Tonight, as we come on the air in the west, another historic election unfolding right now. The Battle For Georgia and control of the u. S. Senate. What were learning right now. The eyes of the nation tonight focused on georgia now. The two Senate Runoff elections and voters know this is about much more than georgia. The control of the senate in their hands, the future of President Elect joe bidens agenda. Democrats needed both candidates to win, to have control of congress and the white house. Republicans needed just one of their candidates to win to keep control of the senate. Steve osunsami in atlanta tonight with what were learning already. All of this tonight as President Trump puts new pressure on Vice President mike pence to do something about what will then play out on wednesday. Congress set to make it official, President Elect joe bidens victory. The president saying that the Vice President has the power to reject the electors. But tonight here, can the vice
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lot of people to understand. this system is permissive of white violence. it tries to find a way to empathize and excuse white violence and kyle rittenhouse is just the latest beneficiary of that bias in the justice system. the one right before him was the cop who shot jacob blake seven times in the back, faced no consequences, was not charged either at the state or federal level. and i think that is a good point. katie, you know, i get that there are a lot of people out there, this does not reflect their life experience and they are tired of hearing about white supremacy. but i say try living with it. when you see tamir rice get gunned down over a toy gun and a 17-year-old young man who law enforcement saw him walking with an ar-15, judge looked at him like this was his grand kid that there was some sort of familiarity there.
what the path is forward. but i won t stop thinking truth to power and to continue to move us toward a period of justice and equality. thank madame super hero, you have an open invitation on this show. thank you. and coming up later on msnbc, ahmaud arbery s mother and jacob blake s father will join my friend al sharpton today at 5:00 p.m. up next, if texas is going turn blue, it will take a lot of turnout. what is inspiring the next generation of texans to get to the polls. if respect f texans to get to the polls. if respect i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. (gasps)
independence to everybody, not just white people, but to black people, to brown people, asian people, and we have to keep doing that, reverend al. that is the only way we will get sustained sustained indignation, i call it. we got the eric garner law in new york. were you surprised i m out of time, but i have to ask you. were you surprised the justice department declined to pursue criminal civil rights charges for the kenosha, wisconsin, police officer who shot jacob blake seven times in the back citing insufficient evidence to establish that the officer used excessive force. now, let me remind our audience, blake was shot seven times in his back as he left the scene of a domestic incident in august of last year. the officer was found not guilty of state charges earlier this year. blake, of course, remains paralyzed from the waist down. your response, attorney crump?
publicly, i am told by people close to the vice president that he intends to defy the president, to follow the rules, which means ultimately he will be the one that announces officially that joe biden has won and that is likely to incur the rath of a very angry donald trump. david? all right, we ll be watching this tomorrow with you, jon, and the rest of the country. thanks tonight. we re also following that breaking news from kenosha, wisconsin, late today. the kenosha district attorney bringing no charges against the police officer who shot jacob blake seven times, leaving him paralyzed. how the d.a. explained his decision and how blake s family is now responding tonight. abc s alex perez is there. reporter: tonight, kenosha, wisconsin, bracing for more protests after the prosecutor declined to bring charges against the officer who shot jacob blake seven times. no kenosha law enforcement officer in this case will be charged with any criminal offense based on the facts and the