, sonny perdue's first cousin was first republican georgia governor in georgia since reconstruction so he had some labor to produce network and political operation at his side as he ran his campaign but even brian who ran as an outsider for governor against the lieutenant governor casey cagle at the time in the republican side but brian even though he called himself an outsider, his office was directly across the rotunda casey cagle, he was secretary of state you see that in politics everywhere but especially in georgia you see people who literally elected statewide officials still say their outsiders to political gain even though they've been in state office for years. >> who does not appeal to? certainly people know these are individuals who are not literally outsiders but when they defined themselves as outsiders who are they helping, hoping to reach? >> the conservative base in states like georgia. you hear it over and over again when you're out there on campaign stops talking to voters. they want somebody who can shake up atlanta, shake up washington and they don't want the status

georgia e.e.one case, and it is not by chance that every post and every person has their own program. yes, on their youtube channel, the caucasus news channel ended with the words "we believe" armed forces of ukraine and glory to ukraine because it is possible only then if you are caught, it is interesting to russia. a truce, any ceasefire, any other option - this is only a pause, this pause can last for a long time, this pause can last again for 10 years, it was already 25 days, it is necessary, it does not matter, it is still a pause, and it is still more important to have such an education as the russian federation by the imperial glabs, no liberation of the territory of georgia and through ukraine, and in general, there is no such thing as being captured until these times , moreover, i will say more to some. words but this word reflects well the situation of things, it is an immediate threat to europe, if someone thinks that georgia was faster, write georgia was not after the second, put all t

georgia republicans and really republicans throughout the country, but i think particularly in georgiare obsessed with the idea of an outsider. david perdue is now a candidate for governor and he ran for senate in 2014, outside label front and center, outsider politician and you know, there's no outsider quite like hershel walker. he hasn't lived in the state for years. he lived in texas and just moved back to run for office. and he wasn't involved in conventional politics, he was a big trump surrogate, but wasn't involved in day-to-day politics in georgia. so he's running as an outsider and also with the trump brand. it might not matter he might have been in this position even without trump's endorsement, but he's looked at as part of the pro-trump slate and part of the former president's image, attempt to remake the republican party of georgia in his own mind. in his own image. he wants to oust a lot of the incumbents who aligned with governor kemp or he feels aligned against him in the 2020 election even though there's lockstep with support here. but a lot of election is hinging on

and in georgia that's not the case. it's one of the most diverse areas in the just in the state, but the eastern seaboard. suburbs are changing fast and politicians are changing their message with it. and authenticity. voters can smell when someone is being phony. that doesn't mean that voters will always punish people, they might not necessarily think that they believe them, but democrats embrace that often. and they stopped running as republican light as i guess is a good way to put it. they took years and rewarded in 2020 for that embrace of core values and republicans have been doing that in georgia right now. moderate is a bad world in the republican world and you've seen republicans sort of go back to their core values, too, another kind of point that we make intentionally in the book, too, there was not this sort of lurch to the middle in 2018 or in 2020. we'll see what happens in 2022, but there was not this pivot to the middle, really, in either of those races because, you know, both parties realized that they

voters, we had this focus on georgia democrats and a focus group on georgia republicans shall the georgia republicans who were trump voters were predictably extreme on issues like the election being stolen. and would say crazy things about possible conspiracy theories but when the topic came to abortion, one of the men that supported donald trump, when asked about abortion -- >> women should have this mup much voice on the topic, men should have this much voice on the topic. >> i'm t-is fascinating, republicans who calls themselves pro life their entire life who are shocked by how extreme the georgia legislature and other legislatures especially across the deep south have taken it. >> i grew up in the deep south. i grew up in a religious family. i shared those beliefs for a very long time. but when i moved into 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, and because georgia's ban is so extreme, a ban that brian kemp says he was overjoyed to sign, pim, women are l

there are behind in georgia. their candidates, talk about the league of indicator, republican candidates are getting wiped out and when you look at the money that both sides are raising. what is happening out there? >> nothing there are a couple of things that are coming into focus as we get ourselves through the mid point in the primary season. we still at this point have a number of primaries left. on the ballot you have a lot of candidates that have been pushed up and forward by a hardened right fascist based. they are about owning the lips. a revenge politics. that was stoked and fermented by donald trump. and in what's happened in essence, mitch mcconnell has the biggest -- they've lost control of the process. unlike when i was facing in 2010 when i had to deal with the candidate of the worst thing she was saying was i am not a witch. today's republican party has to deal with candidates who literally believe that president biden is an illegitimate president and should be thrown out of office. >> yes, also a

we saw that failed in the georgia primary. other primaries were candidates only have to get the 30%, you have about that base of republicans that believe that. however, how that plays in a general election we will see. host: let's talk about arizona races, mark kelly is another one . he is another person that is able to run ahead, biden, which he did in 2020 in the state by a couple of points. you talked to either party. republicans have tried to take the shine off of kelly. voters like them. they are trying to make their candidates more palatal. another place where republicans got the weaker nominee, you have a blake masters, the top aide to peter teal, the mega donor --maga donor. he put a lot of money into the primaries. and are watching to see what he is going to put in the general election. >> good afternoon, everybody. welcome back. no excitement in the room.

exactly 14 years ago, russia invaded georgia. the reason for this was russia's support for separatists in abkhazia and south ossetia in the night on august 8, 2008, georgia announced the shelling of georgian villages by the unrecognized republic of south ossetia, after which tbilisi announced the restoration of the constitutional order in the self-proclaimed republic of georgia the army launched an offensive and occupied most of tskhenvali, this is the main population center of south ossetia, russia intervened in this conflict and military operations actually lasted only five days , but during this time russia managed to launch an offensive deep into the territory of georgia, well, russian tanks actually stopped 30 km from tbilisi and then the kremlin managed to achieve a truce beneficial to itself, avoiding international isolation, and now many believe that if the western countries had rebuffed the kremlin, crimea, and the war in ukraine, we would not have now we will definitely talk about it. the only thing i will add is that t

i am from georgia. i will be voting for stacy abrams, but i voted for brian kemp because of his challenger. he was way far right for my taste. as far as brian kemp, he is -- it is a level of trustworthiness he does not have. the heartbeat deal, that he is openly hostile towards minorities and women, it is scary. i remember when he was governor, and how it was focused on the economy in georgia, and it became the number one thing for businesses, and we have just gone so far into the social conservatism rabbit hole. it makes me want to move out of state. host: you are calling on the line for democrats. caller: i am a democrat. in georgia you do not have to be registered for a party to vote in the primary. i wanted to be more of a middle-of-the-road approach. you get someone who is super far right, as opposed to brian who is more in the middle. he is not supporting trump openly. these very hostile towards minorities. host: thank you. jessica? guest: she's right. in a state like georgia, this happens in othe

georgia is the highest state post in georgia, and he is the creator of this state, which is called georgiaefore it, georgia was a territory of political territory, he created it with his chest in 9 years, not just from scratch treason and with minus but it is like that neo emphasized there that he connects his political a-a his political future with ukraine and he repeatedly emphasized that he is a regional leader and he will help the holy countries that are fighting for independence are fighting with our common enemy from russia i would really like to ask about this if saakashvili were now in power in ukraine, and how exactly can he help zelenskyi and the state? which he received unfortunately, this is a very difficult experience under the leadership of a country that is at war with russia. it was very helpful to ukraine, which hundreds of georgian volunteers are fighting together with ukrainians, again for the freedom of not only ukraine, but also georgia and other countries. well, now you see that the government of georgia is not very active supports ukraine, refuses to impose sanctions

today i will tell you how it begins, georgia georgia begins with the word sakratvelu, this is how the georgians themselves call their country, and they consider their people glue to be one of the oldest in general. here we are absolutely sure that georgia is a real cradle of civilization. and some even say that it was here that life itself originated. well, in any case, millions of years ago , life definitely existed here . that scientists found in the same place, prints, paws, both ancient carnivorous dinosaurs and herbivores, which appeared 50 million years later. and it was in georgia the most ancient remains of a caucasian man were found, their age is 7 million 200 thousand years, probably ancient people lived in such karst caves of which there are a great many, and today these caves have turned into an impressive tourist attraction, let's take a walk. here, in this heart of a stalagmite, tourists put their hands down and make their heartfelt wishes, but i want to tell you. here, thanks to underground waters, this heart increases by 1 cm in 100 years. can you imagine how many cent

it is now on its way to georgia. i can see korchilava, political. an expert of the press and that the embassies of georgia in ukraine for 2005 to 10th years, so i see, we welcome you, a georgian person, we know whether you are from georgia, whether you are included or sunny ukraine in europe, i see, but we will talk about georgia, i meant it as and how or position georgia, let's start with medvedev. the day before yesterday, the former president and prime minister of russia, dmitri medvedev, allegedly published such program material on the russian vkontakte network. to which this post was directly related - they managed to make a screenshot and publish some of its excerpts, i will quote medvedev said that the parade of sovereignties is over, the russians will not allow such a mistake anymore, there will be a united union, which will include not only the fraternal slavic peoples, but also some republics of which until the moment of creation the soviet union did not exist at all, in particular, georgia said from in his

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

>> it's not in the case of georgia.case of clark county, nevada where las vegas is it was actually a court approved examination and it did not go so far as to grant the kind of access that we described happening in kofi county, georgia. but you are correct, that the breach in county cough coffee county, was not legal. they allegedly allowed these outsiders in. she believed there was something fishy about the election. she was contacted by people associated with the trump campaign and republican party of georgia. she granted them access and gave them passwords. that's all in the investigation by the secretary of state's office, and certainly criminal charges are possible all of them. i think the important takeaway from all of this, this was not an attempt to sway the outcome of the 2020 election. it was an attempt to show that either was possible to sway the election, that joe biden had made fraud, or just to sow confusion and persuade the millions of trump supporters that this was possible, even though many of the actor

this was the state of georgia. prosecutors there already put the same criminal target that kind of heat on other republicans allegedly engaged in elector fraud in that state which biden won. in fact, all 16 of them. now, why is this coming out right now? does it have something to do with his other legal pressure on trump? the sort of accrual we feel? grand jury probes have all kinds of secrets we don't know, but if you're asking why is this coming out now tonight, on this one, we have the answer. because we know unlike the other things that stay secret in a grand jury probe, we know in public that mr. giuliani is about to go under oath. in fact, in just two days, to face the georgia grand jury this wednesday we know a judge pushed prosecutors in that state they should inform giuliani of his exact jeopardy before he goes into that testimony for fairness. and indeed, this is legally a tradition. so now he knows his current status in that probably and that may make make his lawyers more likely to advise him to take th

they say russian soldiers keep occupying new parts of georgia. and the border even runs straight through the fields of some farms. ♪ >> i'm scared of the russians. the russian army is just five kilometers from us. and even though no russian soldiers have come to my village yet, we all live in constant fear. especially after the russians invaded ukraine. >> the central government in tbilisi is also afraid of conflict with russia and prefers to stay neutral. georgia may have officially condemned the war, but they're not participating in the western sanctions against the kremlin. instead, the government in tbilisi chooses to attack its own critics, like the protest movement "shame," that mariam geguchadze co-founded. when the eu declined to grant georgia candidate status, shame didn't blame brussels. they blamed their own government. the protestors accuse tbilisi of doing too little and appeasing russia. but politicians are striking back. >> these people want our country to drown in mass protests and turmoil and for it all to end in a war with russi

well, was akashvili or georgia to blame?ise it after february 24 and the ukrainian-russian war, well, i just don’t have the words . i wonder if the ukrainians back then in 2008 would have believed those people who said that these were petitions and that the war of russia against ukraine was inevitable, and would there have been a war in 2014 or would there have been a war on february 24 or even if it had happened maybe they were in a different format your last instructions are very correct. i don’t like analysts after, but i like the war, but ukraine was more ready, but it was released not only in 2008. here you can discuss our entire recent history, ten years plus, and discuss these issues. we only had all the stages. let’s say that after in the 14th year, the main thing is predetermined or done incorrectly is that now ukraine is raking, so i agree. let 's talk about the present, about georgia in the context of the ukrainian war, because well, we will just lose time on the air, it was possible not to elect yanukovych let's

, in order to prove the case under georgia law. and that may be very important to prove intent here. >> and, daniel, giuliani's attorney has suggested that it would be a waste of time for him to travel to georgia, to appear before the grand jury because he would just be invoking attorney/client privilege. given he's a target of this investigation, it appears that the focus is on his own actions, not any interactions he had with the former president at the time, so can we just expect him to plead the fifth repeatedly? is that the best argument he has going forward? >> yeah, very much what he will be asked has nothing to do with his representation of donald trump. it has to do with his own lies, his own misstatements, his own involvement in the fake electors scheme. none of that has anything to do with attorney/client privivpriv. he will not be able to assert that with any good faith basis. and, look, there is no reason a target of an investigation would ever appear in front of a grand jury. in fact, in federal practice, when i was a

they say russian soldiers keep occupying new parts of georgia. and the border even runs straight through the fields of some farms. ♪ >> i'm scared of the russians. the russian army is just five kilometers from us. and even though no russian soldiers have come to my village yet, we all live in constant fear. especially after the russians invaded ukraine. >> the central government in tbilisi is also afraid of conflict with russia and prefers to stay neutral. georgia may have officially condemned the war, but they're not participating in the western sanctions against the kremlin. instead, the government in tbilisi chooses to attack its own critics, like the protest movement "shame," that mariam geguchadze co-founded. when the eu declined to grant georgia candidate status, shame didn't blame brussels. they blamed their own government. the protestors accuse tbilisi of doing too little and appeasing russia. but politicians are striking back. >> these people want our country to drown in mass protests and turmoil and for it all to end in a war with russi

johnson, about challenging the georgia board is suppression low -- georgia voter suppression lot, also the one in florida. in both cases, the judge in georgia, a trump appointee, denied the state's motion to dismiss. these are not frivolous claims. these are legitimate cases that will go forward. and the courts will decide the strength of those claims. congressman raskin, absolutely, certainly many of the provisions we think about -- automatic voting registration, absentee voting, when we think about drop boxes outside the board of elections, the people that most benefits are those who are disabled and elderly. we should be expanding the boat for everyone -- the vote for everyone. our client was one student who could no longer use her student id to vote. but she had a concealed gun carry permit. that also does not mean that we deny the targeting of black and brown voters that have happened in this country since we received the right to vote after the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. they were designed to address that for a reason. we cannot deny that history by simply pointing to the f

of georgia. it is a six-week abortion ban that bans abortion before most women know their pregnant. we have a broken public health system, where we have 82 counties without an ob/gyn, 18 counties without a family care doctor. we have nine counties without a physician at all, and in this climate we now have an abortion ban that denies women access to care. i am strongly pro-choice, because i understand that this is about freedom, this is about access, and this is about right for women to choose their future. i believe that georgia is going to follow kansas's lead. we do not allow ballot initiatives in georgia until a ballot initiative is voting me as governor and of georgia. we know if you want to protect a woman's right to choose, her freedom to control her right her body and her future, to your point about kitchen table issues, if women want the ability to determine what their lives looked like economically and socially, then we have to let the governor who believes in women's rights. i'm the on

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today i will tell you how it begins, georgia georgia begins the word that is how the georgians themselvesr country, and the kartelli consider their people to be one of the oldest in general. here we are absolutely sure that georgia true cradle of civilization. and some even say that it was here that life itself originated. well, in any case, millions of years ago, life definitely existed here . that scientists found in the same place, prints, paws, both ancient carnivorous dinosaurs and herbivores, which appeared 50 million years later. and it was in georgia that the most ancient human remains were found. caucasoid race, their age is 7 million 800 thousand years, probably ancient people lived in such karst caves of which there are a great many here, and today these caves have turned into an impressive tourist attraction. let's take a walk. here, in this heart of a stalagmite, tourists put their hands down and make their heartfelt wishes, but i want to tell you. here, thanks to underground waters, this heart increases by 1 cm in 100 years. imagine how many centuries it took for it to becom

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georgia has 80 counties without an ob-gyn.n they have to undergo a traumatic experience without having access to medical care, medical services or the leadership of a governor who believes in their human rights. >> you are christian. you are the daughter of two retired united methodist pastorses. some democrats, joe biden is a good example, have had a complicated sort of relationship or conflict between their faith and the abortion policy. some christians believe life begins at conception. i'm just wondering how you think about your faith with regard to this policy. >> i've thought about my faith a great deal. in fact, i was anti-abortion until i went to college. and there i met a friend who has my shared faith values but we started having conversations about reproductive care and abortion care really is. when i talk about that, it was an experience that i had because she was able to give me a different perspective. over the course of the next few years, i really started thinking about what role should the legislature play, wh

>> steve osunsami live in georgia tonight. thank you, steve. >>> tonight, former president trump's most outspoken critic suffering a major primary defeat. wyoming congresswoman liz cheney losing to the former president's hand-picked candidate running against cheney, and this was a landslide. showing the strength of the former president in that state. liz cheney, a central figure on the january 6th committee, suggesting she's not done, vowing after this resounding defeat, now the real work begins, she said. and what she said when asked if she'll run now for president. possibly challenging trump if he runs in the republican primary. here's jon karl again tonight. *>> reporter: donald trump vowed to take down liz cheney, and he did. his hand-picked candidate in wyoming trouncing her by more than 37 points. but for cheney, it's now full steam ahead on the next phase of her mission to deny trump a return to power. this after she did what trump has never done -- admit she lost. >> tonight, harriet hageman has received the most votes

something that is happening here in georgia right now.hanism called at large voting by specific district voting. and there was a lawsuit that was led by a voting roots group including the naacp and a trump appointed judge just we world that the current method that we have in place for public servants commissioners, the people who set the rates for our utilities a pocketbook issue is violating section two of the voting rights act. instead of accepting that ruling, the current secretary of state is appealing it. and we know it dilutes the power of black voters. that is certainly something that i would not have done if i was in this position. i would use it as an opportunity to ensure that they are free and fair elections happening in the state of georgia. >> now you are running in a very diverse slate. there are only six nonwhite secretaries of state in the whole of the united states right now. but the top of your ticket is obviously stacey abrams who's challenging brian kemp again for governor. you too would have to work very closely toget

that doesn't exist in georgia. right now republicans hold 61% of the seats in the senate, 57% of the seats in the house there. >> electing me as governor is going to be a sea change and a strong signal to the remaining legislators that they have got to do right by the women of georgia. this law as it stands right now will investigate women for being -- for miscarriage or pregnancy laws. it tells women that they are in danger of going to jail if they are found to have committed some type of fetuscide if they are drinking a glass of wine because we have now granted personhood, we don't know what this law means and that means that women are in danger, they're in danger of losing their liberties, in danger of not having their healthcare. and i believe should i be elected because this issue is so important on every metric, i will absolutely be able to make changes in the legislature. >> on that note, the georgia department of revenue announced last week that georgians can now claim an unborn child as a dependent on thei

georgia is such, it's such an interesting experience, because -- and i think that -- states like georgiasylvania, michigan, really on the front line from november to january of 2020, those voters pay really deep attention, and they've been deeply affected by it. and the fact that, in georgia, republicans, it is a republican state that's been trending blue. that is different in wisconsin. pennsylvania and michigan are going the other way. it's been trending blue. those republicans hung on to the conventional leaders, like kemp. and i think they are very concerned about what they see in the performance of walker. you could see that kind of split. but i think, in those three states, pennsylvania, michigan, and georgia, where january 6th and the fight over, you know, over vote counts was so present that those issues are big for voters too, and i think that january six is gonna play a big role there as well. >> i want to ask about that as well, because one feature of this primary season has been democrats, sort of saying what you are saying, and something the weakness in republicans, who clos

the interstate that runs through texas also runs through georgia.bsolutely it connects blue and red communities. chocolate cities of vanilla suburbs, all of the things that we think divide us and if we can get the highway built out, all. kinds of folks can get on the highway to get to where they need to go. >> absolutely when you think about that i-95 maine to miami, how many states does that cross, bringing all these communities together. when you check with the i-95 corridor midst defined by what state you're in. it's gotta be interesting. >> in a larger sense my point there is a highway that runs through our humidity. >> larger than race. >> you mentioned earlier, how do you do that. >> that's how you do it getting people with infrastructure that we don't usually think about that's really there. >> i want you to share this little but, this book in the title one my favorite scriptures. uni operating on faith-based. >> something that we are hoping for and we don't see yet. you running the senate and a lot of us realize what happens in the senate. t

she's also hired the foremost authority in georgia on rico cases. so i think that this is moving ahead at full speed. i expect that it will be a pretty devastating case that will include donald trump. >> the irony of that if my memory serves me correct in my time in new york, was that giuliani actually made a name for himself by going after a mob figures with rico. certainly some ire need here. is there, with rico cases, don't usually go for like, the low hanging fruit in the open really hit them hard, in the hopes that they will turn on people higher up the chain? . is there any chance giuliani would do that? >> that's possible. with a, do they take the predicate acts, which are other criminal activity and charge them against the organization that is part of the conspiracy. that would be the campaign and all of those who worked with the campaign and they would sweep them all in. now, often because they are much higher penalties on these rico cases. you get people that rudy is very used to doing, squeezing and getting them the help. i do not know if

she's also hired the foremost authority in georgia on rico cases. so i think this is moving ahead at full speed and i expect it will be a pretty devastating case that will include donald trump. >> john, the irony of that, if my memory serves me correct from my time in new york in my misspent youth was that giuliani actually made a name for himself by going after mob figures with rico. there's certainly some irony here. is there -- with rico cases, don't they usually go for like the low hanging fruit in the hope and really hit them hard, in the hopes that they will turn on people higher up the chain? is there any chance that giuliani would do that? >> well, that's possible. what they do is they take the predicate acts, which are other criminal activity, and charge them against the organization that they -- that is part of the conspiracy, and that would be the campaign and all those who worked with the campaign, and they would sweep them all in. now, often because there are much higher penalties on these rico cases, you get people that rudy's very use

rudy giuliani faces hours of questions about possible election meddling in georgia. his new comments after the hearing. >>> space scare. why a cosmonaut was ordered to drop everything and get back inside the international space station. >>> well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the cdc is bracing for a major overhaul after being criticized for its handling of the covid pandemic. in an exclusive tv interview with cbs news yesterday, director rochelle walensky said the health agency had learned some hard lessons over the past three years. a report commissioned by walensky uncovered deep concerns been the cdc's culture and day-to-day practices. bradley blackburn has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. cdc employees got the news just yesterday about what the agency is calling a reset. it comes after they did a hard look at missteps during the pandemic and as the cdc faces another big health challenge with a growing outbreak of monkeypox. cdc direction to rochelle walensky is ordering an internal organization over the covid-19 respo

georgia is the place that's the worst for trump. georgia is the place where you have that tape. georgia is the place where you have others already marked for targeted indictment. now having said that, nobody can predict what d.a.s or grand juries will do. you have more damning evidence in georgia than any other state so his problem is most acute there. let me tell you something, donald trump seems to know that, because while i just showed you the reporting about how he's juggling this search for lawyers in more than one case all over the country, and in his home state of florida, and recruiting people off tv or off personal relationships, in georgia, it's a little different, which is our special report. new information he has now turned to a seasoned criminal defense trial lawyer who is actually clashed with the same d.a. in atlanta, who has won some uphill criminal cases, who is part of a small but experienced criminal defense firm. it's the findling law firm in georgia and headed by the former president of the national association of criminal defense lawyers. we're talking abo

in georgia too. kemp, the republican, running against stacey abrams. i think we have those numbers, in the senate race, this is the governor's race. brian kemp is leaving abrams by three in the same poll, the same poll like the senate race though. and it's a different result. actually have herschel walker trailing raphael warnock, the democrat by four points in that race. it raises the interesting possibility, to me, it is seen there in georgia something that might be an opportunity for democrats elsewhere. brian kemp went to war with donald trump, and he won. trump ran in the primary, but brian kemp won. >> he won big. >> did that make kemp more acceptable to swing voters in georgia? in a way that maybe herschel walker isn't? can you see a split ticket vote in georgia, where that's a decisive factor? >> yes, i think that can happen, georgia is such an interesting experience because -- i think that states like georgia or michigan literally on the frontlines from november to january of 2020, those vot

then georgia w. in a very limited way, followed by barack obama, who tried and succeeded big-time, provoking joe biden to whisper at the bill signing, that it was a big effing deal. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [applause] [inaudible] >> donald trump was the first and only president so far who tried to take away some of what had been won. but he failed. and then joe biden tried and succeeded. of the 46 presidents, only four of them have been able to pass major health care legislation. lyndon johnson was the first big winner and remains the biggest winner, having passed through congress and signed into law, medicare and medicaid. george w. bush passed a prescription drug benefit, only for people on medicare. and then barack obama did what franklin roosevelt, harry truman, richard nixon could not do. he passed and signed into law the affordable care act, extending health care coverage to millions of people who could not afford it, through an expan

development, destroying georgia culture destroying georgia and tradition, george and religion, the only countries russia, mario and her cohort say that's exactly why the you should have sent a message to russia and granted georgia candidate status. they were deeply disappointed by the decision from brussels. it was one of the said his days of my life. i remember me because i realized that i'm still an optimist inside and probably at one but like a tiny part of me still hold it for something lake amazing to happen. i don't know . ah, but she hasn't given up hope and she plans to keep on fighting until ga one day becomes a member of the european union. oh, also campaigning for change is maria. it is a in but outdoor in italy. she wants better prospects for the people in her home, city of naples, especially the children. the camera is rife, in many neighborhood self naples, especially the poor districts like sun giovanni did to chew. this is, were it, maria, that is, i am, but auto and her fellow campaigners are an acting real resistance against organized crime. and it's all to do with ene

he was one of the fake electors involved to subvert georgia's election. democratic opponent. how much did that damage her credibility to host a political fund-raiser? >> i can't speak to why she chose to do that, but i can tell you that brian kemp has not only lauded bert jones, one of the fake electors, he has also reappointed another fake elector to a very important appointed office. that he has subborned those who have used the big lie to justify their actions. so while i understand the concerns that have been raised, we have to focus on who's actually responsible and who is in charge. brian kemp is a dangerous extremist who has tried to hide himself behind one good action, and he has distracted the rest of us or certainly distracted most of america from looking at his actual record. he is trying to play both moderate and maga but he is just extreme. he wants credit standing up to trump but is refusing to testify to tell the truth. i encourage people to go to stacey abrams.com -- >> i understand your point. i understand your point. ultimately, look, th

it is in georgia.early in the state of new york, and now in the manhattan district attorney's office, with the former president's former ceo cfo, offering -- [inaudible] it's been frustrating, lawrence, how slow it moves. as a former prosecutor, justice takes an incredible amount of patients to achieve. but it is a crescendo that we are approaching with all of these cases. and what is clear is that, at best, donald trump was a lousy custodian of classified information. and at worst, he wanted that classified information to do something that would help donald trump and harm others. and we keep saying classified information, classified information, you mishandled it. i think it is important for your viewers to understand what we are talking about. and this is what i see every day on the intelligence committee. this is information that protects our troops. it is called force protection. this is information about our nuclear capabilities. this is information about our adversaries nuclear capabilities. this

he spewed lies and misinformation about georgia's election results and the election process in georgia. second, it's that fake gop elector scheme that he is believed to have helped quarterback in 2020. that helped put georgia at the center of the misinformation battle around the 2020 elections. that means georgia is still the senter of that fight. >> kim, you talked about the potential for a rico case, a racketeer, influence and corrupt organization kind of charge here. you i know were talking about in 2015, there was a case where 11 teachers were convicted on rico changes and she is no stranger in using laws in less traditional ways. >> the georgia statute is built on the federal statute, which maybe ironically was signed into law by richard nixon when he was president. and frankly, rudy giuliani himself spearheaded a really important mafia rico case in new york when i was u.s. attorney for the state of new york. so the idea behind this rico statute is to get a criminal enterprise, this bigger scheme. it was traditionally around finance, around the mafia. and we have seen, as you ment

also runs through georgia. absolutely it connects blue and red communities chocolate cities and vanilla suburbs. it transcends race class all of the things that we think divide us. and if we can get that highway built out all kinds of folks can get on the highway to get to where they need to go. absolutely when you think about that the interstate i-95. yeah. man to miami yeah. how many stated here ross yeah bringing all these communities together and you start talking about i-95 carter is defined by what state you're in and so it's kind of interesting. yeah, talk about yeah and in a larger sense, there's that my point is that there's a highway that runs through our humanity. well, it's larger than race that's larger than it's ready in our motto. you mentioned it early. yeah other men and one many one. how do you do that? yeah. that's how you do it. yeah getting people together. it's an infrastructure that we don't usually think about but it's really there. i want you to share with us a little bit this book the

well, a federal judge in georgia today rejected that claim and did so bluntly. the judge ruled that in fact, senator lindsey graham does have to answer questions from the grand jury, because he was not just fact finding, he was not just asking questions and doing due diligence as a senator, multiple witnesses claim when senator lindsey graham called georgia officials after the election, he was quote seeking to influence their actions. in the counting of the vote in that state. he wasn't just asking questions about state procedures. he was trying to get them to do things that would benefit president trump. as president trump was trying to have the election results in that state overturned. and trying to influence the work of georgia state election officials is not the lawful work of a united states senator. and so yes, a federal judge told him today that he's got to testify about that. senator graham says he will appeal the judge's ruling and so he shall see how this shakes out and he has been notified that he is not a target of the investigation, he's just a wit

today, state prosecutors in georgia notified mr. giuliani that they no longer consider him to be a material witness in their criminal investigation election interference in the state of georgia. mr. giuliani's lawyers say they were notified today by georgia state prosecutors that their client, rudy giuliani is now officially a target of that investigation. prosecutors are warning giuliani that he may get indicted in that case under georgia state law so he should get his ducks in a row. beyond that, trump ally lindsey graham, he had argued recently in federal court he should be allowed to defy a subpoena to testify to the grand jury in that case. senator graham said he notified that he's not a target. he's just a witness but he does not want to answer a subpoena to testify in that case because he told a court in georgia he's just doing his job as a senator and he should be protected as such from it having to answer questions about him. his lawyers argued to the dhurt when senator graham called georgia officials after the presidential

i'm for the georgia people and i'll fight for the georgia people as he fought for the elite in washingtonor joe biden. >> martha: when we covered the georgia run-off race, the president was there with kelly lefler and david purdue, supporting them. that didn't work out. the gop lost the control of the senate. obviously you're in one of the most important races for your party in this country. how are you going to close that gap? >> well, i'm going to get around, listening to what the people got to say. i've invited senator warnock to a debate, which he's hiding behind the media. he's hiding behind his twitter account. he don't want the people to see the contrast between himself and myself. i believe in lower taxes. he believes in higher taxes. he believes in putting men and women sports. i don't. right now he believes people paying someone else's debt. i don't. people need to see the contrast between the two of us and he needs to quit hiding and let people see there's a difference between senator warnock and herschel walker. >> martha: well, we would love to see that debate. we would be ha

so senator lindsey graham still fighting to stay out of court and testify in georgia.you convinced that he will testify as scheduled on tuesday? >> i believe he should testify. what the fight is about is the speech and debate clause of the constitution which provides that if your activities during your legislative work are something that the judiciary wants to hear about, you can be prevented from having to be called there. he's saying that these phone calls that he made to georgia and other calls that he may have made to other people is part of his legislative work. the court said, no, it's not. this is separate from legislation and, therefore, you have to appear. and so that's the fight. the judge has looked at the speech and debate clause. we saw this, fred, in the case of menendez in new jersey where he tried to do the same thing when he was charged with bribery in connection with his lobbying activities. the court said no, no, no, that's not legislative activity, that's something separate. so we'll see what the court of appeals says. but he should lose this case.