the united states senate, this as there is a major new development here in washington. the january 6th select committee now set to make criminal referrals to the justice department. that could potentially include former president donald trump. welcome to cnn's live coverage of election night in america continued. i'm jake tapper, and we're standing by for the first results in the georgia senate runoff. polling places across the state will close at 7:00 p.m., just a few minutes from now. inincumbent democrat senator and pastor rafael warnock is facing off against his republican challenger, the former football star, herschel walker. this heated runoff featuring strong early turnout, lots of campaign cash being spent, and continuing controversies plaguing herschel walker. here's what's at stake. if warnock is re-elected, democrats would win an outright majority of 51 senate seats. that would strengthen their control of the senate. president biden and his party