it is a new day for georgia. ing's are moving forward, not backwards, and georgia -- things are moving forward, not backwards, and georgia is leading the way to the new south. these are georgia residents who changed georgia and the changes an indication of changing the south and changing the nation. we all know the sordid history of the south with slavery, leading the way on jim crow, apartheid racism for 100 years. we all know about voter suppression throughout the south. we all know how difficult the journey has been for black people who chose to remain here and not go north like many did, during the migration from the just, when lynchings and the ku klux klan, that whole actionrate thinking and was the south, but i think georgia has proven that the south has moved on from that sordid history. we've moved onto a history where we embrace our diversity. everyone has equal rights under the law. the law is enforced equally against all and for all. and it works for all. everyone has the right to exercise that cheris

georgia right now. we all know what chuck schumer has said, we are going to take , wella and change america we are going to win georgia and save america. i don't have to tell you why that is so important, we have been listening to it for the last x months, they want the green new deal, they want to open borders, what -- they want to take away our health insurance. they want to defund soon we should be defending the police. but most of all, what they want to do is go to a one party system. sheen to the words of aoc, says we have to win those seats in georgia because we do not want to negotiate, we want the green new deal without compromise. that is impossible. we are not going to let them have it, they are sending millions of dollars down here to georgia to try and change our minds, they are not going to do it. we have already shown them the truth, 52.5% of georgians rejected the democratic plan. we are going to do it again. we have to do, you heard sonny do this, we have to get our vote out, early, do n

what's going on in georgia? >> well number one its been good to go through this process, i think sunlight on this process is a great disinfection, we found several things if we had never asked for this and the trump team never asked for this recount by hand we just got through there be a lot of folks disenfranchised because we found four counties in which votes weren't counted. we found out issues of the signature verification, i'm glad the governor is now speaking up about this we wrote a letter about 10 days ago about this asking i'm glad to see he weighed in on that because that is an issue we'll have to address in georgia but also we found out the secretary of state often did not give clear guidance to the different counties, 159 counties in georgia, on how to set the machines when they were actually making their final count. we found a lot of things that say that we need to continue to look into this , but what we did find in the legal team is transitioning from me away from the recount down to more of the

the georgia run offense. we want to maintain a strong military and continue to give our veterans top notch healthcare and it's vital to reelect the champions for the military family in georgia. they will continue to be so if reelected on january fifth. >> harris: senator rubio told reporters yesterday if trump runs in 2024, he will be the front runner and will probably be the nominee. but we are not even through with 2020. that's on the screen for everybody to see. your reaction? >> yeah, we should try to put 2020 in the books before moving on to future elections. obviously some states like georgia are going through manual recounts and arizona is counting ballots. the president has challenges in other states. we have two vital run offs in georgia not decided for 8 weeks. that's where all of the energy of republican senators and republicans across the country will be focussed on saving that senate majority. put 2020 in the books before we turn to 2024. >> harris: you are going down to georgia. you told my team

in georgia, i would push back. we are going to change of supreme court from conservative to liberal, we are going toch do away with the electoral college so new york and california -- >> sean: they had 30 daysbu before the election that they can vote, then the vote is over, they can move t out, that is wht they are telling people to do? >> literally, so please, for god's sake, look at changing georgia law to neutralize what stacey abrams is trying to do, she's going to send in hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots. have a bipartisan fo group of people verify the signature, not a single person. when it comes to moving to georgia, have a law that means you can't just move for the purpose of taking over the senate and move out. you've got a chance to change the law, change it. >> sean: you had twitter, facebook. thoughts on today? >> well, they've got the most power in the history of mankind, and they can often tell us what we see, mold how we think. they have no legal liability, they can take down your content, th

how do you expect that to be directed at georgia? what will chuck schumer be focusing on so the message resonates in georgia? guest: there will be a hyperfocus on the georgia race. clear thatill make the ability to move an agenda rests on that race. here is why. the houses controlled by democrats. it will stay that way although democrats lost many seats. they maintain the majority. that will not change. we don't know about the senate, it's in republican control now. the white house is going to be run by democrats. factor,et that third the senate, you have the house, the senate and the white house all under one party control. that is the green light. they can pass things without any opposition in many cases. they will be able to move legislation more easily than if the republicans maintain control. one thing to keep in mind is that the senate has the filibuster which means they cannot just pass legislation with the majority. they need to get some cooperation from the minority. things are not guaranteed to move quickly. i think what wi

georgia right now. we all know what chuck schumer has said, we are going to take , wella and change america we are going to win georgia and save america. i don't have to tell you why that is so important, we have been listening to it for the last x months, they want the green new deal, they want to open borders, what -- they want to take away our health insurance. they want to defund soon we should be defending the police. but most of all, what they want to do is go to a one party system. sheen to the words of aoc, says we have to win those seats in georgia because we do not want to negotiate, we want the green new deal without compromise. that is impossible. we are not going to let them have it, they are sending millions of dollars down here to georgia to try and change our minds, they are not going to do it. we have already shown them the truth, 52.5% of georgians rejected the democratic plan. we are going to do it again. we have to do, you heard sonny do this, we have to get our vote out, early, do n

same with georgia. i still remember talking to numerous representatives of nato allies who used to confirm that most predominantly georgian population is most prominently the most pro-nato in the world. now, within nato, we tend to complain about public support, necessity to extend public diplomacy programs to ensure, to convince her -- convince our respective populations of the value and benefits and contributions of nato to world security. while in georgia, it is evident the major part of society thinks like this. actually, it is now very positive in both countries. i still remember another event. bucharest nato summit, i was, at that time, had of the late presidents chancellor, and consultnt by him to with some allies. in particular, those who were reluctant about both countries [indiscernible] at that time. i participated in bucharest, of course, as well, so i remember debates and all engagements. justlly, i have everything before my eyes, those chambers and those discussions at that time. yes, it w

and georgia -- getting much nervous in georgia. my friends in georgia that we'll pull it out. i think most people think that perdue is going to a run-off which means united states senate will be determined by two run-offs in the state of georgia, either joe biden, either way is a 50/50 state. talk about going to georgia between now and first of the year is going to be an expensive time. >> yes, yesterday wallas this roller coaster, up and down. today is just a slow, steady grind. trump is just sitting there every hour watching his life gets smaller and smaller and numbers are going down and i got to say -- you don't have a smile on your face. >> reporting the news and the facts. yesterday it was really scary. today is just democrats feeling a little better and always nervous and a little better. if you are donald trump and sitting in the white house just watching these numbers getting smaller and smaller and everybody -- you are not having a good day. >> our reporting from the white house that even donald trump is telling allies with who he's speaking to i am not sure these la

educated in the state of georgia, harris college, university of georgia. these are coming from someone who has been here all our life. politics is contact sport. there is no question about it. those commercials are bad on both sides. don't tell me that it is just the republicans demonizing the democrats. you know it is the democrats teaming -- demonizing the republicans. you yourself, you are trying to demonize someone for being a billionaire, for being successful. why would we demonize someone for being successful in business? look, i started a business from the ground up. i have enjoyed success. at least for me, what i consider success. nowhere near a billionaire or even a fraction of it. but i have worked hard and i have had that opportunity, and i thank the state of georgia and the united states of 's america for giving me that opportunity and making it possible. a -- a son of a paper mill worker, a ship working paper mill, someone who is the first one in his extended family to ever graduate from college. we lived in the greatest country in the world,

we also expect ukraine and georgia [inaudible] the black sea region. our strategic location makes both ukraine and georgia indispensable to an arrangement in the region. einitially -- from our point of view they can start with the participation of georgia and ukraine. g they should pay attention to being over present integrationce [inaudible] last but not least, in our view nato should identify russia as the main long-term threat to security and put an equal emphasis on audit georgia and ukraine can begin with the long experience of dealing with russians and identify and form and respond to the threat faced by the alliance and partners.la low intensity conflicts in which russia has been involved for which russia has been we should remember that russia at the moment in [inaudible] foreign conflict should be another focus of nato membership. russian occupied tour tory are convenience place to undermine international law which involves smuggling, which involves arms trafficking. i think i will stop here and let men want to elaborate more on our recommenda

georgia. all eyes on georgia. just, this is an incredibly close race, right, if you look at the numbers. how are you feeling about the overall race? >> i'm feeling good. we've been telling people, all along, georgia was a battleground state. we needed the investments. we've been organizing. the infrastructure was here and georgia voters turned out and we are showing the country what we've already known. that we're a battleground state and the path to the white house is paved right through georgia. >> right? but you guys, you took the 2018 playbook there. in georgia for the governor's race. and stacey abrams. and you used that and capitalized on it and made it better, i would imagine. it is incredibly close. a lot of focus is on the votes in clayton county, which is part of the district that you won. do you think clayton could put joe biden over the top? >> clayton still has ballots to be counted. we know that we're winning those votes for joe biden at, like, an 80% rate. and those ballots are still coming in. they

if we have to wait that long to find out the result in georgia, how relevant is georgia still? it is critical for the democrats because if joe still? it is critical for the democrats because ifjoe biden wins georgia, he's got a very clear path to 270. if trump loses georgia, it is devastating, and it makes it almost impossible for him to find any other way to get to 270. also he'll be the first republican to lose the state of georgia since 1992, when bill clinton won the state. and it isjust an extraordinary development for republicans who were very confident about this. that's why they are mounting what they call a legal challenge. they've already claimed one small loss yesterday in chatham cou nty one small loss yesterday in chatham county when they claimed there were some late addition ballots that were added, and the judge threw that out. the republican national committee said this morning that there are other ways they will challenge this, and donald trump claims that there we re and donald trump claims that there were a and donald trump claims that there we re a lot and d

georgia taking center stage in the 2020 election fight. the focus turns to the 2 unresolved senate races with run off elections coming in january. the stakes could not be higher not just for georgia but for the entire nation. it will determine which political party will control the senate in the next term. how aggressive a biden administration could be with this legislative agenda. republicans have 50 seats. they would neat an additional seat to take the majority. otherwise, it could be 50-50. the vice-president at the time would break the tie. senators tim scott and marco rubio among republicans blitzing the state of georgia. senator rubio described how pivotal the races are for america. >> it's a rare situation. 2 senate races in 1 state. they will determine whether there are 52 republicans that can stand up against a radical leftist center socialist agenda or not. that's what is at stake. the people of georgia know it and we are ready to work for that. >> harris: democrats and their allies are urging liberal voters to move to georgia in

i am back in georgia. [applause] i came back to georgia because i wanted to remind everybody -- something is happening over there. [laughter] there we go. we don't want it to fall. you all are going to decide who is going to be the next president of the united states. [applause] you are. you are going to decide who is going to be the next president of the united states. i am back in georgia to thank you for all you have been doing these years, months, weeks and days. looking at the kind of turnout we have already seen in terms of early voting. i wanted to come back to remind us that we still have a ways to go. that last leg of a long trip is usually the longest and most important. this is not the time to let up. this is the time to put our feet on that pedal and go. let's get this thing done. make sure everyone votes, that they drop off their ballots in drop boxes. do not put it in the mailbox, put it in the dropbox. or vote on election day. there is so much at stake. we are in the middle of at least four

let's look at georgia. the state we are all looking at. there you have it, the bald figures, nothing to separate the candidates. we havejust bald figures, nothing to separate the candidates. we have just checked in the last few minutes, joe biden has a 1096 vote lead in georgia. still 66 counties there where they are still counting the votes and the trend has been towardsjoe biden. this will be a great result for the democrats if they succeed in flipping it because the democrats have not won here since 1992 with bill clinton. let's go back to the main map, the other state being closely watched, pennsylvania, in the north—east. donald trump has a lead their ownjoe the north—east. donald trump has a lead their own joe biden the north—east. donald trump has a lead their ownjoe biden of about 18,000 votes butjoe biden is edging ever closer. let's look at the actual electoral map. the number of votes joe actual electoral map. the number of votesjoe biden needs to secure, i'lljust use my blue pen here. let's assume george it goes democrati

this is georgia, this is not somewhere else, we take care of business in georgia. what's happening in georgia today? that's why i'm here, i have a vested interest in georgia not because of my history but because my future. 14 grandchildren are what i'm standing up for today. everyone here i hear, hear knows elections are the cornerstone of democracy. they have to be fair, they have to be accurate, safe and secure. that's what elections are all about. we need to ensure, and we are for every legal vote being counted. just as much is that, we are here for every illegal vote to be thrown out. it's distressing to see what has happened in some of our local counties regarding superintendents and transparency issues like that. as you know after the legal votes were in and tally to come we heard of records of unaccounted for ballots appearing in various counties and majorly stronghold counties. but georgia is committed to ensuring all these legal votes are counted and that's what we want to do. folks, i don't know if these reports are true or accurate but frankly the widesp

the law in georgia, percent. if you look at the percentages between trump and biden, they are dead even, 40 it's pretty amazing in georgia and as you said to come it's so close, there is almost certain to be a recount. but excuse me. the overall picture is. clearly whatever happens right now if you look at it, even if there are questions about there get two to 70 and this point we are starting to look at some of former vice president getting the secret service briefings, planning the address tonight who you would think would be anger but not have much of the way of actual evidence place that would sufficiently impact the outcome of the he seemed to have the posture of do you think? >> i am curious about the decision-makinthatthey would hae winner but he has not been kind of legitimacy that he would even need going forward if he were to think that that seems premature, maybe they have indication that they will be in a position the american people, but i really have to say, to me it just seems like it's do you thin

georgia and ukraine are terms of important in e.u.. they are associated countries with strong voices to make special efforts to bring them isser and in particular it quite loud and might region, central and eastern europe. i assure the view that was presented that we have geopolitical changes, a growth picture as well and we have to bringhat into account and countries in more stable in our neighborhood. historically but in terms of recent reforms. [indiscernible] russia, we tend to repeat country should not have to be to write. eu [indiscernible] friendly. actually it was russia's choice to pursue rather aggressive policy and we have to take that maintaining, communication with the kremlin as well. >> thank you. let me get back to you. apologies to cut you short a few minutes ago. she mentioned the need for political will. iane is a question from that i want to transfer to you. what can georgia and ukraine do to sway the western position that we need to ratify any membership? change the views according to your opinion. >> first of all

joe biden inches closer to the white house expanding his narrow lead over president trump in georgia and pennsylvania but georgia is set for a recount because the gap between the 2 candidates is so small. hello i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program president trump and his campaign they're still to find insisting the election is not over they are continuing to allege irregularities. his supporters are continuing to protest outside voting centers but elsewhere celebrations of broken now in anticipation of final results. joe biden is edging closer to that magic number of 270 electoral college votes that will make him the next president of the united states in the past 12 hours the democratic candidate has overtaken donald trump in 2 key battleground states pennsylvania and georgia so this is where we stand at the moment there are just a few battleground states still being counted at this point biden is leading in all of them based on the count from the associated press he secured 264 electoral college votes so far donald trump has 214 and n

in georgia. on january 5. so when we start thinking about from our foreign policy to the coronavirus response. this is for the whole kit and ka boodle. the whole ball game. this is moment where it is super clear the interest of local georgiaens and democratics is aligned with the interest of the national party. i also think that there should be acknowledgment that these folks know how to win. so we should listen to war knock and his team. and listen to jon ossoff and the team. and i am a graduate of the school for democracy defenders and people should listen to stacey abrams. and her team. about what it takes to win in georgia. >> i have spoken to several graduates of the afwrams school of black girl magic. i have been one of the cynics about georgia. i thought tfts a red state. some said it was purple. now it's blue. critics say only republican can win a run off in georgia. how do you respond to the critics who think they have it in the bag? >> we are in an unprecedented situation. i hope people have known th

remember, this is the state of georgia. also all eyes are on pennsylvania where joe biden has been chipping away steadily at the president's early lead. the vast majority of the outstanding votes in pennsylvania are coming in mail-in ballots, and those have been breaking dramatically in biden's favor. winning the state would be enough to push him over the 270 threshold making joe biden the president-elect. >>> tensions remain high across the country as we patiently await those results. >> all right. so, thursday evening donald trump held a press conference from the white house. this marked the first time we have publicly seen the president since 3:00 a.m. on election night. now, during his remarks trump continuously made baseless and false claims about massive voter fraud and rallied against polling organizations saying they, quote, suppressed the vote. trump has been blasting out similar falsehoods on twitter all week long. they have been repeatedly flagged for misinformation. because of that we have seen supporters of the

vernon was a democrat georgia state -- he is a democrat georgia state representative. he has been courageous throughout in his support of the president and the constitution. great to have you with us, and i just -- welcome to the broadcast. i want to get your sense, doug collins very on the -- optimistic that the president will be found the winner. on another, deeply concerning he's so certain there's voter fraud. your thoughts. >> well, first of all, doug collins, congressman collins, is as solid as a stone mountain. i'm glad the president put him in charge. what many of us georgians are seeing and americans across the country, there is too much fraud going on. it is clear, it is obvious in many cases. and i say this, lou, i call balls and strikes. yes, i'm a lifelong democrat, but i support my country over my party. my party's gone now. i do not want to be a part of that. they would be burning and looting and stealing and shoots right now if the numbers were the other way around. that's what they do. what i like about georgians and the republican party right now and

carolyn bordeaux running amazing races in georgia 7. this is important, chris, that each of these battles won or lost when well thought has been worth what we built in the process. >> right. >> all of that has occurred as this political realignment in the trump era has unfolded and this year the sheer incompetence, the catastrophic consequences of gop incompetence pushed us over the top. >> georgia 6 special, of course this will come down to the two most pivotal figures, donald trump and jon ossoff. we learned who you were in that first race. that first race was the first opportunity for people in a country that donald trump was the president of to respond how they felt about him. so much money in that district. what did you learn from that? what's changed? what's that arc look like for you? >> the most inspiring thing about that campaign was how ordinary people banded together in this spontaneous way. i mean, more than 13,000 volunteers we trained and organized in that campaign. nearly half a million small dollar donors who kicked in a

your thoughts on the president's impact in those races in georgia. >> look. this is a problem for republicans. on one hand you have donald trump suggesting that the results in georgia was fraudulent and still trying to get his people excited to turnout on january 5th. if they turned out because they wanted to vote for donald trump and he is saying the results are fraudulent, why would they turnout again on january 5th? democrats have the same issue. a lot of folks turned out in georgia to get rid of donald trump and accomplished that couldive. -- objective. how will democrats rally their troops. >> mike: chuck, a long year with the pandemic and politics. your thoughts on the energy level in georgia in terms of the actual voters. >> i suspect it will be a higher energy level than you might otherwise have in a senate run off. history is not a guide to what we are about to experience. both senate seats at stake and control of the whole senate. i expect that while turnout might fall off a little bit from november, there will still be much more excitement in the s

that's what we have got to forecan you say on here in georgia if we want our values to continue and georgia to state best place we know to do business just named again we have actually got to be out there voting. carley: we are running out of time but i wanted to ask you if you have spoken to the president and if so how he is feeling right now. >> the president is upbeat. focusing on legal option and making sure every vote counts. making sure that people are trusting the integrity of the election. he focused on that. jillian: five seconds, how long do you think this recount will take what's your expectation. >> i would say three to five days. you recall congressman doug collins. carley: all right "fox & friends first" is over. jillian: and "fox & friends" starts right now. have a good day. >> urgent manhunt underway right now in arkansas after a police officer is shot and killed. >> the suspect identified as 29-year-old la carious howard. >> released secretary of state had no authority to extend the deadline. >> what are these false claims of widespread election fraud doing to this country.

so, all right, what does georgia do? this is 1827. georgia issues these resolutions. in december 1828, the next governor, john forsythe, persuades or pushes through the legislature a statute that acts on this idea from troup that says, okay, cherokees, you guys stay as long as you want, but from now on, we're going to divide your lands up and you're going to be parts of four georgia counties, and you can keep your own laws until june of next year -- or june of 1830 -- at which point you will all be subject to the laws of georgia, and all of your laws will be null and void. so, but you're welcome to stay. and unsurprisingly, the cherokee nation says, no, that's not how this is going to work. now, what made georgia confident that it could get away with this now after so many years was the election the previous month of this guy, andrew jackson, to the white house. and jackson was on record as being supportive of the idea of forcing indians out of the southeast and finding some other place for them. they thought jackson will get sworn in and he'll actually take some fede

giving us the latest on the numbers in georgia many thanks. let's go now to. the black lives plaza and washington d.c. . so what is happening where you are with his music. surely because ever since the election there have been groups of mostly biden supporters who have been gathered here not so much in protest more in a celebrate tori's here at best the music you're hearing there is actually people dancing waltzing in the streets they're all gathered here outside of the riot fences that now surround the white house these are of course put up after the summer black eyes matter protesting of course remember when president trump in that now infamous incident sent out military forces police forces to clear the crowd injuring some folks before taking a photo op staged picture in front of that church well what a difference a few months have made because the anger that really resulted from that moment and of course disenchantment with coded with the way that the president has handled racial inequality in the united states well that has translated in an undeniable pop

just hundreds of votes separate president trump and joe biden in georgia. update on georgia. pennsylvania remains too close to call. as joe biden appears to pull ahead, the president says the election is being stolen, despite no evidence of widespread illegal voting. and jay powell says it's a good time to let the institutions of democracy do their job. the fed says the virus will weigh on the economy as u.s. daily cases top 100,000. good morning, everyone. this is bloomberg surveillance. tom and francine from london and new york. day three of our election special. we look at georgia, and we have been saying that georgia could be quite significant because it was for such a long time a red state. it is razor thin. we saw joe biden ahead by a couple hundred votes. we continue counting, i believe, so it is not definitive. what we have been saying is that we have to be careful because there could be recounts and we could

this is it, all eyes on georgia? >> well, kelly loeffler and i are the republican candidates for these two seats and as i said the majority comes down to these two seats. w it's our job to make sure thatdi the people of georgia know just what's at stake, but we know what the democrats want to do. you've just highlighted most of it but they want illegal immigrants to vote. they want to defund the police they want to take away our private health insurance and they want to stack the courts. that's not what our government has always been about. it's been about checks and balances in what schumer said the other day that if we would not georgia would change america, aoc said we are all about -- we want to win those two seats because we do not want to negotiate. she wants the green new deal. we've got to make sure the people in georgia turn out again.erd we've already beaten the democrats, 52.5% of georgia voters rejected this liberal left move that the democrats are trying to perpetrate and i think that's a big sign that n

joe biden pulls ahead in georgia inching closer to 270 electoral votes needed to become the 46th u.s. president. heads for a photo finish with the gap narrowing between donald trump and biden in battleground states. columns the whole roman you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up after deploying troops in ethiopia is north of the president declares the region a no fly zone to stamp out a separatist struggle also an economy near collapse we meet syrian refugees living on less than $3.00 a day in lebanon. well it's been 3 days since election day but americans are still waiting to find out who will be their next president the race to the white house is headed for a photo finish with every hour now rowing the gap between donald trump and joe biden or here's the overall picture so far with just 4 battleground states left to count any of them could give biden the win now he's pulled ahead in georgia in the last days in the lead in nevada trump is ahead in the other 2 states but the margins a razor thin now those states being continue to be counted are the

so a lot of this hangs on georgia. i just want to direct your attention to the bottom of that graphic where you are looking at the actual map of the senate floor. 45 democrats right now. 46 republicans. so we're very, very close when it comes to the battle for control of the senate. >> can we go back -- >> this is actually the seating chart figuratively of the senate, right? >> this is exactly where all 100 u.s. senators sit when they are in the chamber. you'll notice that kentucky seat right up at the front. that's because mitch mcconnell is the leader of the senate. >> and he will still be sitting in that seat. >> that's correct. >> can we go back to susan collins. she knew going in she was in big trouble. what happened to susan collins? >> well, you know it used to be that as a moderate, you had a lot of power. >> yeah. >> you were a deal broker. you crossed the aisle and you worked with the other side to cut deals. we haven't seen a lot of deals cut over the last four years. and, frankly, this is president trump's

the legislature in georgia needs to look at this. the legislature in georgia needs to look. there need to be i.d.'s on the absentee ballots. you need to know when they come in. folks, let me say this. we are here tonight, and across this country. we have seen it in georgia. we are going to see it everywhere else. this is the most fundamental right americans have, the one thing that kept us americans for 200-plus years. it is not our backgrounds. it is a simple right to do what the founders did -- vote for our leaders, and have the will of the people and the law followed. [applause] followed, thes truth will prevail. as i have always said and others have said before, when we follow the truth, the truth will set us free, and that is what we are asking for tonight. tonight, many are gathered here to help, to hold accountable. this is what we have to do. this country needs accountability. books on the left don't like donald trump because he holds them accountable. there is one who has been exposing that for a long time. he is just a younger version of the one in the white house.

you know in georgia, near georgia, been to georgia, can spell georgia and let them know how important this election is. >> well, that was stacey abrams. if you can spell georgia, she wants your help because georgia is getting ready for the two senate runoff elections. and the republican candidates are taking aim and not just at their democratic opponents. republican senators kelly love ler and david perdue called on georgia's secretary of state to resign. they blamed him without evidence for unproven failures in the process. they recommended that they focus on their own races right now. to help republicans keep the senate. priscilla thompson has been all over this story in atlanta. let's talk about them going after a member of their own party. what is the political calculation here? >> i mean, i think that is the big question here. and lots going on here in georgia. we're learning this morning that the trump campaign is requesting a hand count when they get that recount here in georgia. that means they want the secretary of state's office to hand count nearly 3 million ballots across

let's go to georgia. the president's lead has plunged to just 3400 votes as the votes come in from heavily democratic areas like fulton county which is the home of atlanta, we're still waiting for choates from chatham county, the city of savannah and another democratic stronghold. another metro area that could tip the race to biden. cnbc's contessa brewer is in alma, georgia, con tested. the president's lead there is razor thin >> reporter: i think we could come up with other words than razor thin so incredibly close. just 0.07% separating trump and biden after new ballot counts were released at the top of the hour while the president has dominated these rural counties absentee ballots keep shrinking his lead 24 hours later he led by 23,000 votes as the democratic dominated metro area saw them processed as you mentioned 3635 separate the two and when the remaining ones are processed we may not have official totals. >> they have to go through provisional ballots. cured ballots where they had discrepancies

georgia? pennsylvania. >> we could look at both. pennsylvania, we just got a pretty big side update here. you can see it has brought donald trump's lead even lower. now he's barely above 40,000. it's 42,142. what we got was a big batch of votes from monroe county, pennsylvania. this is where stroudsburg is. it actually has lifted joe biden into the lead in that county. trump had been leading the vote tally in this county, and the margin here, again, this is much -- this is a 2 to 1, better than 2 to 1 lead for biden in the mail ballots that were just reported from monroe county, pennsylvania. so, again, mail ballots, a good chunk of them here. there were about 15,000 total that were just reported out from monroe county, and it has brought donald trump's lead even lower. only 42,000 right now. in terms of georgia, an incremental update here. we got some votes here, about 1,000 i think it is, from rockdale county, again, outside atlanta here. mail ballots, they favor biden. it brings that trump

erin, georgia. it just -- the whole thing is just fascinating to watch. >> there is no state that is more important than another right now. they're all equally juggling them in the air to see which ball is going to land first with answers here. just moments ago, anderson and i, all of you watching the georgia secretary of state saying there are over 61,000 ballots that need to be counted in the state. the margin between trump and biden is razor thin. the question is when are we going to know what the numbers are. ? richard barren is the fulton county official, i know you haven't slept you're trying to get answers on this. i know we were anticipating an update from you around 11:00, do you have the final tally? >> we sent thumb drives over to our warehouse probably about 20 minutes before i got on this call. and we had -- we had scanned 140,083 ballots before i got on this call with you. we're close to being done. i think within 2,000 at this point. >> so just to make sure you have the comparables ri

focusing on georgia now. there's going to be a recount in georgia. 0ur correspondent, larry madowo, is in atlanta. larry, when it is such a razor thin margin leading forjoe biden, of course, a recount is absolutely crucial. every single vote matters. absolutely. right now, that margin isjust 1585. absolutely. right now, that margin isjust1585. that's absolutely. right now, that margin is just 1585. that's what the local officials who are running elections here in georgia have just been telling us. the other question that they are asking, because everybody is asking, is when will this recount happened? when will we know the final outcome of the presidential election? they said listen, there's a process here. we have to verify every vote. we have to certify the election, and then that recount can happen. the timeline that was in place before this event was november 20th two certify the election, and then after that, the recount could happen. he says there's no way to move it forward just because of this huge na

what is happening in georgia in our country? why are we still finding thousands of ballots weeks afte the election? does that inspire confidence in the outcome to you? should anyone ever trust us? all these other states, they ca count their votes on election night, no problems. every vote matters, right? think about it commit these votes never would have been tallied without a recount commi now less than 13,000 votes separate the president and joe biden in georgia. that number continues to shrink how many more ballots will they find tomorrow? of course tonight this isn't just about thousands of missing boats votes showing up weeks later, that are now just turnin up out of thin air, it's also about the state, their use of diminutive voting systems which are played like we told you about. with issues with the state's primary a few months ago. according to the new york times in some cases the new machines required to much extra power fo aging polling locations blowing fuses and never powering on. others, workers were still bein tra

i am a georgia citizen. i care about what happened in georgia. i can't dictate what happens in pennsylvania or michigan. i am glad we are seeing this. if cheating happens on any level, i am glad we are talking about it and put a microscope on it for next time. >> harris: molly? >> well, we all than election fraud happens in every election. sometimes it affects the outcome. there have been a lot of questions about jfk's presidential victory and franken's race when he took a senate seat. we know that mail-in ballots leads to many, many more opportunities for fraud. this year what we had was a real rush to expand mail-in ballots under the guise of coronavirus. you should have more scrutiny. the more time and distance you put throughout the voting process. the more opportunities there are for fraud problems, and theft. americans have come nowhere near being confident in the mail-in ballots system. because we took all of the guard rails off. there were states where there was no requirement for an ied i.d. or signature. there were issues with people no

joe biden still the winner of georgia. out front, the republican lieutenant governor of the state of georgia. i appreciate your time. let me start with the recount. the gsa moments ago finally saying they're ready to begin the formal transition process with president-elect biden. have you heard from the trump campaign about the recount? is it still happening? >> we continue to follow the letter of the law here in georgia, and certainly, we had the election itself and had the early results come back. then we were formed, as the law provides for, a risk-limiting audit, which turned out to be a full hand count of the presidential vote, which was 5 million votes, and of course, now that the margins are so close, within a half a percent, a candidate is allowed to ask for another recount, which is going to be a machine recount, which i believe starts at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. outside the purview of any sort of ongoing conversations around gsa, we will continue to follow the letter of the law here in georgia. >> again, just

georgia, georgia being here is an astounding result. not least for a long time georgia was considered a deep red state, not a competitive state. you might remember in 2018 democrat stacey abrams calms -- came within 1 1/2 percentage point of beating brian kemp. he was overseeing the election at the time. he mounted a voter suppression campaign. craig bluestein is a political reporter of the constitution, and he joins me now. greg, just the latest in terms of the sense you're getting from the elections officials on their projection for time lines and things like that. >> very scattered. we expect more ballots to be counted, absentee ballots to be counted in gwinnett county later this morning. we expect clayton county ballots to be counted now. that is the most democratic couns county in georgia. the most solidly blue county in georgia. so democrats are pretty optimistic still that as those clayton county votes get tallied, it could put them if not over the top, right there. >> it's an astounding thing to consider. it was actually a relat