doctors and nurses are in short supply across the country especially rural georgia. that's when my budget proposal includes an initial $1 million from the university system of georgia to expand nursing programs to expand over five years and funding for technical college system to grow the partnership with allied health to serve up to 700 additional students annually. my proposal also invest two.$5 million for 136 residency slots and to take $1 million to address world physician shortages and with these key investments we hope to add 1300 additional practitioners in our state. before i go line, let's pause and take a moment to thank all of the healthcare heroes in georgia for their tireless dedication and hard work over the last two years. [applause] but the important property to have new mothers to six months building on that success and to extend that coverage that they can receive at a critical time for their health and well-being. and then to continue georgia's protection and celebration of life on all stages it's vitally important to foster care and adoption syst

in 2018, georgia ranked 23rd in the country. a survey show that hard-working georgians would leave the profession within the first five years. three years after we came together and passed a $3000 down payment on that promise, educators and students face a challenging future. teachers and educators are doing their best to help students overcome loss from the pandemic. students from all loss that walks of life are confronted with mental health struggles. teachers are asked to do more and more every year. the need for a world-class k-12 education to provide our children has never been greater. i have had the honor of attending teacher listening sessions and regular meetings with groups of superintendents and school board members from across the state. in those discussions, i've gotten to know and also understand the struggles, the successes and the needs of different school districts in every corner of georgia. the hard-working georgians in our schools, the school staff, administrators, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and teachers

why georgia? well, it is both a battleground and ground zero for all the important political stories this year. they sort of converge this year in atlanta. we have a democratic vote here that includes the two most important parts of the biden coalition, african-american voters and the growing american suburb. it also is home to the most closely watched governors race this year featuring stacey abrams and a republican primary that will test the power of the former president and his lies about the 2020 election. and georgia right now is at the center of the national political battle over voting rights. the republican legislature passed some new measures that alarmed some voting rights activists and brian kemp due to his lack of an embrace of trump's election conspiracy theories and not using his power to overturn georgia's election. as you know georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger held a press conference. had a chance to speak with him on the side lines of that event on the current level

a year ago today, in the great state of georgia, georgia voters elected two new u.s. senators, democrat jon ossoff and democrat raphael warnock. there were runoff elections for both of georgia's u.s. senate seats one year ago today and the democrats won both of those races. now, georgia electing two democrats to their two u.s. senate seats, that's how we got senate majority leader chuck schumer. that's what flipped control of the u.s. senate from republican control to democratic control. that's what made it possible for the biden administration in its first year to enact all the legislation they've passed in the past year including covid relief and the big infrastructure bill and all the rest of it, not to mention confirming president biden's cabinet, confirming judges, all of it. all of that made possible by what happened a year ago today when those senate elections happened. that said, it wouldn't be until a year ago tomorrow, it wouldn't be until january 6th that the election results in georgia actually became clear. but when they did become clear, i mean, it was a

sadly, georgia, the same georgia that sent me and my brother ossoff to the senate, not the people of georgia, partisan state politicians, have decided to punish their own citizens for having the audacity to show up. and it isn't just about the restrictions around water and food distribution. the more fundamental question is why did it last so long in the first place? and why is that the case in certain communities? i know that some americans listening to me right now don't know what we mean, because that's not your experience. but it is the experience of so many of your fellow americans. we need empathy, compassion, care for one another. while local election officials working in lincoln county, georgia, closed all but one polling location for a county bigger than 250 square miles? why is the second most powerful legislator in the georgia nate senate working right now to pass legislation to eliminate all ballot drop boxes in georgia in the middle of a pandemic? why are state leaders in georgia right now working to take over the local elections board in fulton county, where ebenezer ba

of georgia. it was unexplained at the time and for a long time. the top federal prosecutor there suddenly and unexpectedly resigned. now this is a man who had been a republican state legislator in georgia. he was a trump appointee serving u.s. attorney. he was not a particularly high-profile time, certainly not a high-profile guy. but this, week last year before the january 6th attack. even before the january 5th senate election in georgia, that u.s. attorney in georgia resigned effective immediately with really no explanation of why. it was talking points memo that was first to report on january 4th that he had unexpectedly quit. this was the headline that they in the atlanta journal-constitution. u.s. attorney for georgia abruptly relied due to unforeseen circumstances. through reporting for us in the wall street journal and elsewhere since through bjay pak sworn -- i'm part of this plot to stay in power. in the years since bjay pak surprised the u.s. attorney in georgia. we have learned a litt

you want to know what's going on in georgia right now? they have a historical pattern of dwindling polling places in the diverse areas with some voters in georgia waiting up to ten hours in predominantly black neighborhoods. think about this for a second. you want to talk about voter suppression? you're working a job. you're taking care of young kids. and you're going to give up a day's salary in georgia to vote? you want to talk about a modern day poll tax? and my friends on the other side are saying that race is not an issue here? i'm going to continue with facts because i was flabbergasted that someone could stand up here and say there's not a different experience for blacks and whites for voting. i'm just going to continue to read the facts. since vel by v. holder that eviscerated the voting rights act that people like goodman, cheney died for, black voters in georgia have faced disproportionately longer lines and fewer polling places. the average number of voters per polling place have grown 40% in diverse atlanta metro since 2012 an

him to label georgia a hotbed--?" guest: these lines are much longer in communities in georgia than they are in white communities. eight times longer in after hours. it is not the election and preventing election -- which is the problem, it is longer lines in black communities and saying, we are going to make it harder for you to stand in those lines by prohibiting you from getting any food or water. host: last call, marietta, georgia, and independent. good morning. caller: high, john, and mr. overton. i am a black nationalist and i am a pan-african and i want to address two things really quick. first, the filibuster. it is a good thing we have the video archive. you can go into the archive and you can see schumer standing up for the filibuster when they were in the minority. secondly, i live in georgia. i read the senate bill 202, all 67 pages for myself. what you are saying is not true. first of all, i stood in that line. i live in an affluent suburbs of georgia. we stood in the lines for five hours. this is black,

them pretty active in georgia politics, pretty senior within the republican party in georgia. what can you tell us about them, and have they said anything about their involvement in these efforts as to who compelpelled them to do this? >> at the time sean still was the secretary of state republican party. david shafer was and still is the chairman of the georgia gop. neither one of them responded to my colleagues when we asked for comment once the news of that subpoena dropped on friday, but in the past they have said that what they thought they were doing was moving forward in a way that would protect president trump's ability to continue to contest the outcome of the election. but as, you know, we've reported in the ajc and others have reported is it opened themselves up to possible, you know, legal repercussions because particularly in georgia some of the states who submitted alternate electors, the paperwork said this is just in case we can use it in the future. georgia's paperwork did not have any just in case verbiage on it, so it was submitted in a way that looked like

georgia, georgia, georgia. >> georgia, georgia, georgia. given all of that, we know that the 1-6 committee is looking to overturn the election at the federal level. do we know whatever the committee is making at the local and state level in places like georgia? >> well, thanks for having me on tonight. really, we do know that lawmakers who are on the january six house select committee, they have a team of lawmakers and aides who are looking specifically at former president trump's effort to try and influence local elected officials and local election officials to try and overturn the election. so, of course, georgia is going to be at the center of that. also remember that there were michigan lawmakers that were brought to the white house. and the president, was talking to them about the election. there was also officials in pennsylvania that were present. trump reported-- so what you see here really is lawmakers in the january six select committee taking this very seriously, but you also see, in, georgia da willis taking it very seriously.

which is the effort in georgia. the president, on the phone with the secretary of state of georgia, trying to get him to stuff the ballot box effectively with 11,780 votes that don't exist. that needs to be investigated. they can be waiting for congress on that. they shouldn't be waiting on the county da on that. i could tell you, when i was in the attorney's office nelly, there was a case of that kind of national significance, you would never deferred to the local district attorney. so, it does concern me that there was no mention of the broader multi layered effort to subvert our constitution and our election process. that too needs to be investigated. >> congressman adam schiff, thank you very much for starting off our conversation tonight. >> thank you. >> coming, up harvard law professor is asking for more, much more from attorney general. laurence tribe. he will tell us what the attorney general had to say today. that is next. day. that is next y pay for what you need. isn't that right limu? limu? limu? sorry,

she also welcomed him back to georgia. she also did mention that they spoke by phone as president biden said, and she reaffirmed their, quote, shared commitment to the american project of freedom and democracy. i wonder, was that reactive or instructive on her part? biden for his part is trying to fight through the blowback for his decision to wait, frankly, this long to give a speech of this caliber and strength on the right to vote nearly one year into his presidency. but let's be clear, this is not just about one man or even the speech of one president. look at the screen. the president doesn't have the votes to get the freedom to vote act and john lewis voting rights act passed in a 50/50 senate. i mean, all 50 republicans, i repeat, all 50 republicans are united against enacting these bills and two democratic senators are with those republicans when it comes to changing rules on the filibuster to help get them over the finish line. both senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema say they oppose it and senator manchin dug

but georgia's governor offered his own take and analysis. >> make no mistake, georgia is ground zero for the assault on election integrity as well as tempt attempts to federalize how we run our businesses, to how we run elections. >> you know, brian kemp is right about one thing. georgia, it is ground zero, but not maybe for the reasons he's talking about. it started not with today's visit. maybe it was ground zero beginning with this call. do you remember? >> 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. >> every time i hear that number and the precision of the request makes me raise my eyebrow and wonder what's next. the former president's lies about georgia, it didn't stop when the state passed a controversial voting law last year. frankly, it's fueling a wave of new bills and prompting primary challenges for republicans like my next guest, georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger, whose new book is called "integrity counts." thank you for being with me tonight. i see your book there. i love the play on w

georgia has more early voting than new york. the democratic leader has tried to fearmonger about one rural georgia county that condensed multiple voting locations into one, one rural georgia county. well, the county is overwhelmingly red. they were clearly not involved in trying to suppress democratic votes. 70% republican in that one county in 2020. so take a step back for a minute. president biden's story is that democracy is on death's door. but he spent nine months chasing a reckless taxing and spending spree before addressing it. must not be that much of an emergency. citizens are meant to believe a return of jim crow is on the table. but this is only president biden's sixth priority after he was blocked from spending $5 trillion on windmills and welfare. democrats' own behavior refutes their false hysteria. 12 months ago the president said that politics need not be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. that was just 12 months ago. but yesterday he poured a giant can of gasoline on the fire. 12 months ago the pre

we have people who work in athens, georgia, augusta, georgia and south carolina. because there is no jobs in lincolnton or lincoln county, georgia. so by the time they make it back to this county to vote they can get to their local polls, but to drive an additional 12, 15 miles, just to vote in one precinct in the city of lincolnton is just, it's unreal. it's unfair. it's not right. >> we spoke with the board of elections today. they believe this petition wasn't necessary. they said they held public hearings on the issue and september letters to every household and didn't hear opposition. democrats involved in closing down these polling places. what do you make of that response from them? >> well, the first thing, they did not send notification to every voter in the county. what they did was send letters to every property owner in the county and we have people that own property throughout several states across the united states. i, mile, did not get a letter. so and i've talked to many, many citizens in this county, black, white, republican, democrats who say they

take my home state of georgia. today, the vice president and the president will travel to atlanta to spread more misinformation about voting rights as an attempt to pressure the senate to eliminate the filibuster. yet, biden will conveniently leave several facts out of his remarks. he will refuse to admit that before this year, his home state of delaware denied voters in-person early voting. and now only requires 10 days of early voting. less than georgia's minimum of 17. why? because this reality flies in the face of biden's false narrative, that our democracy is under attack by republican efforts. this is more hypocrisy. he will fail to mention that just last week, georgia finally launched an investigation into illegal -- alleged illegal ballot harvesting in the 2020 election. why? because this truth does not support biden's victimification of republicans that -- victimification of republicans. and new york is attempting to grant more than 800,000 noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections. why? because

weeks, many next week right here in georgia. and they are redoubling their efforts. right, they are committed to voter fraud lies and conspiracy theories and, you know, at the expense of any other policy, platform or movement. so we're going to continue to see these attacks over the coming months in the state legislatures around the country. and we know in georgia it's a whole big legislative agenda not focused on peoples need during this crisis but rather all this political posturing and harm and racist babying to try to meet political ends on voter suppression. here's the good news, lawrence. that wouldn't have happened if georgia voters didn't elect warnock and ossoff to the u.s. senate so those funds would be available. so brian kemp gets to give out that money. brian kemp would have no money to give out without those democratic successes. and across the country democratic and republican governors have some tools for this huge massive wave. brian kemp and others aren't doing what they need to do and could do much more, but i

the georgia secretary of state office was one of the proposed -- the georgia -- the u.s. attorney's office, the federal prosecution or's office in georgia, that was one of the alleged first traders of the scene. so, if you are office is inside the crime scene, that makes it hard for your office to be the entity investigating the crime scene. therefore, this office, the fulton county da's office is the only jurisdiction which is -- as a result, our office has opened the investigation into any coordinated attendance in the 2020 elections in the state. on top of everything else, just a remarkable moment in the great state of georgia. joining us now is keith fleming. she is the -- she is known as the fulton county -- for years. you have helped us understand so much about this case until now. i really appreciate your time to be here tonight now that this big step has happened. >> my pleasure. >> so the last time you are here we talked about the prospect that the -- might move to an panel of special grand jury. what is important for us to understand now that she has done it. an

>> georgia has moved so far ahead. we're not where we were in 1965 -- >> brennan: but this was in place until 2013. >> i know. i think we have shown that georgia has fair and honest elections. we have record registrations and record turnout. georgians have an opportunity to vote up on election day. we were just recognized by heritage as the number one state for election integrity. >> brennan: by heritage, and i think the public will hear a different version when the president goes to your state, and that's why we wanted to talk to you today. mr. secretary, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> brennan: and we will go to the director and founder for the center for election, innovation, and research, david becker. good morning to you, david. >> good morning, margaret. >> brennan: i want to talk about a number of things. is there anything there that the secretary laid out that you would like to respond to? i know specifically on voter i.d. and what he referred to as ballot harvesting, you have some views? >> well, i m

the democratic leader has tried to fear mongering about one rule georgia county -- one rule georgia county. the county is over -- overwhelmingly red. 70% republican and that one county. take a step back for a minute. president biden's story is that democracy is on death store. but he spent nine months chasing a reckless tax-and-spend spray before addressing it? must not be that much of an emergency. democrats believe a return of jim crow is on the table. but this is only president biden's sixth priority after he was blocked from spending $5 trillion on windmills and welfare. democrats own behavior refutes their false asteria. 12 months ago, the president said politics -- a raging fire. but yesterday, he ported giant can of gasoline on the fire. 12 months ago, the president said every disagreement doesn't have to be a cause for total war. but yesterday, he said anyone who opposes smashing the senate and letting democrats rewrite election law is a domestic enemy. and a traitor like jefferson davis. one week ago, president biden gave a january 6 lecture about not stoking political violence. o

to mess with the election in georgia. that investigation sent us on that infamous phone call -- pressuring him to find more votes. if that special grand jury is approved, it will be able to issue subpoenas for testimony and evidence. it wasn't just that george a case, potentially taking that big lead forward, this week. this may have been the worst week of legal developments for donald trump, his family, and his allies, since he left office. this week also brought new allegations from new york's attorney general, of possible fraud at trump's business. a filing this week lays out the most detailed accusations yet, of potentially fraudulent business practices of the trump organization. as eternally general, letitia james, -- from trump, his son don jr., and his daughter ivanka, suggesting that early years long investigation, maybe nearing its end. the january six investigation, this week, asked for testimony from ivanka. trump in a letter that was laid out in stunning detail, how much the committee has learned about what wa

just look at georgia. yes, georgia. where republicans passed an elections bill, s.b. 202, on the purely partisan basis this last spring. in the 2020 election georgians voted in record numbers. many voted by mail or used early voting options to be able to cast their ballots safely and securely in the midst of this once in a century global health pandemic. and guess what happened -- those ballots were processed, counted, audited, and the results certified. so, how did georgia republicans respond? they wrote s.b. 202 to cut the number of early voting drop boxes in atlanta by more than 75%. to make it harder, not easier but harder, for voters who mistakenly go to the wrong polling place to cast a ballot and have their vote in statewide contests counted. to stop new voters from being able to register to vote in a runoff election if there is one. now, make no mistake, republicans will deny the intention, but the effect is clear. these changes disproportionately disenfranchise the votes and the voices of people of color. and w

it's not just here in georgia. last year alone, 19 states, not proposed, but enacted 34 laws attacking voting rights. there were nearly 400 additional bills, republican members of state legislatures tried to pass. and now republican legislators in several states have already announced plans to escalate the onslaught this year. the end game, to turn the world of voters into a mere suggestion. something states can respect or ignore. jim crow 2.0 is about two insidious things. voter suppression, and election subversion. it's no longer about who gets to vote. it's about making it harder to vote. it's about who gets to count the vote. and whether your vote counts at all. it's not hyperbole. this is a fact. >> voter suppression and election subversion. president biden speaking today in atlanta, trying to rally the country in support of strong new federal protections for voting rights and for the technique that cattic nonpartisan administration of election. he's rallying the country. he's speaking to the country today, bu

this is entitled asian american voter rates in georgia hit record high. how voting bill threatens progress. .. last election, a new law that restricts voting in the state threatens their participation in the political process, particularly at a time they also have the highest rates of absentee voting, critics say. the new legislation, passed with >> the new legislation passed h with the overwhelming support of republicans in the state legislature last week adds restrictions to absentee and early voting among other forms of balloting. critics say the law could disproportionately affect districts of color including asian americans whose voting population already confronts specific barriers to civic engagement. the bill is particularly alarming in light of a recent analysis of turnout in battle ground states that shows a historic 84% vote gain in voting by asian-americans from 2016 to 2020 in part by outreach. voters including asian-american voters, asian americans advancing justice atlanta told nbc-- told nbc. and now, some elected leaders want to try to su

georgia is next at 9-2. ohio state at 7-1. back in september georgia kicked off the season behind alabama at 50-2. >>> meanwhile it does not appear that college football -- the college football playoffs will reach a deal to expand any time soon. three meetings ended yesterday with no progress toward implementing a new format. they say, quote, we have entrenched issues that are no closer to be resolved. >>> after coming out of detention, novak joke voc got back, making up for lost time after spending four days confined to an immigration detention hotel, holding a practice session this morning after winning a legal battle yesterday against the cancellation of his visa to enter australia. djokovic who still faces the prospect of deportation because he is not vaccinated against covid-19 is at least for now listed as number one for the men's singles draw. his visa was also the topic of discussion earlier in the day between australia's prime minister and that of djokovic's native serbia. this is international diplomacy, folks. the a

the vote count in georgia. he asked donald trump's, lawyers how is he carrying out the function of the presidency, by calling a state official, donald treasures argued that his job is to make sure that the laws are faithfully executed, not the state laws judge made it interrupted. donald trump's lawyers argue that there is no evidence of conspiracy as alleged in the lawsuits. nbc news reports donald trump's lawyer, saying a conspiracy has to be established before the rioters arrived, and there's no evidence that there was any communication before hand. the judge responded, the president invited people to the public to -- encourage them to march to the capitol. and take it by force, and people accepted that, so that's not enough to establish conspiracy? meeting off our discussion tonight, is democratic congressman eric swallow of congress -- served as a house impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of donald trump. also with us near cut the l, an msnbc legal contributor. congressman swalwell, i norma

i would also like to point out that not only is a lot georgia's electionaw law -- mainstream georgia's laws are actually more permissive in some respects been voting laws in some democrat states. georgia offers no excuse to absentee voting. the democrat leaders home state, senator schumer's home state does not. in fact, voters in the democrat leaders home state actually just rejected a ballot measure would have allowed no excuse absentee voting. i guess the democratic leader thinks that those orders are trying to destroy our democracy. georgia also has way more days of early voting than the democrat leader's home state. so does arizona, another state that is come under fire from democrats for updating its election laws. and yet, red states, according to democrats, by the states attempting to suppress votes. it's also important to note that the georgia law was written to address concerns from republican in democrat voters, including concerns raised by stacey abrams, affiliated groups over georgia group. mr. president, there's no question, no question we should make voting easy and acces

going down to georgia and bringing the best subjects to discuss the doc and tegler a former georgia state representative emily capital, who is a conservative commoner both of you francisco. thanks for joining me. thanks, scott. ha. okay, let's start with george john d. i don't think anyone needs an excuse to visit the peach state, but what another state actually like arizona have been a better choice. i think it depends on the state. i think it needs to be a 3rd message. we have a message from president bond over an hour and we need for him to do so today. he double now, and now i want to see actually, so i will because actually for in the math i was the action you, i'm still part of to ship president by me. sure. now to say for all time, you know how to go with next modem, right? was inner city bring that up because at the same time when president biden went down to georgia, the leak, how do you read, you know, stacy roots as a scheduling mix up. i mean, it is the president of the united states and other civil rights that are saying they were protesting that obviously they think there sh

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you are wearings a georgia bulldog pin. how are you feeling this morning after georgia beat alabama 33-18 in the championship game? >> fantastic game. i had the distinct honor of representing athens in the university of georgia and the tenth district. and it's been a dream come true. it's ban magical season for the bulldogs. hats off to coach kirby smart and incredible team that they have put together and, yes, what sweet finally beat alabama for the national championship. fantastic game. i'm a little bloodshot eyes this morning like a lot of other people. >> carley: that's very honest of you. i'm sure you are not alone of that the first time they have won since 1980. congratulations to your team there congressman jody hice, thank you so much. "fox & friends" starts. >> chicago teachers union make a deal to return to school in person on wednesday. >> we know this has been very difficult. >> this has been very unpleasant experience. >> president biden hitting the road to sell his radical plan to overhaul our election system.

georgia republicans are still not satisfied. new york time reports that with the elections looming at the end of this, year they are considering more voting restrictions. one republican state senator is promoting a new measure to prohibit the use of drop boxes for absentee ballots, which he says would increase security -- though no problems with their used by voters have been verified. another would create a constitutional amendment to prevent non citizens from voting -- even though they are already barred from voting under existing state law. even if those do not get those passed by november, the mere suggestion it might be harder to vote is already perhaps suppressing the vote before a single ballot has passed in the midterms. this, week a poll by -- found we'll expect to be somewhat or very difficult to vote in 2022, compared to just 7% of black voters who felt that way about their voting experience in 2020. berman is one of the for most supporters of -- by gop voting restrictions from jones, and he is also the author of give

georgia specifically. those new proposals include eliminating all remaining ballot drop boxes discarding the states voting touchscreen machines and creating a constitutional amendment to prevent any future possibility of non citizens voting. what is the probability here that these could become law? >> you know, georgia republicans aren't slowing down on there is salt against our democracy. and i think we take every single threat seriously. every single proposal seriously. we know the other side of the aisle it's a coordinated effort that is happening across our country. both in georgia and another state legislatures. and so i don't see republicans slowing down on their effort because they know that in order for them to install minority rule, they have to proceed with these voter suppression bill. they want to make a harder to vote without having any by both sides of the aisle and use by our governor. and because we know they delivered in 2020, 2021 we, have statewide elections because they don't have polic

and they were talking about mainly the eastern part of georgia. the idea whether nato troops would be allowed in the eastern territory of a re-unified germany. and the what the russians have done since then is, you said, well, not one inch eastward, during those conversations. and therefore, that meant, you have foresworn the idea of nato expansion for the rest of time. now, that's not actually what happened. the final treaty unifying germany did not bar nato from expanding. it did say there was some limits on the territory of eastern germany in terms of foreign troops, but the russians have gone ahead and said, basically, there was some sort of an agreement back then that's been broken and it justifies what they're doing today, 30 years later. >> i guess it's that selective memory that you use. i mean, this isn't pots dam, right, this isn't yalta, but you can choose to pick moments from those meetings to bring it to 2022. peter, what options does the biden administration have or even europe have to try and deal with this crisis? >> well, the opti

one more call, this is from scott in georgia. go ahead. caller: i live in georgia as you said. i live in rural south georgia. i love coming to atlanta quite a bit. i've done it for years and years. the number one issue is one simple thing, lawlessness. i have noticed over the past two years when i am in atlanta. after 4:00, you can't walk on the streets anymore without being accosted, somebody approaching you, they are generally age 14 or 15. they are standing in the streets, they are trying to sell water bottles. they don't care about you. they will hit your car. they will approach you on the street. there is no respect. there is no police anywhere. if you need to go to bed early in a hotel and you are up past 11:00, there is dragracing in the street. there are no police anywhere. you have private security guards in these shops. you do not feel safe at large. host: that is scott in georgia, finishing off this section. i appreciate all of you that participated. typically, we tell you about our podcast series. we will be joined by matthew sitman. we will get more of the insight

sadly, the same georgia that sent me and my brother to the senate. not the people of georgia. partisan state politics. that decided to punish their own citizens for having the audacity to show up. it is not just about the restrictions around water and food distribution. the more fundamental question is why so long in the first race? and why is that the case in certain communities. i know that some americans listening to me right now don't know what i mean because that is not your experience. but it is the experience of so many of your fellow americans. who need empathy, compassion, care for one another. now local election officials working in lincoln county georgia closing all but one location. why is the second most powerful legislature working right now to pass legislation to eliminate all ballot drop boxes in georgia in the middle of a pandemic? why are state leaders working to take over the local election board and fulton county? there is a woman named irish. she says she has tried repeatedly over the past 10 years devote, but could not because of long lines and changing p

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thinkas about that. >> the president in georgia yesterday. now, in washington, republican senator john thune responded to the criticism of the president -- the criticism of georgia's voting laws. >> in 2021, a number of states passed updatesre to their votin laws.ts partly because of the challenges and special circumstances that arose as a result of the pandemic. so democrats decided that these commonsense mainstream updates represented an o unprecedented attack on voting rights. inai georgia, which is one of t firstre to enact voting legislation, has become the poster child forte democrats' campaign to convince americans voting rights are in ge danger. so what terrible voter suppressions measures are state imposing? well, one s provision of the georgia law that has come frin a lott of democrat outrage is its measure forbidding partisan political organizations from providing individuals with food or water within 150 feet of a pollingov place. yes. apparently preventing partisan politicall organizations from providing lunch to voters threatens

we'll have more on the georgia investigation later in this hour. on this day exactly one year ago donald trump's life as a defendant began in ernestt. he was already a civil defendant in a lawsuit that claims donald trump raped her in new york city in the 19 #90s but he was soon on his way to being a criminal defendant with a criminal grand jury investigation in new york city and a criminal investigation of misconduct with georgia's secretary of state. he is still on his way to becoming a criminal defendant. he has not yet become one but seems to be coming closer every day. donald trump used the presidency for four years to avoid being charged with crimes including obstruction of justice in the mueller investigation and he used the presidency to refuse to submit to civil due process in the e. gene carroll case and other civil litigation. that is all over. one year ago today at 12:00 noon the protection of the presidency was ripped away from defendant donald trump. since then, his business in new york has been indicted for criminal practices. his lo

joining me now to discuss this and more, georgia state representative, bee win, also candidate for georgia state. i want to start out by asking your reaction to what went down in washington last week, it was a pretty seismic week if you've been tracking the decline of our democracy. have you given up on federal voting rights action to come in? >> look, and, you know, as soon as we recognize that our voting rights were on the block, having gone through legislative session where two page bill turned into 98 page voter suppression bill with the doors to open the subversion of democracy, we knew it was instrumental to pass federal voting rights protection. we also know here in georgia that kristen sinema and joe manchin have been blocking that effort so i'm not surprised to be in the position we're in but i see the urgency of this, we cannot give up. we cannot let our guard down. the other side of the aisle are nut letting up and as you mentioned earlier, ayman, they're continuing to chop away at our voting rights. republican-led legislature, by simple majority without bipartisan support, so t

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back to georgia. so a big moment for him, and so many fans here tonight. we are ready. i got the butterflies. let's do this. >> okay, look. you better than anybody can put in context, there are great story lines and you talk about the quarterbacks, but for the georgia fans, you called it soul-crushing in the past, right, some of the losses to alabama. >> yeah. >> but put in context really that only a georgia fan can, just how much is on the line, and what this means to be playing going up against alabama. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, it's been since 1980, t.j. it's a long time coming, and we have been continuing, at least in my recent history, to lose against alabama. they are a powerhouse. they're the dominant winners. they've won the last 6 out of the last 12 championships. there am i at the last national championship when i thought we were winning. and so, you know, tonight we're hoping to turn the tide against the crimson tide and to do that, let's get it started. you ready for this, ladies and gent

in georgia, democrats say. after georgia passed a new law last year, things have apparently gotten so bad that the president picked atlanta to give a recent speech on the issue. but if you listened to president biden's speech, you might have noticed that he barely talked about the georgia law at all. and when he did, he twisted the law into an unrecognizable caricature, into jim crow in the 21st century. he has shamelessly and intentionally misrepresented the georgia law for months, and his speech last week was no different. but something he didn't say in his speech is that the georgia law extends early voting to two and a half weeks. that's longer than blue states like california and new york, and it's longer than the president's home state of delaware, which current a louse for zero early voting days. maybe he should have given that speech at his house in delaware instead of in georgia. and he didn't say the language in the georgia bill that requires voter i.d. for absentee ballots is very similar to a bill t

so what do we know about the georgia law, and i read the law. what we know is that the controversy that the president spoke about and the controversy we heard senators speak about, it is illegal to get water while waiting to vote. now, that claim has been proven false. it is not illegal to get water while waiting in line, and it's false. the only time you can't get water while waiting in line to vote, according to georgia law, is someone campaigning for someone -- campaigning for someone, you can't bring them water, if you're an election worker, you can bring them water. that is false. if that is the threshold of the new jim crow era, it looks nothing like the past. however, even that is false. what else is in that georgia law that is supposedly the poster child of voter suppression? it allows for early voting to include now the souls to the polls where you have sundays where you can vote early. in fact, 17 days of early voting. more early voting than the president's own home state or new york. it allows for mail-in ballots without an excuse. th