>> THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE PACKING THE STREET, THEY’RE HOLDING SIGNS. THEY’RE
WAVING FLAGS STILL SUPPORTING
THE PRESIDENT.
RIGHT SO THERE ARE CELEBRATIONS
AND PROTESTS THIS EVENING AS
WE’RE SHOWING YOU NEWS 4 JAX
ALSO GATHERING REACTION FROM
LOCAL DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
LEADERS NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER
JENESE HARRIS HAS BEEN SPEAKING
WITH MEMBERS OF THE GOP
WE START.
>>REBECCA BARRY: WITH REPORTER
SCOTT JOHNSON THOUGH WHO HAS
BEEN TALKING WITH DEMOCRATS IS
JOINING US LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
SO SCOTT. WHAT DOES THIS WIN
MEANS TO THEM.
>> WELL I’VE BEEN TALKING TO THE PARTY INSIDERS THE ACTIVISTS THE PEOPLE INVOLVED
IN RUNNING
THE PARTY, LOCALLY THEY TELL ME
THEY WANT TO GRAB THE PRESIDENT
ELECT BIDEN TO FOCUS ON A FEW THINGS INCLUDING HEALING A DIVIDED NATION AND REALLY
DEALING WITH THE
PANDEMIC SO WE’VE SCENES SCENES
LIKE THIS ONE UNFOLD ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THERE’S A GROUP WHO
GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE DUVAL
COUNTY
COURTHOUSE TODAY. SUPPORTERS
TELL ME THERE IS A LOT OF WORK
TO DO FOR A
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION,
PARTICULARLY WITH COVID CASES
ON THE RISE AGAIN IN MANY
STATES AND THE TENSION AMONG
AMERICANS RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE
DIVIDED ELECTION.
I THINK THAT’S CRITICAL FOR HIM
TO
BE DO.
TO BE DO. >> IT IS SOMETHING THAT HE
STARTED HIS CAMPAIGN HE HAS
SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN EVEN
IN THE EXCEPT ITS ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE
AN
AMERICAN PRESIDENT THAT HE WAS
GOING TO BRING THIS COUNTRY
TOGETHER AT AFTER 4 YEARS OF
DIVISION AND THAT HE WAS GOING
TO WORK TOWARDS BUILDING
A RELATIONSHIP.
>> THEY WITH VOTERS THAT VOTED
FOR HIM, BUT DIDN’T VOTE FOR
HIM.
>> I ALSO ASKED WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WILL BE COMING UP OTHER THAN THE
DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC AND
HEALING THE
DIVIDED COUNTRY. THEY TELL ME
THERE’S A SUPREME COURT RULING
COMING IN A FEW WEEKS
ON HEALTH CARE ISSUES THAT
THEY’RE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION
TO THAT COULD AFFECT THE NEXT
ADMINISTRATION. ALSO THEY ARE
SAYING HELPING OUT BUSINESSES
HAVE BEEN SHUTTERED DUE TO THE
PANDEMIC AS WELL AS WORKERS WHO
ARE STILL OUT OF A JOB.
WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN SCOTT
JOHNSON CHANNEL 4 THE LOCAL
STATION. THANK
YOU SCOTT.
>> MANY REPUBLICANS ARE NOT
ACCEPTING JOE BIDEN AS THE
PRESIDENT ELECT PRO TRUMP
DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED OUTSIDE
THE GEORGIA STATE CAPITOL IN
ATLANTA THIS MORNING CARRYING
THOSE STOP THE STEAL SIGNS,
GEORGIA IS STILL TOO CLOSE TO
CALL AND A RECOUNT
IS LIKELY.
>>JENESE HARRIS: MEANTIME
FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK RUDY
GIULIANI VOWS TO CONTINUE
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ELECTION
CHALLENGE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
♪
>> THESE THESE
LAWSUITS WILL BE BROUGHT
STARTING
♪
STARTING ♪ ON MONDAY.
BUT THE FIRST TIME IT WAS
DISCOVERED WAS HERE IN A
PENNSYLVANIA. JUST A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO.
THE PEOPLE USE TO SEE BEHIND ME
ARE JUST A FEW ABOUT.
I’D SAY 50 TO 60 POLL WATCHERS.
WHO WILL ALL TESTIFY.
>>REBECCA BARRY: NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER JENESE HARRIS HAS BEEN GETTING REACTION FROM LOCAL
REPUBLICAN LEADERS. YEAH SHE’S
JOINING US NOW I LIVE NOW TO
NICE.
>>JENESE HARRIS: SO SCOTT MENTIONED HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD AND TALKING
ABOUT WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM
PRESIDENT ELECT. WELL WHEN I
SPOKE WITH LOCAL REPUBLICANS
THEY’RE NOT GOING THAT FAR AT
ALL IN FACT THEY’RE NOT
THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING
INVOLVING
THE PRESIDENCY UNTIL THEY SAY
ALL THE BALLOTS
ARE COUNTED.
>> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF
DUVAL COUNTY SAYS THEY ARE
ECHOING THE STATEMENT OF
RNC CHAIRWOMAN RONA MCDANIEL ON
FACEBOOK SAYING IN PART THE
MEDIA DOESN’T DECIDE WHO WINS
ELECTIONS
VOTERS DO IN ORDER FOR
AMERICANS TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN
OUR ELECTIONS WE NEED TIME TO
LET THE CANVASSING AND
CERTIFICATION PROCESS TAKE
PLACE ALONG WITH ANY
INVESTIGATIONS OF
IRREGULARITIES OR FRAUD
PLAY OUT. LOCAL REPUBLICAN
JASON FISCHER OF STATE HOUSE
DISTRICT,
16 AGREES.
>> I THINK IT’S A LITTLE TOO
EARLY TO CALL IN IF YOU LOOK
BACK AT THE ELECTION RESULTS
AROUND
THE COUNTRY. SEVERAL OF THE
STATES ARE A VERY SMALL
MARGINS. FISHER SAYS THERE ARE
MANY STEPS THAT MUST
BE FOLLOWED.
>> FOR INSTANCE, THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE WON’T MEET UNTIL
DECEMBER. HE SAYS FISCHER SAYS
MOST IMPORTANTLY HE WANTS
EVERYONE TO FEEL LIKE THIS WAS
A FAIR ELECTION AND I WANT OUR
COUNTRY TO HEAL I WANT A
COUNTRY THAT USES A UNIFYING
MOMENT AND IF THINGS ARE CALLED
TOO EARLY. IT WILL BE HARD FOR
PEOPLE TO FULLY ACCEPT THOSE
RESULTS.
>> AND COMING UP TONIGHT, WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ANOTHER LOCAL POLITICIAN, HIS THOUGHTS
ON WHY HE ALSO BELIEVES THAT
THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT
NEED TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE.