oh, georgia's going to go purple. georgia's going to flip.d here's a guy without much of a portfolio but the democrat party is motivated. they're the minority party right now and behaveing i accordingly. 90% of his money came from out of state. most of his campaign apparatus was propped up buyout of state consultants. there's an old expression you can't beat somebody with nobody. he's 30 years old, has very little to show for his 30 years on earth in terms of vocation, career, anything like that. karen handel is a party activist and very comfortably take this seat with about 54% of the vote. >> it didn't help that ossoff couldn't vote for himself because he doesn't live in the district, right? >> i think we might get reminded of that several times in the coming months. >> so, democrats were hoping this was going to be like the moment of scott brown taking over the seat with a swing of more than 20 points. this is nothing like that. >> but in terms of this district, looks like jon ossoff is going to end up in a one on one race. the fact that t

called plant scherer, it's located in juliette, georgia, and is majority owned by georgia power. each year it produces 3 1/2 million kilowatts of electricity. generating that power requires a lot of coalal. over 1,200 tons of coal are burned every hour at plant scherer, and in 2010, that resulted in 2,200 tons of coal ash. and it's all dumped into a 750-acre e unlined pond, meaning nothing prevents toxins from entering the groundwater. >> they built this plant a an aa where ththere's no public water access. eveveryone within a 5-me radius and maybe e even further, drinking g on private welell wa. >> that includes donna and phil welch. when theyey built their home n 2001, they thoughght they were moving into an ideal countryside h home. >> and we were so excited about moving to the country. um, fresh air, you know, kind of john denver-ish generation that we were from. and we were excited about bringing our children too the country. you know, building the home of our d dreams. >> insteadad, like others in juliette, they got sick. >> several years after we moved in, i started develo

a fierce battle is underway in georgia. and it could have major i implications for president trump and the republicans. results are coming in. who will win and what does it mean for the trump presidency? there it is right there on your screen. the house seat has been in republican hands for decades, but a young democrat is leading in early returns. if he wins and he needs to get over 50% in order to win. it is a major upset for republicans and could mean the gop's house majority is in jeopardy in 2018 midterms. is this really a referendum on president trump? let's put them up. democrat john osa has 51% up on the screen. he needs 50% to avoid a run off and win out right. the next person behind him 18.1%. we have been watching the returns all night and the race has been tightening. i want to begin with the congressional reporter. he's following this for us. jim acosta is following this for us as well. you're at democrat osa's head quarters right now. what is the mood like right now? >> pretty innerjtic here. there's lot of an

a wake-up call for deep red georgia.g close to win the seat vacated by dr. tom price. falling short with 99% of the vote in. that means there will be a run-off election in june against republican karen handel who finished second. the district has been a gop stro stronghold since 1979. >> the president injecting himself in the race claiming victory before it was called. it is day 90 of the trump presidency with joe johns at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. if it was a referendum on the man in the oval office, republicans side stepped what could be a humiliating moment in a rock solid district in georgia. democrats despite the anger and anti-trump energy come short of making a clear statement. >> you ready to flip? >> reporter: the closely watched special election for the sixth

i guess we should begin with what you are expecting the results to be in georgia? >> well, i expect we'll go to a run off it is a very close race in georgia, the democrats have put all their effort and support behind ossoff, we have a great republican field, vying for that run off spot for the june general election. lou: latest polling shows that former secretary of state, karen handle leading amongst the republicans. all 11 of them. i mean, do you not have any control over how many folks are going to run in one of these elections. the republican party did what the democrats wanted you to do. >> party condition put the thumb on the scale -- can't put thumb on scale for primaries, with democrat party are ramifications of what they did in their presidential primary contest, favoring hillary clinton over bernie sanders, when do you that, you lose your base, the voters will decide, pick the best candidate to face jon ossoff in the general, that candidate will be tested and better prepar. that is the why the proprayer -- priz primary process works. lou: i was being defe

there is a lot of attention on an election in georgia on tuesday.s the prize. that's because tom price is now donald trump's health secretary. now, this district has been in republican hands since 1979, but they're under pressure. this is a poll of polls in the huffington post. the democratic candidate is polling well — there are 11 republicans competing against him and each other. the president's getting involved. he says the democrats in the georgia race tomorrow wants to protect criminals, allow legal immigration and raise taxes, which the democrats do not agree with. rajini vaidyanathan‘s in georgia, and this the report she's made. we need more democrats in washington — trump is a disaster. who do you think should win this seat? a republican candidate. for the very first time, i'm voting democrat. the sixth congressional district in georgia has been in republican hands for decades. but democrats think this man can win it back. let's win this on april the 18th! jon 0ssoff is a political adviser turned documentary maker, who's raised more than $8

>>> breaking this morning, no decisive winner in georgia's special election. why are all sides claiming victory and what is the white house saying? good morning and welcome to "early start". i'm alison kosik. >> i'm dave briggs. >> in the sixth district nothing is settled. a special election held for decades by republicans now heading for a runoff between karen handle and ossoff. this has been a republican seat since the carter administration. t >> now it's a bellwether for trump. >>> good morning, alison and dave. the democratic candidate here in the sixth district of georgia falling short of the 50 plus 1% that he needed to win this seat outright. there's a runoff in two months against the republican candidate karen handle former georgia scale it's will consolidate support. this district has not gone to a democratic candidate since, actually the last 30 years. the fact mr. ossoff came close gave democrats reason to cheer last night even though he fell short. this is what he said when he addressed supporters. >> we have defied the odds. we have shattered expe

there is no better example than here in georgia. georgia in recent years adopted its own music therapy license bill. the bill's adoption was classic bottlenecking. georgia bill senate bill 414 went to a committee, they had a hearing at which time the only people to testify on behalf of this bill in support were music therapists, both from the national and state organization. they received a packet of information in which they had letters of support from other music therapists, letters of support from consumers, a professor from georgia college who was a faculty member in music therapy. at no time did anyone testify against the bill. at no time was any empirical evidence introduced demonstrating a public health threat. at no time did a single legislature or anyone else ask a challenging question or express any skepticism about the bill. now if you want to work as a music therapist in georgia you will earn a bachelor from an approved program that has to be approved by the music therapist association, you will pass a national examinati

congressional race in georgia.ocrat john ossoff fell short of the outright majority he needed to claim a seat in the house. he'll face republican karen handel in a runoff in june. democrats pumped more than $8 million into the ossoff campaign. the vote in the long time republican district is viewed as a test of president trump's support a predictor of next year's midterm elections. >>> cnn political commentator jack kingston is a former congressman from georgia. he says all that out of state money going into ossoff's campaign won't win him the election against handel. take a listen. >> 90% of his money came from out of state. most of his volunteers and campaign apparatus was propped up by out of state consultants. you can't beat somebody with nobody. john ossoff is a guy who's 30 years old, has very little to show for his 30 years on earth in terms of achievement or career or anything like that. karen handel is an accomplished businesswoman. she's been a successful elected official. and she's going to i think very

role in the special election to replace her husband in georgia's sixth congressional district. betty price just cut a brand-new radio ad in support of republicans in the upcoming election. the race, the race to replace tom price, the sixth congressional district in georgia is getting a lot of attention now in part because national players are intimately involved with the politics back home, but also because that race is one of the first tests of the trump effect, what the nation's reaction to trump looks like back home in these congressional districts that are about to start having special elections. today, something practically unthinkable even just a few months ago, happened in that georgia race, we have more coming up. (vo) love.

what's west point, georgia like? >> it's a remak mark able community and it's my hometown is something i'm very proud of, the progress that it's made. and we were a community that lost really our manufacturing backbone. we were the home of one of the larnlest textile companies in the world and we watched some pretty bad policy out of washington, d.c. force those jobs overseas. and so we lived for a decade in a half in a pretty tough economy, saw a generation fall into fof verty for the first time in the community's history. and it was very refreshing to see our community pull together and lead an effort to bring advanced manufacturing back in the form of the automotive industry and we loaned the kia motors manufacturing plant in north america and it's been a remarkable turn around fot community. the thing that we learned is the jobs are so important. >> you were a dentist for 20 years before you entered politics. is that why you wanted to run for mayor? because of what was happening in your community? >> well, i was

now failing in georgia. it is now hollywood versus georgia on june 20th.omething one of the mcmans would come up with. >> so says the proprietor of "celebrity apprentice." i don't know where he fits into the equation here. but, look, that's going to be the campaign. he's being supported by liberal hollywood elites and they are trying to take this decision away from people in the district. that's going to be the republican campaign. i wouldn't necessarily want donald trump to be the guy carrying that message, though. >> i mean, ossoff is a carpet bagger from one mile away. he lives one mile down the road and he grew up in that district. i know a lot of people -- he admitted it in our district yesterday, why he doesn't live there because he's supporting his girlfriend, that they live together. so i don't know if that one is going to fly when it comes to the next election. >> i saw you trying to wrench a matrimonial agreement out of the whole deal. >> i turned into his mother. i know. that was -- i don't know what happened. >> i saw that. i saw that. it was a

less than half an hour from right now, voters in georgia will head to the poll force special election. brian: could create nationwide ripple effect at least democrats hope. so. ainsley: kristin fish everywhere is at the white house. >> if you are wondering why is there an election in georgia now, it is because it is a special election to fill the seat just vacated by tom price who became president trump's

there is no way to blame the democrats. >> bret: the georgia race, georgia 6. >> the democrats are tryingo steal the seat clearly they have $8 million, most of it for money outside georgia. >> ossoff will raise your taxes, destroy your health care, and flat our country with illegal immigrants. >> i appreciate the president's interest. it sounds like he's misinformed about my priorities. a >> bret: jon ossoff is the democrat leading but there are a lot of candidates in the race. 18 of them actually. 11 republicans. there you see the panoply you can choose from tonight in georgia. but this is a republican district. it's been republican since jimmy carter. it is suburban north atlanta. it is newt gingrich's seat, tom price, johnny isakson. this is a huge deal if a democrat, you have to get to 50 plus one in order to get to a runoff in june. >> mathematically if ossoff gets to 50 it's a big deal. i don't think he can make it. i just don't. a runoff means enough time for republicans to mobilize and motivate and scare their voters into coming out. i think he loses a republican seat. if there is

the georgia republican represents the third congressional district. before being elected he was a dentist and then the mayor of his hometown of west point. he talked about his family, his legislative goals and how we got lucky and picking his office on capitol hill. >> congressman ferguson, you are from west point georgia, born and raised. what is it like. >> it's remarkable community. it's a mountain town and something i'm proud of and the progress it's made. we are a community that lost our manufacturing backbone. we were the home of one of the largest textile companies in the world and we watched some bad policy out of washington d.c. force those jobs overseas so we lived for a decade and a half in a tough economy. we saw generation fall into poverty for the first time in the community's history and was very refreshing to see our community pull together in an effort to bring advanced manufacturing back in the automotive manufacturing. we landed the kia plants. it's been a remarkable turnaround. we've learned jobs are so important. >> you were a den

and voters in georgia may prove that point today.emocrat is looking to knock off a crowded field of republicans in a special election that could spell trouble down the line for the gop. good morning everyone. it's tuesday, april 18th. with us we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle, senior political analyst for nbc news and nbc mark halperin. let's get to the polling. the bunny says one thing. who knows? it could be spicy in there. >> just curious. my gut reaction would be that his numbers would have gone up a good bit this week. >> right, i did think so. >> wouldn't that be everybody else's impression? >> yes. >> grownups come in, starting to tweet less fran at cetically. >> it's interesting. we had paul simon's "still crazy after all these years." i fear it may do some damage one fine day. there may be some damage that's been done that's going to be a lot harder for him to walk back, willie, than just having a good week or two. >> specifically the strike in syria, because, as everyone here knows, historically

what is west point, georgia like? congress and ferguson: it is my hometown, something i am proud of the progress it made. we are a community that lost our manufacturing backbone. we were one of the largest textile companies in the world, and we watched some pretty bad policy out of washington, d.c., so we lived for a decade and a half. it was a tough economy. we saw a generally fall into poverty for the first time in the community's history. advancedo bring capturing back. we landed in motors manufacturing plant in north america. it has been a remarkable turnaround for our community. we have learned that jobs are so important. >> you were a dentist for 20 years before you entered politics. is that why you wanted to run for mayor, because what was happening in your community? >> i was content capturing dentistry. family see some local prosperity. but what we realized it was, because of the changes going on economically in our community, we had to get involved in public service. that is when i ran for mayor. got involve

and when i got to georgia, i fell in love with georgia and been there for the last 47 years or so. and it's been a good run for me, but i tell you, remembering those occasions when the soap box derby came to washington, d.c., in my youth, and going to watch the races and was really a joyful occasion, mass crowds gathered, people are rooting for their neighbors and their relatives and their friends and pretty soon everybody is rooting for everybody. d to see the cars, the craftsmanship that went into building those cars, it's really a joy. and i haven't been to a soap box derby since those times, so i imagine the craftsmanship going into these vehicles now is probably astounding what these young people and supporters do in preparation for the soap box derby. but still, although the vehicles have probably gotten more sophisticated and the reparation has gotten more aspiration of the soap box derby remains the same and that is for young people to challenge themselves to do something and get out of their comfort zone, construct something, build something and then watch it actually move

to georgia we'll go. casey hunt, set the scene, set the stakes and how do democrats claim victory with less than 50%? how do they make the case for just how red this district is? >> honestly, brian, the expeatns here, i think it got a little out of hand for democrats and this 50% threshold. you can see and kind of hear i think behind us that this party is still really going strong. frankly it's a bigger party than i saw for the republicans over the course of the 2016 campaign. they have been sort of steadily trickling out the door a little bit as we wait for the final returns in this race. right now ossoff is holding steady as you showed, just over 50%. but we're anticipating that the vote that is still out is likely to bring that number down below 50% and lead to a runoff. although we can't report that definitively yet at this point. now, democrats had gotten to the point where the expectation was and republicans have been working on this, too, saying, look, if he doesn't have 50%, that means ultimately

georgia in the middle?re do you stand in all this? >> well, i think folks in washington tend to overstate their influence in local races like this. this comes down to grassroots intensity. the thousands of volunteers and organizers, so much of it led by women who have been pounding the pavement and knocking on doors for months here in georgia. and it's that kind of grassroots momentum that will carry us to victory on june 20th. >> it was a woman, karen handel, who's well known in your district, your opponent, she's going to be the person that you face in that runoff in june. she spoke just a short time ago. i want to share that. >> 95% of jon ossoff's funds came from outside of the state of georgia. he is not an individual from this district. i am absolutely confident that as we go to the voters and show the vast contrast between this young, inexperienced individual compared to the track record and the public service and the results that i've given to the 6th district, i will prevail. >> what's your reactio

that's why he's watching the race in georgia.t of losing real achievements, but afraid of losing the image of achievement. he's afraid it will look like tonight home don't like him. that's "hardball." "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in." >> i have a little conflict of interest because i have a major, major building in istanbul. >> a presidential conflict of interest in the president's own words. >> i have a major, major building in istanbul. >> tonight, the jaw-dropping story of the president's support for a turkish strongman, and why it's a conflict of interest smoking gun. >>> then as polls close in georgia -- >> hello, this is president donald trump. >> -- could the president's last-minute entry into tonight's big special election backfire? >>> plus tom perez and senator bernie sanders on their tour to turn red

tomorrow there's a special election for congress in georgia.can stop the super liberal democrats and nancy pelosi's group, and in particular, jon ossoff. if you don't vote tomorrow, ossoff will raise your taxes, destroy your health care and flood our country with illegal immigrants. >> ossoff responded to the president but he didn't deviate from his message. >> i appreciate his interest in the race. i think he's misinformed about my views and priorities. i'm focused on metro atlanta, how we can cut wasteful spending, to prioritize infrastructure and higher education to develop metro atlanta into the silicon valley of the south. >> so, if ossoff captures 50% of today's primary, he'll avoid a june runoff against a single competitor. he does not live there but says he'll move back if he wins. republicans has held the seat for the last 37 years. the seat opened up after president trump named tom price health and human services secretary. last night trump appeared to realize forcing a runoff would be the safestout come for republicans. he tweeted wi

>>> baeking news, nail biter in georgia tonight in a tight race to fill an open house seat. we're awaiting the results to come in now that democratic candidate came on strong initially but needs 50% of that vote to avoid a run off in june. republicans are desperate to hold on to this seat in traditionally red district. the president is invested in this race. let's get right to atlanta this evening with the latest. so this special election, hotly contested, closely watched. you're at the headquarters, bring us up-to-date. >> well, don, i can tell you sources in both parties are expecting this to go to a run off on june 20th. do not expect os off to win this seat tonight if he we to do that would need more than 50% of the vote and right now 77% of the presinchts reporting he's at 50.3% of the vote clinging to that 50% threshold. >> second place has deep relationships as well. she's expected to do well as more of the vote comes in. especially from today. so right now, i can tell you, here at ossoff headquarters people are energized they can see on the big screen behind us. but

georgia looks competitive. certainly. if you're a democrat, and you want to send a signal with these special elections that there is something big happening out there, something different that wasn't happening last november, what's the bar here? what's the threshold? what do you need to see out of these two races? >> reporter: steve, look, one thing that is on the table here is there's a little bit of complacency on the part of republicans who were maybe they weren't paying as close attention to some of these races as they sould hahould have been. i think you're seeing that certainly in kansas with the late play the nrcc, campaign committee in keeping the races in republican hands. i think you saw it in georgia insomuch as there's an 11-person field, 11 republicans running for that particular seat. but i do think that there's also this kind of sense that democrats and maybe even people wh wouldn't normally consider themselv democrats who maybe were unengaged fromhe process generally, if you focus on georgia, for example,

the georgia sixth congressional district.he fact that john ossoff had five or six more points than the republicans thought he would have and lindsey graham said this is a wake-up call to the republican party that a lot of moderates are emerging in the south to a greater degree, that the republicans need to pay a greater attention to. i don't imagine the outcome of the run-off is that much in question. did senator graham have something there that the republican party needs to pay attention to to the changing demographics in the south? >> based on my former position, we talked about changing demographics throughout the country and made significant head way in doing that. that's why we won. we've talked about how the republican won at so many different levels of the country. this president got 306 electoral votes, won 30 of 50 states. we did well in november. we continue to pick up seats around the country at different levels. so i feel confident about the state of the party. >> with the fact that ossoff came so close to 50% --

now georgia says it's a jump ball, toss-up. early voting is already happening in that georgia race.lls open tomorrow morning at 7:00 in the kansas special election. this is going to be fascinating to watch. we will bring you the kansas returns tomorrow as we get them that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. >>> another shooting tragedy in san bernardino. a husband open fire on his wife inside an elementary school, killing her and an 8-year-old student before turning the gun on himself. >>> alabama governor bentley retires, with a tom aide to a guilty plea on campaign finance charges. >>> united airlines is under fire. after a passenger was forcibly removed from a flight to make room for employees. >>> good morning, everyone, it's tuesday, april 11th. i'm

host: from gainesville, georgia, the independent line, will, go ahead. first problem with listening to these folks is they say they are staffers. aree, that tells me they only interested in keeping the trough open that they are living off of. john osthoff, it was a great victory for him. but he had an $8 million war chest and 95% of that came from outside the state. she wants to cut back on the unconstitutional federal government and that's terrible for these people. is -- they ask what is president trump hiding? it's a great question, but too bad we didn't ask that of barack obama. if we asked the same questions obama we are asking today, he would have never been elected. these people are just at the trough. asked the exact same questions of barack obama and he released his tax returns every single year he was president and in the years preceding his presidency. we did ask those questions and we got answers. donald trump has promised to released his tax returns and refused to. there's no double standard here. when it comes to betsy devos, she's a billio

this georgia district. if republicans hold onto that seat tomorrow, then you can't say, harold, that there's been any gain by democrats. i know it's georgia. i know it's the deep south. democrats -- i'm saying if i'm a democrat, we have to win this seat no matter what. it's just a plus one seat for trump. >> which again to your point about make of the rallies we saw over the weekend, some of the energy around. don't get me wrong, i think his tax return should be released. that's where the action should be. >> exactly. >> i don't disagree with your characterization. if it's a close race, argument wasn't a presidential year, get a bigger turn out, if democrats win in georgia, it will be very hard for president trump -- i'll be curious to see what he tweets about that. >> if the democrats win in georgia, elise, obviously democrats and trump opponents can make a lot of hay out of it. if they don't in a plus one, that's bad news for them. >> it shows that the base isn't -- maybe they are activated, and there are

a special election in georgia ended with no clear winner. emma kratz, republicans, and even the president are claiming andemocrats, republicans, even the president are claiming victory. the state hasn't voted democrat since 1979. the election was called to fill .he seat of tom price it is seen as an early barometer on the president and -- president's administration. i've been speaking with a former advisor to george w. bush. this morning, president trump, as is his usual want of tweeting about this, "despite major fake mediaey, support, and 11 republican candidates, big r wind with a runoff in georgia. help." be of it was a very close thing? they are claiming a moral victory, but are we reading too much into this one state? the democrats are very excited about this. if you look at the money we are talking about, the democrat got $8.3 million. when you break that down, 95% came from outside of georgia. karen handel, the republican who prevailed, 90% was raised within georgia. there are those who are trying a referenduminto against donald trum

georgia is a changing state. democrats spent something like $8 million on this race which is an incredible amount to spend on a special house race. if you add ossoff's votes plus the other couple of democrats, they came one percentage point sho short. i don't necessarily think the general is going to be as easy as republicans say. >> we'll see. >> let me get the facts in here. finishing with 48.4%. i'm trying to talk. democrat john ossoff fell about 4,300 votes shy of 50% which would have given him an outright victory. voter turnout was high for a special election, more than 193,000 people casting ballots, near the levels for a midterm election. >> 43%. >> the race was widely seen as a referendum on candidate trump who tweeted about the election six times from sunday to tuesday. his latest just after midnight, despite major outside money, fake media support, big r win with runoff in georgia. glad to be of help. >> glad to be of help. what a dope. >> four times the next closest candidate as the race took on nation

congressional race in georgia.soff came very close to the majority he needed to claim a seat in the house. instead, he'll face karen handel in a run-off in june. cnn is there at campaign headquarters in atlanta. >> jon ossoff falling just short of the threshold he needed to win this race outright, getting less than 50% of the vote in this republican-heavy district, a district that actually no democrat has won in 37 years. getting close to that 50% number, but not close enough. now, going forward, this means that it's going to be a two-person race between him and karen handel, republican former secretary of state from georgia, someone who's run for statewide office twice. lost both times for governor and once for senator. now she has a chance at consolidating support on the republican side that was fractured by 11 different candidates as they tried to get into this run-off with jon so t ossoff. ossoff has the support of his party, they're energized behind him. last night when he talked to voters, he said that he sha

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but it is not just georgia. democrats outside of georgia are also speaking out against the president. today voters confronting iowa republican senator joni ernst with frustration and in some cases the republican iowa senator also criticized president trump. >> i would like to know how you can support a man that treats women the way donald trump does. [ applause ] and he treats disabled pple poorly as well. >> would you say there are character flaws? i think he has -- >> it's more than character flaws. >> well, and i think that we have a president that has a number of flaws. i support a majority of the policies versus the actual person. but i dee cry, i would de cry, any time a person is ugly towards another person, i don't think that's appropriate. >> later senator ernst also agreed the president should spend more time in washington. >> what's your feelings on that? and the president spending weekends in florida costing us 3 million plus for -- in 100 days. >> you bet. with the trips to florida, i do wish that h

so my state, i'm from the state of georgia. we have a very conservative state. and all of these measures have been passed with broad majorities. legislative majorities in the general assembly for 1 billion in road use and the other items involving our transit system and infrastructure funds have been done within the city of atlanta. it's a nice mix of urban and rural showing that whether you are focused on rural folks or urban folks, people get that we need significant infrastructure investment. >> conservative or republican no one has found a way to build roads and bridges and transit systems without money. and i'm interested in the -- in what the states have done. because almost half the states have taken the initiative, seeing that the federal government is stuck and has been stuck for a generation, one more question. i'd like to -- i got into the f.a.s.t. act, actually. it was the idea of a number of us funds for alternatives. we don't just criticize the fact that congress won't -- or your states with those two states, for that matter, continue to -- continu

so georgia 6 any indication. it is a remind per a decent candidate with sufficient resources can have a shot. and then there's trump wild card. did he help or hurt last night? the answer is yes. it may have been the difference. but guess what, he is also trump, he fires up the democratic base and he is trump which means anything can happen sometimes. joining me now, the man responsible for holding on to the republican house. congressman, welcome to the show, sir. >> great to be with you. >> so let me ask you. a fair assessment i you're head of the committee that you can find positives out of last night? >> absolutely. there was something for everybody last night. the good news is we get to fight again in june on june 11 and we get to consolidate around one great candidate and i feel confident she'll be the candidate. >> when you look at it, there's clearly some democratic energy going on in some places that hadn't been competitive in the past. how concerned are you as the republican charged in keeping the house i

congressional race in georgia.on ossoff fell short of the majority he needed to claim a seat in the house. so now, he will face republican karen handel in a run-off this june. >> this race has captured national attention with democrats spending more than $8 million to his campaign. the long-time republican district is viewed as a test of trump's popularity. >> the president knew it, he got involved, with a robocall and attacking ossoff on twitter, repeated bee over the past few days. >> we have new reporting on the fbi investigation into russian mettling in last year's election and possible connections to trump associates. justice correspondent evan perez broke the story and is with us now from washington. evan? >> well, john, u.s. officials tell cnn that last year the fbi used a dossier of allegations of russian ties to donald trump's campaign as part of the justification to get approval to secretly monitor trump associate carter page. the dossier has been cited as a source of information that the bureau used to b

now the special election in georgia is heading for a showdown.s morning, democrats hoping to send a seismic jolt to president trump fell short. the special election in georgia's 6th congressional district its heading to a run-off. 30-year-old, democratic newcomer, jon ossoff failed to win enough votes to earn a run-off in june. >> no matter what the outcome is tonight, whether we take it all or whether we fight on, we have defied the odds, we have shattered expectations. >> ossoff expected to face-off against republican karen handel in a congressional district gone republican for four decades. previously home to newt gingrich and tom price who left the seat to join president trump's cabinet. democrats are eyeing the district trump won by less than two points as a chance to flip a red seat to the blue column. out of state democrats poured more than $8 million into ossoff's campaign. the race attracted high-profile intervention. actor samuel l. jackson recorded this radio ad, channelling pulp fiction as he urged voters to support democrats. >> reme

come from georgia, come back to this area. what have you learned from this that will come to play in 2018 in races in this area? we've got a lot of swing districts here. eleanor: we have a lot of swing districts, not so much in philadelphia, but in the counties and what have you. we have a united states senate race in '18 in pennsylvania. the senior senator, bob casey, is raising a lot of money, and he has a very stellar reputation here in pennsylvania. but i think that in the suburbs and in some of the rural areas, you're right, we have a lot. but remember, the democratic party is looking that if they can swing 24 seats, they will have control of the house. i think there will be an emphasis on the congressional seats, and a lot of outside money in a lot of these districts that you've never seen before. charlie: now, i was just going to jump in and say before we get to 2018, there may actually be a special election here in pennsylvania because it's widely rumored that tom marino, congressman from the tenth district, is going t

foles closing in georgia. will a democrat win for the first time in nearly 40 years? plus more breaking news. new details about a dossier about russian ties to donald trump's campaign. also breaking, bill owe riley, his network not confirming that he'll be back on the air ever. let's go "out front." good evening. i'm erin burnett. most polls closing moments ago in the race the world is watching. voters in georgia could send a shocking message to the country and to president trump. they could be electing a democrat for the first time in 40 years. president trump is personally invested in this race, officials say. he fired off a series of tweets moments ago, his 60s tweet in the past 48 hours. democrats have been pouring money in, more than $8 million into the race. this seat didn't even used to be contested by a democrat. a loss for the republicans will be devastating and it will be a verdict on trump. manu raj u is out front toents in atlanta. it is fair to say this is the first full referendum in many ways on the trump presidency. >> reporter: no question about it, e

bill o'reilly out at fox news; close call in georgia-- what does it mean?yround fight-- should state governments fund repairs at church schools? and much more. >> woodruff: bill o'reilly is out at fox news. in a statement late today, the company said: "after a thorough and careful review of allegations against him, the company and bill o'reilly have agreed that mr. o'reilly will not return to fox news channel." the popular tv host and commentator has been the face of the network for nearly two decades. that all began to unravel in recent weeks, after a "new york times" report disclosed that fox had paid some $13 million to settle allegations of sexual harassment filed by women he had worked with. he has long denied it. for more on the latest developments, and what they might mean to women, we turn once again, to michael schmidt, who is part of the "new york times" team who broke the story; and, noreen farrell, executive director of the civil rights organization equal rights advocates. >> i started by asking schmitt what changed the minds of the mrdoch famil