OF WASHINGTON D C WE’RE GOING TO BRING THEM TO YOU AS SOON AS THEY COME IN.
>>TOM WILLS: THE MOTIONS ARE ALSO RUNNING HIGH IN GEORGIA AS BOTH DEMOCRATS JON OSSOFF AND
REVEREND
RALPH WARNOCK HAVE UNSEATED
INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SENATORS
KELLY LEFFLER AND
DAVID PERDUE NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER VIC MICOLUCCI JOINING
US LIVE FROM THE GEORGIA STATE
CAPITOL WERE A NUMBER OF
OFFICIALS HAVE LEFT.
>> BECAUSE OF SECURITY CONCERNS
FACT.
>> THEY HAVE LEFT BUT I JUST
SPOKE WITH A CORPORAL WITH
GEORGIA STATE POLICE AND HE
TELLS ME THE CAPITOL BUILDING
IS STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN
FACT IN JUST A COUPLE OF
MINUTES. WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM
GEORGIA GOVERNOR
BRIAN KEMP WHO IS GOING TO
ADDRESS THE SITUATION IN
WASHINGTON DC. WE SUPPOSE
AS WELL AS THE CURRENT ELECTION
WANT TO SHOW YOU THE SCENE
HERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICE
OFFICERS AND SECURITY FORCES
AROUND THE AREA, SOME
DEMONSTRATORS AS WELL BUT
EVERYTHING HAS
BEEN PEACEFUL. NO VIOLENCE SO
FAR AND CERTAINLY THAT’S THE
WAY PEOPLE OUT HERE SAY THEY
WANTED TO STAY IN THE MEANTIME
I WANT TO GIVE
YOU A A STATEMENT FROM THE
SENATOR ELECT RAPHAEL WARNOCK
HE SAYS ON TWITTER IN THIS
MOMENT OF UNREST VIOLENCE AND
ANGER. WE MUST REMEMBER THE
WORDS OF DOCTOR KING,
DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT
DARKNESS ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT
HATE CANNOT DRIVE OUT HATE ONLY
LOVE CAN DO THAT LET EACH OF US
TRY TO BE A LIGHT TO SEE
OUR COUNTRY OUT OF THIS DARK
MOMENTS.
>> REPUBLICAN ALIGNED DEMONSTRATORS SET UP OUTSIDE THE GEORGIA STATE
CAPITOL IN ATLANTA TODAY TO
SHOW THEIR ANGER TOWARD THE
RESULTS OF THE SENATE RUNOFFS
AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
WE THE PEOPLE ARE NOW BEING
TOLD TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP
AFTER WE HAVE WATCHED THE MOST
BLATANT ACT OF FRAUD
EVER COMMITTED INTERSTATE
SELECTION, CHESTER DOLES AND
OTHER SELF-PROCLAIMED PATRIOTS
WITH A LIST OF DEMANDS FOR
LAWMAKERS TO OVERTURN THE
RESULTS. SEVERAL PROTESTERS
ARMED WEARING TACTICAL GEAR
THESE DEMONSTRATORS ARE
MARCHING AROUND THE STATE
CAPITOL RIGHT NOW THEY SAY THAT
THEY FEEL LIKE THE ELECTION WAS
STOLEN
FROM THEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE BACK
IN NOVEMBER.
>> AND THEY SAY THEY THINK THAT
IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN WITH THE 2
>> WE
SAW THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING
UNDER HEAVY SECURITY BECAUSE OF
THREATS THE ELECTIONS MANAGER
GABRIEL STERLING
LEAVING TOO BUT STOPPING TO
SPEAK WITH ME FIRST YOU STILL
HAVE CONFIDENCE.
>> FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE
STATE’S ELECTION SYSTEM
ABSOLUTELY
WHY SECURE. THE ELECTION WAS
SEEN IN GEORGIA. WE HAVE PAPER
BALLOTS THAT RULES AROUND
THESE THINGS.
>> THAT SIGN AND WE HAVE CHECK
INS JUST MILES AWAY A MUCH
QUIETER SCENE AT MLK 70’S OR
BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE REVEREND
RAPHAEL
WARNOCK PREACHES HE’S POISED TO
BE THE FIRST BLACK SENATOR IN
THE PEACH STATE HISTORY I FEEL
SO
RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS IS SUCH AN HISTORIC
VICTORY FOR A MOTIVE FROM
BOSTON JUST AND IS KNOWN FOR
THESE
2 CANDIDATES, SO THE FILM IS A
LOT OF YOU KNOW WE’RE REALLY
HAPPY AND I WAS A
GREAT DATE, STATES THE GRID
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES GREAT DAY
FOR DUBAI THE GOVERNOR HAS TO
GET.
>> I’M AT THE GEORGIA STATE CAPITOL IN ATLANTA. WE CAN SEE SEVERAL GEORGIA STATE
PATROL OFFICERS, PROTECTING THE
ENTRANCES AND THE EXITS HERE
THERE ARE ALSO BARRIERS
UP ALONG THE CAPITOL, BUT THERE
ARE VERY FEW DEMONSTRATORS
STILL LEFT OUT HERE WE JUST SEE
A HANDFUL
OF THEM. WE ACTUALLY DROVE
AROUND THE PREMISES
TO SEE NO MORE THAN A COUPLE
DOZEN AT THE CERTAINLY THINGS
HAVE CONTINUED TO BE PEACEFUL
AND THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE HERE IN
ATLANTA SAY THEY HOPE WILL
REMAIN AS WE GO INTO DARKNESS
AS THE SUN IS STARTING TO SET.
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WE’RE LIVE IN ATLANTA
VIC MICOLUCCI
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CHANNEL 4 THE LOCAL STATION.
>>TOM WILLS: THE PRESIDENT
TRUMP SUPPORTERS HAVE MADE VERY
CLEAR THAT THEY’RE ANGRY WITH
ELECTIONS OFFICIALS THAT THEY
DON’T BELIEVE THAT THE ELECTION
WAS
REALLY FAIR. BUT THEY’RE ALSO
VERY ANGRY WITH NEWS
ORGANIZATIONS WITH JOURNALISTS
AT ANY TIME THERE TODAY IN
ATLANTA AS YOU COVER THESE
PROTESTS. DID YOU FEEL
CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR OWN
PERSONAL SAFETY.
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WHEN WE FIRST ROLLED UP THAT WAS CERTAINLY A CONCERN BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU. THE
DEMONSTRATORS THAT WE CAME
ACROSS HERE.
>> AROUND THE CAPITAL THEY WERE
THEY DID NOT CONFRONT US THEY
DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES
WITH US OR LAW ENFORCEMENT THEY
ONLY HAD ISSUES WITH THE
LEADERSHIP HERE AT THE
CAPITOL BUILDING WITH THE STATE
LAWMAKERS IN WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARE
STANDING BEHIND THE DEMOCRATIC
TICKET SO FOR RIGHT WE FEEL
LIKE IT IS A SAFE SITUATION
LIKE IT IS UNDER CONTROL AND
THERE CERTAINLY A LOT OF EYES
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT KEEPING