it is a new day for georgia. ing's are moving forward, not backwards, and georgia -- things are moving forward, not backwards, and georgia is leading the way to the new south. these are georgia residents who changed georgia and the changes an indication of changing the south and changing the nation. we all know the sordid history of the south with slavery, leading the way on jim crow, apartheid racism for 100 years. we all know about voter suppression throughout the south. we all know how difficult the journey has been for black people who chose to remain here and not go north like many did, during the migration from the just, when lynchings and the ku klux klan, that whole actionrate thinking and was the south, but i think georgia has proven that the south has moved on from that sordid history. we've moved onto a history where we embrace our diversity. everyone has equal rights under the law. the law is enforced equally against all and for all. and it works for all. everyone has the right to exercise that cheris

he is also gaining in georgia.e currently have no calls to make, but we are awaiting more numbers. they are coming in. oh, gosh, we wish we could give you a schedule. they're coming in when they come in! and we'll go to steve when we know more. grace pinata is with business insider and tia mitchell, washington correspondent for the "atlanta journal-constitution." ladies, thanks so much for being here. tia, i guess i want to start with you. as we eye georgia as closely as we have been, give the credit where credit is due. what do we owe this change in momentum that we're seeing in georgia, which used to be such a reliably red state, which used to have newt gingrich witch as ayman mohyeldin's representative as he was growing up, in georgia? >> yeah. georgia democrats have been saying for years that it can happen here. and of course, we know stacey abrams came very close in 2018 when she ran for governor. and they have been saying all along, mayor keisha lance bottoms, who was an early surrogate for vice president bid

georgia right now.e all know what chuck schumer has said, we are going to take , wella and change america we are going to win georgia and save america. i don't have to tell you why that is so important, we have been listening to it for the last x months, they want the green new deal, they want to open borders, what -- they want to take away our health insurance. they want to defund soon we should be defending the police. but most of all, what they want to do is go to a one party system. sheen to the words of aoc, says we have to win those seats in georgia because we do not want to negotiate, we want the green new deal without compromise. that is impossible. we are not going to let them have it, they are sending millions of dollars down here to georgia to try and change our minds, they are not going to do it. we have already shown them the truth, 52.5% of georgians rejected the democratic plan. we are going to do it again. we have to do, you heard sonny do this, we have to get our vote out, early, do not

we also expect ukraine and georgia [inaudible] the black sea region. our strategic location makes both ukraine and georgia indispensable to an arrangement in the region. einitially -- from our point of view they can start with the participation of georgia and ukraine. g they should pay attention to being over present integrationce [inaudible] last but not least, in our view nato should identify russia as the main long-term threat to security and put an equal emphasis on audit georgia and ukraine can begin with the long experience of dealing with russians and identify and form and respond to the threat faced by the alliance and partners.la low intensity conflicts in which russia has been involved for which russia has been we should remember that russia at the moment in [inaudible] foreign conflict should be another focus of nato membership. russian occupied tour tory are convenience place to undermine international law which involves smuggling, which involves arms trafficking. i think i will stop here and let men want to elaborate more on our recommenda

what does georgia do? this is 1827. georgia issues these resolutions. in december 1828, governor john forsythe pushes through a statute that acts on this idea there troop that says, cherokees, stay as long as you want, but from now on, we're going to divide your lands up and you're going to be parts of four georgia counties, and you can keep your own laws until june of next year, or june 1830, at which point you will all be subject to the laws of georgia and all of your laws will be null and void. but you're welcome to say. and unsurprisingly the cherokee nation says, no! that's now how this is going to work. now, what made georgia confident that it could get away with this now, after so many years, was the election, the previous month of this guy, andrew jackson, to the white house. and jackson was on record as being supportive of the idea of forcing indians out of the southeast and finding some other place for them. they thought jackson will get sworn in and take federal action to support us in this effort, and it turned out that they were actually co

georgia right now.e all know what chuck schumer has said, we are going to take , wella and change america we are going to win georgia and save america. i don't have to tell you why that is so important, we have been listening to it for the last x months, they want the green new deal, they want to open borders, what -- they want to take away our health insurance. they want to defund soon we should be defending the police. but most of all, what they want to do is go to a one party system. sheen to the words of aoc, says we have to win those seats in georgia because we do not want to negotiate, we want the green new deal without compromise. that is impossible. we are not going to let them have it, they are sending millions of dollars down here to georgia to try and change our minds, they are not going to do it. we have already shown them the truth, 52.5% of georgians rejected the democratic plan. we are going to do it again. we have to do, you heard sonny do this, we have to get our vote out, early, do not

in georgia the margin is tighter. the president's lead now in georgia is less than 2,000 votes. in both pennsylvania and georgia joe biden appears to be narrowing the president's lead more and more with each new slice of votes that gets reported. again, on an unpredictable time frame. in the west joe biden leads in both arizona and nevada with most of the outstanding votes from democratic leaning counties. that said, the incoming vote in arizona including some just this past hour has seen president trump narrow the biden arizona lead. that said, the biden campaign expresses confidence tonight that they will end up winning in that state. we're watching it all unfold just as you are. we don't have any secret information. you're seeing everything that we see. all of this is live. there are no re-runs in this part of our coverage. let's head over to msnbc's steve kornacki. steve, i feel like even though this is really five states yet to be called and one, north carolina, we're not talking about much because they haven't been producing new vote totals and neither campaign seems to be

same with georgia. i still remember talking to numerous representatives of nato allies who used to confirm that most predominantly georgian population is most prominently the most pro-nato in the world. now, within nato, we tend to complain about public support, necessity to extend public diplomacy programs to ensure, to convince her -- convince our respective populations of the value and benefits and contributions of nato to world security. while in georgia, it is evident the major part of society thinks like this. actually, it is now very positive in both countries. i still remember another event. bucharest nato summit, i was, at that time, had of the late presidents chancellor, and consultnt by him to with some allies. in particular, those who were reluctant about both countries [indiscernible] at that time. i participated in bucharest, of course, as well, so i remember debates and all engagements. justlly, i have everything before my eyes, those chambers and those discussions at that time. yes, it w

so, that really puts into perspective it if georgia does become, ifjoe biden does when georgia, well,nce 1992. we do think we might hear something from nevada, giving some sort of briefing whether on 01’ giving some sort of briefing whether on or off the record, but how critical could nevada be? it cannot put them over by itself, right? know, nevada cannot put it over by itself. if he winds arizona and nevada, that is the one that will ta ke nevada, that is the one that will take into that magic number of 270. celeste is projected project nevada and that is 270 and of course, what would happen, looking at this, just indulge in for a second. if pennsylvania goes as it is trending at the moment, that brings them to 306 and do you remember what happened in the last election, that isa happened in the last election, that is a donald trump one by. at a former adviser to donald trump who worked with them on his 2016 election campaign who texted me saying that he thinksjoe biden is going to wind at 370. in donald trump should concede. there is going to bea trump should concede. there is going

[applause] georgia's own nick ares jenny martin ginger howard all of the great georgia here to see nderfuends out speaking of frids of mine allow me to bring greetgs from another friend of mine. a man who has beenighting every day for the people of georgiand the common sense valueshat have made this state grt. greet frustration the 45th prident of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applaus >>our more years. [chanting] >> i'm here because i stand with president donald trump. [applause] and i'm here because president donald trump and stand with senar david perdue and senator kelly loeffler. [applause] so thank for coming out today. you know the presint and i couldn't be more grateful for this support of the people across the state of georgia over the past four years. and over the past two weeks -- you know, it's azing to think already president trump has received more than3 million votes across this country. ten million more votes than 2016 and the gatest share of minority votes o a rublican candidate forresident in 60 years. and i can tell you, i can tell you as our ele

educated in the state of georgia, harris college, university of georgia. these are coming from someone who has been here all our life. politics is contact sport. there is no question about it. those commercials are bad on both sides. don't tell me that it is just the republicans demonizing the democrats. you know it is the democrats teaming -- demonizing the republicans. you yourself, you are trying to demonize someone for being a billionaire, for being successful. why would we demonize someone for being successful in business? look, i started a business from the ground up. i have enjoyed success. at least for me, what i consider success. nowhere near a billionaire or even a fraction of it. but i have worked hard and i have had that opportunity, and i thank the state of georgia and the united states of 's america for giving me that opportunity and making it possible. a -- a son of a paper mill worker, a ship working paper mill, someone who is the first one in his extended family to ever graduate from college. we lived in the greatest country in the world,

this is it, all eyes on georgia?ll, kelly loeffler and i are the republican candidates for these two seats and as i said the majority comes down to these two seats. it's our job to make sure that the people of georgia know just what's at stake, but we know what the democrats want to do. you've just highlighted most of it but they want illegal immigrants to vote. they want to defund the police, they want to take away our private health insurance and they want to stack the courts. that's not what our government has always been about. it's been about checks and balances in what schumer said the other day that if we would not georgia would change america, aoc said we are all about -- we want to win those two seats because we d do not wt to negotiate. she wants the green new deal. we've got to make sure the people in georgia turn out again. we've already beaten the democrats, 52.5% of georgia voters rejected this liberal left move that the democrats are trying to perpetrate and i think that's a big sign that nobody is tal

this would be historic in georgia.r democrats for president and haven't in a long time, last one being bill clinton in 1992 but it does appear possible joe biden will have a shot at changing all of that and if he does that would be enough to make him the next president of the united states but donald trump says he believes this is not a legitimate count. >> if you count the legal votes i easily win. if you count the illegal vote they can try to steal the election from us. if you count the votes, so much evidence, so much proof, we want an honest count. >> these small totals and margins will lead to a recount, anything went in half of one person deals with recount issues in the state of georgia, it seems extremely unlikely that whoever those end up on top will go above that margins so you can expect there will be a recount in georgia but at least for now joe biden is ahead in the peach state. clayton county, georgia, fox news. jillian: joining me to react is fox news contributor bill mcgurn. good to see you. there is a

in georgia, i would push back. we are going to change of supreme court from conservative to liberal, we are going toch do away with the electoral college so new york and california -- >> sean: they had 30 daysbu before the election that they can vote, then the vote is over, they can move t out, that is wht they are telling people to do? >> literally, so please, for god's sake, look at changing georgia law to neutralize what stacey abrams is trying to do, she's going to send in hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots. have a bipartisan fo group of people verify the signature, not a single person. when it comes to moving to georgia, have a law that means you can't just move for the purpose of taking over the senate and move out. you've got a chance to change the law, change it. >> sean: you had twitter, facebook. thoughts on today? >> well, they've got the most power in the history of mankind, and they can often tell us what we see, mold how we think. they have no legal liability, they can take down your content, th

georgia and ukraine are terms of important in e.u.. they are associated countries with strong voices to make special efforts to bring them isser and in particular it quite loud and might region, central and eastern europe. i assure the view that was presented that we have geopolitical changes, a growth picture as well and we have to bringhat into account and countries in more stable in our neighborhood. historically but in terms of recent reforms. [indiscernible] russia, we tend to repeat country should not have to be to write. eu [indiscernible] friendly. actually it was russia's choice to pursue rather aggressive policy and we have to take that maintaining, communication with the kremlin as well. >> thank you. let me get back to you. apologies to cut you short a few minutes ago. she mentioned the need for political will. iane is a question from that i want to transfer to you. what can georgia and ukraine do to sway the western position that we need to ratify any membership? change the views according to your opinion. >> first of all

ukraine and georgia will become nato members. plan thatship action we can see, ukraine and georgia as our next logical step in the european integration. this is mentioned as the next georgia onaine and their path to remember -- path to membership. applicationth the of this, it would not be selective. actuallynd ukraine should be a roadmap to the membership, and amongst other things, i think it is important willntion that this policy encourage georgia and ukraine to improve practices and advance nato'sgenda, because policy remains in up report and policymakers. it helps our countries institutions, both locally and militarily. this is also nato's interest to support the interests of the countries. by doing so, nato will expand the community of like-minded, faithful, and predictable democracy. is in nato's interest as well. [inaudible] of the region. [inaudible] our strategic location put both ukraine and georgia at the center of any debates in the region. a joint assessment of participation with georgia and ukraine. [inaudible] las

what's going on in georgia?well number one its been good to go through this process, i think sunlight on this process is a great disinfection, we found several things if we had never asked for this and the trump team never asked for this recount by hand we just got through there be a lot of folks disenfranchised because we found four counties in which votes weren't counted. we found out issues of the signature verification, i'm glad the governor is now speaking up about this we wrote a letter about 10 days ago about this asking i'm glad to see he weighed in on that because that is an issue we'll have to address in georgia but also we found out the secretary of state often did not give clear guidance to the different counties, 159 counties in georgia, on how to set the machines when they were actually making their final count. we found a lot of things that say that we need to continue to look into this , but what we did find in the legal team is transitioning from me away from the recount down to more of the lega

how do you expect that to be directed at georgia? what will chuck schumer be focusing on so the message resonates in georgia? guest: there will be a hyperfocus on the georgia race. clear thatill make the ability to move an agenda rests on that race. here is why. the houses controlled by democrats. it will stay that way although democrats lost many seats. they maintain the majority. that will not change. we don't know about the senate, it's in republican control now. the white house is going to be run by democrats. factor,et that third the senate, you have the house, the senate and the white house all under one party control. that is the green light. they can pass things without any opposition in many cases. they will be able to move legislation more easily than if the republicans maintain control. one thing to keep in mind is that the senate has the filibuster which means they cannot just pass legislation with the majority. they need to get some cooperation from the minority. things are not guaranteed to move quickly. i think what wi

georgia. all eyes on georgia.t, this is an incredibly close race, right, if you look at the numbers. how are you feeling about the overall race? >> i'm feeling good. we've been telling people, all along, georgia was a battleground state. we needed the investments. we've been organizing. the infrastructure was here and georgia voters turned out and we are showing the country what we've already known. that we're a battleground state and the path to the white house is paved right through georgia. >> right? but you guys, you took the 2018 playbook there. in georgia for the governor's race. and stacey abrams. and you used that and capitalized on it and made it better, i would imagine. it is incredibly close. a lot of focus is on the votes in clayton county, which is part of the district that you won. do you think clayton could put joe biden over the top? >> clayton still has ballots to be counted. we know that we're winning those votes for joe biden at, like, an 80% rate. and those ballots are still coming in. they hav

we just heard from georgia.hin the hour as joe biden adds to his lead in pennsylvania. a state that could put him over the top of 270 electoral votes he needs to win the presidency. welcome to special coverage on fox news democracy 2020. i'm bret -- bret baier. >> i'm martha maccallum. joe biden has taken the lead in pennsylvania and in georgia with ballots still being counted across the country. we'll bring you the latest numbers as all of

and georgia -- getting much nervous in georgia. my friends in georgia that we'll pull it out.t perdue is going to a run-off which means united states senate will be determined by two run-offs in the state of georgia, either joe biden, either way is a 50/50 state. talk about going to georgia between now and first of the year is going to be an expensive time. >> yes, yesterday wallas this roller coaster, up and down. today is just a slow, steady grind. trump is just sitting there every hour watching his life gets smaller and smaller and numbers are going down and i got to say -- you don't have a smile on your face. >> reporting the news and the facts. yesterday it was really scary. today is just democrats feeling a little better and always nervous and a little better. if you are donald trump and sitting in the white house just watching these numbers getting smaller and smaller and everybody -- you are not having a good day. >> our reporting from the white house that even donald trump is telling allies with who he's speaking to i am not sure these lawsuits will make much of a dif

i am back in georgia.applause] i came back to georgia because i wanted to remind everybody -- something is happening over there. [laughter] there we go. we don't want it to fall. you all are going to decide who is going to be the next president of the united states. [applause] you are. you are going to decide who is going to be the next president of the united states. i am back in georgia to thank you for all you have been doing these years, months, weeks and days. looking at the kind of turnout we have already seen in terms of early voting. i wanted to come back to remind us that we still have a ways to go. that last leg of a long trip is usually the longest and most important. this is not the time to let up. this is the time to put our feet on that pedal and go. let's get this thing done. make sure everyone votes, that they drop off their ballots in drop boxes. do not put it in the mailbox, put it in the dropbox. or vote on election day. there is so much at stake. we are in the middle of at least four cr

the georgia run offense.nt to maintain a strong military and continue to give our veterans top notch healthcare and it's vital to reelect the champions for the military family in georgia. they will continue to be so if reelected on january fifth. >> harris: senator rubio told reporters yesterday if trump runs in 2024, he will be the front runner and will probably be the nominee. but we are not even through with 2020. that's on the screen for everybody to see. your reaction? >> yeah, we should try to put 2020 in the books before moving on to future elections. obviously some states like georgia are going through manual recounts and arizona is counting ballots. the president has challenges in other states. we have two vital run offs in georgia not decided for 8 weeks. that's where all of the energy of republican senators and republicans across the country will be focussed on saving that senate majority. put 2020 in the books before we turn to 2024. >> harris: you are going down to georgia. you told my team you p

it goes beyond georgia's borders.mplications. >> reporter: not just for the presidential race, heading for january 5th runoff. todd: thank you. jillian: joe biden stopped short of declining victory in his postelection address. >> look what happened since yesterday, 24 hours. we are on track to 300 elect oral votes. look at the national votes. we will win this race with a clear majority of the nation. jillian: does the president still have a path to victory? her to discuss, robert pattillo. thanks for being here. we can all see the numbers on the right side of the screen, the president and his team and a lot of republican still holding hope that he has a path. what do you say? >> i have enough for biden in georgia, 4000 point split. the recount which will take place, georgia politics, never seen a recount change votes by more than a couple dozen here or there. is clearly effective victory, wins in georgia, north carolina, margin of error in nevada. he critic out a victory, no reason to stop the counting or change somet

georgia and pennsylvania. let's go to georgia first right now.s just hunting around to see in some counties. i don't need to say the word. just look at that right there. 1,902 votes. we continue to count the votes across georgia. and as we count them, the president's lead has gone from more than 300,000 votes now down to 1,902 votes. and so what are we waiting for? we know there are places where we still have votes out. we know they include a small number of ballots in fulton county. >> 5% outstanding. >> where atlanta is. we're waiting to see there are more ballots in cobb county. several hundred only but we know they're out there. and you keep coming across that's fulton, gwinnett county at 95%. a lot of this is coming from the metro atlanta area. this one looks like it's full, rockdale county. move over here, newton county they're done. just want to check down here again, henry county, looks like they're about done. but we've just seen this steady path of progress as votes have come in. and not just in the metro atlanta area. we've seen them c

at stake, georgia's 16 electoral votes.bs' mark strassmann is in atla atlanta, where the vote count is also conditioning late at night. good evening, mark. >> reporter: good evening, norah. in this battleground state, the drumbeat for the president has now gone from worrisome to alarming. his lead more than 100,000 votes yesterday is now under 1800, and the bleeding can't be stopped. the issue is these absentee ballots, more than a dozen counties have been counting them all day long. and it seems as though every time the state's vote totals go up, the president's lead goes down. and think about this: depending hen different counties update their totals and send them to the state over the next couple of hours, the president could easily wake up in the morning to discover he now trails in georgia. shere are roughly 18,000 ballots still t still to be accounted for, all absentee ballots here, that we're talking about. and no question again, norah-- this has been a punishing day for the trump campaign in georgia. >> o'donnell: w

this is georgia, this is not somewhere else, we take care of business in georgia. what's happening in georgia today? that's why i'm here, i have a vested interest in georgia not because of my history but because my future. 14 grandchildren are what i'm standing up for today. everyone here i hear, hear knows elections are the cornerstone of democracy. they have to be fair, they have to be accurate, safe and secure. that's what elections are all about. we need to ensure, and we are for every legal vote being counted. just as much is that, we are here for every illegal vote to be thrown out. it's distressing to see what has happened in some of our local counties regarding superintendents and transparency issues like that. as you know after the legal votes were in and tally to come we heard of records of unaccounted for ballots appearing in various counties and majorly stronghold counties. but georgia is committed to ensuring all these legal votes are counted and that's what we want to do. folks, i don't know if these reports are true or accurate but frankly the widesp

and you said, why does georgia matter. why does georgia matter? obviously, we ran through why pennsylvania is so important. joe biden wins pennsylvania, it's ball game. lights out. let's go through the map. everything you see that is blue has been called for joe biden. everything you see that is red has been called for president trump. for the sake of gaming this out, we will give president trump alaska. they'll take a little bit to count, expected to go to republican. north carolina right now, donald trump has held a pretty solid lead. not a huge lead, 79,000 votes for a couple of days now. we'll give that to him, as well. we'll give him maine 2, the single electoral vote right up here, as well. what does that leave? that leaves pennsylvania, it leaves georgia, it leaves arizona, it leaves nevada. >> give him all of it except georgia. >> we'll give him pennsylvania, we'll give him arizona. right now joe biden is leading in arizona. it has narrowed. we'll see how that plays out when maricopa reports in a couple of hours. we'll give him nevada. cla

the legislature in georgia needs to look at this. the legislature in georgia needs to look.here need to be i.d.'s on the absentee ballots. you need to know when they come in. folks, let me say this. we are here tonight, and across this country. we have seen it in georgia. we are going to see it everywhere else. this is the most fundamental right americans have, the one thing that kept us americans for 200-plus years. it is not our backgrounds. it is a simple right to do what the founders did -- vote for our leaders, and have the will of the people and the law followed. [applause] followed, thes truth will prevail. as i have always said and others have said before, when we follow the truth, the truth will set us free, and that is what we are asking for tonight. tonight, many are gathered here to help, to hold accountable. this is what we have to do. this country needs accountability. books on the left don't like donald trump because he holds them accountable. there is one who has been exposing that for a long time. he is just a younger version of the one in the white house. a

vernon was a democrat georgia state -- he is a democrat georgia state representative.his support of the president and the constitution. great to have you with us, and i just -- welcome to the broadcast. i want to get your sense, doug collins very on the -- optimistic that the president will be found the winner. on another, deeply concerning he's so certain there's voter fraud. your thoughts. >> well, first of all, doug collins, congressman collins, is as solid as a stone mountain. i'm glad the president put him in charge. what many of us georgians are seeing and americans across the country, there is too much fraud going on. it is clear, it is obvious in many cases. and i say this, lou, i call balls and strikes. yes, i'm a lifelong democrat, but i support my country over my party. my party's gone now. i do not want to be a part of that. they would be burning and looting and stealing and shoots right now if the numbers were the other way around. that's what they do. what i like about georgians and the republican party right now and those good democrats who want to see i

educated in the state of georgia, harris college, university of georgia.hese are coming from someone who has been here all our life. politics is contact sport. there is no question about it. those commercials are bad on both sides. don't tell me that it is just the republicans demonizing the democrats. you know it is the democrats teaming -- demonizing the republicans. you yourself, you are trying to demonize someone for being a billionaire, for being successful. why would we demonize someone for being successful in business? look, i started a business from the ground up. i have enjoyed success. at least for me, what i consider success. nowhere near a billionaire or even a fraction of it. but i have worked hard and i have had that opportunity, and i thank the state of georgia and the united states of 's america for giving me that opportunity and making it possible. a -- a son of a paper mill worker, a ship working paper mill, someone who is the first one in his extended family to ever graduate from college. we lived in the greatest country in the world, as

erin, georgia. the whole thing is just fascinating to watch. >> there is no state that is more important than another right now. they're all equally juggling them in the air to see which ball is going to land first with answers here. just moments ago, anderson and i, all of you watching the georgia secretary of state saying there are over 61,000 ballots that need to be counted in the state. the margin between trump and biden is razor thin. the question is when are we going to know what the numbers are. ? richard barren is the fulton county official, i know you haven't slept you're trying to get answers on this. i know we were anticipating an update from you around 11:00, do you have the final tally? >> we sent thumb drives over to our warehouse probably about 20 minutes before i got on this call. and we had -- we had scanned 140,083 ballots before i got on this call with you. we're close to being done. i think within 2,000 at this point. >> so just to make sure you have the comparables right. you sa

that could happen in georgia, which would be a political move. georgia has long been a red state.r democrat president three times in relatively modern history, twice to jimmy carter, who is obviously from there. anna: excellent. thanks for the update and the context. jodi schneider with the latest on the race as a whole and specifics around georgia. joining us now for an economic perspective, an economist joins us. what are your expectations? i spoke to a guest who sat under a blue wave scenario, they were thinking something like 3 trillion for the u.s. economy in that scenario. and if you end up with a shared power in washington, a constrained biden presidency perhaps, you end up with something perhaps much smaller, maybe a six, below one trillion. what are your expectations? callum: we have to speculate about what the result will be. we work on the basis biden wins the presidency, but congress remains split, republican still in control, only up in the senate. you don't get the big stimulus that would come with the blue wave. in the near term, markets may be unhappy about that. b

in georgia. on january 5. so when we start thinking about from our foreign policy to the coronavirus response. this is for the whole kit and ka boodle. the whole ball game. this is moment where it is super clear the interest of local georgiaens and democratics is aligned with the interest of the national party. i also think that there should be acknowledgment that these folks know how to win. so we should listen to war knock and his team. and listen to jon ossoff and the team. and i am a graduate of the school for democracy defenders and people should listen to stacey abrams. and her team. about what it takes to win in georgia. >> i have spoken to several graduates of the afwrams school of black girl magic. i have been one of the cynics about georgia. i thought tfts a red state. some said it was purple. now it's blue. critics say only republican can win a run off in georgia. how do you respond to the critics who think they have it in the bag? >> we are in an unprecedented situation. i hope people have known th

if we have to wait that long to find out the result in georgia, how relevant is georgia still?l for the democrats because if joe still? it is critical for the democrats because ifjoe biden wins georgia, he's got a very clear path to 270. if trump loses georgia, it is devastating, and it makes it almost impossible for him to find any other way to get to 270. also he'll be the first republican to lose the state of georgia since 1992, when bill clinton won the state. and it isjust an extraordinary development for republicans who were very confident about this. that's why they are mounting what they call a legal challenge. they've already claimed one small loss yesterday in chatham cou nty one small loss yesterday in chatham county when they claimed there were some late addition ballots that were added, and the judge threw that out. the republican national committee said this morning that there are other ways they will challenge this, and donald trump claims that there we re and donald trump claims that there were a and donald trump claims that there we re a lot and donald trump cl

what is happening in georgia in our country? why are we still finding thousands of ballots weeks afte the election? does that inspire confidence in the outcome to you? should anyone ever trust us? all these other states, they ca count their votes on election night, no problems. every vote matters, right? think about it commit these votes never would have been tallied without a recount commi now less than 13,000 votes separate the president and joe biden in georgia. that number continues to shrink how many more ballots will they find tomorrow? of course tonight this isn't just about thousands of missing boats votes showing up weeks later, that are now just turnin up out of thin air, it's also about the state, their use of diminutive voting systems which are played like we told you about. with issues with the state's primary a few months ago. according to the new york times in some cases the new machines required to much extra power fo aging polling locations blowing fuses and never powering on. others, workers were still bein tra

there's nothing to celebrate yet in georgia. we've got the presidential election largely behind us, but for a certification and an audit issue. but there are two very serious senate races that are going to happen on january 5th. what's the strategy? >> well, first, we have to celebrate what we accomplished in november because that's one of the reasons we have a pathway in january. we have to remind voters that they can start again with absentee ballots. we won absentee ballots in the november election. we can win it again in january. but we also have to remind voters, what the senate does and why it's so critical that jon ossoff and raphael warnock represent the state of georgia and help determine the future of our country. we know that the strategy is, one, to educate voters about the senate races and about our two candidates, two, to raise the level of resources that we need to reach pockets of the state of georgia that still don't believe in their power to be heard. three, we need to do the work of making sure that we protect

friday and then to bring it back around to georgia, he will be going to georgia on the 20th to campaign hard for david purdue and kelly loeffler. >> bill: tell us about georgia with the recount. what is the anticipation? >> the trump campaign held a conference call on that earlier this afternoon. this is going to be an intense process. this will be the first time in georgia history that they ever had a hand recount of all of the ballots. currently a margin of a little more than 14,000 in joe biden's favor. the trump campaign hoping to turn that around. doug collins will be the trump campaign's point person on that. here's what he said a short time ago. >> this is about really the first step. making sure that every legal shoat is counted and every illegal vote not counted. allows us to see the integrity of the process. >> so again, an intense process. the trump campaign is urging patience saying this is not an apple that you eat in one bite. you take a number of different bites at it and that's what's going on right now. at some point, people keep on assuring us that on january 20th, a p

georgia taking center stage in the 2020 election fight.he focus turns to the 2 unresolved senate races with run off elections coming in january. the stakes could not be higher not just for georgia but for the entire nation. it will determine which political party will control the senate in the next term. how aggressive a biden administration could be with this legislative agenda. republicans have 50 seats. they would neat an additional seat to take the majority. otherwise, it could be 50-50. the vice-president at the time would break the tie. senators tim scott and marco rubio among republicans blitzing the state of georgia. senator rubio described how pivotal the races are for america. >> it's a rare situation. 2 senate races in 1 state. they will determine whether there are 52 republicans that can stand up against a radical leftist center socialist agenda or not. that's what is at stake. the people of georgia know it and we are ready to work for that. >> harris: democrats and their allies are urging liberal voters to move to georgia in o