the theme of this year's georgia history festival is about the importance of place in georgia, and we're going to be really focusing today on the experience of the cherokee people in georgia history. what happened to them and the way that georgians have remembered their history and their experience particularly with removal coming forward all the way up into the present. i want to welcome dr. denton to our program andrew welcome and thanks so much for being here with us. thanks, dan. it's a really good to talk with you all. let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. he's a professor of history at western carolina university where he teaches courses on native american and united states history. he participates in their cherokee studies program as you might expect he is the author of this book published by the university of north carolina, press it's called monuments to absence cherokee removal and the contest over southern memories. i mentioned published by the university of north carolina, press in 2017. so andrew as i mentioned the theme and i'll give the official title her

will russia invade georgia?ficult - to predict what will russia be doing in one week, one month. actually, we live in an era which which is very, - very different from era which which we had i a five or ten years ago. right. and now we can't predict. what will happen tomorrow. and this because you have - a neighbour which is called russia. georgia is perceived as giving mixed messages to the world on their support of ukraine. so my question is this — what is the government's formal position and do they publicly condemn all aspects of this invasion? can ijust give a bit of context? i'm going to come to you first on that particular question. but your prime minister said publicly, georgia does not support western sanctions, although i know in practice you kind of do adhere to the financial sanctions and so on. and yet tbilisi backs all the un resolutions condemning russian aggression. so you do have these mixed messages? we don't have mixed messages. i don't recall the prime minister saying we don't join western sa

focus group and georgia democrats on georgia republicans, the georgia republicans who were trump voters election being stolen, they would say crazy things about possible conspiracy theories. when the topic came to abortion, one of the men that supported donald trump, elise asked him about abortion, he said -- >> when we get this much of a voice on a topic, men should get this much voice on the topic. >> stacy, it's fascinating, i'm sure you've heard from independents and republicans to have called themselves pro life their entire life, who have been shocked by just how extreme the georgia legislature and other legislatures, especially across the deep south, have taken it. >> i grew up in the deep south in a religious family. i share those beliefs for a very long time. when i moved in to politics and law when i started really examining my belief system, i realized i don't have the expertise or the capacity to make that type of medical decision for anyone. because georgia's ban is so extreme, it then that brian kemp has said he was overjoyed to sign, women are literally putting their live

moving to georgia. e. gore has led the caucus as division of the free russia foundation and independent organisation funded by donations. the group promotes democratic development in russia and supports opposition to putin. these flowers are in remembrance to exxon about lena. the independent russian journalist was killed during shelling by russian forces, while reporting from keith which is room of hooton's regime, is not only killing ukrainians. they're also killing russians in ukraine, that thou, as many of them are in cave and other ukrainian cities. but that's the whole market . they're trying to help a better because they now see the country as their home. that them, if i am gorman, the war has also made life more dangerous. for many russians in russia, around 40000 of them fled to georgia in the 1st weeks of the war. their 1st port of call is often the free russia foundation. igor, corrupt evans, his staff, helped the new arise bulls to find their feet in georgia. the 1st thing igor has to explai

georgia hoped would attract russian tourists. now, many political refugees are coming in stead with archie, m for to cobb and alexi blash and off are among them. they're both opposed to the war and are members of the opposition from moscow. both were threatened with prison there and fled to the beliefs he at very short notice. but these posters all over the city are a rude awakening in english and russian. they promised discounts for concerts in russian. but instead the q r codes take you to this war footage from ukraine with the message. it's not just putin's fault ever before the so that it's a kind of trap that the q r code conceals what's actually behind it. it says it's about a music platform. what of over them are in russian. many music platforms are no longer available, but it's a kind of bait mancha at the video. and all this video is aimed at old russians. ah, of course, yet i can't agree with everything in its cynical of luck or yeah, yeah, but i certainly don't deny responsibility for what's happening in the car quite

as a voice in the senate for my home state of georgia, i cannot stress enough how critical it is for us to get this bill done. for our national security and to keep our economy competitive against global actors like the chinese communist party and to lower rising costs for hardworking families all across georgia and all across our country. now i know that there might be disappointment from some of my colleagues that we're not able to pass the more robust package right now that we've been working on. and negotiating. since last april. and honestly i share that disappointment. as both a member of the commerce committee and a member of the committee that's been negotiating the final competition bill, i've been working hard to secure several priorities for georgia in that package. and i'm not about to stop fighting for those priorities. i'm going to keep fighting to get investments and policies like fighting for regional tech hubs, for stem education, and education -- an education program that invests in all of our children and all of our young people. and workforce development passed in

and it's not this car manufacturers in georgia. the chip shortage is hurting our economy in myriad ways big and small. for instance, steven millner is the ceo of planter's telephone cooperative. a member-owned provider in the county that does broadband expansion as well as broadband maintenance. steven's company needs equipment to do that work that requires semiconductors. and as he explained recently in the atlanta journal constitution, it has become harder to expand telephone and internet services to new businesses and homes in the rural communities, these services, because his company can't guarantee that it will get the parts needed to complete the job. so think about that. the chip shortage isn't just hurting jobs and bottom lines, it's hobbling our ability to expand rural broadband and farmers all across georgia will tell you, you can't even farm efficiently without a good broadband connection. and so, this, this is devastating, especially for rural georgians. and if we don't act soon, it will get worse. we've got to ensure t

they defrauded us out of a win in georgia. and we're not going to forget it. >> so the state of georgia is where we will turn our attention to next. i want to emphasize that our investigation into these issues is still ongoing. as i stated in our last hearing, if you have relevant information or documentary evidence to share with the select committee, we welcome your cooperation. but we will share some of our findings with you today. secretary raffensperger, thank you for being here today. you've been a public servant in georgia since 2015, serving first as member of the georgia house of representatives, and then since january 2019 as george's secretary of state. as a self described conservative republican, is it fair to say you wanted president trump to win the 2020 election? >> yes it is. >> mister secretary, many witnesses have told the select committee that election date november 3rd, 2020, was largely uneventful day in their home states. in spite of the challenges of conducting an election during a pandemic he wrote in th

and has lived in texas, not georgia, for decades. polling shows senator warnock has now opened up a ten -point lead over walker. 54 to 44%. now, please, take that with a grain of salt. i do with all polls these days. we have seen poll in messes. let's see you not have a bunch of boys consider a dead heat right now. at that heat is a notable sign in a brutal environment. a lot of people in georgia are looking at herschel walker, who just won a republican primary saying, i don't think this man should be a u.s. senator. walker has a long history of telling outlandish lies, from claiming he was an fbi agent to promoting a mist that kills a covid virus, and greatly exaggerated academic achievements. earlier this year he question of allusion because eight still exist. walker's also been a subject of very serious allegations of abuse. his ex wife accused him of violent behavior including pointing a gun to her head and threatening to blow her brains out. a judge issued a protective order against walker. prevented him from owning weapons for

and we are gonna be joined by a former georgia prosecutor to interpret those subpoenas sent by the georgia district attorney, to rudy giuliani, lindsey graham, and others. those are really loaded subpoenas. >> i'm glad you are doing that. i have been sort of occupied this hour with the things on the ground here, but this is important for us to understand what is happening in these but investigations, both january six and in georgia. thank you lawrence, have a great show. >> thank you ali. >> thank you. >> well tonight the trump team is finally facing subpoenas that they cannot refuse. subpoenas from a criminal grand jury which are enforceable with handcuffs if necessary. with this new round of subpoenas, lindsey graham, has finally found his place in united states senate history. now throughout our history, corruption cases in washington, always get an awful lot of attention. and so it is understandable, that overtime, people come to think of congress and the senate, actual corruption. but, but, the statistical truth is, that far less than 1% of the 1994 senators in our history, have ever

but georgia republicans, they met as exactly the same time, right behind those closed doors. they are not official, not certified, they still met and chose donald trump. >> even as democratic party electors were meeting in the georgia state senate for the first time in 28 years to select a democratic vice president and vice president, one floor below, at the state capital, georgia republicans were meeting for their own meeting to select republican electors for donald trump. >> those fake republican electors signed forged certificates, purporting to be the real electoral college votes and, in other words, asserting that in fact donald trump had won georgia. those fake certificates were actually mailed to the national archives as though they were official. and it's not like they didn't know they were up to something fishy, no. the trump campaign told the fake electors to operate in, quote, complete secrecy. the washington post obtained an email obtained by a trump campaign staffer sent to the fake electors the day before the meeting. in part, it reads, quote, i must ask for you

to the families of georgia, he is dangerous to the economy of georgia.act he's indicated he would expand that law to make sure that the exemptions that exist for incest and rape, are removed. this would criminalize women, it wouldn't prosecute them, it would put doctors in prison for up to ten years. and this could include a miscarriage, if it's ms. red or investigated as the act of abortion. it would also a law abortion pills, medical abortion. this law is dangerous. we know that women die in pregnancies. we know women need the ability to make medical decisions. and brian kemp has said to the right to make these medical decisions will not exist for most women in the state of georgia. >> you know, something we've seen in other states, i haven't seen anyone specifically in georgia proposals, though i imagine it will be soon, increasing efforts to increase travel to other states the use -- outside of state lines. there has been talk of criminalizing speech. clear first amendment problem, of counseling women on where they can obtain abortion care. i tend to

he purported to be giving expert testimony on the georgia constitution, georgia law.a georgia lawyer. it was one of those things, i think what we see from the january 6th committee, we see the overarching scheme. i think what we saw on the ground in georgia in december was the actual implementation of it. >> i want to play you some sound. you talk about what's happening on the ground. georgia has opened america's eyes to what the bullying and terrorism is on the ground. i want to play this from the january 6th hearings and get to you on the other side. >> there is nowhere i feel safe. nowhere. do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states target you? >> i just don't do nothing no more. i don't want to go anywhere. i second-guess everything that i do. this has affected my life in a major way. in every way. all because of lies. >> senator, you're running for attorney general in the state of georgia. you're down there on the ground. have you also experienced this kind of violence and intimidation? you're just testifying locally. it doesn't take much

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> brian: welcome to georgia. beautiful georgia.ing to be one of the battle grounds in this midterm election. one of the most intriguing senate seats and governor races in the country. and when it comes to the senate race, it could actually decide the balance of power in this country. that is outside. and that is where i flew in. but now i have gone to beautiful gainesville, georgia, the poultry capital of the country. long street cafe where i will be hosting, unless something goes terribly wrong for my segment of the show, for the next three hours. close with an interview with herschel walker, erick erickson in a little while. more importantly the people behind me already starting to file in. they are hungry. they are hungry for fox news and "fox & friends." and this place is 25 years old. they are celebrating their 25th anniversary. full history, guys, we will be talking to the people that make up america and georgia throughout the show. >> steve: i would imagine, brian, if that town is the poultry capital of the world because of

joining me now is gwen keys fleming, former district attorney at dekalb county georgia. thank you so much for being here tonight. help us understand this for a moment. the importance of these target letters procedurally, both for da willis and for the recipients of these letters, if a kind of special grand jury district attorney, willis, has convened does not have power to issue indictments itself, is it unusual that the district attorney's office has sent these targets letters to these individuals warning them that they could be, in fact, inducted? >> it's not unusual and it used to be a very common practice back when the law in georgia said that any elected official that is being investigated by a state special grand jury would have the opportunity to present a sworn statement and not be question before the grand jury. the law has changed since then. and so now elected officials are treated like everyone else. but i think in this particular case that letters may have been sent to clear up any sort of discrepancy as to whether these individuals were now being viewed as

greg peter georgia, georgia, georgia. come on. talking about the 2020 election, the hundreds of recounts or however many you had down there. the special senate race, and now, this. give us the state of play down there. >> may be the trial of the century, but it's pivotal moment in the investigation that launched last february because it mounts the most direct effort yet to president donald trump's closest allies come his inner circle to testify what could be the most serious criminal probe the former president will face, and if his inner circle starts talking under oath, who knows what investigators might find out? >> harry, let's walk through this case here. what sort of trouble could senator graham b, giuliani could face, what kind of trouble could donald trump face because we were saying for many, this particular matter in georgia has always seemed like it posed the most legal peril to the former president. >> it seems to be the one that has him in the crosshairs. he has not been mentioned here, but if this were an indictment -

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he gave at brian kemp at georgia and georgia secretary of state every chance to get it right. this was not the first time the president was suggesting he might be criminally liable. with that, let's listen to this portion of the call. >> i think you are going to find that they are shredding ballots because they have to get rid of the ballots. the ballots are corrupt, and they are brand new, and they don't have a seals. there's a whole thing with the ballots, but the ballots are corrupt. you will find that they are -- which is totally illegal. it's more illegal for you than it is for them! because, you know what they did, and you are not reporting it. that's the thing. that's a criminal -- that's a criminal offense. you know, you can't let that happen. that's a big risk to you and to ryan, your lawyer. that's a big risk. >> secretary raffensperger, after making a false claim about driving up ballots, the president stressed that you might be committing a crime by not going along with his claims of election fraud. after suggesting that you might have criminal exposure, president

georgia does not have a robust transit system, it is still the case in most of georgia that if you do not have access to a car, you will not be able to access care of any kind. our lack of broadband infrastructure in rural parts of the state make it hard for many georgians to identify providers, or attends telemedicine appointments. increasing barriers to care, georgia has some of the lowest legal wages of the country. georgia's state minimum wage is effectively a racist carve out allowing agricultural and domestic workers to be legally paid $5.25 per hour. these two industries are almost exclusively -- these two industries almost exclusively employ black and brown workers. many georgians finding affording basic needs to be very much out of reach. to be clear, these challenges in georgia ourself-able but they are the result of years of conservative lead government equaling a lack of investment in georgians. that has led to a harsh reality for many. for leadership resist because of rampant voter suppression targeting georgians who are already struggling the most. all of these factors h

the georgia vote count. is a sort of fundamental issue here, the faulty fulton county da's office say these are the individuals who were subpoenaed like any other, they don't get any special claims? >>, yeah exactly. you know, the da is arguing, just because you're a member of congress, it doesn't mean you've got to do potentially illegal acts, for example, calling up the secretary of state of georgia, asking him if he has the power to toss legally cast absentee ballots. and then, there's the question of jurisdiction, especially when you have senator graham, at a time when he called brad raffensperger, he was chairman of the senate judiciary committee, which has a very wide jurisdiction. he's making the argument that falls we early, with his duties at the time, calling off the secretary of state in a place like georgia. the congressman hice, it's a little bit different for him. he's a member of the house oversight and government affairs committee, which, you know, he does have a kind of a wide turn to invest

is going to create an issue like we currently have going on in georgia georgia is almost like an abortion hub where folks are coming from other areas, getting abortions and georgia and that creates a lot of issues for clinics that cannot accommodate the demand. and it really just puts care out of reach for many. i boils down to the only people can actually get the healthcare they seek the people who have resources. it's important to realize and all this that when a person has made a decision about whether oh not to keep a pregnancy, they should be able to get access to care with dignity without judgment or government interference. quick thinkinggna manager. cooks okay at the gentleman from georgia is now recognized. >> thank you madam chair. i am an ardent supporter of our constitution and the inalienable rights that are guaranteed they're in. and specifically first and foremost among them are the right to life at which none of the others matter quite frankly. and for that reason i've been in this battle for a long, long time i'm extremely pleased with the decision of the supreme court an

herschel walker in georgia.his one critically important truth. you can vote democratic, and you might still have inflation. because inflation is a worldwide phenomenon not in control of the president. but you can have a democracy, or you can vote republican and you will still have inflation but you will lose your democracy. >> professor biden's approval rating. you just mentioned, it we talked about, it everybody seems to be talking about, it is still sitting below 40%. some candidates like warnock out of georgia have actually been hesitant to campaign with him because of his low approval ratings. historically speaking, how much do a president's numbers factor in the midterm races. >> a presidents numbers definitely factor in midterm elections. because they are outlet for the discontent of the electorate. and low numbers for biden are certainly a bad omen for democrats. but let me tell you, mr. warnock and other candidates. you cannot run away from the president of your own party. that doesn't work. that is play

he reported giving expert testimony on georgia law and the man isn't even a georgia lawyer. >> we have a local prosecutor. do you think georgia might be the best place right now to see justice brought against this previous administration for attempting to overturn the election? >> look, i am a new yorker. i will ride and i my state. both are the best chances. both of these states have jurisdiction over various aspects of trump's criminal empire. georgia has the easiest case to make because again, trump is already on tape committing election fraud. remember it so much of this goes to trump's state of mind. we need to prove trump not only committed election fraud but he knew he was committing election fraud when he was doing it and his defense has always been i had the john eastman, whoever to tell me. i have said on this program in the past going and finding one on the street who says yeah, you are the president now, that does not mean you are taking reasonable legal advice. and so as long as you can show that giuliani and eastman were out to lunch, that does not protect trump from crim

i mean, never a dull moment when it comes to georgia politics.ou guys always seem to be in the spotlight. why is it so significant that this is going down in your state? >> because this is a state that unfortunately has a very long and recent history of voter suppression and of voter intimidation and challenges in our system. i know that one of the people on that list is the republican nominee for lieutenant governor, and that our current governor has said he is proud to have him as a running mate. he is proof of the fact that in georgia, whether you're the governor who just happened to not commit treason, or the lieutenant governor who may have participated in a seditious act, that either of them are poor representations of what democracy should be in the state of georgia or in the united states. >> so you mention that the governor, you'll be running against him, the president, i want to talk than in the context of the current president biden's approval ratings, the lowest they have ever been. only 38% of people approve of the job he is doing. l

warning a top georgia georgia republican official he may be indicted. willis sending a target letter, a specific word here, to georgia gop party chairman david schaeffer. schaeffer has told the january 6th committee that the fake elector's plat phrot in georgia came at the direction of the trump campaign. and yahoo! news first reported this target letter and is also reporting tonight that several other georgia republicans received similar letters warning of possible indictments. now, of course as we all know, georgia is ground zero for investigators when it comes to trump election schemes. the fulton county investigation was prompted because of that infamous phone call, right, it was stprtribed when donald trum called brad raffensperger with this request. >> all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> one more than we have. well, that now finally could be what it is that puts trump himself into legal jeopardy. in fact, his former white house lawyer, ty cobb, spoke to us tonight. and i want to quote what

, on the georgia economy. it's a drag on peoples health care and it's a drag on the georgia economy, is that? correct >> absolutely. correct many studies showing the connection between medicaid expansion and improving overall economic well-being. >> we would do well to expand medicaid in the 12 non expansion states for us to have federal legislation to ensure people in those states gun access and medicaid like program and we would do well to cap the cost of prescription drugs, a net gain for the georgia economy and for peoples health care? >> absolutely. it would help millions of people across the country. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you senator warnock. senator julie is recognized. >> thank you mister chairman. let me address this question to the two of you. i think you touched on this. i just want to be clear. can credit reporting in that collection policies actually solve the underlying problem of higher unexpected medical debt? with that require some health care policy change? doctor apple

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they both went democratic in georgia after biden carried georgia narrowly and they turn the senate very slightly blue. the vice president is on the road right now to breaking the all-time tie-breaking record for vice presidents. she will probably do that by the end of the year. those two seeds mattered enormously. senator warnock right now is ahead. a lot of people thought georgia would bounce back in a republican year, and maybe they still will, but in the senate race herschel walker, the republican nominee, well-known football star, has had some problems. i do not intend to go into individual scandals, i'm trying to avoid that, at least for this program. herschel walker is not as strong as some had expected him to be. he has been pushed throughout by former president trump. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has severe doubts about him and did not want him to be the nominee, though he eventually came around, probably because he accepted reality. this may be a republican tied in georgia, but it may not be enough to pull herschel walker across. we will see what happens. host: this i

what happens to women in georgia today?y, women in georgia lost the right to choose their futures. we are now being governed by one of the most extreme abortion bans in the nation. the six-week abortion ban, which means that women lose their right to choose before they know they are pregnant. this is happening in the state where we have 82 counties without an ob/gyn. that is more than half the state. we have 18 counties that have no general pressed practicing doctor the does family medicine. nine counties that do not have a doctor at all. we are in a state of crisis in our health care, and brian kemp and republicans have made it dangerous, in fact made it legal for women to live in the state of georgia. >> what happens going forward? of course, the one solution, longer term is electing you as governor. elect inca democratic legislators in georgia to change this state law. in the meantime, what can you tell the women of georgia that they can do? >> sadly, the only thing they can do is travel to another state. the closest sta

give me a break. >> that's how he responded when georgia officials did not bend to his will.ast week he called this wisc official in wisconsin. he said he was looking to guard his flank who would do nothing about a decision he said was clear, the ballot boxes had been unlocked and they were illegal. >> as vos said publicly, he's nothing if not consistent. you know, look, donald trump has gotten away with this kind of behavior his entire career. all he's doing with regard to the election is the same thing he did with contractors when he was building his buildings, with business partners that he broke with. this bluster, this anger, this lying, he's gotten away with it, he got elected president of the united states, for all i know he could get elected president of the united states again in two years. this is who he is and he's not going to stop and no prosecutor has ever called him on it and none has so far in this investigation, either. >> jeffrey toobin, thank you for being with us. >> happy anniversary, berman. >> i appreciate it. jeffrey remembered. >>> the other big news