abrams: -- mr.z: day one of being governor would be to issue a proclamation to stop, police -- stop police and law enforcement from arresting people for having a small amount of cannabis for personal consumption. that would unplug the court system, reduce the fear in the youth that would cause them to shoot a police officer for fear of being arrested, we also need to go through and teach jurors how to be a good juror by acquitting people of a crime that has no victim. we can unclog the court system, and that is the best i can do. mr. kemp: certainly support the good work of governor deal and the legislature on criminal justice reform. our next step is to have robust public safety reform, which includes my to plant to stop and dismantle gangs and go after drug cartels. there is not a more important issue to myself, my wife, and my teenaged daughters, and to keep our family safe. that is exactly what i will do as your governor. moderater: think is a much. ms. abrams. mr. metz: we have done great work

abrams. ms. abrams knows that full well.e have a great record in the secretary of state's office despite the mistruths spoken tonight. we had more people on the roles. i created an online voter record in our state where you can vote 24 hours a day, something that ms. abrams voted against. >> thank you so much. miss abrams, you get the final question. ms. abrams: mr. metz, do you believe it's hypocritical that mr. kemp borrowed half $1 million from a friend and refused to pay it back, that he loaned his campaign $50,000 while he was in debt, do you think it's hypocritical for him to attack anyone else in the same position? ash when he is -- when he is in the same position? mr. metz: it's hypocritical. it's hypocritical to be self-aggrandizing. nobody gets rich and politics unless they are a crook according to harry truman. we have issues where people are using their positions in government to get rich and enrich friends. -- enrich their friends. that has to stop. ms. abrams: he loaned his campaign $50,000 in 2006 when he was

abrams and kemp.outheast georgia announced it would close and possibly taking with it more than 1000 jobs. how do you go about trying to replace those types of jobs in rural counties? ms. abrams: unfortunately, there is no way to bring companies back to communities without stabilizing the communities first. it's not a question of chicken and egg, it is a question of horse and cart, the horse is medicaid expansion. it will create 56,000 jobs in georgia, 50% outside of the metro area. it will provide access to health care and stabilize the economy. i'm the only candidate with a plan to invest in small businesses in south georgia. i believe we should create a small business financing fund that will help small businesses get the capital they need, both starting up and wish to expand, and add a couple of folks. we wish to invest dollars in our communities. my opponent has fought at the notion of taxpayer investment in these communities, although he borrowed $3.6 million for federal loan for his company. i

abrams healthcare plan?frankly any time you throw more money to broken system it just keeps the system broken and limping along. we really need to completely reform all of our healthcare delivery systems to be more modern, to be -- to include better patient outcome. we need to make a model where more like a concierge approach medicine delivery in like a healthcare system when you have a health membership, you actually may monthly fee, you get to go to doctor as many times you want and cover the catastrophic things you use catastrophic insurance which we can create a georgia pool for all georgians to participate and that way band aid coverage is much more affordable and the expensive stuff we can cover through georgia pool for all people in georgia. >> any time a candidate is named takes away from rebuttal, your response? >> unfortunately my component mr. kemp does not have plan for health care other than saying trust companies, his previous record shows he's voted against protection and trump administration

what stacecey abrams did in 1992 was in no way illegal.t is her constititutional righ, as thehey did an exercise of fre byech but also supported several supreme court rulings. but also at the time,e, we're nt talking about the georgia state flag, but the segregationist version of the georgia state flag -- which the then governor of georgia was trying to get rid of and later kemp would also push to get rid of. so this s is a non-controversy. the abrams cap has done quite a good job as this has erupted of saying, no, this is not what it seems. in fact, this was about makingg georgia more democratic, more fair, and less racist for citizens of the entire state. amy: in fact, stacey abrams has probably set in her response that she stands by what she did. she does not consider this an expose, ththat that action helpd lead to the removal of that version of ththe georgia flag tt was largegely the confederate flag. >> absolutely. if this is the biggest controversy that abrams is facing, then, i mean, whwhat do you have? this woman is squeakaky clea

as far as stacey abrams, i think she'll make a fantastic governor. >> stacey abrams. >> reporter: georgia'sring theme in this race. abrams, who would be the first black female governor in the country, has called for the giant carving on stone mountain, a confederate memorial, to be removed. republican brian kemp has vowed to protect it and other historical monuments from, quote, the radical left. kemp's messaging strategy is consistent. >> stacey abrams, too extreme for georgia. >> reporter: casting abrams as an out of touch liberal, attacking her big money endorsements from out of state and her progressive policies on health care and immigration. in a changing georgia, some voters say they prefer abrams' agenda. >> georgia is a progressive state. and for us to grow, we need to change. her being elected as the governor, i think that would be good for the state of georgia. >> i don't want anyone to vote for me because i'm black. i don't want anyone to vote for me because i'm a woman. but because i'm a black woman, you know i've done a lot of good to get to where i am. >> reporter: with early

politics stacey abrams a candidate for governor in georgia plus we'll take you to lake victoria where a dispute over this tiny rock has two african nations at loggerheads. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has downplayed criticism over the country's violent political climate that's despite a bomber sending explosives to a string of targets regularly singled out for ridicule by trump and his supporters authorities are investigating the apparent terrorist campaign which was revealed just two weeks ahead of us midterm elections. pipe bomb sent by post to targets prominent critics of u.s. president donald trump. the secret service intercepted one bomb sent to the home of hillary clinton trump's democratic opponent in the two thousand and sixteen election another was addressed to former president barack obama. the third arrived in the mail room of broadcaster c.n.n. addressed to former cia director john brennan the devices were mailed in similar padded envelopes and with the same address labels suggesting a coordinated attack. in a speech at the white house

abrams in atlanta. she's a tough candidate. she's someone who not only has experience in the state legislature but she's unafraid of confronting some of these thorny issues like race. takes it head-on. and she's raising questions about legitimacy. even former president jimmy carter from georgia, far into his retirement, very active president carter, has issued a statement saying mr. kemp should resign as secretary of state, to not have any question hovering over this election next week. >> the oprah effect and the question that robert costa just raised about legitimacy. vox has a report saying that oprah, university of maryland researchers estimated in a 2008 paper that winfrey's endorsement of obama was responsible for 1 million additional votes for him in the primaries. they also found winfrey's endorsement increased the overall voter participation rate and the number of contributions he received. the oprah effect, the same thing that boosts the sale of books she recommends or products she endorses also translated into suppor

we have a question for you general abrams. one of the programs to limit north korea's program to proliferate weapons and generate cash for its purposes, working around sanctions, the proliferation security initiative which undertakes transported contraband and weaponry. what is the status of this program? and what do we need to do to strengthen it? >> senator, that program is alive and well. as you know, it has grown over time since its assumption -- inception over 20 years ago under president bush. it continues to provide very strong combined multinational capability to accomplish the task you laid out. i think what we should do going forward is to continue to encourage more nations to undertake and participate in additional training and integration exercises to give them the capability and confidence to fully fulfill their requirements under that initiative. >> can you cite any recent examples of successes, either six south -- successful interdiction or turning away shipments that were bound for someplace that were inappropr

stacy abrams politician attorney romance novelist running for governor of georgia in a race that is one of the most closely watched. it. play from state university in atlanta a large and an agenda crowd waits here for stacy a price she has to hope for change when new leadership that they believe will really represent that. i'm not running for governor so i can help how i'm running for governor so we can have. a reading because i know there are people in this room who told you we're not enough you've been told because of who you love or the language you speak or the faith you worship that you were less than and i'm running for all of us because we're going to run so hard in the fact that. liberals have hailed her as a progressive champion possessing super powers and black girl magic while republicans have issued warnings about what they called her extreme agenda fact is stacy abrams is on track to write history here in georgia and nationwide she becomes the first ever black female governor in the u.s. . a star among the democrats stacey abrams wants to boost spending for public education

a star among the democrats stacey abrams wants to boost spending for public education affordable housing and health car but she's also trying to persuade voters that she is a pragmatic politician with a record of finding common ground with conservatives stacey jenkins is one of her supporters she says that abramson victory would be a defining moment for the former confederate so it would be historical because georgia was one of the largest slave home states for a very long time before slavery was emancipated and i think that it would be a legacy. that was sick president and pay homage to those who paid the price for her you know for her to be able to run in this capacity and stacy abrams mural on the prominent corner in atlanta painted by a local artist when bar owner grant henry first hit on this idea he was afraid of negative reactions but then decided to do it and it way i feel like spacey abrams represents what the people really repartee represent and its openness and its freedom in its except of all people a start up in atlanta here stacey abrams meets with women who deeply admire h

his democratic opponent, abrams, is calling on kemp to resign as secretary of state.om cnn's jessica dean. >> reporter: a major dustup in georgia, weeks before voters go to the polls to choose their governor. the latest point of contention, allegations that georgia's secretary of state brian kemp is using a voter verification law to suppress thousands of african-american voters. kemp is running on the republican ticket against democrat stacey abrams. >> now let's go get it done. >> reporter: in the latest twist, a nonprofit advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against kemp in his official capacity as secretary of state. this after reports that kemp's office placed a hold on more than 50,000 voter applications. more than two-thirds of which were made by african-americans, for not meeting an exact match requirement. this means anything as minor as a typo or missing hyphen between a valid i.d. and a voter registration can be flagged. >> the reality is that minority voters are often the ones with unusual names that are sometimes harder for state officials to capture accurat

>> the abrams campaign has come out and encouraged these folks to go out and vote.mp is right that anyone that's on the list who have been deemed inactive or cannot be registered to vote now because of the exact provision, they can go in and vote. herein lies the bigger problem. a person from georgia who is from athens, georgia where brian kemp and i are from, represent a southeastern part of georgia, he received and asked for a lot of african-american vote in congress. herein lies the problem is that now organizations, not the abrams campaign, are being penalized because they try to register new voters. you made a good point. 70% of the 53,000, 31,700 african americans were put on this list. what happens is brian kemp has a history of basically purging voters. in 2012 and now in 2018, 1.4 million voters have been purged off the list. in 2017, 670,000 voters were purged off the list. here's the bigger problem we have. brian kemp being secretary of state had to know when he was deciding to run for governor there would be a lot of civil rights groups and his opponent

amy: that is stacey abrams speaking on democracy now! about brian kemp and georgia lieutenant governor casey cagle. i also want to turn to the republican senator david perdue of georgia who was captured on video saturday as he snatched a cell phone out of the hands of a constituent who asked about republican gubernatorial candidate brian kemp, who perdue was stumping for. senator perdue is on the campus of georgia tech in atlanta to -- when a student tried to ask them about his endorsement. >> how can you endorse a candidate -- that is our property. give me my phone back. amy: senator perdue returned the phone after the student demanded it back. on sunday, perdue's office called the incident a misunderstanding, saying the senator thought the student wanted to take a selfie with him. professor anderson, if you could comment on this? and as we wrap up this discussion about georgia, who is voting right now? in some states, there is no voting takaking place. what is happening in georgia? >> first on senator perdue. remember, senator perdue i

imagine you're stacey abrams. how do you run against a guy who is holding that kind of power in this process? how do you run to win, right? how do you run against a guy who is serving both as your competitor at the top of the ticket in the election and he is serving as the umpire who has very specific, very aggressive, very apparently racially inflected ideas about who gets to vote in his state and how the votes are handled and counted and who takes sure to make sure the system is secure. his competitor is the former democratic leader in the state legislature. very effective georgia leader named stacey abrams. she is graduate of the great spellman college. she is an incredibly effective speaker and organizer. she is the founder of a voting rights organization that made it its mission to register minority voters all over the state of georgia. you know what? you need powerful organizations to try to do that work in georgia because boy, are the headwinds strong. stacey abrams is now calling for brian kemp to step dow

abrams wants a giant carving of stone mountain, a confederate memorial, removed. and her opponent, brian kemp, is promising to protect it, it and other historical monuments from, quote, the radical left. by the way, if she is elected in november, stacey abrams would become the first black female governor in this country. let's bring in now symone sanders and scott jennings to discuss. good evening to both of you. will this controversy over stacey abrams and the georgia flag make a difference in this race? first symone? >> no. i really don't think this controversy is going to sway a number of voters. i do think this is an 11th hour opposition research drop that frankly fell flat. i think what georgians are concerned about is their health care, is the economy. are they going to elect a governor that's going to go to work for them and not national special interests? and i think that's what they're concerned about. they have a clear choice in this race, and in my opinion, people should be pulling the lever for stacey abrams, but i don't think this is -- like the flag

i am interested in general abrams. difficult or impossible to neutralize the threat of north korea without china's help. >> senator, i would align myself for that statement. >> isn't it true with an uptick in china assisting kim jong un in north korea since the president declared the trade war against china. >> i'm unaware or maybe i misunderstand your characterization of uptick. china has generally been supportive in the most recent u.n. security council sanctions against the dprk. >> well, i'd like to know more about that because i've heard and maybe this is a classified setting, that since the trade war has been declared and escalated that china has reversed some of its stances on what they are doing to assist kim jong un in terms of import into north korea food assistance at all about where it was on a correct trajectory for a period of time and now is quite another direction because china is looking to cause pain to the united states as a result of all the tariffs. is that not your understanding or respect is some

that's what stacy abrams is trying to do. it's not going to work in georgia. >> let me go to joe because you know that blacks couldn't vote in georgia because that was the law too. but joe madison, many people are just staying no matter who people vote for, how do you deny some of them and make them jump through hoops and the guy doing it is the opponent? >> because the guy doing it has the power to do that. he also knows that if he wasn't concerned, he could recuse himself, allow the system to work. i'm listening to hugh. she's a radical, no. she serves in a political, professional way. she's well respected by both sides. she is in the leadership position. but to answer your question directly, i would argue that if kemp wanted to be extremely honest about that, the law may be just that. he can say, you know what, we can still obey the law, i'll recuse myself, i'll remove myself from any appearance, any appearance, and i'll do this square and fair. everybody knows it's not square and fair, and i would also remind those on thi

yes. >> the abrams -- stacy abrams did not jump into this race for governor not thinking people wouldhing to stop an historic election. if stacy abrams does succeed nine days from now, that's not just a political earthquake, that is -- we don't have the lexicon for that it would be so historic. it would be a big deal and it would show that georgia has changed. it would show that stacy abrams was the right candidate at the right time. she ran a campaign that reached out from the tribal nature of what the republican party is doing. >> you're getting an amen from jason. go ahead. >> yeah. i just want to add. the thing that people have to remember is that for so long democrats and people on the left have complained, oh, my gosh, our party isn't ready for this. the abrams campaign was ready. the new georgia project. they knew this is what brian kemp was about. he's caught on tape saying, i hope brown people don't come out and vote. remember, even if the campaign is ready, the most important thing that every voter can do is you have to fight for your vote. and you have to remember that e to

: this is eight-year-old abram and his friend.st kids he loves being outside. but this isn't his neighborhood playground. it's the's childr inn at the national institutes of health in maryland. >> my medicines and taking blood. >> reporter: julia dotson is abram's mom. >> we have beenere probably ten times within the last year. and it has h become oure away from home. >> reporter: abram from st. louis, missouri has a rare disease. one that at this point is difficult to cure because it's been difficult to diagnose. >>e said why am i sick all the time and how come no one can fix me? >> reporter: abram has high grade fevers. >> about once a month he'll have three or four days that he's at a normal attempe. almost always he's 100. when he flares, it's 102 to 106. >> reporter: he also suffers with ar tlthritis like pain. pain he fights through like at this game where he got to throw out the first pitch. >> i don't look sick, but i am sick. >> reporter: for two years he's been meeting with medicine's best at this special place, and few

what w you like, abram? >> it will work and make me feel better. >> my god, iov would the gift of diagnosis that's like the the but more than anything, health. i want him to have the life his brother and sister have. hi would like to go out and play without hurting. until then another drug to try before he doesn't need this special place anymore. >> abryou can find out so much e about him on our washington app. just search abram's story. ♪ aren't you tired trying to fill that void ♪ >> it is already getting oscar buzz. coming up, our entertainment >>> you're going to sing that song that i love. >> no, i can't do at that. >> look at me. >> pack some tissues if you're going to see the latest version of "a star is born." editor jon fraley says even though the story' been told before, it's never been done quite like th. >> reporter: new in theaters this weekend is the latest remake of "a star is born." before you say how dare they remake that classic, you have to remember the barbra streisand's version was a rem

politics abrams running for governor in georgia also on the program. ukrainian filmmaker all accent soft wins this year sakharov prize for human rights awarded i merely by european law makers who describe him as a prisoner of conscience is currently in prison in russia after being convicted on terror charges. i'm from galle welcome to the program. and i should watch search is underway in the united states for a suspected serial mailbomb as law enforcement officials investigate more suspicious packages discovered today one is understood to be to address tonight after robert de niro and outspoken critic of u.s. president took donald's truck at least one other address to democrats up for the first president joe biden was intercepted in delaware the incidents come just a day after the f.b.i. revealed its top intercepted at least seven pipe bombs some of them sent to other leading democrats including former president barack obama and hillary clinton. well let's get more now from the t.w. correspondent up because the son who joins us saw from that new york c

with stacey abrams being nominated for governor. she is the first african-american woman to be nominated by a major party for the governor's ma mansion. when it comes to the photo that just came out it, will be interesting to see how this changes the race. when she was burning the flag, it was during the 1990s, period of time when the flag had the confederate flag on it. it was removed in 2003. nonetheless, already a race where there is lots of tensions between the republican and the democrat. this will surely just bring them more to the surface. brian: does make more sense if you are burning the flag stars and bars.

kemp is locked in a tight race with stacey abrams.ed about the impact this controversy will have on the election. >> we know this is a flawed system that has a disproportionate effect on people of color. it also has the ability to erode trust in our system. i know that secretary kemp is well aware of this. and it's part of a pattern of behavior where he tries to tilt the playing field in his favor or in the favor of his party. this should not require the erosion of public trust. >> are you confident this is going to be a fair election in november? >> i am. >> joining me is greg bluestein, political reporter for the atlanta journal-constitution. it's great to have you back. this is a great race you've got going to cover. what is the real impact in your view of what's going woith brian kemp. it's very unusual situation that he's going to be overseeing an election that he's running in. >> we have a poll that came out showing a statistical tie between the two candidates. you're seeing both candidates use this to mobilize and further energ

politics stacy abrams who's running for governor in georgia also coming up on the show ukrainian filmmaker a look since all proceeds of this year's zach braff prize for human rights awarded annually by european lawmakers who describe him as a prisoner of conscience he's in prison in russia after being convicted on terror charges. plus congratulations madam president it's all word saudi becomes ethiopia's first ever female head of state it's a largely ceremonial post but her appointment is seen by women there as a symbolic greet through and a plastic fantastic few empty bottles by a free bus ride in this indonesian city to take a look at what's prompted that new swap system. you're. way our thank you so much for your company everyone we begin our broadcast with the growing package probe in the u.s. where law enforcement officials are now reportedly focusing their investigation on the u.s. state of florida and also examining more suspicious packages discovered today one that was addressed to american actor robert de niro and outspoken critic of u.s. president donald trump two others were rep

abrams files a false lawsuit doesn't mean it's right.th entered with similar strategies -- to continue down their polar opposite paths. both did that, continuing to energize their bases in a state where few undecided voters remain. >> thank you for that. >>> in cnn business this morning, relief for global stock markets overnight after a scary performance yesterday. but sorry to say u.s. futures are looking lower right now. look, wall street is battling worries about trade wars and rising costs. big companies like caterpillar blame raising costs on steel tariffs. the stock fell more than 7% yesterday. look at that. you know, it's part of the dow, one of the dow 30. the dow tumbling as much as 500 points. but then it sort of recovered from the lows and closed down 126. a wild day. the nasdaq fell. the s&p 500 also fell, and that was five days in a row down for the s&p. october has been rotten for stocks. the worst for the dow since august, taylor swift. investors adjusting to the higher costs and to higher debates. higher rates something t

stacey abrams joins us now. 53,000 voters, kemp says, can still vote on election day if they show an incht d. at the polls. why is that not good enough? >> the problem is two-fold. 53,000 people are being forced to go through unnecessary hurdles to prove that they're bona fides. and second, thos of volunteer and paid poll workers who will be asked to verify that these i.d.s are sufficient. this is a subjective standard. it would be much easier if he actually did his job and process people in a proper fashion and we did not have this flawed exact match system, that he knew was flawed because we sued him in 2016, and a federal judge forced him to restore 43,000 registrations. this say failed system designed to scare people out of voting and make it harder for those willing to push through, make it harder for them to vote. >> leader abrams, he argues he's doing his job, the exact match law was passed by the state legislature last april, sitting secretary of state. he says why should i step down just because i'm fol

and because miss abrams files the false lawsuit doesn't mean it's right. we defeated that in 2014. >> reporter: both entered with similar strategies, to continue down their polar opposite paths. both did that, energizing bases in a state where few undecided voters remain. >> thank you for that. >>> president trump this morning set to meet with u.s. officials returning from turkey and saudi arabia. they were there looking into the death of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. the "wall street journal" asked the president about the possiblenism involvement -- possible involvement of crown prince mohammad bin salman. he said, well, the crown prince is running things over there, so if anybody were going to be it would be him. speaking more about the horrific murder. >> they did the wrong thing in thinking about the idea. they certainly did a bad job of execution, and they certainly did a bad job of talking about it or covering it up, if you'd like to say that. i would say it was a total fiasco. from day one. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo says the

people thought that stacey abrams was not.he party's primary choice for that race. >> she was not. >> and look how well she is doing in the face of massive voter suppression i might add. >> yes. >> so i think the democrats need to stop saying -- telling voters who they won't vote for. >> howard dean, a really wise man once said back in 2004 i am coming to represent the democratic wing of the democratic party. his name was howard dean. and you at that time were trying to tell democrats stop pretending to be faux republicans. >> right. >> tara just laid it out. the people that the party wanted to win these primaries didn't. they didn't think any of these three had a chance. all of them have a great chance of winning. should democrats take that same attitude into 2020? >> absolutely, yes. i think it's too early to say we should have all women or whatever. it's going to be 15, 20 people running, and i hope we pick the most qualified person. but most qualified person is the person who stands up for who he or she is as genuine. peop

these abrams supporters say the controversy has made them more motivated to vote. >> everybody can call on the phone, i've been burning it up hot. >> reporter: cbs news, heinzville, georgia. >> we'll broadcast the show from houston, texas. on monday. we'll be in florida the following year. another arrest mr. the gymna gymnastics scandal. and later, my digestive system used to make me feel sluggish but now, i take metamucil every day. it traps and removes the waste that weighs me down, so i feel lighter. try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. . >>> steve penny, the former president and ceo of usa gymnastics is in a jail cell in tennessee accused of hiding documents at the famed karolyi ranch and enabling team doctor larry nasser to see evidence. >> this shows the moment steven penny game stephen pen any prirch, arrested in gatlinburg tennessee charged we will hiding documents. nasser was accused of molesting more than 200 young female athletes under the guice of treatment. -- guise of treatment. jeanette antolyn was one of his victims. >> the pieces are starting to fal

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democratic candidate stacey abrams faced secretary of state brian kemp in the race for governor. central issue in the debate was possible voter suppression by the secretary of state, brian kemp, in georgia. >> under secretary kemp, more people have lost the right to vote in the state of georgia. they have been purged. they have been suppressed and they have been scared. that type of voter suppression feeds the narrative because voter suppression isn't only about blocking the vote. it's also about creating an atmosphere of fear, making people worry that their votes won't count. >> with exactly two weeks until election day, brian kemp and stacey abrams are statistically tied in the race for governor. brian kemp is being sued by the aclu for suspending more than 53,000 voter registration application ands for rejecting hundreds of absentee ballots for reasons that seem to be trivial. and brian kemp is well aware that african-american and minority turnout is a problem for his campaign, since that turnout seems to be surging. at a ticketed campaign fund-raising event in atlanta last we

abrams is now calling on kemp to resign.is here to take a closer look at this high profile race. these are serious allegations in this race. what's going on here? >> well, kate, imagine you show up at the polls on election day only to learn that your registration is on hold, simply because there was a typo. you're still allowed to vote, but now there's this extra step involved and there's concern that some voters will simply go home or not show up at all. a major dust-up at the state of georgia weeks before voters go to the polls to choose their governor. the latest point of contention, allegations georgia's secretary of state brian kemp is using a voter verification law to effectively suppress thousands of african-american voters. kemp is running on the republican ticket against democrat stacey abrams. >> now let's go get it done. >> in the latest twist, a nonprofit advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against kemp in his official capacity as secretary of state. this after reports that kemp's office placed a hold on more than

now, stacey abrams is calling for him to step down from the position. than 53,000 voter registration applications, they are on hold. the problem, as the state sees it, is that they have failed to clear the state's exact match standard. this is a policy that has been passed under brian kemp. and to add to the scope of this problem, 7 in 10 of those 53,000 voter applications that are on hold, those belong to african-americans. now, stacey abrams has openly accused brian kemp of voter suppression. she did that yesterday on "state of the union" with jake tapper, and this morning, we're hearing kemp fire back. >> that's a smoke screen trying to hide her radical views. those folks that are on the pending list, all they have to do is go to the polls, show their photo i.d., and they can vote. again, this is just a distraction from her view of her group's filing a lawsuit to get non-citizens to vote in the state of georgia. we're not going to allow that. we're going to have security, accessible, and fair elections in our state. >> so there you have it. kemp says

but is in german, ruth abram -- ladies and gentle and, ruth abrams! [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

justice reform, more money for health care and education but for me the big draw is her resume. >> abramssed to being the first. the first african-american girl to be val dik toran at her high school and got her law degree from yale. she was the first african-american to lead in the georgia house of representatives, and the first female leader in the history of the georgia general assembly. and authored eight romantic suspense novels. under the pen men selena montgomery. (applause) >> she writes romances, she wrotes romantic suspense novels with names like reckless and hidden sin. those sexy time books should help her win a key demographic. the horny ass mama, horny mama. >> that is a key voting demographic. >> oh my god, oh my god, man, hornee ass mama, oh my god, they have lots of demands taxer breaks on bubble baths, bringing back those really big wine glasses and funding to develop a candle that smells like mark roughaleau r did you have ever nelled smacker ruffalo. >> trevor: i can't say i have. >> he walked by me one time and the brees-- . >> trevor: it seem stacey abrams could make

he voiced concerns over abram's voters outreach to donors. the recording was given to rolling stone reporter who posted it hours before tonight's debate. >> as worried as we were going into the start of early voting with the literally tens of millions of dollars that they are putting behind to get out and vote efforts for their base, a lot of that was absentee ballot requests, they had just an unprecedented number of that which is something that continues to concern us especially if everybody uses and exercises their right to vote which they absolutely can, and mails those ballots in, we've got to have a heavy turnout to offset that. >> he was at the event and made no comment on the remarks. the election was central to the debate. >> as you know in a recent video you called on illegals to vote for you in this election. i was actually shocked i had to watch that video twice. so my question is, why are you encouraging people to break the law for you in this election? >> mr. kemp, you are very aware that i know the laws of georgia when it comes