brad raffensperger stood up to trump. overseeing elections who are willing to help. there are candidates in several key states who dispute the result of the last election. donald trump won. the corruption - in our election system is a national security threat. when i'm secretary of state of nevada, we're going to fix it. and when my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country get elected, we're going to fix the whole country and president trump is going to be president again in 2024. worst—case scenario is these i people exercise their authority to reject the will of i the american people and it overturns the basic - fundamentals of a democracy. on the streets of raleigh, karen ziegler�*s been organising protests to highlight the dangers. in many of these states, it's making it possible for extremists to overturn the will of the people. i think we're at a real tipping point. and if those of us who believe in democracy don't keep pushing, yeah, it could tip. it could tip. january 6 was a dark moment in am

host: brad raffensperger, secretary of state from georgia, he won reelection tuesday and now has to runn election for the united states senate, a runoff election december 6, all eyes go to the peach state again. your phone calls this morning, what message did voters send on election day, elizabeth in maryland, independent. what you think? caller: we want democrats in office. we do not want trump ever again because democrats and biden have helped the american people so much over the last four years. bidens can run in 2024 and game a similar -- covid package, child tax credit for women and children, and all kinds of wonderful things and now he's a the conference in egypt. we want democrats, we don't republicans. we don't want trump ever again. host: are you still gonna feel that way if has these dozens of house races come in if republicans and up taking the house? caller: that will be terrible but i will still vote for biden in 2024. i will keep being a democrat and independent. host: that is elizabeth on our line for independents. this is kathy in arkansas. good morning. caller: good mor

aishah hasnie is live in atlanta, i believe through the glass we can see brad raffensperger is ready to go and hear an announcement soon? >> yes, absolutely. in fact, i think that you can see him through the window there right now. he's inside his office about to walk out to the podium and make his remarks. i just caught up with him in his office about 20, 30 minutes ago, and i asked him point blank, sandra, is this race, this very heated senate race neck and neck, is this headed for a run-off, and he told me yes. it is officially headed for a run-off. and that is what he is going to announce in just the next couple of moments here, and he says look, there were just not enough votes left -- not enough outstanding votes for either candidate, if they were to put it on this side or that side, to go past that 50% threshold that is required by georgia law. it's very unique and special to this peach state. they have to break that 50% threshold and neither candidate will be able to do that. looks like we have some movement in the office but still waiting for the secretary to come out. now,

i was just talking to brad raffensperger the secretary of state about this.chy subject even for him. and he stood up to trump, trying to overturn an election. what does this say about the state of our nation right now, david? >> nothing good. i think, jim, and i can't remember an election period of time in which we didn't accept the results of the election. and it is particularly, i think, problematic now and dangerous for the republic that this rejection of the ballots and the voting, it's very much now linked to violence. and the violence is excused because there are people say, well, on the right, you know, that these elections are rigged. so, i think it is going to get worse after the midterms. because if the right loses in the midterms, they're going to come back and say it was stolen. if they do very, very well, they're going to say we're on a winning strategy. this disruption we brought to politics and what we've conducted on the trail is working. let's keep at it. and the violence will continue and it will grow. so it is -- let's get one figure that m

remember they heard from brad raffensperger and other people. they don't have the audio tape but brad raffensperger is a credible observer, if graham does a story completely apart from it, that puts him i think more in the soup, not just for the actual substantive charges of election tampering, but even potentially perjury. >> let's turn to the mar-a-lago investigation. you have the special master dispute playing out between trump and the doj. and this was all before a special counsel was appointed. so now, jack smith, the new special counsel is coming in to this midstream. do you see that as a disadvantage? >> no. today, it isn't. they've already developed this very much. remember, it's a little complicated but everything was going along smoothly. trump filed this motion and got a judge to basically really, you know, freeze the linebackers. the 11th circuit granted a stay as to part, as to the classified documents. and now, they're considering the merits of the order in the first place. and i think, given what they said before, there's a pretty

joining us now is brad raffensperger. dismissed pressure from the former president to find votes to overturn the 2020 election. secretary raffensperger, over 2 million early votes cast in early voting in georgia. what are you hearing from election workers for how things are going? >> over 2.2 million early votes plus the absentees. we're before 2.5 million, and that's before we hit tuesday tomorrow. we've told the counties since day one to prepare for big numbers tomorrow, and we think that they will be. >> we've seen images out of other parts of the country, out of arizona, for example, over armed individuals watching over drop boxes. have you taken measures to protect voters or election workers from intimidation and threats. >> yes, we have. we introduced a texting tool. we offered that to all counties. about 85 took us up on the free offer. when someone comes in and you have the texting tool, as soon as you press a button, if you see something that makes you nervous or concerned, that goes to our state election directo

georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger on what he's seeing in just a moment.rles watson on both sides scrambling with just days to go. hi, charles. >> hi, sandra. yeah, it's been a busy few days here in the peach state. so far moore than 468,000 people casting their ballots in person during the early voting period here in georgia what is interesting is more than 300,000 of those voteds that were cast came monday alone. that shattered the previous record for single day early vote turnout, which was set in 2018. people are keeping voting locations very busy. we've seen waits at some polling places that were as long as two hours. most votes are coming out of dekalb, fulton and gwinnett counties. they make up about a third of all votes cast. a big question on everyone's minds is who has the advantage here. is it warnock or is it walker? we speak to one expert that says that's a hard question to answer right now because of differences in when early voting started across the state. but she says the winning strategy will almost certainly come down to who has the best

at this point, i think he is viewed as a witness, but we know he made calls to brad raffensperger to pressure him about voting counts. and i'm sure that fani willis wants to know whether that was a coordinated effort with donald trump and what his goals were in making those calls. >> yeah, barbara, talk to me a little bit about that speech, the debate clause, because there's some things that are respected and that aren't. what exactly is that? >> the speech or debate clause to the constitution says that no member of congress may be questioned based on their speech or debate on the senate floor or the house floor. in any other place. and the idea there is to protect the candid exchange of views in the halls of congress. so if somebody sponsors some very unpopular legislation, for example, and speaks in favor of it, we don't want them to turn around and be interrogated about the matters they expressed on the floor because it might tend to be coercive and have a chilling effect on the debate that occurs in congress where we want robust debate. that doesn't mean you don't have to answer

brad raffensperger for secretary of state. brian kemp for governor.n resisted pressure by then president trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election. what does their support among georgia voters say to you about howhis issue is viewed and where georgia voters are on it? stephen: georgia is certainly tired of election to nihilism -- election denialism. it was counted three different times. the winner was still president joe biden. georgia voters have a very low tolerance for that. during t primary this year, there were several trump backed primary challengers seeking to unseat republicans. those trump backed candidates lost by wide margins. you see in of an electorate, both a democrat, independent, and republican, that acknowledged ryan cap and brad raffensperger stood up to those claims. that is why you see the two of them as the top vote getters. amna: briefly, you saw a lot of early turnout. some big numbers in georgia. a lot of enthusiasm in these midterm elections. do you see that carrying threw two this runoff inber? stephen:em wecith the

brian kemp is an exceptional voter suppresser, as is brad raffensperger.we need everyone to show up. the overwhelming performance we have seen from voters is in response to 202. an attempt to overcome 202. what we know, the best way to stop them from having this kind of power is give power back to the people by electing me as the next governor, by elected democrats up and down the ballot and proving once and for all that georgians will not bow cowed by cowards trying to deny them access to the vote. >> brian kemp was secretary of state. he built the state voter suppression system so he could become governor, and he has got it locked in with this new law to make it as hard as possible to vote him out. that's how they do it, how they get power and never give it back. be very aware if you're a voter in georgia. >> and still ahead, from spreading misinformation to voter intimidation and suppression, election deniers and their supporters are doing whatever it takes to make sure they win. what this means for america next on "the reidout." ready to style in just

efforts to overturn the election. >> brad raffensperger has also already testified.i know she paused the investigation ahead of the midterms. >> governor kemp went in shortly after he won his election. governor kemp felt like he could go in and speak about it, causing him no aftermath with the maga crowd. he testified under oath for hours as well. >> joyce, when you hear all this, what do you make of at which stage the investigation is in right now? >> so the d.a. has indicated that she hoped to wrap this up by the end of the year. it looks like this is one of her final witnesses. she still has a problem. there's still other witnesses who are fighting their subpoenas. general flynn, mark meadows and newt gingrich, all of whom she subpoenaed are in court trying to avoid testifying. the question is how essential their testimony is? sometimes you can decide whether or not you have sufficient evidence to prosecute without speaking to witnesses who are recall is he trent. sometimes you need to lock them down. it can be important in a case like this, not so much to build y

here is brad raffensperger announcing the runoff. brad: good afternoon everyone. i thought about doing that 7:00 this morning. we figured you like more than two hours of sleep. we wanted to give you an update. some more information. . we had a beautiful day yesterday in georgia. it is beautiful again. it was a very successful election day. we saw georgians from all over the state cast their ballots to make their voice heard. it is a wonderful thing. this vote is democracy. this republic. i stand and all of what we saw, and what our forefathers built on this nation. something so unique in human history. it is divinely inspired. that sounds --, said it takes a lot of people to make it happen. i want to give credit to our elections team. here my office is led by our collector, blake evans. the deputy director harris and michael barnes. our director of center for elections. their team has done amazing work. they worked with the greatest county collection teams i think are nation has. to do the tough, on the ground work of running polling locations, processing voters a

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as did the secretary of state brad raffensperger. so i mean, it's a mixed bag on this issue. >> it is. look, i want to do a little heat check on the house because we've been -- you used the w word, savannah, and i almost stopped you right there. you know, we don't have evidence of the wave. yet. that doesn't mean it might not happen. but let me show you. remember i did my small, medium and large. here's virginia 10. we already called it. so we're not looking at a tsunami for republicans. virginia 7 abigail spanberger obviously is one that we've been very focused on here. look at how close this is. just 3,000 votes. we have some updated totals in here. we think there's still 22,000 votes. this is one where we're going to wait till all the votes are counted before we call this race. but already this tells you this may limit the size of the republican gains because look, florida may give them enough for the majority already. they picked up four seats in that state. but this tells you something, and let me take you over to virginia too a

brad raffensperger announcing the december 6 runoff. secretary raffensperger: good afternoon. we thought about doing that at 7:00 this morning but we figured you would like more than two hours of sleep. we wanted to give you an update. we had a beautiful day in georgia yesterday and it is a beautiful day again. it was a very successful election day. we saw georgians from all over the state cast their ballot to make their voices heard. it is still a wonderful thing. this is democracy. this republic. i stand in all of what we saw and what our forefathers built in this nation. something so unique in human history. it is truly divinely inspired. that said, it takes people, lots of people, very hard-working people to make it happen. i want to give credit, first come into our elections team in my office. they are led by our director blake evans. deputy director dr. jesse harris and michael barnes, our director of the center for elections. their team has done amazing work. they work with the greatest county election teams that our nation has to do the tough, on the groundwork of runn

. >> brad raffensperger, i appreciate your time tonight. good luck tomorrow. >>> the news continues. let's hand it over to jake tapper and "cnn tonight." >>> welcome to "cnn tonight." i'm jack tapper in washington. tonight we're on the eve of american voters' last chance to cast their ballots in this critical midterm election at stake. control of the u.s. house of representatives, control of the u.s. senate, plus control of governors' mansions in state houses all across united states. the polls and political history point to a likely good night for republicans. since 1990, the president's party has lost seats in the house, sometimes in the dozens, when the president's approval rating falls below 50%. and biden's sure is below 50%. trying to ride that momentum, sources tell cnn that donald trump has been discussing with aides whether he should announce his 2024 presidential campaign tonight. it's all unknown as of now, but what is clear, we probably will not know the results in a number of the elections tomorrow night. it will likely take da

from south carolina intervene in the georgia elections and tell republican secretary of state brad raffenspergere on his conversations with senator graham, graham was urging him to toss-up lawfully passed ballots. well, no, i think we have more insight into why lindsey graham, who had no vince this competing in a georgia state election, was involving himself in georgia politics. and how about jeffrey clark, the high doj official who drafted a letter to georgia state officials, saying, the department of justice has grave concerns about election integrity in georgia? all of these threads are now pulled together by this latest revelation that the reason this cabal was focusing on the georgia election was because they believed they had clarence thomas on their side. he could potentially put at least a temporary halt to the certification. >> let me pick up on that point, charles, that glenn made about lindsey graham. the supreme court rejected lindsey graham's attempt to get his subpoena thrown out or block, i guess, if you will. how do you see this playing out at the disapproving court said no, you

brad raffensperger has alleged that graham suggested he had the authority to reject certain legally caster having made such a suggestion. the testimony was months in the making, with graham trying every legal maneuver to have his subpoena quashed. he ultimately was forced to comply after the supreme court ruled against him earlier this month. in a statement after the interview, graham's office said, quote, he was treated with respect, professionalism and courtesy. and graham would not comment on the substance of the questions. >>> still ahead, we're going to have the latest from the war in ukraine, as russian forces renew attacks on a key city that they just lost. >>> plus, more layoffs for big tech. cnbc will join us live with more insight on what the job cuts could mean for the global economy. we'll be right back. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. plan a didn't work out? get plan b one-step. plan b helps prevent pregnancy before it starts, and it won't im

officials in georgia regarding absentee ballots and the infamous call donald trump made to brad raffenspergervotes, find 11,000 plus votes, enough to win. joining us from atlanta, blayne alexander. lindsey graham went in through the garage. we didn't see him go in or out. his testimony is secret. we have no idea what he said. he tried so hard not to testify, going up to the supreme court. >> reporter: for more than five months, andrea, we saw this legal back and forth between his legal team and the fulton county d.a. he did testify today for 2 1/2 hours. i want to talk about that timing. the fact that we know he arrived earlier this morning. left about 11:30 or so. we believe he was inside for about 2 1/2 hours. when you compare that to some of the other testimony that we have seen, the longest that we know so far is rudy giuliani. he was inside for a little over six hours. putting those two side by side. we do know that the fulton county d.a. wanted to talk to lindsey graham specifically about a couple of phone calls that he made to the secretary of state, brad raffensperger, about absentee

georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger has said that graham called him in 2020 and suggested he discard some ballots. plus, a big loss today for trump at the supreme court. the justices cleared the way for the release of trump's tax returns to the democratic-led house committee. and in new york, a judge setting a trial date of october 2023 for the state's $250 million lawsuit against trump. his family, and the trump organization. the trial would begin just a few months before the 2024 primary season. and we start our coverage now with cnn's paula reed, at the federal courthouse in atlanta. paula, if a judge rules in favor of prosecutors and removes the special master, how would that change the special counsel's investigation? >> reporter: well, that would be a big win for the newly appointed special counsel, jack smith, as it would help him move this investigation along a little bit faster. and speed and time, those are key issues here. you heard the attorney general on friday assure people that appointing a special counsel was not going to slow this down. there are concerns abo

himself also repeated the outrageous accusation in a phone call to georgia secretary of state brad raffenspergerst 18,000 that's on tape. we had them counted very painstakingly, 18,000 voters having to do with ruby freeman. she's a professional vote scammer and hustler. >> i was like, really? you're gonna call me out like that? what are you talking about? >> from the moment those videos went viral online, ruby and shea started getting threats. shea said her facebook was filled with messages from total strangers. >> i have to admit i looked at every single one. they were saying that i should be hung, me and my mom will die and, you know, like burning crosses. it's a slap in the face. very hateful things. >> the threats escalated to the point that the fbi told shea and ruby to go into hiding ahead of january 6th, 2021. >> i don't know where i'm going. i don't know what i'm doing. i'm just out here. i feel homeless. i don't have anywhere to go. i don't know nothing. yeah. i was just out there for a moment. >> how did you deal with that? >> by the grace of god. >> in the hotly contested state of col

rafael warnock nor herschel walker has surpassed the 50% necessary to avoid a run-off, and brad raffenspergerhere. this as kemp was over stacey abrams yesterday. patricia murphy, great friend of fox news. looks like there was a lot of ticket splitting that went on last night, particularly in the big blue counties of fulton, cobb, gwinett, and kemp for governor, but the senate, went for warnock. >> yes, it is so interesting to get into the real nitty gritty of these numbers. we know that governor brian kemp finished with 200,000 more votes than herschel walker did. but the democrat side, warnock 140,000 more votes than stacey abrams did. a group of voters are picking kemp and warnock. both incumbents, and gentlemen who georgians are used to seeing in the offices they hold but also ran more moderate, even tempered, even toned campaigns than either of their other two party mates on the tickets. so we are seeing this fascinating split. you didn't think about it happening in modern politics, but it is happening now. >> john: so the press conference in a few minutes makes official what herschel wal

lisa: secretary of state brad raffensperger, who himself just won reelection announced the u.s.race between republican herschel walker and democratic incumbent rafael warnock is heading to a run-off in december. both candidates are asking supporters for patience. >> so you all just hang in there. i'm feeling good. >> if you can hang in, hang in there a little bit longer. lisa: some republicans had predicted a potential wave election, common ian unpopular president's first midterm, especially with widespread voter concern about the economy. >> we've got to do something to reverse the inflationary trend. the democrats are spending out of control, congress is spending out of control. that needs to come back in line. lisa: but there were other forces at play. >> i like to vote at every election, but i think especially this time, you know, it's about reproductive rights, it's about the environment, it's about ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to vote. lisa: republicans did have a good night in many races, like in ohio, where author j.d. vance took the senate seat over democra

secretary of state brad raffensperger says fewer than 10,000 votes were left to be counted because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, georgia will hold a runoff election. that is set for december 6th. multiple u.s. news outlets are reporting it will be weeks before votes across the country are fully counted. the republicans see a number of paths to power in the house of representatives. abc news projects the republicans have at least 211 seats right now. seven short of a majority. even before being assured of victory, republicans are suggest ago show down over how to finance government spending. they have also signalled that they will open investigations into gas prices, the handling of the covid-19 pandemic and even president joe biden's family. despite the new congress yet to fully form, people are already looking ahead to the next big race, the 2024 presidential election. biden was asked if he plans to be part of it. >> my intention is that i will run again but i'm a great respecter of fate, and this is ultimately a family decision. >> he says he would make a final de

sherman who is the guy who deals with elections in georgia and also their secretary of state, brad raffenspergere would be saturday voting, turns out that was wrong. there were threats of lawsuits. how can it be that this jim crow law is going to make it harder for folks to vote and these two state officials didn't know it? >> yeah, so there is a lot of debate now, as you mentioned, mark elias put out a memo saying the law is being misinterpreted and he does believe that saturday voting could be possible, but what gabriel sterling and brad raffensperger have said is their attorneys reviewed the law, and they don't think it's possible, and that they basically misspoke. this all, as you mentioned, comes as a result of that new election law, and we know, even when that law was being debated, reporters like me and my colleagues at the ajc asked republicans, why are you doing this? they didn't have a clear answer. it was apparent that a lot of the changes that republicans implemented in senate bill 202 was in direct response to the democrat successes in 2020 and those 2021 run-offs. one of them is ch

. >> brad raffensperger, georgia secretary of state is speaking now. let's listen. >> we had a beautiful day yesterday in georgia. and it's a beautiful day here again. it was just a very successful election day. we saw georgians from all over the state cast their ballots to make their voice heard. it's still a wonderful thing. this vote, this democracy, this republic, i still stand in awe of what we saw and what our forefathers had built of this nation. something so unique in human history, it's truly divinely inspired. that said, it takes people, lots of people, very hard-working people, to make it happen. so i want to give credit first to our elections team here in my office, as led by our director blake evans. the deputy director dr. jesse harris, and michael barnes, our director of the center for elections. their team has done amazing work. and they worked with the greatest county election team that i think our nation has, to do the tough on the ground work of polling locations and processing voters and carrying the votes. speaking of processing vo

of course, of the phone call that then president trump made to georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger, when he asked him to help him find enough votes to overturn the election results. e the hearings helping to move this country forward? >> some truths are inconvenient and they're painful. and i think it's so important in this moment for all of us to stand up. this is not about any single person. the democracy doesn't belong to the politicians. and in a sense, i see january 6th as an extreme and radical expression of a problem that i see every day in our politics. and thats politics too often becomes about the politicians. it's about their power. and when you're focused on your own power, rather than the sanctity of the democracy itself, then i think you're given to a kind of cynical politics that makes the politician their own biggest cause, so that when we encounter something that most americans believe we ought to get some progress on, like common-sense gun laws, it becomes very hard to do anything, even when nearly 90% of the country believes in it because the politicians are thin

prosecutors in georgia are looking at his attempt to overturn the 2020 election by telling brad raffenspergere secretary of state, that he should just find 11,870 votes. there's also this criminal tax-fraud trial involving the trump organization, which begins this week. of all of these, which actually has the most potential to damage donald trump? >> it's a really good question, and i think there's a difference between what has the most potential to damage him criminally, what has the biggest potential to damage him in ways that he considers to be wounding, and which ones he's most concerned with. and so with those three buckets -- >> and you think they're not the same? >> i don't. and let me work backwards. >> go for it. >> the one that he has been talking about, at least until the trump organization arguments began in earnest this week -- the one that he had been talking the most about was this defamation suit that e. jean carroll, a writer who claims that he raped her, filed against him. he has been wracked with anger about it and yelling about it to aides. the trump organization trial, th

republican secretary of state brad raffensperger of georgia and democratic secretary of state jocelynson of michigan, both of whom i have known for quite some time. jostling for longer than she would like to admit. -- jocelyn for longer than she would like to admit. they were both recently reelected and they both stand for the integrity and professionalism required more than ever in this space as they face unprecedented disinformation, harassment, and threats. as i mentioned, we are seeing counties today refused to certify election results. we have candidates who have lost by hundreds of thousands of votes and are refusing to concede elections. and this environment is really unprecedented. and this environment led the next person i am going to introduce, someone who needs no introduction, chief washington correspondent, as i worked with cbs over the last two election cycles, i got to know major and we got together in this environment. and we decided we had to tell the story of the professionals who are running election and talk about the damage that was being done in this environment,

the secretary of state, brad raffensperger, by the, way has been reelected there.cided to be a runoff if no one gets to 49, the 50%. right now it is not clear that that will happen tonight or tomorrow night. it may not happen, in other words, we might go to a runoff. take a look at the map of georgia and how this has lived there. ayman, you have live, there i have lived there. what has evolved there is that you've got certain centers around which democrats win and then the rest of the state, including where marjorie taylor greene runs, for instance, where sometimes a democratic candidate -- did actually run against her. but you have got a nine counties around atlanta, which are decisive. voter turnout matters here. it's around savannah, around augusta, around columbus. and then some other places -- this is how georgia gets decided. we are do people come out to vote? and that, to alicia's point, about stacey abrams, it's really a lot about stacey abrams. she orchestrated. she and other organizers in georgia, who remained the example for america in terms of organizin

georgia, with republicans winning, brad raffensperger is on path to win easily. it's not just all republicans. you have places in michigan, i think democrats are going to win there. but i would keep an i would keep an eye on arizona, nevada and wisconsin. >> i agree and jessica will be back in a minute. i think it's called the independent legislatures theory which is basically that if you read the constitution literally, it says state legislatures get to determine who are the electors in the electoral college, it does not mention one the majority of the vote. there has been a tradition of 100 years of that being the case. if you go to the u.s. constitution and read that sentence, it's pretty clear state legislatures can do whatever they want to do in terms of appointing electors and that will factor into the makeup of the legislature and mood of that state. i want you to be able to finish your thought. >> not sure where it cut out. arizona, nevada and wisconsin are places where we can see election deniers win. arizona is the most likely. you should feel good abou

republican secretary of state brad raffensperger of georgia and democratic secretary of state jocelyn benson of michigan who i've known for some time. jocelyn for longer than she'd like to admit. and who were both recently reelected and it both who both stand for the integrity and professionalism that's required more than ever in this space. as a face unprecedented disinformation, harassment and threats. as i mentioned we're seeing counties today refused to certify election results. we have candidates who lost quite hundreds ofthousands of votes refused to concede elections. this environment is really unprecedented . and it's this environment led the next person i'm going to introduce, probably someone needs more no introduction, major garrett of cbs news. as i worked with cbs over the last two election cycles wi got to know major and we got together in this environment and decided we had to tell the story of the professionals run elections and to talk about the damage that was being done in this environment some of which you're going to hear from shortly h. it culminated in out just

we know from the former secretary of state, the current one, brad raffensperger got a call, we know about the call from donald trump. can we find 11,000 votes and change. he says he got a call from lind i graham, listen. >> an implication that, look hard and see how many ballots you could throw out. >> so how important is this testimony in the, okay, lindsey graham made the call, that's well documented. wouldn't the question before the grand jury be who asked you to make that call? >> we don't know know what lindsey graham answered. there's lots of ways he was able to decline to answer questions and he was already set up by the supreme court. they said, you know, we're not going to block your testimony in full. you do have to show up but he can still come back to court if he wants to. the georgia grand jury can take him to court and try to litigate these things. it takes time to work that out especially with people in protected positions, elected officials where speech or debate clause, sorry, related to congress would apply around them. but graham is in a different position than trump, r

secretary of state brad raffensperger did say that the office is already making preparations for then december 6th, prepping ballots to be sent after counties for them to get signed off on by november 14th. additionally, the absentee portal for anyone that wants to vote that way has been opened. early voting could begin as early as november 26th. if there's one thing that is clear here, it's tough for the second consecutive cycle, georgia will be in the center of the political universe, at least for the next four weeks. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >> -- not just a political scientist, not just a political analyst. he's also professor of politics at the university of virginia. it's great for you to stay up and with us. good to be with you. >> nice to see you too, john. >> let's -- and here we are. november 7th, 2022, also known as last monday. your prediction for the midterms, your crystal ball for the senate, next republican gain of one seat. for the house, 237 to 190 republican -- natural public and gain of 24 seats. to be fair, everyone got along. so, how did you get it wrong? >>

capitol, audio of a call between then president trump and the georgia secretary of state, brad raffenspergert the lame duck president asked the top elections official in that state to, quote, find 11,780 votes. which would be just one more vote than the 11,779 margin that he lost by in georgia. fulton county district attorney willis has been conducting a criminal investigation since february of 2021 into that call, and other efforts by the former president and his allies to subvert the vote in georgia. investigation had appeared to come to a halt during the midterm campaign season, but it appears to have moved back into full swing this week. in addition to hearing from georgia governor brian kemp yesterday, the grand jury in fulton county heard from gasping adjacent today. after trying very hard to avoid, lindsey graham is slated to testify before the grand jury next week, and former secretary newt gingrich the week. after not to mention michael flynn was ordered by a florida court yesterday to testify, but his lawyers have indicated they're gonna try to block that from happening. mark meado

the secretary of state brad raffensperger argued that georgia law fess spied that early in person votingld not be held on a saturday following a thursday or friday considered a public or legal holiday. of course, tomorrow is thanksgiving. and friday is another holiday in georgia. one that formally honored the confederate general robert e. lee, and fulton county overruled the secretary of state and now the supreme court has looked at the ruling, the georgia supreme court issued another ruling that could boost turnout in the runoff election, the court reinstated the state's ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. while it is widely considered extreme, because it bans abortion when most people, before most people realize they're pregnant and the issue of voting rights turned out voters in the midterms for democrat can candidates earlier this week while some citing it a key reason why democrats were able to have a senate majority in the new congress, but it is a notably narrow majority, republican herschel walker wins, and vice president kamala harris will still be needed to break any

republican secretary of state, brad raffensperger are reviewed that georgia law specified that earlyrday following a thursday or friday considered a public or legal holiday. of course, tomorrow is thanksgiving, and friday is another holiday in georgia, one that formally honored robert e. lee. fulton county overrule the secretary of state, and now the supreme court has upheld that ruling. georgia supreme court today, also issued another ruling that could boost turnout in the runoff election. they reinstated the state's ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. one that is widely considered extreme, because it bans abortion for most people before they even realize they're pregnant. it helped turn out voters for democratic candidates in the midterms earlier this month, with some citing it as the reason that the republicans were able to -- it is a notable narrow majority. we should herschel walker win, vice president kamala harris will still be needed to break any ties and 50 50 votes.

but brad raffensperger said graham wanted to help trump by making those calls. listen. >> just an implication that look hard and see how many ballots you could throw it. >>> finally in a second defeat for trump a panel of appeals court judges not buying trump's argument that the government violated his rights when they searched mar-a-lago for classified documents. they they agree that a special master is not necessary. paula reid has more on the supreme court's move on trump's taxes. paula, good morning. this is a long time coming, isn't it? >> reporter: indeed. i've been covering the former president's legal problems for nearly a decade now. this is the biggest lost in recent memory and in just two sentences, the supreme court put an end to his years long effort to shield his tax returns from lawmakers. now the treasury department will hand over six years to the house ways and means committee immediately. ending a lengthy court battle that began three years ago when the committee began trying to get the records. they argued they needed the information in his ta

and one of the calls was to brad raffensperger and he told cnn at time that he came away from that caller the impression that gam graham was asking him to throw away ballots to potentially benefit donald trump's election challenges at that time. graham has denied that was case. one thing important about his appearance today even though the court said he had to appear. they did leave him room to not answer certain questions, to challenge certain questions and if he said i was pursuing something as part of my legislative activity and my decision-making about whether to certify the 2020 election results, prosecutors may hit a dead end. but lower courts did say, look if you are coordinated with the trump campaign and trying to cajole election official news doing something, that is not legislative activity. >> we'll see what comes of it. it is good to see you, thank you so much. >>> so a federal appeals court is hearing arguments in the justice department challenge to the special master appointment put in place to vet the document seized the mar-a-lago estimate. paula, what is the challenge

later, brad raffensperger announcing a december 6, runoff between georgia senator warnock and his republican challenger herschel walker. at the white house president biden is reacting to the outcome of the midterm elections so far with many races still too close to call. democrats gaining a seat in the senate with john fetterman. georgia's u.s. senate race heads to a runoff on december 6. pres. biden: good afternoon. we had an election yesterday and it was a good day i think for democracy in a good day for america. excuse me, i am a little hoarse. our democracy has been tested in recent years but with their votes, the american people have spoken and proven once again that democracy is who we are. i know you were somewhat miffed by my obsessions on optimism but i felt good during the whole process. i felt we will do fine all any seat lost is painful some good democrats did not win last night. democrats had a strong night and we lost fewer seats and at the last 40 years. we had the best midterm for governors since 1986. another thing we know is voters spoke clearly about their concerns, about

brad raffensperger, brian kemp, but there's a longer list of individuals who have suffered for standing up to trump from kinzinger to cheney to tom rice. that is where if you are glenn youngkin or ron desantis here, who are both early in their careers, but there are questions about whether it is worth waging that battle here at that point and that's where you see the former president expected to jump in ahead of time and essentially sending the messages. his own daughter-in-law, laura trump, is suggesting and sending a warning shot over the weekend to desantis warning him about jumping into the race here, that it would be a messy situation. that is the question. is there anybody actually willing to stand up to him. another name is mike pence, who is just today releasing his memoir which has outlined the danger he felt he was in on january 6th, yet is he going to be able to wage his own battle. >> i think you've got to silence to his decision to go ahead and make the announcement tonight then the backlash. some people very publicly speaking out as we've pointed out. so i guess the questi

secretaries of state tried to twist brad raffensperger's arm. governors, leaning on governors not to certify joe biden's win. ultimately, members of congress who tried to pressure -- including with the violent mob, that's where the vigilantes come in -- to overthrow the results. but all those elected officials declined to go along with it. so what did trump set out to do from pretty much right after the election? replace all those officials with people who would be more loyal to him. he intervened in state bred legislative races around the country. he's handpicked candidates like kari lake and mark finchem in arizona, like mehmet oz, like j. d. vance in ohio. he handpicked them because he expects them to be loyal to him the next time. so while trump is not personally named on the ballot next week, he's very much on the ballot in that all these handpicked loyalists are installed -- than the plot we're talking about here, which failed in 2020, we'll have a much more successful chance of overturning our democracy next time. >> in fact, to your poin