and i witnessed just one senator and the united states senate. when the late great john mccain said no you don't. do you remember that? do you remember that? and savanna you have a decision to elect to united states senators. that is the power that is in your hands to elect two individuals who are outstanding leaders raphael warnock and jon ossoff. i know them. i've spent time with them. we have talked, we have. together. we've talked of the fate of our country, the future of our country. they talk to be about the state of georgia. they have said kamala you need to know what is happening in our states. they have said to me, these are the needs of the people. these are the needs of the children. these are the needs of small businesses but these are the needs of working people. that is to these two men are. and look at that in the context of the history of the state of georgia. look at it in the context of the year where folks were deprived of the right to vote. who were deprived of full status of citizenship. look at it in the history of georgia w

senate rafael warner and george to the united states senate. [honking] that is the cast for us. us. and in the hands of you, as the voters of georgia, to do what is not only in the best interest of the people of this beautiful and great state, but by extension, what you will do for people all around the country. for people for whom you may never meet. people who may never know your name, but because of your activism, because of your voice, because of your fight, they will forever benefit, and their lives will forever be better because here is what i am going to tell you. i was elected to the united states senate four years ago. it was actually bittersweet, the same night donald trump was elected president. so, there you go. but, i will tell you i've been in the united states senate now for four years. i was elected as only the second black woman in the history of the united states senate to be in that chamber. [cheering] [honking] and i have seen what happens there. it's part of why i'm here in savannah, georgia this sunday, the sunday before t

of the united states senate. the standardbearers are the young the son of an immigrant and black pastor that holds doctor king's baptist church. think about how far we've come. [cars honking] and we are running again like the bonnie and clyde of corruption in american politics. two united states senators who, when they learned about the pandemic bearing down on the shores, their first call was to the stockbrokers. we deserve better than david perdue and kelly loeffler. when we make our voices heard on tuesday, retirement will be coming for david perdue and kelly loeffler. [cars honking] and certainly we have bigger and better things to discuss than david and kelly. like where do we go from here as a people. georgia has the power to define the next era and we are building a movement for health, jobs and justice for the people, help, justice for all the people for those that have been forgotten and left behind for those that have been left without healthcare and have to fend for themselves during this pandemic we a

we do, a member of the house of representatives and the united states senator -- a united states senator, object to the counting of the electoral votes of the state of arizona on the grounds that they were not, under all of the known circumstances, regularly given. are there further objections to the certificates from the state of arizona? the chair here is none. -- the chair hears. hears none. to theuse will report joint session. each house will now retire to his chamber. its chamber.er --

and then, the president of the united states, the current president of the united states called the senate race in georgia. this senate race in georgia illegitimate. he called it illegal and invalid. illegal and invalid. suggesting that the people of georgiaare trying to commit a crime . and then let's go back to more recent history which is yesterday. have you all heard aboutthat recorded conversation ? [honking] it was certainly the voice of desperation. most certainly that. and it was a bald, bald-faced , bold abuse of power by the president of the united states . [honking] and i raise all that, the people and the leaderscan hear me right now on this sunday, new year's weekend . two days before the election and i thank you for that. and i raise all this to remind us, to ask a question always when we see these powerful people that are trying to make it difficult, trying to make it confusing, trying to invalidate our voice. whenever we see this happen i think it requires not only action but it requires a question . why are such powerful people trying to make it difficult for us to vote? i

we do, a member of the house of representatives and the united states senator -- a united states senator, object to the counting of the electoral votes of the state of arizona on the grounds that they were not, under all of the known circumstances, regularly given. are there further objections to the certificates from the state of arizona? the chair here is none. -- the chair hears. hears none. to theuse will report joint session. each house will now retire to his chamber. its chamber.er -- the speaker: the chair will remind members of the need to adhere to the decorum requirements of the chamber as laid out in the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 021. in accordance with the advice of the attending physician. members are advised to remain in the chamber only if they're participating in debate and must wear a mask at all times even when under recognition for debate. members must also practice proper social

states, the vice president of the united states, the house of representatives and the senate met at the united states capitol for a joint session of congress to count the votes of the electoral college. in the months preceding the joint session, president trump repeatedly mentioned false statements the election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the american people or certified by state or federal officials. shortly before the joint session commenced, president trump addressed a crowd at the ellipse in washington, d.c. there he reiterated false claims that we won this election and we won it by a land slide. he also willfully made statements that in context encouraged and foreseeably resulted in lawless action at the capitol such as if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. thus incited about president trump members of the crowd he addressed in an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the joint session solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, unlawfully bre

atlanta, are you ready to elect two new united states senators? atlanta, stay with me again, say vote, say vote! say vote! i love you all, thank you so much. ♪ ♪ i like the way you move ♪ i like the way you move ♪ i love the way ♪ i love the way ♪ i love the way you move ♪ i love the way you move ♪ i love the way you move ♪ i love the way ♪ i love the way ♪ >> please welcome allie tom. >> hello, everybody! my name is allie. i am a student at campbell heiskell and on november 3rd like so many of you i was a first-time voter. i don't have words to describe the feeling i had holding that ballot in my hand. for the first time i had a voice. a voice that would impact our country's future. i didn't expect to experience that feeling for another four years, but here we are. today we georgians have the power to bring covid-19 relief, to reform our criminal justice system, to move towards cleaner energy. however, none of this can be done if we don't all vote. whether this is your first election or your twentieth, your vote will dictate

states senate, may well have a jewish american united states senator going from georgia. you have the electoral college being counted in a process that came out of a controversy in 1801 when we passed the 12th amendment because it was so messed up. so we have two centuries and a quarter of trying to acknowledge the peaceful transfer of power, and we have a demagogue president of the united states, exactly the kind of person the founders set up the system we have, which however frustrating and difficult, is still the most enduring democratic experiment in the world, we have a president that they did everything they could to prevent having, trying to incite violence in the streets of washington. the best of us is on display and the worst of us is on display. and that's the world that joe biden is going to be governing. it's the world that every president has to govern, and you know, we say a lot of the time, we're a 51% country, now we're a 50/50 country with a vice president. so we remain narrowly divided but it was a good day yesterday for democracy, and i hope today as w

[cheering] are you ready to elect to united states senators? [cheering] say it with me again, say vote. [chanting] say vote. [chanting] i love you all, thank you so much. god bless you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ when i was looking at them. ♪ ♪ let me see how you got the be ♪ ♪ ♪ >> as a reminder, today's event set up to adhere to social distance guidelines set up by the state of georgia and health experts. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] to determine which party controls the chamber, live service on c-span2. will. [silence] [silence] [sirens] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ please welcome home. ♪ ♪ >> hello, everybody. my name is allie and i'm a student at kimball high school. november 3, like so many of you, i was the first time voter. [cheering] i don't have the feeling i had, holding my hands. for the first time, i have a voice, a voice that would impact our country's future. i didn't expect to experience that feeling for another four years bu

and to designate senator presley as president pro tempore emeritus of the united states senate. clerk report the resolution -- mike is there objection to proceed with the measure customer without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. >> ask unanimous consent the resolution bere agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> not being an objection, so ordered. >> mr. president respect majority leader paired i ask unanimous consent think proceed to the senate resolution eight submitted earlier today to back the clerk report the resolution price effect senate resolution eight notifying the president of the united states of the election of a president pro tempore. >> is there objection to proceed to the measure? without objection, hearing nine, the senate will proceed to the measure. >> is a president ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be made laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> is there objection? without objection so ordered. >

we need senator kelly leffler back in the united states senate. [applause] or like a son of macon who worked his way up to literally the top of the business world. and then he and his family felt a calling to public service. after spending 40 years as one of the most successful business leaders in america, they prayed through it. they decide to step in to the fulcrum of politics and to surf georgia. and i can attest having served alongside him every day, president trump and i have had no more stalwart champion of our agenda to make america great again then senator david perdue. we have to send him back. [applause] >> so president trump and i support your senators because of who they are but we also support them because of everything that we've been able to do. with their stalwart support. think about it. four years ago we inherited a military that had been hollowed out by reckless budget cuts, and economy struggling to break out of the slowest recovery since the great depression, terrorism was on the rise around the world and we witnessed a state

united states senate. think about this. in this defining moment, when folks are trying to divide us, george is getting ready to send to the united states senate, a young, jewish man, the son of an preacher, and a black the pastor of ebenezer baptist church, where martin luther king junior used to serve and where john lewis worshiped. i don't know about you, but i am so proud of the state of georgia. let them hear you roar. [cheers and applause] time, areyou one more you ready to win this election? well call everybody you know and tell them to get up, get dressed, put your shoes on, get ready, for affordable health care. get ready for a livable wage. get ready to reclaim our democracy, and reclaim the future for all of our children. god bless you. let's win the future. ♪ wonder's "superstition" ♪ ] >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. let's keep this energy going. are you already to win tomorrow? i said are we ready to win tomorrow? what's up? all right. we are going to keep it going. without further ado, i bring

today his son was sworn in as a united states senator. i believe from some balcony in heaven he is rejoicing. so it reminds us in this dark moment in our country that for all of our problems what makes america great is that we always have a path to make our country greater. we swore in today the first latino senator from california, the first black senator, the first jewish senator of georgia. and as i think about my brothers with whom i shared the oath earlier tonight, it gives me a great deal of hope. you know, the rabbi abraham who marched alongside martin luther king said he felt like his legs would break. we are not them, but we benefit from the path that they laid out. we are able to set -- we are able to take off tonight because they pave the runway so smooth. i want to stand up for the people of georgia and build the multi racial coalition people need to make sure we get covid relief and we stand up for the dignity. >> i want to talk to you a little bit about the connection between your service in georgia now. you're senior pastor

. >>> well, this is the year of the senate. it's all up to the united states senate. confirmation of the biden cabinet. confirmation of dozens and dozens of biden nominated federal judges that chuck schumer was just talking about suggesting there could be even more than we expect. and the biden legislative agenda will live or die in the senate and that's why rachel traveled to washington today for that extensive interview with the new senate majority leader chuck schumer. now, we both are focusing our shows, our first shows of this first full week of the biden presidency, on the senate because it is all up to the senate. chuck schumer will be tested in ways that no senate leader has ever been tested because his majority could not be smaller. he will have only a one-vote majority on the senate floor when vice president kamala harris casts tie-breaking votes when necessary. even sizable majorities, big ones like the 57 senate democrats that bill clinton started with, that's how he began his presidency, 57 senate democrats. that kind of senate can still get bogged down i

of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. article of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of itself and the people of the united states of america against donald john trump president of the united states of america in maintenance and support of the impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article one, incitement of insurrection. the constitution provides the house of representatives so have the -- removed on impeachment number four and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. further, section three of the amendment to the constitution prohibits any person who has, quote, engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the united states from holding any office under the united states. in his conduct while president of the united states and in violation of the constitutional oath to execute the office of the president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the unit

states senate, i believe early and _ the united states senate, i believe early and often she will be called upon _ early and often she will be called upon to— early and often she will be called upon to break ties and move legislation to the president's desk. 0k, legislation to the president's desk. 0k. ron _ legislation to the president's desk. ok, ron christie and amanda, thank you forjoining me during the course of this inauguration coverage and we will carry on watching these live pictures. what happens now as they have had their gifts, and they will go to arlington national cemetery a couple of miles away from the capitol building and they will lay the wreath and go back to the white house for a virtual parade ceremony, which has been taped. bruce springsteen will perform and others will perform, there cannot be a live ceremony in the way they usually so there will be a virtual ceremony around the 50 states of america, they will all be part of this virtual film we will later on. and off they go. you can seejoe biden and his wife, drjill biden, now making their way out of capito

king searched to the united states senate. this is what our party has been about and this is what america is about at its best. and so, i'm excited to be with you, we gather virtually, we trust as we do the hard work of getting this virus under control, of distributing the vaccine safely and efficiently of following the science rather than the politics, sooner than later we'll be able to gather in person. but thank you so very much for this privilege. i'm deeply honored to serve now in the united states senate, that someone like me who grew up in public housing now gets to ar gou-- argue for families like mine for the united states senate. reminds us that america is still a great nation, the greatest country on the planet. let us recommit ourselves to doing the work of building what dr. king called the beloved community. and so, i come to you as a proud democrat, but i come to you as a proud american. i look forward to rolling up my sleeves and doing the hard work necessary to make sure that every person has access to affordab

leahy, a senator from the state of vermont, to be president pro tempore of the senate of the united states. the vice president: is there objection to the proceeding or the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the vice president: is there an objection? without objection, so ordered. the senior senator from vermont will be escorted to the desk. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic? that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. and that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? mr. leahy: i do. the vice president: congratulations. [applause] mr.

states senate, the united states house. today the u.s. house, seven days later, has impeached president trump for inciting an insurrection. ten republicans joining 222 democrats, leading to that impeachment. an historic second impeachment. the first time that's ever occurred in the country's history for a president and what that will set forth over the course of the seven days will be the opportunity for the united states senate to rule on how they view what the president's actions were one week ago today. what we'll see over the next 30 minutes or so, as you noted, speaker pelosi will hold an engrossment of the article of impeachment. we still don't know when that article will be walked over to the united states senate. there is precedent for the house managers to walk the article over. that does not mean, however, a senate trial will be starting any time soon. in fact, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will only be majority leader for a week. he made it clear no trial will be started before joe biden is president of

the vice president of the united states, house of representatives and the senate met at the united states capitol for a joint session of congress to count the votes of the electoral college. in the months preceding the joint session president trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the president election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the american people or certified by state or federal officials. shortly before the joint session commenced president trump addressed a crowd at the ellipse in washington dc. there he reiterated false claims that we won this election and we wanted by a landslide. he also willfully made statements that in context encouraged and foreseeable resulted in lawless action at the capital such as if you don't fight like hell you are not going to have a country anymore. thus incited by president trump members of the crowd in attempt to other injective interfere with the joint session psalm constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election unlawfully breached and vandalized the capita

kelly loeffler is by far the wealthiest united states senator. it brings her net wealth down of a very rich chamber. this one isn't settled yet. 98% in, somewhere up to 40,000 votes outstanding. jon ossoff is leading 50.1 to 49.9. but the difference has increased. 12,806. we're waiting for dekalb county just outside of atlanta. one of those highly populated urban areas around atlanta. we're still waiting. most of the vote we're looking for in georgia that isn't in yet tend to be from urban areas or right around them. they tend to be skewing democratic. so this lead is expected to increase over the course of the next little while. joining us now is greg bluestein, a political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution. greg, what a night it's been. i've seen the cover, tomorrow morning's cover for the atlanta journal constitution which does imply we haven't quite got decisions yet. what do you know my viewers don't right now? >> yeah, i haven't seen that cover yet. i need to see that. what i know is, look, republicans privately acknowledge that

only two of them were confirmed by the united states senate. that's more agency heads in the last four years than in the 13 year history of the department of homelanddm security before the trump administration . they couldn't keep a leader in place. asthe president was firing them and they were resigning right and left. for over a year that agency, the department of homeland security was led by an unlawfully appointedacting secretary chad will . and then nine days for donald trump left the white house, mister wolf resigned, replaced by another acting secretary. an agency with the critical task of keeping america safe, keeping our family safe couldn't even agree on who would had the agency. for former secretaries of homeland security, to a republicans and democrats, every person who served as a second term secretary prior to the trump administration say that mayorkas is the man for the job. they say he's a man of character and compassion, a proven leader to right the ship their endorsement of mister mayorkas, a sata leadership vacuum and turmoil

. >> the vice president and the united states senate. [applause] >> the joint session of congress to count electoral vote will resume. two houses retired to consider separately and decide upon the vote. the commonwealth of pennsylvania to which objection has been filed. willtary of the senate report the action of the senate. >> the united states order that the senate, by a vote of seven rejects theays objection to the electoral votes cast in the commonwealth of pennsylvania for joseph r biden, and kamala harris for vice president. >> the clerk of the house will report the action of the house. >> order. the house of representatives rejects the objection to the electoral vote of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> pursuant to the law, chapter one of title three, united states code. because the two houses have not sustained the objection, the original certificate submitted by the commonwealth of pennsylvania will be counted as provided therein. tellers when no record and announce the vote for the state of rhode island, president and vice p

we are leaders in this country, we're members of the united states senate, members of the united states house of representativ representatives, and what we say and what we do matter. those actions deserve consequences, and that's what i'm saying. what those consequences are i think should be determined by the united states senate. >> help me understand how you go through this back home. i see you're back home today. president trump got 57% of the vote again and won the election, so he won montana twice. what you said, you're right, they're lies. what he told people is reprehensible. she said this in a political op-ed. as in the case of other coup attempts, the president's actions have put us on the brink of civil war. unless the big lie is refuted, we can expect more attempts to subvert the constitutional order from trump's supporters. strong words from fiona hill, and how do you handle this back home when people believe what they believe because the president tells them it's true? >> we have to debunk the lies that have been told and talk about the truth, and i think we've been doing t

to the united states senate. exhibited by the house to the united states of america and the name of itself and the people of the united states of america against donald john trump, president of the united states of america in support of impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. and then on the impeachment for and conviction of treason or bribery with high crimes and misdemeanors and those to the constitution prohibits any person insurrection or rebellion against the united states from holding any office under the united states and his conduct while president and in violation of his constitutional oath to safely execute the office of the president of the united states to the best of his ability to preserve, protect, defend the constitution and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care of the laws be faithfully executed, donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. in that on january 6, 2021, pursuant to the 12

there will be an impeachment trial in the united states senate. there will be a vote on convicting the president for high crimes and misdemeanors. and if the president is convicted, there will be a vote on barring him from running again. now the cabinet. as i mentioned, the senate must also fulfill its constitutional duty to advise and consent on soon to be president biden's executive and judicial nominations, particularly his cabinet. today there are no fewer than five senate hearings on cabinet level officials, for good reason. the violent insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6 showed us we need qualified senate confirmed people in key national security positions on day one. that means tomorrow. the senate will be in session tomorrow after the conclusion of the inauguration of the 46 president of the united states. with cooperation, we can confirm key national security nominees at state and department of defense, homeland security, treasury, and the intelligence community. the health and economic challenges our nation faces, the need to g

more members of the united states senate. former senator for more rhode island, theodore frances green. robert kennedy, who was to be the next attorney general. ted kennedy, another brother of the president to be. members of the united states supreme court arrive on the stands. mrs. eisenhower and mrs. nixon followed by mrs. johnston followed by mrs. kennedy. ♪ ♪ ♪ l/ú.gqtñaqmj■♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the joint congressional inaugural committee now seat the presidential parties on the platform. >> mister vice president, distinguished guests, fellow citizens of this great representative republic, we are here today to inaugurate the 35th president of this union of free people. it is my honor to begin this event representing the united states marine band under the direction of lieutenant colonel out shopper, which will play a special arrangement of a song we all cherish, america the beautiful. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the crowds remained hushed until the completion of america the beautiful. ♪ ♪ ♪

i'm speechless about what's going on in the united states senate. disregarding everything that heidi just said about the fact that there's no basis for this and it probably won't succeed, there is remarkable damage to us and our democracy and our trust in institutions that 12 united states senators are going along with this, there's a word we use in canada, i can't say it on tv, nonsense i'll call it. >> ali, first of all, it's wonderful to be with you as always, i really appreciate your voice and your show. and of all the damage that's been done in four years, and there's been a lot of it, this is the worst, right? because we're at a point now where basically we've got 12 united states senators, republicans, saying it doesn't matter how people voted, it just doesn't matter, we've decided we want donald trump or at minimum, we're too weak to stand up to him, which i think is part of what this is all about. it's like the bully is going to bully them one more time. and so for instance in michigan, where joe biden and kamala harris won by over 154,000

the chair now recognizes for the purpose of a closing prayer the 62 chaplain of the united states senate.

yesterday, georgia just elected its first african-american to the united states senate. in its history. and john ossoff has been on the groundworking it for years. he was never daunted persistant, never gave up. i'm so proud of both their campaigns and so excited to welcome them to the united states senate. couldn't come at a better moment. i also want to especially thank senator katherine cortez masso, amazing chair of the d.n.c.c. and all the great st. and the shout out to two members of the d.s.c.c. who right after election day went down to georgia, spept their christmas and new year's holidays there, and that is kristi roberts and laura. our communications director and our political director. and a great shout out to my dear friend for over a decade, stacey abrams, and her whole team at fair fight georgia. for 10 years she and her team and so many of the women's groups, black women's groups, worked and worked and worked to change georgia. stacey would be the first to tell you she didn't do it alone. so a huge thank you to the many organizations who have been working

that was the applause of the united states senators. that is the most rare thing you can possibly hear in that chamber, and i suspect it was the applause of at least 90 united states senators since when the roll call was counted. there were only six who were voting opposite mitt romney's position tonight. >> well, it is certainly a very different reception than he got from republicans when he voted for impeachment where he got stony silence from his colleagues when he sat back down. look, mitt romney has been a truth teller here. it's not the easiest thing to take on your own party. he was the only republican who voted for impeachment. clearly, we should have impeached this president. the whole country would be much better off had donald trump been removed. we should remove donald trump tomorrow from office. it's obvious. but what i don't understand here, you know, we listened to senator toomey. a man i respect. i admire the guy. he said he wanted donald trump to win, and then refers to him as a demagogue. i don't understand that. if yo

republican majority in the united states senate. [cheers and applause] and one more day, we need georgia to defend the majority. and one more day, we need people of faith in this great state to stand with 2 liters who will support life and liberty and the freedom of every american. and one more day, we need to win georgia. [indistinct audio] >> harris: well, as i was forecasting, the technical difficulties from there at the rock springs church has been, you know, i'm going in just the last 3 minutes as we were monitoring this. it is frustrating because we know the importance of hearing from the vice president on a day like today when the state of georgia is going to vote in the senate ran off. so, we will continue to monitor. looking up to the site now, he still frozen, but it is kind of the technology of our time. i want to bring everybody back in now, and if we can go back suddenly and watch him, we will do that. karl, i had cut you off before. i'm going to quickly go to kennedy and come back to you because kennedy, i want to get

states senate. >> your vote tomorrow will decide which party controls the united states senate. >> what the president said on the campaign trail late tonight just days after that controversial phone call to georgia's secretary of state. >>> and grab an extra blanket. clear and cold right now and more rain is on the way. you won't want to miss jeff's updated forecast. >>> we begin with the bizarre story at kaiser hospital. dozens of employees at kaiser san jose have been infected. one has already died. the hospital says it likely happened from a surprise visit by an employee in a christmas costume. nbc bay area's ian cull has the latest. >> reporter: tonight the er at kaiser permanente in south san jose has just undergone a deep cleaning. more employees are being tested. so far 44 have tested positive for covid-19. and one died yesterday. we spoke with an employee on the condition of anonymity who says that the woman was a registration clerk. >> she was always consistent with a smile and would never show face to the stresses that we go through and just a tremendous role model for others

states senate. i hear people say just don't vote. the men and women of georgia, did if you don't vote, they win. if you don't vote, there could be nothing stopping chuck schumer and nancy pelosi from cutting our military, raising taxes and passing the agenda of the radical left. for all we have done and what we have yet to do, for our president, for our faith or freedoms and georgia, cast another vote for all president trump has accomplished, send a ote to send david perdue and kelly leff lore back to the united states senate. we have to have georgia hold the line. will you do it? i believe you will. i believe you will because i have faith. like all of you. of ve faith in the people this state. it is all about what is great of this country, family, faith and freedom and you are going to cast that vote and talk to your neighbors and friends between w and when the polls close tomorrow. the eyes are on the election of georgia. we are looking to you. we are looking to you georgia. and hold the line and

states senate on january 6th when that circus begins. >> yeah, these next few days are just going to be nutty. i mean, we knew that it was going to be amazing to have twin senate elections the first week in january following an election where the incumbent president was turfed out and those twin senate elections would determine control of the u.s. senate and whether or not the incoming democratic president would have a senate and the house behind him or just the house. we knew that was going to be nuts. and that was before any of this insanity evolved with the president making this phone call that he made with the plan for the republicans to come up with the electoral count. this is -- i guess this is why

josh hawley and ted cruz are united states senators. donald trump was the president. at some point how and when does the republican party or something that used to be the republican party that you were once a member of cleave itself in which jews in space sent a laser to florida to make way for high-speed rail? >> let's play it out. kevin mccarthy who is every bit as responsin as hawley are for the incitements to violence for the telling of the big lie. where is the minority leader of the house? he is in mar-a-lago with his leader donald trump pledging his loyalty? they put a woman, marjorie taylor-greene who is utterly insane. they put her on the education committee. she denies the parkland and the newtown shootings. a member of congress denies the

will the democrats control the united states senate? will they win two senate seats tonight that would create a 50/50 senate, with the tiebreaking vote in the senate cast by vice president kamala harris, making chuck schumer the majority leader, making democrats the chairs of all senate committees. raphael warnock is in the lead against kelly loeffler. jon ossoff is in a virtual tie against david perdue. warnock addressed his supporters about 30 minutes ago. >> i remember my dad in this moment. he used to wake me up every morning at dawn. it was morning. but it was still dark. it's dark right now. the morning comes, and scripture tells us that weeping may endure for the night. but joy comes in the morning. let us rise up. >> reverend warnock was delivering a victory speech in a race that nbc news has not predicted a winner. all of the numbers outstanding in this race, in both races at this hour look good for the democrats. good enough that stacey abrams is beginning to celebrate the outcome in georgia. stacey abrams has activated the de

it's about who runs the united states senate. that will determine the direction of the country. >> more than 3 million georgians have already voted. tuesday, day of voters will go to the pole and when the results are all in, the battle for the u.s. senate will be resolved, maybe. during the next hour will give you a comprehensive look at what's going on here on the ground in georgia, what's at stake, what the people are saying about all of it and what they're doing. we will get predictions from a big variety of experts. >> this is the final weekend of campaigning during what has been an intense and curious campaign. first november 3 and then this runoff. we begin this evening with correspondent peter who is in macon tonight. >> good evening bret. democrats will have a better chance of passing the progressive agenda they want if they can control the senate two. the president-elect is trying to do his part. joe biden will be here for a drive-in rally tomorrow. today the vice president-elect kamala harris was here setting the table.

cost for legislating look like in the united states senate. currently aside from nominations and legislation that can be passed to the simple majority with budget reconciliation the senate requires 60 votes to invoke culture and consider a piece of legislation on the floor of the senate. of course 41 senators can filibuster and they have historically to stop the majority to consider legislation, fundamentally i think the responsible party government and that is the ability of parties to gain majority and gain coalition across multiple advocates of the president see the house of representatives and the senate to legislate and fulfill the will of the people given their mandate. the filibuster allows individual senators to potentially dodge tough votes in the office get the ability of citizen to reward or punish majorities on their basis of delivering their campaign promises. another that i hope we discussed today is looking at the geographic distribution within the united states senate and looking at diversifying america, it is so secret that th

the one article of impeachment to the united states senate and read the article before the united states senate. normally after such things occur, the impeachment trial is supposed to start in earnest at 1:00 p.m. the next afternoon. but the united states senate has bought itself some time, in fact they're going to stay out two weeks before they begin the trial in earnest, coming back on february 9th. there's been a lot of suggestion this trial will be quicker than the last one, but that's not clear, simply because republicans are all over the place on what to do. >> i think the trial is stupid, it's counterproductive. we already have a flaming fire in this country, it's like taking gasoline and pouring it on top of the fire. >> it's a moot point, donald trump is no longer the president, he's former president. constitution and i think, other people may disagree, but article i, sections 6 and 7 specifically point out you can impeach the president, does not indicate you can impeach someone who is not in office. >> the preponderance of the legal opinion is impeachment trial after someone ha

there must be consequences all around. >> and you're newer to the united states senate. as you walk around and deal with these senators, do you get the sense that there is an equal agreement between the two parties on the importance of democracy? >> i certainly don't sense that, not in the last couple of weeks as the conversation has been around impeachment. but look at the last four years, and frankly a lot longer than that when you talk about fundamental faith in our democratic institutions. is our democracy conclusive or not? you look at what took place in 2020 cycle, and what took place state to state across america. sadly, joy, the answer is no, which means it's both my opportunity and responsibility as a face of california representing so many other constituencies in california and throughout the nation, to be the physical representation in the united states senate to say no, this is our country, too, and we deserve a seat at the leadership table. it's one of the many, many things that incited so many people on january 6. they want to have a debate as to who is an

. >> i'm joe biden and i'm a candidate for the united states senate. politicians have done such a job on the people that the people don't believe them anymore, and i'd like a shot at changing that. >> narrator: but wilmington was no hyannis port. >> we, the bidens, we had no money. we had no power or influence. we didn't know anybody who was a big name who could help us. >> hi, how are you? >> hi, how are you? >> joe biden's my name... >> narrator: like the crisis over his stutter, political start was a struggle. behind in the polls, facing a powerful opponent: united states senator cale boggs, an ally of president richard nixon. >> joe biden asked me about getting involved in his campaign. i started off by telling him that "there's no way you can win." >> "audacious" is a good term to apply to biden back then. this is a guy o wasn't yet old enough to hold the seat. >> narrator: it was a time of crisis in the country. the vietnam war had divided americans... >> opposition to the war in vietnam has set off demonstrations in several mar cities. >> narrat

states senate by packing in the united states senate and we will have a rogue legislator that will pass whatever it wants any time it wants and fundamentally alter every aspect of this society. finally, they want to destroy the electoral college so republicans can never win and republican areas of his country have lost it affect their franchise and representation. that is how serious this is. we are standing at the purpose of his and looking into the abyss because this is the target. this is the target. the democrat party never much liked the founding of this country and it never much liked the declaration of independence and certainly not the constitution. early on in our history it sought to destroy the constitution and that is what the confederacy was all about. slavery, nullification, segregation and they carried that through well into the 1900s and now it is the party of the neo- marxist. they never liked americanism and they never liked the founding and they have never liked the limits placed on them by the united states constitution. if we don't win at least one seat for both see

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states senate on january 6th when that circus begins. >> yeah, these next few days are just going to be nutty. i mean, we knew that it was going to be amazing to have twin senate elections the first week in january following an election where the incumbent president was turfed out and those twin senate elections would determine control of the u.s. senate and whether or not the incoming democratic president would have a senate and the house behind him or just the house. we knew that was going to be nuts.

and it gave me a chance as just a kid, who believed in me and sent me to the united states senate before going to the counter -- after going to the county counsel. jill and i found one another, and she may be strong -- she made me strong in all the broken places. in a state that loves our children and our grandchildren and loved our beau, and he so loved you right back. general berry, when the headquarters was named after beau, i told the general at the time, it means everything to me, to hunter, to ashley, to jill, to our whole family. beau would be the first to say the honor goes to the men and women of the delaware national guard and their families, who gave so much, who were true patriots -- are true patriots, defined by the courage of their character. so it is deeply personal that our next journey to washington starts here, a place that defines the very best of who we are as americans. i know these are dark times, but there's always light. that is what makes this date so special, that is what it taught me, the most, it is always like. -- always light. when i came home after graduati