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
The debate was hosted by the Atlanta Press club and georgia public broadcasting. Good evening and welcome. I am russ spencer. And you are watching the Atlanta Press club debate series. We are broadcasting from the studio of the georgia public broadcasting in atlanta, and we welcome viewers from across the state and the country. This is the runoff debate for u. S. Senate to fill the seat held by georgia senator Kelly Loeffler. Lets meet the candidates. In alphabetical order, republican candidate Kelly Loeffler, appointed to the senate in january 2020 to replace retiring georgia senator johnny isakson. She is part owner of the atlanta dream. Candidate Raphael Warnock is the Senior Pastor at Ebenezer Baptist church in atlanta. The church where Martin Luther king jr. Was pastor. Lets meet our panel. Greg bluestein is a political reporter with the atlanta journalconstitution. Rayam the debate will be divided into three rounds and candidates will have 60 seconds to answer question and 30 sec
National intelligence John Ratcliffe as we are learning the country is doing human testing to genetically enhance military. Focus on stimulus this morning, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it will be done by christmas, we will hear from former nyc barrasso and Mick Mulvaney. Marks are lower. We will start the week in the red, dow industrials down 145 points, nasdaq lower by 15 and s p 500 weaker by 16 and 3 quarters. All three major indices up out of the last 5 weeks, last week we are up 1 on the dow and 2 on the nasdaq. Mornings with maria right now. Maria european markets look like this, dax index in germany lower by 63. In asia overnight, markets finish mostly shower. We had Economic Data, that is the fastest pace of exports since february 2018. The growth also helping to generate a 75. 4 surplus. The data, of course, coming from the Chinese Communist party and this has been the big fight between china and the u. S. , the fact that we are buying more products than china is buying from the
Attack on the act and the vote accountability. Right now here it is front and center in the debate on the format and joining me now. Welcome back. It is good to be with you. And happy birthday. Thank you, senator. Before we get to the Police Reform i have to get to the intelligence into the russian story down view on the american soldiers. They were a member of the Senate Intelligence committee and attended a Briefing Regarding the allegations russia was involved in this. I would say during the course of my three plus years of the ie best interest of the nations security. Adult the bounties on the heads [inaudible] i cannot share classified information that i can say that its well known and understood part of the responsibility is the concern of herself or himself with thein wellbeing of the members that sacrifice their lives and to have a president that cares about those men and women and suppress with a level of concern about their wellbeing that we dont see hat any meaningful way. W
Over the past month senator harris has cosponsored the justice in policing act, coauthored the bipartisan harris amendment, helped introduce a resolution decrying attacks on the Affordable Care act and helped introduce the whistleblower protection act [indiscernible] coronavirus pandemic. Harris is the former District Attorney of San Francisco, the former attorney general of california, made a run for the democratic president ial nomination and is now talked about as a possible president ial runningmate to joe biden. Right now harris is front and center in the senate, in the Senate Debate on Police Reform and she joins me now. Enator harris, welcome back. Senator harris thank you for being with you, jonathan. Happy birthday. Jonathan thank you. Before we get to Police Reform, we have to get to intelligence and the russia story obtained bounties on the lives of american soldiers. You are a member of the Senate Intelligence committee. You attended a Briefing Regarding the allegations tha