[ laughter ] ♪ [ singing in georgian ] ♪ [ singing in georgian ] >>> anthony: to georgia. ♪ i took athrough this beautiful world ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ sha, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ >> anthony: georgia is probably a place you don't know much about. few americans, i suspect, could place it on a map. it's small compared to the super powers around it, but vital. its significance far exceeding its relative size. for nearly 70 years, it was a soviet republic, and since independence in 1991, georgia has been on a wild and often deeply troubled ride as it struggles to obtain and maintain democracy. there has been a civil war, regional strife, and numerous provocations and invasions by russia. geopolitically, it's located in a hot spot, a strategic crossroads surrounded by russia, turkey, armenia, oil-producing azerbaijan and just a short distance away syria and iran. i wanted very much to see georgia, but in november of

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campaign that so want to patrol the opposition as criminal as a dangerous step backwards for georgian politics because greg overshadow her rival had promised to pardon members of the former government who had been charged with abuses of power while in office some of them are in jail some of them have gone into exile and i think georgians were not ready to see these people come back into georgian politics but perhaps the crucial thing that helped. was this often made by the government to pay off the debts of up to six hundred thousand more georgians around about half a billion dollars this country suffers from extreme poverty and i think this was an opportunity that georgian vote is simply could not resist the opposition accused them of mass vote buying with this initiative they now say that they are going to meet and they're going to discuss the next steps how when and what to do to challenge these results but it looks like. it will be george's next president. supporters of prime minister run a wickramasinghe have pushed through a vote in parliament to cut funding for the man who's re

whatever the outcome georgians understand that ultimately and all the guy from his country. which is an issue really chairs the governing party scene here sitting next to his chosen candidate. it is his private foundation that would pay off loads like mailers. the voters must decide whether it is a genuine initiative to alleviate poverty or and make it a tent to buy their loyalty driven first able. to please. now the un's environment body has found the world needs to do three times what it's currently doing to avoid catastrophic climate change the twenty fifteen paris climate dale agreed to limit the rise in global temperatures to a maximum of two degrees celsius this century to avoid major and irreversible climate change bill and all the un environment programme report analyzed emissions and the targets in place to meet the two degree goal it found that we need to do three times as much as we are currently doing to make that target count in the world's twenty biggest economies the g twenty are collectively not on track to meet that twenty. pledges the biggest elephant in th

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translation: no, idon't were given to georgian patients?i don't have any desire whatsoever to prove anything. i'm just asking questions. is this not simply, in a word, disinformation. i don't know, i don't know. but then the aim of disinformation isn't to prove a story, it is to sow doubt and to blur the line between fact and fiction. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. throughout this week, we'll be exploring the issues around disinformation in our beyond fake news season. you can also follow the debate and research on our website — that's all at bbc.com/fakenews. we'll be crossing live to delhi were special event is taking place to deal with this. the governor of california has urged president trump to declare a major disaster in response to wildfires which have killed at least 31 people in the state. the appeal came a day after mr trump threatened to cut funding for california — blaming the fires on what he called very poorforest management. james cook reports from los angeles. paradise is no more, ravaged by the most destructive wildfire

the former georgian foreign minister. is set to be the country's new president when nearly all the votes counted she will be the first woman to hold the office in the former soviet republic it's the direct election of a head of state in georgia as the presidency will be diminished by a new parliamentary democracy the vote has been tainted by allegations of fraud and intimidation negotiators from iran russia and turkey are meeting in capital hoping to preserve a fragile truce in northern syria representatives of the syrian government and opposition are also in. the negotiations will not lead to an internationally backed political deal but russia is pushing for a breakthrough on a un backed constitutional committee that it can sell to the west's supporters of ousted prime minister nuri and i will become a single have pushed through a vote in parliament to cut funding to the new prime minister's office president replaced with christmas and go with the former leader mahinda rajapaksa last month plunging the country into a dee

it's infiltrated our georgian identity so completely. this memorial the chronicle of georgia just outside to be d.c. depicts heroic moments from our long history. emotionally as a georgian are am still caught up in the power of its imagery. but it is to mourn human sanctioned by the soviet state. it was built to make us believe we were free when we were not. sometimes you have to look elsewhere for answers to your own problems there is another country that was ruled from moscow and at the same time had to come to terms with its own troubled past. berlin was the capital of germany during the rule off one of the twentieth century's other murderous totalitarian movements the nats. of that germany's defeat in one thousand nine hundred five thirteen was split in half at the brandenburg gate. east germany was never officially a soviet state but it took its orders from moscow and berlin stormed out streets where an ideal setting for stalin to express his architectural drawings. the soviets did not scar germany in quite the same way as they did

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whatever the outcome georgians understand that ultimately an oligarch from his country. which is initially chairs the governing party seen here sitting next to his chosen candidate. it is his private foundation that would pay off loans like labor's. the voters must decide whether it is a genuine initiative to alleviate poverty or and make it a tent to buy their loyalty driven first able. to police. an afghanistan is open for business at present ash afghanis pitched at delegates as investment conference in geneva they're looking at strategies to help a nation that's been ravaged by seventeen years of war meanwhile the u.n. has warned that three point six million afghans are one step away from famine which has been triggered by afghanistan's west droughts in decades and he barbara ports. i think a demonstration by afghans outside the united nations in geneva a reminder for the afghan president of the urgency of ending the violence back home but at the start of a two day conference here he was keen to stress opportunities for the outside world to decide events on private se

whatever the outcome georgians understand that ultimately an oligarch runs a country.which is initially chairs the governing party seen here sitting next to his chosen candidate. it is his private foundation that would pay off loads like mailers. the voters must decide whether it is a genuine initiative to alleviate poverty or and make it a tent to buy their loyalty driven first able. to please. us secretary of state mike pompei i will meet mexico's incoming foreign minister to discuss migrants on their joint board at the white house says the two will meet later this week to work out a deal to keep like once in mexico while their claims for u.s. asylum are considered tensions mounted on sunday in the mexican border town of tijuana when u.s. authorities fired tear gas on migrants on the other side who are trying to cross over mexican authorities have called for a full investigation into the incident and also deporting nearly one hundred migrants trying to enter the u.s. illegally. the leader form of rebels in colombia is promising the group will never take up arms again

i have never been more proud of georgians than to see the response on the ground. we are very appreciative, from the federal, state, and local level. because of that we will rebuild stronger than ever. they are continuing to stand strong with georgia. we are appreciative of that. thank you. [applause] this race is a fight for our future. literally a battle, for the soul of our state and who we are. my opponent has run the most dishonest campaign that it georgians have ever seen. there is a reason why. she is trying to hide her extreme agenda. she wants higher taxes. she wants bigger government. she wants a radical government takeover of health care. these are her so-called moderate positions. she also wants to give taxpayer benefits, welfare, and free college to those that are here illegally. she has even been encouraging those that are here illegally to be part of the so-called blue-wave. not even california is that liberal. we love you, brother. with your vote, you can stop this craziness. i will invest in public education as your governor. we will give teachers

hopes georgians will be able to reconcile their differences after an ugly election campaign. trying the option. our choice is a peaceful georgia a free country where citizens have equal rights our choice is a dialogue with those who did not vote for me today or in the. cellar major of history will be the last elected president by the voting public in georgia in future it will be parliament that decides who becomes president as the country transitions to a parliamentary democracy but georgian democracy may not be as healthy as it seems according to the opposition the government's last minute promise of debt relief for more than six hundred thousand georgians was tantamount to a vote it was if. we had. a court. georgia's most powerful figure initially. the billionaire chairman of the governing party staked his reputation on a zero win through most of the room got to voters our society realized their power understood that they have all the tools and reacted absolutely adequately billy's absence at this gathering was a symbol that real power in georgia remains a money dominated m

it's infiltrated our georgian identity so completely. this memorial the chronicle of georgia just outside to be d.c. depicts heroic moments from our long history. emotionally as a georgian. am still caught up in the power off its imagery. but it is the more new man sanctioned by the soviet state. it was built to make us believe we were free when we were not. sometimes you have to look elsewhere for answers to your own problems there is another country that was ruled from moscow and at the same time had to come to terms with its own troubled past. berlin was the capital of germany during the rule off one of the twentieth century's other murderous totalitarian movements the nats. of germany's defeat in one thousand nine hundred five pretty soon were split in half at the brandenburg gate. east germany was never officially a soviet state but it took its orders from moscow and brilliance bombed out streets where an ideal setting for stalin to express his architectural drawings. the soviets did not scar germany in quite the same way as they di

ie capital, a body i serve in, and our singled out and arrested today for standing with some e y georgians were demanding that every vote be counted and i am incredibly proud and will continue to stand with the citizens of georgia. amy: on monday, federal judge blocked georgia interim secretary of state robyn crittenden from certifying the governor's race before friday and ordered the review of thousands of provisional ballots. until last week, the secretary of state was brian kemp -- who's the republican candidate. kemp stepped down from the post last week after the election.

very hopes georgians will be able to reconcile their differences after an ugly election campaign. when they are. our choice is a peaceful georgia a free country where citizens have equal rights our choice is a dialogue with those who did not vote for me today. so obviously will be the last elected president by the voting public even in future it will be parliament that decides who becomes. residence as the country transitions to a parliamentary democracy but georgian democracy may not be as healthy as it seems according to the opposition the government's last minute promise of debt relief for more than six hundred thousand georgians was tantamount to a vote it was if. we go with. the flow. of. georgia's most powerful figure initially the billionaire chairman of the governing party staked his reputation on his tour of this village when her muscles already got to voters our society realized their power understood that they have all the tools and reacted absolutely adequately absence at this gathering was a symbol that real power in georgia remains a money dominated male affair robyn

whatever the outcome georgians understand that ultimately and all go well mr country. initially chairs the governing party seen here sitting next to his chosen candidate. it is his private foundation that would pay off loads like labor's. voters must decide whether it is a genuine initiative to alleviate poverty or a naked attempt to buy their loyalty. so. what we're going to find out now is whether or not georgian democracy still functions the way it's supposed to whether or not. as i've been saying there really it's money that decides everything here if griego. does get past the post when this it'll be very interesting to see what he does next because he has promised to pods mikhail saakashvili the former presidents who was defeated for four years ago. elections here that would be a very controversial thing it's one of the powers that the president would have to use to be a pardon for members of the government and if. they came back to being in exile that would really store up the political scene here going forward robin thanks very much russia turkey and iran are to

herschelel walker -- and a lot f other great georgians. that is what they want. they want a governor of us building off being the number one state six years in a row. that was announced by governor dill. i'm proud of having the governor's support as well as governor sonny perdue. i want to keep that same direction and move it to a new level. stacey abrams wants to take that completely different. raisingg taxes and bigger government. >> laura: georgia's economic revival has been something to watch and people wanting to turn that back and say no. because oprah came into town. god bless her but you cannot argue with success. mr. secretary, we will be watching closely tomorrow. we really appreciate you giving us time tonight. very busy night. >>> could it happen again? pollsters are nervous ahead of tomorrow's mid-terms and two prominent ones join us next to break it down. what hollywood and the president are doing in the final hours of the mid-term race. stay there. puts her students first. >> student: i did mine on volcanoes. >> teacher: you did?! oh, i can't wait

as criminal as a dangerous step backwards for georgian politics because. her rival had promised to pardon members of the former government who had been charged with abuses of power while in office some of them are in jail some of them have gone into exile and i think georgians were not ready to see these people come back into georgian politics but perhaps the crucial thing that helped. was this often made by the government to pay off the debts of up to six hundred thousand more georgians around about half a billion dollars this country suffers from extreme poverty and i think this was an opportunity that georgian vote is simply could not resist the opposition accused them of mass vote buying with this initiative they now say that they are going to meet and they're going to discuss the next steps how when and what to do to challenge these results but it looks like. it will be george's next president there have been more protests in colombia against tax reforms and a lack of university funding groups farmers and trade unions are threatening to hold more rall

a lot of other great georgians, i think that's what georgians want.y want a governor that's going to build off of us being the number one state for business in the country six years in a row, that was announced today by governor deal. i'm glad to have the support as well as former governor sonny purdue. if we had a great one of republican leadership over the last 16 years. i want to keep that same direction and move it to a new level. stacy abrams wants to take that completely different, raising taxes, having bigger government government -- >> laura: georgia's economic revival has been something to watch. people wanting to turn that back and say no because oprah came into town? god bless her, but you can't argue with success. mr. secretary, we'll be watching very closely tomorrow. we really appreciate you giving us time today for a very busy night tonight before voters go to the polls tomorrow. thanks so much. trump's election proved conventional wisdom did wrong in 2016, so could it happen again quickly pollsters are nervous ahead of tomorrow's midte

proof, it claims, that georgians were given untested us medicines with deadly results.piled the original document and he says the story is wrong. the whole world knew this programme. it was to eliminate hepatitis c in georgia. it's strange that mr giorgadze showed this to people claiming that it is kind of experiments, because 36,000 people were cured and maybe 200 of them were dead and had adverse events. so... cured of hepatitis? of course, cured of hepatitis. the american drugs used in the programme had been approved. they're in the world health organisation's list of essential medicines. across town is the lugar lab, run by georgia, but built by the pentagon to secure deadly pathogens. moscow claims that the us army takes up two floors here. it doesn't. the director let us check the whole building. maybe we are storing somewhere. where are the american soldiers here?! laughter. and what about russia's assertion that the lab has plans for a drone to spread toxic mosquitoes? where is the evidence that we are doing here this? can they show us the evidence, that georgia

georgians are voting in a second round of presidential elections largely ceremonial position but the election is being watched closely by russia and other western powers the governing party candidates. failed to win more than fifty percent of the vote in the last round of she's really launched a campaign promising financial relief for hundreds of thousands of georgians but many believe the winner may not really run the country so let's talk to robin forrester walker in tbilisi about this iraq and if this is a largely ceremonial role what is actually at stake here. well yes in the sense that the powers of the president are no longer what they used to be this is a parliamentary democracy but at the same time the president still is commander in chief head of state. to decide foreign policy and even to go to war. think of this actually that was a highly contested election i'm calling it the hillary clinton and donald trump face off in the caucuses with everything thrown into the mix i mean you've got this you know this this female candidate versus. an opposition politician and everything

regardless of any racist tropes out there, i believe in the hearts of georgians. whether we come from urban or rural or suburban georgia, we want what is best for everybody in the state and i believe i am the best person to deliver that. >> thank you very much for being with us. i will note the republican candidate, we invited him and he did not respond. thank you. >>> i think it's fair to say nobody knows what will happen tomorrow. i think that's a fair statement. however president trump's new approval rating could give us clues about which party might control congress. cnn's political analyst, john avalon, joins us with our reality check. >> so hot off the presses. new cnn poll released this morning shows donald trump is historically unpopular head into the midterms, despite the heated economy. here's what that could mean for the gop tomorrow night. let's look at the losses sustained by the last two presidents head into their first midterms. bill clinton was at 46% approval and democrats loss 54 seats in the house, and barack obama also at 46% approval and democ

but seriously ex-folks on on behalf of all georgian is want to extend our gratitude to our president, vice president, and second and governor for all the work they've done, the absolute great response they gave this state, especially in southwest georgia, in response to hurricane michael. please help me thank them for their efforts. [applause] south georgia was devastated and i haven inber proud as a georgian than to see the responsible on the ground, at the federal, state and local level and we well rebuild stronger than ever and they are continuing to stand strong with georgia and we're appreciative of that. so thank you so much. [applause] >> this is race is a fight for our future. literally a battle for the soul of our state, and who we are. my opponent has one the most dishonest campaign that georgians have ever seen and there's a reason why. she is trying to hide her extreme agenda. she wants higher taxes. she wants bigger government. and she wants a radical government takeover of health care. these are her so-called moderate positions. she also wants to give taxpayer benefits,

i imagine that's going to be a surprise for some georgians opening the door to find oprah winfrey there. >> i would imagine a few of those folks are probably going to be expecting a car or a big gift of some sort. catie beck in marietta, thank you. i want to bring in christina greer. she's a political scientist, a professor at fordham university as well. the energy undeniable. we know for the most part wherever oprah goes is typically a great deal of energy that surrounds her arrival and speech. but star power for democrats, is that going to be enough to move the needle come tuesday? especially in georgia. >> well, what oprah's going to bring is that stacey abrams has been very diligent over several years making sure she didn't just campaign in atlanta. she has gone to all 159 counties in georgia. the piece with oprah is just to make sure it's that added extra piece to make sure that folks know that turnout is so important, especially since stacey abrams opponent is the secretary of state and he and his office control the ballots and the voting procedures. stacey doesn't need to just wi

first. >> it's us hard-working georgians against the rest of the country. >> i own guns. >> reporter: kemp appears in campaign ads with a shotgun. ai and wantound up people he mocrandatewe'v of being funded seen in pa ing that has a radic, vear. reflects the needs of everyone in georgia, regardless of whether they support me or not. >> the polarized climate is drawing the close attention of the white house in the final days. both president trump and former president obama will campaign here to lend muscle to the fight. kenneth craig, cbs news, eastman, georgia. >>> overseas now. this morning divers recovered the flight data recorder from the lion air jet that crashed off the coast of indonesia earlier this week. they said it was dug out of the mud on the ocean floor. the search continues for the cockpit voice recorder. 189 people were killed when it crashed shortly after takeoff. >>> the suspect in the synagogue shooting will be in court today. he was charged with offenses that could bring the death penalty. authorities say he shot and killed 11 people at the tree of life synagogue a

proof, it claims, that georgians were given untested us medicines with deadly results. documents. but we found the man who compiled the original document and he says the story is wrong. the whole world knew this programme. it was to eliminate hepatitis c in georgia. it's strange that mr giorgadze showed this to people claiming that it is kind of experiments because 36,000 people were cured and maybe 200 of them were dead and had adverse events. cured of hepatitis? of course, cured of hepatitis. the american drugs used in the programme had been approved. they're in the world health organisation's list of essential medicines. across town is the lugar lab, run by georgia but built by the pentagon to secure deadly pathogens. moscow claims that the us army takes up two floors here. it doesn't. the director let us check the whole building. maybe we are storing somewhere. where are the american soldiers here? laughter. and what about russia's assertion that the lab has plans for a drone to spread toxic mosquitoes? where is the evidence that we are doing here this? can they sho

and if it's dominant in georgian q.c. oh and this is some desert. no one makes it and every time i come we nicked it i guess so soviets nicked it from the french so it's our version of milk we call it not falling out. my father is very critical of the soviet era when he graduated he ended up working for the mayor's office here and he was in charge of the sewage system. my mom if she even now to bed at all and you were in charge of our series. in georgia b. cook asians are always marked by a family feast and keeping toast. moment. how much. richer that could be a little bit of research showing that well let's go more sort of hard so goes the. when the rose of the world it is our god stuck conductor on. twenty zero zero zero cost well let me tell you the discovery. is still going to hold what i get to be said for a boy of all about good earth little good luck tomorrow to show bruce holden i am quick how much it hurts with which i get the little were called although they were good but they were wrong. good to see you go but i'll bring down some level o

coming on, you keep standing strong for the values that matter to me and the values that matter to georgiansll over the state. so i'm here today because stacey abrams cares about the things that matter. she cares about medicaid expansion. she cares about keeping families together. she cares about environmental protection for our children so that they will have clean water and won't be wearing oxygen masks 10 years from now. she cares about common sense gun control. [applause] oprah: she doesn't want to take the guns from the people. this is georgia. we know people want to hunt in georgia. but since when have we lost common sense for common sense? she wants common sense gun control. she cares about affordable housing and she cares about criminal justice reform to protect our communities and create jobs. the reason i am a registered independent is because i believe that everybody should have the right to vote their values and vote your conscience regardless of the party. i have voted republican and i have voted democrat and each time i voted, i voted for the people who i felt represented my va

. >> whether it is 5,000, 50,000 people, his job is to guarantee that every georgian who is eligibleto vote. instead he purged them. >> reporter: exact match doesn't just apply to renl stragss. there's also a signatures requirement allowing officials to toss absentee ballots and applications if a signature doesn't match the one on file. the aclu and other groups filed lawsuits claiming hundreds of absentee ballots were tossed. a judge halted the practice last week and kemp appealed calling absentee voting a privilege and convenience. a college student was eager to cast her absentee ballot, especially as a latina voter. >> it is exciting to have a stay in big decisions for the state. >> reporter: her class and work schedule wouldn't allow her to make the hour drive to fill it out in person. >> i made sure to fill it in correctly and send it in. tw weeks after i sent it in i got notice that it had been rejected. votes like me are ones that scare secretary kemp. >> reporter: she was told her signatures didn't match. >> i wasn't given a process to, you know, fix my ballot or have it rein

steve rosenberg reports from the georgian capital, tbilisi. tbilisi, georgia, to investigate. the source of the russian news story is a former head of georgian state security, who fled to moscow. igor giorgadze is an ex—kgb man. his website has published leaked papers. proof, it claims, that georgians were given untested us medicines with deadly results. so these are real documents? yes, these are real documents. but we found the man who compiled the original document and he says the story is wrong. the whole world knew this programme. it was to eliminate hepatitis c in georgia. it's strange that mr giorgadze showed this to people claiming that it is kind of experiments, because 36,000 people were cured and maybe 200 of them were dead and had adverse events. so... cured of hepatitis? of course, cured of hepatitis. the american drugs used in the programme had been approved. they're in the world health organisation's list of essential medicines. across town is the lugar lab, run by georgia, but built by the pentagon to secure deadly pathogens. m

there are counties where, you know, georgians had to wait three and four hours in line just to vote,so they were given provisional ballots, they were given paper ballots, so we're imploring each of georgia's 159 counties to make sure that the sacred fundamental right to vote is protected and is honored and that every vote is counted before we certify any elections. >> and the certifying process or the deadline for it is supposed to be tomorrow, tuesday. we'll see if that is the end of the line or whether this goes on any further. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> a glitch in the va has caused some veterans to be evicted. we have one more thing for you after the break. r the break. due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem.. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin... i want that too. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. what's next? reeling in a nice one. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping

i happen to be a georgian. i employ people in this state.e pence stood up and said this is georgia and not hollywood. $9.5 billion in impact is brought to this state by productions. the people that i hire, i hire maybe for our five actors on a movie, you know, maybe ten if it's a big movie. i hire hardworking georgians that drive trucks and set up lights and set up catering and do p.a. work and locations. those are the people that are impacted. so when you talk about jobs, you talk about impacting real people, why would you spurn an industry that brings that kind of work? the answer of course is that a lot of people in that industry don't agree with the legalized discrimination and other tactics that that side is pushing for. but the other side of that is that the people you just showed, the oprahs, the michael jordans, the people who supported my event, from tiffany haddish to jada pinkett-smith, they have voices as well. what makes their voices less important? i'm not saying they're more important, but why would we say you're a celebrity s

as a georgian i cannot forget the fact that my family members where executed in the soviet purges. as a daughter i cannot forgive the fact that the soviet system crushed my parents' aspirations. as a reporter i have witnessed the wars and revolutions that are its legacy. in my own country i saw russian tanks reasserting soviet borders and axing toward land. after almost thirty years of independence the u.s.s.r. is still with us and i believe we cannot have a future until we have dealt with this passed. i've lived away from georgia for almost ten years. every time i come back i remember why i left because i feel that the history is weighing down on my country. and it will take many years to transform it into the country that i want to live in. the area my parents live in is dominated by soviet blocks. it's pretty great a soviet buildings were not designed to make people feel at ease. when the u.s.s.r. collapsed there was nobody to look os to this stairwells than the entrances and all the exterior of the building so we're still in there or is in the states. unfortunately when we open

eavoting thereas ady set a record with more than two million georgians casting ballots. the race has been marred now by new hacking allegations the republican candidate is making against the democrats. here's mark strassmann. >> good to see you. >> reporter: republican brian kemp roiled this tightly contested race with his call to the f.b.i. to investigate a hacking charge against the state's democratic party. kemp, currently georgia's secretary of state, who oversees elections, offered no supporting evidence and denied the charge was a last-minute campaign ploy. >> we're handling this like any other incident we would get dealing with potential cyber crimes. i'm not worried about how it looks. i'm doing my job. >> reporter: kemp based his charge on an e-mail sent by a private citizen to a georgia democratic party official, which flagged a vulnerability in the state's election database. georgia's cr they were merely trying to bring attention to possible security flaws. kemp's opponent, democrat stacey abrams, says the hacking allegation is proof kemp can't do his job. cal

whatever the outcome georgians understand that ultimately an oligarchy runs the country. is an issue of elite chairs the governing party seen here sitting next to his chosen candidate. it is his private foundation that would pay off loads like mailers. the voters must decide whether it is a genuine initiative to alleviate poverty or a naked attempt to buy their loyalty driven first day of work or al-jazeera to please. welcome just joining us you're watching al-jazeera let's just recap your top stories russia is planning to deploy s. four hundred surface to air missiles to the crimean peninsula ten regions in ukraine are under martial law for the next thirty days after russia opened fire and seized ukrainian naval boats and servicemen in the black sea ukraine's president is warning of full scale confrontation with russia. thank you should never these tanks have not yet been removed from there they're still there i don't want anybody to think those are toys the country is under threat of a full scale war with the russian federation so the goal of this martial law is to show

we can dison principles, but we have a common responsibility to georgians.ways sa people don't care about your party, they care about their lives. as the nextrn go, my goal is going to be to bring everyone t togethsolve the problems that we can solve together, leading with my values, faith, family and service, butth recognizin everyone comes to the table as a georgian and we have to work together. >>s there an idea that your opponent, brian kemp, put forward that if you would youly would actu also put forward? >> absolutely. we completely agree on the need toin case teacher pay. we agree on the need for public safety. just have a different idea on how we get there and whose responsibility it is. he has some good slogans but no comprehensive plans for what he wants to accomplish.t we have ly slogans but detailed plans on where we're going to go and how we're going to pay forit. you don't have to raise taxes to raise expectations and outcomes. if you're running for re-election four years from now, at's the one accomplishment you have to have in order for yo to

hard-working georgians. chanting, "usa!"] kemp: but as you all know, are thees the states laboratories of democracy and the president needs some help at the state level from time to time. so i want to encourage you all to get out and vote on tuesday. talk to your friends, your neighbors, and get the vote out. georgiago to work as republicans have done for the last 16 years under governor sonny perdue's leadership and gov. nathan deal's leadership. we will work hard with this president to continue to make america great again. thank you. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: beautiful. wow! [applause] but it is true, i generally have been working for getting great senators elected and working with david and everybody else. but we are going for the senators. we do whatever we can for the congressmen and congresswomen. but i have not done too much for governors. important race for georgia. i am here for brian because the governor of georgia means so much to our country. our country. so you have got to get out there. you have got to