obviously as republicans we want to do some soul searching. we used to win the suburbs. that was our bread and butter. bit by bit we haven t focussed on it. there s consultants that know what to do. they need a seat at the table moving forward. reporter: last night we saw the republican challenger herschel walker concede. brian kemp the popular republican governor in georgia, his campaigning, his support wasn t enough to convince split-ticket voters. john berman standing by at the magic wall. we were talking about specific counties. we heard brad raffensperger hone in on the suburbs. what did we see in the suburbs? reporter: he can count. he watched these numbers come in overnight. he s talking about the area around atlanta, not just urban
dianne gallagher, appreciate it. thank you. john berman standing by at the magic wall this morning. so there were new rules about early voting in georgia. did that have an impact on turnout. that is one of the main things we re waiting to see at this point and will be one of the most interesting things to watch. what we do know is now this this election, i m going to write now, we ve had 1.8 million early votes. 1.8 million including some days with record numbers of early votes. but, but in the election one month ago, there were actually 2.3 million early voters and if you go back to the runoff in 2021, on january 5th, it was actually 3.1 million. so that number that you re looking at right there in terms of early votes right now, where you see 1.8 million voters. it is a lot. but what we want to see is if the same day vote, the election
seriously. absolutely. that s an important point. folly beach could look at a double whammy from both sides, from the river, from the ocean, and it s a waiting game. we ll check back in with you. good luck. thank you. and our prayers go to whoever is in the path of this thing. we know everybody tries to do us right and stay safe. absolutely. thank you, mayor tim goodwin. coming up for us, do not let your guard down. could have been the message that you just heard from the mayor there, but that s also the message from the nation s top emergency response official. what has the head of fema most concerned? that s next. we ll go back to the ground. john berman standing by. he s seeing the first signs of florence on the way. there s just one look off the coast of north carolina, and that s headed straight for the coast.
oh, there it goes! what? the tree? the whole thing came down. there it goes. we keep getting in all these different pictures and videos from all of you in the wake of irma. welcome back. you re watching special coverage. i m brooke baldwin in new york. john berman standing by in mime pep tropical storm irma continues its watch northward moving toward the florida-georgia line. let s go to allison chinchar in the weather center and where is irma now and where is the real concern beyond florida here? at this concern, the next couple of hours will be from jacksonville up to charleston, south carolina. we still have a threat in this location. we still have the potential for severe weather in some of these looks and that s where the big threat is going to be right now.
was shot dead. her parents flew to paris to bring their daughter s body home. translator: our daughter in her being daughter, person, citizen, scholar, i could go on about a thousand facets she had, she was a wonderful person. we will miss her so much, and she will be missed, i d say even by our country. people like her are important people. lynda kinkade, cnn. with that, we thank you for watching this hour of special coverage of the paris terror attacks. i m george howell. next we go live to paris with my colleagues hala gorani and john berman standing by with the very latest from the french capital. our coverage continues after the break. you re watching cnn.