and the big questions are, can the democrats somehow defy history, and hold on to the house, or are republicans poised for a big win? high inflation, gas prices, is the continuing covid pandemic, president biden s parties facing voters in a very bad mood this year. all republicans need to do to win the senate is to pick up one seat. it sounds easy enough, but are they actually in the process of shooting themselves in the four? how about, former president donald trump, is he helping or hurting the gop effort? and he does end up hurting it, will he end up hurting himself, when it comes to 2024? what about the end of roe v. wade? is it mobilizing democrats? and then, there is that major shift that we saw in 2020. hispanic voters abandoning democrats, and voting republican. it is accelerating even more this year. 99 days to go. let s get to it. let s start at the place where at least, for me it s all gonna and in 99 days from now, or i should say, it will start two and 99 days fr
charles watson live in atlanta with more. charles. good afternoon the news of the passing of nba legend bill russell is sending shock waves to the sports world and beyond. people try to wrap their heads around this tremendous loss. a message posted to russell s twitter earlier today said he passed away peacefully with his wife jeanine by his side. tributes for the boston celtics gray can nba hall of famer has ported from high-profile figures including former president and fellow basketball legend such as magic johnson who called his death a tremendous loss for the entire basketball world he continued on to say russell was my idol i looked up to him on the court and his success on the court was undeniable he was dominant within the championships off the court will also pave the way for guys like me. nba commissioner adam silver called him the ultimate winner and teammate whose impact on the mba will be felt forever and president obama said today we lost a giant, he goes on t
night. herschel walker meanwhile fell from 38.6 to 37.9. the kinds of differences that make all the difference in an election like this and you saw it throughout the atlanta metro area. take a look at cobb county. another biggy. warnock s campaigned thrilled with 56.8 they got in november. built that nearly three points to 59.5% last night. so in one county after another in the immediate atlanta metro area, warnock actually met his november number and then built on it and walker in most cases actually slid back a little from what he got. that s the single biggest ingredient and if you zoom out, the bigger picture on this. in terms of georgia. why we now talk about georgia as a competitive state politically. joe biden carrying it in 2020. we expect it to very much be on the map of competitive states in 2024. has everything to do with this atlanta metro area. so striking to me. wept back in time 10, 20 years say 2004 presidential campaign when george w. bush was
at least, for me it s all gonna and in 99 days from now, or i should say, it will start two and 99 days from now, because elections are no longer take one night. it will be election week this year. i think that is the new norm. 99 days from now, we will start to get results. and we said, big picture here, the country, the mood does not seem to be great, and the country s attitude towards the president right now is one of disapproval. here, you see, tonight, joe biden s average approval rating, the 1st of august, 38.6%. that is his average of all the polls that are out there right now, put this in some perspective, here s every other president this century at this same point, the 1st of august in the mid term here. what did their average approval rating look like? you can see here. we got a lot of low scores, actually. we have only got one high score. this was george w. bush in 2002, here after 9/11, still, a wave of patriotism was really fueling him back then. everyone else, though, ha
is very wary that conservative mps in the large part are hosting this was a piece really trying to encourage people to get their booster shot. the numbers are interested in terms of the number of people that the first vaccine covid stands out 18, 19%. the number of people with their second job is 81%. if you look at the booster shot, the third vaccine that lots of scientists are saying people should be getting to booster immunity, that only stands at 38.6%. there is a huge drive from the government to try to encourage people to make sure they get that third booster shot to ensure that really that government isn t forced to ensure that more restrictions are put in place particularly at christmas when they know people will be most frustrated at not being able to see family and friends again. is at not being able to see family and friends again- friends again. is that an explanation friends again. is that an explanation why - friends again. is that an explanation why we - friends again