of the state legislature are waiting to see how or if governor gavin newsome will take action after a judge limited some of his executive powers. newsome and his legal team have about a week to change the mind of a sutter county judge who ordered him to stop issuing executive orders. that might

so if you guys end up in the minority, are you worried that the senate gop majority would block some of the progressive proposals like renewed deal? alec sentiment is everything. and i cannot talk about eight specific provision you mention. they're going to want to see action where they're going to want to see our country move forward in helping people with the problems they face. covid first but many others as well. >> do you expect to see a lot of democratic sounders going into cabinet? he has not consulted me on that issue. reporter: daca surprise the democrats are not a fan of the supreme court. the supreme court does end up upholding the law, would that change your opinion? >> no i do not trust this court that operate as one of my colleagues said they're going to keep trying for they are so passionate against daca that they will keep at it. i have very little faith in this court in terms of being upholding daca. last one. very president-elect biden and vice president elect harris are both veterans will make different next year? is going to make a great difference. they know how

esper opposed, even mitch mcconnell praised esper today and republican john cornyn, a member of the senate gop leadership said of trump's decision to fire esper, "i don't think it helps him and i don't think it helps the country." david? >> all right, martha, we know you're going to say on this. >>> in the meantime, to the supreme court showdown over the fate of the affordable care act. health care at stake. and tonight, the key words from two conservative justices. abc's terry moran has covered the court for years for us. >> reporter: today, in their own words, we heard from the justices of the supreme court of the fate of the affordable care act along with its guaranteed protections for americans with pre-existing conditions. several republican-led states, argued that the individual mandate at the heart of the a.c.a. requiring that all americans have health insurance should be struck down as unconstitutional and the whole law thrown out with it. but even some conservative justices weren't buying it, saying they could strike down just the mandate, leaving the rest of the law in place. justice

biden leading in georgia by 4,000 votes. 2 big senate races where gop senators are headed into run offensewe just got another big data dump from maricopa county in arizona. the president is still trailing mr. biden but the gap is getting narrower. let's find out what is happening there. >> you can see the work does continue behind me here in maricopa county. let's go straight to the numbers. we received them just about 2 hours ago. in state of arizona, the former vice president biden continues to lead president trump. but that has narrowed a bit. biden ahead by just under 30,000 votes. here's what is left to be counted. in maricopa county 92,000 ballots. in the state 170,000. this is a sample of what has been going on outside of the building where we are. conspiracy threeryist got the crowd going. there is a theory being aimed at the fox news decision desk for calling this state for biden. fox news stands by the call. the other race is for senate. fox news called that for derm kelly but mcsally is waiting for the count to be complete. that count is continuing tonight. we are talking about

we saw on the senate floor gop senators congratulating kamala harris with a fist bump on the senate floor. what do you make of all this? >> i would say tiny baby steps that are long overdue. vice president, now president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris was -- their election was called over a week ago, a week ago saturday. and having had the experience of c co-chairing the transition team, every day is precious. particularly when here we're in the mitts of a crisis. so yes, he announced on his first day the coronavirus task force. he announced. he reflects the rich diversity of our country. he is giving speeches about how dreadful it would be to have the about being declared constitutional. as i talk to people around the country. but he's not getting the cooperation that he needs from president trump and his administration and that is to herr peril. >> let's talk about that. as you said, the general services administration, administer, eleanor mur efficiency a political appointee has not yet gotten the election results, she's not signed off on the money, so biden can get the im

the senate gop conference had been meeting for socially distanced lunches in person when the senate issession. ♪ >> speaking of georgia i'll be going there. i spoke with the two great senators they're great senators and david people are very disappointed that we were robbed. we were robbed i don't them to be disappointed that will solve itself we're finding -- >> that was president trump announcing he will campaign for the really senate runoff candidate in georgia next weekend. the crucial runoff races will decide which party controls the u.s. senate. but some republicans are especially concerned that the president's comments about voter fraud could cause people to doubt the election system and just stay home. now the president is urging his supporters not to boycott the election on january 5th. for more on this, let's bring in official washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution. this is going to be a wild election tia is there any indication or polling scientific that says republicans are somehow less enthusiastic because of the president's charges of vote or fraud

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across the aisle to the gop is calling gop senators gop leaders, not donald trump but those around him in the gop area quietly talk to the president and explain really what's going on and you can stop this train. that's exactly where things are headed joe biden will hit 2.70 will probably hit around 3 '05, 3 '06, 3, 107 electoral votes overall. >>so i would think ordinarily this might be approaching the time there would be at least whispers transition teams talking to each other or some communication, but i mean this is going to be hard if there is a fight in transition team. this can't be easy for them. >>yeah, it's this is going to be the ugliest transition that we've seen one thing that happened when the when barack obama and his team came in as they talked glowingly about what happened with the bush team and how the bush team brought them into the white house and transition things across from a republican administration to a democratic administration just likely what we could see here president trump though doesn't operate that way is all here before us now in addition. president t

senate seat there as well. thanks very much. >>> now to the growing support among republicans for president-elect biden to get, as per normal, intelligence briefings. at least six gop senators are backing the move including the majority whip john thune and lindsey graham. joining us now is symone sanders, a senior advisor to the biden campaign. thanks for taking the time this morning. >> thank you for having me food, jim. lots of news. >> no question. so let's try to tick through as best we can. you've heard republican senators coming out saying as per formal the president-elect should get these brooechks. senator lankford said he would contest this if nothing were done by today. do you have any news? will these briefings begin today? >> i don't have any news to share this morning on that, jim, but i will just say the fact that a number of republican members of congress are coming out and backing the president-elect's -- really the law which says that he should be able to receive these presidential daily briefings both the president-elect and the vice president-elect, i think shows that folks across the spectrum are ready to move forward. this election is over, jim

arthel: it seems like the majority senate gop majority perhaps need more gridlock. >> indeed.man, nice to see you. eric: covid cases rising sharply across the country, the midwest being hit hard, were about to enter the holiday travel season. do you think folks will heed the calls to stay home or gather round the thanksgiving dinner with the pandemic, that will lead us to a very dark winter. advice of the heartland straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ah sugar, ♪ ah honey honey ♪ ♪ you are my candy girl ♪ and you've got me wanting you ♪ applebee's 2 for $20. it's date night in the neighborhood. or psoriatic arthritis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause seve

we still don't know when the gop is going to control the senate. the gop doesn't control be senate, we may be looking at higher taxes, and if we are, that is your answer. jonathan: that is the politics. one thing we do know right now is the trajectory of the virus in the united states is terrible. six days, when million new covered cases. michigan and washington, more restrictions. are we willing to look through more of that, maybe even a repeat of the kind of lockdowns we saw in march? are we comfortable looking through that, too? christopher: it really depends on who that we is. i know for myself, and we talked about this before, my son is still doing virtual. he is still going to continue to do virtual. but if we is the stock market, yes, we can look through it, and i think we are going to see that rotation. but yes, there is going to be a tug-of-war between covid cases and whether we have better news on vaccines, so on and so forth. one of the things i worry about, getting back to the negative, is you may see a pretty healthy, especially on the

senate? >> wolf, we're starting to see evidence of gop in fighting, seeing that now down in the state of georgia. there are two senate races on the line, control of the senate majority will be decided likely january 5th. david perdue, for a six year term, he needs to get above 50%, the incumbent, in order to win another term. looks like he has fallen shy of that, that would go to a runoff against jon ossoff. the other race is a two year term between kelly loeffler and doug collins. now, wolf, i have to tell you quickly, i was told upwards of $200 million could be going into georgia for both races. 100 million each side. >> thanks very much for that. bring in adam schiff of california, chairman of house intelligence committee. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. as you well know, everybody knows, the president is refusing to concede, the secretary of state mike pompeo is saying, i am quoting now, there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration. trump administration. the president fired the defense secretary by tweet. how worried are you, you're chairman of the intellige

senate, keep that gop majority as a check on president-elect joe biden.down that messaging they have to acknowledge that biden is in fact the president-elect. and both speakers today kind of came close to that. you had senator jodi ernst talking about what a potential president biden would do in washington. and you had senator david perdue talk about how important it is because if they lose the senate then they obviously have to deal with biden as president. and if they keep it, you know, it's high stakes here and voters know that. they all say that the key point is holding the gop majority in that senate. chris? >> hi stakes without a doubt. julia, remarkable job keeping your composure with that noise in the background. we want to go to breaking news from earlier this hour as nbc news confirms president-elect joe biden will nominate janet yellin to become the nation's next treasury secretary. and biden is rolling out his foreign policy security team today. jake sullivan as national security advisor and linda thomas greenfield as u.n. ambassador. these ch

one of the president's closest allies, senator lindsey graham, is among growing numbers of gop senator senators, including chuck grassley and susan collins, along with other prominent republicans are finally saying that president-elect joe biden should begin receiving presidential daily intelligence briefings. at the same time, sours are telling cnn that president trump's eldest children are actually split on his path forward. meanwhile, an official with the biden team tells cnn the transition is, quote, moving full speed ahead and nothing will change that. we're also following breaking pandemic news. the u.s. coronavirus death toll now topping 242,000 people and more than 10.5 million americans have been infected. yesterday alone, the country saw a record 144,000 new cases and hospitalizations also now have hit an all-time high of more than 65,000 americans are in the hospital right now because of the virus. let's begin over at the white house right now. chief white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us. jim, we're finally seeing cracks in the wall for support that the republic

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going to be very reluctant if the senate stays republican, for them to do all the things biden ran on, including tax increases. those are probably off the table if the gope of the two senate seats and again, i'm not a pollster, i haven't seen the latest polls but i can tell you, i know democrats who are close to joe biden who basically said there's a 70% chance the gop's going to get one of those seats. that's the number i keep hearing from wall street democrats who are close to biden. liz, back to you. liz: yeah. did you see our thanksgiving graphic? it had a turkey and it had mashed potatoes and it had a strawberry pie. charlie: was my face on the turkey? liz: on the back end. strawberry pie? wait a second. here it is. look. look at this. what's with the strawberry pie? are you making -- i'm doing pumpkin and apple, dadgum it. charlie: you should know that italian americans have manicotti for thanksgiving as the first course. okay? liz: the great mayor manino of boston. he was the one who showed me that. he said that's exactly what he does for thanksgiving. all right. have your strawberry pie, everybody. good to see you. thanks charlie. good to see yo

. >> reporter: vice president mike pence met behind closed doors with gop senators as the president sentut a message of defiance from his bunker tweeting we will win but he has yet to face reporters since last thursday. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: the president has dug in with the outright support of gop senators. senator, have you congratulated vice president biden yet? >> no. >> ypwhy not? >> nothing to congratulate him for. >> reporter: the campaign has yet to prove anything is amiss. >> the president wasn't defeated by huge numbers. in fact, he may not have been defeated at all. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says there is nothing wrong with that. >> until the electoral college votes, anyone who is running for office can exhaust concerns about counting in any court of appropriate jurisdiction. it's not unusual. it should not be alarming. >> reporter: a key side show in the transition turmoil? georgia's republican senators have called on their state secretary of state to resign after biden's potential victory there. here is the deal. those two senators ar

no progressives or liberal won't get through the senate, and if it shakes out with biden as the president and the gop pick bernie sanders or elizabeth warren that there are republican governors that would be appointing senators. >> right. >> in a situation where you're a democrat in control of the administration, perhaps you don't want to give mitch mcconnell any extra leverage than the voters have already given him. >> exactly. >> nicholas johnston, thank you for being with us this morning. we are still counting the votes here. the biden campaign increasingly optimistic that they are going to find a path to 270 electoral college votes, but we are just not there yet. so stick with us through today. that was "way too early." thank you for getting up with us on a thursday morning. i think it's thursday. the days are starting to run together but we're going to be here for you all day long. stick around because "morning joe" starts right now. >>> it's clear that we're winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. when the count is finished, we believe we will be the win

the senate blocked controversial trumpp nominee judy shelton to the federal reserve board yesterday after three gopion. to talk more about this, cnbc's julianna tatelbaum is live from london. let's talk about this. clearly, some of the views that she has were very concerning to this handful of republican senators, and it's very rare for mitch mcconnell to put something on the floor when he's not absolutely sure that he knows exactly how the outcome is going to play out, and that didn't happen in this case. can you walk us through why it is that there's so much concern among mainstream republicans about this fed nominee? >> very good morning, kasie. so, the two main concerns around judy shelton are around her commitment to the fed's independence, given some comments she's made in the past, and then secondly, the fact that she has expressed support for the gold standard in the past, and this has been enough to cause three gop senators to say they wouldn't support shelton. this comes as two senators were absent yesterday because of covid-19 quarantining. so, the fact that senate republicans were unabl

one of the president's closest allies, senator lindsey graham, is among growing numbers of gop senatorminent republicans are finally saying that president-elect joe biden should begin receiving presidential daily intelligence briefings. at the same time, sours are telling cnn that president trump's eldest children are actually split on his path forward. meanwhile, an official with the biden team tells cnn the transition is, quote, moving full speed ahead and nothing

talking healthcare stocks on our special and i asked you whether or not it was poised to benefit from gop senatethan tech. facebook up 7%, back to 282. got to go back to early september, labor day, basically, to see that. do you think it is similar dynamic at work? >> that could be the senator -- the senator warren show trial. you're not going to break up facebook there is not going to be a move to separate instagram from facebook, which would be bad for facebook without a doubt. taking away whatsapp would be bad. the only one that would be worth more is alphabet and we're getting some views on the different line-items and youtube turned out to be the most important property that i didn't know about youtube. >> tell me what you're referring to, though, you talk about different views, are we getting more data than we got previously. >> the justice department broke up alphabet, it would bey gantic >> people say they're still undermonetizing on youtube. >> i think the justice department could figure out a way to get more money into youtube. this just department is very commercial the -- they could

senate seat. it's a unified gop effort to take down the democrats, which the gop has been able to do since georgiaits last democratic senator in 1996. but the race is tight. democratic candidates, reverend rafael warnock and jon ossoff are on the brink of democratic history. and these two seats will not only determine control of the senate, but the fate of joe biden's agenda. and georgia voters, well, they know it. >> in the senate race, we don't want to see a stalemated push forward. so if biden comes in and the senate has control and everything comes through the house, we're back where we were at point one. we need progress. the country needs progress. >> let's bring in georgia democratic nominee for senate, jon ossoff. good to see you. the contours of this race have changed a lot since you and i last spoke. those who are tuning in for the first time or who have renewed interest in this race, what is your pitch to georgia voters? >> as the gentlemen in piedmont park just stated, for this incoming administration to succeed, and this administration's success is in our vital national interests and

senator david perdue is one of the gop incumbents running for re-election there, along with senator kellyr, who will join us exclusively on this program next sunday but right now we're joined by senator perdue, and senator it's always a pleasure thanks very much for being here in your first interview on this contest. >> good morning, maria. maria: tell me what's at stake, senator. >> well, these two seats, as l indsey well-noted are the last line of defense against this liberal socialist agenda that the democrats will perpetrate. we heard schumer say just last week if we take georgia we change america. we heard aoc say they have to have these two seats because they don't want to negotiate. they want total control, and so what's at stake is this is that schumer will change the rules in the senate so they can do anything they want with 50 votes plus the vice president's vote s's a tie breaker, they will pack the court and add four new democrat seats by adding two new states and will eventually want to do away with the electoral college and that will allow them , maria to perpetrate this age

most gop senators are playing along with trump's refusal to accept the reality of his defeat.ave acknowledged biden as president-elect. >>> governor newsom, meantime, formally apologized today for attending a friend's birthday dinner. >> the spirit of what i'm preaching all the time was contradicted, and i got on that. i am going to apologize to you, because i need to preach and practice, not just preach and not practice. >> and questions are being raised about a group of california lawmakers on a trip to hawaii this week. the sacramento bee reports the group went for the independent voter project's annual policy conference days after the state issued a travel advisory and covid cases are surging. it advised people to stay close to home fand if they do leave le quarantine 14 days when returning home. >>> let's talk about a storm coming in as early as tomorrow. >> sandhya is tracking it for us. >> that's right. time to put those umbrellas by the door. you're going to need them tomorrow as you look at live doppler 7. it's an impressive storm. it is going to bring not just rain b

and with only two gop senators even acknowledging president-elect biden's victory, are party leadersolding off because of trump? >> this weekend you didn't see many republicans out there with any specific details defending the president. the president's team itself has not come forward with a lot of legal information. you saw chris christie saying they have to come up with evidence. today we will see if they have any actually solid legal information, but to date neither campaign finance lawyers nor constitutional lawyers have seen a lot of factual information. >> we know how important public relations is to this president. now we're hearing the president's camp is planning rallies to get his baseless claims out there that he won the election. what could this do? >> it sows more distrust between the parties. it creates a lot more intensity in the voting population. at the end of the day, we have to come together with a country. this certainly doesn't help the unity that biden is trying to build that you have to do behind the scenes for relationships in order to really solve the proble

impact your plans for what priorities you can get through this congress, especially if the senate remains in gop control? do big cordon aiding on speaker -- would you be coordinating with speaker pelosi? >> i've spoken to the minority leader in the house. one of the urgent things that need to be done is people need relief right now. right now. small businesses, people who are about to be evicted from their homes because they cannot pay their mortgage. unemployment insurance. what is going to happen is, you will see what people don't realize is a failure to provide state and local assistance, you will see police officers, firefighters, first responders laid-off. the pressure is going to build. thatact is, i would hope thepresident at least has sensitivity and knowledge to know a lot of people are in real put trouble -- in real trouble right now. it is my hope and expectation, i am sure the speaker of the house as well as the minority leader are working through the priorities they have laid out. >> do you plan to be active in those negotiations? president-elect biden: we have been talking and they

senator martha mcsally. mcsally is not conceding. gop senator joni ernst was victorious. e confirmation of amy coney barrett may have given ernst a boost especially in catholic dubuque. democrats have a chance to win a seat in georgia but not until next year. gop georgia senator kelly loeffler is headed to a run i don't have against democrat after farrell warnock on january 5th. for the house of representatives, democrats were forced to defender close to 30 seats which president trump won in civil sift civil 2016. if anything he helped the. >> the worry that president destroyed republicans down the ballot. that did not happen this year or in 2016. reporter: we know democrats in the house of representatives will have a smaller majority. it will be a more liberal majority because there were so many moderate democrats who lost in the swing districts. there could be recriminations for house speaker nancy pelosi. keep in mind when the democrats did not get the house back in 2016. there were some democrats who wanted her head. we'll see if they go after pelosi this time because

senator mitch mcconnell today defending the president's decision not to concede >> president trump is 100% within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options. >> reporter: only four gopnators have acknowledged president-elect biden including utah's mitt romney. >> at this stage i think we get behind the new president. >> reporter: but behind the scenes, multiple allies and advisers tell nbc news pressure is building on the president to accept his defeat. people close to him worry he's spiralling. hurting his own legacy as well as the gop's his lawsuits in election battlegrounds seen by some as a way to brand the president as something other than a loser in the words of one source and even conservative fox news today cut away from the press secretary's inflammatory news conference about the legal push >> unless he has mor details to back that up i can't in good countenance continue showing you this >> reporter: now the man leading that legal fight tested positive for covid. according to people familiar with david bossie's diagnosis noting he's sidelined he was seen in the east room on election night, no mask, alon with housing secretary ben carson who's also been infe

senate. we have that situation in georgia but huge gains for the stockport, and our 6.7%, s&p up 7.32%, nasdaq up over 9%. what policies will biden not be able to inactive the gops taxes, income taxes, he won't be able to go to the extreme on green new deal policies. he will control the department of labor and education so there will be more regulations, the democrats were with trump and obama. executive orders, there was a clear message in this election, california rejecting affirmative action, sustaining the right to have contingent labor force, we heard this already, talking about social justice, job one now that he has the white house, that is absurd, the american people don't want that nonsense and wall street would recognize that the congressional level, state legislatures, it got flushed. dirksen senate office building when the georgia senate seats go democratic i have two words to call concern this, joe manchin. will our 401(k)s be higher or lower than they are now? >> higher. once we have the vaccine will become undervalued and we will see a surge in the markets in 2021 from late spring through summer. >> morici on a saturday, have a great weekend. dir

senate is in play. right now the republicans have control with 53 gop senators but it could change tonight. 35 of the 100eats are up for grabs. keep in mind, keep a look at the gray area here. 35 seats up for grabs, 65 senators are not up for reelection. now, among the senators in a tight race this evening, south carolina republican lindsey graham. janell. >> back here at home, raj, governor newsom spent part of the election day in the bay area. he visited the well-known manning in the mission district. among the topics he was asked about whether he would consider making mail-in ballots for every registered voter a permanent part of california elections. his answer, it should be the standard, not only here but nationwide. nbc bay area's jackie ward is live in san francisco with more on this hot topic, on both sides of the aisle. jackie, what are they saying? >> reporter: well, janell, so far 66% of registered voters in san francisco have already cast their ballot with the majority of them doing so before today. that's why election officials say these lines have been manageable, if existent at all today.

most gop senators are playing along with trump's refusal to accept the reality of his defeat. only four have acknowledged biden as president-elect. >>> governor newsom, meantime, formally apologized today for attending a friend's birthday dinner. >> the spirit of what i'm preaching all the time was contradicted, and i got on that. i am going to apologize to you, because i need to preach and practice, not just preach and not practice. >> and questions are being raised about a group of california lawmakers on a trip to hawaii this week. the sacramento bee reports the group went for the independent voter project's annual policy conference days after the state issued a travel advisory and covid cases are surging. it advised people to stay close to home fand if they do leave le quarantine 14 days when returning home. >>> let's talk about a storm coming in as early as tomorrow. >> sandhya is tracking it for us. >> that's right. time to put those umbrellas by the door. you're going to need them tomorrow as you look at live doppler 7. it's an impressive storm. it is going to bring not

anna senators, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer were reelected today as their respective party leaders. mcconnell was re elected unanimously as the gop leader. the senate democratic caucus decided to keep schumer at his post as the minority leader. the elections come as the battle for control of the senate hangs on to georgia runoff elections. those are going to take place in january also developing news a democrat cal cunningham has conceded to incumbent republican sen thom tillis in north carolina are further boosting the gop chances to keep the senate majority. and now to our 4 zone forecast and we've been talking about the kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here with a look at what to expect once yeah, i certainly cold enough around the bay area to start out your those temperatures dropping off. >>down in the 20's in the 30's in some parts of the bay area but tonight. yeah we're going to see cool temperatures again, but it's not going quite as cold. we've got a cloud cover that has moved in tonight so we'll some chilly temperatures early on tomorrow morning, maybe a little frosty. i think it's some of the north bay valley

we have got to regain control of this senate to put a stop to the obstruction that continues to come from this gopch is disgracefully carried the water for this corrupt callous, and cool trump administration for the last four years. >> congresswoman, you just referenced georgia, we also have breaking news now out of pennsylvania where a federal judge has tossed out the case involving the trump campaign's challenge to the election results. this is the case that rudy giuliani was working on. before i let you go, your reaction. >> well, i mean, again, the hypocrisy that they consider themselves to be patriots. this is unhigh temperatu-americ. this is unpatriotic, we have had a seamless transition of power. it is one of the pillars of our democracy. it's just more of the same, and you know, the courts are on our side. the law is on our side, and i'm grateful for that. and thift history is on our sid. it's time to turn the package on this dark chapter in american history. three things will be true, donald trump will be the forever impeached president by this democratic majority led house, that he was d

senate runoff. >>> and a top gop senator saying president-elect biden's pick to head the office of management and being confirmed. really? we're live on capitol hill next. >>> first, it was just weeks ago, maybe a couple months ago that melania trump created a controversy after she was heard questioning in harsh terms on a tape about who cared about christmas decorations at the white house according to leaked audio from and of her friends and former advisers. for anyone who enjoys it, the first lady is enjoying her last crack at making the place festive for the holiday season. this just in. ornaments, stockings, holiday. plenty of it. all of it. decking out the halls. we're at e need to silence our phone. who knows where that button is? i don't have silent. everyone does -- right up here. it happens to all of us. we buy a new home, and we turn into our parents. what i do is help new homeowners overcome this. what is that, an adjustable spanner? good choice, steve. okay, don't forget you're not assisting him. you hired him. if you have nowhere to sit, you have too many. who else reads books about

senators have congratulated, gop maine senator susan collinsbe given every opportunity to ensure the ready to govern on generate 20th, gop mitt romney said the transition should unfold rapidly, the senate minority leader chuck schumer warned republicans about not accepting the results. >> i've been heartened to cease a few of my republican colleagues, three i believe congratulate the winning ticket, but too many including the republican leader have been silent or sympathetic to the presidents fantasies. >> you mind is up to the congress to certify the final electoral college result, that happened in a joint session of congress on the sixth of january the house and senate get together and they can reject any electors of the house and senate vote to do so, senate republicans right now are launching with vice president mike pence and ron johnson republican senator with wisconsin asked if they should congratulate joe biden, he said no there is nothing to congratulate him about. it. neil: thank you very much, then read on all of this, with the forme

seats in the january 5th special elections to take back control of the senate, but republicans are pulling out all the stops to keep gopators david perdue and kelly l loeffler from losing their seats. the clinch could be latino voters. fantastic reporting. when you think about the latino vote being critical, georgia is not necessarily the first place you think of, but it is 5% of the electorate for what's expected to be two very close races and those voters lean heavily democratic. what should people know about the latino vote and this ever-so consequential election in georgia? >> i think as you pointed out, that they're important because this might be a very close race. they're a small part of the electorate, but when it comes down to margins that are 88,000 votes, the difference between perdue and ossoff, 160,000 votes that latinos cast in georgia can become very important. and what's important to understand is that latinos do not tend to vote as strongly democratic as, say, african-american voters do. so they are a demographic that's worth fighting for, for republicans. my article focuses on the initiative, a non-pa

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. >> the biggest risk is the republican base when it comes to georgia and holding the senate. the gop is optimistic that they can win back older voters that feel conflicted about mr. trump but want a check on progressives. on that note, we begin tonight with steve harrigan in atlanta looking to the georgia run-off. good evening, steve. >> now the presidential vote has been certified in georgia a tension is beginning to turn to the two senate run-off races. after 28 years of voting republican for president, georgia flipped from red to blue. part of the reason, a year's long ground game effort led by stacey abrams that nearly won the governorship in 2018. instead of targeting likely voters, she targeted people that did not usually vote including you'll people and minorities. visiting potential voters three or four times and eventually registering 800,000 new voters. now both parties gear up for two run-off elections january 5. that could determine control of the senate and once again the focus is on the ground. >> there will be more boots on the ground to engage voters than we've ever s

that will decide the balance of power and make us all have to work together. >> senators purdue and leffler called on the gopn saying what they say are failures in georgia's elections. this is what he had to say, quote, as a republican i am concerned about republicans keeping the u.s. senate. i recommend senators (purdue start focusing on that. does he have a point? these senate seats are crucial for republicans and being able to hold onto the senate. does their focus need to be on that and what do they need to do leading up to january 5th. >> their focus is on their race, no question about it. both of them are going to win, georgia is going to send two republican senators to the united states senate. i'm confident of that. they will do what they have to do to win. the secretary of state has a lot of concerns, we have a lot of concerns for the secretary of state even with the house delegation. i suspect the republican party as well as the trump for president campaign will make some requests to the secretary of state of how to make sure that we have an election where every illegal vote is counted. we had seri

mike: the republican base opined the wall street journal when it comes to george and holding the senate, the gop is optimistic it can win back suburban and older voters who feel conflicted about donald trump but still want a check on progressives. and that will matter of gop voters stay home, angry or frustrated by the presidential election. on that note we begin with steve harrigan in atlanta, looking ahead to the georgia runoff. >> now that the presidential voters and certified in georgia, attention is beginning to turn to those two senate runoff races. after 20 years of voting republican for president georgia flipped from red to blue. part of the reason a years on ground game effort led by stacy abrams who nearly won the governorship in 2018. instead of targeting likely voters abrams and her supporters targeting people who did not usually vote including young people and minorities, visiting potential voters 3 or 4 times, registering 800,000 new voters. now both parties europe for two runoff elections january 5th. it could determine control of the senate and once again the focus is on the grou

russia and other places in the world where it's been tried. >> reporter: the other senate seat is occupied by appointed gopoeffler whose democratic foe raphael warnock has been largely unscathed. that's because loeffler had to first fend off a challenge from gop congressman doug collins in order to make the runoff. to do that loeffler argued she was more conservative than attila the hun. stumped with a candidate who promoted the fringe qanon conspiracy, and argued she was 100% pro trump and did not disagree with him on anything. >> are you making yourself unelectable among moderate voters in a runoff? >> look, i have all the momentum in this campaign because georgians know i'm fighting for them in washington. >> reporter: warnock says he's ready for the gop attacks painting him as the extremist. >> raphael warnock even hates puppies. >> get ready, georgia. the negative ads are coming. >> and just today david perdue and kelly loeffler sent out a joint statement saying the republican secretary of state in georgia brad rafensberger resign in light of what's happening in the georgia elections. but he pushed ba