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ON >>> TODAY HAS FINALLY COME IN
JUST A MATTER OF HOURS.
POLLING LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
STATE WILL OPEN FOR THE U.S.
SENATE RUNOFF.
SENATE RUNOFF. THESE TWO RACES WILL DETERMINE
WHICH PARTY DETERMINES
SENATE.
SENATE.
SENATE. OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS ARE
STANDING BY WITH EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO KNOW INCLUDING FORGES
SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD
RAFFENSPERGER'S RESPONSE
RAFFENSPERGER'S RESPONSE BETWEEN THE LEAK PHONE
BETWEEN HIM AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP.
TRUMP. WE
TRUMP. WE ARE OUTSIDE OF A POLLING
LOCATION IN GWINNETT COUNTY.
ARE YOU SEEING ANY VOTERS, JOE?
>> Reporter: AS OF YET, NO
VOTERS THAT WE CAN SEE.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN SOME
POLL WORKERS WALK INSIDE.
THEY ARE SETTING THINGS UP FOR
WHEN POLLS OPEN IN THE NEXT
HOUR OR SO AND 7:00
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. WE ARE AT FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH.
METHODIST CHURCH. MORE THAN 150 POLLING LOCATIONS
IN GWINNETT COUNTY.
ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE SAYING
TURNOUT COULD RIVAL THAT OF
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. THEY ARE EXPECTING A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND VOTE
TODAY TO ADD.
SENATE RACES AVERAGED ABOUT
407,000 VOTES.
407,000 VOTES. RIVERINE RAPHAEL WARNOCK
GARNERED 35% OF THE VOTE WHILE
KELLY LOEFFLER FACTORED
22% OF THE VOTE.
WE WILL SEE IF REPUBLICANS CAN
CONSOLIDATE THOSE VOTES TODAY.
LONG LINES
LONG LINES NOT LIKELY.
NOT LIKELY. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THE VOTE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE LONG
LINES FOR EXAMPLE BUT ALSO NEED
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: COMING UP IN THE
NEXT HALF HOUR YOU WILL HEAR
FROM A FIRST-TIME VOTER.
THOUSANDS OF THOSE ARE NEWLY
REGISTERED IN GEORGIA FOR THE
RUNOFF ELECTIONS.
RUNOFF ELECTIONS. I WILL ALSO DETAIL A KEY
DEMOGRAPHIC THAT COULD FACTOR
INTO THE RESULTS HERE IN
GWINNETT COUNTY.
GWINNETT COUNTY. >>> ABSOLUTELY.
>>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS HAVE
SPENT WEEKS PUSHING BACK
AGAINST CLAIMS OF
VOTING IRREGULARITIES DURING
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
EVEN ON THE LOCAL LEVEL THEY
ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE YOUR
VOTE IS COUNTED.
WE CONTINUE TO COVERAGE.
WE ARE LIVE WITH MORE ON THE
EFFORTS THE STATE'S MOST
POPULOUS COUNTY,
POPULOUS COUNTY, >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
SECURITY OFFICERS WILL BE ON
HAND AT ALL 254 POLLING
LOCATIONS ARE IN FULTON COUNTY.
FULTON ELECTION OFFICIALS SAID
THEY RECEIVED ANGRY PHONE CALLS
AND DEATH THREATS SINCE THE
NOVEMBER VOTE AS RECENTLY AS
THIS WEEKEND.
THIS WEEKEND. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
MENTIONED FULTON COUNTY WHILE
CONTINUING HIS CLAIMS WITH
ELECTION FRAUD.
ELECTION FRAUD. THE SECRETARY OF STATE CAUSED
THOSE CLAIMS BASELESS AND
FALSE.
FALSE.
FALSE. NONETHELESS, IT IS SOMETHING
THE COUNTY HAS HAD TO CONTEND
WITH AS THEY PREPARE FOR
TODAY'S VOTE.
TODAY'S VOTE. THEY SAY IT HAS BEEN A
FRUSTRATING DISTRACTION.
FRUSTRATING DISTRACTION. >> WE HAVE BEEN UNFAIRLY, I
WILL SAY THAT UNEQUIVOCALLY,
UNFAIRLY CRITICIZED BY A NUMBER
OF PEOPLE.
OF PEOPLE. NO JUSTIFICATION WHATSOEVER.
WHEN IT GETS OUT THERE AND
THINGS ARE POINTED AT US AND
OTHERS SIMPLY PYLON.
>> Reporter:
>> Reporter: SAY IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE
ELECTION DAY TURNOUT TODAY
COULD BE HEAVIER THAN IT WAS ON
ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER.
COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR
WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY AND RAN
THROUGH SOME OF THE NUMBERS.>>>
BOTH PARTIES BRINGING OUT THE
POLITICAL HEAVY
POLITICAL HEAVY AGO TRYING TO SECURE THOSE LAST-
MINUTE VOTES.
MINUTE VOTES. REPUBLICAN SENATORS KELLY
LEFFLER AND DAVID PRETTY
WELCOMING PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
DALTON, GEORGIA.
DALTON, GEORGIA. A PARTY ATMOSPHERE IN THE
NORTHWEST
NORTHWEST
NORTHWEST SENATOR PERDUE ATTENDING THE
RALLY VIRTUALLY.
RALLY VIRTUALLY. YOU CAN SEE HIM ON THE SCREEN.
HE IS STILL IN QUARANTINE AFTER
A POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS
EXPOSURE.
EXPOSURE.
EXPOSURE. THE PRESIDENT HAD A LOT TO SAY.
HERE IS SOME OF IT.
>> THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE A
TRUMP RALLY.
TRUMP RALLY. THIS IS TH
RALLY.
RALLY.
RALLY. I
RALLY. I WOULDN'T DO IT UNLESS I LOVED
THEM BOTH.
THEM BOTH. I WOULDN'T DO IT.
I WILL BE HERE IN A YEAR AND A
HALF AND I WILL BE CAMPAIGNING
AGAINST YOUR GOVERNOR AND YOUR
CRAZY SECRETARY
CRAZY SECRETARY >> IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP THE
RADICAL DEMOCRATS WILL WIN.
A
A
A IT
A IT THAT
A IT THAT WAY.
NO.
NO.
NO. I
NO. I WANT A GREAT COUNTRY.
I WANT THESE TWO VERY SPECIAL
PEOPLE TO BE
>>> MEANWHILE, THE BACKLASH
CONTINUES OVER PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S A PHONE CALL WITH
GEORGE AS THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. IN
STATE. IN THE AUDIO YOU CAN HEAR THE
PRESIDENT ASK BRAD
RAFFENSPERGER TO FIND VOTES TO
FLIP THE STATE IN
RAFFENSPERGER SPOKE WITH
FOR 11
FOR 11
FOR 11 INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEW. THAT CALL IS GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION BUT WHAT DID HE HAVE
TO SAY ABOUT THE PRIVATE CALL
AND HOW IT WAS RELEASED?
>> Reporter: A BIG QUESTION WAS
WHETHER THE CALL WAS INTENDED
TO BE A PRIVATE ONE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT ULTIMATELY
CAME DOWN TO A TWEET FROM THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> IF PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDED
TWEETED OUT ANYTHING AND WOULD
HAVE STAYED SILENT WE WOULD
HAVE STAYED SILENT AS WELL.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A
CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIM AND I,
MAN-TO-MAN.
MAN-TO-MAN. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE WITH
US.
US.
US. HE
US. HE IS
US. HE IS THE ONE THAT HAD TO PUT
IT OUT ON TWITTER.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT OUT
STUFF THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE IS
TRUE, WE WILL RESPOND.
>> Reporter: RAFFENSPERGER
TOTAL BRENDAN KEEFE THAT THERE
WAS NO PRIOR AGREEMENT ABOUT
THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE CALL
AND EMPHASIZED HIS
DEBUNKED FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT
GEORGE'S ELECTIONS.
GEORGE'S ELECTIONS. WHEN IT COMES TO SUCH CLAIMS,
RAFFENSPERGER BELIEVES THE
PRESIDENT'S ADVISERS HAVE NOT
SERVED HIM WELL.
DESPITE THE CONTENTS OF THE
PHONE CALL , RAFFENSPERGER
DISCUSSED HE WOULD NOT DISCUSS
THE LEGALITY OF THE COMMENTS
BUT HE DID TELL 11 ALIVE THAT
HE DOES NOT PLAN TO CALL FOR
ANY INVESTIGATION.
ANY INVESTIGATION. >> THANK YOU.:IS
ATLANTA'S TOP FEDERAL
PROSECUTOR STEPPING DOWN
FOLLOWING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
CONTROVERSY A PHONE CALL.
THE PRESIDENT APPOINTED HIM.
HIS RECOGNITION COMES AFTER
TRUMP CALLED HIM A
TRUMPER."
TRUMPER."
TRUMPER." >>> THE DEMOCRATS BRINGING IN
THEIR OWN STAR POWER.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
STOPPING FOR THE DE
CHALLENGERS JON OSSOFF AND
RAPHAEL WARNOCK.
RAPHAEL WARNOCK. >> FOLKS, THIS IS IT!
THIS IS IT!
IT IS A NEW YEAR.
TOMORROW CAN BE A NEW DAY FOR
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND FOR
AMERICA.>>> YOU CAN LOOK FOR
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