the biden administration wants to see made permanent. so, i think this is part of building that for them. and the questions are whether or not they actually get there, but also how the execution of it goes. so, that s how you saw president biden say he s tapping gene sperling, this long-time democratic economic aide to oversee the spending here. he was talking about how when he oversaw the stimulus bill in 2009 amid the great recession, how crucial it was to just be on the phone, have these conversations at a granular level to make sure there is no fraud or abuse or mis-spending. i think that s the next big tactic for them to go after because, of course, republicans are going to be watching very closely for any kind of a misstep and if they haven t properly communicated it. be cautious, fullcourt press, that s number one. number two, what s the story out of the cdc today? we re getting new reporting that some of the covid guidelines put in place by the trump administration
school, but when you look around this area this snow is something that we really haven t seen for a little while here. probably 2018 the last time we had actual measurable snow in the atlanta area and it has caused some issues. earlier today we saw about 105,000 people in georgia without power and some of that in gwyneth county and other parts of the northern part of georgia because of the winds that really started to pick up, knocking down some of those tree branches, on power lines, causing power outages that. number though is down to 50,000 or so people in georgia that are without power, but we re seeing the reverse as the storm heads towards the carolinas with their outages going up. here in georgia though, still the concern, the overnight hours as the snow turns to ice. black ice being a big deal here as well. we re talking about ice hand how destructive that can be. let s go to cnn s diane gallagher. the carolinas looking also at
to step down, you know, and that type of thing, but then they just real, you know, ramped up and then it went to stage two. they just got vul tar and rude. reporter: trump s baseless accusations of voter fraud in georgia also led to an election worker getting threatened with a noose. a 20-something tech at gwyneth county has death threats and a noose put out. reporter: this led to election officials to angrily call on trump and political leaders to stop the rhetoric. someone is going to get shot, someone is going to get killed and it s not right. reporter: still during a speech before the north carolina republican party last week president trump didn t skip a beat still promoting false claims of election fraud. i am not the one trying to undermine american democracy. i m the one that s trying to save it. reporter: now some federal judges overseeing the january
romney got it by ten points in 2012. mccain got it by 11 points. it was a bigger republican margin before that. you see the trajectory here. abrams now, this is one of the best democratic performances ever in this county. you know, in a governor s race in modern times. what that has done, that performance, i think, take a look at this in the house, the seventh district of georgia, this is a republican incumbent. carolyn bordeaux, it s because of gwinnett county. it rounds up to a little more. bordeaux, you can say potentially here powered by that stacey abrams campaign in part, getting a huge vote out of gwyneth county. it looks like on the verge of taking out rob woodall, incumbent. here s a squeaker. 800 votes, 100% is in.
year. we re chasing down these leads for voter suppression and irregularities and misinformation. so far, right now, homeland security is saying that it is run of the mill and they are not necessarily tied to foreign actors. ali? thanks very much. jo ling kent is going to keep an eye on this with our unit that does this all through the evening. an judupdate on the story i brought you moments ago, polls in gwyneth county will be left open because of a judicial situation there this morning, a voter posted a video showing long lines at a polling station because there were no power cords for the voting machines. please let us know, tips@nbcuni.com if you hear about thicn things like that. the judge ordered those polls will stay open an extra 25 units. it is utah, not nevada, in which you can register today and vote today. we ll be right back.