his race against david purdue remains too close to call. campaign manager released a statement overnight saying when all the votes are counted we fully expect john ossoff will have won this election to represent georgia in the united states senate. the perdue campaign is vowing a legal fight should the race be called for ossoff with a statement saying we will mobilize every available resource and exhaust every legal resource to ensure all legally cast ballots are properly counted. we believe in the end senator perdue will be victorious. brad roethlisberger said we could no more answers later today. >> hopefully by noon we will have a better idea where we are. it is very close. i don't want people looking for that mail coming in friday, 17,000 military ballots will be important. >> reporter: election officials in fulton county tell us there are 4000 outstanding absentee ballots that still need to be counted. election officials will return here at 8:30 this morning to continue counting and outstanding votes in 15 other counties around the sta

david purdue was elected in 2014. see that number? watching that closely throughout the evening to find out how the state has changed. this is chatuga county. this was an increase of 13% since the first time he ran six years prior. so the rural part of georgia is changing. in the southwest, a rural area, not a ton of votes. but republican plus ten going back to 2014. that is a significant increase. the problem for republicans is in the metro area. watch with democrats for jon ossoff, where they were in gwinnett county six years ago. up 13 points. up here in forsyth county, up 12 points. in cobb county, which gets a lot of attention in northwest atlanta, they're up 11 1/2 points, this is the reason why you have such a close and competitive contest here in georgia. the presidential level and now at the two senate levels. what i'll show you here quickly if i can, this is the nine counties that are included in the metro area of atlanta. those nine counties you have 43% of registered voters in the state. the entire metro area of atlanta, w

jon ossoff and david perdue, 52% versus 48% for david purdue. let's go to the next race, you have a file warnock and 52% -- raphael warnock at 52% and kelly loeffler at 48%. 56% out of the 159 counties are adjustncluding munro can the county, delivering 70 plus percentage points for the republican candidates. a lot of the large counties, not in yet. this is the margin, albeit getting closer. 2.2 million votes are counted. that is about half the number of votes cast so far. we have results scrolling at the bottom of your screen and an com.line on wsbtv. continue to monitor tonight's results. we will be on the air with you from now until it is over. after that.going >> we might hear from abc news 10 i come as well. we will watch and be flexible. we will have results scrolling for you at the bottom of your screen. we'll be right back. announcer: you have been watching live coverage of wsb-tv in atlanta here on c-span, as the results come in for the u.s. senate runoff elections between republican senator, david purdue, and democrat, john ossoff. and

you can see this number with david purdue, 49.7. if he gets to 50%, he's not even in a run-off today. state law mandates that you have to hit that 50% threshold. nonetheless, libertarian candidate took him out. he's not in this race. how do you see this going down first of all? >> you're right. david purdue was a whisker away from not going through this. he ran better than donald trump in georgia in november. on the other hand, jon ossoff ran behind joe biden. he has room to grow. the early indications show that this will be razor thin, very close on both sides. as karl rove just said, we'll probably wake up and may not know the results for a day or even a week, may be in recount territory. i expect the races to go down to the wire. >> bill: kristin, how do you see it so far? >> i think it's incredibly close because you have polls that show this close. a lot of people are skeptical of the polls for very good reason, especially given that so few pollsters are engaged in this race publicly and it's a strange run-off happening during a

swung into action with david purdue. the two men worked overtime securing disaster relief to the farm community. the result is black formers in south georgia have been voting purdue disproportionate to the black vote in the rest of the state. the president hammered on that. what don't we understand about georgia voters and what is persuading them? >> a lot of people forget that we had a successful governor, governor purdue, agricultural director. they have worked together putting this together and helping georgia. they didn't forget that especially the black farmers, shannon, as you touched on. they don't have amnesia. hurricane michael devastating those forms in south governor. you mentioned the black vote. 39% plus african americans here in georgia. they're sitting here like are we better off than we were in the previous administration? we have the highest black voter turnout under the trump policies which david purdue and senator loeffler co-signed on. they were part of that opportunity zone, prison reform. these are

jon ossoff is leading over david purdue. ossoff needs to win his race to give the democrarats control of the senate. the chamber would be 50/50 and kamala harris would cast the deciding vote as vice president. i think the only prediction we can depend on now is that it is going to be a long night into the morning. sl we hea have we heard from the candidates yet? >> we have heard from one. i want to tell you about david purdue and kelly loeffler. they have not conceded. jon ossoff hasn't spoken. raphael warnock did speak from his home. he said tonight that it proved with hope, hard work and people by his side that anything is possible. >> georgians flocked to the polls on tuesday. >> you can't complain if you don't vote. >> two elections that could shift the balance of power. >> god gave us a voice to be heard. >> cbs projects raphael warnock has beaten kelly loeffler thanks to strong support for black and young voters. >> i am going to the senate to work for all georgia. >> it is worth it for this election to last into tomor

in november david purdue got 62% of the 2-party vote on election day and republicans are confident they will get that or a point or two better tomorrow and if they do they will win as long as the turnout, the bigger the turnout tomorrow the better of the republicans are. shannon: the world will be watching. thank you for your time tonight. we will see. how prepared is georgia for tomorrow's runoff falling weeks of voter fraud claims, protections are in place, the legal challenge next. what day is it? ♪ did i feed you? these days it can be easy to lose track of things. i did. thank you. is this clean? but taking prescriptions shouldn't be one of them. cvs simpledose presorts your prescriptions into packets by time of day, so you know what to take when. and delivered at no cost. no. learn more at cvs.com. that's healthier made easier. >> shannon: following >> a heated phone call with the president saturday, georgia's secretary of state back in the national spotlight with allies watching to see how the peach state handles demand for transparency and integrity in the senate runoff electio

david purdue is a great gentleman. david was a critical vote and a right to pass the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in american history. we did that together, we got it done watching -- launching an incredible economic room. greatest tax cuts in the history of our country and the greatest restrictions. we were so restricted we cannot breathe in this country. i think it might've been more important than the tax cuts. you would know that being one of the great businessman of our world. when georgia needed a strong voice in washington after hurricane michael, remember hurricane michael? and i was down here with david david purdue led the charge to get the workers and farmers in the state the relief you deserve. he said sir, can we get $1 billion and i said we will get it and we got a very fast. there was no mechanism. you got hit with a hurricane like you have never seen before, it came in from a location that is very unique, it was a hurlbert thing. i was here for a long time with david and his kin, the great so

david purdue off the trail right now as he's quarantining as someone near him was exposed to covid. this is a neck and neck race right now. more face time with voters is probably what he needs. >> certainly every vote counts in the last couple days. i believe with three million voters already voting, most people have already made up their minds. the last people that haven't, grabbing face time with each one of them is important.

we will have interview with senator david purdue in a moment. >> bret: john roberts at the white house, lawmakers are saying about president trump's phone call with the georgia secretary of state, peter doocy in atlanta with president-elect biden's visit to the georgia capital but we begin with correspondent steve harrigan entailed in georgia where the president will host a rally for the republican candidate in about three hours. good evening. speak a good evening, three i was away from the president's appearance you can see the last of the crowd filing through. there's people here overnight about two dozen people on the asphalt, 20 do 20-degree weather to make sure they got in. and checked out before they go in and local officials are talking about at least 5,000 people coming here. two observations if you've been to a lot of trump rallies, this one feels different. there's a real sense of anger that i have been seen at previous b6 rallies. people here feel like they have been cheated and they say they've been cheated. another thing i noticed talking to people is that there's been a l

david purdue. where is david? i love david so well he is respected and loved by everyone. someone that has really been a star in washington. kelly loeffler. where is kelly? where is our kelly? what a job you have done. thank you. [chanting] president trump: kelly fights for me, david fights for me, that i can tell you. and i will also say, the republicans, for the people that don't fight, not for me, fighting for us, because we have a lot of corrupt things that happened. when they don't fight, one thing i have learned about republicans , i have some difficulties, but you know a difficulty i don't have -- they don't have? they never forget. people will find that out because we have to go, we have to go all the way. you will watch what happens over the next couple of weeks. watch what's going to come out. watch what's going to be revealed. you watch. [cheers and applause] and i have top: tell you that the stakes to this election cannot be higher. you vote tomorrow, you want to go out tomorrow. people want to go out, they don't want to do the ballot thing. unlessn't want to d

we have david purdue on the show tonight. the campaign said he had to get to a biden event very quickly, which is at 4:30. this event was at 1:30. i'm not sure the timing there. >> you're thinking a good uber driver could have gotten him there. how was his precipitation, his level of confidence? he's 33 years old trying to win a senate seat. >> he's smooth. he has his talking points down. he did add today a section about president trump's phone call to the secretary of state. he said that he was trying to essentially shake down government officials and that georgia voters, this is ossoff speaking, should stand up and send a message to president trump. so i do think that that call, we don't know how big of an effect it will have. what happens with president trump when he gets to dalton, georgia and his pitch to get out the vote for loeffler and purdue i think is going to be a big moment in the final hours of this campaign. >> bill: we'll watch that tonight for every word he says. what did you pick up from the governor there ab

the momentum is real, republicans will come out and support kelly (david purdue. it will be an exciting time. they know what is at stake, the future of the american dream is at stake and they know it. >> did joe biden do enough to allay fears of that moderate georgia voters worried about socialism and overturning the current system that we have or did he double down on that and say if that is what you want, vote for warknock and ossoff. >> they are schizophrenic, saying they want to fight against socialism and sent people to thousand dollars checks, rafael warknock wants to open prisons and releasing people from prison, on one hand they believe in the election was rigged but that they were fairly elected and put into the runoff in november. it is a ridiculous set of circumstances there putting us into. the idea of kelly leffler being a simple businesswoman before getting to the senate, preceding a company with $182 million in hong kong based chinese billion or so while talking about socialism can't explain where those hundreds of millions of dollars went and how t

. >> republicans senators, kelly loeffler and david purdue, sell themselves as a fire wall against the radical left. >> if the radicals take total control, we will never get our country back. >> reporter: the others look to tap in on to georgia's changing more diverse demographics. >> senator david purdue profited from the pandemic. >> reporter: there adds attack them as insider trading profiteers. >> you can help kelly to help herself, or help me to help you. >> reporter: democrats need to win both seeds to contr -- win to control the senate. both president elect biden and president trump will make last minute appeals here tomorrow. that's despite this weekend tweet from mr. trump. fwa georgia'ses run-offs are illegal and invalid. to get away from a surge, republicans have to turn out in force, in person, on tuesday. that includes trump supporters with zero proof that the president lost the state because the election system is rigged. >> thank you. it's been a year since a u.s. drone strike killed one iran's most powerful military commanders and a top iraqui militia leader. and 10s of

andrace between jon ossoff david purdue is a dead heat with a number of votes still to be counted. purdue's senate term expired sunday for two distinctly if her and events taking place in washington today. on capitol hill, lawmakers gathered to certified joe biden for president. some republicans have promised to vote against it because of unproven allegations of vote fraud. thousands of trump supporters have gathered in washington. unprecedentedan crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. dozens of opposition figures were arrested under a controversial national security law. -- joeican lawyer who is biden tweets the secretary of state calling the arrest and assault on hong kong's democracy. a surprise move by saudi arabia, the saudis took charge of the oil market with a large cut in crude adduction. that papered over cracks in the opec-plus coalition and sent crude prices jumping to a 10 month high. -- ofhares of and judy energy companies surged. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more i ritikacountrie

purdue. >> the war for the majority of the senate comes down to georgia this year. and we need you all of us, to stand? that bridge. >> it looks like y'all ready for an election. [ cheers and applause ] >> looks like you are all ready to make history. >> five calls or texts today about voting will keep the liberals away. >> it is time to vote like we have never voted before, georgia. >> each of them has been trying desperately to get their voters to show up at the polls for a second time. >> never before has a run-off election in this state, meant so. >> it will determine who is in charge of the u.s. senate. who sets the agenda. who sets the policy. >> with control of the senate on the line, people far away from georgia are all wound up in the state's business. from the white houses -- >> we are going to fight like hell, i will tell you right now. >> to hollywood. >> the work is not done, everybody. >> it matters who wins. >> get out and vote. >> but it's the outrage over a stunning phone call between the president and georgia's secretary of state that is all the ta

in a rally overnight for the republican incumbent, senators david purdue and kelly loeffler he stepped up his attacks on georgia's republican election officials. >> i'll be campaigning against your governor and your crazy secretary of state. that i can tell you. >> reporter: the phone call in which trump is heard asking officials to overturn the results of the vote in georgia casting a shadow over the final hours of the campaigns. >> so, what are we going to do here, folks? i only need 11,000 votes. fellows, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. >> reporter: they fear the phone call and the president's continued attacks on the integrity of the election could suppress gop turnout at the polls. >> it doesn't help him. i can't think of a single scenario where that phone call for 62 plus minutes made any sort of difference in getting david purdue and kelly loeffler re-elected. >> these are expensive campaigns in georgia with ad spending totaling more than $500 million just in the past two months. polls show both races are neck and neck so it's unlikely we'll get a result tonight. elizabeth

raphael warnock and jon ossoff hoping to unseat kelly loeffler and david purdue. they will soon both have command of both houses of congress as well as the white house. a dual republican victory on the other and matt could impact president-elect joe biden's administration from day one. >> yet more political drama is on the immediate horizon. a joint session of congress will convene later today to officially confirm joe biden as an ex-president of the united states but there is observatio dozens of republican lawmakers are blocking the certification of vote. outside, the president supporters are protesting results insisting the election was rigged. we are joined by charles watson with breaking developments on the result. >> good morning, gillian. vote counting operation here slowly but shortly wrapping up, you can hear the sounds on the operation systems over here, shortly wrapping up right now. you can see a lot of the election workers that were here today have packed it up and started going home. we were told by the director of elections here that about 7500 ball

in the race is democrat john allsop running against david purdue. right now also is leaving almost 53% of the vote. democrat raffaella warnock trying to unseat kelly leffler. right now warnock is leaving with 83%. the outcome will decide whether the democrats or the republicans will run the senate. >> reporter: good evening to you. election officials had made a clear not to expect results tonight. as absentee ballots in the state can only be counted as polls closed. the voters we spoke to recognize the implications here. they are excited to head to the polls. and i also saw a record number of early voters. some 3 million people that have come out to vote in this election. so they are excited, as the nation watches and waits to see what happens in the peach state. polls have now closed and georgia, where voters cast ballots into senate runoff races with national consequences. >> we don't know who is going to win. >> reporter: philip harrison is among the 3 million georgians who voted early. today he drove his neighbor. >> if i had not brought him he

purdue to any idea if kerry lost david purdue i'm just going to go quietly all or are they going to potentially drag out this result. kelly lefler has said that there is still a path to victory it is unclear exactly what she means by that and what path she's talking about but as i mentioned it's clear that the perdue campaign is going to be looking at as i said any resource they can get to ensure that this vote count is accurate right now with the margin between asaf and purdue we are getting into recount territory the margin between them is 16000 votes it's less than half a percentage point and that means in the state of georgia that the candidate does have the right to request a recount it's worth noting though that already john has done better than biden did in the state in november biden won georgia by less than 12000 votes and as i said awesome his leading by about 16000 votes that's actually thanks very much indeed natascha going to him talking to us from the lines in georgia. a lot as natasha just said the u.s. congress is essential to meet shortly to certify the electoral vo

defeat the democratic extremist and deliver a thundering victory to david purdue and kelly leffler. kelly fight for me, david 53. >> you can break the gridlock that has gripped washington and this nation. there are folks in the senate who will make progress. >> people of georgia will be at the mercy of the left-wing socialist communist. >> make sure your voice is heard. >> and we will make america great again. go get them, david, go get them, kelly, go get them. ♪ waiting for tonight ♪ dream of this love for so long ♪ todd: hey, we have a big day ahead of us. polls opening in 2 hours for one of the most high-stakes elections a lifetime. republicans in the runoff, aiming to take total control of washington. a race so important which is why we play j lo. jillian: all hands on deck in the peach state as donald trump and president-elect joe biden make last-ditch appeal to voters, live team coverage, "fox and friends" weekend cohost pete hegseth and will kane made their way to atlanta following several threats to georgia polling places but griff jenkins is live in dalton, georgia w

. >> reporter: as of this hour georgia's senators david purdue and kelly (have not conceded even though there democratic opponent of declared victory. georgia republican senator david purdue rights in part, quote, as we have seen repeatedly over the last several weeks and as recently as this evening this is an exceptionally close election that will require time and transparency to be certain the results are fair and accurate and the voices of georgians are heard but democrats rafael warnock and john ossoff victories the senate is deadlocked with 60 republicans and 60 republicans with kamala harris serving as a tie-breaking vote for democrats. president-elect biden tweeted i call reverend warnock and john ossoff to congratulate them on their hard-fought campaigns, they delivered a resounding message, they want action on the crisis we face and want it right now. we will get it done. in atlanta, georgia, the secretary of state was evacuated from the capital building out of abundance of caution during all the unrest and in fulton county, voting review process was halted along with the absen

peach state voters will decide whether david purdue and kelly loeffler will return to washington or if john also if -- jon ossoff and raphael warnock take their place. both ossoff and warnock will result in a 50/50 split in the senate, effectively giving democrats control the senate. vice president-elect kamala harris would cast the tie-breaking vote. today, aboutusa that potential of a democratic win in the senate. hoping forition victory but bracing for defeat in georgia. they write that joe biden is eyeing a more dishes -- ambitious agenda for the first 100 days of his presidency if democrats can win tuesday. biden's advisers are privately skeptical about jon ossoff and raphael warnock's chances. confidants say the incoming team's core priorities will remain the same regardless of the outcome. climate change, and racial inequality. they can see the scale of plans could change dramatically come tuesday evening. read more at politico.com for that. the new york times on their front page this morning write about a news conference we covered from georgia yesterday. the headline is georgi

's race against david purdue remains too close to call. john ossoff's campaign manager releasing the statement overnight saying when all the votes are counted we fully expect john ossoff will have won this election to represent georgia and the united states senate. the purdue campaign vowing a legal fight should the race be called for ossoff, a statement from his campaign saying we will mobilize every available resource and exhaust every legal resource to ensure all legally cast ballots are properly counted. we believe in the end senator purdue will be victorious, donald trump weighing in this morning with more claims of voter fraud tweeting looks like they are setting up a big voter dump against the republican candidates, waiting to see how many votes they need. there are more votes to be counted. the director of elections tells us there are 4000 outstanding absentee ballot votes and an unknown amount of votes outstanding in 15 other counties around the state in fulton county where election workers will return at 8:30 to continue the coun

david purdue said last night and reiterated this morning that he was not conceding yet, he still felt like there was a path for him to win, and that he would be using every legal available option to make sure that all the votes were counted. of course, if jon ossoff does win, he and warnock will basically hand the senate and the democrats the next few years, but let's make sure that we're putting this in context. it would be a 50-50 split and then the tie-breaking vote would be from vice president kamala harris. what does that mean? perhaps the bigger progressive things can't get done, but a few slower things such as more stimulus might be possible. guy: is going to be interesting, you can't really make the changes without a super majority but they do have a majority. it does change the game. emily, thank you indeed. let's stick around to talk about how much the game will be changed. what does it mean for markets? what does it mean for spending, particularly, the environment? the chief economist and global head of economic strategy research is joining us now to try to answer some of t

. >> president trump is speaking right now at rally tfor senator david purdue and kelly leffler in georgia. >> what you think an address. at least 86,000880 ballots were cast by people whose registrations wwere illegally backdated. i can't believe this happened. 66,000t votes, a little more th 11,000, so every one of these i determinative hit 66,000 votes in georgia were cast by peopl under the legal voting age. at least 70,000 ballots were cast that individuals who moved out of the state prior to the november 3 election and maybe they move back in. i can't tell. they moved out and thought let' go back. we moved out, let's go back. georgia absentee ballot rejection rate went from an average of 3% and 2016 and then went down very low to almost zero. think of it, almost zero. if you multiply that out, and this is with many, many more ballots. 48 out of 159 counties in georgia rejected no ballots at all. these absentee ballot rejection rates prove that tens of thousands of illegitimate ballots were counted. there were more absentee ballot in 2020 than ever before but magically far fewer ballo

president trump speaking now at a rally for senators david purdue and kelly loeffler in dalton, georgia. let's keep listening in. >> at least 86,880 ballots were cast by people whose registrations were illegally back dated. i can't believe that happened. 66,000 votes -- you have to understand, we're down by a little more than 11,000. every one of these is determinati determinative. 66,000 votes in georgia were cast by people under the legal voting age. 15,000 ballots were cast by individuals that moved out of the state prior to the november 3 election. maybe they moved back in. i don't know. they moved out. let's go back. usually takes a little time, right? we moved out. let's go back, darling. georgia's absentee ballot rejection rate went from an average of 3% in 2016 and then went down very low to almost zero. now, think of it. almost zero. if you multiply that out and this is with many, many more ballots pouring in. what is almost zero? 48 out of 159 counties in georgia rejected, no ballots at all. these absentee ballot rejection rates prove the tens of thousands of i'll legitimate b

last week david purdue changed his tune. guess what, there's an election coming. georgia, you deserve senators who have your back not just when they are about to face the people, but at all times. and when you send me an rev. warnock to the senate, we will pass those $2000 stimulus checks that the people need, that the families need to stay on their feet and in their homes. [cheers and applause] >> we will pass the most ambitious jobs infrastructure -- jobs, infrastructure and recovery program in u.s. history. we will upgrade our public schools, we will upgrade transit and transportation to connect every town and county and connect every city, every quarter -- corner of the state and connect georgia with the rest of the southeast. we will create tens and thousands of jobs in clean and renewable energy, saving our planet while we make america the number one producer of clean energy in the world, and georgia the number one producer of clean energy in the south. i want you to feel what we can achieve together. feel what is possible. i want you to believe in what is p

there you see the pole at 538 average, jon ossoff slightly ahead of his competitor, david purdue. raphael warnock ahead of his competitor, kelly loeffler, since 2016, brexit, u.s., i ignore all things polls. but i do look at the bedding markets. seems to bemarket going with a little bit more vomit behind -- a little bit more momentum behind dems too. joe: i am sure we will find out in a few weeks. no one knows what will happen tonight. who knows whether we should trust the polls. this of course is coming on the eve of the election certification. shenanigansnks and we expect tomorrow. what is the significance of this say,tonight in terms of, the future of the republican party. >> the significance is, if the republicans lose both seats, and losing both seats would be a tie and basically giving control over to the democrats, you will have recriminations upon recrimination, a lot of it directed at president trump, who, by continuing to insert himself in the postelection targeting georgia, made this race or about him then than itre about him possibly would have been. generally speaking

purdue and kelly leffler. there's tuesday special election is the day before congress needs to officially count the electoral college of spinning their huge irregularities. >> a growing number of senators say they plan to object to certain state electoral results and are demanding more from a commission to audit the results of the presidential election. >> we can promptly and in ten days before the operation, but i think we have an obligation to the voters, and we have an obligation to the constitution to ensure this election was lawful. >> democrats and some republicans now oppose that effort. wendy grimm says proposing a commission at this late date which has zero chance of becoming reality is not effectively fighting for president trump. if a member of the house and the senate object to a state result, that forces a debate and then each chamber has to decide whether or not to reject the state's electors. >> all ten former living. [inaudible] involving the u.s. military would be unlawful or dangerous , and e

she and senator david purdue are three days from their run-off elections that will determine control of the senate. i'm joshua johnson. this is "the week." ♪ ♪ >>> today 11 gop senators demanded an energy commission to audit the results of the 2020 election. if they don't get it, they say they will formally object to what they consider disputed states. these senators join senator josh holly of missouri in stating their intentions to impede certifying the results. that means a quarter of republican senators say that they will mount challenges. tonight vice president pence endorsed that. in a statement, mr. pence's chief of staff mark short wrote, quote, the vice president welcomes efforts of the house and senate to use the authority they have under the law to raise objections and bring forward evidence before the congress and the american people on january 6th, unquote. tomorrow the 117th congress is set to be sworn in. but it won't fully take shape until we learn the results of the senator run-off in georgia. turn-out is breaking records. vice president-elect kamala harris, presi

republican david purdue remains in quarantine after possible coronavirus exposure. the senate voted today to override president trump's veto of the national defense authorization act. it was the first time in his presidency that his veto was overriden. the vote was 81-13. the senate remains in limbo over the $2,000 stimulus checks. after thanksgiving and christmas, officials are pointing to new year's crowded parties in places like florida and the las vegas strip that could cause more covid-19 spread. the number of confirmed u.s. coronavirus cases has surpassed 20 million according to data from johns hopkins university. we'll have more on these stories tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern on "special report." >> sandra: as covid-19 cases keep going up, small businesses have been forced to lock down. neil has been talking to restaurant owners across the country that are hurting and say the government just isn't helping. >> the community will be destroyed. just destroyed. from unemployment to suicide rates to homeless doubling, tripling. i'm not a politician. i'm not -- i don

and that's putting david purdue and kelly loeffler in a tough spot. they were able to deliver adequate relief to georgians. with president trump coming to the state tomorrow, all eyes will be on whether he continues to relitigate the general election, if he continues to be critical of mitch mcconnell and members of his own party or if he will really hammer home that final message, that loeffler and purdue can maintain and continue his legacy, once he does leave office. joe? >> julia jester reporting from georgia. thank you. >>> later on the sunday show, jon ossoff talks to jonathan capehart about the races just two days away. the interview everyone will be talking about is coming up at 10:00 eastern, right here on msnbc. >>> coming up, joe biden responds to the 11 republican senators who plan to reject the results on wednesday. >>> plus -- >> in less than two year, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's so true. didn't expect that reaction. but that's okay. >> lying is like secon

but today he wants his supporters to show up at the polls and support david purdue and kelly loeffler. the democrats want to make it clear that they want to win these seats to get their agenda through without a fight. it's imperative that we block them today. >> neil: do you wonder given the criticism of the voting in georgia and he feels the election was taken there and state officials haven't done enough to weed that out, i know there's a number of counts, the two hand counts did little to sway the president, he might make voters feel why should i vote if it's a compromising process and you think he could be hurting republicans? >> i don't think so. you saw a surge in absentee balloting. we went to about 220,000 people that voted by absentee to 1.3 million. you've seen a surge of absentee balloting in the run-off election. that's where the problems are. the only way -- the only remedy for us at this point is to turn out and vote today. the more of us that vote today the harder it will be to cheat. >> neil: chairman, finally, do you have confidence in the final numbers out of your st

republicans narrowly won the in person early voting, and then won, david purdue got 62% of the votes among those voters. i think we will see the same pattern play out tomorrow. democrats are going to take the mail in ballots of 71% compared to november. in terms of gross numbers. it really will be close among the the early in-person voting which is about 70% of what it was in november so overall, their early vote is about three quarters of what it was in november in just over 3 million versus 4 million. the question will be once the size of the election day turned out? republicans have more of their high propensity voters that sitting on the sidelines. many of them believing that they can't be counted upon to have their vote counted or mailed in. they are showing up on election day and that will be the key number. how many people show up on election day. >> martha: i know you're looking at the weather come about because are so fixated on the election day turnout and how important it is. if you tell the president one thing and at one point you want him to make tonight, what would you

purdue david purdue was counting on 17,000 military dollars going his way, 4000 absentee ballots need to be counted under another county needs to be done, they didn't finish last night and here is what reverend warnock said yesterday. changed by the faith you have shown in me i am going to the senate to work for all georgia no matter who you cast your vote for in this election. >> i'm not going to stop working in the morning, i am heading to washington dc. we are going to fight for this president, stay in the fight, keep fighting for you. i'm never going to stop fighting for this country, for the american dream, for each one of you so every georgian has a voice in washington. brian: the chairmanship of every senate committee goes to democrats, every nominee joe biden puts up in theory will get a green light. the attorney general that never would have asked if mitch mcconnell was majority leader, someone like sally yates will cued up to be attorney general, to investigate the current -- ainsley: bernie sanders in charge of budget. ainsley: the last couple months the president of the un

ossoff leadingon over david purdue, with 99% votes counted. that is where it stands. this is where we will take you. orally want to hear from you concerning these events. here is how you can call. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8002 for independents. maybe you want to texas your thoughts at 202-748-8002 -- text us your thoughts at 202-748-8032 . you can go to our social media sites, including facebook and twitter. several people posting on facebook this morning. g. phelps says, "i think the people -- thank the people of georgia. one down, one to go." josh, dean on the races, saying "shame on georgia." "he will not enjoy a short time in office." there is the state of facebook when it comes to the results of the georgia senate race. joining us to give us perspective on what is happening in georgia is adam van bremmer, with the atlanta morning news, serving as a columnist and local government editor. thank you for joining us. let's start with the victory of rafael warnock. what can you tell us about the factors that made that possible?

we have two hypocrites in david purdue and kelly leffler. they have waffled back and forth on whether they care about the future of georgia and they have done very little to show any real concern for georgia lives. we know that john and rafael are the two men who will go to washington d.c. and will prove that georgia indeed stands with its people. >> if you come up short, what would be your explanation? you've had plenty of money. you've had plenty of resources. you've had in this -- is it what? is it the access to the polls? if you come up short on tuesday, what is your explanation? >> this was a competitive election and we didn't get the votes we needed. the reality is in 2018, we were able to show in court multiple times that there were impedim t impediments to voters who right the right to vote and secure legislation to make changes to make it easier for voters to access the ballot. at any time, i never challenged the lega legitimate of the but election but process. i'm excited georgia is a competitive state and this is a nail biter and

david purdue is facing democratic opponent john osfoff. with the stakes so high the president elect and president held rallies in georgia yesterday. mr. biden used his rally to slam the president's response to the coronavirus while the president spent most of his time repeating false claims about election fraud in the state. >>> time is running out on the president's bid to overturn election results. congress meets tomorrow to certify the results. more than a hundred and at least 13 senators plan to object. >> they aren't taking this white house. we will fight like hell. >> the president is calling on a key ally to challenge the election results when congress meets tomorrow to certify the president elect's victory. >> i hope that our great vice president, our great vice president comes through for us. is he a great guy. if he doesn't come through i won't like him quite as much. >> 13 republican senators have promised to come through for the president in challenging the votes. >> object to the votes. >> the president's fight against the ele

purdue. the gop could lose control of the senate. beijing tightens its grip. hong kong police arrest around 50 people, including a prominent american lawyer. it's the biggest crackdown yet under china's controversial national security law. and boris johnson says one person in every 50 in england has covid-19. it comes as chancellor angela merkel tightens germany's lockdown to contain the outbreak. good morning and welcome to "bloomberg surveillance." i'm francine lacqua in london. tom keene is in new york. tom, i know you have the ins and outs of politics of the georgia senate race. i would point to what is happening with treasury. we have some interesting calls not only from columbia threadneedle about the 30 year longer-term but also what could happen to the 10 year treasury in the short term if we do see a blue wave.

that is a direct attack on our democracy and if david purdue had one piece of steel in their spines, one shred of integrity, they would be out here defending georgia voters from that kind of assault. >> it's hard to miss what this image means. if they flip those two senate seats, kamala harris will be the tiebreaker as vice president. that effectively gives democrats control of the u.s. senate. we did reach out to the senators. neither of them returned our calls. >> all right. thank you so much for. that all eyes on that critical georgia senate runoff election. georgians are voting in two races that will decide control of the u.s. senate. election night in america continues with special coverage starting tomorrow 4:004:at 4:00. >> this week was already shaping up to be a critical test for american democracy. on wednesday, congressional republicans planned to vote against counting the electoral votes for president-elect biden. the gamut has no chance of succeeding. it's a pr stunt. the havoc it reeks on you can't tri's fai on the country's faith remains. >> the news the phone call mad

they're breaking down the stage but there was no david purdue. we learned about what was happening with the senator right as he was about to take stage. right as he was supposed to take stage and he just didn't show up. the campaign released that statement saying he came into contact with someone who was covid-positive and so he was going to follow doctor's order, follow cdc guidelines, he and his wife were going to quarantine. they did get tested and currently negative but depending on on the timing of when they had contact with the person, it's likely they're going to have to be tested again. what happened here, biana, this rally was a little surreal. he simply didn't show up. everything rolled forward as if he was never supposed to be here in the first place. senator loeffler spoke to the crowd and as people were leaving, they were never informed. they were actually asking us. as if people wouldn't notice. and i hope those people are okay. but we also know that nearly 3 million ballots have already been cast, and we're seeing people waiting in

ossoff taking on incumbent david purdue. here with 61% of the expected vote in, perdue is leading, or rather we should say is now tied. awsat was aheaa moment ago. -- jon ossoff was ahead a moment ago. now we see it is a virtual tie between the republic jon ossoff, the democrat. of course, we are continuing to watch these numbers. let'she turn again to st fowler, a political reporter for georsta public broadg in the host of the ballot box battlegrou podcast. you have watched this for days. rs tellinghe num yo >> the numbers are telling me that it is definitely the early vote and absentee vote that are makers here.e difference we are expecting about 4 million votes. that is a large turnout on election day. what we are seeing right now is many of the counties have the same margins in the esidential race, but the raw votes are lower in rural counties, which ymeans are david purdue, you are not going to be able to eat into as much of the lead over jon ossoff, or if you are the democrats, it means you got to hold onto a little ex

on the other side, david purdue and kell loeffler, the two republican incumbents, have they have chosen to go alongp. with his effort to try and essentially turn the vote in his favor. s thaty it's become such an important issue acrs the nation, because it's that just torture, it will determine who controls congress. if joe biden has any chance at passing any significant legislativegea. at least if the republica keep even one see, that is all done. >> help me understand why the races are even in play. the republicans have won time and again in senate elections. why is it close this time? >> because of georgia state law, if no candidate gs more than 50% of the votes, it's got to go into a runoff. in the case ofavid purdue, he beat jon ossoff, the democrat, by 8000 votes. a had to go into a runoff. the other senate st held by kelly loeffler, appointed to the seat by the governor of georgia after the previous senator resigned. in the general nine weeks ago, running for the. republicans -- for that. that is why neither of the candidates got 50% needed for it'sver happened there have been tw

the democratic challenger rafael warok are taking on kelly loeffler and david purdue. if democrats win, it will create a 50/50 split with vice president-elect kamala harris holding the tie breaking vote. the election results might not be finalized until friday since georgia prohibits mail-in ballots from being counted before today. we expect there to be a high volume of those. president-elect joe biden visited georgia yesterday and president trump had a rally last night on behalf of loeffler and purdue. he said during the rally, i don't do rallies for other people. i do them for me. president trump is pressuring congress to change the outcome of his own election when senators and representatives meet tomorrow to count the electoral vote, which is largely a formality. the states have already certified the votes in favor of president-elect joe biden who has 306 electoral votes to president trump's 232. reporting live, bob redell. >> bob, there is never a dull moment, thanks. >>> new at 11:00, leaders in scotland are telling president trump to stay away. don't come play g

david purdue is quarantining after being exposed to covid 19. he is facing democrat john aust off, the fellow gop sen. kelly loeffler is facing democrat redvale warnock. and the outcome there will determine which party controls the u.s. senate. >>> up next, the new state laws in the new year, what you need to know about some new rules in the workplace. plus. >> making guitars eric clapton and other notables was great. >>> the world-famous bay area guitar maker who owes much of his success to a late bluegrass legend. and then later, life-changing start to the new year, right after the clock hit midnight. for some lucky bay ♪ we're going to find the perfect tree. we're going skating. we're going to nana's. wherever you go this holiday, chevy can help you get there. which is why we're making our chevy... ...employee discount available to everyone. the chevy price you pay... ...is what we pay. not a cent more. so wherever you go, happy holidays from chevy. use the chevy employee discount for everyone to get over six thousand eight hundred dollars

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the runoffs in georgia pit two but can senators, david purdue and kelly loeffler, against democratic challengers jon ossoff and raphael warnock. this will control who controls the u.s. senate. democrats need to win both seeds to deny the republicans a majority that they would use to block joe biden's agenda. if democrats control the two seats, vice president kamala harris would cast the tie-breaking vote. the polls have officially closed, i understand, but voting is continuing in some places? why is that, and what has turn up in light? reporter: -- turn up been like? reporter: those were -- who were in line at the top of the hour can still cast a vote. there have been some delays to get the final voters through. the secretary of state has given a news conference in the last hour saying things have gone very well. a few early issues this morning were very quickly sorted out. across the state piercing voting times in the region of one to 5 -- across the state we are seeing voting times in the region of one to five minutes. a lot of places will now be able to start counting. the early v