"THE 11TH HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.
>>> WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE
AGAIN.
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
DAY 1,446 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
16 DAYS REMAIN UNTIL THE
INAUGURATION OF JOE BIDEN AS OUR
46th PRESIDENT.
WE ARE LESS THAN AN HOUR
OFFICIALLY FROM THE START OF AN
ELECTION DAY THAT WILL NOT ONLY
DECIDE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN
THE UNITED STATES SENATE
CRITICALLY BUT ALSO THE
POLITICAL CAPITAL CURRENTLY HELD
BY THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT AND
THE INCOMING PRESIDENT.
TRUMP AND BIDEN WERE BOTH IN
GEORGIA CAMPAIGNING AHEAD OF
TOMORROW’S DUAL SENATE RUNOFF.
INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN DAVID
PERDUE FACING A CHALLENGE FROM
DEMOCRAT JON OSSOFF WHILE
REPUBLICAN SENATOR KELLY
LOEFFLER IS UP AGAINST REVEREND
RAPHAEL WARNOCK.
THESE RACES ARE TIGHT.
THAT’S A STORY IN AND OF ITSELF
IN GEORGIA.
AND SO FAR OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE CAST BALLOTS IN EARLY
VOTING.
TONIGHT AT A RALLY IN DALTON,
GEORGIA, TRUMP SPENT MOST OF HIS
TIME ON HIS FALSE CLAIMS OF
HAVING WON THIS ELECTION.
>> THERE’S NO WAY WE LOST
GEORGIA.
THERE’S NO WAY.
YOU KNOW, I’VE HAD TWO
ELECTIONS.
I’VE WON BOTH OF THEM.
IT’S AMAZING.
AND I ACTUALLY DID MUCH BETTER
ON THE SECOND ONE.
TOMORROW EACH OF YOU IS GOING TO
VOTE IN ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT RUNOFF ELECTIONS IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
YOU WATCH WHAT’S GOING TO COME
OUT.
WATCH WHAT’S GOING TO BE
REVEALED.
AND THEY’RE NOT TAKING THIS
WHITE HOUSE.
WE’RE GOING TO FIGHT LIKE HELL,
I’LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.
WE WON THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
WE WON IT BIG.
I’LL BE HERE IN ABOUT A YEAR AND
A HALF CAMPAIGNING AGAINST YOU,
GOVERNOR, I GUARANTEE IT.
YOU MUST HAVE A REPUBLICAN
VICTORY SO BIG THAT THE
DEMOCRATS CAN’T STEAL IT OR
CHEAT IT AWAY.
>> DIFFERENT SETTING.
THIS AFTERNOON JOE BIDEN
REMINDED VOTERS OF HIS WIN THERE
IN NOVEMBER OF THE MULTIPLE
RECOUNTS AND OF THE TIES BETWEEN
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES AND
ONE DONALD TRUMP.
>> YOU VOTED IN RECORD NUMBERS
IN NOVEMBER.
THE WILL OF PEOPLE PREVAILED.
WE NEED YOU TO VOTE AGAIN IN
RECORD NUMBERS TO MAKE YOUR
VOICES HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN TO
CHANGE GEORGIA, TO CHANGE
AMERICA AGAIN.
YOU HAVE TWO SENATORS WHO THINK
THEIR LOYALTY IS TO TRUMP, NOT
TO GEORGIA.
YOU HAVE TWO SENATORS WHO THINK
THEY’VE SWORN AN OATH TO DONALD
TRUMP, NOT TO THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION.
>> THIS CRUCIAL ELECTION COMES
IN THE WAKE OF THE MOST RECENT
AND PERHAPS MOST SHOCKING
ATTEMPT TO SUBVERT THE 2020
ELECTION AND STAY IN POWER.
AN ELITE HOUR LONG PHONE CALL
FIRST REVEALED BY "THE
WASHINGTON POST."
DONALD TRUMP IS HEARD TALKING
OVER THE WEEKEND WITH GEORGIA’S
CHIEF ELECTION OFFICIAL BRAD --
PRESSURING HIM TO FIND ENOUGH
VOTES TO SOMEHOW OVERTURN MR.
BIDEN’S VICTORY.
>> SO, LOOK, ALL I WANT TO DO IS THIS.
I JUST WANT TO FIND 11,780
VOTES, WHICH IS ONE MORE THAN WE
HAVE.
BECAUSE WE WON THE STATE, AND
FLIPPING THE STATE IS A GREAT
TESTAMENT TO OUR COUNTRY.
THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA ARE ANGRY.
THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY ARE
ANGRY.
AND THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH
SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW -- THAT
YOU’VE RECALCULATED BECAUSE THE
2,236 IN ABSENTEE BALLOTS, EVEN
IF YOU CUT THEM IN HALF AND CUT
THEM IN HALF AGAIN, IT’S MORE
VOTES THAN WE NEED.
>> WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, THE
CHALLENGE THAT YOU HAVE IS THE
DATA YOU HAVE IS WRONG.
>> YOU HAVE A BIG ELECTION
COMING UP AND BECAUSE OF WHAT
YOU’VE DONE TO THE PRESIDENT YOU
KNOW THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA KNOW
THAT THIS WAS A SCAM.
AND BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU’VE DONE
TO THE PRESIDENT A LOT OF PEOPLE
AREN’T GOING OUT TO VOTE.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO HERE,
FOLKS?
I ONLY NEED 11,000 VOTES.
FELLAS, I NEED 11,000 VOTES.
GIVE ME A BREAK.
>> LATE TODAY HE TOLD NBC NEWS
THAT TRUMP HAD TRIED TO REACH
HIM SEVERAL TIME AND THAT HE DID
NOT LEAK THE PHONE CALL HIMSELF.
IT’S BEEN REPORTED TRUMP CALLED
HIM 18 TIMES BEFORE THEY SPOKE,
AND HE AGAIN REFUTED TRUMP’S
BASELESS ELECTION FRAUD
ALLEGATIONS IN HIS CLAIM OF
WINNING THE STATEMENT.
>> I’M VERY CONFIDENT IN THE
RESULTS WE HAVE HERE IN GEORGIA.
AND THAT’S THE COLD HARD TRUTH
IS PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT CARRY
THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
YOU CAN’T KEEP TAKING SHOTS FROM
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE KEEP PUTTING
OUT STUFF THAT’S NOT TRUE.
AND WE’RE GOING TO RESPOND --
WE’RE GOING TO RESPOND
FORCEFULLY.
>> GEORGIA’S VOTING SYSTEM
MANAGER ALSO CAME FORWARD TODAY
TO OFFER A POINT BY POINT
REBUTTAL OF SOME OF TRUMP’S
CLAIMS.
>> THERE’S A CLAIM THAT 66,248
PEOPLE BELOW THE AGE OF 18
VOTED.
THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS ZERO.
THEY SAY THERE’S 2,423 PEOPLE
WHO VOTED WITHOUT BEING
REGISTERED.
LET’S JUST BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
YOU CAN’T DO IT.
THERE IS NO SHREDDING OF BALLOTS
GOING ON.
THAT’S NOT REAL.
NO ONE IS CHANGING PARTS OR
PIECES OUT OF DOMINION VOTING
MACHINES.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL EASILY
PROVABLY FALSE YET THE PRESIDENT
PERSISTS.
>> STERLING ALSO ACCUSED TRUMP
OF MISLEADING THE VOTERS ABOUT
VIDEO OF BALLOT COUNTING IN
FULTON COUNTY.
GEORGIA’S ELECTION BOARD COULD
REFER THE MATTER TO THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY OF FULTON COUNTY WHO
ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT READS IN
PART AND WE QUOTE, I WILL
ENFORCE THE LAW WITHOUT FEAR OR
FAVOR.
ANYONE WHO COMMITS A VIOLATION
OF GEORGIA LAW IN MY
JURISDICTION WILL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOW ASKED
THE FBI DIRECTOR CHRIS WRAY TO
OPEN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
INTO THE TRUMP PHONE CALL CITING
POSSIBLE SOLICITATION OR
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ELECTION
CRIMES.
WEDNESDAY THE DRIVE TO DENY
BIDEN’S WIN MOVES OVER TO
CAPITOL HILL WHEN CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICANS WILL LAUNCH THEIR
OWN FINAL CHALLENGE TO THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE RESULTS OF OUR
2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE WILL
PRESIDE OVER THE JOINT SESSION
TO COUNT AND CONFIRM EACH
STATE’S ELECTORAL VOTES.
TONIGHT TRUMP MADE IT CLEAR HE’S
COUNTING ON HIS GUY PENCE TO DO
WHAT HE WANTS.
>> I HOPE MIKE PENCE COMES
THROUGH FOR US, I HAVE TO TELL
YOU.
I HOPE THAT OUR GREAT VICE
PRESIDENT, OUR GREAT VICE
PRESIDENT COMES THROUGH FOR US.
HE’S A GREAT GUY.
OF COURSE, IF HE DOESN’T COME
THROUGH I WON’T LIKE HIM QUITE
AS MUCH.
>> OVER A DOZEN REPUBLICAN
SENATORS WILL JOIN WELL OVER 100
OF THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE
IN THIS EFFORT TO CONTEST THE
RESULTS OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
COUNT.
MEANWHILE, SOME 200 OF THE
NATION’S TOP BUSINESS LEADERS
ARE CALLING ON CONGRESS TO
CERTIFY BIDEN’S WIN.
THIS COMES ON THE HEALS OF A
LETTER FROM ALL TEN LIVING
FORMER U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARIES
PUBLISHED IN "THE WASHINGTON
POST" DECLARING THAT THE U.S.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS OVER
AND WARNING AGAINST ANY
INVOLVEMENT OF THE U.S. MILITARY
IN ELECTION DISPUTES.
AS FOR THE BIDEN TEAM’S TAKE ON
ALL THIS, HERE’S HOW THE
NATION’S NEXT VICE PRESIDENT
RESPONDED WHEN SHE WAS ASKED
ABOUT THE WEDNESDAY PROTEST
PLANNED IN CONGRESS.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
SEE WHAT’S GOING ON WEDNESDAY AS
AN ATTEMPTED ACTIVE COUP?
>> LET ME JUST TELL YOU