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at one point, it's either secretary of state brad ref raffensperger, or mr. germany who's also on the call says, no, there's two. >> that was brad raffensperger. >> we did investigations three times over. we found two people. sometimes people vote and then die, by the way. and that's what happens. but anyway, they have to clarify that for him. and then he has all of these conspiracy threads that he's spouting that he doesn't sound like he even understands about, well, did dominion come in and replace the inner workings of the machines? has anybody seen the inner machines working? do you have any thoughts or do your sources in georgia have any thoughts on his mental fitness? >> i mean, look. i don't think that -- i wasn't surprised by the substance of the call, because we've been -- all of us have been reporting for weeks about how much trump is ruminating and stewing and obsessing about the loss and unwilling to accept it and not really carrying out the regular duties of office. not talking about the pandemic. not talking a lot about the vaccine rollout, only
at one point, it's either secretary of state brad ref raffensperger, or mr. germany who's also on the call says, no, there's two. >> that was brad raffensperger. >> we did investigations three times over. we found two people. sometimes people vote and then die, by the way. and that's what happens. but anyway, they have to clarify that for him. and then he has all of these conspiracy threads that he's spouting that he doesn't sound like he even understands about, well, did dominion...
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raffensperger is almost becoming what the john dean to watergate was, and now brad raffensperger to this probe of the president involvement in trying to overturn an election, this recording, this revealing of truth? >> well, i hope john won't mind if i compare brad raffensperger to those republicans on the house judiciary committee who voted to impeach richard nixon, who felt they had to do what was right, even though they knew back home there would be a lot of people disappointed in their choice. think of the pressures that brad halves berger must be under. we know his family has been threatened, yet he does what he believes is the right thing because he puts his country first. this is one of these moments to see which elected officials will put our country furse. the president wants disorder and chaos. he's invited people to lewdly demonstrate, which is their right, but he's asked them to come to -- and that is extortion -- -- for 1700 years. >> this is an amazing chap, but still more to come. thank you so much. we're taking a short break for now. we'll be right back. ♪ you can
raffensperger is almost becoming what the john dean to watergate was, and now brad raffensperger to this probe of the president involvement in trying to overturn an election, this recording, this revealing of truth? >> well, i hope john won't mind if i compare brad raffensperger to those republicans on the house judiciary committee who voted to impeach richard nixon, who felt they had to do what was right, even though they knew back home there would be a lot of people disappointed in...
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raffensperger steve stay with us if you can because we're going to listen now to the entire why. post compilation of that phone call so just a reminder to the viewers this is a phone call between president trump and the georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger and and again i remind al-jazeera has not been able to independently authenticate this recording the people of georgia are angry and these numbers are going to be repeated on monday night along with others that we're going to have by that time which are much more substantial even and the people of georgia are angry the people of the country are angry and is nothing wrong with saying that you know. 2 2 that you've recalculated well mr president the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong now do you think it's possible that they shredded ballots in 3 fulton county because that's what the rumors and also that domain you took out machines. that minion is really moving fast to get rid of their. machinery do you know anything about that because that's really all right in germany you know the 1000000 is not. goi
raffensperger steve stay with us if you can because we're going to listen now to the entire why. post compilation of that phone call so just a reminder to the viewers this is a phone call between president trump and the georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger and and again i remind al-jazeera has not been able to independently authenticate this recording the people of georgia are angry and these numbers are going to be repeated on monday night along with others that we're going to have by...
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brad raffensperger is not the final arbiter of this. it is the courts of law and judge after judge after judge has said there was not significant fraud in this election. just something that people forget, even if the president found the 11,780 votes that he asked brad raffensperger to find for him, that's not enough to float to the election. you need several more states. george is not some kind of tipping point. >> martha: bill mcgurn, to take a step back and look at the big picture. at 24 hours from the senate race, the president having a conversation on saturday going into the huge dustup and everybody spending their time listening to the audio rather than listening to the candidates and focusing on what next. what do you think about the presidents focus on this was mack do you believe that it is in his best interest to focus on the senate races? >> well, look, i think he supposed to be down there today. to focus on the senate races. this is a piece where so much everything becomes donald trump. in this case, george is becoming about
brad raffensperger is not the final arbiter of this. it is the courts of law and judge after judge after judge has said there was not significant fraud in this election. just something that people forget, even if the president found the 11,780 votes that he asked brad raffensperger to find for him, that's not enough to float to the election. you need several more states. george is not some kind of tipping point. >> martha: bill mcgurn, to take a step back and look at the big picture. at...
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trump obtained by nbc news of a phone call yesterday with georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger, a fellow republican. in the audio, the president is caught pressuring raffensperger to sideline the truth, by recalculating georgia's 2020 vote totals in trump's favor. the audio reveals a president full of rage and unable to accept facts. using conspiracy theories and political threats to pound the pressure. >> well, under the law, you're in the allowed to give faulty election results, okay? you're not allowed to do that and that's what you've done. this is a faulty election result. and honestly, this should go very fast. you should meet tomorrow. because 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. and a lot of republicans are going to vote negative, because they hate what you did to the president, okay? they hate it. and they're going to vote. >> all of this, just three days from congress certi
trump obtained by nbc news of a phone call yesterday with georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger, a fellow republican. in the audio, the president is caught pressuring raffensperger to sideline the truth, by recalculating georgia's 2020 vote totals in trump's favor. the audio reveals a president full of rage and unable to accept facts. using conspiracy theories and political threats to pound the pressure. >> well, under the law, you're in the allowed to give faulty election...
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he had the hour-long call with brad raffensperger, the georgia secretary of state, after trying to call the secretary 18 times he finally got through. and spouted that sort of incoherent nonsense for an hour. the kindness thing you can say about the president is that he is mentally or psychologically impaired and unable to understand that what he was doing was false and wrong. otherwise, it is simply a straight up request by the president for the secretary of state of georgia to commit election fraud, which is the very thing the president has been complaining about. it's notable for his state of mind that white house council was not on the call. the president has narrowed his circle of people to people who enable these fantasies and this attempt to overturn the election. pat cipollone has argued that is a futile attempt. the real question now is what do republicans do? on wednesday that's when congress is due to certify the results of the electoral college. the president is calling his supporters to a big rally in washington. he has laid an air of menace to the process, talking about ho
he had the hour-long call with brad raffensperger, the georgia secretary of state, after trying to call the secretary 18 times he finally got through. and spouted that sort of incoherent nonsense for an hour. the kindness thing you can say about the president is that he is mentally or psychologically impaired and unable to understand that what he was doing was false and wrong. otherwise, it is simply a straight up request by the president for the secretary of state of georgia to commit election...
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he told brad raffensperger on the call "people are angry." he's angry. he's trying to make his supporters angry. he's calling on them to washington, and it is a combustible situation. what we can hope is that the few voices in the republican party that have stood up can exercise some calm over the state of affairs we find ourselves in. >> susan, for people just waking up, we should play one of the portions where president trump sounds particularly delusional. he's confused. he's casting about, calling about the dominion voting machines, but he doesn't exactly know what he objects to. so here's this moment. >> do you think it's possible that they shredded ballots in fulton county because that's what the rumor is? and also that dominion took out machines, that dominion is really moving fast to get rid of their machinery. do you know anything about that? because that's illegal. >> this is ryan germany, no. dominion has not moved any machinery out of fulton county -- >> but have they moved the inner parts of the machines and replaced them with other parts? >
he told brad raffensperger on the call "people are angry." he's angry. he's trying to make his supporters angry. he's calling on them to washington, and it is a combustible situation. what we can hope is that the few voices in the republican party that have stood up can exercise some calm over the state of affairs we find ourselves in. >> susan, for people just waking up, we should play one of the portions where president trump sounds particularly delusional. he's confused. he's...
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brad raffensperger said it was two. i can't verify that figure but i can tell you my colleagues and i have personally debunked some of the claims about dead people voting in georgia. they claim a ballot was cashed in the name of a dead woman, it was a living woman by the same name. so these allegations are mistakes or intentional deception by the trump campaign that they're passing off by fraud when it's not. >> listen to another false claim from the president. >> we have at least two or three -- anywhere from 250 to 300,000 ballots were dropped mysteriously into the rolls. >> 250 to 300,000 ballots. what's the truth? >> there's no mysterious or suspicious or shady ballot drop. what the president is talking about when he talks about ballots dumps or drops is large counties counting their votes and then adding them to the public totals, as normal. they're big so you see a lot of votes and because cities tended to go for biden they tended to be biden leading votes. it's not rocket science, guys and certainly not fraud. >>
brad raffensperger said it was two. i can't verify that figure but i can tell you my colleagues and i have personally debunked some of the claims about dead people voting in georgia. they claim a ballot was cashed in the name of a dead woman, it was a living woman by the same name. so these allegations are mistakes or intentional deception by the trump campaign that they're passing off by fraud when it's not. >> listen to another false claim from the president. >> we have at least...
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raffensperger in the recording trump is heard pressuring the georgian politician to recalculate the presidential election in his favor let's listen to an excerpt of this extraordinary conversation the people of georgia angry and these numbers are going to be repeated on monday night along with others that we're going to have by that and which are much more substantial even and the people of yours you're angry the people of the country are a very and there's nothing wrong with saying that you know. 2 2 2 that you've recalculated well mr president determines that you have is the data you have is what you should want to have an accurate on action and your republican. we believe that we do have an active election no i do you know you don't have you don't have not even plus you got you're off by hundreds of thousands of votes you know what they did and you're not reporting it that's a you know that's a criminal that's a criminal offense and you know you can't let that happen that's that's a big risk to you and to ryan your lawyers that's a big risk but they are shredding ballots in my op
raffensperger in the recording trump is heard pressuring the georgian politician to recalculate the presidential election in his favor let's listen to an excerpt of this extraordinary conversation the people of georgia angry and these numbers are going to be repeated on monday night along with others that we're going to have by that and which are much more substantial even and the people of yours you're angry the people of the country are a very and there's nothing wrong with saying that you...
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brad raffensperger made it clear he is a supporter. he arranged the call and took the call. i think he thinks it was inappropriate in hindsight but he agreed to go on the call. the white house, president trump, sought to speak with him more than a dozen times leading up to the call on saturday and they did not get through. i think mark meadows got involved and figured out how to bring everyone together on the call and brad raffensperger agreed to do it. >> let's play a little more from the call. this is trump trying to coerce brad raffensperger. >> the people of georgia are angry and the numbers will be repeated on monday night along with others we're going to have by that time, which are more substantially, and the people of georgia are angry. the people of the country are angry. there is nothing wrong with saying that, you know, you recalculated. >> well, mr. president, the challenge you have is the data you have is wrong. >> let's talk about the g.o.p. strategy here. what is it exactly, the republicans supporting the president's efforts here. they include people like josh
brad raffensperger made it clear he is a supporter. he arranged the call and took the call. i think he thinks it was inappropriate in hindsight but he agreed to go on the call. the white house, president trump, sought to speak with him more than a dozen times leading up to the call on saturday and they did not get through. i think mark meadows got involved and figured out how to bring everyone together on the call and brad raffensperger agreed to do it. >> let's play a little more from...
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did you ever get to meet with the secretary of state brad raffensperger, who is being held as a hero for standing up against president trump as he )táhju him the winner ofhll00 the georgia elections? 198,000alking about purged, stolen votesin a sense. >> we have never met with him. we have not heard from his office yet. my legal team, we are still waiting dear from the office. we will pursue this. we will continue to pursue this. while we were not able to get injunctive relief, our case is still pending in the;+u. courtsd we will press forward. i think because we have reached out in good faith and the judge did recommend we sit down and meet and he has not responded, i think we will convey that to the courts as well. it is interesting, baffling to me, that raffensperger is being
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raffensperger, to falsify the results of the election, to find -- find -- 11,780 votes to give him one vote more than he needs to reverse his deficit in georgia and win the state. he's asking raffensperger to commit a criminal act. not just a criminal act, but an
raffensperger, to falsify the results of the election, to find -- find -- 11,780 votes to give him one vote more than he needs to reverse his deficit in georgia and win the state. he's asking raffensperger to commit a criminal act. not just a criminal act, but an
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the phone call lasted about one hour with brad raffensperger ending the conversation by thanking the president for his time. >>> nancy pelosi was reelected speaker of the house today is the 117th congress convened for the first time. she won 216 votes narrowly beating the 209 votes cast for kevin mccarthy of bakersfield. the next two years may be her final term. she will be faced with the challenge of having the slimmest house majority by either party two decades. >>> a battle is brewing among republicans on capitol hill as some gop lawmakers say they plan to challenge the results of the electoral college during the certification on wednesday. now more from washington, d.c. >> reporter: certifying the electoral college is traditionally a drama free event, but that will not be the case on wednesday when at least a dozen republican senators they will join efforts to challenge the electoral college results. senator ted crews among those speaking out he is calling on congress to allow for a 10 day audit in some states. he spoke with us earlier today. >> we've seen in the last two months
the phone call lasted about one hour with brad raffensperger ending the conversation by thanking the president for his time. >>> nancy pelosi was reelected speaker of the house today is the 117th congress convened for the first time. she won 216 votes narrowly beating the 209 votes cast for kevin mccarthy of bakersfield. the next two years may be her final term. she will be faced with the challenge of having the slimmest house majority by either party two decades. >>> a battle...
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listen to this phone call between the president and georgia's republican secretary of state brad raffensperger on saturday, first obtained by "the washington post." >> whatever. it's a disaster. it's a disaster. look, here's the problem. we could go through signature verification, and we'll find hundreds of thousands of signatures if you let us do it. and the only way you can do it, as you know, is to go to the past. but you didn't do that in cobb county. you just looked at one page compared to another. the only way you can do a signature verification is go from the one that signed it on november whatever, recently, and compare it to two years ago, four years ago, six years ago or even one. and you'll find that you have many different signatures. but in fulton, where they dumped ballots, you would find that you have many that aren't even signed and you have many that are forgeries, okay? you know that. you know that. you have no doubt about that. and you will find -- you will be at 11,779 within minutes because fulton county is totally corrupt and so is she totally corrupt. and they're going a
listen to this phone call between the president and georgia's republican secretary of state brad raffensperger on saturday, first obtained by "the washington post." >> whatever. it's a disaster. it's a disaster. look, here's the problem. we could go through signature verification, and we'll find hundreds of thousands of signatures if you let us do it. and the only way you can do it, as you know, is to go to the past. but you didn't do that in cobb county. you just looked at one...
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brad raffensperger replied... the truth will come out. condemnation of the call has been swift with the former republican leader of the house of representatives saying it was difficult to conceive of a more antidemocratic and anti— conservative act. well, it's tough to be shocked anymore by what the president does but this was truly shocking. extraordinary to put pressure ona extraordinary to put pressure on a republican secretary of state to find the votes are men, that's that's awful stuff. —— i mean. men, that's that's awful stuff. -- i mean. joe biden team said it was irrefutable proof... i wouldn't say he has committed a criminal offence. i think he has done what he has done for so has done what he has done for so long which is attempted to bully the secretary of state and the secretary of state deserves a great deal of courage. he is a republican who was elected to office and he refused to be bullied. he is holding an election rally on —— in georgia. both races are tight with the outcome deciding who controls the senate an
brad raffensperger replied... the truth will come out. condemnation of the call has been swift with the former republican leader of the house of representatives saying it was difficult to conceive of a more antidemocratic and anti— conservative act. well, it's tough to be shocked anymore by what the president does but this was truly shocking. extraordinary to put pressure ona extraordinary to put pressure on a republican secretary of state to find the votes are men, that's that's awful stuff....
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in this hour-long call, president donald trump pushes georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger to, quote, find quotes that would overturn joe biden's election victory. i want you to listen to this exchange with raffensperger's general counsel ryan germany. >> 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 because, you know, there's just -- it's a testament that they can admit to a mistake or whatever you want to call it if it was a mistake. i don't know. a lot of people think it wasn't a mistake. it was much more criminal than that. but it's a big problem in georgia, and it's not a problem that's going away. i mean, you know, it's not a problem that's going away. and we've got to -- >> mr. president, this is ryan. we're looking into every one of those things you mentioned. >> good. if you find them you've got to say it, ryan. ryan -- >> i'll tell you what we are seeing. >> go ahead. go ahead. >> what we're seeing is not at all what you're describing.
in this hour-long call, president donald trump pushes georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger to, quote, find quotes that would overturn joe biden's election victory. i want you to listen to this exchange with raffensperger's general counsel ryan germany. >> 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 because, you know, there's just -- it's a...
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then on to tv, to the extent if you listen to the hour-long conversation between the president and brad raffensperger the other day, the one that was released, it is all just conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory that's been debunked in the real world. >> so, ali, the profits of these companies are dependent on holding our attention. because they are able to target us individually, they create a truman show for each and every person who is on their platforms. so for facebook or youtube or twitter, each person is in their own information space, and this can be a real problem because people approach it as though it is real life when, in fact, it is more like a simulation or a video game. they're giving you stuff designed to provoke you emotionally because that is what makes you most valuable to them. the more they know about your emotional state, the better they can target you with advertising, the better they can manipulate your behavior to get you to do things that are profitable for
then on to tv, to the extent if you listen to the hour-long conversation between the president and brad raffensperger the other day, the one that was released, it is all just conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory that's been debunked in the real world. >> so, ali, the profits of these companies are dependent on holding our attention. because they are able to target us individually, they create a truman show for each and every person who is on their platforms. so for facebook or...
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reached georgia secretary of state bradded raffensperger. please leave a message at the beep. >> hello, brad. this is donald trump. i just want to find 11,780 votes. call me back. ( beeping ) brad, guess who. dead people voted. me -- again. pick up, pick up, pick up. hello, this is big jim -- are you there? ( beeping ) i don't like you. you're a loser. call me. person, woman, man, camera -- brad -- pick up the phone -- this is donald -- >> the mailbox you're trying to reach is full -- of crap. >> stephen: we have a great show for you tonight. my guests are stacey abrams and rupaul. stick around. ♪ ♪ research shows people remember commercials with nostalgia. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's one that'll really take you back. it's customized home insurance from liberty mutual! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ so this aveeno® moisturizer goes beyond just soothing sensitive skin? exactly jen! calm + restore oat gel is formulated with prebiotic oat. and s
reached georgia secretary of state bradded raffensperger. please leave a message at the beep. >> hello, brad. this is donald trump. i just want to find 11,780 votes. call me back. ( beeping ) brad, guess who. dead people voted. me -- again. pick up, pick up, pick up. hello, this is big jim -- are you there? ( beeping ) i don't like you. you're a loser. call me. person, woman, man, camera -- brad -- pick up the phone -- this is donald -- >> the mailbox you're trying to reach is full...
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. >> brad raffensperger: i believe i said, "well, mr. president, the challenge that you have is that you have bad data. our data shows that you did not win the race." because we have the facts, and the facts are on our side. >> pelley: brad raffensperger had declined to take the president's call. the trump campaign was suing georgia officials and raffensperger felt the call was inappropriate. but the white house kept insisting. >> mark meadows: okay, all right. so, mr. president, everybody is on the line. >> pelley: it was about 3:00 in the afternoon, saturday, january second, when white house chief of staff, mark meadows, started the conference call introducing mr. trump's lawyers, an attorney for the state of georgia, ryan germany, and secretary of state raffensperger. did you know that the call was being recorded? >> raffensperger: no. >> meadows: so, mr. president i'll turn it over to you. >> pelley: someone gave the recording to the "washington post." >> trump: okay, thank you very much. hello, brad and ryan and everybody. >> pelley
. >> brad raffensperger: i believe i said, "well, mr. president, the challenge that you have is that you have bad data. our data shows that you did not win the race." because we have the facts, and the facts are on our side. >> pelley: brad raffensperger had declined to take the president's call. the trump campaign was suing georgia officials and raffensperger felt the call was inappropriate. but the white house kept insisting. >> mark meadows: okay, all right. so,...
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brad raffensperger, he's not a liberal. he's no hero of mine and alex rojas'. he's actually tried to limit voting in black communities. he's tried to purge voters from the roles. he is a solid conservative republican standing up to the president. that's what makes this so significant. i think doing it now, the timing of this call, the timing of this action, you know, just a couple days before the fate of georgia's hands, is the president is disrupting the entire republican party of georgia, disrupting the entire republican party of the united states senate. so that kind of narcissism i think leads these senators and members of congress a choice. we know that they're afraid of him. they're not operating out of print bell. they're operating out of fear. they think somehow he can hurt them. he has a following that will turn on them. people have to think beyond january 20th, when his twitter account gets shut off. when he's no longer, you know, the president. when joe biden is president, people need a longer view of this entire episode, because these republican sol
brad raffensperger, he's not a liberal. he's no hero of mine and alex rojas'. he's actually tried to limit voting in black communities. he's tried to purge voters from the roles. he is a solid conservative republican standing up to the president. that's what makes this so significant. i think doing it now, the timing of this call, the timing of this action, you know, just a couple days before the fate of georgia's hands, is the president is disrupting the entire republican party of georgia,...
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on the call to brad raffensperger, even though, they're, of course, not rooted in reality or the truth. >> mark, how is the republican party now irreparably being harmed here? >> they are, certainly are harmed in the near term, who know what's will happen 10, 20 years from now to the party, but the party certain has taken a shift and has gone in a trump direction in a way that i, many of us didn't think it could come back again, or at least come back more towards what the republican party used to be which is, you know, a more establishment, business-friendly in many ways compassionate, depending who the leadership is. however, though, i do think that trump -- this recording and his field lawsuits and the silliness we've seen over the past couple months, i think that's going to loosen his grip on the republican party as a whole going forward. now, when trump leaves office in january, he leaves power. okay? so people are not going to flock around him just because he has that center gravity of power. he will still have a lot of supporters. he still will have the real trump faithful, but i
on the call to brad raffensperger, even though, they're, of course, not rooted in reality or the truth. >> mark, how is the republican party now irreparably being harmed here? >> they are, certainly are harmed in the near term, who know what's will happen 10, 20 years from now to the party, but the party certain has taken a shift and has gone in a trump direction in a way that i, many of us didn't think it could come back again, or at least come back more towards what the republican...
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brad raffensperger knows that. think december 23, the associated press reported that raffensperger announced he supported legislative republicans moving to get rid of no excuse absentee ballots. those ballots have been the difference in this race. ever since the pandemic started, republicans and georgia republicans have been crying about the use of absentee ballots. if everyone is able to vote absentee, they will not win. because they are not winning, they created these narratives to justify restricting our access to these other means besides showing up on election day and sing-along lines. while we have not seen long lines under the general election and now the runoff in the way we are used to sing them in georgia is because of the use of absentee ballots, because people taking advantage of early voting. their logic is -- amy: i was going to say in the african-american community georgia hit particularly hard by the pandemic. i want to play rev. raphael warnock's comments. we talked to him in july on democracy now!
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president trump urges brad raffensperger to find, as he puts it, enough votes to overturn expwroa biden's victory there. the recorded hour-long conversation saturday is filled with insults, compliments and pleading. it follows nearly nine weeks of the president's falsely claiming that voter fraud cost him re-election. today on capitol hill the 117th congress was sworn in. nancy pelosi was re-elected house speaker for a fourth term. but the pomp comes with republicans in open warfare. this week several gop senators in the senate planned to challenge mr. biden's decisive electoral college victory. today former house speaker paul ryan rebuked their efforts as undemocratic. that strike at the foundation of our republic. the bitter back and forth is erupting as time runs out on the trump presidency. cbs's ben tracy is at the white house and leads us off tonight. ben, good evening. >> jericka, president trump has less than 17 days left here at the white house. and he's not going quietly. he continues to pressure lawmakers and state officials to overturn the election results and now the vice pre
president trump urges brad raffensperger to find, as he puts it, enough votes to overturn expwroa biden's victory there. the recorded hour-long conversation saturday is filled with insults, compliments and pleading. it follows nearly nine weeks of the president's falsely claiming that voter fraud cost him re-election. today on capitol hill the 117th congress was sworn in. nancy pelosi was re-elected house speaker for a fourth term. but the pomp comes with republicans in open warfare. this week...
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that georgia official secretary of state brad raffensperger is here live for an exclusive interview. >>> but we do want to begin, george, with our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega with the latest. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: t.j., good morning to you. stunning is right. this has been called a nixonian recording. here we are with little more than two weeks left in the trump presidency and he's now facing charges about whether this call could be illegal and might be impeachable. for much of the hour-long phone call, president trump is rambling, incoherent and spreading a litany of conspiracy theories. but he maybes one thing clear -- he wants brad raffensperger to, quote, find enough votes to change the outcome in georgia, a race president-elect joe biden decisively won by 11,779 votes. >> 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. >> reporter: the votes in georgia have already been counted three times, including an extensive recount by hand, but the president desperate and digging in, at tim
that georgia official secretary of state brad raffensperger is here live for an exclusive interview. >>> but we do want to begin, george, with our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega with the latest. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: t.j., good morning to you. stunning is right. this has been called a nixonian recording. here we are with little more than two weeks left in the trump presidency and he's now facing charges about whether this call could be illegal and...
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that clearly the secretary of state of georgia brad raffensperger is working for china because he has a brother who works for china. it doesn't add up in any way, shape or form. again, the facts. >> secretary raffensperger does not have a brother named ron raffensperger. that is also not real. the president tweeted that out as well. >> okay. that is not real. and speaking of brad raffensperger, the secretary of state of georgia, he too has refused to take this from the president. during that call on saturday you can hear him again and again calmly pausing and then shutting down the president. >> we don't agree that you have won. >> well, mr. president, the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong. >> and why did they put the votes in three times? you know, they put them in three times. >> mr. president, they did not put that three -- we did an audit of that and we proved conclusively they were not scanned three times. >> mr. president, the problem you have with social media, people can say -- >> no. this isn't social -- this is trump media. >> okay. well, there's the one
that clearly the secretary of state of georgia brad raffensperger is working for china because he has a brother who works for china. it doesn't add up in any way, shape or form. again, the facts. >> secretary raffensperger does not have a brother named ron raffensperger. that is also not real. the president tweeted that out as well. >> okay. that is not real. and speaking of brad raffensperger, the secretary of state of georgia, he too has refused to take this from the president....
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remember, he even started his phone call with georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger by claiming there's no way he could have lost the election because of the size of his rallies. >> okay, thank you very much hello, brad and ryan and everybody. we appreciate the time and the call so we've spent a lot of time on this, and if we could just go over some of the numbers, i think it's pretty clear that we won. we won very substantially in georgia. you even see it by rally size, frankly. we'd be getting 25,000, 30,000 people in a rally and the competition would get less than 100 people it never made sense. >> seth: okay, first of all, biden had small numbers of people because it's a [ bleep ] pandemic, you sociopath. luring people into tightly packed crowds for hours at a time wita hih ly contagis ou and deadly disease spreading rapidly through the air is like something the joker would do well, though knowing the joker, he probably had some unnecessary logistics where there are like two rallies happening simultaneously and one has a bomb and the other has poisoned gas. batman's girlfrie
remember, he even started his phone call with georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger by claiming there's no way he could have lost the election because of the size of his rallies. >> okay, thank you very much hello, brad and ryan and everybody. we appreciate the time and the call so we've spent a lot of time on this, and if we could just go over some of the numbers, i think it's pretty clear that we won. we won very substantially in georgia. you even see it by rally size, frankly....
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we'll tell you more about brad raffensperger, next. this woman coughs... and that guy does, too. people cough in the country, at sea, and downtown. but don't worry, julie... robitussin shuts coughs down. can attack anywhere. get fast relief here with primatene mist. available over the counter for mild ashtma. primatene mist. breathe easy again. >>> polls open in ten minutes for the critical georgia senate runoff races. president trump's efforts to overturn his loss has thrust georgia's republican secretary of state into the spotlight. cnn's amarah walker tells us more about brad raffensperger and his career. >> reporter: in the face of repeated attacks and pressure from president trump. >> we believe that we do have an accurate election. >> no, no, you don't. you don't have. not even close. >> reporter: georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger hasn't budged from his principles as the president refuses to accept the reality that he lost georgia just two weeks before joe biden's inaugurati inauguration. >> i think that's what we're called to be, is people of integrity. and i
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state, a republican, brad raffensperger pushes back. >> we have many, many times the number of votes necessary to win the state, and we won the state. we won it very substantially and easily and we're getting -- we have -- much of this is -- they're certified. far more is certified than we need. but we're getting additional numbers certified too and we're getting pictures of drop boxes being delivered and delivered late and delivered three days later in some cases, plus we have many affidavits to that effect. >> mr. president, if i might be able to jump in and i'll give brad a chance to -- mr. secretary, one of the -- obviously, there is -- there are allegations where we believe that not every vote or fair vote and legal vote who was counted and that is at odds with the representation from the secretary of state's office. what i'm hopeful for is there some way that we can find some kind of an agreement to look at this a little bit more fully, you know, the president mentioned fulton county. but in some of these areas where there seems to be a difference of -- where the facts seem to
state, a republican, brad raffensperger pushes back. >> we have many, many times the number of votes necessary to win the state, and we won the state. we won it very substantially and easily and we're getting -- we have -- much of this is -- they're certified. far more is certified than we need. but we're getting additional numbers certified too and we're getting pictures of drop boxes being delivered and delivered late and delivered three days later in some cases, plus we have many...
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in a recording of the hour-long heardsion, trump can be asking brad raffensperger to find him enough voteso t change the result. the controversy comes as georgia voters head to theolls on tuesday for a pair of senate runoff elections. here is our north america editor. >> are you ready to show america e?that georgia is a red st >> there is intense campaigning ahead of senate elections tomorrow which will determine whether it is the republicans or house in washington.the upper >> vote. >> overhe weekend, there w a different type of lobbying going on. donald -- donald trump trying to the results of last november's election and give victory in the state to him, t joe biden. >> the people of georgia are angry. the people of the country are angry and there is nothing wronh saying that you have recalculated. >> mr. president, the challenge you have, the data you have is wrong. >> all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes >> this brought charges from republicans as well as democrats that thisan is a fla and illegal attempt by trump to thwart the will of the people. kamala ha
in a recording of the hour-long heardsion, trump can be asking brad raffensperger to find him enough voteso t change the result. the controversy comes as georgia voters head to theolls on tuesday for a pair of senate runoff elections. here is our north america editor. >> are you ready to show america e?that georgia is a red st >> there is intense campaigning ahead of senate elections tomorrow which will determine whether it is the republicans or house in washington.the upper...
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now we are learning that there were 18 calls placed from the white house switchboard to brad raffensperger office in the last several weeks. that's 18 times. that mean the president or one of his staffers has attempted to contact the georgia secretary of state. and the secretary of state this morning said that's the first time he had the one-on-one conversation, of course there were attorneys and chief of staff listening in, because he did not want to discuss these things with the president given the fact they're in the middle of this litigation. that would require the attorneys to be on the calling but also, if you listen to this recording, you can see why they released this call to the reporters, but why he didn't want to get in on him in the first place. it was an hour barrage of the president talking constantly, cutting off their own attorneys when they were asking for certain data, the president making clear the once thing he wants is not more data, more proof, more evidence. he simply wants to change the vote count in the state of georgia. what we are also her is the white house coun
now we are learning that there were 18 calls placed from the white house switchboard to brad raffensperger office in the last several weeks. that's 18 times. that mean the president or one of his staffers has attempted to contact the georgia secretary of state. and the secretary of state this morning said that's the first time he had the one-on-one conversation, of course there were attorneys and chief of staff listening in, because he did not want to discuss these things with the president...
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brad raffensperger resisted even though president trump appealed to him to act as a fellow republican. the white house is not commenting on this tape. hard to know what's they'd say but the biden campaign was quick to say the tape affirms president trump's assault on democracy since the election. vice president elect kamala harris said that this was a boldface abuse of power. the irony is that this could end up strengthening joe biden's presidency, if it tilts at all the very close races for two georgia senate seats that take place on tuesday, if democrats win both, democrat also control the senate and that would give joe biden a lot freer hand in terms of legislation. john harwood, cnn, washington. >> cnn's kyung lah is in georgia gauging more reaction to the call with brad raffensperger and has a look at how this could impact tuesday' runoff. >> reporter: democrats are seizing on that call between president trump and georgia's secretary of state, calling it undemocratic. we heard from vice president-elect kamala harris, who is here in savannah, stumping for the two democratic challe
brad raffensperger resisted even though president trump appealed to him to act as a fellow republican. the white house is not commenting on this tape. hard to know what's they'd say but the biden campaign was quick to say the tape affirms president trump's assault on democracy since the election. vice president elect kamala harris said that this was a boldface abuse of power. the irony is that this could end up strengthening joe biden's presidency, if it tilts at all the very close races for...
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raffensperger to find the exact number of votes he would need to win the state. raffensperger repeatedly pushes back against a series of debunked allegations. telling the president his data is wrong. >> with georgia voters poised to decide tomorrow which party controls the senate, trump is heading to the state tonight to rally support for the two republicans in the runoffs. rachel scott is in savannah. >> reporter: the phone call is stunning. president trump demanding georgia secretary of state find nearly 12,000 votes to change the results of the election. >> 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. >> reporter: in a recording of saturday's hour-long call first obtained by the "washington post" and obtained in full by abc news, the president repeatedly pressuring, even at times pleading with brad raffensperger. >> we won the election and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. >> reporter: the president citing conspiracy theories and what he calls rumors, but providin
raffensperger to find the exact number of votes he would need to win the state. raffensperger repeatedly pushes back against a series of debunked allegations. telling the president his data is wrong. >> with georgia voters poised to decide tomorrow which party controls the senate, trump is heading to the state tonight to rally support for the two republicans in the runoffs. rachel scott is in savannah. >> reporter: the phone call is stunning. president trump demanding georgia...
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i'll ask georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger about that call in just a moment and about georgia's high-stakes runoff tomorrow for two u.s. senate seats. and those races will determine which party controls the u.s. senate. and tonight we're learning investigators are looking into threats that have been made against that election. also as we come on air, there are several major headlines about the worsening coronavirus pandemic, including the highly contagious new strain to have the virus. tonight, new york's governor says it's now been found in his state. and with millions of americans returning from traveling over the holidays, there is real fear that hospitals already at their breaking point won't be able to handle the new wave of infections experts say is coming. now, all of that is putting a lot of pressure on states and the federal government to speed up the rollout of those vaccines, which has fallen behind schedule. we have a lot of new reporting for your and your family tonight and weijia jiang will lead off coverage from the white house. >> reporter: good evening, norah. c
i'll ask georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger about that call in just a moment and about georgia's high-stakes runoff tomorrow for two u.s. senate seats. and those races will determine which party controls the u.s. senate. and tonight we're learning investigators are looking into threats that have been made against that election. also as we come on air, there are several major headlines about the worsening coronavirus pandemic, including the highly contagious new strain to have the...
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. >> reporter: georgia's republican secretary of state, brad raffensperger, was one of the officials on the call. he told cbs news the election results are valid. >> i'm following the law and i'm following the facts. the numbers are the numbers and the numbers we reported are factually correct. >> reporter: cbs news learned saturday's call was the first time the parties had spoken since the november election after 18 calls from the white house. president-elect biden was also in georgia today reminding voters this will determine who controls the senate. >> one state, one state can chart the course, not just for the next four years, but for the next generation. >> reporter: the gop needs to win just one of those races to retain its senate majority. skyler henry, cbs news, atlanta. >> the winners of the special elections tomorrow may not be known for several days due to the high number of absentee ballots requested. >>> the california supreme court is taking up a historic case tomorrow that could decide the future of cash bail. activists argue the current system unfairly keeps people lo
. >> reporter: georgia's republican secretary of state, brad raffensperger, was one of the officials on the call. he told cbs news the election results are valid. >> i'm following the law and i'm following the facts. the numbers are the numbers and the numbers we reported are factually correct. >> reporter: cbs news learned saturday's call was the first time the parties had spoken since the november election after 18 calls from the white house. president-elect biden was also...
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raffensperger to find votes and threatened him if he failed to do so. in all this president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government 6789 he threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, he there by betrayed his trust as president to the manifest injury to the people of the united states. wherefor donald john trump by such conduct demonstrated he will remain a threat to national security, democracy and the constitution, if allowed to remain in offers and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. donald john trump thus warrants impeachment, trial, removal from office and disqualitycation to enjoy any office in the united states, nancy pelosi spoke of the house of representatives. that concludes the article of impeachment against donald john trump, and managers request leave to withdraw. >> thank you, mr. raskin. dually notify house of representatives is ready to proceed with the trial. thank you. >> mr. pr
raffensperger to find votes and threatened him if he failed to do so. in all this president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government 6789 he threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, he there by betrayed his trust as president to the manifest injury to the people of the united states. wherefor donald john trump by such conduct demonstrated he will remain a threat to national security,...
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you can hear trump insisting he won the state and telling brad raffensperger to find the additional votes. >> 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 because, you know, there's just -- it's a testament that they can admit to awe mistake or whatever you want to call it, if it was a mistake, i don't know. a lot of people think it wasn't a mistake. it was much more criminal than that. but it's a big problem in georgia, and it's not a problem that's going away. i mean, you know, it's not a problem that's going away. >> he didn't win the state. in an hour-long conversation, president trump threatens, pleads and repeats conspiracy theories about the election results. talk a listen. >> and brad, why did they put the votes in three times? you know, they put them in three times. >> mr. president, they did not put that -- we did an audit of that and we proved conclusively that they were not scanned three times. >> well, where was everybody else at that la
you can hear trump insisting he won the state and telling brad raffensperger to find the additional votes. >> 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 because, you know, there's just -- it's a testament that they can admit to awe mistake or whatever you want to call it, if it was a mistake, i don't know. a lot of people think it wasn't a mistake....
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raffensperger well mr president the challenge that you have is the data you have is why donald trump has refused to accept the 2020 presidential election congress meets on wednesday to confirm the result although a number of republican senators plan to object he summoned election officials from various states to the white house and field in almost every legal effort to contest results one longtime washington observer says even for donald trump this call is remarkable it's an outrage is the person in the united states putting pressure on a public official to lie to cheat possibly to steal votes so that he can win the state of georgia vice president elect harris has been in georgia for an election rally ahead of tuesday's senate runoff where the president's call was there hanging over her comments was yes certainly the worse the desperation. most certainly than. and it was a. the use of power by the president of the united states even if donald trump did manage to flip georgia it doesn't matter joe biden won more than enough electoral college votes to secure the presidential election.
raffensperger well mr president the challenge that you have is the data you have is why donald trump has refused to accept the 2020 presidential election congress meets on wednesday to confirm the result although a number of republican senators plan to object he summoned election officials from various states to the white house and field in almost every legal effort to contest results one longtime washington observer says even for donald trump this call is remarkable it's an outrage is the...
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raffensperger all i want to do is as i use one of high. >>11,000. >>780. >>loves blue says the president may have committed a crime the president nice taste pregnant and be rated. the georgia secretary of state to find votes for him and to recalculate and engage in other forms of election fraud. it is illegal. so far more than 90 democrats have signed on to a measure to officially censure president trump. an official condemnation and congressman king closs from massachusetts argues the call warrants even more severe action if you weren't already on his way out the door we would start impeachment proceedings once again, i'm not acknowledging the election, so wasn't. >>i'm not an algae there was massive voter fraud because there was gabriel sterling a republican and one of georgia's top elections officials went through every allegation president trump made this is all. >>easily provably false. yet the president persists and debunk them one by one and i know we all we all got our doubts about the last election at a rally in georgia monday vice president mike
raffensperger all i want to do is as i use one of high. >>11,000. >>780. >>loves blue says the president may have committed a crime the president nice taste pregnant and be rated. the georgia secretary of state to find votes for him and to recalculate and engage in other forms of election fraud. it is illegal. so far more than 90 democrats have signed on to a measure to officially censure president trump. an official condemnation and congressman king closs from massachusetts...
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wolf, back to you. >> brad raffensperger, gabriel sterling are both very, very courageous men. amara, thank you very much. excellent report. we'll have more news right after this. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infections and blood clots, sometimes fatal, have occurred... ...as have certain cancers, including lymphoma, and tears in the stomach or intestines, and changes in lab results. your doctor should monitor your bloodwork. tell your doctor about any infections...and if you are or may become pregnant while taking rinvoq. take on ra. talk to your rheumatologist about rinvoq relief. rinvoq. make it your mission. if you can't afford y
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here's what mr trump said to georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger: lebo diseko is in washington and told us more. this conversation, it is just jaw—dropping, i listened to it with my mouth open and i did not think i could be shocked any more about what has been happening in terms of donald trump's attempt to overturn joe biden‘s election win. this is a four and a half minute cutdown of what was around an hour—long conversation and donald trump can be heard repeatedly saying to brad raffensperger, the top election official, the secretary of state in georgia, that he needs these extra votes and at one point he even says exactly how many, i think 11,780, he says it's just one more thanjoe biden‘s election win. at other points he sounds quite threatening, talking about the threat of criminal proceedings. also on the call is brad raffensperger‘s legal counsel, who is batting off allegations donald trump is making about electoral fraud, repetitions of some of the wildest allegations we have heard, none of which have been stood up and they have been taken to court and rejecte
here's what mr trump said to georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger: lebo diseko is in washington and told us more. this conversation, it is just jaw—dropping, i listened to it with my mouth open and i did not think i could be shocked any more about what has been happening in terms of donald trump's attempt to overturn joe biden‘s election win. this is a four and a half minute cutdown of what was around an hour—long conversation and donald trump can be heard repeatedly saying to...
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. >>> the secretary of state brad raffensperger refusing to recalculate, standing up to the president, telling him his data is wrong and going on to say this today. >> for the last two months we've been fighting the rumor whack-a-mole. it's very obvious early on we debunked every one of those theories that have been out there, but the president trump continues to believe them. we debunked the one about i guess the state farm arena. we continue to debunk this. we believe that truth matters. >> the truth does matter. but not to the president. i know people hate this language, but it's the truth. he wants a coup. i said it, a coup. repeat it over and over on state tv and conservative media. that's what he wants, a coup, with himself at the top where he thinks he belongs. that's what he thinks. state election official gabe sterling, excuse me, today delivering a blistering take-down of the president's election lies, pretty much all of them. >> the reason i'm having to stand here today is because there are people in positions of authority and respect who have said their votes didn't count
. >>> the secretary of state brad raffensperger refusing to recalculate, standing up to the president, telling him his data is wrong and going on to say this today. >> for the last two months we've been fighting the rumor whack-a-mole. it's very obvious early on we debunked every one of those theories that have been out there, but the president trump continues to believe them. we debunked the one about i guess the state farm arena. we continue to debunk this. we believe that...
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you know, if i were brad raffensperger and ryan germany, who are honorable people, they should refer this whole matter to the georgia attorney general and to the u.s. department of justice. i mean, if this is not an impeachable offense, trying to extort state officials to overturn an election, i don't know what the hell is. the president, frankly, should resign over this one. it would be merciful for all of us for the next 16 days if we didn't have to deal with this national nightmare any longer. but this is so completely out of bounds. and i'm with my friend, mike rogers. can you imagine if a member of congress had tried to call a state elected official to try to overturn the outcome and it were publicly revealed? we would be under criminal investigation for that in a heartbeat. why is it okay for the united states to do this? defeated at every turn and now he's turning to extortion of state officials. it's appalling. >> and when you hear it with your own ears, it is just so revealing how president trump does business. he thinks if he believes it, he'll just force you into doing it,
you know, if i were brad raffensperger and ryan germany, who are honorable people, they should refer this whole matter to the georgia attorney general and to the u.s. department of justice. i mean, if this is not an impeachable offense, trying to extort state officials to overturn an election, i don't know what the hell is. the president, frankly, should resign over this one. it would be merciful for all of us for the next 16 days if we didn't have to deal with this national nightmare any...
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president donald trump used an hour long phone call to pressure georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger to recalculate the election result. vice president elect colorist described the call as an act of desperation speaking in georgia has called trump's conversation a bold abuse of power by the president of the united states. all of the 10 living former u.s. defense secretaries of warned against the use of the military in an election dispute in an open letter they wrote that such a move would push the u.s. into dangerous territory. japan's prime minister. is considering declaring a state of emergency in the capital tokyo which is you know high number of code 19 cases the country reported for a half 1000 new infections on december 31st more than half of those were in tokyo suga says restaurants and karaoke bars in the city will have to close early japan has so far stayed away from hostile structures imposed in most other countries. hospitals in britain are preparing to roll out the oxford astra zeneca vaccine as soon as monday that on the one from pfizer both been approved in the u.k. inf
president donald trump used an hour long phone call to pressure georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger to recalculate the election result. vice president elect colorist described the call as an act of desperation speaking in georgia has called trump's conversation a bold abuse of power by the president of the united states. all of the 10 living former u.s. defense secretaries of warned against the use of the military in an election dispute in an open letter they wrote that such a move...
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brad raffensperger wisely let donald trump do most of the talking. he and his staff didn't respond to most of what the president said. if district attorney fanny willis does charge donald trump for fraud, she will no doubt be playing this portion of the tape for the jury in her final argument. >> so, tell me, brad, what are we going to do? we won the election and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. and it's going to be very costly in many ways. and i think you have to say you're going to reexamine it and you can reexamine it, but reexamine it with people that want to find answers, not people that don't want to find answers. >> you have to say that you're going to reexamine it. is that an order? secretary raffensperger said, we have to stand by our numbers. we believe our numbers are right. reexamine. reexamine this. reexamine this phone call. what is going to be reexamined and reexamined by criminal investigators is the phone call donald trump made to georgia's secretary of state. that's what's going to be reexamined. the phone call ende
brad raffensperger wisely let donald trump do most of the talking. he and his staff didn't respond to most of what the president said. if district attorney fanny willis does charge donald trump for fraud, she will no doubt be playing this portion of the tape for the jury in her final argument. >> so, tell me, brad, what are we going to do? we won the election and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. and it's going to be very costly in many ways. and i think you have to say...
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trump wrote that he spoke yesterday with georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger. the secretary was according to the president unwilling or unable to answer questions about numerous conspiracy theorietheo. an hour and a half later mr. raffensperger tweeted the president's account was false and, quote, the truth will come out. a few hours later the truth did. the "washington post" broke the story of this phone call. it published a 4 1/2-minute excerpt of the call. nbc news has since obtained the recording, too. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes which is 1 more than we have because we won the state and so tell me, brad, what are we going to do? we won the election and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. and it's going to be very costly in many ways, and i think you have to say that you're going to re-examine it and you can re-examine it but re-examine it with people that want to find answers, not people that don't want to find answers. >> that's just one of the more shocking excerpts from the call. we'll be playing much more of the sound from that call
trump wrote that he spoke yesterday with georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger. the secretary was according to the president unwilling or unable to answer questions about numerous conspiracy theorietheo. an hour and a half later mr. raffensperger tweeted the president's account was false and, quote, the truth will come out. a few hours later the truth did. the "washington post" broke the story of this phone call. it published a 4 1/2-minute excerpt of the call. nbc news has...