Senator david perdue refused to take part, so democratic challenger jon ossoff stood on stage alongside an empty podium. It is a strange situation to be asking a question of a sitting United States senator who is not here to debate as he asks for the votes of the people to be reelected. Amy the debates came a day after President Trump held a rally in georgia and called on georgias republican Governor Brian Kemp to overturn the election but kemp refused to do so. We will go to georgia for the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Is heading towards 15 million confirmed cases of covid19 as daily cases are averaging close to 200,000. The reported death toll has topped 282,000 with hospitalizations now over 100,000. Experts warn the grim figures do not yet account for spikes related to thanksgiving travel. Hospitals and the 911 emergency call system are being stretched to the breaking point as Fr
Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sources tell cnn that georgia prosecutors now have Text Messages and emails directly connecting trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in Coffee County, georgia in january 2021. This comes as the district investigating trump in georgia appears to be close to an indictment. Fulton County District attorney fani willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people. If she brings charges against the former president , it would be the fourth indictment of trump since being voted out of office. We have coverage of these new developments. Isabel rosales is outside the Fulton County court where Security Preparations under way. And we have Cnns Zachary Cohen with these new developments. Zach, lets begin with you. Tell us more about what youre learning and this new evidence. Reporter fred, these are texts, our sources are telling us, are in the hands of the prosecutors in georgia. The Text Messages really lay out a plan that links
Rematch is about to take center stage. And that critical Battleground State any moment now, biden is expected to land in atlanta he will be appearing at a Campaign Event in the next few hours and his presumptive, republican rival donald trump is holding a rally in rome. Thats North Atlantic and georgia is a key swing state that biden won in 2020 by less than a percentage point. And it is the only swing state among primary contests happening on tuesday you have Team Coverage of these dueling Campaign Events. Steve contorno is with the Trump Campaign, but lets begin with priscilla alvarez. She is live in atlanta where biden is holding that Campaign Event and just a few hours from now, priscilla set the stage for us on what we can expect from the president well, we can expect him to build off his momentum from the State Of The Union. We got a preview of what that looked like yesterday when he was in pennsylvania where he used forceful language should go after former President Donald Trump
shelby. we have an incredible team of nbc news reporters coveraging every angle. steve is breaking it down for us at the big board. starting with you, following the senate primary there, where to things stand this morning? look at the poles to start. all of the action in the primary senate race has been on the republican side. it is a crowded primary. at this point, when you look at the poll, there is one candidate with a significant commanding lead, that is georgia football legend herschel walker. when you look at the recent polls, the closest competitor is 58% behind him. that is former commissioner, gary black. at this point, it seems this is herschel s race to lose. he will be the republican nominee, barring any major development. senator warnock has been focused on working in washington, d.c. he does not have a viable challenger. we did hear from him when he spoke at a fundraising gala and a big issue that we expect to play out as we head toward the general election ha
San francisco at 53, san jose at 56. We will have your full forecast in a moment. The turkish government has detained more than 6000 people in the wake of the failed military to. Military coup. At least 265 people were killed when a faction of the Turkish Military tried to take control of the government, and the embattled president was bowing vowing to crack down those behind the plot, and he also says that the person responsible is a cleric living in pennsylvania. The concern is that the failed coup will allow him to pursue the same policies, the concentration of power much more thoroughly and much more extreme. The faa has temper early band lights between the u. S. And turkey, and the u. S. State department has travel warnings for american citizens traveling in europe. It is very sad and frightening, but at the same time, we have modified our way of life, and i think we will win. The faa department of Homeland Security and state department are monitoring the situation in turkey and w