well joe biden is still two weeks or so
away from his inauguration as president
but his ability to deliver on his
promises
may hinge on events later in the day
because georgia has
two runoff senate elections and they'll
decide which party controls the upper
chamber
if mr biden's democratic party picks up
both seats
then the house will be split 50-50 and
that would give the vice president
kamala harris the deciding vote
it would also mean an easier passage for
mr biden's
appointment of administration officials
and federal judges
republicans have held sway in the senate
for the past six years
here's nomia iqbal in georgia
the men standing with joe biden might
just be his
most important friends right now
democrats
pastor raphael warnock and investigative
journalist jon ossoff
are running for georgia's two senate
seats if they win
the president-elect's party will control
the senate
one state one state
can chart the course not just for the
next four years
but for the next generation for people
in georgia this means
campaigning has never stopped place that
we demand better is at the ballot box
the energy here in georgia is is
something i've never seen before
yes we can do it yes we can
all right now if john ossoff wins he'll
be the youngest
senator a title that once belonged to
joe biden
he's been campaigning day and night joe
biden's fate
lies in your hands if you lose
is mr biden's presidency weakened before
it's even begun
we're going to win on tuesday and when
we win on tuesday
we're going to enact an agenda that
serves working people in this country
the pressure is on georgia's republicans
too kelly lafleur here
meeting voters and we're in the battle
for the country
so fellow candidate david purdue has had
to quarantine for a few days
make sure that you get your friends and
family out this is about turnout we're
going to win
if we turn out the early voter turnout
in georgia has been huge
and that's because this state knows that
their candidates will decide just how
powerful
joe biden's presidency will be her
pro-business pro-conservative values
have really trickled down
to our city as mayor what i'm telling
people is go out there and vote
vote vote vote and teenagers are getting
organized too
with live streamed events like this
polls suggest they could give democrats
an edge
since the presidential election more
than 23 000
have turned 18 and can now vote in this
senate race
i did the math in my head and turns out
i couldn't vote for the presidential
election i was short by just a month
so i got so mad at my mom like he
couldn't have made me born a little bit
later
even though i may not have been able to
vote in the presidential election
i'm still in some ways able to vote on a
presidential scale
georgia is the final battle for
president trump
he still wrongly believes the election
was rigged there's no way we lost
georgia there's no way
the rig that was a rigged election some
republicans worry he could put off
voters giving an advantage to joe biden
nomi rick bell bbc news georgia
let's get a bit more from messers trump
and biden shall we
they campaigned at rival rallies in
georgia as we were saying
mr trump repeated his claims that
democrats are trying to steal
the presidential election despite his
lawyers having had some 60 challenges
now
thrown out of court over lack of
evidence as for
president-elect joe biden he criticized
the trump administration's coronavirus
response
and said a senate majority would boost
his administration's response
let's hear a bit more of what they had
to say it's a new year
and tomorrow can be a new day for
atlanta
for georgia and for america
[Applause]
by electing john and a reverend you'll
be voting to get the states the
resources they need
to get the vaccines distributed it's a
shame what's happening now
it's a literal shame i've said it before
getting america vaccinated will be one
of the most difficult operational
challenges this nation has ever faced
but we've known it
for the last months this administration
has gotten off to a
god-awful start the democrats are trying
to steal the white house
you cannot let them you just can't let
them
steal the u.s senate you can't let it
happen
[Applause]
if you don't go and vote the socialist
of marxists
will be in charge of our country if you
don't fight to save your country with
everything you have
you're not going to have a country left