can stacy abrams make history? >> she said stacy abrams needs to win. this is cob cou this is cobb county. the ability to get cobb and decalb as well. pretty decently large minority communities. that's the game. they talked about being in and picking out voters in areas that vote republican. if you want to win in georgia and stacy abrams wants to win, she needs to roll up huge votes. oprah is delivering the message that she is doing it in a big way by us and i assume any others. >> in 2016, she was able to pull democratic voters into the republican party. with the name recognition, she is an independent. somebody who hasn't associated herself with a political candidate and could be a real boost to this democratic gubernatorial candidate in a race that is extremely close. >> everyone wants an oprah, of course everyone wants an oprah. the next best thing is donald trump trying to do what she's doing. essentially turn out the base. >> the question for me, it's a great point. president trump is the singular star of the republican party. his vice president i

stacy abrams' mepg was hopeful. she was taking selfies with the crowd there was a sense of almost familial relationships with the people who are voting for her. they adore her. she absolutely has a charisma that maybe she learned from her parents, who were both methodist ministers, she had the crowd enraptured, a very diverse crowd, forecastly african-american, but not all african-american. what i have noticed in following her from macon, to atlanta. is that she has captured something kind of intangible. in georgians that i spoke with. and her message that has been very simple -- health care and education. that is resonated. every single person i spoke with, black, white, old, young, who is enamored of her, was enamored of her for those two reasons she will expand medicaid and improve education in georgia. that's what they care about. >> joy, i would like -- both you and katie and you on this. in terms of being in georgia and seeing the campaigns on the ground. not just in terms of what they're saying at the rallies

yesterday you saw oprah winfrey come to stump for stacy abrams. vice president pence with brian kemp, and tonight it's barack obama. sunday brian kemp will make his closing argument with president trump. >> kaylee hartung, thank you so much. >>> let's talk about the mid terms now with our panel. senator santorum, let me ask you a question. why is the georgia governor's race competitive? it's a -- really, it's a red state. i saw a georgia official not long ago, a republican, he said -- and this is weeks ago. but he said, 55/45 republican. that's just generally how the state goes. why is stacy abrams making this such a race against the secretary of that state, brian kemp? >> well, i mean, kemp ran against the establishment, and as we have seen with -- sometimes when conservatives run against the establishment, ken cuccinelli in virginia, for example. had the establishment been behind him, he would have won that race. but they didn't. that's what happens sometimes. when the conservative uprising happens and moderate republicans tend to walk away. loo

you got to give stacy abrams a lot of credit. for her to be leading in post polls in georgia is a historical moment in itself. the one thing she is doing, she's not focusing on metro atlanta. as we sit here, she's got a massive caravan of buses and surrogates going all across south georgia and north georgia. she's trying to visit every county to ask them for their vote. >> edregistrations and the abily to vote as gotten a lot of coverage. a judge ruled that 3,000 people can vote. they can get registered that were on hold with the governor's office until today. how much of that is factoring in and what is your take away from what you're seeing with those voters? >> it's heightening scrutiny on brian kemp's role. they say she should not still be in that office. what he's said to us, the media and the public is he was elected to fulfill this duty. he will do it. he will do it if there's a recount that he has to direct. >> are there any voters who are uncomfortable with that? any republican voters uncomfortable with the man overseein

stacy abrams moved it toward rallying toward the more diverse part of the state. she didn't quite make it, but that's the debate we'll have in 2020. barack obama did it, hillary clinton wasn't able to. >>> i want to quickly ask about the race to be the next speaker of the house. kimberly, i know you wrote about it in your latest column, those challenging nancy pelosi. how serious are those challenges? >> it's pretty serious. never count out nancy pelosi. she's very good at what she does, including whipping up votes for his own bid. remember, two years ago about a third of the caucus voted against her for the leadership spot. it seems that there especially with some of the incoming freshmen, there's a growing energy for people who want a change at the top, but getting there is the tough part. we'll have to see if congresswoman marsha fudge does come out and launch a challenge and where that goes. >> john, quickly to you, count on the nancy pelosi or no? >> no, she's going to be the speaker. there's foment in the caucus, more than in the past, but she has no opponen

abrams . a letter where i got. no saying that i'm even more information but i gave all the information that i needed they sent the letter before me after seeing. more information in daniel new in this case the state has the discretion to allow his mail in ballot it's just decided not to as he phoned kemp's department he got one other bit of bad news so and that's the case with mine and my wife's that is correct. with a few days left election day his wife will also be notified that her ballot has also been rejected by the state of georgia john hendren al-jazeera at lamda. still ahead on al-jazeera thousands of sri lankans march in support of newly appointed prime minister mind rajapaksa as the political crisis over his nomination deepened spece i'm from either malaya in madagascar where this week's presidential election could be the most expensive ever yet to more than three quarters of the population lives in poverty. study inconsistent two words describe the weather in japan northeast chart m

georgia as governor race, democrat stacy abrams counting on uncounted ballots to force a runoff with brian kemp but the secretary of state's office says there are fewer than 10,000 provisional ballots, not enough to force a runoff. camp stepped down as secretary of state yesterday. rob: you were on the border, then with the caravan, then in florida and now at home. welcome back. >> reporter: maybe i will be sent back to florida. rob: thanks for all the hard work. appreciate it. jillian: new questions arising how much longer ruth bader ginsburg will serve after fracturing 3 ribs. the 85-year-old suffering a fall while working in her office wednesday. she is the oldest member of the supreme court. if she steps down donald trump would appoint his third justice. rob: honoring our heroes first responders who died from september 11th related illnesses can now receive the medal of valor. jillian: donald from signing a measure the middle is bestowed for bravery in public service. rob: thousands of lost their lives due to cancer from toxic debris of those terror attacks the world trade center

. >> stacy abrams and brian kemp are in a dead heat. meanwhile president trump in indiana with a direct attack on his predecessor. >> i listened to president obama speak today. he had a very small crowd. i heard president obama speak today. i had to listen. i had nothing else to do. i heard him talk about telling the truth. lie after lie, broken promise after broken promise, that's what he did. unlike president obama, we live by a different motto. it's called promises made, promises kept. >> then there is florida, one of the most watched states. president obama there last night to push democrats for senator and governor. it's a state the president will visit later today. gop governor rick scott trails bill nelson by two points. >>> here to discuss what is expected to be an exhilarating 72 hours is julie manchester, reporter for "the hill" and kevin surly with "bloomberg." great to have you here. >> thank you. >> vice president mike pence seems to have a different idea. here's what he told your paper. >> i think we're going expand our ma

brian kemp leads by 55,000 votes and he claims an insurmountable lead but stacy abrams is not going to concede. continues to fight in court. i feel like each of these has a new court ruling every time we turn around. >> reporter: when you get these court rulings both sides claim victory. we are way past the call by the apparent loser to count every vote. democrats are using the georgia governors race to air far larger charges. >> if she had a fair election, she already would have won. >> reporter: hillary clinton to sherrod brown to stacy abrams campaign manager, it is about something other than the ballot box. >> using that as a taxpayer-funded campaign and issuing a press release, saying i am the victor is such an egregious breach of public trust and egregious breach of power and straight up corruption. >> reporter: out of 3.9 million votes, ryan kemp leads by 55,000 but because georgia law requires a majority to win and kemp is only 2300ths of the point, abrams only needed net 17,759 votes to force a runoff. in a release, stacy abrams and heretical background will stop at nothing to

any kind of feel for where does stacy abrams fight may go with kemp? >> it's not looking good for stacy abrams. it's a tall hurdle to overcome. one thing i did notice in talking to young people, spending sometime on the campus of spellman and moore house, and clark house, the trifecta, they were fired up. but they see funny business and shenanigans. they say what they believe is voter suppression efforts, not the least of which, voter i.d., another hurdle to cross. when you think about democracy and people engaging in the process, especially those young people who determine the future, will they be inspired enough to continue or will this actually work in terms of stifling their voice? >> trymaine lee, thank you very much. always good to see you. >>> up next, how acting attorney general matt whitaker could affect the outcome of the russia probe. undred year storm should happen every five hundred years, right? fact is, there have been twenty-six in the last decade. allstate is adapting. with drones to assess home damage sooner. and if a flying object da

a lot of them that i've spoken with have been stacy abrams fans. they're looking for somebody who can bridge the divide. there's a lot of concern about political partisanship out there. but again, it really depends on who you're talking to. brian kemp had a bus tour that went to all the counties in this state. he just wrapped it up yesterday. in gwinnett county and he got a big crowd out there as well so they're both focused on get out-the-vote efforts. with the allegations of voter suppression hanging over this state, if this is not a clear-cut winner, i can imagine there being a lot of controversy and a lot of questions about the outcome of this race come tuesday night or potentially wednesday morning or december 4th even if it goes to a run-off. >> the prospect of a run-off in g would have -- would make georgia's governorship even more of a focus of national concern and interest as it is now. asking you guys, look at that georgia governor's race, do you think it's possible either one of them is going to hit 50% or do you think we're definitely g

. >> if stacy abrams doesn't win in georgia, they stole it, it's clear. >> stacy abrams' election has been stolen from her using what i think insidious measures to disenfranchise groups of people. >> i knew stacy well, she was one of my really strong surrogates in the campaign. if she had had a fair election, she already would have one. >> tucker: election fraud is what they are same. by the way is there anyone more fraudulent than cory booker? think about that. but back to election fraud, it's a serious charge and it's telling that nobody making that charge provided any evidence that it actually happened, no detail at all. most remarkable of all is that hillary clinton is one of the voices in this course. we keep track and we remember hillary's view just two years ago. here's what she thought of losing candidates who claim to the was rigged. >> that's horrifying. every time donald thinks things are not going in his direction, he claims whatever it is is rigged against him. that is not the way our democracy works. we've been around for 240 years and had free and fair elections. we've

stacy abrams voted against that legislation. if you look back, every two years, the same things, the same type of charges have happened from her local groups that are supporting her extreme agenda -- she's trying to distract from the record that she wants people who are here illegally to vote for her and be part of the blue wave. they even sued us over that. when we called them up and how ridiculous that was, they withdrew the complaint and they were suing us to do something that we already do. this is the 11th hour tactics of them. i'm doing my job, lori laura. i'm doing my job to keep election secure, accessible, fair. that's what we are doing. >> laura: mr. obama comes into town, mr. secretary, oprah comes at the town. it was all star power all the time. they come in, they can draw a huge crowd. are you concerned that the star power will translate into votes and people just say, well, i like president obama. great person, we like them as president. oprah can we really love her show. we love her magazine. we are going to turn

he's saying if stacy abrams doesn't win, that democrats aren't going to have a claim on this. i thought barack obama -- >> that's what he said? i thought he said he had an investigation into a potential cyber attack. >> if he loses, he can say democrats did something funny. >> for having our own thoughts into what this will be without knowing. >> he specifically said it, it was from democrats and that that's what the attack was. look, barack obama said something important on the trail today, which i think republicans need to own up to on a big picture level, which is one party has consistently tried to pass laws, do things to get people not to vote and another part is he's consistently tried to encourage people voting. this is going to hang around republicans' necks if we have massive problems again this year with people being, you know, denied at the polls, not being counted. this is just, it's one election too many. you can't keep doing that. >> listen, i don't want to get too far here but this is what cnn obtained, a series of e-mails and said led to the level of this accus

stacy abrams is right there are problems with the process in georgia. he did win and he's now going to be governor kemp and we all acknowledge that. but the issue is the exact -- it's because of the way they did the exact match. that was a settlement with the aclu that kemp himself did, and then he went behind their back and went to the legislature and said well, i know the court settled and i said that we won't do this, so go ahead and pass a law that does what i just said we wouldn't do here in the state of georgia. trish: she's shaking her head so i'm going to her for the other side of things. >> so much to unpack here, trish. listen, the local and county officials are the ones who are controlled with the elections. mr. kemp did not have anything to do with it. on the other hand, i want to mention how much of a sore loser stacy abrams is. i mean, this so-called non-concession speech, who does that? great example she's setting for future generations. she clearly did not have enough votes to win this election and she is continuing to throw a temper tan

stacy abrams is right there are problems with the process in georgia. he did win and he's now going to be governor kemp and we all acknowledge that. but the issue is the exact -- it's because of the way they did the exact match. that was a settlement with the aclu that kemp himself did, and then he went behind their back and went to the legislature and said well, i know the court settled and i said that we won't do this, so go ahead and pass a law that does what i just said we wouldn't do here in the state of georgia. trish: she's shaking her head so i'm going to her for the other side of things. >> so much to unpack here, trish. listen, the local and county officials are the ones who are controlled with the elections. mr. kemp did not have anything to do with it. on the other hand, i want to mention how much of a sore loser stacy abrams is. i mean, this so-called non-concession speech, who does that? great example she's setting for future generations. she clearly did not have enough votes to win this election and she is continuing to throw a temper tan

memo she's still speaking about her loss to brian kemp, democrat stacy abrams is asking has asked to boycott the state. jobs are at stake. trace gallagher, hi, trace. >> because of tax credits in 2005 georgia has become one of the most popular film locations in the world with postproduction businesses and 450 productions last year alone is the film industry demonstrate -- generates $10 billion a year in economic impact for georgia but now that stacy abrams lost the governor's race to brian kemp, hollywood west is not happy with hollywood south and many of the entertainment industry are calling for a boycott of georgia accusing kemp of using his position to manipulate the vote. liberal activists tweeting is the entertainment industry willing to support the economy of a totally corrupt state that suppresses democracy where the winner is not the best choice for the people but the best schemer or crook? she offered no evidence to back up her scathing tweet but that did not stop other actors like bradley whitford and ron perlman from jumping on the georgia hashtag. it is notable that holl

president obama stumped for both stacy abrams and andrew gillum in florida. here was his message yesterday. take a listen. >> in four days, you can choose a vigor more prosperous, more generous vision of america. an america where love and hope conquer hate. an america where we, the people, whatever we look like, whoever we love, however we choose to pray, however our ancestors came here, we can come together to shape our country's cores. >> you know, that message certainly appeals to me a whole lot more than trump's but can that compete with trump's jet n ginning up all the fear and anxiety? >> that was vintage barack obama, the message that got him e lebllected president twice and to throughout the presidency and the one he believes in and donald trump is the antithesis of that. it's one reason he got elected because it does gin up his base and people who are less comfortable with some of the changes we've seen demographically in our country. culturally in our country. but florida is very much an up for grabs state and it will be interesting. you know, donal

. >> stacy abrams, all about education. says it all over and over. >> yesterday oprah said in her lead-up to her discussion with stacy abrams, if we come out and vote in numbers too large to tamper with, this is kind of interesting, african-american women in the south where we are seeing a resurgence of voter suppression activity like we haven't seen before a lot of people say one way to fight this is in the courts or stacy abrams running as someone fighting voter suppression -- >> or flood the zone! >> exactly. they're already taking leadership roles in the church. many times in the house. and in their communities. so, you know, people say trust black women, follow their lead and guide you to the promised land. i think now people are starting to really understand that and against practicality and respect. >> the other day we saw something interesting at the white house. we had that gathering of those young, african-american men saying what donald trump often said democratic party's taken advantage of african-americans. did

but stacy abrams is what she is involved in for years. she is trying to get greater voter turnout in atlanta and trying to get these voter i.d. laws changed. where does that stand right now? because there are a whole bunch of people who, again, aren't sure whether they're going to be able to cast a ballot if they go out to vote tomorrow. >> there is a lot of concern and a lot of fear because even those who were in pending status in terms of registration, tens of people who registered by the deadline still have yet to be cleared whether they can actually vote or not. and so, the suppression activity that we have seen across the south, they kind of emerge under the obama era where republican legislatures enacted the laws and felony disenfranchise. and disrupted whole voting blocs across the south. as you mentioned, abrams has been critical in georgia for many years in terms of trying to not only bring in new voters but in enfranchise those that lost their rights and talking about the most marginalized voters, young people, the elderly, thos

stacy abrams has refused to concede to brian camp despite a large deficit in the vote counts. georgia has been marred with vovoting issues. the campaign says all vote have yet to be e counted. they must reach 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. >> when you chose me as your democratic nominee, i made you a vow. would beorgia, no one unseen, no one is unheard and no one is uninspired. a vow takes effort and commitment to hold truth, reaching out, reaching across is hard work. is in you then, hard work our bones. we have proven this every day, made,oors knocked, calls miles traveled. tonight, we have closed the gap between yesterday and tomorrow. abrams speaking there. a record number of women are heading to congress. the first two muslim women elected to congress. alexander cortez, we have a report. >> the first woman of color to represent our state and congress. the first woman to wear a head ab. -- to wear a hijab >> the state became a home after fleeing me civil war in somalia. she joins another woman elected to the u.s. congress this year. >> it was my time to run. i am also

. >> harris: you've got stacy abrams there and brian camp. it's gotten nasty, what's happening? >> it seems like stacy abrams is a couple points out, it's another one of these races that can be really tight, goes back and forth. the vice president was down there, the president was down there. >> harris: former president obama, oprah winfrey. >> a lot of luminaries going into that race. the controversy is the secretary of state of georgia who oversees elections and now he is saying that democratic operatives may have hacked some aspect of the electoral process and he's being called on that by abrams, saying it's all just to take away from his controversies. >> harris: you got a really nasty robo call that went out that talked about oprah winfrey and stacy abrams. these are the things you see, unfortunately. it's all going to come down tomorrow. maybe in the future we should focus more on governors. >> governors of the closest thing you get to an executive like a president and we will see. this will be fun tomorrow night. there will be a lot of drama throughout the night. >> harri

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does it bother you that this thing stacy abrams will take your guns when she will not. that's not at all what she is saying. does lying even bother the republicans now? >> no. >> well, she did talk to jake tapper today about her 2016 bill to confiscate weapons. so that's what i'm referring to. >> weapons and taking your guns is two different things. i mean people can oppose people having military style weapons and not saying i'm trying to take your guns. >> okay. some people think that's taking guns, al. here's my point. i'm very glad that tom stier wasn't hurt. i think the trump hating neonazi that killed those people in pittsburgh deserved to be denounced. most of politics is not that way. i listen to a lot of josh holly. i listen to a lot of mike brawn. he is talking about joe donnelly voting against brett kavanaugh and would have voted for him. i listen to matt rosendale. i think cable tends to focus in on the most devisive issues instead of what most people are talking about which is jobs, jobs, jobs and then more jobs and more economic growth and then more jobs. t

an interesting interview with stacy abrams. let's watch. >> you think that his efforts are racially motivated. >> i don't question his heart. i do question the results and we know that he is disproportionately purged voters of color, arrested voters of color and that is problematic because regardless of his intent the result of that racial bias has been injected into our system. >> laura: i guess you could say that about ram emanual. she is deliver. she got a lot of praise for saying i can't question his heart. >> those things are crimes. all that he is talking about and other folks who care about i -- integrity of the voting. this is about one man one vote because if people who are not eligible to vote do vote they delight everyone's votes. >> they are not ineligible. >> but he does because this one name one match. if a t person gets married and their last name doesn't match or they have a-fan -- their name gets pulled. >> laura: you cannot board an international flight if your passport is different. >> and it could be provisi

brian kemp is going to cut your taxes, stacy abrams is going raise taxes by more than $300 million. brian kemp is going to cut regulations, get government off your back, stacy abrams promised to grow government in, from harewoodses, cradle to career. brian kemp is going to fight nor georgia's farmers, ranchers and producer, including the pecan fortunateliers and powell triproducer who were hit hard by hurricane michael. she said, quote, people shouldn't have to go into agriculture to make a living in georgia. brian kemp will stand with the men and women who want to go in to agriculture as career in georgia, and agriculture is going to be bigger and more prosperous than ever. while brian kemp is getting support from hard working people across georgia, we all see the stacy is a i abrams campaign is bran rolled by hollywood liberals. heard about it? people like dish heard oprah winfrey is in the state today. will ferrell wasn't here too long ago. i'd like to remind stacy and oprah and will ferrell, i'm kind of a big deal, too. [cheers and applause] >> we got a message for all of stacy'

order's race for governor, stacy abrams counting on uncounted absentee ballots to force a runoff with brian kemp, the current secretary of state says there are not enough votes left to force it. we will see what happens but it is not over yet. jillian: hashtag hanging chads again. thank you so much. democrats pinning their hopes on recounts to keep florida and arizona races in play and talked about georgia. national security analyst morgan ortagus says these are only happening in races where republicans have leads. >> two things we excel at input, hurricanes and recounts. this is the season for both of those things. what is going on is almost a second election within an election. we have moved past the general election. this is coming down to legal, lawyers, in pr strategy. the one thing the florida recount has in common with the arizona recount or georgia recount is republicans on the senate and governors races are ahead in all of these. there is a big lesson to be learned on the democrat side as relates to florida. you saw the republican machine rick scott has built in the past eigh

abrams who would be the first female black governor of any state in the u.s. and certainly of georgia the state that she's running in terms all used in just a moment ago that a lot of the democratic candidates all. political novices to a certain how much of a risk is that for the democratic party to actually put people who have no real experience of governance or electro real success into races that are all so crucial this moment in time in american history they have to start somewhere you have to start somewhere and as a figure some were very well but i think that what's more important to keep in mind expression when it comes to the house races is that is precisely where we see many people begin their political their political careers and a strength of the governor of the of the democrats in this particular election is that they actually have more candidates running for these house elections than the republicans do maybe the exact numbers i think it's about eighty percent of the house races that are up for grabs. are we see republican candidates in them but n

is it brian kemp or is it stacy abrams? is the investigation into the democrat packs or the racist robocalls or the accusation of voter suppression. are any of those topics coming into play who you're seeing at the early vote or talking to in diners or across the state? >> i think they are coming into play with some of voters. we're here in cobb county because it's stronger but for the last election, 2016, for the first time cobb county voted for a democrat, hillary clinton. i want to bring in, you talk about energized voters. let me talk to rose van dyke. you're in reali estate. you told me how you're feeling. how do you feel? >> it's very important. >> are you ready to vote? >> i'm read. >> you decided not to vote early. why not? >> usually i vote on tuesday, election day. i thought my vote might weigh more on that day. >> you're going to tell us who you will vote for? >> no. >> all the conversations around voter suppression and whether absentee ballots are being counted, does that weigh on you in terms of who you will vo

there are a lot of celebrities in there for stacy abrams. i want to go to the broader list here, brooke. because it's a lot of people. so let me -- okay. so here we go. most of these, by the way, are for democrats. we touched on ferrell. john legend, same thing. oprah. amy schumer actually very active in politics for a number of candidates, including stacy abrams, including andrew gillum. don't forget this. no celebrity endorsement got more attention than t. swift, endorsing phil bredesen and jim cooper for congress. the former governor, former national mayor, against marsha blackburn. we shall see if it works. remember, just because celebrities endorse you, you get a press bump, but no guarantee they deliver votes. we shall see. i will tell you, if phil bredesen wins, we will be debating the taylor swift factor. back to you, brooke. >> what about the rihanna factor, her song was blasting over the loud speakers but sounds like she was none too pleased when she found out they were using her song. >> yeah. this is a story as old as time. polit

i know stacy abrams has talk about this. what is she saying about it? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, anderson. earlier today the secretary of state's office announces they're launching an investigation into georgia's democratic party in response to what they described is a failed attempt to hack the voter registration system. they announced this investigation without giving us evidence as to why the georgia democratic party was part of this probe. the spokeswoman saying she couldn't comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation other than to say they learned of this attempted hack from their legal team. we have to delineate from the communications from the secretary of state's office as opposed to brian kemp's gubernatorial campaign communications. that campaign has been much more direct in tying democrats to this hack saying, quote, democrats tried to expose vulnerabilities in the voter registration system. these are claims democrats say are 100% false, they say the claims are scurrilous. stacy abrams spoke to a couple hundred people in this c

for stacy abrams to catch herself for a future election and wrap herself in something that may benefit her for the progressive wing of the democratic party, for example. really at the end of the day, this is not something that i think is voter suppression, so to speak. but i do think it was somewhat strategic because what they were looking for i think was an opportunity to trigger an automatic recount, there were 20,000 uncounted provisional ballots that has nothing to do with voter suppression, but there were provisional ballots that were outstanding that basically as many as they would have needed to trigger an automatic recount. i think they were trying to hold on and maybe they overplayed their hand. >> shannon: i literally need ten seconds each from you guys about this mississippi runoff next week. it's a very important seat for what's going to happen in the the u.s. senate. cindy hyde-smith obviously triggering a lot of controversy by making a statement that one of her supporters, she was such a fan of his, if he invited her to a public hanging, she would be in the front row. tha

abrams . a letter where i. no same that i'm even more information but i gave all the information that i needed they said the letter before me after today seemed. more information in daniel numbers case the state has the discretion to allow his mail in ballot it's just decided not to as the phone kemp's department he got one other bit of bad news so and that's the case with mine and my wife's that is correct yeah with a few days left election day his wife will also be notified that her ballot has also been rejected by the state of georgia. well the controversy continues john really because it's been described as a contentious election a racist campaign i'm not. going to continue right through to election day on tuesday. that's absolutely true so in part it's these these purges that these so-called purges that are going on from state to state that has people crying racism one reason is that most of the people that are pulled off of those roles are minorities particularly african-americans becaus

. >> stacy abrams trying to become the first black woman governor in us history. oprah winfrey praised the leader who will serve the underserved and talked about the power of the polls. watch. >> for anybody here who has an ancestor who didn't have the right to vote, you are choosing not to vote, whoever you are in this state in this country, you are dishonoring your family. >> reporter: georgia gop gubernatorial candidate brian kemp brought his own form of star power, mike pence who reminded stacy abrams at her liberal friends the, quote, this ain't hollywood, this is georgia and donald trump had a message for georgia. >> the woman she is supporting not qualified to be the governor of georgia by any stretch of the imagination. >> reporter: former president obama will beg to differ when he comes to georgia to campaign for stacy abrams and the list of other southern democrats. the former president will head to his adopted hometown of chicago for illinois gubernatorial candidate, and joe biden is back on the trail. today he was in north dakota trying to give a lift

it but you know what i will it's funny because stacy abrams before she was running for governor set me in her office when i was a state representative as i contemplated whether i should be an independent or not and what she told me was very profound she said you know many republicans are republican because they believe in their particular values but there are a lot of democrats who are democrats simply because they are not republicans and so when you have a broad audience like that of people who care either about social justice or economic justice you're going to get that mixed bag and it's much harder to have a defined message like the republicans. well that's thanks a lot i have to tell you since you were a former legislator we did see something else happen this year with a bunch of women they got involved i think on the state level three thousand three hundred thirty nine women ran for state office that's just like you did following your example do you think that now you're going to see the start we've talked about different groups to for minority groups now we're going to see women

let's go back to the stacy abrams race. you said it's too close to call right now and it looks like kemp is winning. it's a very change race because the person mentoring the race is running in the race and you also have a situation where it feels like people don't have a trust in the voting system right now in georgia. the stories that are coming up on-line people are saying how is this happening and most importantly for many the polls. the polls has stacy abrams winning and it isn't seem like that's happening. when does the news stop reporting the polls to people. when does that go out the window. >> a lot of us in the news don't pay attention to the polls. because look what happened in 2016. you had people overestimating the support for hillary clinton. granted she won by more than three million votes nationwide but national polls didn't really matter it mattered about what happened in those states. the same kind of thing playing out tonight and what we think we need to understand there are other dynamics at play here. so

abrams. a letter where i. know same that i'm even more information but i gave all the information that i needed they sent the letter before me after the day seemed. more information in daniel numbers case the state has the discretion to allow his mail in ballot it's just decided not to as the phone kemp's department he got one other bit of bad news so and that's the case with mine and my wife's that is correct yes with a few days left to election day his wife will also be notified that her ballot has also been rejected by the state of georgia john hendren al-jazeera it lent jury selection for the trial of mexican drug lord has begun and the u.s. because mom also known as el chapo is facing drug trafficking and conspiracy charges in new york he was extradited to the u.s. two years ago off to escaping from mexican prisons twice as moms accused of leading the one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world. sri lanka's parliamentary speaker is accusing the president off repe

nina, can you imagine don lemon campaigning for stacy abrams? don lemon being able to take the podium? when people say that there is no difference and when fox tries to consider themselves a news organization, they have some complication. >> you hit the snail on the head. sean hannity has never hidden the fact that that's his guy and he made it crystal, crystal clear, if it wasn't clear before, that the president is his guy and will even go above and beyond and skirt some of the rules to show that the president is his guy and that was no surprise, that was totally planned. >> can i say this is an encapsulation of the partisan division in the country and how we got here because now things have come full circle. the political leadership in the gop does not control primary voters and they are no longer the forces responsible for getting out the vote. so this is -- i'm not defending that, but this is a likely conclusion of where we've been building for years. if you want to know why the loudest voices in the room carry so much sway, it's because med

the race for governor, stacy abrams and brian kemp is bringing out the voters. this polling place in cobb county, georgia, opened 30 minutes ago. more than 100 people were outside waiting to come in and it is raining outside. you can tell how enthusiastic the people are here. this is the line to go in the voting room. just a short time ago we will give you an idea of how eager people are that come to vote, this nice lady right here -- what's your name? >> ann. >> this is ann. ann suffered a voting-related injury, she walked in and slipped on this wet floor. is your knee doing okay? >> doing good. >> it's important to come and vote. >> it's very important. >> people suffer injuries tomorrow could out and vote, but they're here because this is going to be a big day in the state of georgia. not only because the voting started today, but this is kind of the end of the voting. early voting began two and a half weeks ago, more than 2.1 million people have already cast ballots. now we want to see what's happening in the great state of texas. to my colleague athena jone

abrams elected as the first african-american woman governor. >> stacy abrams's values are in alignment with the consciousness with which our democracy has been founded. >> reporter: her presence and other hollywood stars got the attention of mike pence. >> i would like to remind oprah and will ferrell i am kind of a big deal too. >> reporter: another potential 2020 candidate, joe biden, continues his battleground campaign blitz for democrats trying to rescue endangered incumbent senator heidi heitkamp. >> silence is complicity but folks, we will not remain silent. >> it a fierce defense of claire mccaskill and attacked republicans on protections with people with preexisting conditions. >> you guys are either not telling the truth or really stupid or both. >> reporter: president obama has been on the trail trying to rally democrats and at times taking swipes at his successor. >> i believe in a fact-based reality and a fact-based politics. >> reporter: it is clear even though donald trump is not on the ballot in any of these races these prominent democrats are trying to rally supporters

narrative for stacy abrams to try to couch herself for a future election and wrap herself and something that may benefit from the progressive wing of the democratic party for example. at the end of the day this is not something i think is voter suppression so to speak but i do think it was strategic because what they were looking for was an opportunity to trigger not a medic recount. there were 20,000 uncounted provisional ballots, nothing to do with voter suppression but provisional ballots were outstanding, as many as they would have needed to trigger an automatic recount and they were trying to hold on and overplay their hand. shannon: 10 seconds about the mississippi runoff next week, an important speech for what is going to happen in the senate in the next few years. cindy hyde smith triggering a lot of controversy by making a statement that she was a fan of his, invited her to a public hanging she would be in the front row, something that came up tonight in their debate, against mike espy. >> terrible, who knows what will happen in mississippi. the united states senate is hanging

ron desantos and stacy abrams. they're trying to stoke t democratic election. are they going to be successful from what you've seen in your reporting? e been talking to democratic pollsters who a cautiously optimistic. looking at early voting, they say that rublicans are showing up more than democrats right now. but just in my reporti, i was interviewing newly arrived puerto rican voter who is came after hurricane maria who are angry with the president and have not forgotten about the fact thatng he was thro towels to voters. it was to physically get people there. i t cnk the demss are -- democrats are trying real hard to turn out. in my conversations with republicans, i've been surprised for the ability to look at republican voters and think of his rhetoric as strong as someone who is taking it to the man and looking at the same sort brass rhetoric and calling democratic unhinged and crazy. think that's something people have done because they say, you have to be strong. so even if he's a little brash or horse face, that's what you have to do to get yourro mess

bridge every news report should go hey welcome to five stacy abrams a seventy five thousand votes brian cab in a completely rigged election this thing is more suspicious than steve voluntary going to soup kitchen all right. and in kansas kris kobach lost despite rigging that thing every which way but all right also all third party candidates were carefully plucked away like the hairs on a male porn star. that's what every news reporter brave but instead the job of our corporate media is to manufacture celebration for a ridiculous and corrupted alike toral process how do you feel like you. were all come on we can now start the news from behind and say oh the midterms have been taking up a lot of this country's attention but have no fear we can multitask right we can bicker about political nonsense and pretend climate change isn't happening at the same time. we can pay millions of dollars to malign political opponents hopefully crushing any future they may have and making their families hate them while also undermining possible peace talks and half a dozen countries simultaneously. we can

in another race in georgia stacy abrams was up against brian kemp who as i've covered on the show before also ran the elections in georgia there's a conflict of infant that's like that's like leaving the house guarded by a monkey right you you know the moment you look away he's going to steal all. anyway abrams has not conceded yet as of this taping but she is losing by seventy five thousand or so votes however camp not to over three hundred forty thousand people off the voter rolls so why does our mainstream media act like these elections or even remotely legit then your rig and it should be. i mean. it should be every bit of the reporting every bit of coverage every news report should go welcome to five stacy abrams a seventy five thousand votes. in a completely rigged election. has more suspicious than steve voluntary going to soup kitchen all right. and in kansas kris kobach last despite rigging that thing every which way but all right also all third party candidates were carefully plucked away like the hairs on a male porn star. that's what every news reports should bring but instea

things does stacy abrams want to confiscate from them. she has a member of the state house actually cosponsored both ban assault weapons and also to confiscate them, yet she has been on tv making the national rounds and refusing to admit the fact that she did such a thing. >> tucker: unbelievable. thanks for being here. underdog democrats like beto o'rourke are working to get tons of coverage. there are some impressive republican challengers though, and for one night only, john james is on the ballot tomorrow and he is joining us next. ♪ will it feel like the wheend of a journey?p working, or the beginning of something even better? when you prepare for retirement with pacific life, you can create a lifelong income... so you have the freedom to keep doing whatever is most meaningful to you. a reliable income that lets you retire, without retiring from life. that's the power of pacific. ask your financial professional about pacific life today. the new lincoln mkc.mix. connecting the world inside, with the world outside. so you can move th

stacie abrams and brian camp are facing all. abrams would become the first female african american governor. live from atlanta, jonathan. >> hi, dana. voter turnout has been heavy throughout the state. the skies have cleared up, but even when raining, we were seeing long lines in midtown atlanta, some people waiting in line as long as an hour and other locations, hearing reports of people waiting three hours, this follows unprecedented numbers of early voters, two milian georgia citizens casting before election day, doubling the previous record for early voting in a midterm election setback in 2014. as georgia secretary of state michael kempf, the republican running for governor, oversees elections, his office requested criminal investigation of georgia democrats implicating the party in temp to exploit weaknesses in the secretary of state online voter page. party officials are outraged. >> yet to provide evidence of any possible hack by the party and the reason is, it does not exist. he's just hoping this is another way to supp

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abrams . a letter where i got. no same that i'm even more information but i gave all the information that i needed they sent the letter before me after. more information in daniel knew and his case the state has the discretion to allow his mail in ballot it's just decided not to as he phoned kemp's department he got one other bit of bad news so and that's the case with line and my wife's that is correct. with a few days left election day his wife will also be notified that her ballot has also been rejected by the state of georgia john hendren al-jazeera at lamda. all right let's introduce our panel joining us from washington d.c. is lara brown program director at the graduate school of political management for george washington university also in washington pete tucker an independent journalist and contributor to counterpunch and joining us here in doha rodney taylor coordinator of international studies and professor of language and literature at the community college of cutter welcome to you