. >> last night, democratic senate candidate rafael warnock won over hershel walker.er his victory was secured, he offered thanks to his family and supporters. >> ladies and gentlemen, at this time the warnock campaign respectfully asks that you clap your hands, stomp up your feet and give it up for your senate for six more years, senator rafael warnock. [cheers and applause] ♪♪ >> six more years. six more years. six more years. six more years. >> whoa. [cheers and applause] well, hello, everybody. [laughter] >> you all settle down now. settle down. [cheers and applause] thank you, georgia. thank you. i love you, too. all right. you all settle down. [laughter] >> i want to say thank you from -- thank you from the bottom of my heart and to god be the glory. [cheers and applause] for the great things that god has done. and after a hard-fought campaign or should i say campaigns, it is my honor to utter the four most powerful words ever spoken in a democracy, the people have spoken. [cheers and applause] >> i often say that a vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desi

[laughter] >> the last election of the election was tuesday, hershel walker did not win the republicans your reason for republicans underperforming in many races across the country, especially in the senate races? >> well, it's not rocket science. this is not like climate science that requires ph.d.'s to do the calculations. you can look simply, it's state where there were candidates chosen and endorsed by president trump versus those who were not chosen by president trump, and not endorsed by him, opposed by him to see how they both d & n states like georgia, governor kemp won by a substantial margin and hershel walker lost by a substantial margin. and in ohio and other places five point spread between those candidates opposed by president trump and those endorsed by him and chosen by him. and president trump has proven that his selection in the primary is definitive in many cases. it's the ticket to winning the primary. it's also the kiss of death for the general election. >> is that a problem for the republican party though? how does the republican party get past that if they-- you

family for representingeorgig the republican party in georgia so well, they've been beatenup i and hershelstill standing. this is the year the georgial bulldog, and there's no bigger georgia bulldog than herschel walker. urience.i want to thank your au. i've been on your show a lot,u begging for money. s so win and you responded. thist osed the gap to give us the resources to win this thing. you're about to get a returntilm on investment tomorrow. blei look at numbers, turn blun the face, high propensity voters, thoshighe who did not e vote in early voting. there's three hundred and thirty thousand more republicans who are high propensity voters to vote thanut democrats if they will turn oute tomorrow t. the people who vote all the time, no matter what the weather, we'll have a threel hundred and thirty thousand lead. so if you show up, herscheins.l wins. c well, i think that's really what it means. i know there's l for rainyou play tomorrow. i think people need to remember what you said, herschel.e snow yo,u knou played in the snow, u played in the summer heat. you played in the rain, you

hershel's concord l and continuing to work on mental healthtinu and mental illness and raising awareness to reduce stigma. illn reducr has been to military bases all over the world. i've checked all for the world c to reduce stigma so that our service members can get the help that they need and we can reduce the veteran suicide rate all over the country. all over the world. herschel walker is not ine bu the fight of his life. he's in the fight of ours.rs right now. i >> i thought that when i went to georgia yesterday to talk the to folks to remind them that the run off is on december 6th and remindful sat among peopleac in georgia who know the race is on december six . herschel walker is actually ahead by a point when i remind them that they are on the front lines of freedom for the entire nation and that vote for hershel because. forty one i'm sorry. fifty one . forty nine democrat is a heck of a lot different than forcing kamala harris and joe biden to break a tie to to to keep america safe and strong. no, i listened to herschel. walker speak with the passion and the eloquence of someb

[laughter] >> the last election of the election was tuesday, hershel walker did not win the republicanr republicans underperforming in many races across the country, especially in the senate races? >> well, it's not rocket science. this is not like climate science that requires ph.d.'s to do the calculations. you can look simply, it's state where there were candidates chosen and endorsed by president trump versus those who were not chosen by president trump, and not endorsed by him, opposed by him to see how they both d & n states like georgia, governor kemp won by a substantial margin and hershel walker lost by a substantial margin. and in ohio and other places five point spread between those candidates opposed by president trump and those endorsed by him and chosen by him. and president trump has proven that his selection in the primary is definitive in many cases. it's the ticket to winning the primary. it's also the kiss of death for the general election. >> is that a problem for the republican party though? how does the republican party get past that if they-- you have to do that

georgia you could have gone out and recruited a lot of different folks that would have done better than hershelere could have been a lot of candidates. >> just someone qualified? >> more qualified. if that's what you're looking for, you could have picked somebody. >> waerewolves and vampires. >>> a rough start to the 2024 campaign for donald trump, from dinner with a racist and anti-semite to his company being convicted by a jury. and also this -- >> how are you preparing to deal with a gop majority that is vowing to be very aggressive. >>> coming up we have kaitlan collins' interview with the number three minted democrat in the house, pete agulair. you could manufacture a whole new way of manufacturing. disrupt buying habits before they disrupt your business. and fuel the search for what comes next. so...what are you waiting for? itit's the winter jewelry sale. ♪ get 25% off everything, plus an extra 5% off when you spend four thousand or more. ♪ give the gift of shine. at zales the diand store. active psoriatic arthritis can slow me do. now, skyrizi helps me get going. along with clearer skin

high rate, but, you know, some of them talked about this embarrassment they felt at the way that hershel walker ran his campaign, and they were motivated also, you know, by just keeping another trump-backed republican out of office. they spoke about that again and again, you know, as a motivating factor. >> an manu, a noticeable absence throughout the runoff was joe biden as well. he stayed out of the state the whole time. to be fair, so did donald trump as well, but what does that say about the key to winning these days? that the current president wasn't called in to help, and what are you heart about the fact that, you know trump's hands -- another one of trump's hand-picked candidates fell? >> reporter: i've been talking to republicans all morning long, there's blame game, anger, soul-searching about what happened, and also it was donald trump's decision to go into some of these states late, by having a rally in pennsylvania, rallying in nevada as well. they left those states on the table. senator john thune said donald trump's presence late on the campaign trail gave democrats an iss

and to georgia, where rafael warnock and hershel walker are making the final pitch to voters. here with it now. aishah: good morning to you, david, from a rainy atlanta georgia and here ahead of this runoff it's turning out to be looking like it's having to be a very, very tight race, just like the general. no clear favorites in the most recent polling here, as both campaigns are desperately trying to get out the vote. so, senator warnock just wrapped up an event with the afl afl-cio, the union association as he holds a narrow four-point lead over walker in a recent aarp georgia survey. noticeably missing, david, from the campaign trail self-president biden. -- president biden. he was from 1200 miles away in boston on friday. the white house says the president's message resonates with voters no matter where he is. i asked the incoming president forbe for the georgia afl-cio if she wants to see president biden in the final days especially after he is the one to ask congress to force the labor agreement between rail unions and employers this week. watch what she said. >> i think

so, folks, if you want the republican party to grow and thriveo grow, have hershel's back . they tried to ruin his liftheyer cause they're afraid of peoplego like churchill.am so go to team herschel .com, no just to win this election, butue change the future of the republican party, make conservatism look like america team herschel .com.america. now, if you're in georgia, it's going to be close. vote, t and vote. it's all about turnout. as of now.ut >> get out. all right, lindsey , thank you. and herschel, great to see you. now, a terrifying story tonightt out of san francisco. of s year old baby recovering after suffering an accidental fentanyl overdose. get this, at a playground innd the marina district.s and the boy's father said paramedics literally haddics lit to administer narcan to save the child before taking the child to the emergency roomn room. wh and what was a terrifying frdeal thaat was at further expn francisco's failures to protect the most vulnerable while coddling criminals and drug addicts. by the way, our next guest, michael shellenberger, explains our s

it's obviousns yesterday is at, great case in point.down hershel was down over two hundred thousand votes beforeare the day even started. n layi aewt this new piece from axios laying out how thousandswh of georgians were paid to brings war, not jusatt in conversation with friends and familgey and ga themct to vote for the far leftt senator . the tactic, it's knownis known s as relational organizing used by democrats across many different races in this election cycle. it is but anotheces in tectionrf how republicans, they're not only playing catch up,up they ae running elections on an oldn ol outdated. imagine thisd an is my iphone 10 version of elections of and democratelecs over here, they've got a ten point zero version of elections and republicans, they need modeatch up and build out a fourteen point oh election model. cans canrepublicans can't just a that they're going to be dowren big on election day and thenk try and make iupt all back up on election day. electi. it's just not going to work.il it is too steep of a hill to climb. the g.o. seedgop can't just totally cede early voting

soelection i certainly hope that is fixed.d, but i enjoyed that interview with with hershel. that was excellent. well , i hopebudo he will be a great senator . >> you bet.herschel hannity it's great to se >>e you. and i will pick it up where you left. i'm laura ingram . this is th youerate i'e "ingrah" from washington tonight. the ante humans. that's"t the focus of tonight'ss angle. >> now, there's so many causes trying to get your attention during the yea ring ther, advocating for animal rights, maybe for the second amendment, abortionva for veterans. dit you probably didn't know that there is a movement that's actively lobbying for the ends of the human race. >> you're involved with an extinction movement, basicallyin say we just need to live long and die out.d to fee we just need to feed, notu said breed, is what you say. you don't breed them. yes, that's right. my plan is for everyone, to think before they procreate. and if we all stop procreating ,we'll go extinct slowly. we can clean up our messes as we go .es and the biosphere, what's left leftt, will have a chance to

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51 senate seats after democratic senator rafael warnock last night defeated republican challenger hershel walker in the georgia runoff election. live now to the floor of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o god, who holds the wind in your fist and wraps fist. the chaplain: let us pray. o god who holds the wind in your fist and wraps the ocean in your cloak, we thank you for defending all who come to you. lord, on this december 7, a date that has lived in infamy, we ask you to bless our military. give our military people your presence and peace. bless also our lawmakers. give them the wisdom to meet the challenges of our time. may they not grow weary in their efforts to find common ground. lord, provide them with the strengthening joy of your spirit that they may have courage for hard times and determination for challenging tasks. we pray in your strong name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in pledging allegiance to the flag. i pledge alleg