to be i'm still standing i'm still standing i'm still standing ♪ >> please, welcome mayor, keisha lance bottomskeishacome lance bottoms. ♪ mayor bottoms: good afternoon to the great blue state of georgia. [cheering and applause] [cars honking] it always seems impossible, until it is done. those words may have been spoken by nelson mandela many years ago but today, they capture the , mood of more than 81 million voters across this country. it always seems impossible, until it is done. when joe biden entered the presidential race for the third time, many thought it would be impossible that he would receive the democratic nomination. until it was done. just last month, when you showed up to the polls across georgia in record numbers, people thought it would be impossible to turn georgia blue. until it was done. as we face an historic toortunity in this state and raphaelsoff warnock two men who will, with , their presence, change the ballot of the u.s. senate, it may seem impossible, georgia, but when you show up to vote, we will get it done. [cheering and applause] [cars honking] voters like you,

mayor keisha lentz bottoms. bottoms. lance hour.is just over an ♪ >> please welcome stacey abrams. ♪ [car horns honking] ♪ [people cheering] >> hello, georgia. >> hello, stacy. well, we've got to do it again, guys. a few weeks ago, we had a conversation about what was at stake in these elections. we talked about the fact that we were in the midst of a global pandemic. well we have gotten a little , closer to salvation with the vaccine, but the vaccine is not going to solve every problem. and we have an economy that is in peril. but a new president can't solve that alone. and we are in a space racial where reckoning is not going to disappear just when years change. we have got to stay committed, and we have got to have a plan. well, i've got two plans. jon ossoff and raphael warnock. [applause] [cars honking] jon ossoff understands what it means to be a small business owner. he owns a business with one singular objective, to root out corruption. and we picked the perfect target, david purdue. warnock has led his ledch -- rafael

[car horns honking] and to our amazing mayor, keisha lance bottoms. to a woman who saw the vision and believed we could do this when others said we couldn't, stacey abrams. [applause] [car horns honking] i cannot tell you how honored i am to be with you in this defining moment in american history. and i am grateful just to be here with you as we welcome back no georgia a man who wo georgia. [applause] and yesterday, in spite of all the shenanigans, we awarded him the 16 electoral votes from the great state of georgia, president-elect joe biden. [applause] [car horns honking] and vicetulate him president-elect kamala harris. horns honking] georgia, you did it! we say to america, welcome to the new georgia, welcome to the blue georgia. done.r work is not we are just getting started. all the time that elections have consequences. but i have to tell you that after going through what all of us have witnessed these last some 300,000s, american souls that have now perished, to say that elections have consequences feels like a gross understatement. elections,

. >>> also ahead, atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms is standing by.ll discuss the breaking news from georgia which just certified its election results again. joe biden is the winner. d'shea: i live in south jamaica, queens, born and raised. i'm a doordasher, i'm a momma with a special needs child, she is the love of my life. doordash provides so much flexibility. if something happens with her, where i need to be home, i can just log out and just say "okay, my family needs me." i don't have to answer to nobody. i don't want to be nobody's employee. i do what i want, i'm independent. independent lady. that's what i like about it. s- uh um... >>it's shiori. sh-ori. thank you, that's great. ♪ shiori. i really love it. >>> even more election officials across the united states are facing threats -- threats because president trump won't stop making false claims about voting fraud. michigan's governor says it's unacceptable that armed protesters gathered outside the home of a top state election official, the secretary of state of michigan. cnn's brian todd is

joining me now, atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms.it's very good to see you again, thank you for being with us. do you think the president-elect's plan can work? you've already faced yourself a big political battle with the governor. you had a mandate for masks in atlanta and you had to go to court to fight him on that. >> yes, and thank you for having me again. leadership matters. and the words from our leaders matter. so when you have the president of the united states encouraging people to wear masks, then i think it will make a difference. right now in the state of georgia, our positivity test rate is over 14%. we are headed in the wrong direction. and although our governor supports wearing masks, what we know is that if you don't give businesses and other entities the opportunity to mandate that masks be worn, then people may or may not put one on. but again, when you look at where we are in georgia, you look at the impact that it's having, especially on communities of color in our state, it's very encouraging to know that the pr

let's hear it for keisha lance bottoms, the best of the business..- nakima what about stacey abrams? if we had ten of you we could rule the whole world. you are doing an incredible job. has there been anyone in america who has protected the right to vote in the selection or do more to secure the voice of every georgian? i don't think so. stacey abrams, you are a hero. we all thank you. honk for your next senator, jon ossoff. and rev. raphael warnock. let me start with two simple words, thank you. thank you for the faith you put in me and vice president-elect harris. thank you for standing strong to make sure your voices are heard. to make sure your votes were counted and counted again. won starting to feel like i georgia three times. i have to say, it feels pretty good. in this election, georgia was not going to be bullied. no one was going to come here and toss out your votes. no one stood by. others wereand trying to wipe out almost 5 million votes. your two republican senator stood by. what texasembraced was telling the supreme court. they fully

. >>> also, atlanta's mayor, keisha lance bottoms, on the president's visit to georgia. also, the nightmare for two incumbents, namely, the president, more interested in fighting his own, hopeless election battles, and erring his own grievances, than fighting for them. eplaced them with flexible power fins to directly engage floors and dig deep into carpets. pick up more on every pass with no hair wrap. shark vertex with duoclean power fins. so now that medicare annual enrollment is here, it's time for a plan that gives you more for your medicare dollar: an aarp medicare advantage plan from unitedhealthcare. call unitedhealthcare today to get $0 copays for all primary care doctor visits, $0 copays on preventive dental, and $0 copays on hundreds of prescriptions. last year members saved an average of $7,200. you'll even get free annual eye exams, and designer frames. now's the time to get more from your medicare plan. don't miss your shot. the opportunity comes once a year. enrollment ends december 7th, so now's the time to call and learn about our choice of plans, includ

mother-in-law of atlanta's mayor, keisha lance bottoms. honor the life of her. oseph arrington sr. was a generation d atlantaan. law degree and masters of public health from pittsburgh.ty of a member of kappa alpha cy from joseph airingson sr. ill be -- arrington will be remembered as a person honor. o dr. smith dedicated her life to greater atlanta. and her family is one of the atlanta.members of dr. smith will never be forgotten. and last and certainly not we remember the least -- delise ragsdale who hailed from tennessee, and graduate of spelman. she dedicated her life to lives g and enrichg the of others. -- enrichg the lives of lives of enriches the others. sigma theta delta sorority. know i speak for the fifth district of georgia when i say she will be dearly missed. these memories of all departed souls be a blessing. thank you, mr. speaker, and with that i yield back. the peaker pro tempore: gentleman from georgia yields back. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house until noon today.

mayor lance bottoms: i'm atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms. i'm reminded of a quote by atlanta's native son, dr. martin luther king jr. who, said, "we are not makers of history, we are made by history." i've often wondered what he meant by that. but as we are on the eve of one of the most important elections in our country and in our state's history, what i know to be true is this. generations that come after us will ask, where did we stand at this time? when we've asked our grandparents and our parent where they were during the civil rights movement, some said they swept floors. others said they marched. others said they made sandwiches. others have said i voted. that is what we have to be able to tell our children's children, that we stood up and we made a difference, that when the opportunity for our nation to take a turn for the better was presented to us we did all in our power to make a difference. so all of us may not be able to mobilize and knock on doors and make phone calls, but you can vote. you can also take the opportunity to make

. >> joining us now, the mayor of atlantic, keisha lance-bottoms.think the president has h his rights to worry about georgia? >> i think they should have concern and of course i just hope that as democrats across georgia that we have enough discipline not to just wait for the republican party to self-implode. there is a lot of in coming fire from the president but for us to win january 5th, we have to remain focused. that focus has to continue to get people to turn out and vote. there were still a lot of people who stayed at home in november. we had a record turn out in the state but there were still a number of registered voters on the democrat side who did not turn out to vote. we got to continue to push that message that it is not over and january 5th is just as important as the november election. >> obviously there is no evidence of that and ridiculous notion. there is zero evidence of backing any fraud claims. what does it say where politics are in your state. that's what's happening right now. all these republicans have been going along with t

well be a factor in these georgia runoffs as well. >> the only reason i didn't name mayor keisha lance bottomsactually watches msnbc and i didn't want to draw attention to the fact that i'm in savannah and not in atlanta, but i did live in atlanta and it's close to my heart, in fact i'll be going there this afternoon. what a great conversation, thank you so much, erin haynes, msnbc contributor and editor of the 19th with an asterisk, and representative-elect nakima williams, taking over the seat held by the legendary john lewis. >>> coming up, a look at a sector of savannah's economy that's been hit by the pandemic, and how they're retooling for success. >>> 609 miles away in olive branch, mississippi, moderna's covid-19 vaccine is ready to ship. we'll have it for you the moment it happens. you see the loading dog at the mckesson facility. "velshi across america" from savannah, georgia returns after this. ♪ for skin as alive as you are... don't settle for silver 7 moisturizers 3 vitamins 24 hours hydration gold bond champion your skin if you have postmenopausal and a high risk for fracture, go

and you can talk about the department of transportation or hud with mayor keisha lance bottoms. there's black folk capableof doing the jobs. brown folk capable of doing the jobs. we want to see them get the opportunity. and that's why we are pressing. at the end of the day, joe bi n biden, we have pressed him. and he always comes through because he listens on to the voters of color. that is why he is the president of the united states. we have faith he will. and we will push to make sure that he does. >> everyone is supposed to hold him to task. even james clyburn, and he said, he should think, he could think of ten black people who are qualified for every single cabinet post. so, there you go. >> which is amazing and it's great. >> thank you. >> -- the people getting apoint -- >> we to do up the christmas game. because ana has taken christmas to a new level in her house. >> i see. >> thank you. >> thank you, guys i will see you soon. be well. >> while the pandemic rages, what is a white house doing. >>> this this will be a somber holiday for so many american families. covid cas

you can talk about the department of transportation or hud with keisha lance bottoms. so there are and there are black folk who are capable of doing these jobs, brown folk who are capable of doing these jobs. we just want to see them get the opportunity. and that's why we're pressing. but at the end of the day, joe biden we've always pressed him. he's always been disciplined, and he has always come through because he has always listened to voters of color. we have faith he will, but we're also going to push to make sure he does. >> everyone is supposed to hold him to task. and even james clyburn, influential democrat james clyburn says he can think of ten black people who are qualified for every single cabinet post. so there you go. >> which is amazing, and it's great. >> thank you. >> no one can say that people appointed aren't qualified. >> that's true. >> ana navarro has taken christmas to an entirely new level at her house. >> i see. >> thank you. thank you, guys. i'll see you soon. be well. >>> while the pandemic rages, what is the white house doing, throwing crow

atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms coming under fire for her inability to address a crime rate.itizens for suggestions on how to stop it. joe biden reportedly has a plan to address this chaos by using the doj to police the police. jason, i'm going to start with you. will policing the police stop crime? >> jason: that are policemen that need to have her view, and there are bad cops out there, no doubt about it. when you lead with that, when you are a person that's the vice presidential pick, kamala harris, out there paying bail to get people who'd been accused of rioting and doing those types and looting and that sort of thing to get them out of jail and get them back on the streets as fast as possible. when you support policies in these big cities like no cash bail and things like that, you're going to see the morale for police just plummet. in new york city alone, the number of shootings compared to last year is double, double. guess what, when you take a billion dollars out of the police budget, take it out of the school system, and you belittled the police officers time and t

administration i'm told by two sources familiar that the leading contender is atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms. we're also paying attention to the degree to which members of the congressional black caucus used their influence to make sure there's african-american representation in one of those big four cabinet jobs -- treasury, defense, secretary of state and also department of justice. joe biden has already named his picks for treasury secretary and state department. pay attention to who he chooses to serve as attorney general and to lead the pentagon. >> we'll be delving into that later. pete, there was a flurry of reporting coming out of the department of justice on all sorts of fronts. have we learned anything new about the justice department's investigation into a possible bribery for pardon scheme that could potentially involve the white house? >> reporter: the simple answer is no. there's so little in this document. the only thing we've been told is no current officials are the subject of the investigation, no former officials are the subject or the target of this investigation. beyond

i'm happy to hear about keisha lance bottoms potentially for the sba but we have to hear about theseions and soon. >> you make a great point. but there's also an interesting moment i wanted to ask you about when jake asked joe biden about the inauguration. the issues you're talking about are much bigger than this, but it is interesting how joe biden answered this question because he was asked about the fact that president trump hasn't yet said if he'll attend. listen. >> do you think it's important that he's there? you're laughing. >> i think it would -- important only in one sense. not in a personal sense. important in a sense that we are able to demonstrate at the end of this chaos that he's created that there is peaceful transfer of power with the competing parties standing there, shaking hands and moving on. >> do you think it's important for donald trump to be there? >>, you know, it's -- can any of us get to this question without laughing? >> why are you laughing about it? >> because i was watching kamala's face and she's trying to hold it together and then joe biden is just --

a spokesperson for atlanta mayor for keisha lance bottoms said she was offered a position but decidede of biden's earliest supporters during the presidential campaign and she was thought to be under consideration to lead the small business administration. we do not know which position specifically she decided not to pursue but she will not be a part of this cabinet at this moment. but there are a lot -- just a little over half a dozen positions that biden still needs to fill in his cabinet, including his choice for attorney general. that's one of the major spots still outstanding. and the president-elect is hoping to have his cabinet rounded out by the christmas holiday. >> that would be important. news tonight that vaccines are starting to ship out as early as tomorrow. is there any word on when president-elect biden will get his first shot? he says he's ready to get one. >> well, we don't have any indication just yet of how soon the president-elect might get this vaccination. i tried to ask him yesterday. he either didn't hear or chose not to respond. but trying to instill public co

in atlanta, democratic mayor keisha lance bottoms is coming under heavy fire for her inability to addressrime wave in the city. some council members they are planning to spend $1.6 million to stand up a private police force in the buckhead neighborhood just outside atlanta. after this 7-year-old girl was shot while christmas shopping with her family, she passed away just days later. meanwhile, new york city has seen a more than 40% increase in murders since last year, and new york city police commissioner dermot shea is summoning up all the challenges police are facing right now, saying "the confluence of covid into the protests and all the debate about defending the police, i can't imagine a darker period." blake, we've been talking about this for months, the effects and the aftereffects of protests that really targeted, lasered it on police officers across the united states, and what this is doing not just for morale but for attrition rates within the forces all across the united states, particularly in big cities like atlanta, like new york city, seems like now all those events are kin

stacey abrams and keisha lance bottoms are also campaigning in a virtual town hall.f zeleny is in atlanta. hey, jeff. what do we expect to hear from biden today? >> reporter: well, dana, president-elect biden is clearly hitting the campaign trail, first time since election day. yes, he is going to the white house in 36 days regardless. boy, it makes every difference in the world who is coming with him. that's why he is here in atlanta, campaigning for democrats. expecting to hear continuation of his message from last night when the electoral college affirmed his victory. talking about a time to heal, unite, he also needs to fire up democrats. part of the reason he was talking more directly and confrontationly, calling out republicans that tried to attack democracy. and certainly tried to question the will of the voters. nowhere does it resonate as much as here in georgia. we do expect president-elect biden to keep that message up. they're trying to keep democratic voters energized. they need democrats to vote, everyone that came out to support him. he won in georgia

here is what atlanta's mayor keisha lance bottoms said earlier this evening. >> if georgia will remain. we have to continue to show up to vote in record numbers so that hopefully the republican party will be able to do whatever it needs to do to be representative of people in good conscious. >> georgia's republican secretary of state said joe biden's advantage in mail-in ballots won him the state. a strategy the democrats are relying on again for the january 5th election. nearly 1 million voters have requested mail-in ballots. the a.p. reports some gop voters could be dissuaded from voting again if they accept trump's claims the system is hopelessly corrupted. some could skip the runoff out of anger at the party establishment that the president continues to assail. joining us now is the ceo of fair fight action, who managed stacey abrams' campaign for governor. lauren, what do the democrats have to do in the five days of voter registration left and then in the sprint to january 5th? >> thank you so much for having me, lawrence. look, democrats and progressive allies in georgia need to

also, orlando mayor keisha lance bottoms is the top pick for the small business administration, a roleinet position. it's certainly become extremely important, considering the coronavirus pandemic. also yesterday, senator mark kelly of arizona was sworn in by vice president mike pence, becoming the first of a new class to be inducted into the senate. kelly's one of two democrats who were successful in unseating republican incumbents in last month's election, narrowing the republican majority in the senate. following the ceremony, the vice president avoided questions about whether or not he accepts the results in arizona, although, clearly, swearing in kelly is considered a formal acknowledgement by the trump administration that the arizona results have, in fact, been certified and are legitimate. there are some ceremonial photos of that moment right there. >>> still ahead here, is the president about to fire attorney general bill barr? according to the "washington post," trump is livid after barr threw cold water on his claims of election fraud. we're going to dig into that new reporti

the mayor of atlanta keisha lance bottoms, voting rights leader stacey abrams, and also nikema williamsnikema williams will be joining biden in washington next month as a newly elected member of congress. this past july when beloved u.s. congressman john lewis died at the age of 80oon odd quirk in georgia law meant the georgia democratic party had just three days to decide who they wanted to nominate in his seat. the state of georgia, the whole country was only just starting to mourn the passing of john lewis, this icon of civil rights and american civic virtue, this moral giant who walked among us. but even in the initial plush of grief in this passing georgia democrats had to make this lightening fast decision who they wanted to replace him on the ballot. and those allies who knew him best, his parties in the home state of georgia they chose state senator cuchemnikema will. she'd become the first black woman to be elected the leader of the georgia democratic party. last month in the november elections not only did senator nikema williams win her house race, she'll take john lewis' sea

should be in this cabinet and i will continue to advocate for her, but she is not the only one, keisha lance bottoms the mayor of atlanta is the kind of person that should be in this cabinet also. people like donna edwards. donna edwards, a former member of congress is the kind of person that should be in this cabinet. i can name at least ten african-american men and women as well as some latina men and women for each one of the positions in the cabinet. we don't want all of them, we just want to be fairly represented and so when people tell you a z i have been told, you know, i'm willing to do it, i just can't find anybody. there are plenty of bodies to be found if you ask the right person. i happen to know a lot of these bodies so i've been putting their names forward for due consideration, not that all of them will get favorable consideration, but i want them to be considered. >> president trump is publicly trying to overturn the results of the election. he's making phone calls to state political leaders, exploring whether state legislators can throw out electors and appoint pro-trump electors in

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election is because of the work of black women in a state of georgia like stacey abrams, by keisha lance bottomsgister voters and working to energize african-americans in the atlanta suburbs to turn out and vote and that's what's going to happen on january 5th. once again, these women are going to mobilize voters and they're going to -- >> martha: everybody agrees that mobilizing voters is an absolutely american thing to do. but the question is whether or not there is anything happening that shouldn't be happening, because that's also a very american question. karl, quick bite and then i want to get byron in here. >> talking about voter registration, "new york times" columnist said violate the law by moving to georgia, registering to vote, vote for the georgia democrats and then go back home. andrew yang said i'm going to go to georgia and register. georgia law requires that any voter has to have -- has to have the intention of being a permanent resident in the state and if you go there just to vote in election, it's a violation -- a felony violation, so we've got to -- >> but those were just op

. >> out front, keisha lance bottoms, who saw unrest over an officer-involved shooting.our time. i want to be clear, you have never completely supported defunding the police, but the budget this summer that you passed did cut the corrections budget in atlanta from 18 million to 3 million, and that money was reallocated to social services. so gwynn thiven that what do yo about what president obama said? do you think he's right or wrong? >> thank you for having me, erin. that was something that was in the process of happening since i took office in 2018 because we committed to working towards closing our city jail of 450,000 plus square foot facility that now only houses about 30 inmates a night. so i do agree with what president obama said, and what i've said repeatedly, even in the african-american community, if i walk into one room, there may be some younger progressive activist calling for defunding the police. if i go into another room with some of my more seasoned residents, they're saying we're not paying our police officers enough. so i think that it's difficult to

candidates jon ossoff and raphael warnock, but will also include stacey abrams and atlanta mayor keisha lance bottomsive-in campaign stop will mark biden's first campaign trip in six weeks. democrats face an up hill battle to win both seats, as georgia has not elected a democratic senator since 1996 or won a statewide runoff election since 1988. the party's hoping that the diverse coalition that helped elect biden as president could also propel their senate candidates to victory. >>> still ahead here, we're learning new details about what other u.s. federal agencies were targeted in a recent hack by the russians. nbc's julia ainsley joins us next with more on that. >>> but before we go to break, we want to know, why are you awake? email your reasons to waytooearly@msnbc.com or drop me a tweet @kasie. use #waytooearly, and we will read all of the best answers coming up later on in the show. w this year, we learned anything's possible. even fast delivery on the perfect last minute gift from your walmart store. really fast. really perfect. let's end the year nailing it. ♪ if your gums bleed when you bru

specifically about how successful we bill at accinating everyone, here's question from mayor keisha lance bottoms. hi dr. dr. fauci -- fauci, we have seen the racial ethnic disparities as it relates to covid-19 in atlanta alone nearly 40% of our cases are attributable to the african-american commune, yet 85% of deaths are in the active -- african-american community, my question is how do we better work with the federal government to help address the racial and ethnic disparities making covid-19 more deadly in communities of color? mayor thate madame it is a two step process, one that is immediate and can address the situation as it exists now and one, i believe, has to take the form of a long -term commitment on the part of our society. the immediate issue is to have testinge the tasting -- capabilities and the medical care accessibility to the african-american population as best as we possibly can under these somewhat emergency circumstances. because clearly, african americans the basis of the jobs that they have to a greater degree than others are putting them out in the community in a situatio

from the state of georgia in addition to those two senate candidates, stacey abrams and mayor keisha lance bottoms who will be joining him here today. the timing is so interesting, andrea, in light of that acknowledgement finally from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, that joe biden is in fact the president-elect. so much of what democrats need to rally their base here is the idea that a democratic senate means so much more in getting biden's agenda through, and his nominees through, than if mitch mcconnell is still in the majority. biden saying last night on a call with some of his supporters that he has already heard from some seven republican colleagues in the senate. so this balancing act of wanting to work across the aisle but also rally the base here, which he needs to do. the biden team saying he can appeal to a unique biden constituency which is suburban women. all of this, andrea, including we're hearing from dr. fauci what it might mean for biden to get vaccinated before the inauguration. >> this is a person who very soon will be the president of the united states. vice president e

. >> there is other prominent figures in georgia, mayor keisha lance bottoms, representative elect andiams has been there right there hand in hand working with her. >> aaron, talk about the role of these powerful and influential leaders in the party bringing the nation's attention to these two runoffs in georgia? >> yes. well, black women have been the ones that have been working to expand the electorate in georgia long before there was cameras or making headlines on this and getting the county's attention obviously after stacy abram's gubernatorial run even though she was unsuccessful in the next governor, she did expand the electorate and create the blue print that got georgia the result that the state had in turning blue in 2020. and listen, stacey abrams does take on, across the goal line on concert with so many of the black women organizers that greg alluded to who have also been doing this work for years in georgia. but also with the passage of congressman john lewis who joe biden mentioned several times in his speech today. >> yeah. >> perhaps previously the most powerful surrog

leaving his seat to be a senior adviser to the biden administration as names like marsha fudge, keisha lance bottoms us now is christina greer, associate professor, hawk, host of the global experience, elencia johnson, former consultant and democratic strategist nina smith. thank you all for joining me. and i'll start with you, niera, biden roll out a lot of his foreign policy team early on. blinken, all the great people who told these amazing stories. and it is a diverse group of people. but my concern when i saw this group is are they just going to sort of go back to the kind of policies that we saw under the obama administration and clinton administration or are they really diverse ideologically? take us through given your past experience, are any of these people going to pull us out of wars, are they going to change sort of america's aggressive posture abroad or is it more of the same? >> two things on that, jason, particularly with the national security cabinet. they were all deeply rooted in their personal stories in their announcements and continuing that is key across board because what the

ic that's what they have people like stacy abrams and others in georgia, keisha lance bottoms and some georgians who are down there, they are exciting the democratic base and they are getting people out. i think that joe biden is doing what he should do as the president-elect which is to support, but i don't think he's the -- he's the driving force for the democrats at any point. dagen: but you have to get excited for the actual candidates and that's jon ossoff and raphael warnock, right, jonathan, and warnock, i mentioned earlier that the negatives have been rising, the highest of any of the candidates at this point. >> absolutely, i think that the tactics that are being used by the other side to drive a campaign speak for themselves. perdue refer today we -- referred by his opponent as empty suit. negative ads and lack of enthusiasm and turnout, i think those will speak volumes on election day. so, i mean, i really look forward to seeing what happens on january 5th. it matters at this point. dagen: my takeaway, nobody knows. [laughter] dagen: we are sitting here going -- i know bette

meanwhile, atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms getting slammed for the surgeon of violence in her city. this year has been reportedly the deadliest since 998 with 54 homicides. and the president if turns his attention to georgia backing the republican senate candidates ahead of next week's run off elections will that will decide the balance of power. the president tweeting, quote, on behalf of two great senator david perdue and kelly loeffler i will be going on faye monday night januaryth to have a big and wonderful rally. so important for our country that day wins. let's talk football week 16 nfl lambeau field looking like a winter wonderland testimony. will having a field at a with 4 touchdowns. and the seahawks clinch the. thc west title with a win. >> hollisster touchdown. >> yeah, there you have it that connection helping seal seattle's 20-9 victory. ben roethlisberger with three touchdowns strikes against the colts to help a three game losing streak. pittsburgh winning the afc knot title. meanwhile jackson fans applaud the bears in their 41-17 win. the jags loss means they clinch

and speaking, stacey abrams atlanta mayor keisha lentz bottoms. bottoms. lance hour.is just over an ♪ >> please welcome stacey abrams. ♪ [car horns honking] ♪