mr. ossoff. the deadline for insurance companies to file their obama marketplace plans is the day after one of you will be elected. right after the runoff election. so if the trump administration decides to cut subsidies to insurers that are called cost-sharing reduction, and it gets weedy here, but if insurance companies don't know what their subsidies will be they'll pull out of the exchanges. we have already seen this happen in ohio. do you think the administration and health and human services secretary price should at least figure out how to continue the marketplace since the senate hasn't even agreed on what its version of the bill is, at least give the insurance companies some certainty, say we're going to continue obamacare the way it is until we agree on what repeal and replace should be. we've got about 30 seconds. ms. handel: as someone with real world business experience i completely understand the requirement to have a transition period. i don't think anyone is suggesting, certainly

mr. ossoff. obviously you want to make a point about what had happened previously, we're already into our domestic issues section. mr. ossoff: the physical breast cancer screenings that planned parenthood provides are recommended as a key diagnostic technique by the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists. my fiance's mother survived breast cancer because it was caught early. and there are millions of women who survived breast cancer because it was caught early. and that's why this is so important. because secretary handel took a job at a charity whose purpose was to fight breast cancer. and she brought in her own agenda, she led the effort to defund life-saving breast cancer screenings at planned parenthood. and it cost the komen foundation tens of millions of dollars or more. in lost revenues. it did significant damage to their life saving mission. denis: secretary handel, 15 seconds. then we have to move on. ms. handel: what i supported then and support now is making sure that doll

mr. ossoff. secretary handel. >> handel: in this election the voters of the sixth district have a real choice between the real karen handel and the deceptive, fake jon ossoff. i have brought tremendous experience and have tremendous b tentacles and commitment to this community. i spent nearly 25 years in the sixth district. my opponent, he talks about what he's going to do, exit may all sound good -- and it may all sound good, but i have actually done it in the private sector, as fulton county commission chairman, i was able to balance that budget without tax increases. as secretary of state, i cut the budget by 20%. as ceo of the north fulton chamber of commerce, i led economic development programs that helped to create tens of thousands of jobs in north metro atlanta. you know my record. you know that i have a great determination to get the job done. what we need most is experience in this role, not a lot of talk, not someone who has a career staffer as his background for one of the most liberal

mr. ossoff, that all of this out of state money has poured in to your campaign. how do you explain it?> well, out of state money has poured in on both sides. it's become a little bit of an arms race. i'm proud of the fact my campaign is powered by small dollar grassroots fund-raising. my opponent's campaign has been bailed out by the special interest super pacs, deception, fearmongering and hate here in georgia for months. >> i hear what you're saying. you want to see this race as about you against karen handel. understood, you've worked hard. do you not see the national implications of this race? do you not think it's at all a referendum on donald trump? >> i'm sure there are national implications. it's not my place to assess them. i leave that to pundits and commentators. my job is to make the case that i'll do the best job possible representing the people of georgia's sixth district and what they want is representation that's focused on them and not this national partisan political circus. they want representation that's focused on growing metro atlanta into an economic powerhouse t

mr. ossoff: thank you alicia. thank you everybody. [cheering and applause] ♪ >> now the winner in the georgia special election, republican karen handel. she talked to supporters at campaign headquarters in sandy springs, georgia. [chanting] [cheering] ms. handel: thank you. i have to start first of all i saying thank you. [cheering] ms. handel: there are literally hundreds of people to thank and scores of elected officials and gop leaders who put their confidence in me right from the very beginning, and i will probably miss a few but there were several who stepped up right from day one, including my very good friend, bob ott, joanne burrow, joe lockwood, mo -- my hometown mayor, jerry wood. i need to think, on april 18 i said to everyone that this was going to be a very, very tight race. it was going to be contentious, and it was going to require all hands on deck. that is exactly what we had. [cheering] ms. handel: from all of the others who were the gop competitors in the primary, including several who are here tonight. i see bob gr

mr. ossoff: so thank you, alicia. thank you, everybody. [cheering and applause] announcer: now, the winner in the georgia special election, republican karen handel. she talked to supporters at headquarters in sandy springs, georgia. [chanting] [cheering] ms. handel: thank you. i have to start first of all i saying thank you. [cheering] ms. handel: there are literally hundreds of people to thank and scores of elected officials and gop leaders who put their confidence in me right from the very beginning, and i will probably miss a few but there were several who stepped up right from day one, including my very good friend, bob ott, joanne burrow, joe lockwood, mo -- my hometown mayor, jerry wood. -- on aprilo thank 18, i said to everyone that this was going to be a very, very tight race. it was going to be contentious, and it was going to require all hands on deck. that is exactly what we had. from -- [cheering] ms. handel: from all of the others who were the gop competitors in the primary, including several who are here tonight. i see bob gr

mr. ossoff: at a time when politics is dominated by fear and division, this community stood up, women stood up. nick: republican relief as well as jubilation, and although karen handel hated the way the race became a referendum on donald trump, she had warm words for the president. ms. handel: a special thanks to the president of the united states of america. [cheers] [crowd chanting "trump"] ms. handel: let's not forget out equally great vice president, mike pence. nick: republicans have defended their turf in the face of a democratic onslaught. if they lost the stronghold, it would've sent shockwaves through washington. for donald trump, a win is a win, and it is welcome news after weeks of russia-related negative headlines. but it also suggested that democrats could be competitive in next year's midterm elections. in affluent conservative suburbs, where some white-collar republicans have misgivings about his presidency. nick bryant, bbc news, atlanta. laura: there's no doubt that the victory in georgia will come up tonight when president trump takes the stage in cedar rapids, iowa, for a

mr ossoff relied on smaller donations to fund his campaign.they are turning their attention to georgia. republican ads like this that hit out at him argue that most of his cash is not coming from voters within the district. they are right. the lion's share of his fundraising has come from outside the state of georgia. karen handel's office budget increased 42%. democrats point out that karen handel has also benefited from outside spending. millions of dollars from the republican party and some of its fundraising committees have been spent on ads attacking john ossoff. there's been a record turnout in early voting, a close race that will send a message to washington whatever the outcome. see you tomorrow. goodbye. another hot day in the city and for some of us a little too hot. temperatures got up to 33 degrees again. the hottest day of the year so again. the hottest day of the year so faron again. the hottest day of the year so far on monday. just west of london, 33 degrees, and this temperature was higher than the forecast temperatures for al

mr. ossoff? what's he going to do, be a barista at starbucks?el moore said it best, they have no message, no plans, no leaders. lou: please roll the video, we'll show you a paddle boarder who gets an unexpected surprise. and surprises are often for the sea creature. it's a giant squid, h.g. wells orchestrating the whole thing. this is enough to get your attention surfacing from beneath the water wrapping his tentacles around the paddle board. the squid look for a thrill on a paddle board. president trump pressures china to stop north korea's nuclear ambitions. >> i wish we would have a little more help with respect to north korea from china, but that doesn't seem to be working out. lou: we are joined next by lieutenant colonel tony shaffer. this is my new best friend, esther. she might look like any normal, playful puppy but esther's being raised to become a canine companions for independence assistance dog for a person with a disability. to get there, she needs lots of loving care and attention, plenty of exercise and good eating habits so that

mr. ossoff? what's he going to do, be a barista at starbucks? it best, they have no message, no plans, no leaders. lou: please roll the video, we'll show you a paddle boarder who gets an unexpected surprise. and surprises are often for the sea creature. it's a giant squid, h.g. wells orchestrating the whole thing. this is enough to get your attention surfacing from beneath the water wrapping his tentacles around the paddle board. the squid look for a thrill on a paddle board. president trump pressures china to stop north korea's nuclear ambitions. >> i wish we would have a little more help with respect to north korea from china, but that doesn't seem to be working out. lou: we are joined next by lieutenant colonel tony shaffer. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation.

mr. ossoff was a deeply flawed candidate, he did not reside in the district he lived. you look at the tea leaves and read what a made mean for elections going forward, we look at the political, let's look at the money. how is that $60 million plus spent and what are you hearing about campaign finance going forward? anita sharpe: what it shows is the gop tax the big money coming outside of the district. they had to spend $10 million to defend that secret. and without that -- that seat. -- without that money, it is questionable whether handel would have carried that. we will see more big money poured into races. will we see $60 million? i don't think so. what aboutff is 30, his political prospects after this special election? anita sharpe: i think his political career is just beginning. he was a novice at four novice to me he did very well and showed very well. he has a lot of charisma, people tended to look -- like him. he is only 30. i think he is just beginning. david: making us feel bad about our age. a lot of action at the senate finance committee, the new trade rep

mr. ossoff with all his millions, with all his volunteers, with all the free media still manages to lose with all those telling us the race is a harbinger of things to come, what does that mean for the democratic party? end quote. >> it means they couldn't capitalize on donald trump's falling poll numbers. by the way both sides have been polling donald trump's popularity in this district and the results seems to be his support is about the level it was on election day. in other words, he won on election day, not by a lot but he still won. this is a huge test for democrats. i will say one more thing. talk to political professionals and they say as far as 2018, this doesn't mean a whole lot. whoever wins might be replaced by somebody else next year in 2018. >> bill: thank you, byron. minutes ago i spoke with paul ryan about the importance of this election today and what is at stake. here is part of that reaction from a short time ago. >> i think karen handel fits this district. the democrat is a liberal democrat who doesn't reflect the district. they're throwing everything they can at this

mr. ossoff, and he seems like a very nice young man, okay? he looked like he was running from the upper west side of manhattan. and there was this idea was the money came pouring in that you could get somebody from hollywood to drive you to the polls yesterday. i think people are still sick and tired of this. and until the democrats come up with a more populous message that's talking to the people that chris murphy is talking to on the buses, they're going to continue to lose. >> i think the mistake the democrats made was turning it into a national litmus test and encouraging all of the outside support. at the end of the day we were treating this as a lieu lieu lemle -- lululemon district. politics stayed local. this is the deep south and they still voted with the republican candidate. i also point out, this is a big deal to have a republican woman win in georgia. they have never had a -- sent a republican woman to congress. they are now adding another state that is represented by a woman. you look at the south and it's the least represented

mr. ossoff with all his millions, with all his volunteers, with all the free media still manages to lose,gs to come ask what that means for the democratic party? is this really a bellweather, or is it one race on one day, a special election where the entire country is focused, where all the resources of the republican party and all the resources of the democratic party are poured into one place? is that really a bellweather, or is this a special election? >> it's not a perfect task. there never is. this is a test of whether democrats can win with more centrist candidates bringing the democratic party together and massive fundraising. republicans are trying to take comfort in the notion of, well, they can't raise this much money in every race. i'm not sure that's true. if democrats are really energized next year with small dollars, finding candidates they can get excited about, and the democratic party nationally has got excited about ossoff, he probably has more name recognition nationally within the democratic party than any candidate ever in a special house election. his ability to galv

mr. ossoff, a lot from san francisco and her district in that area.proven in georgia, raising that money doesn't matter if your message is correct. part of her job is messaging. not only we'll give you money but what do we stand for, who are we? in the last eight years they stood for barack obama. he is gone now. they have no answers. she certainly doesn't have them either. stuart: i don't think the democrats have worked out how to deal with president trump. they tried contempt and hatred and blocking. i don't think any of that is working. >> because it is not about, trump won by standing for something, not by standing against something. the american people vote for things. they don't vote against things. we've known this for generations of course. the democrats though, because there is a real void in what they stand for, they certainly don't want to stand for what bernie sanders stands for. they don't understand now what happened now that barack obama's gone. hope and change is not a real thing. they really are at a loss. this is why new leadership h

jon ossoff goes up against karen handel. mr. trump tweets this morning "karen handel for congress, she will vote for lower taxes. and says jon ossoff, who will raise your taxes, doesn't even live in district. it's the most expensive house race in history. the repercussions could be massive. it would deliver a demoralizing blow for democrats. for the democrats, it would act as a warning shot against republicans pursuing health care and give them momentum heading into the mid-term elections. >> here's what the democrat had to say in the last few hours. >> there's so little happening in washington in a serves the needs of people. >> steve and i have lived in the 6th district for 25 years. the opponent says, well, he only lives 25 miles outside the district. his values are some 3,000 miles away in san francisco. >> the race is almost even. >> now a democratic senator has waged a late-night talk-a-thon. their defines was quickly shut down by leader mcconnell. >> i'm going to ask that the bill won't come to the floor until there has be

mr. trump won it by one point john ossoff a democrat won 48% of the voting. this is only one that mr. trump won in november. in case your periods, "new york times" highlights the rest of those districts have a college education, many from california, some in virginia, some from new york. you can find out more information when you go to the website of the new york times. back to our call. taking a look best way to train america's workforce. apprenticeship programs is what james interested talking about from marriesville, washington. caller: good morning. guys. i was vietnam era person. i got out the air force my veteran benefits helped me. something with my pay while i was going through apprenticeship school with the unions. back then the unions had the best apprenticeship programs there were. unions aren't popular anymore. the military put me on the road to pay for education and the military benefits is what really helped me. i first got married and had kids. they help supplement wages at that time. host: what do you do today? caller: i'm retired now. sheet metal worker. host: how lon

mr. trump tweeting -- democrat jon ossoff, who wants to raise your taxes to the highest level and is weak on crime and security doesn't even live in district. the white house officials today were reluctant to weigh in on the race itself, they did acknowledge the president would be paying attention. >> no surprise that the president is going to support republicans up and down the ticket, especially to maintain our majorities in the house and the senate as we move forward. obviously, as you noted, he's tweeted about that, believes a clear and struck choice. >> reporter: the white house bid to advance agenda on capitol hill including major policy initiatives on infrastructure, health care and tax reform. while some political experts suggested the race could be a referendum on the trump presidency, others caution reading too much into the outcome. >> we'll read an enormous amount into the result, some of it will be justified, most of it probably won't be, and a month from now talking about something else. >> reporter: the president lumped the georgia contest in with a south carolina race take

ossoff. what are your expectations about the race going in? what do you expect for january -- june 20? mr. stivers: it will be a tight race all the way to the end. karen handel is a great candidate. if you look at what happened in if you look at what happened in april, you have 13 republican candidates that combined to get a majority of the vote. there were three democrats, but really, the democrats consolidated around jon ossoff. he got 48.3% and another couple of democrats got very small percentages. i feel very comfortable and confident that we are working as a team with the rnc, who is doing a great job on the ground game and voter registration. i feel comfortable that a lot of our natural allies have come in to help on this. the congressional leadership fund, the chamber of commerce is in, other folks have been in helping in this race, and while it is uncoordinated -- it is a bad word in politics -- it is an effort where everyone that needs to has joined the fight. i feel like we did what it takes to win in kansas. we did what it took to win in montana. we did what it took to make sur

ossoff's 48 percent. it was most expensive congressional race and widely viewed as a referendum on mr. trump's presidency. >>> president trump offered his condolence toss handle, then tweeted well, the special elections are over and those that want to make america great again are five and zero. all of the fake news, all of the money spent, zero. >>> former home land security secretary jay johnson will testify before the house intelligence committee as part of its ongoing probe into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. johnson is expected to face questions about what his agency uncovered before the election, and whether those assessments have changed. the senate intelligence committee will hold a hearing on russia today. >>> police are investigating a deadly car crash on the county line between montgomery and bucks county. chopper three over county line and keith valley road in warrington where the two cars crashed a little after 10:00 o'clock last night. one person was killed, another was rushed to abington hospital, that second victim's condition isn't known right n

mr. trump's presidency. with 99% of the vote in, handel has 51.9%. democrat john ossoff has 48.1%. don'ters and cliktle action commits poured more than $50 million into the campaign. the most expensive are for a u.s. house seat. >> i need to also thank speaker ryan and the house leadership and so many of the members across this country who also united to help us hold the sixth. and a special thanks to the president of the united states of america. >> donald trump responded on twitter saying, this, well the special elections are over. and those that want to make america great again are 5-0. all the fake news all the money spent eelks nothing. >> as for john ossoff he addressed supports in atlanta. >> so this is not the outcome any of us were hoping for. but this is the beginning of something much bigger than us. [ cheers and applause ] >> so thank you. thank you for the most extraordinary experience i've ever had the honor of being a part of. thank you for knocking on hundreds of thousands of doors. thank you for making hundreds of thousands of phone calls. it's extraordinary what y

ossoff has raised the most cash so far. nearly six times more than his republican rival karen handel. mr will stop at nothing to push the radical agenda. now, they're turning their attention to georgia. public ads like this have hit out at him, arguing that most of his cash isn't coming from voters within the district. and they're right, all i am sure of his fundraising has come from outside the state of georgia. karen handel's office budget increased 42%. .. immigrants point out karen handel has also benefited from outside spending. millions of dollars from republican party and some of its fundraising committees has been spent on ads attacking jon ossoff. there has been a record turnout in early voting, a close race that will send a message to washington, whatever the outcome. in portugal, emergency workers have been evacuating areas in the path of major forest fires. it's reported they've claimed the lives of at least 62 people. it's thought they were started by a lightning strike on saturday. the bbc‘s james reynolds has been to the region where relief aid is now being delivered. thes

ossoff fending off a challenge to president trump. >> and a special thanks to the president of the united states of america. >> reporter: mr. trump wasted no time taking a victory lap, tweeting democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with republicans on healthcare, tax cuts, security. the question now, is georgia a sign democrats are in disarray after spending a record amount on that race and losing four out of four recent special elections to republicans? today some democrats acknowledging their anti-trump resistance has fallen flat. >> i think candidates matter, and we need to do better in recruitment. >> reporter: some democrats also taking aim at leadership after the gop consistently linked the democratic challenger in georgia to house minority leader nancy pelosi in ads, undercutting ossoff's message of change. >> as long as nancy pelosi is the leader of the democratic party, it's going to be very difficult to win. >> reporter: pelosi's spokesperson not responding to those calls for her to go and instead said republicans voters don't get to select the leaders of the democratic party. still, repub

mr. deets. every branch running like headquarters. that's how you outmaneuver. >>> data download time. this tuesday all eyes turn to democrat john ossoffd be a key bellweather, or it could have little meaning for 2018. a few reasons why it matters. this is a test for the kind of district that democrats must win if they will take back the house in 2018. there are 23 districts where a republican won the house seat, but hillary clinton won the presidential vote. if ossoff wins here it suggests that republicans in those districts have a lot. of the temperature ton districts, democrats won nine of them. georgia's six was the only ones they lost. if they can't win swing districts like this the chances of taking back the house are slim. a few reasons why it may be a outliar. first, nearly $40 million has been spent on tv adds alone in one house race. that's $10 million more than the most spent on the most in american history. it's unique. there is no popular incumbent running. tom price won 62% in november, but 118 congressmen did better in their district. and don't forget, with all of the national attention on this race, turnout is likely to

ossoff's 48 percent. it was most expensive u.s. congressional race in history and widely viewed as a referendum on mr. trump's presidency. >>> president trump offered his congratulations and tweet ed well, special elections are over and those had want to make america great again are five and zero. all of the fake news, all of the money spent, zero. kelly ann conway chimed in with her shot at democrats tweeted laughing by ossoff. >>> meantime, congressional baseball game, fund raising and ticket sales. organizers say that the game raised 1.5 million-dollar, the game raised $500,000, last year. representatives steve scalise, a member of the republican baseball team was hospitalized , last wednesday after a gunman opened fire during practice in alexandria, three others were also shot, the shooter was killed. >>> well, coming up national weather service confirmed two tornadoes touched down in our area this monday. >> we have surveillance video of one of the twisters as it formed, plus this. >> first day of summer kicks off with severe weather i'm hanna daniels with more on how tropical storm cindy is surg

mr. trump has been heavily involved in campaigning for the republican candidate, katrina, none of the networks have mentioned the last democrats lost the last three elections, jon ossoff raised more than 23 million. and karen handel, 4.5 million. this is amazing, the money. is the money worth it when you have a state, a district that has not done well for democrats? >> well, look, donald trump won that district by a point. so you can't really say this is a referendum or bellwether for that matter. in fact, when you spend the amount of money they're talking about, $30 million on an individual who can't vote in the district because he lives two hours outside of it, that goes to show you that if he doesn't win, not only is the party over but i'm thankful they spent all this money on the one race because they're going to need it. >> yeah, we're certainly going to be closely watching, we are closely watching any results we got out of the race in georgia. you have the dems lose the kansas special election, the omaha special election where lost to montana, that was a gop candidate who was accused of assaulting a reporter who went onto win. doesn't seem like the dems are gett

mr. trump barely won the district. now the president can breathe easier, as republican karen handel defeated jon ossoff in the most congressionaln ever. >> through this campaign i have had a really great joy of getting to know any number of our leaders in washington. and let me tell you, each though within our own gop family we some times have disagreements. these are fine men and women who are doing their level best for this country. [ applause ] i really am honored to be able to stand before you tonight and so extraordinarily humbled. as everyone knows, most big things are not accomplished by one person alone. and i had a tremendous amount of support in the campaign. >> as the the president marks five months in office today, he has the hit a new low in our cbs news poll. only 36% of americans, told us, doing. he is even lose sag port among republicans. dean reynold with the trump faithful in oshkosh, wisconsin. at two brothers restaurant in oshkosh, ken schoenike, getting impatient but not with the president. >> leave him alone. let him do what he wants to do. the media, constantly, i mean, really? >> this group of retirees b

mr. durbin to recognize we're going to continue to hinder candidates if we don't do than. >> and the it, nc. >> we look at the outside spending money. ossofft live there now. he grew up there, his family lives there. he's not a carpetbagger. he grew up in that district. he is of that district. >> didn't have a home there. >> he's not moved from san francisco and flopped down an office. all the money that came from l.a. and san francisco allowed his opponents to say this guy is not of us and not going to vote with us or the way we want him to vote. so along with harold ford jr. we have a senior political analyst matt halpern and in atlanta for "the washington post" and moderator of "washington week" on pbs, "bob costa. bob you were there on the gro d fwroubd last night what made the difference? >> i was with jon ossoff monday night his final event and i listened closely to his pitch. you know what he talked about? climate change. he talked about cynicism in washington. he talked about women's rights, and voting rights. it was a classic democratic appeal, but i wondered even then on monday night whether this would resonate with the swing rep

mr. ossoff: and for people around the world. this small community in georgia which has become the epicenter of politics -- sometimes to my chagrin. [laughter] mr. ossoff: for months now, and it has had nothing to do with me. it never has. it is about you. it is about an extraordinary community at an extraordinary moment in history. the first opportunity in this country to make it a statement about values that can still unite people. [cheers] mr. ossoff: at a time when politics has been dominated by fear and hatred and scapegoating and divisions, this community stood up. women in this community stood up. [cheers] mr. ossoff: you did. you did. and you picked us up and you carried us on your shoulders. and we showed the world that and places where no one even thought it was possible to fight, we could fight. we showed them what courage and kindness and humility are capable of. that we can still build coalitions of people who may not see i tie on everything, but rather than demonizing each other, we found common ground to move forwa

mr. ossoff: and you. you did. and you picked us up and you himicked alicia up, you picked us up and carried us on your shoulders. and, we showed the world that and places where no one even thought it was possible to fight, we could fight. we showed them what courage and kindness and humility are capable of. them athat we can still build coalitions that eyele who don't see eye to agether but we can stillhold without de himmonizing each other, we find common ground to move forward. that is the only way this country will move forward. [cheering and applause] mr. ossoff: this was not the outcome any of us were hoping for. but this is the beginning of something much bigger than us. [cheering and applause] mr. ossoff: thank you for the most extraordinary experience i ever had the honor of being a part of. thank you for knocking on hundreds of thousands of doors. thank you for making of hundreds of thousands of phone calls. [cheering and applause] mr. ossoff: it is extraordinary what you have done here. the fight goes on

mr. ossoff: thank you alicia. thank you everybody. [cheering and applause] ♪ >> now the winner in the georgia special election, republican karen handel. she talked to supporters at headquarters in sandy springs, georgia. [chanting] [cheering] ms. handel: thank you. i have to start first of all i saying thank you. [cheering]