and likely against the former georgia secretary of state, karen handel. this crowd, while excited to hear from ossoff, also recognizing this fight may not be over. this could go on the next two months. the party wants to show they can still win. >> i want you to stand by. now, david, as i understand you're ready to make a projection. >> it is going to be a run off election in june between the democrat, jon ossoff and the republican karen handel. the two top finishers in the primary. we're ready to project jon ossoff will not clear that percentage he needed to avoid the run off and now we're going to see what a one on one battle locks like. and they can have one instead of dividing by 11. so jon ossoff's challenge is bigger but the energy and enthusiasm is on the democratic side. i'm wondering how the crowd is reacting. if they have seen this projection of a run off. >> i can tell you people are still waiting for this -- they're showing cnn on the screen but the crowd really has not reacted much. a lot of people have left after jon ossoff has left. nobody'

he'll face republican karen handel in a runoff in june.ocrats pumped more than $8 million into the ossoff campaign. the vote in the long time republican district is viewed as a test of president trump's support a predictor of next year's midterm elections. >>> cnn political commentator jack kingston is a former congressman from georgia. he says all that out of state money going into ossoff's campaign won't win him the election against handel. take a listen. >> 90% of his money came from out of state. most of his volunteers and campaign apparatus was propped up by out of state consultants. you can't beat somebody with nobody. john ossoff is a guy who's 30 years old, has very little to show for his 30 years on earth in terms of achievement or career or anything like that. karen handel is an accomplished businesswoman. she's been a successful elected official. and she's going to i think very comfortably take this seat with about 54% of the vote. >> and earlier i spoke with democratic political strategist about the race in georgia. >> these ar

jon ossoff will face karen handel in a run-off june 20th.ce is seen as a possible predictor of next year's midterm election. >> ossoff fell short of the majority to win outright, but said his strong showing still sends a message. >> but let me tell you this, there is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages. [ cheers and applause ] that no matter what the outcome is tonight, whether we take it all or whether we fight on, we have defied the odds. we have shattered expectations. >> well, president trump took a personal interest in the race and said this about tuesday's results. despite major outside money, fake media support and 11 republican candidates, big r win with run-off in georgia. glad to be of help. >> we are also following another big election this one still to come, it's happening in brib. prime minister theresa may is calling for a snap election in june. for months she's promised there would be no early election, but now says opposition parties are trying to block her brexit plan and the country needs unity for a smooth

karen handel will not have money in the bank until tomorrow morning and she will need money to catch as people start looking at the candidates, karen has been county commission chairman in fulton county and was secretary of state and has been a successful business woman. she ran the suzanne b susan koh foundation and he doesn't even live in the district. >> shouldn't you be more worried that he doesn't live in the district and doing so well. >> no because when he was running with the republicans no one was paying attention to them because they could not he was the democrat choice and i think the party did good job on this candidate and now he will have a big magnifying glass on him but he doesn't have much of a record. i challenge you find two or three things he did. i rattled off karen handel's accomplishments, i don't think anyone in georgia who was on tv chairing doing the flip the six don't know anything about that. >> let me just respond to this. >> i will let you respond. but a lightniot of people are p attention. this is angela rye who is also on our network who is saying i kno

karen handel joins us how. rning. >> thanks so much for having me. >> you just tweeted moments ago to donald trump, thank you for the call this morning. what did the president tell you? >> he just called to say congratulations and encourage me and let me know that as we go into june 20th, that it's all hands on deck for republicans and we take it very seriously, and i'm proud to be the republican going to the run off and i think it's important in this district. this is a district where people know me and they trust me. and that's a big contrast to the democrat who doesn't even live in the district. gosh, he couldn't even vote for himself yet. >> yeah. let's talk about how he got more than 48% of the vote. this is a republican district, as you know. it was the district of newt gingrich. tom price won there by something like more than 60%. how did a democrat get more than 48% last night? >> well, let's just keep in mind that on the democrat side they were largely consolidated around their kor nated candidate here

i saw karen handel. she's a savvy politician. but she's going to be in a run off and he's going to get in the run off what he gets tonight. it will be below 50%. probably 44 to 46%. he has had $18.3 million. the dnc, the aflcio and the sierra club on the ground and this is the best he can do. he is running against donald trump and he's losing. i want to disagree with my friend david. the it race ends tonight for mr. ossoff. he's a basic candidate. >> i got new number and then you can put it in. i think it's 50.4%. the last one was 50.1. >> jack, jack, let me just respond to what you said. just so you know a senior republican campaign source said they think that both sides are going to be spending money through june and this is going to be competitive. this is from your own party. i think it is going to be a targeted race. >> i don't know what he did with $8.3 million. because you reach critical mass add about 3 million in a district like that. he's probably spent every dime of it like a true democrat would. and you can have a goo

republican karen handel finished second. the runoff is scheduled for june 20th now. >> we are changing the world and your voice is are going to ring out across this date and across this country. we will be ready to fight on and winning. lea: the house he was vacated when tom price became the secretary of health and humans services and the district has been a republican stronghold for decades. president trump tweeting despite major outside money, fake media support and 11 republican candidate, big car wins the noff in georgia. reaction from fox contributor rials can post duffy in a few minutes. lauren: an executive order for the hiv visa program. the president say in the current system allows american workers to replace at foreign workers to fill the same jobs for less pay. the u.s. government issues 85,000 visas every year. >> right now, h1b are awarded a totally random fashion. they should be given to the most skilled and highest-paid applicants and should never be used to replace americans. lauren: to buy american, higher

ossoff heads into a runoff with karen handel in a race, only have one.look at the final number from last night, 40.1%. bob grade 10.8 and so one. now handle failing to aggressively fight a seat that has been held by republican jimmy carter days and once belonged to newt gingrich. >> tomorrow he starts the campaign a new. it is imperative that all of us come together in unity and recognize beating ossoff and holding this seat that has such great legacy in tom price rises above anyone person and it takes all of us staying together. >> the race garnered national attention and national money. the majority came from out-of-state. the runoff will take place in june. >> horseshoes and hand grenades. >> handle will be on "fox and friends" later today. i want to sneak that in. >> the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour and newly confirmed supreme court justice neil gorsuch shaking things up. the landmark church/state case taking a swing today, our next guest says she expects him to be as vocal today. and office are not -- the goose whose feathers were ru

second place, karen handel got 15%. in the case of expecting to go to the jury, closing arguments today in the trial of the survivalist ambushing two state troopers and killing one of them outside of pennsylvania please barracks. the defense did not -- congressman jason che fitz announces he will not seek reelection in 2018. he says he has no ulterior motive, he is healthy, i have the full support of speaker ryan to continue, that said, i've made a personal decision to return to the private sector. >> jenna: it right now, attorney general jeff sessions is getting ready to visit the border for the second time in two weeks. the trip comes as president trump links gang violence and mr. sessions promising a crackdown on the gang known as ms-13. we're joined now by attorney general jeff sessions. mr. sessions, it's great to have on the program, especially in the middle of the day. welcome to "happening now." >> thank you, good to be with you. >> jenna: lowest level in 17 years, why did that happen? >> president trump. he spe

great job, karen handel. it is now hollywood versus georgia on june 20th." ry is a guide, the runoff should heavily favor handel, but the white house is already spiking the football and saying that they lost. >> i think this was a big box for them. they went all in on it, they said their goal was to get over 50%, they came up short. >> but not everyone is so quick to proclaim victory. lindsey graham said that while he liked karen handel's chances in the runoff, the very fact that ossoff got so close to 50% should be a wake-up call to the republican party that they need to do more to reach out to moderate voters across the country. bret? >> bret: john roberts live on the north lawn. the lack of a decisive victory in georgia is a o'clock for -- as a roadblock. doug mckelway it looks at a party at many experts consider to be in trouble. >> coupled with last week's victory in by rob estes, the failure by jon ossoff to crack the 50% mark -- >> y'all ready to flip the six? >> in a world where republicans controlled the white house, both houses of congress, supreme

instead, he'll face karen handel in a run-off in june. there at campaign headquarters in atlanta. >> jon ossoff falling just short of the threshold he needed to win this race outright, getting less than 50% of the vote in this republican-heavy district, a district that actually no democrat has won in 37 years. getting close to that 50% number, but not close enough. now, going forward, this means that it's going to be a two-person race between him and karen handel, republican former secretary of state from georgia, someone who's run for statewide office twice. lost both times for governor and once for senator. now she has a chance at consolidating support on the republican side that was fractured by 11 different candidates as they tried to get into this run-off with jon so t ossoff. ossoff has the support of his party, they're energized behind him. last night when he talked to voters, he said that he shattered all expectations. >> there is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages. we have defied the odds, we have shattered expe

but in the case of poor karen handel running against jon ossoff, in the case of poor karen handel, theygot to mute the sound. >> okay. one more time and look up and give me a big smile. you kind of fall off the smile. action. and action. action. >> i'm just trying to think what i want to order you to do. >> she puts the in my nose and they have to wait for to it dry. hold steady. hold steady. pow! i felt like somebody had slapped the back of my head. >> now i have to sip my coffee. >> now i have to sip my coffee. now the world knows karen handel is talking about margaritas and nose hair waxing, can a superpac still make an ad using these videos? it's ruined knowing they're talking about the fallen off the smile. we don't know. i don't know. but i could watch this thing all day. i actually did watch this all day. and i'm quite sure that karen handel's b roll with the volume all the way up, at least for those who cover politics all day, this was definitely the best new thing in the world. >> what you doing? it's a good thing i didn't go in the drawer and get my gun, i might have shot the

great job karen handel.mocrat got 48% of the vote. a little early to call it failing. who do we have with us now? >> david leinhart. >> all right. so you've been looking at these races. tell me, are you seeing any discernible trends? >> yeah. dave wasserman who covers these for cook political reports, one of the best out there, he had a tweet last night. he said two things could be simultaneously true. the dems could lose all three of these races and it could be bad for the republicans. so the dems have lost kansas. >> by the way, for people who don't know his work, he is about as nonpartisan as you will ever get. he cares about the numbers, that's it. >> that's right. all he cares about are the numbers. so look, last night was a disappointment for the democrats because they really did have a chance to win this race and they didn't do it. it's still the case that their better shot at winning this race is going to be in the runoff. >> why is that? >> the drama surrounding it, the attention it will get, right?

great job, karen handel. it is now hollywood versus georgia on june 20th.he president making reference to hollywood a listers who have been supporting ossoff throughout the campaign. >> bill: live in atlanta there, more attention coming your way, stand by. here is shannon. >> shannon: the president has been involved in this one reacting to the race on twitter saying despite major outside money, fake media support and 11 republican candidates big r win with runoff in georgia. glad to be of help. joining us now is republican national committee chair woman ronna mcdaniel. great to see you this morning. a bit of a nail biter last night. are you feeling relieved today? >> democrats put all their eggs in winning the election yesterday. they knew they had to get jon ossoff over the 50% mark. they fall short. now republicans will get behind handel to bring her to a win in june. >> shannon: the mere fact that we're talking about a competitive race in a congressional district democrats haven't held in 40 years is the nationwide grassroots movement for leaders ready t

run-off election in june against republican karen handel who finished second. the district has been a gop stro stronghold since 1979. >> the president injecting himself in the race claiming victory before it was called. it is day 90 of the trump presidency with joe johns at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. if it was a referendum on the man in the oval office, republicans side stepped what could be a humiliating moment in a rock solid district in georgia. democrats despite the anger and anti-trump energy come short of making a clear statement. >> you ready to flip? >> reporter: the closely watched special election for the sixth district headed for a run-off after 30-year-old jon ossoff fell short of an out-right win in a district held by republicans since 1979. >> there is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages. >> on june 20th, we keep the district red and kick a little ossoff. >> reporter: ossoff faces off against karen handel. in a contest seen as a referendum on the trump presidency and a preview of the mid term. president tr

ossoff faces a june 20th runoff against republican karen handel.ning me now in his first interview since his first place finish is the man himself. i'm guessing he's pretty tired. democratic candidate for congress, jon ossoff. first, congratulations on your first place finish, but why do you think you fell just short of what you needed? >> good morning, stephanie. thank you for having me. well, if you had told anyone a couple of months ago that a democratic candidate would be able to build a coalition this broad with this much grassroots support, come in first place by these kind of margins in a district that hasn't been competitive for decades, they would have been shocked. it's because of the grassroots intensity that we were able to pull it off. i'm thrilled by the result, ready to move forward and win in june. >> president trump would call it not necessarily grassroots, he would say it's gold plated. he tweeted this last night. quote, dems failed in kansas and are now failing in georgia. great job karen handel. it's now hollywood versus georgia

great job karen handel. it is now hollywood versus georgia on june 20th. let's go to the heart of georgia six. 48% is not 50%. >> yeah. he came up a little bit short. at the end of the day, john and poppy, both sides are really claiming victory in this election. but the reality is with most things, the truth lies somewhere in between. i mean, we look at what happened with jon ossoff here. going forward he faces a much steeper hill to climb in that run off election on june 20th. but at the end of the day he was still able to get a little more than 48% of the vote in a largely republican district. so that is something that cannot be ignored. but once again at the end of the day, both sides claiming somewhat of a victory here. >> they spent upwards of close to $10 million just on tv alone. $5.5 million compared to roughly $75,000 that i spent on television. money buys a lot when it is a compressed race. the republicans are united. we know this is an important race and it will stay in the hands of a republican and i'm excited about the next 60 days. >> and the

karen handel enjoys strong name recognition in the state.y was she the secretary of state, but she ran for governor and also u.s. senate. >> she can't pretend to be an outsider. she's going to have to be an independent experienced voice who can represent the mainstream republican values of this district. in a way that john ossoff can't. >> handel is also going to need to unite republicans in the district, a district where republicans are not all on the same page when it comes to the new administration in washington. donald trump carried this district by less than 2%. >> beating ossoff and holding this seat that has such great legacy in tom price and the hands of a republican is something and new that rises above any one person, and that takes all of us staying together. >> because this run-off election is scheduled for june 20, both campaigns have to maintain voter interest at a time when people are going to be preparing for summer vacation. >> shepard: thanks. let's go to devin from politico. he has an article on politico.com. sean spicer s

so you see karen handel.she's a republican. >> but i think one the of pieces that we're not paying tank to is that you have over 84 republican districts. not republican. there's a 4% or more. that's a new equations that we didn't have. and the more pressure they're facing, the more they're going to participate. we saw in it georgia in 2016. >> i think the most immediate part moving forward. talking about what the strategy going forward. and this absolutely gives them incentives to not do deals. they'll say why would we give you a win when we could win back the house? >> and they feel like they have to worry about themselves before donald trump. >> trump made a bet. that he would pull voters and sacrifice voters in traditional public states but not enough to lose. so he lost voters in georgia and texas. >> by the way -- >> what's good for trump might not be good for the house. >> if we look at texas. the fact now you have cruz pulling below castro and o'roarke, that's signalling that texas might be in play. >>

he faces a june runoff against the leading republican karen handel and she'll have the full might behind her. let's go to jason carroll. >> reporter: basically, you have to look at the reality of what happened on the ground. both sides are claiming a victory of sorts here. if you look at what happened with jon ossoff here, basically, he wanted to avoid this runoff election with karen handel, but he was up able to get 50% of the vote. however, he was still able to get 48% of the vote and that's a huge margin for a democrat running in a republican district. he was able to do that in part by making this a referendum on the president. both sides claiming a victory and both sides looking forward to that runoff election on june 20th. >> and there is no amount of dark money, super pac, negative advertising that can overcome real grassroots energy like this. so bring it on. >> they spent upwards of their 10 million, just on tv alone. $5.5 million compared to roughly 75,000 that i spent on television. so money buys a lot when it's a very compressed race. that won't be the same in the runoff. repu

now headed tore a june runoff against leading republican karen handel. >> we need someone in congress who is going to be serious about getting the job done. >> reporter: president trump offered his support raging on twitter that ossoff would be a disaster in congress and recording this fine message. >> liberal democrats from outside of georgia are spending millions and millions of dollars trying to take your republican congressional seat away from you. don't let them do it. >> reporter: ossoff's make trump furious campaign fired up the president's critics. records show democrats from out of state poured in $8 million worth of support and overnight the president taking credit for ossoff's marginal loss tweeting despite major outside money fake media support and 11 republican candidates, big "r" win with runoff in georgia. glad to be of help but the aide is already looking ahead to june. >> let's show what people power is all about. >> reporter: and numbers overnight show the leading republican karen handel with just under 20% of the vote. ossoff had just over 40%. kendis and erielle, t

numbers overnight show karen handel had just under 20 percent of the vote. ossoff had just over 48 percent. thats more than the four leading republicans combined! the g-o-p has won this seat for the last 37 years. breaking overnight. an accident involving an ambulance shut down part of a road in northwest while you were sleeping. this was the scene in the 19-hundred block of virginia avenue just before 2 a.m. the crash caused the ambulance to overturn on the roadway. no injuries were reported. but virginia avenue was shut down in both directions as police investigated the scene. and also in the district - a stabbing overnight leaves one person hurt. it happened inside an apartment on savannah terrace in southeast. that's right near the maryland border. stomach and leg but was conscious and breathing when they found them. they are expected to survive. happening now.. a dual mystery in prince george's county. a woman stabbed to death in forestville- and this morning - the suspect is on the loose. but that's not the only person police are trying to identify.. s

. >> by that reckoning, karen handel lost. she came in below ossoff.we're going to a runoff, we don't know what will happen in june, i think there is a fighting chance. if the key here for democrats is going into 2018, they have to show they can compete in these districts whether they are suburban red districts, whether they are world by the districts they have to show they can compete. if t they close the margin. the best a democrat has done in that seat was about 36%. he got to 48, let's see what he does in june. >> tucker: that's great, where you pick pick up the participation trophy? is it in the district? >> we may win this. >> tucker: you absolutely might but what's a strategy, is it to convince more voters that you hate them, calm or trump orders racist, do you think that's working? >> i think what worked to get him to 48% in striking distance of 58 was to make this a referendum on trump. karen handel did not run as a trump republican in the race leading up to last night, she doesn't want this to be a referendum on trump. i think he had the righ

although karen handel the republican is favored to win the run-off. i believe that today. we don't know what it will look like on june 20th. will trump republicans come out if they still love him next november? that is the height among the concern. >> eli, let's bounce to a different topic. the democrats can't stop talking about the dossier report that cnn has out there that evan perez and team reported that it was used something to help get a fisa warrant on carter page. a lot of it is debunked. a lot cnn would not touch. michael cohen was identified as traveled somewhere in the dossier. it wound up being false. are the democrats right torepor? >> i don't know if they should pin their hopes on the russian news or dossier. it is a story that continues to swirl around the situation and create a distraction and questions for all republicans on capitol hill. what you will see is a national ra race. if turn oout is the same, jon ossoff will only need two points in june. it is a race about trump. it is because of trump. glad to be of help. he is the reason they had to pump $5 m

the only thing that makes karen handel a republican is the r next to her name. she bought herself a lexus on the government dime. judge jeanine: i asked you a question about the democrats and he needs to talk about the republican. but let's talk about the democrat. he didn't win, and they are all in a fuss because they think really did. did he win or didn't he? >> blurring the lines between victory and defeat are the way for democrats to cope with losing. the republicans got more votes electively than the democrat got. by any measure the democrats lost. the democratic party is in a position where they have to spends lots of money job overhype their candidate and keep them fired up to stay involved in the party. >> that is a seat with a 20-point r margin last time. he's running up the score. >> he has a good chance to get elected. she is a very flawed candidate. i'm interested to see what happens the next six weeks. a lot of what's happening on the national level will influence this race. if president trump introduces unpopular healthcare it will help the candida

great job, karen handel. it is hollywood versus georgia on june 20th. candidates expressed their views on their chances. >> i'm looking forward to a spirited debate and looking forward to working with the team of thousands of folks who are giving so much to push us forward, to get fresh leadership into washington. i think we're going to win on june 20th. i say, bring it on. >> all republicans, it is all hands on deck for us. we know what's at stake here. we are all, including the very good, ten other republican candidates, we are all going to be united because we know what our job is over the next 60 days. >> nbc's ron allen is in atlanta right now. ron, voter turnout was high for the special election. what reaction are you getting on the ground outside of atlanta? >> it was high, ali. this had the feel of a national election. there were a total of 193,000 or more votes cast, which is about 20,000 more than were cast during the presidential primary here in 2016. this gives an idea of the level of voter enthusiasm. another big number is the amount of mon

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and both are gunning for karen handel. in my mind, if you're a republican, that's who would you want to see ossoff matched against in an anti-trump campaign. she will hold on to republican women. >> in a way that you don't think the candidates -- if you're a democrat, the candidate you least want to face is karen handel. >> i think so. if it was bob gray, an unknown local ci councilman til a few weeks ago, he is hard core on immigration. you can run an anti-trump campaign that might work in the middle of june. we have a situation with dan moody can. he will probably be the republican establishment candidate. but he also cast a vote several years ago that allowed georgia power here to charge had in advance for two nuclear plants that are in really serious trouble. >> te'o ask you, we're showing clips from one of the debates. ebl there have been two televised 18-person debates. i'm sorry. it seems ridiculous. is it as ridiculous as it seems paper? did you learn anything? >> it was a very long one. the one i participated in c

great job, karen handel.is now hollywood versus georgia on june 20th. >> the trump spin so outside the raemt of reality. this was a real warning shot to republicans. you had an upstart democrat in a solidly red district doing a pretty good job. had to spend a lot of money. republicans had to spend a lot of money. what's telling about that tweet, hlds versus whatever he said. there's still -- you see it in trump. the danger for democrats even where they do well and even where the base is excites, they're still vulnerable to being liberals. and there are a lot of republicans out there, even if they're like in that district they tend to be more establishment, well educated republican voters may not be wildly enthusiastic about trump, they are not on board with kind of old line progressives. and i think that's a danger for democrats is they target these vulnerable districts in next year. but the upside for them again is what neil was saying. trump is not moving the ball here with an agenda through congress and pe

ossoff will face republican karen handel in the runoff. he raised $8.3 million, four times the next closest candidate. as opponents sou s sought to maa referendum on the president. and the president tweeted on that, mostly attacking the democrat ossoff. he tweeted despite major money, fake media support and 11 republican sdcandidates, big r n with runoff in georgia. glad to be of help. this just minutes after ossoff told supporters they were the big winners. >> there is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages. we have defied the odds. we have shattered expectations. so bring it on. >> the republican nominee in georgia's sixth district special election is a familiar face. karen handel was elected in 2006 and then lost two other statewide campaigns for governor and u.s. senator in the 2010 and 2014 primaries. a former have not at the susan g. komen foundation, she resigned over the organization's relationship with planned parenthood. handel is a supporter of the president's but said she intends to focus more on the district than

we also invited karen handel to join us, but didn't receive a response. good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon. thanks for having me. >> what is your response to senator sanders? >> i think he's exactly right about the grass roots energy and activism around the campaign. this is an strard extraordinary to be a part of, with so many thousands getting involved. we'll keep growing the money men du momentum. >> would you call yourself a progressive? >> i really have no interest in ideological lafbels. i'm happy to talk you through the issues. my commitment to a right to choose, my commitment to the lgbt community and to figt climate change, to a tough foreign policy that takes to our enemies without getting us bogged down in foreign land wars. i'll leave to commentators to decide what label if it's me best. >> so all of this comes as sanders and perez aiming to unite democratic party. who do you see as the leader of the democratic party right now? >> right now it's the grass roots organizers and activistsc organizing to win elections. if you had asked anyon

karen handel, for her part, she is the establishment republican well known here in the district. she's the former georgia secretary of state. she was reluctant when i asked her in an interview and she was also interviewed this morning, kate, to say whether or not this election was a referendum on president trump, but having said that he called to congratulate her and she said that she would welcome to have him come here and campaign with her. kate? >> any question of distancing before, now that there's only one republican in the field and definitely not distancing from the president now. great to see you, jason. thank you. >> let's talk more about this with job cusack and abby phillips. abby, no one won, but as jason is laying out, everyone is taking a victory lap this morning. which is it? >> i think it is definitely a warning sign for republicans. this is say district that has a net advantage for a republican candidate and has been safely held by there party for quite some time now. there is no reason to get a democrat to win a 50 plus one runoff and the fact that jon ossoff go

in a closely watched election, ossoff is heading to a run off election against karen handel. of columbus, georgia. >> hi, joy. good morning. >> let's talk a little bit about georgia's sixth district and whether or not a guy might want to be labeled a progressive in that district. tell us a little bit about it. >> yeah. well, actually it is an interesting district. those are moderate republicans up there. i think a lot of national coverage has been stressing that it's predominantly republican district and historically that has been true. we've talked about how tom price has faired over the years but you're talking business republicans to the extent they're republicans. it is not a hef ri ideological district. that's the district i grew up in. my parents still live there. my sister lives there, so i'm familiar with it. i think you can see that in some of the numbers. some of the pin has been that he only carried 48% of the vote and somehow that means that 52% of the people voted against him. well, i want to point out that 81% of the people then under that analysis voted against

great job karen handel!" democratic party national chair tom perez praised the ossoff showing. >> just a few weeks ago they were saying democrats can't get over 42%, 43% of the vote. he got 48%. >> woodruff: the georgia race generated national interest and a flood of money. ossoff raised $8.2 million, 18 times more than handel. in total, republicans and democrats spent more than $13 million. and, outside groups funneled in nearly $8 million, with more than half of that on ads attacking ossoff. the white house today dismissed republicans face at least two more special elections in the months ahead, in montana and south carolina. so, can democrats turn anti- trump sentiment into actual wins in upcoming races? for that, we are joined by stu rothenberg, senior editor of inside elections; and, dante chinni, director of the american communities project, a county-by-county look at the u.s. electorate. he is also a columnist for the "wall street journal." and we welcome both of you back to the program. stu, more than

here's what karen handel had to say about him. >> he called to say c congratulations and encourage me me know as we go into june 20th it's all hands on deck for republicans. >> do you think that president trump will come to georgia and campaign with you? >> i would hope so. >> karen handel didn't mention donald trump in that speech last night and now she says she hopes he campaigns with her. >> it was obvious that he was very invested in this, not only from the standpoint of providing another win but making sure that congress and the republicans still have a substantial majority. i think one thing i would like to point out on this race is a lot of people aren't looking at the total numbers of this, or the turnout vote. less than 50% that turned out in this race. 70%, 75% in 2016 for georgia six. there are over 100,000 votes left for republicans to get and the democrats only have around 20,000. >> are you telling me it all comes down to turnout? >> when you have $8 million, you can do an early vote program. you can do an absentee ballot program. the 11 republicans couldn't do any of th

he came up short to karen handel. he needed 50% of the vote to win outright. and at one point he was confident had sweet talked enough georgia voters. he became so enamored with his newfound attention he started using the royal we. >> no matter what the outcome is tonight, whether we take it all or whether we fight on, we have defied the odds, we have shattered expectations. kennedy: what a wind bag. and he sounds like a u.s.c. trojan. we are going to fight on. the pretty boy is not going to change the world. he captain win the big game when it really mattered. democrats were desperate for this victory. hating the president won't be enough to reshape a fractured party that bernie sanders disavowed. republicans were divide and asleep at the wheel unable to get behind an ordinary establishment candidate who hardly inspires royalty. this was supposed to reinspire wounded democrats. now the june 20 finale shows it's anyone's game. you are the big winner and i am kennedy. final runoff is two months away. glenn is here to talk about that georgia race. how important

heavy district in a republican heavy district and the race is headed towards a runoff against karen handel's in june. democrats say that it is still a victory improves president trump us negative affect. numbers overnight show that she had just under 20 -- 20% of the vote. that's more than the four leading republicans combined. the gop has won the seat for the last 37 years. new details this morning as word comes out that your j w bush spent the weekend in the hospital, developing a mild case of pneumonia on friday, he's been treated and is staying in the hospital as he regains his strength. he was hospitalized in january, and could not attend president trump's inauguration. autria: march madness coming back to the nation's capital. georgetown has been selected to host the regional championship. mark your calendars now. 2019, we're told that ticket information will be made available in the near future. larry: nationals, winning twice last night in atlanta. you've got to see this. shawn kell a knockout pitch, right? that's what we thought, but then they went back out onto the field to say tha