lady leaving the white house this afternoon on their way to georgia for a rally with senators kelly leffler and david perdue. he did not take time to speak with reporters. [cheering]

people like this are going to get confirmed as if senate democrats retake the majority's, you have kelly leffler and david perdue in the fight of their lives, very much a black line of defense between americans and radical policies we see from the left and at the end of the day that ultimately americans across the country agree democrat-controlled the house, the senate and the white house is too much and it begins and ends with things like this. shannon: we know she's taken a lot of heat, folks saying good luck with this confirmation battle. will not be a lot of fun. people project she's not going to make it through, she sort of

we are not even focused on january 5th. >> are you supporting purdue and kelly leffler?his point in time i'm not sure. >> harris: senator scott, i'm wondering if people can do two things at once and what it takes to do that. they really support this president. >> i think what they want is they want to know the election was fair. i think we all would like to have all legal votes counted and we need to have all the fraud investigated and as that happens we will for sure know who won this presidency and we will go forward. i do believe georgians are going to show up in droves to vote for kelly loeffler and david perdue because they know it's important here. there's a lot of people frustrated that we don't know if there was fraud. i'm glad they are going to start pulling back and looking at this which makes some sense, i don't know why they were doing that originally. just to make sure there's no fraud, you've got to make people feel comfortable that whatever the results were, it was fair. and if you don't go check things like signatures, how will people know? >> harris: how

democrats believe in the state they can further that by calling into question kelly leffler and daviderdue's effectiveness on capitol hill and whether they're the best partners for joe biden in 2021. >> vaughn live in atlanta. vaughn, thank you. that wraps up this hour for me. "deadline white house" starts after this quick break. starts after this quick break it's smay for smarter trading decisions. fidelity. we started by making the cloud easier to manage. but we didn't stop there. we made a cloud flexible enough to adapt to any size business. no matter what it does, or how it changes. and we kept going. so you only pay for what you use. because at dell technologies, we stop...at nothing. ♪ i've been involved in. communications in the media because at dell technologies, we stop...at nothing. for 45 years. i've been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. for me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more clearly. and i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. it has helped me an awful lot. prevagen. h

he will be speaking at a rally and whatever incumbent republican senators david perdue and kelly leffler who are both againstf elections democratic challengers. you can watch the rally live at 7:00 p.m. eastern. her, kelly loeffler and democratic challenger, rev. have a warnock, will debate. you can watch these events live online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. . with a discussion representatives mike johnson and jim of indiana. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to this ai conversation. i am robert doar, president of

david perdue and kelly leffler are defending their seats in the gop control of the chamber.challengers are jon ossoff and john warnock. hear from the candidates in the final races of this campaign 2020. live coverage on c-span, c-span.org, and the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. ♪

i'm kelly leffler. i am asking for your vote on january 5. -- i'm kelly loeffler.'m asking for your vote. may god bless america. rev. warnock: i'm raphael warnock. i'm one of 12 children in my family and i am number 11, the first college graduate. listen, these are dark and difficult times. fog of thishe thick pandemic and the economic turn down, even in the season of joy, it is hard for people to find you i think about my dad. he used to wake me up every morning at dawn, get ready, put on.-- put your shoes it was dawn. it was morning. it was still dark. it is dark right now. but morning is on the way. it is our job, georgia, to put our shoes on and get ready. there are those who are engaged in the politics of division. they have no vision. they engage in division. tomorrow is the last day to register. make a vote plan. health care is on the ballot. voting rights is on the ballot. criminal justice reform is on the ballot. and if you give me the honor of representing you in the u.s. senate, i will think about georgia every single day. russ: thank you very much, reve

ostensibly to stump for the republican candidates david perdue and kelly leffler.er or not those candidates should actually want trump there with them seems like an open question. because ever since election day this year, trump has made life difficult for the two incumbent republican senators by repeatedly trying to undermine the state's election results and attacking georgia's republican governor and secretary of state for not supporting him in those efforts. now the president's making matters even more complicated by playing chicken with important legislation. last week republican senator david perdue released a new ad touting his vote in favor of the covid relief bill at the same time president trump decided to start blasting the bill and threatening to veto it. at the same time as that, trump went through with his threat to veto a major defense funding bill that was supported by both leffler and perdue. putting the two republican senators in the awkward position now of possibly voting to override the president's veto as early as tomorrow. the first veto in thi

senator kelly leffler will join "fox and friends" in the 8:00 hour. >> thanks. >> 2020 has seen a spikeent crime across the country. in atlanta the deadliest year in decades. the violence highlighted by the shooting death of 7-year-old kennedy maxwell. listen to this chilling 9 one one call. >> in the car, about to get on the highway, we heard a gunshot. >> reporter: chicago seeing a deadly rising crime. what needs to be done in the new year to keep our streets safe? joining me to discuss is former police officer anthony napolitano in atlanta city councilman robert shultz. thank you for being here. appreciate it. important topic. i will start with you. you look at that little girl, look at her face, so much life ahead of her. it is devastating when you see that she is no longer here as a result of gun violence. >> it is devastating and this falls on our judicial system. in chicago you have a lot of people pushing to empty our jails an alarming rate and move the goalposts as far as what is considered a crime. it's not the way to go about things. when officers make arrests you have to sta

donald trump campaigning in georgia to back republican senators kelly leffler and david perdue in theunoff against rafael warknock and john ossoff, the president will be there amid concerns about gop infighting in a state that is tilting blue. stacy abrams has built a formidable get out the vote operation. the number of requests for mail and balances down the third from the general election, greater proportion appeared to be coming from republicans this time. republicans concerned losing of the senate would give a biden administration to an weekly progressive agenda supporters of donald trump are worried about something else, the battle against establishment politicians would be lost, political strategist karl rove said rather than simply vent his grievances donald trump must remind supporters that no matter how frustrated they are with november's results they must turn out for mister purdue admits leffler. much of donald trump's legacy of the party's future may depend on his choice saturday and with that we begin with white house correspondent kevin cork. >> we artie had a vote, and

my opponent, kelly leffler, is busy trying to distract the people of georgia.t for her 10 months. she was appointed in the people of georgia are disappointed. she has done a good job enriching herself from the pandemic. when it came time to give ordinary folks $600 in unemployment insurance, she said it was counterproductive. georgia deserves two united states senators who will not be thinking about themselves, but thinking about the people they were sent to represent. if you send jon ossoff and me there, we will be thinking about georgia every day. [car horns honking] have georgia on my mind. we are ready to get this done. i've been moving across the state to folks who have lost livelihoods and loved ones to this pandemic. now, more than ever, we must stand together. i hear the ancestors ushering us on. i told you my father used to wake me every morning and say get up, get dressed, get your shoes on. he would wake me up at dawn. the thing about dawn is it is morning but it is still dark. it is dark, but morning is on the way. hold on. joy comes in the morning.

kelly leffler and david purdue sent $2.3 trillion to corporate mrk whi america while corporate america experiencing record profits. it's a very simple message for the democrats to take to the people of georgia. if you think you're worth $2,000 to keep your business open and your children fed, then vote with the democrats. the people in georgia have it in their power to take that back and give it to folks to give a rip snort about the middle class. nobody knows their way around the power lobbyist better than mitch mcconnell. for someone who spent a lot of time in georgia, he's underestimating the people of georgia. >> the defense department is refusing to cooperate with the incoming biden administration, refusing to share critical information about the pentagon budget, u.s. force posture in a number of war zones around the world, recently announced troop withdrawal plans and the recent cyber attack attributed to russia. you have one administration going out, another coming in. this is about sharing information, intelligence on the most severe threats to this country's national security.

. >> republican kelly leffler today strongly pushed back on his claim by democrat. >> kelly leffler haseen campaigning with a klansman. >> campaigning with a klansman that originates from former member of the clan who was here for a photo lineup if i have that story right. >> yes and we kicked him out immediately. i was absolutely what we had to do. i had no idea who he was. he's gone. i denounce that. i do not believe in it. he has no place around our campaign. >> he has been off the trail. he is getting help with a robocall recorded by michelle obama. >> i know you will work with joe biden to help make health care more affordable. >> his documentary film company has been a focus of republican opponents recently who alleged he tried to hide ties to china. >> why is it that you waited until after the primary to reveal that your business did business with a company in hong kong that was linked to the chinese government? >> this is utter nonsense. my company has produced multiple investigations of atrocities committed by isis war criminals. >> the response from the purdue campaign, instea

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you saw it with kelly leffler.th the senate race now, where the two candidates are trying so hard to do the right trumpian things, and maga supporters who think they were the beneficiaries of a, quote-unquote, stolen election and some scheme in georgia to steal votes from trump. so at this point it's all trump's game. can he give these voters up? who knows. >> yeah, here's what i don't get. when you have this kind of trumpy republican party with a trumpy base which, you know, says we're going to switch tv channels if we don't like the news we see. we're going to switch papers if we don't like the front pages we see. when you have a party like that, which is basically a cult personality. biden said, once trump is gone i'm going to be able to work with the republican party. i feel like isn't that a fantasy? >> it depends how prevalent trump will be in politics and whether he has a group of people left in congress who's priority is him above, you know, their own supporters or their own leadership. that's a question th

for incumbent senators kelly leffler and david perdue in runoffs.a complication, the president keeps saying this. >> they know it was a fixed election. it was a rigged election, they know it and i appreciate their support. >> reporter: that baseless claims puts the incumbent on the ballot in a political pickle. listen to him trying to square it. >> the president is frustrated. i'm frustrate we want to make sure whatever anomalies occur don't happen. republican buzz brockway is a former georgia state representative. he said republicans are already telling him they will not vote in january. >> i've had dozens of people tell me that. >> people aren't going to show up? >> uh-huh. i do my best to try to talk them out of it but the internet spreads things like wildfire. >> what happens if the president keeps tweeting about a rigged election? >> that hurts. that absolutely hurts. he has a passionate group of followers, who, frankly, are more committed to him than the republican party. if he continues with that message it's hurtful to the republican party.

and if they do not do it, if kelly leffler and david perdue do not do it, they have not earned your vote give it to them. why would you go back and vote in another rigged election. >> georgia's voting system implementation manager gabriel sterling told cnn that's, quote, looney tunes and everyone's vote is secure. but what message will voters hear from the president themselves when he visits valdosta, georgia, for a rally tonight. this is a monster of his own making and maybe he can convince supporters to show up for loeffler and perdue. joining me up, political reporters for the atlanta constitution. i start every day looking at the ajc website. i want to know what you're writing about the race. greg, i'll begin with you, what is it tonight, a trump rally or a loeffler/perdue rally? >> well, it should be a loeffler/perdue rally, but he's calling it a rally. is he spending more time looking back and focusing on his grievances, the false narrative of a stolen election. that's why republicans are so ant antsy about what will happen tonight in valdosta. >> patricia, you note how perdue has

georgia senator kelly leffler tweeted tuesday that she won't stop fighting for the president and leffler doesn't believe challenging the election will hurt turnout in her runoff race if we vote we will when former democratic candidate for georgia governor stacey abrams says questioning the election process could discourage not only republicans but all georgians from voting their attack on the integrity of our elections is deeply problematic vice president mike pence is set to visit georgia again this thursday, his 3rd visit to the state in 3 weeks. >>again as kelli meyer reporting for us tonight requests for mail in ballots in georgia. already topped a million and early voting continues for the next 3 weeks. >>congress unveiled a new plan to pass another covid-19 relief package which americans desperately need it could be voted on by the end of this week, lawmakers from both parties have broken down a 908 billion dollar stimulus package into 2 parts the first bill is nearly 750 billion dollars it provides money for vaccine distribution and an extra $300 of federal unemployment weekly for

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kelly leffler and raphael are dead even. founder and editor of real clear politics is with us now.rom election day. good morning. >> good morning. the polling shows that these are thoughts. they're very close. that makes sense. we just saw it was very close, millions of ballots cast, a handful, 2,000 votes. it's all about turnout, both parties know where their voters are. it's a matter of getting them back to the polls. as we've seen from early voting, it looks like there is a lot of enthusiasm. both sides are making the case as to why they should turnout and it looks like they responding. >> sandra: really interesting headline, they're making the point that trump gives chuck schumer an assist, he writes a check to make democrats the majority. they write, that leaves mitchell mcconnell with democrats banging away and georgia against the incumbent. or he can hold a vote which would split the g.o.p. caucus and upset fiscally conservative voters. either way, a contribution to minority leader and joe biden. do others see it that way? >> i don't know. it's hard to see how this is playin

working families and some republicans are warming up to the larger tax georgia republican senators kelly leffler and david perdue are among them both are fighting for reelection in a january 5th runoff but mcconnell says he wants the senate focused on overriding the president's veto of the national defense bill continue our momentum and rebuilding and modernizing our armed forces but independent vermont senator bernie sanders says the nation to not spend 740 billion dollars on defense without doing more for americans who've lost their jobs during the pandemic ever heard. >>they want health did this promise to delay the vote on the national defense bill override unless senator mcconnell allows a vote on the stimulus checks, missouri republican senator josh hawley now says he will do the same in washington raquel martin. >>as you can see this is a complicated story tonight with a lot of questions and here to help us with some of the questions are political analyst michael yaki hi michael. >>hey clearly does not want to do this what's his end game here. >>you know i i think is in games. he's going

the 2 races in which democrats raphael warnock and soft try to oust republican senators kelly leffler and david perdue respectively we decide which party controls the u.s. senate. >>another big story we're following tonight is the state's shrinking icu capacity is the pfizer vaccine is on its way to the hospital. the vaccine is arriving as more than 13,000 people are hospitalized with covid here in california and here in the bay area. the number of available icu beds is hovering just under 17%. >>you can see the breakdown by region on your screen, the bay area region is at 16.7% that's close to the 15% threshold that would trigger the state's mandatory stay at home order. the greater sacramento, san joaquin valley and southern california regions are already under the state's stay at home order. and on the same day health workers finally started receiving the covid-19 vaccine. the united states has hit another grim milestone. >>more than 300,000 people have now died from the coronavirus in the united states. that's according to johns hopkins university, new york state has been hit the

he'll pick or one early voting is underway in georgia senate runoff elections republican senator kelly leffler. >>is running against democrat raphael warnock in the second race republican senator david perdue is facing democratic challenger john ossoff election day is on january 5th. the 2 senate seats will determine whether republicans or democrats control the u.s. senate or still be a 5050 split with vice president elect kamala harris casting the deciding vote if necessary. all right a live look outside now from our sutro camera overlooking san francisco downtown. so clear so beautiful we now go to kron four's erica caturay for a look at our 4 zone forecast erica, and that's one of my favorite we're at 51 degrees here in san francisco winds across the whole. >>bay area are looking very light now is dry today because of high pressure that is building a not just for us, but also out in other parts of the state and try taking a look at our graphics. >>you can see here on satellite and radar reflecting exactly what we see out we did get a snow over a foot of snow accumulated to over the weekend

working families and some republicans are warming up to the larger tax georgia republican senators kelly leffler and david perdue are among them both are fighting for reelection in a january 5th runoff but mcconnell says he wants the senate focused on overriding the president's veto of the national defense bill continue our momentum and rebuilding and modernizing our armed forces but independent vermont senator bernie sanders says the nation to not spend 740 billion dollars on defense without doing more for americans who've lost their jobs during the pandemic ever heard. >>they want health did this promise to delay the vote on the national defense bill override unless senator mcconnell allows a vote on the stimulus checks, missour

senator kelly leffler and raphael warnock meet for their only debate ahead of their january runoff for the u.s. senate. it is beheld being held at the atlanta press club, they have already debated once in october along with several other candidates before the november election. ♪ >> good evening and welcome. i am russ spencer. evening anchor for fox five in atlanta and you are watching the atlanta press club debate series. we are broadcasting from the studio of the georgia public broadcasting in atlanta, and we welcome viewers from across the state and the country. this is the run-off debate for u.s. senate to fill the seat currently held by georgia senator kelly loeffler. let's meet the candidates. in alphabetical order, republican candidate kelly loeffler, appointed to the u.s. senate in january 2020 to replace retiring georgia senator johnny isakson. she is part owner of the atlanta dream. the democrat candidate, raphael warnock, is the senior pastor at ebenezer baptist church in atlanta. the church where martin luther king jr. was pastor. let's meet our panel. greg bluestein is a p

david purdue and kelly leffler are defending their seats in the gop control of the chamber. the democratic challengers are jon ossoff and raphael warnock. follow the results and hear from the candidates in these final races of campaign 2020. live coverage on c-span, c-span.org, and the free c-span radio app. announcer: earlier today, georgia governor bryan camp briefed reporters on distribution of the covid-19 -- brian kemp briefed reporters on the distribution of the covid-19 -- heldnd talked about in atlanta, this is half an hour. kemp: good morning, everyone, and happy new year's eve. i want to thank dr. toomey for being with us today and thank her and her team as well and many others for all they are doing every day. we wanted to give you a quick update this morning on the vaccine administration and planning for the holiday weekend. as you all know, earlier this week we rolled out the covid-19 vaccine in our nursing homes as well as our long-term care facilities. thank you for the incredible with the private sector and great partners like cvs and walgreens. that is a key

pence campaigned in columbus georgia thursday for george's republican senators david perdue and kelly leffler. both senators are facing a january 5 runoff after neither candidates received 50% of the vote in november's general election. this is 35 minutes. >> today i want to thank you so much for being here and i've been traveling with you at commissioner gary black and tells a great historic story that many of us need to be reminded of. due member when ben franklin was asked to form the government, have we formed a monarchy or a republic? his answer was a republic, if we can keep it. we are the if that can keep it. we will need a firewall to keep this republican so that is what is at stake and we don't need a one-party government. we need a republic there and that is these two seats that will hold that. i'm delighted to be here to introduce someone i know very, very well. david and i are first cousins, our fathers were brothers and we don't one another all our lives. what i will tell you here is i would be here today even if we weren't related because we want the united states senators who w

have some support amongst republicans, particularly the two senators in georgia david perdue and kelly leffler of his, they have been to his rallies, they had not entirely come out and condemn the divisive rhetoric, and why would they, because they really want to win their senate seats, their senate seats are up for grabs, and donald trump is still hugely popular in america, in georgia, even though he did not win the state, and they are hoping to use the popularity to try and window seats when those important senate run—offs happen in january. important senate run—offs happen in january. in the course of doing all that, the president is encouraging millions of people to distrust the democratic process. georgia now crucial to control of the senate? that's right, the senate? that's right, the senate will ultimately determine just how powerfuljoe biden's presidency will be when he takes office onjanuary the 20th, at the moment, the senate is split, there are 48 democrats and 50 republicans, and if democrats when the two seats then it will be easier for them to pass through a lot of bills on a vas

and we should not be playing politics at this moment, both rubio and georgia republican senator kelly lefflerant to make sure small business aid is in the next relief package, 300 billion was included in a bipartisan 908 billion dollar proposal rubio says he would go even higher i think it's great that they undertook that effort i think we can build on it. but at least on the small business part it needs have about 380 billion ever want to do it right but with just days left until congress is set to leave for the holiday break there's not much time to build on the proposal. some senators are pushing to pass what they can agree on and leave the rest to next year south carolina republican tim scott says the best path toward passage is to eliminate the contentious issues and focus we have a comment some republicans suggest leaving out the 2 main sticking points liability protections for businesses and state and local funding democratic senate minority leader chuck schumer says that's not happening state and local aid. >>is a solution to a real and urgent problem democratic house speaker nancy pe

seeing the races are in a dead heat with rafael warnock only up by a half a percentage point on kelly lefflere awsat is actually trailing his challenger incumbent senator perdue by about a percentage point. so both are in the margin of error would suggest it's going to be a very, very tight race. and all believe that he could come very much down to the wire. really exciting. this is just down to the wire. really exciting. this isjust a down to the wire. really exciting. this is just a few days before inauguration. that working to get this result as you say it will change the whole political landscape if they do flip. that's right. not only is it coming days before the inauguration but the race itself is actually on january five. january six is the day that the congress is scheduled to ratify the resident electjoe bidens victory over donald trump. so all eyes are going to be on washington leading up to that ratification. because you got that georgia raised that will certainly have an impact and of course the inauguration. so things are by no means actually settled in washington right now. ever

lady leaving the white house this afternoon on their way to georgia for a rally with senators kelly leffler and david perdue. he did not take time to speak with reporters. [cheering] >> president trump holding a rally here in valdosta, georgia. his first appearance on the campaign trail since the presidential election. although president-elect joe and then georgia results of uncertified, the president has continued to say the outcome was illegitimate. face anators and georgia runoff election and republicans need to win at least one of them to keep a majority in the u.s. senate. this is live coverage on c-span. believing stop hold on to that feeling ♪ peopleights, oh don't stop believing hold on streetlights, people oh don't stop believing hold on streetlights, people ♪ new song] ♪ "in the airs' tonight" playing] ♪ can feel it coming in the air tonight oh, lord been waiting for this moment for all my life oh, lord. can you feel it coming in the air tonight? oh, lord oh, lord [guitar riff] ♪ told me you were drowning i would not lend a hand face forbefore, my know ifbut i don't you know who i

with rafael warnock only up a half a percentage point on kelly leffler the incumbent senator right nowenator purdue by about a percentage point. so both are in the margin of error. which suggests this is going to be a very, very tight race. and all believe that a good, very much down to the wire. really exciting because this isjust down to the wire. really exciting because this is just a few days before inauguration that they're going to get this result. as you say it will change the whole political landscape if they do flip. that's right. not only is it coming days before the inauguration but the race itself is actually onjanuary five. january six is the day that the congress is scheduled to ratify the president elect joe bidens victory over donald trump. so all eyes are going to be on washington leading up to that ratification because you've got that georgette race that will certainly have an impact. and of course the inauguration. things are by no means actually settled in washington right now. everyone is still very much in campaigning mode. the bbc has learned that hundreds of tho

pence campaigned in columbus georgia thursday for george's republican senators david perdue and kelly leffler. both senators are facing a january 5 runoff after neither candidates received 50% of the vote in november's general election. this is 35 minutes. >> today i want to thank you so much for being here and i've been traveling with you at commissioner gary black and tells a great historic story that many of us need to be reminded of. due member when ben franklin was asked to form the government, have we formed a monarchy or a republic? his answer was a

republicans kelly leffler and david perdue are defending their seats. democratic challengers are jon hael warnock.p live coverage on c-span, c-span.org and the free c-span radio app. tocongress returns next week vote on overturning president trump's veto of the defense authorization bill setting military pay and programs next year. president trump objected to a provision removing names from millet -- confederate names from military installations and wanted to remove social media protections from the bill. democrats will try to increase covid 19 stimulus checks. congress approved 600 dollars per individual. president trump called for $2000 after the bill passed, and it democrats will try to make that happen with new legislation next week. live house coverage here on c-span. watch the senate live on c-span2. ♪ watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies as a public service.

a first campaign appearance since the election, president trump spoke at a rally for senators kelly lefflernd david perdue, who face a runoff election in january. at least one of them needs to win

republican senators david perdue and kelly leffler are defending their seats and the gop control of the chamber. democratic challengers are jon ossoff and raphael warnock. follow the result and hear from the candidates in the final races in 2020.

he will be speaking at a rally and whatever incumbent republican senators david perdue and kelly leffler who are both againstf elections democratic challengers. you can watch the rally live at 7:00 p.m. eastern. her, kelly loeffler and democratic challenger, rev. have a warnock, will debate. you can watch these events live online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. . with a discussion representatives mike johnson and jim of indiana. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to this ai conversation. i am robert doar, president of ai, and i am very glad to have the outgoing and incoming chairman of the republican study committee here this morning to talk with us about the coming congress and their priority. influential center of conservative thinking and policies for years. scholars often work with the committee on major issues. i intensified for the committee and size them on issues concerning food security and policy and we've had our china scholars. the emerging young leadership of the conservative movement in the united states and we are very please

david perdue and kelly leffler i defend the their seats and gop control of the chamber. the challengers are john o s sos and rafael warknock. live coverage on c-span2, c-span.org and the free c-span radio apps. ♪ >> welcome to footprints. a program sponsored by the institute of american history. i am president of the institute, we are presenting important books in american history which outlined the volumes behind me with important books by historians in our country. william roka most recently on the health and education program, the question and answer session, please go to our website. now enjoy. >> good afternoon, welcome to this inaugural edition of the institute of american history program which brings you america's greatest historians where they discuss their most recent books. today we are joined by eric foner as he discusses "the second founding: how the civil war and reconstruction remade the constitution". i want to look over a few housekeeping rules, first and foremost today's mother's day so i want to wish a happy mother's day to your most important people in

david perdue and kelly leffler are saying they are the chance to serve as a check and balance to democratic progressives in the house and to the executive branch. it has been a remarkable anomaly of an election, one that has drawn in tens of millions of dollars from across the country for both sides. it is incredibly expensive. as one prominent republican strategist put it, it remains a toss up. it has republicans uneasy that it is a toss up because typically this would have once been thought to be a response -- thought to be a republican stronghold. guy: thank you very much. kevin cirilli, bloomberg's chief washington correspondent. georgiaus ahead of the runoff, which becomes increasingly tense and a huge factor for markets. the u.s. vaccinating an average of 200,000 people a day. the goal ofshort of 20 million vaccination by year end. ofthe u.k., the use astrazeneca oxford university vaccine has been given the green light, marking the first national approval. joining us now is sanford's alley -- sam is allie. can you explain to me what is happening in the u.k.? news ontified by the the r

kelly leffler has said she would be willing to consider it but would like to see offsetting cuts.nd that would be quite difficult to do in a short timetable for such a large amount of money. we are still waiting to hear what senator david produced is on this. meanwhile, the democratic will be hammering them between now and election day on this issue. matt: bruce, thank you for joining us. bloomberg politics reporter bruce einhorn talking us through the latest with the stimulus. joining us this morning is john hardy, head of fx strategy at saxo bank, to talk about the implications of this. the stimulus has driven risk assets higher and we continue to see dollar weakness. do you expect that to continue into 2021? for the forecast, yes, a weaker dollar. i'm a little concerned of where we are in markets right now. they seem to be awfully extended on the speculative funds year-over-year. i think the questions are early in the carrier -- the calendar. i think there is plenty of room for a little uncertainty. i'm really curious what happens to the u.s. longer yield. i think that can prov

david perdue and kelly leffler are defending their seats.he democratic challengers are jon ossoff and raphael warnock. follow the results a hear from the candidates in these final races. live coverage from c-span, c-span.org and the free c-span radio app. >> american history tv on c-span3. explain the people and events that tell the american story. friday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, we visited the smithsonian american art museum to see the acid states exhibit on art, nature and culture. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on history, university of north carolina and chapel hill professor kathleen devol on the end of the american revolution in the 1783 treaty of paris. sunday, at 8:00 a.m. eastern on the presidency, national portrait gallery senior historian on the new exhibit. first ladies of the united states. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. north carolina governor roy cooper gave an update on the

. >> i'm confident senator david purdue and kelly leffler will keep the senate republican and win victory. >> everything is at stake when it comes to the need to elect rafael wordenohck, to elect john ossoff. >> voters had to the polls january 5th, the secretary of state sending 8000 letters to voters who requested absentee ballots. penalties for illegal voters include 100,$000 finance 10 years behind bars. those runoffs in two weeks from today. shannon: look at this, jupiter and saturn the closest they have been to each other in centuries. heather: two planets merging in the night sky, was asked about the great conjunction. >> the phenomenon looked like a giant star nicknamed the christmas star. heather: last time the planets were this close, 1623. this won't happen again until 2080. i probably won't be here for that. still ahead, time and time again we hear from democratic leaders. >> the thing about joe is he knows we are all in this together. >> i don't see this as red state or blue state. all of us together. >> reporter: if we are all in this together why do they get paid for and act

. >> kelly leffler and david perdue do not do it. they've not earned your vote. don't give it to them. >> reporter: lindsey graham says he spoke with the president who says this is a bad idea. >> anybody who suggests it is good for us to lose the georgia senate race doesn't understand what is in trump's best interest or the nation's best interest. >> reporter: the vision among conservative voters would of democrats rafael wornoff and john ossoff an advantage but they raised $104 million and october, two thirds since the november for general election suggesting gop enthusiasm about the runoffs despite the infighting. >> all that noise is not helpful but the only voice that is going to matter to our voters will be the president's voice. >> reporter: state elections official investigating liberal groups accused of trying to register in eligible voters from the senate runoffs announced they are investigating a florida attorney who allegedly encouraged out-of-state republicans to do the same. >> moving to georgia, change my voter registration, inviting 2 million peopl

. >> senator kelly leffler will debate her democratic challenger rafael warnedoff sunday. live coverage starting at 6:45. i will be there too and will anchor this show live from georgia monday morning. in the meantime we are following this, a west virginia police officer fighting for her life after being shot in the line of duty. kathy johnson responding to a parking complaint when the suspect opened fire shooting her in the face. >> officer johnson was struck in what would normally be a fatal wound. she is a fighter and thank god every moment she still with us. >> reporter: the suspect was shot and arrested. officer johnson joins the department just last year telling local media she wanted to make her home town a better place. overnight the president promising to veto a defense bill unless it drops liability shield for big tech tweeting and part our country can never be safe and secure if we allow it to stand. republicans argue companies like facebook and twitter are censoring content on platforms, twitter ceo jack dorsey told lawmakers section 230 is the most important l