closer to retaining the senate majority, north carolina democrat cow cunningham concedes to senator tom tillishe hardest thought and most expensive races of the year. senator tillis beating cunningham by just under two percentage points, tillis releasing a statement saying i'm incredibly humbled by the chance to serve the people of north carolina in the united states senate for six more years and i pledge to continue keeping my promises and delivering results. north carolina race tipping the balance of power in republicans favor, 39-48. but still two key races set for a runoff in georgia that could determine the senate balance of power. perdue and leffler versus democrats rafael warner. mike pence expected in georgia to give the senators a push. stacy abrams has already raised $6 million for the dems. minority leader chuck schumer hitting on them for calling on the secretary of state to resign. >> they allege the secretary of state did not deliver honest and transparent elections, stunning charge in the united states of america. the kind of thing you hear about in banana republics and dishones

i have a statement from tom tillis' office, let me read this. ays and i'm quoting now, cala cunningham offered his concession and a -- he continued, i know my job is fighting for the jobs of hardworking people defeating covid and i'm confident we can all come together. so there is one outstanding senate race. gentlemen, you can rejoin the conversation now. a lot of mail-in ballots coming in late and we are waiting on a call with more information from alaska. 49-48, it could possibly end will likely go to 50-48 and then we will see what happens in georgia come the fifth of jamie. >> that's exactly right. obviously north carina, this is important because sales of electoral votes will go to the president. then we have is to all-important incumbent senators in the state of georgia with the beginning of a recount in the state of georgia. there's a lot of political activity in the state of georgia and i can tell you something about republicans and trump supporter's generally, they feel like they got a raw deal on election day. they are fired up like i'

with tom tillis attacking cal cunningham for lack of media experiences and backing tom tillis on healthcaref headlines because cal cunningham apologize for a 6ing scandal, tested positive for covid-19 last month, alabama is one race that republicans expect to flip in their favor, former arbor and football coaches a big -- alabama solid pro trump country. a lot of races to watch, it is anybody's guess what's going to happen. mitch mcconnell doesn't even know what's going to happen. he gave democrats a 50-50 shot at gaining control of the senate. we have to wait and see on always friends. >> thank you for your senate analysis and we will be right back. dolph lundgren, you've got a one-sixty i.q., a master's in chemical engineering and you're technically a genius... and it appears you're quite the investor. i like to trade. well, td ameritrade has pros ready if you need help, say talking through a new strategy... ... just in case things, you know, get a little rocky? i'm sorry on the upside i think that's waterproof. maybe not... ♪ todd: dc metro police bracing for unrest as an unscalable fenc

are still being counted in north carolina wherein come bent tom tillis leads and a lot of ballots need to be completed in alaska. we continue to bring you results here on c-span. arly today president-elect joe biden spoke about covid-19 and a possible future vaccine. goals of his he coronavirus advisory board and he called on all americans to mask. delaware, this , is about 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. as i said on saturday, i'm humbled by the trust and confidence that the american placed in me and vice-president elect harris. and we're ready to get to work the needs of the american people. today, that work begins. it starts with doing everything possible to get the covid-19 under control. that we can reopen our usinesses safely and sustainably, resume our lives us put this pandemic behind and we just received positive news in this fight, that there toward a rogress made successful vaccine. the the expectation is, f.d.a. will run a process of rigorous reviews and approvals. must also be grounded in science and fully ransparent so the american people can have every confidenc

it looks like tom tillis is leading by 95,000. what is interesting, before the election was called, i was right here, in front of the board of elections, and this is where state republicans came out bold. this is a state that will go donald trump's way. when i talked to the people supporters of the president here, i said, if the election is called, will you believe the results. this was hours before the election was called. >> the president has asked certain states to continue counting, other states to stop counting, do you think people should continue counting the votes? >> it depends where the votes come from. >> my god. >> there are a lot of as far as legality goes. >> we are trying to get biden in as president. all the ballots coming in at midnight from china. >> we are seeing tight races in states across the country. will you have faith in those results? >> not necessarily, no. >> so, a lot of skepticism there, among those trump supporters. to keep things in context, we have been talking to political experts on the ground. ev

click or call for a quote today >> reporter: republicans gaining another seat in the senate as tom tillisorth carolina. all lies on georgia were two runoff races will decide the balance of power. >> reporter: republicans, closer to a senate majority, how cunningham concedes to tom tillis as one of the most expensive races of the year. it is just under 2 percentage points. allies turned to georgia where two key runoff races determine the senate balance of power, david perdue and kelly leffler versus democrat, mike pence expected it in georgia next week to give republicans a push. the georgia secretary of state to redesign claiming elections were not honest. chuck schumer bit back up that claim. >> they alleged the secretary of state did not deliver honest and transparent elections. that is a stunning charge. the kind of thing you hear about in banana republic's and dishonest elections. >> along with alaska and north carolina. >> to react to the state of the races in georgia, jeremy hunt, thank you for your service. >> good morning. >> in runoff, the balance of power, resting on this. these

it is inside of two points, we have not called that senate race for tom tillis though he believes he is a winner. we have wisconsin, get a look at what is going on in wisconsin which has been surprising, the president spent a ton of time in wisconsin, none of the polls leading up to last night showed the president ahead by anywhere near this margin in wisconsin, 92% of the vote in and it is interesting to see how i these levels are in the states because it's not as if we are waiting for an extraordinary amount. we have nevada and michigan which we talked about tonight as well but the president laid down the gauntlet and we will see the ramifications over the next days and potentially longer. >> the former vice president gives his statement and says hang in, count every vote and right after that the tweet came out the president is going to make comments and he did and said he frankly thinks he won the election but also added this. >> for good this nation this is a very big moment, this is a major fraud in our nation, we want the law to be used in a proper manner so we will be going to

. >> bret: a lot of focus now on those georgia runoffs and potentially if it all adds up, tom tillisorth carolina, dan sullivan and alaska, looks like those two races could be the control of the u.s. senate with a tie then going to vice president harris. what do you tell people about that and concerned about that considering all we've heard about the progressive agenda? >> well, there's a lot of people that are concerned, a lot of fear tactics being used right now. if both of the georgia senators were elected in the democratic party, then that would be 50/50 with both dan sullivan and tom tillis winning. 50/50 means there's a tie but if one senator does not vote on the democratic side, there is no try and there is no bill, so i commit to tonight and i commit to all of your viewers an end everyone else that's watching, i want to lay those fears, i want to rest those fears for you right now because when they talk about whether the pack in the courts or ending the filibuster, i will not vote to do that. i will not vote to affect the courts. and i will not vote to end the filibuster. bre

in north carolina, tom tillis had one of the most talked about re-election campaigns in the state. ads kyle cunningham by two points. that race has not been called. tillis is in a good spot. this is georgia. the one to watch. this could -- this race could determine in the near term the balance of power in the u.s. congress. david purdue has to hang on to 50.0% for the republican to keep his seat. if he doesn't do that, he will have a run-off in january. the second senate race here in georgia has been called. so they will have a run-off in georgia for that seat. so as it stands today, you have a divided washington. alisa slotkin just won in virginia. good afternoon to you. >> michigan. state of michigan. >> what did i say? >> virginia. >> bill: sorry about that. i would never make that mistake again and you'll beat them in football every time. how do you fend off the movement of the far left in the democratic house? do you think? you're pretty center left. how do you do that? >> yeah, i mean, listen, i think the results of the election as we're seeing them is that people want practic

then looking at north carolina, the race between incumbent tom tillis and cal cunningham.y are looking, of course, in arizona one of their best shots to concert a seat for mark kelly over martha mcsal lee. not a certain thing and they are close. that would be the easiest path for the democrats but easy it won't be. >> dave chalain, thanks so much. >>> concerns about election-related violence across the country. stay with us about that. it's an important time to save. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing hotels. and when you get a big deal... ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. (burke)stomer) happy anniversary. ♪ (customer) for what? (burke) every year you're with us, you get fifty dollars toward your home deductible. it's a policy perk for being a farmers customer. (customer) do i have to do anything? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) hmm, that is really something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. see ya. (kid) may i have a bal

tom tillis won relesson. republicans mohr closer to keeping the senate. alaska is the final senate race. right now a republican leads. when the race is settled all eyes will shift to georgia where full control of the senate is up for grabs. >>> president trump continues to dispute the results of the election with his legal team focusing on states where they've made unproven games about fraud. president-elect biden moves forward. obama invited president-elect trump to the white house. in 2020 president trump is said we will win. claiming there's a two track voting system. >> if you voted in person in pennsylvania you were subjected to rigorous standards. if you mailed in a ballot, there were no safeguards. >> critics say the allegations are baseless. >> it's clear there's no pathway for the president to over turn the results and we're threatening the foundations of the democracy. >> after being declared the projected winner joe biden is focusing on combating the coronavirus. he will issue executive orders aimed atre instating daca and repealing the travel

tom tillis won relesson. with to win the republicans move closer to dividing 50/50. when alaska senate race is settled all eyes move to georgia where control of the senate is up for grabs. there will be a runoff election. >>> the supreme court appears to be leaning toward leaving the affordable care act intact. >> reporter: we're going to do everything in our power to ease the power of health care. >> joe biden and kamala harris laid out the plans for the future of the affordable care act. >> this doesn't need to be a partisan issue. it's a human issue. >> the trump add administration has tried to do away with the legislation even taking it to the supreme court. >> the mandate is unconstitutional. it's a command to purchase health insurance. >> even with the majority it appears a couple of the conservative justices may not rule in tossing the rule. >> when the same congress that lowered the penalty to 0 did not try to repeal the rest of the act. >> removing the law would leave 23 million uninsured with no back-up plan in place. >> i think the election made it clear t

how confident are you tom tillis has this thing won? >> tom has a big margin.rms of percentages. i see no reason to expect his votes to change but many of us are very active. there are concerns the president articulated, to articulate suspicions when you see a lot of things, the polling indicating a blowout everywhere including in my race, i won by 11 points, supposed to be a nailbiter, then you see issues of access and weird things going on in the president articulated suspicions. i'm concerned about it. i'm active in north carolina to see to it the vote is counted legally and fairly. jillian: the breaking news we are following an early morning hours what is happening in georgia as you can see on the side of the screen right side of the screen joe biden has taken the lead by a little more than 900 votes. this is not done in georgia. official numbers put out, there are votes to be counted. that is what we know is at this point the president could still come back and take georgia but the fact that it is this close what is your reaction to what is happening in ge

tom tillis continues to hang on to a 2 point lead in that race in the tar heels state. we talked about that with kyle cunningham. in georgia 2 senate races. david perdue needs to keep this above 5.0% and avoids a runoff. hanging on in georgia. why is that important? because the other senate race is headed for a runoff to the fifth of january. laura, over the next 2 months, 60 days, from will not be a race in america that people will give more focus on than that one in georgia. with the balance of power hanging out in the u.s. senate in early january, dan sullivan looks to win in alaska. haven't called it yet but a comfortable margin -- i mispunched here. my apologies. i bet a buck this is the most expensive senate race in the history of american politics. 51-48 after the night tonight favoring republicans. it will be right on the nice edge going into the new year in january. >> laura: bill, you can get that president trump will be down there rallying and campaigning for her. big trump rallies from now through 2022. bill, you were up all night. did you a great job. presi

. >> tom tillis won re-election in the north carolina senate race.s get higher in the two georgia senate races going to a run-off? >> no question. this week would be the stress test on donors. all of the outside groups would say listen, can you pony up more money. look, in the end how much are we going to see spent on the two senate races which would control democrats would control the u.s. senate. we will see an entirely different policy put further by joe biden. look at the number, $200 million. $100 million on each side from now until january 5th. >> my goodness. thank you sir. i appreciate it. hypocrisy on another level. you have to see what fox news had to say when they thought democrats did not concede fast enough in 2018. we will play that back for you. that's next. when we started carvana, they told us that selling cars 100% online wouldn't work. but we went to work. building an experience that lets you shop over 17,000 cars from home. creating a coast to coast network to deliver your car as soon as tomorrow. recruiting an army of customer ad

the democrat conceded to tom tillis in north carolina. two seats tip the balance again toward the republicans. control of the chairman depends on two georgia run offs in early january. both political sides say the stakes could not be higher. here's louisiana senator john kennedy. >> what happens in georgia is going to determine the future of the united states for the next 4 years. you have nothing to worry about if they get control of the united states senate unless you believe in more freedom as opposed to more free stuff. that's what is at stake. it's all hands on deck. the american people are going to get to decide. are we going to live under democracy or socialism? >> harris: lawmakers in 2024 hopefuls are already traveling to georgia to raise money and rally supporters. senator marco rubio is there today and hosted a save our majority rally for gop candidates. here's more. >> rubio campaigning in the atlanta suburban campaigning for both of georgia's republican senators trying to help them hold on to their seats. kelly and david face

susan collins was able to ward off or democratic challenger into north carolina republican senator tom tillis victory but democrat cow cunningham is waiting for every vote to be counted before conceding this race was a win for democrats in michigan as fox news project gary peters will win reelection but republican challenger john james isn't convinced which is campaign accusing local officials of election interference telling fox news there were all kinds of chicanery including battles that came in in the middle of the night. republicans gaining 5 house seats so far shrinking the democrat majority, a situation no one thought possible. >> reporter: every pundit said we would lose 15 to 20 seats. the opposite happened. america is going to be more reflective in congress of the republican party that we have ever had at any given time. >> reporter: one lawmaker who declined to be named told politico the situation in the house is a, quote, dumpster fire for democrats. nancy pelosi writing a letter to colleagues saying while it has been a challenging election all of our candidates made us proud. it

republican tom tillis is ahead by 97,000 votes.ed to the top republican chairman here in north carolina. he said he is confident tillis will win even after the absentee ballots are counted. >> they are working through those. there are no numbers in those count that would preclude us from calling this race. they won't be able to overturn the numbers like that. >> yesterday the democrat in the race cunningham said they were waiting for all of the votes to be counted. stay tuned. >> dana: i will be here. thank you very much. jonathan swan national political correspondent. what do you find most interesting? >> pennsylvania of course. interesting things in arizona and georgia and the trump campaign is fighting for all of these states. but pennsylvania the most important. i am very curious to see whether -- you have a great take before with andy mccarthy talked about the potential legal avenue in pennsylvania. as your guest pointed out it only matters if it's a meaningful number of ballots that can be contested and taken to the supreme c

. >> susan collins hasn't been called but she is ahead and tom tillis called it for himself in northoni ernst won, john cornyn won. lindsey graham, we talked about this, jamie harrison spent $104.1 million to win that election but he did it. lindsey graham won by 12 percentage points. what are your thoughts? >> my thoughts you cannot buy elections. we've seen this, it is not about money. it is about message and what the american people want. bloomberg spent $100 billion in florida. look what happened in florida and his racing general. the truth is you have to have a message that resonates with voters, represent what is most important to him, and something will resonate with them. >> you know how these southern states work. don't tell us what south carolina didn't really want. did that hurt him getting money from other states? >> i think it did hurt him. i was in south carolina before this and talking to a lot of south koreans who did not want to see this, they want to make their own decisions like they always have and that is true across many states but democrats are not just interes

cal cunningham has been challenging tom tillis -- thomll s. a squeake look at where -- look at how the in georgia, if you break it down, u saw red dots at the. bott look at north carolina, most of these counties have .d and blue do what democrats have done is outpaced republicans by huge margins. and we see this around the country. we are waiting for some of the final votes to come in. 93% of the expected votes to these are the three races that will determine who wl control the senate. reporter: profound implications. and two days later, we are still waiting for someal house. the vast majority though have been called. reporter: this is what has been called so far to it does not the white dots -- 37 house seats are still to be determined thate crats are facing a loss of somewhere between 10-15 -- they have a majority of 17 seats right now. democrats, speaker nancy pelosi is facing a small margin for her democrats. my reportinge says ths a contentious call him on democrats today. and in talking with democrats, a they say they lost ow issues incl

we can probably expect the same line will be taken by north carolina republican senator tom tillis whoter his democratic opponent conceded. so far calls to move on and accept the race have come from just a handful of elected republicans, most including the parties top leaders continuing to go along with if not outright endorse the president's baseless claims of voter fraud. mitch mcconnell said today republican hesitance to accept the result was neither unusual nor alarming while at the same time suggesting republicans will not likely recognize biden's victory until the electoral college meet next month, december 13th. the number four republican in the senate today went further suggesting trump may have actually won the election. >> the president wasn't defeated by huge numbers. in fact, he may not have been defeated at all. some anonymous gop officials continue to insist officials are humoring the president and republicans tight embrace of trump is driven not by fear but of need by his supporters in the two upcoming georgia runoff contests. chris coons admitted some republican colleag

down, it is very tight, very interesting too, 48 democrat, 48 republican, north carolina tonight, tom tillis continues to hang onto it too point lead in that race in the tar heel state, how much we talked about that with cal cunningham. in georgia we have two senate races, here's one of them. david purdue needs to keep this above 50.0% and avoid a runoff. at the moment he's hanging on with 2 tenths of a vote in georgia. that is important because the other senate race for sure is headed for runoff on the fifth of january. over the next 2 months, 60 days there will not be a race in america that people will give more focus on than that one in georgia. i venture to guess with the balance of power hanging out in the u.s. senate early january dan sullivan looks to be a winner in alaska, haven't called it yet that he has a comfortable margin in alaska but -- i miss plunged here, my apologies, this one, i you right now a buck it is the most expensive senate race in the history of american politics because you will be 51-48 after the night tonight so it's going to be right on that night's edge going

the tom tillis seat was decided today. everybody will be looking at georgia.s said this on the late show with stephen colbert. it is about saving the marcus, mitch mcconnell is not a good leader, not a good man and we cannot withstand four more years of blocking and denying the needs of americans which how to those two races go down? >> stacy abrams, lies, lies, lies. leader mcconnell has been detected should in terms of making sure the senate operates appropriately. he's been a lot of republicans -- the interesting thing, this georgia race, the polls are almost split when it comes to the two candidates and will sign up very soon and considering that this particular democratic nominee relied on black support, support from young folks, that support usually drops down when it comes to non-presidential races. that will be an interesting dilemma not to mention the fact republicans are very concerned especially with widespread claims of voter irregularities in the presidential race, there's no way for the republican voter in the state of georgia isn't going to come

. >> north carolina was seen as a possible pickup for incumbent tom tillis facing kal cunningham.claimed victory but we await the final call. in georgia, one seat is going to a january runoff. kelly loeffler will face democrat rafael warnock. as for the house late night last night, speaker nancy pelosi's about holding them and will make a majority but there were upsets and it certainly wasn't easy. >> i'm here just to sing the praises of our house democrats and our candidates. not just in terms of numbers. not just about the quantity, it's about the quality of leadership that they provide for our country. >> this afternoon house g.o.p. leader kevin mccarthy said voters rejected socialism and chose freedom. >> as our numbers continue to grow, i think at the end of the day no matter where we end up, we will be able to have a very big say or even run the floor when it comes to policy. >> mccarthy notably seven g.o.p. pickups on the house and others he's watching and feels confident about. >> bill: i think you mike. still waiting on results, critical swing states and the balance inclu

the silence of lindsey graham and silence of tim scott and tom tillis and chuck grassley, all of theseeaders of the united states senate, the lack of qo fortitude and the lack of courage and standing and putting this country over party is something this republican party doesn't stand for any more. president of the united states as you said is launching an all-out assault on our democracy there are no if's, and's, or but's about that. donald trump did not win this election and no parallels between 2016. hillary clinton called him and conceded the race. barack obama invited him to the white house. joe biden invited mike pence to the naval observatory. miriam obama spoke to melania trump. all of these things happened and, right now you just have a white house wrapped in cowardness and that is trickled throughout the party. it's a sad and devastating time. all joe biden can do now is lead and hope some republicans eventually will follow. >> president obama ordered the transition to begin, the transition of power and general services administration to begin working with the incoming team im

tom tillis in north carolina if he holds onto the race, republicans go to 50 and in georgia, we know to a runoff in early january and look at this map, this is the other senate race in the state of georgia, david perdue needs to be at 50% plus one vote in order to avoid a runoff two months from yesterday. and in the afternoon yesterday brett and martha he just slipped below that point, 4.9888. and now this margin is dropping even more interest to put a fine point on it, the democratic challenger has 98,000 while votes in georgia. where do the remaining votes come from, it could be that this margin would be too much for purdue to overcome and you would have in the state of georgia and two months, two senate races. so let's just say the amount of money spent on those races, you will have the balance of power hanging in congress. >> bret: and then come up we called tom tillis in north carolina and we haven't done that. and then you have 50-48, right? and then you have two runoffs in georgia and then let's say, georgia splits one and one come up 51-49 g.o.p. control and if they lose both

it is not a done deal but the fact that tom tillis did secure his seat in north carolina makes it out closer to done deal with everyone watching the georgia runoff breezes that will determine the outlook for the united states senate. if the republicans can hang on to both seats, there is no debate. they've got it. if they split, yeah, they still have it. i know it's a couple of variables and issues that we have to consider here. and spend a nolan dressing election year, hasn't it? the latest on what this means right now. >> good afternoon. north carolina knows for sure who is going to be representing them in the senate for the next 50 years. thom tillis declared himself the winner in charlotte. since then, the democrat in this race, cal cunningham was holding out hope that some of these absentee and provisional ballots that were still needing to be counted may give him enough of an edge to keep him in this ra race. ever since tuesday night, we'd seen him leading by 97,000 votes or so. those numbers not changing all that much. there was every day they went by less and less of a chance

also reelected today was republican senator tom tillis. he will keep his north carolina senate seat after defeating the challenger democrat kyle cunningham. that means the two january runoff elections in georgia likely will be ball game. they will decide control of the u.s. senate. then there's the tension in the democratically led house. democratically led but not by much. today politico reports it this way. quote, the house democratic caucus has broken out into a full on food fight with some of the most prominent progressive and moderate members openly warring with each other over the election day losses. and three-hour caucus call last week turned nasty as centrists said their far-left colleagues cost them seats with progressive calls to defund the police and ban fracking. representative alexandria ocasio-cortez responded in the press blasting swing district democrats for not doing enough to shore up their own races by spending on digital advertisements and canvassing. back with us again tonight, james carville, democratic strategist, r

. >> so, mark, republican tom tillis won the reelection in the north carolina state race. >> right. >e stakes just get higher in the two georgia senate races that are going to a runoff? >> no question they will. don, i was talking to a democratic strategist who told me this week was going to be the stress test on donors. meaning there were all these outside groups would go to their donors and say, listen, can you pony up some more money? in the end, how much are we going to see spent on these two senate races which would really control if democrats are able to win both of them, they will control the u.s. senate and we will see an entirely different policy plan being put forth or successfully being put forth by joe biden. but get this number, don. we'll leave it on this, $200 million. $100 million on each side. can you imagine that from now until january 5th in georgia being spent? >> my goodness, a lot of dough. i appreciate it. >>> hypocrisy on another level. you've got to see what fox news had to say when they thought democrats didn't concede fast enough in 2018, we'll play that bac

but many of them got the swell they needed like lindsey graham or tom tillis to preserve their own senate seat. they're going to break up with him and move on. donald trump right now, just as those senators will now be worrying about themselves, donald trump is also worrying about himself. that's what gloria was talking about. whether or not it's trump tv or whether or not it's trying to figure out how to pardon himself or whatever it may be, everyone right now in the republican party has their own self interest at hand, and that is the problem. because no one has their eye on the ball, that ball being coronavirus, outside of joe biden. joe biden cannot even get access to the individuals in the white house who have the expertise like dr. fauci, like dr. birx, so he can go out and do the work necessary starting on day one. everyone is so self interested in the republican party that it's killing us, day by day. >> let's not forget the lead, the joe biden lead over president trump in the national popular vote is growing and growing. they're still counting votes. it's now more than 5,200,000

we will see if the numbers impact the senate race where incumbent tom tillis is ahead but only by less than two percentage points. he is still winning the vote count. last night tell us had a chance to claim a victory at a watch party north of charlotte, but with cal cunningham, the democrat in this race, and we will see what happens this afternoon. >> dana: our fox team coverage continues. let's talk about georgia with jonathan serrie. they are live there in atlanta. they had a bit of up problem yesterday where a water pipe broke but fortunately it didn't damage any of the ballots or machinery so they resumed counting at 8:30 this morning. they scanned nearly 100,000 ballots yesterday and they have another 42,000 to scan today. fulton county is georgia's largest county population and includes much of the city of atlanta, atlanta also overlaps portions of dekalb county. they closed county where election officials are also counting absentee ballots there in gwinnett county which includes suburbs just north of atlanta, a software problem is requiring of view of approximately 80,000 absen

they thought tom tillis was gonna lose. at one point they thought lindsay graham was going to lose. nothing's going to happen to them because for them they are activists and the objective truth in our country which is a fire alarm. we have to dismiss people that live for a living which is part of a chattering class of journalism in america. >> matt, close this out. not much time but i know you can nail it. >> you talked about structural corruption in washington d.c., i want to plug the op-ed i wrote in the examiner last week. republicans are wrong on remote voting. one way to drain the swamp in this place is to get members of congress out of washington back into their districts and can you just imagine if the lobbyists and special interests had to fly to topeka kansas or arkansas to trade money for favors. it would make it harder on lobbyists but better on americans. >> i think that's so great. you got so many good practical ideas. i'm looking forward to discussing them all with you. discussing them all with you. todd: good morning. it's monday, november 23rd. covid-19 restrictions

you have republican tom tillis, east the incumbent and you have cal cunningham. they both have their issue. thom tillis had covid-19 and was sidelined and cunningham had that extramarital affair but they've both been working hard on the campaign trail. actually it's the costliest u.s. senate race in history, $250 million. one of the recent polls we were watching showed that cunningham is in the lead by three points at least for right now. we are also watching south carolina because incumbent lindsey graham, some folks are saying he's not necessarily a slam-dunk to win here. he has shown some thought malleability. and harrison is attacking him for being an attack dog for president trump, one of the dash it's a little bit older poll that we are watching shows neck and neck, the numbers are really wide across the board but this one could be quite contentious as well. finally i have my eye on arizona, you have the incumbent martha mcsally and you have the democrat nominee here. they both have really interesting backgrounds. he's a former astronaut and she is a former

let's bring in my next guest north carolina center tom tillis paid senator, thank you for being here.e just heard from david bossi and he says good things are happening in north carolina and they know that you were in that senate race in north carolina and of course they predicted doom and gloom but it appears that north carolina is in president trump's, possibly, strong column at this point. you are running against an individual who i understand isn't even talking to the press and isn't coming out and is being investigated by the armies so what is going on in north carolina? >> judge, was at an event with nikki haley this morning and there were two little girls there and unicorn outfits and i saw more unicorns over the course of the last day than i've seen of cal cunningham over the last month or he's not done any interviews, under investigation with the u.s. army and best case as he gets a letter of reprimand the worst case is he gets a court-martial. he is awol and not running in the president is doing well here and we are doing well here and we will win on tuesday in the present w

. >> shannon: okay, so we are watching the senate now, the tom tillis seat was divided for him today,or, he's g.o.p., everybody is now going to be looking at georgia. stacey abrams says this on the late show wit"the late show with stephen colbert." it's about saving democracy. mitch mcconnell is not a good leader, he is not a good man and we cannot withstand former years of blocking and denying the needs of americans. how did those two races go down? >> well, first and foremost, stacey abrams' message lies, lies, lies, leader mcconnell has in a tactician in terms of making sure the senate operates appropriately. he's been a great leader for a lot of republicans who raised money across the country. here's the interesting thing about this atlanta -- or rather this georgia race. the polls are almost about split when it comes to the candidates but they are going to tighten up very, very soon and considering the fact that this particular democratic nominee, he would rely on black support, support from young folks, that support usually tips -- or rather drops down when it comes to nonpresid

so we'll see if tom tillis can hold on to that seat.e lead, but take a look the at the number that matters most right now. she's at 49.6%. if the democratic challenger can keep her at 49.6%, this goes to rank choice voting where you take a look at some of the smaller candidates. we're getting maybe 4 or 5% of the vote. you look at those voters who chose them, who was their second choice. that could take awhile. then in georgia, where they are still count iing the presidenti race. still counting in the senate race. purdue, a slim lead right now. we'll see where it goes. i want to talk to you at the house. the democrats had really hoped this would be a big night for them. we're going to go over to the board. >> did you get permission? >> i did. it's okay right? he's giving me a thumbs up. democrats had thought that this was going to be a great night for them. they would pick up 5 to 18 seats. after picking up 41 seats back in 2018, at this hour it doesn't look like it's going to be the case. they targeted ten seats back in 2018 that they

. >> let's keep in mind, again, tom tillis kind of stayed under the radar and sort of stayed away andghed out on and pretended like he couldn't pronounce kamala harris's name. he had to go be big and racist and put a big spotlight on himself. there is a spotlight on him, he's in a state where the governor is already a democrat. democrats have already proven they can win in statewide in north carolina the same year trump won. they've already won it. and, again, when obama lost north carolina in '12, it was by 90,000 votes. barely lost it. so the reality is stillis is one of the most endangered senators out there. and i'm not so sure that north carolina isn't as -- isn't more in play than florida in a lot of fundamental ways. >> well, but, again, it will be interesting to see whether or not cal cunningham, the democrat running against tom tillis, whether his fate is inextricably tied to joe biden and kamala harris, or whether there may be some divergence in those two seats. that dynamic, some of them swing states, some of them not, where the senate races appear to be unhitched from the

we saw the senator in iowa win her election, tom tillis —— thom tillis is doing 0k tom tillis —— thomestions of pollsters, who make a lot of money in this country and if they get it wrong again, from 2016, and they get it wrong this time around, you wonder what they are doing to earn their keep. at some stage they can say they were almost right because they did say it would be closer in texas, close in georgia. and close in north and south carolina and arizona. maybe they are not completely out of it. we shouldn't malign them all? they deserve to be a little bit maligned. we are watching the headquarters of the biden campaign in delaware. we expect the vice president, former vice president, to be making some remarks shortly. the moment he does, we will bring them to you. let's go back to a panel of strategists. amanda is still there, former director for amanda is still there, former directorfor hillary amanda is still there, former director for hillary clinton, and the former adviser to george w bush. how do you read the situation at the moment, bring us up—to—date from your point of

key political developments, tom tillis has one in north carolina meeting the republicans are likely to

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enthusiasm check stephen let's get serious for a second, north carolina senate race republican incumbent tom tillis democrat cunningham challenging. it shakes up the senate if tillis loses so what is the state outplay? >> the state of the play it is i have heard the race mentioned almost as many times as the presidential race this morning. it comes down to the case made by the challenger is one character. there are issues in his past as he has had multiple affairs and those are issues he will have to overcome. when you talk to voters in north carolina, this is what i found, i will give you three issues that have come up as the most important. number one, the economy. they are worried about shutdowns. they are worried about businesses that have been crushed. economy is number one. number two they like president trump is not a politician. they like his attitude and that he fights and that he doesn't have 47 years of experience in washington. then i heard over and over and this is about the senate race with the gubernatorial race in north carolina and presidential race, this moment in history, so may

one is in north carolina where tom tillis, the republican incumbent is ahead at this point in time, leading cunningham. we are also keeping our eye on alaska and maine but, right now, those races appearing to favor republicans which wouldn't change the balance of power. so this is a narrow pathway for democrats. like you said this is essential for whoever the president will be in order to have control of the senate if it is joe biden, you can see it's a very tough pathway to having a senate in his favor and it's going to be take sometime before he will find out if that is something that falls in his favor. january 5th, all eyes on georgia. >> right. as if they weren't already. wow. okay. thank you. >>> let's go back to our political team. karen, when we look at this, obviously, it is amazing how tight the battle for control is. this is not what democrats expected to be looking at. let's just be honest. right? they thought they had a lot more things in their favor. other than that, you simply have not seen a blue wave, right? mark kelly in arizona, that came out as expected. other than that,

we weren't were you a supporter of tom tillis? caller: no. but that's beside the point. was a supporter for trump. but i'm looking at the other close races here in north and you have to count all the votes like they're screaming and hollering about. and other thing is well like that last woman that was on here, he's a liar, everything like that, why don't you ask him what he's lying about? look at -- what's his name? biden out there with all this money his sons and his brothers and everything has been getting since he was the vice president. he is the biggest damned liar i have ever seen. host: ok. richard talking about the president and the vice president. belinda, yes alaska, a supporter of joe biden. hello. caller: hello. it's fairbanks, arizona, by the way. host: i thought that's what i said. caller: you did good. my issue is one and only, joe iden is a fair man who is very , trump has divided our country. i mean, yes, he rode on obama's coattail, and then, yeah. host: were you -- when you call joe biden a fair man, what makes him fair in your mind? caller: well, let

to north carolina senator tom tillis leading cal cunningham by 171,000 ballots that need to be countednly half of the ballots have been counted. if they win, democrats would need to win both georgia seats, republicans lost one seat on election day with democrats flipping arizona and colorado but the gop flipping alabama. >> two georgia senate races was that will be fascinated. was fully the role of mail in balloting. the senate will be a check, possibly the only check if joe biden wins this presidency on democrats having the house. >> lots of surprises in the house. >> supposed to be a blue wave, picking up a bunch of seats. like mitch mcconnell, mitch mcconnell will hold on to that. two republicans losing georgia with a runoff there and we shall see. a lot including the presidency will hang in the balance with challenges to come. >> more "fox and friends" on the way. ♪ voltaren is powerful arthritis pain relief in a gel. voltaren. the joy of movement. if yothe medicare enrollment up. deadline is only weeks away. with so many changes, do you know if your plan is still the right fit? ha