an indictment. but just because you re an announced candidate does not immunize you from an indictment. only if you are a sitting president. moreover, a trump announcement may hurt republicans in the georgia runoff on december 6, because it might energize democrats. you know, the big reason why walker came so close to warnock in the initial round was that republicans believed a vote for warnock might a vote for walker might give them control of the senate. that s off the board and that might not be motivating republicans in that runoff. it is important for democrats to get that extra vote so they re not totally beholden to the relatively conservative joe manchin. thank you so much. great to see you. take care. still ahead, we re following this breaking news out of
vice president kamala harris is the tie breaking vote. rachel: alexandria hoff joins us. reporter: this was a race without a whole lot of showmanship there was no debate. there is this understanding it could come down to nevada and it did. democratic incumbent democrat catherine cortez-masto is projected to keep her seat in the silver state, defeating republican challenger and former state attorney general adam laxalt. this ultratight competition took four days to decide. over 75% of voters utilized early or absentee voting there. with this win, vice president harris serves at tiebreaker in the senate. whether or not she will have to will be determined by runoff election in georgia. that takes place december 6, voters once again decide between republican washing walk and democratic senator rafael warnock. the balance of power remains in the democrats. last night from cambodia, president biden shared this. president biden: tell you what, congratulations to senator
at this late hour on this friday night we continue to await major new ballot drops from arizona and nevada. so far we have seen a few thousand here and there so far tonight including over 10,000 from one orel county. 70 percent in that case going t republicans 10,000 more from another with over 70 percent fo the gop, but these are not the more liberal county so be careful in analyzing that. we will continue to update the results as they come in. down to georgia after neither candidate reached a 50 percent plus one on tuesday the state senate race between herschel walker and rafael warnock is headed to a december 6 runoff and once again may determine control of the senate. it s either going to be there
they formed what baker carter commission, they fix their archaic system of voting remember that nightmare? so if you care about the integrity of our elections in this country, if you want accuracy and confidence and the results and our system, demand every state get their act together. if republicans don t win in arizona and nevada, that means that georgia and team herschel now that runoff on december 6 will take on even more importance and anecdotally, herschel s enthusiasm and the state of georgia seems to be through the roof. he held a rally last night. check this out for this is pretty amazing. and the gas prices going up, an the utility bill is going up. you know who s the cause of that . it s not just joe biden.
votes. so both of these candidates have to be very careful, don t they, to not take on a different kind of persona. otherwise, it could lose them some support. yeah, fred, especially now, because there is so much voter fatigue. now carrying this through the thanksgiving holiday until december 6th, you really have to deal with this gingerly, you know, with the voters in hopes of, one, getting the turnout that s needed, and two, either candidate getting the votes that are needed. good to see you. mark your calendar, prior to december 6 and after december 6. we will have you back. always a pleasure, thank you. all right. coming up, president biden is on a high-stakes trip overseas meeting with asian leaders. he is set to meet face to face with china s xi jinping monday. details straight ahead.