raphael warnock will be a u.s.m the state of georgia and in the other race right now, jon ossoff leads david perdue by some 16,000 votes. that was 98% reporting. and the remaining votes, we believe largely in democratic strongholds, places like fulton county, with jon ossoff has 47% of the vote. gwinnett county, 4,800 votes remaining there. down in savannah, coincidentally, the birthplace of raphael warnock, there are about 3,000 votes remaining. and you can see jon ossoff getting 59% of the vote there. want to talk about why the democrats were able to do this. why raphael warnock were able to win in this state. let's compare his result to how joe biden did in the election in november. every county here that's in red or blue is a county where raphael warnock overperformed joe biden there. remember, joe biden barely won in georgia with 11,000 votes. raphael warnock overperformed him, almost everywhere. and one area i want to show you in particular is this stretch right here. this is known in georgia as if black belt

raphael warnock is in the lead against kelly loeffler. david perdue. warnock addressed his supporters about 30 minutes ago. >> i remember my dad in this moment. he used to wake me up every morning at dawn. it was morning. but it was still dark. it's dark right now. the morning comes, and scripture tells us that weeping may endure for the night. but joy comes in the morning. let us rise up. >> reverend warnock was delivering a victory speech in a race that nbc news has not predicted a winner. all of the numbers outstanding in this race, in both races at this hour look good for the democrats. good enough that stacey abrams is beginning to celebrate the outcome in georgia. stacey abrams has activated the democratic vote in georgia in a way we have not seen in decades. we haven't seen this turnout of democrats of this makeup ever in the state of georgia. and tonight, stacey abrams tweeted, with new votes joining the tally, we're on a strong path. but even while we wait for more, let's celebrate the extraordinary organizers, volunteers, canvas

raphael warnock did better than joe biden almost everywhere. ng and ran strong everywhere, which is why he will now be the senator elect. >> what an amazing change in one election cycle. >> yeah. >> you had a state there, obviously stacey abrams making the case that people weren't being able to vote and now the first african-american senator from the state looks like is going to be the winner there tonight. big news. j.b., i'll be back in a second. >>> let's take a little break. you're going to see j.b. on "new day," of course, the show of record not just on cnn but all of cable. they will be focusing on the events of the day to come that will really be about this wall of shame. will these men and women really take to the floor of congress and exercise a right when they know it's not right to do so? crafting our authentic fragrances begins with ingredients from the earth ... to create fragrances infused with natural essential oils. air wick scented oils. connect to nature. unlike ordinary memory want supplements-ter? neuriva has clinically prove

raphael warnock's lead is 12,395 over republican kelly loeffler. he's got 50.2% to 49.8%. publican david perdue, a mirror image of the warnock kelly loeffler race. jon ossoff, 50.2% to 49.8%. two-thirds of the estimated vote is in. it is incredibly close. both contests with plenty of votes outstanding. mirror images right now, but these contests are really close. >> one of the things we'll do is, why is david perdue running stronger than kelly loeffler or why the jon ossoff running weeker than raphael warnock? again, if you're the democrats this is what's happening in both of the campaign war rooms, or four campaign war rooms. if you're democrats you're looking at columbus the and the suburbs around it. you think, okay, we're getting 74%. how do we do in the election in 2020? joe biden got 61. so that could come down. if you're the democrats you watch that. hope to keep you numbers up, but when you start counting the today votes that's likely to come down, which is potentially not good news for the democrats. you're looking at what's still out and what could happen. chatham

raphael warnock is a radical and he's dangerous.ill tell you that this is something that we've got to keep an eye on in the state of georgia, someone who called police thugs and gangsters and someone that said you can't serve the military and god at the same time, that's dangerous rhetoric that should not be repeated. i will tell you i'm very concerned, if, indeed, he comes to washington, d.c. dagen: steve forbes. steve: i know we are all focused on georgia but you're a former pharmacist, why hasn't there been a bigger push to have drugstores like walgreens and cvs administer shots like other countries have done to make sure none of the vaccine doses are wasted as looks like it is happening like in places like new york. >> that's a great question. the administration has focused on drugstores and pharmacies in order to get the vaccine out. 95% of all americans live within 5 miles of a pharmacy. pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare professionals out there. we have to utilize them in order to get this have been -- vaccine out

abc news is now projecting democrat reverend raphael warnock will win one of the seats. crats will need to hold both to control congress. warnock is projected to defeat republican incumbent kelly loeffler. warnock, a senior pastor of the famed ebenezer baptist church expected to become the first african-american senator elected from georgia. warnock's projected victory coming as the second race between dam jon ossoff and republican david perdue is too close to project. with less than 1% of remaining ballots separating the two other candidates, for the latest i'm joined by abc news political director rick kline and deputy director mary alice parks. thank you for joining us. rick, reverend warnock projected to defeat kelly loeffler. looking at the remaining vote there's a lot of optimism among democrats. is tonight confirmation that georgia has turned purple? and how did democrats defeat these expectations? >> yeah, this is an earthquake. and when you take this on top of the biden victory two missouris a go, you recognize this is a changing state. i think you have to look b

futures reacting to the news that we have raphael warnock who has beaten kelly loeffler in the georgia senate runoff. we're still waiting the results of the other election race >> man: what's my safelite story? i spend a lot of time in my truck. it's my livelihood. ♪ rock music >> man: so i'm not taking any chances when something happens to it. so when my windshield cracked... my friend recommended safelite autoglass. they came right to me, with expert service where i needed it. ♪ rock music >> man: that's service i can trust... no matter what i'm hauling. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ >>> welcome back to "street signs. it is a huge day in u.s. politics we're closely watching the georgia runoff senate elections. just earlier this morning, nbc news projecting that democrat raphael warnock has defeated republican kelly loeffler. this is one of two critical races in georgia that will determine control of the senate. and should both democratic candidates win, it will all be in the hands of the democrats. at this point the second critical race in georgia, t

look, if you're raphael warnock, each democrat is feeling encouraged right now. if you're raphael warnock, you might be extra encouraged because he's got that 30,000 pad right now over jon ossoff. the four biggest bubbles that remain on the map figure to be democratic votes. a figure from this collection of bubbles right here, a figure that will add to warnock's lead. as we say are some of these other bubbles that could also add and also some that could eat into it. if you're in the warnock campaign that is pretty encouraging -- >> what about out there in north central georgia? >> gilmour is overwhelmingly republican vote right here. now, i believe what they have left to count here is the mail vote. so i think this is what the counties waited until the end to do the mail vote. i don't think it's going to be as republican as what you've

and raphael warnock has called our most cherished ally and apartheid state.h the strong support of david perdue and kelly loeffler, president donald trump did what no american president had ever done before when he moved the american embassy to jerusalem, the capital of the state of israel. [cheers and applause] i'll tell you, under president donald trump, david purdue and kelly loeffler, the world will know this. america stands with israel. [cheers and applause] and when jon ossoff and raphael warnock, like the party to represent, support abortion on demand and taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth, i couldn't be more proud to serve alongside the most pro-life president in american history. [applause] and i couldn't be more grateful that david perdue and kelly loeffler stand for the right to life. [applause] so you all know what the stakes are here in georgia. but if you haven't got it in focus yet, just listen to what chuck schumer said. he said, quote, now we take georgia, can we change america. -- then we change america. i hav

jon ossoff and raphael warnock understand that.elieving in the promise of american and our darkest months. john learned it from my old friend and yours, john lewis. sees the power to overcome the toughest trials that life can throw at us. he believes as i do, in the quote of a philosopher who said, fate sees best in the dark. the faith that enables us to overcome adversity. to lift each other up, to be a beacon of light to one another, and for the world. that iswho we are and what we should never give up on. i have said many times and i will say it here again. , and i saything again, there is nothing this country has not been able to do when we decide to do it together. we have faced tougher times before, and we have always overcome. we have always overcome. we have always come out better than we went in. no matter what. i know these -- i know this campaign has been exhausting. you put the hard work in over the last two years to get to this moment. it has been intense. it has been nonstop. but i am asking you to give everything you

senate seat, kelly loeffler, against raphael warnock. numbers are expected to lean toward warnock. 54.3% over 45.7% is how it stands right now. let's get to some breaking news this evening. we are awaiting a news conference with the fulton county board of elections that will stream here on this website. the county come accounting a -- coming under a lot of scrutiny -- the county, coming under a lot of scrutiny lately. we will bring you information as soon as it gets underway. >> right now, let's bring in audrey washington, starting our coverage at the georgia world coverage center come accounting -- center, where they are counting ballots. reporter: i want you to take a close look. you see that area over there? that is were election workers are collecting those absentee and mail-in ballots. today's votes are not being counted at this facility. let me walk you through it. the back overe in there, where signature verifications are being done. they are then moved to the center table, where they are opened, separated, and stacked up. then the

nbc news projects that democrat raphael warnock is the winner of the special election against incumbentublican senator kelly loeffler. warnock leads by 53,000 votes, roughly 1 percentage point. and his win gives democrats at least one net gain in the senate. the reverend at martin luther king ebenezer church makes history as the state's first african-american senator. >> may my story be inspiration to some young person trying to grasp and grab hold of the american dream. so, georgia, i am honored by the faith you have shown in me. and i promise you this tonight, i am going to the senate to work for all of georgia. >> meanwhile in georgia's other nail-biter of a race, democrat jon ossoff leads republican david perdue by more than 16,000 votes, both campaigns still claiming they'll ultimately be victorious. in a statement released early this morning, ossoff's campaign says in part, quote, when all the votes are counted we fully expect that jon ossoff will have won this election to represent georgia in the united states senates. thousands of ballots are still being counted in georgia's dek

also democratic challenger raphael warnock has won a hotly contested u.s. senate runoff in georgia over republican incumbent kelly loffler in the other race democratic john asaf holds a slim lead but that race is still too close to call the outcome will decide the balance of power in congress. let's get more on the story what caused by alan fischer who's following about this for us from atlanta and it does seem that the democrats are one step closer to their long term goals. exactly raphael warnock has had a slight lead over john or softs vote total for a lot part of this evening he was set only on course to win declared victory probably just about 90 minutes ago before it was actually official still still a number of votes to count kelly loffler repeating a phrase that we've had a lot recently saying that she was still going to stay in the race until every legal vote was counted and still believes she had a path to victory but in the end it's clear that she doesn't and a number of organizations know coaling the race for raphael warnock he becomes only the

raphael warnock did speak from his home. he said tonight that it proved with hope, hard work and people by his side that anything is possible. >> georgians flocked to the polls on tuesday. >> you can't complain if you don't vote. >> two elections that could shift the balance of power. >> god gave us a voice to be heard. >> cbs projects raphael warnock has beaten kelly loeffler thanks to strong support for black and young voters. >> i am going to the senate to work for all georgia. >> it is worth it for this election to last into tomorrow. we are going to make sure every vote is counted. >> the other race between david purdue and democrat jon ossoff is still in the air. most of the remaining balance come from areas that favor democrats. if both democrats win, it gives joe biden a unified congress making his leg slative agenda likely to pass. >> ossoff would become georgia's first jewish senator. warnock would be the first black senator. >> the historic moment that led me to this play could only happen here. >> now ossoff is a

raphael warnock edges ahead of the republican incumbent in one of the two senate runoffs. both a little too close to call. equities fluctuate. boris johnson says one person in every 50 in england has covid-19 as chancellor merkel tightens germany's lockdown to contain the outbreak. hong kong authorities arrest another 50 people in the national security law's biggest week. the incoming u.s. secretary of state denounces the move. london,e 6:00 a.m. in 7:00 a.m. in paris. i was torn between oil ripping it up and the bond market, but the bond market -- the meat-eating bond traders have made the decision above 0.1%. i know you like a breakeven these days. jp morgan is positioning the shortest since 2019. it will hang on georgia. anne-marie: it certainly does. if the democrats are able to pull off these seeds, it's going to meet a flood of stimulus. i would say the oil price moving higher of course also tracks what we are seeing in breakevens. morning?we trade this relatively flat across the asian equities. s&p 500 futures extending lower more than 0.5%. the dollar unchanged at

jon ossoff and raphael warnock. >> 2020 is not really over until we get to the end of tuesday january and elect the united states senate of savannah raphael warnock and a son of georgia jon ossoff to the united states senate. >> with david perdue remaining in quarantines after close contact with an infected staffer despite three negative covid-19 test, kelly loeffler and friends on the trail trying to raise name idea as a presidential with ron themselves like kristi noem the south dakota governor and republican closing argument is really heavy on ideology hoping to convince georgia voters at the democratic-controlled senate would mean a shift to socialism. >> you know why, this battleground might be here in georgia but the nation is depending on us, where the firewall of stopping socialism and we know that because we heard chuck schumer say we picked georgia and we change america. >> traveling with the vice president elect says they are motorcade into the airport right now, her remarks today were heavily -- very gracious to georgia voters for turning georgia blue for the first time in

[horns honking] and in just a few days, she can call me senator raphael warnock.am running for the senate. it is a continuation of my life's work. i was talking about healthcare before i was running. and when georgia refused to expand medicaid in the state, i went to the governor's office and i said mr. governor you must expand medicaid. i know the activist organizations it and demonstration in the governor's office in the capitol police came and they said you've got to get out of the way are we will have to arrest you. but they did not understand i already been arrested. my mind and my imagination had been arrested had been captivated by this idea that if my and uncovered and unprotected rights of the carted us away that day. i wasn't mad with the capital police they were doing their job i was doing my job. and then into thousand 17 when they are giving to trillion dollar giveaway to the riches of the rich i went again to the u.s. capital because i had not been elected a u.s. senator yet, i made my argument in the rotunda of the capital. can the capital police ca

reverend raphael warnock becomes the state's first black senator. the second race in the state is still too close to call but one candidate already declaring himself a winner. >> yes, reggie. lots of developments this morning. we are just going to look at the latest numbers right now starting with the race that is too close to call. democrat jon ossoff maintaining a slim lead over republican senator david perdue. earlier this morning, jon ossoff livestreamed these remarks declaring himself the winner. >> good morning, it's with humility that i thank the people of georgia for electing me to serve you in the united states senate. >> the other race making history, reverend raphael warnock beating incumbent kelly loeffler to make history becoming the first black democratic senator from a formerly confederate state. this morning he is on "good morning america" talking about what this win means for the state. >> this is the reversal of the old southern strategy that sought to divide people in this moment we have to bring people together in order to do the

well this is a historic day when we talk about the when of reverend raphael warnock he becomes the state's 1st democratic senator in 20 years the state's 1st black senator and only the 11th black senator in u.s. history i'm standing in front of the ebenezer baptist church it's the spiritual home of dr martin luther king a civil rights icon here in the u.s. and it is a place where reverend warnock and senator elect warnock is a senior pastor he says he will continue to preach here even though he's been elected senator with regard to democratic senate candidate john i guess he has claimed victory it is not official at last count he was leading the incumbent david perdue by about $16000.00 votes it appears that there are thousands of votes left to be counted in dekalb county that's part of the atlanta metro area and it is a democratic heavy area a standard or former senator produce his term ended released a statement earlier this morning saying that he believed he would be victorious and that his campaign would exhaust every resource and legal measure necessary to ensure all votes have been c

amy: so that is the senator-elect reverend raphael warnock. salon reported senator kelly loeffler's as against him last ad thate ran a facebook artificially darkened rev. warnock's face. they had one that did not darken it, but they boosted the ad that did darkened it. rev. warnock of african-american. and you have jon ossoff, who senator perdue in his ads ossoff artificially lengthen his nose, calling it an adjustment act to point out he's jewish. if you can talk first about warnock and who he is -- you did a profile among other places in harper's bazaar, the significance of what he has represented over the years -- grew up in public housing, first to graduate from his family, 11 of 12 kids come his mom picked cotton and then she voted yesterday to pick the next senator from georgia. jon ossoff, who does seem to be leading by 16,000 votes, well more than biden won by in georgia? >> yeah, rev. warnock has been summoned, like i said earlier, has been a community in organizing spaces alongside folks. when i wrote the piece for harper's bazaar, r

i am raphael warnock. if you like me to senate, i will wake up every day guided by the values of hard work, passion instilled in me by my parents and inspired by the works of dr. king, who said that life's most urgent question is what are you doing for others. even in these crazy times, i think it is possible to work together to improve the lives of georgians, all georgians. that is exactly what i will do in washington. i approve this message and humbly ask for your vote. the: a couple adds their in leffler-warnock race. -- loeffler-warnock race. we spent the first hour talking about the georgia senate runoff race is happening today. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001, republicans. georgians, that line is (202) 748-8003. roy, on ourda, democrats line. caller: how are you enjoying this morning? host: great, thank you. caller: i think these runoffs are very important. i think it is going to show the balance of the senate. i think the democrats can do it. i will tell you why we need to change. repub

as agents of change, radical liberal raphael warnock is my opponent.has someone that would fundamentally change this country, his values are out of step with georgia. >> bret: we are going to talk about that in a minute. are you worried about republican turnout because of the current ongoing challenge to the election? >> senator loeffler: well, look, republicans, democrats, everyone, they need to know that we can trust this process that we are working hard to make sure that this is a fair, trusted election. we have 8,000 poll watchers, but from what i've seen as i've crisscrossed the state nonstop over the last nine weeks, georgians are fired up to vote weeks he met an early voting. 3 million votes, shattering records for previous runoffs and we know that on tuesday, just two days away here, we are going to see a record turnout for this runoff election and i'm confident that we will win if our voters turnout. >> bret: this weekend senator ted cruz campaigned for you. he and ten other republican senators and senators-elect say they will join senator jos

senate preference raphael warnock wins his race unseated his republican rival georgia's other runoff has also shifted in the democrats favor a consummate needs to win both seats to gain a majority in the senate and help advance president elect joe biden's agenda also coming up. the e.u. greenlights the modern of art scene against covert 90 less hope groups 2nd weapon against the disease will be a shot in the arm for the dogs slow moving vaccination drive. and a fresh crackdown on dissent in hong kong police arrest dozens of pro-democracy activists and former lawmakers this week is the biggest operation yet under the territory tough new security law. and pressure is growing to remove the roots asked co-hosts of the ice hockey world championships later this year with an ongoing crackdown on protesters in the country critics believe the tournament would boost the image of long time president alexander lukashenko. thanks for joining us we start in the u.s. state of georgia where media are projecting a democratic win in the 1st of 2 closely watched senate runoff elections the races have.

the question, how big is that lead, that margin going to get for raphael warnock? you mentioned, a key step for jon ossoff taken a moment ago. our characterization, decision desk characterization of this race no longer just too close to call, too close to call but ossoff is leading in the vote count here obviously better than 16,000 votes. his margin over david perdue and a matter of this. where do we know the remaining vote is? not a lot of vote left. where is there remaining vote? one place is in fulton county. biggest county in the state. atlanta, immediate, atlanta area there, 7,500. 7,500 mail ballots going to be released from fulton county, we think, this afternoon. mail ballots in fulton county. vote by mail in a big democratic county. i think you can expect that to be a heavily democratic vote. so there's an opportunity there when those mail ballots come in from fulton county. that 16,000-vote lead ossoff has now i think will likely grow when you get those votes in. our decision desk also believes there are a couple of thousand, maybe about 3,000 mail ballo

to work for all of georgia a historic victory in the georgia runoff democrat who raphael warnock has declared the winner becoming the u.s. state's 1st black senator. so when you watch al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up hong kong police arrest dozens of pro-democracy activists and former politicians accusing them of trying to overthrow the city's government. and in a rare admission north korean leader kim jong un acknowledges that his economic policies have failed and says the country has learned in full lessons also. but is weightless words in its new parliament which seize control of the national assembly return to the ruling party and leaves the opposition out in the cold. to the program we start in the united states where democrats are close to taking control of the entire federal government and one of the senate runoff said the state of georgia democrats raphael warnock has beaten republican incumbent kelly loffler and in the other race the democratic challenger has a slim lead elevation has more from atlanta. the results so close the stakes so high but f

senate runoff in georgia democrat raphael warnock has declared the winner becoming the state's 1st black senator. boxer hall raman you're watching avs are life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes hong kong police arrest dozens of pro-democracy activists and former politicians accusing them of trying to overthrow the city's government. also a rare admission north korean leader kim jong un acknowledges that his economic policies failed and says the country has learned painful lessons also. that is where this was in its new parliament which seized control of the national assembly returned to the ruling party and leads the opposition out in the cold. into the program we begin with breaking news coming out of the us where democrats are close to winning full control of the federal government in a closely fought runoff race in georgia democrat raphael warnock has won a senate seat beating the incumbent senator kelly last he's making history by becoming the 1st black senator from the state. senate to work for all of georgia. no matter who you care sure go for in this el

if both democrats raphael warnock and jon ossoff when, their party will control the house, the senatend the white house. if either republican kelly loeffler or david perdue is reelected, mitch mcconnell would retain control and be able to block much of the biden administration agenda. a record 3 million georgians have already cast their votes and the crucial races. meantime president trump continues to cast doubt on the legitimacy of george's election system. after losing the state to joe biden. in a moment we will speak with one of the republican candidates incumbent senator kelly loeffler. first to peter doocy and savannah with the closing arguments on the campaign trail. >> early voting data shows republicans will need a strong showing north of atlanta, that is where president trump is going tomorrow, democrats will try to run in atlanta, that is where joe biden is going, first kamala harris here in savannah. >> now georgia has opportunity to define the next chapter in american history. >> republican candidates agree but for different reasons. >> were going to show america that geo

nbc news projects that raphael warnock is going to win his runoff election to become the first black i am honored by the faith you have shown in me. >> this morning, reverend warnock joins us live as control of the united states senate comes down now to one final battle. democrat jon ossoff leading at this hour in a race too close to call. we're live in georgia next.

not going to have a gefinitive winner this evening in the other race, the democratic challenger raphael warnock is seeing his lead dwindle just as asaf is these 2 races are really mirroring each other almost to the percentage point with republican incumbent. kelly leffler chipping away at warnock's lead will continue to keep you posted on where this trends throughout the hour. by switching gears here for a moment and developing news a deadly covid outbreak at san jose's kaiser hospital that may have involved a christmas costume. >>turns out it even more widespread than first thought and we know covid is wildly contagious. but this is amazing kron four's rob fladeboe reports now the kaiser officials are now confirming several new cases of covid bringing the total number of people infected in the e r to 60. >>what was initially characterized as a significant outbreak of covid-19 here at kaiser permanente san jose medical center is indeed just that initially there were 44 staff member said to have contracted the virus now the number is up to 60 in a statement this afternoon. kaiser said that quote

raphael warnock now senator elect. he will join us.e defeated kelley loeffler in their senate runoff. >>> we will have the latest on the other race, a race that will decide which party controls the senate. >>> also some republicans plan to object today when congress reads the college count. it's supposed to financial eyes joe biden's win. we will talk about how the process which usually takes minutes, may go on for hours. >>> and bianca be the first black woman to be a coach an a basketball team. why her hiring should be inspiring for other women of color hoping to follow their dreams in sports or otherwise. >> all right. that inspiration should be far reaching. thank you. we will see you at seven. >>> some safeway drivers about to be given their pink slips. they are being replaced with door dash workersm. claim it's because of proposition 22. door dash said that the partnership was in place before proposition 22 passed. safeway added that the move was made for the sake of being efficient. we reached out to them for comment ourselves.

jon ossoff and raphael warnock.] president trump: i think jon ossoff was running against a fine woman. he was at 57, we drove him down to 49 it and then there a runoff. she end up winning. now i have to beat him a second time. this will be hopefully easy. when you know what he stands for, when you know what raphael warnock stands for, it really should be easy. cast deciding votes to rubberstamp the agenda of aoc and bernie sanders. crazy bernie, stacey abrams. what's with this stacey abrams. [booing] president trump: your governor and your secretary of state, they are petrified of stacey abrams. what's that all about? did you see this consent decree they signed, with signature verification, you can forget about it. what they have done to your state, i think people have no idea what they have done to your state. that consent degree -- decree of these two people. they say they are republicans, i really don't think they are. if we want to have a special session, why wouldn't they let us have a special session? if they

it just reached the point where there's no conceivable way kelly loeffler will catch raphael warnock and warnock will be clear. we can show you on the statewide result, will be clear of it looks like the recall -- i say recall. recount. if you are within half a s poin statewide there could be a recount. it is now up to a full point.nt there are still votes left to be counted, reported out in dekalb county, maybe coming overnight. any votes that comee out of dekalb county still -- and there's more than 10,000 of them, are only going to pad warnock's lead over loeffler. also in theve other race you mentioned, it vaulted -- that update from dekalb county it vaulted jon ossoff ahead of davidos perdue, now 3,560 vote lead for ossoff over perdue. this is where it gets critical. we know warnock has won the first race, the only question is the margin. what about thisis one? where is this race going from here? ossoff finally has f the lead. again, dekalb county, probably about 12,000 votes left to come in dekalb county. we are expecting them to be probably like we just saw, probably something

there, o'donnell has the largest lead among the republicans, perdue has a small lead, behind raphael warnockthese larger counties will have big sways of votes that come m, big sways of votes that come in, that came in today, so keep that in mind as you are looking, we are expecting to come out. our north american correspondent has been checking the results are us are us through the night. republicans have set up an in—person victory party here in atla nta in—person victory party here in atlanta in case they win the night, while democrats are planning a virtual celebration, but we might not know the winner, at least certainly not tonight. it might go into tomorrow morning, possibly later. this will all come down to turnout, and we won't know the final two numbers until at least 1pm eastern, just after 6pm gmt when counties are required to report how many people actually turned up to vote on day to determine how many outstanding votes are still out there, so it will be quite a while. this was always going to be a close race, but with the early numbers in the races tightening and there are rate

the ap calling that race for raphael warnock. they have seen enough. fox news has not yet called that race and obviously the other race between perdue and ossoff, too close to call, so a lot of changes coming at this very late hour, 2:00 in the morning in georgia. reporting live, greg lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> we'll continue to watch it, thank you. >>> now to washington, d.c., where protesters are gathering ahead of tomorrow's electoral college certification vote. president trump is pressuring vice president pence to try to block congress from approving joe biden's victory, over unfounded claims of fraud. according to the new york times, pence told the president today that he does not have the power, under the constitution, to take that step. but if a house member or a senator object, as expected, it will trigger debate. >> dismissing these claims i think does real violence to our democratic system. we ought to have a serious, fair process and tribunal to consider these claims, consider them quickly. >> the challenges could turn a process that usually

nbc news projects that democrat raphael warnock is the winner of the special election against incumbents, or roughly one percentage point. his win gives democrats at least one net gain in the senate. war kna warnock mayes history as the state's first african american senator. meanwhile, in georgia's other nail-biter race, jon ossoff leads republican david perdue by 16,000 votes. thousands of absentee ballots are being counted in atlanta's dekalb and fulton counties, which continue throughout the day. that county will continue throughout the day. the outstanding results are expected to lean majority democratic. >> and, willie, david perdue can say he expects to win this race, but if he does, and if he seriously believes that, he is in an increasingly shrinking minority. you look at the numbers. look where those votes are coming from. chances are good that ossoff is going to win this race fairly comfortably, maybe even close to a one percentage point spread himself. >> sorry. was that to me? yeah, we have steve kornacki coming over in a second. if they get outside that 0.5% spread, that w

against a hardg left extremist named raphael warnock.he is the most radical and dangerous left-wing candidate ever to seek this office, and certainly in the state of georgia, and he does not have your values. raphael warnock is declared to publicly support the socialists anyone's welcomed the communist .idel castro he liked him, he thought he was a nice guy. can serve both god and the military. that's against thousands of patriotic service members across the state of georgia. he wants to abolish cash bail. you see how that's working in new york city. he has called for opening up the ours and he slandered police officers gangsters, thugs and bullies. the voters of georgia could not be more clear. warnockff and raphael are fringe extremists who would wreck everything georgia patriots hold dear to their hearts. purdueeffler and david share your values. they share your values like nobody shares your values. i can tell you, they share your values. they want to defend your interests, and they will always put america first, did you see the othe

deserve me said robin a reminder of our top stories democratic challenger raphael warnock has won a hotly contested u.s. senate runoff in georgia where he beat republican incumbent kelly loffler in the other instead of qatar also falls a slim lead over david perdue but that race is still too close to call the outcome will decide the balance of power in congress alan fischer has more from atlanta in georgia raphael warnock has had a slight lead over john or soft vote total for a large part of this evening he was certainly on course to win declared victory but probably just about 90 minutes ago before it was actually official is still still a number of votes to count kelly loffler repeating a phrase that we've heard a lot recently saying she was still going to stay in the race until every legal vote was counted and still believes you know the path to victory but in the end it's clear that she doesn't and a number of organizations no calling the race for raphael warnock hong kong police arrested 53 pro-democracy politicians that activists are accuse of subverting state power it's the biggest

it's from one of raphael warnock's sermons a few years ago.s you listen to what we are about to play, try to imagine a context in which this would be okay to express in church. listen. >> if it is true that a man who has dominated the news and poisoned the discussion for months needs to repent, then it is doubly true that a nation that can produce such a man and make his vitriol go viral needs to repent. america needs to repent for its worship of whiteness! >> tucker: oh, america needs to repent for its worship of whiteness. okay. with that time, so let us know when you discover the missing context here. oh. it's not hiding somewhere in the video, we just showed you the relevant parts of the video. raphael warnock doesn't say "just kidding" after his racist scree, with cnn means when he says they are admitting context is that we don't fully agree with their preferred candidate, who was raphael warnock. we are not telling you that yes america needs to repent for its worship of whiteness. we are appalled anyone would say that while wearing some

it's reached the point there's no conceivable way that kelly loeffler is going to watch raphael warnockalso warnock it is going to be clear of that re-call, recount. it's up to a full point. there are still votes left to be counted. reported out in dekalb county may be coming overnight. any votes over dekalb county are only going to pad warnock's lead over loeffler. and it vaulted that in dekalb county for jon ossoff over perdue. and this is where it gets critical. we know warnock has won the first race. the only question is the margin. what about this here. ossoff finally has the lead. again, dekalb county probably about 12,000 votes left to come in dekalb county. we expect them like we saw, probably about 90% democratic. it's a reasonable expectation when call of the vote comes in from dekalb county, again that may be happening sometime in the overnight hours, that margin from the vote in dekalb county can climb over 10,000 votes sta statewide. maybe 12,000 votes. there's dekalb here and fulton. this is atlanta. atlanta area, this is the biggest county in the state. they have all of t

biden's team reportedly steered about $18 million towards jon ossoff and raphael warnock's election bidsden's team also using his campaign mailing list to solicit donations along with robocalls going out across the state today. not only would it clear an easier path for biden's legislative initiative, but there's some thug he's waiting on the results to decide his pick for attorney general. biden has denied that is the case. some key allies are lobbying for doug jones, saying jones could garner more bipartisan support than former deputy a.g. sally yates, and some democrats are concerned if biden picks merrick garland, republicans could brock him if the -- block him. biden's team is brushing off news that republican senators will reject the electoral college vote. while senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has acknowledged biden as president-elect, either trying to overturn the election or defy president trump, 11 have policemenned to do so. pledged to do so. >> this is merely a formality. it is certainly should be treated as such by people who are covering it, and regardless of whoever

reverend raphael warnock will be the first black senator in the state's history. this morning, democrats one step closer to taking control of the u.s. senate. abc news now projects democratic challenger reverend raphael warnock will defeat republican incumbent senator kelly loeffler in one of georgia's runoff races. >> and every day i'm in the united states senate, i will fight for you. >> reporter: warnock is a prominent black preacher at ebenezer baptist church in atlanta, a pulpit that once belonged to dr. martin luther king jr. in a victory speech warnock acknowledged his historic role as georgia's first black elected senator. >> i come before you tonight as a man who knows that the improbable journey that led me to this place in this historic moment in america could only happen here. >> reporter: but his opponent, a staunch ally of president trump, is not giving in. >> we have a path to victory and we're staying on it. that's right. >> reporter: the other race between democrat jon ossoff and republican david perdue remains too close to call separated by just

georgia and here's where the huge a senate runoff races stand right now the democratic challenger raphael warnock with more than 55% of the vote. 2 republican incumbent kelly left lawyers, 44% of the vote and then the other big about the same you have a democratic challenger jon ossoff who has a roughly the same percentage lead over the republican incumbent. david perdue there, however, only about 13% of precincts are reporting and a lot of the counties that. have dumped all their vote if you will or democratic leaning so expect these numbers certainly to get much much closer. >>meantime a a showdown is expected tomorrow during a joint session of congress that as president trump continues to fight the outcome of the presidential election. a group of republican lawmakers are supporting his claims are catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics is here with more now catherine yeah, a grant and vicki it is of course extremely rare that anybody seriously challenges the outcome of an election at least here in the united states. >>but what would ordinarily be a formality tomorrow congress certify

now both raphael warnock and loeffler addressed supporters. raphael warnock declared victory. loeffler has not conceded but in perdue can win the other race republicans will remain in control of the senate. if democrats win both seats, 50/50 tie with the vice president as the tie breaking vote. we will watch that but i want to show you a live picture in washington dc. this is the stage that has been set for thousands of people that have come for the president -- to support president trump basically. protesting the election results in a joint session of congress. they have some local officials and law enforcement bracing for potential violent street clashes and the president is expected to address them later on this morning. we will watch that and in the meantime we have more on what they are coming to protest. what is normally a very chill process of counting the votes. >> we will take another look at the nation's capitol where it is shaping up to be a very contentious day. dozens say they will contest the results of the to 20 election. more than a dozen gop senators and rough

reverend raphael warnock becomes georgia's first black senator. the second race is still too close to call. that's not stopping one candidate from declaring himself the winner. >>> check your lottery tickets. somebody won $2 million last night and a massive amount on the line again tonight. welcome to wednesday, january 6th. >> before we get to those stories, we want to check in with mike nicco and a look at our forecast for today. >> thank you for joining us on this wednesday. a wet day across the north bay where we have a 1 light on the storm impact scale. the storms will rapidly weaken as they try to cross the bay bridge and head south. little to no rain in the south bay. right now the storm is stuck up in the northwest corner of the state. it looks impressive. moderate rain there. as we look at it, it is slowly creeping over the last hour to the south. our day planner, fog is an issue this morning. not nearly as widespread as yesterday. it's out there. temperatures are cooler. showers in the north bay at noon and then they rapidly weaken and f

tonight, democrats raphael warnock and jon ossoff hoping to unseat

runoff, the special election to finish the remaining two year term between kelly loeffler and raphael warnock. warnock leading, just 23% reporting. we will keep our eyes on the numbers along with the rest of the country. >> if we do not votes we won't just lose the election, we will lose the country. >> the eyes of the nation are here. georgia is on everybody's mind. we are concerned about these issues impacting the entire country. >> reporter: kelly loeffler enter democratic challenger made a final push for votes this morning encapsulated why george is again the center of the political world. two runoffs will decide the balance of power in the senate. >> what is at stake is we want to hold the line against the radical socialist agenda. also to protect what we accomplished . >> reporter: he's overturning election results. we need economic relief for the people. we need to pass $2000 stimulus checks for the people. we need to surge vaccine distribution . >> reporter: jon ossoff is talking about president trump. despite becoming the first republican toulouse georgia since 1992 has become a focu

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