Supporting the two Democratic Senate candidates in georgia this just got underway. We have came so far together and georgia democrats have done what others thought was impossible. We flipped georgia blue. Georgians already knew it but we proved to the entire nation that georgia is ready for big change. Last month we delivered our 16 Electoral College votes to president elect joe biden and my Vice President elect Kamala Harris. We are about to deliver, not one, but to georgia democrats into the United States senate in january and i could not be more proud of georgia democrats and the compliment that we made together but we are not done yet. All eyes are on georgia and we will singlehandedly determine the future of our country. Covid relief, healthcare, john lewis Voting Rights act and the stakes just couldnt be higher. It is all come down to georgia and not only are georgians counting on us but the entire country is counting on us, a vote for our candidates doesnt just mn change for georgia but working families across america will benefit from the hard work that we are putting in today and our win in november was not simply locked. Our win is a direct result of the sweat and tears of georgia democrats over the years and it is taking us years of deep organizing voters and years of reaching out to overlook georgians and reminding them of the power of their voice and their vote and they are true heroes of the 2020 election cycle where the georgia voters who use the power of their voices while i do like to boast about our incredible staff and volunteers and all of the hard work that is shaped georgia for years to calm it was georgia voters who showed up and showed out at the ballot box. It was the georgia voters during early voting time who waited hours to cast their ballots. It was the georgia voter who applied for their absentee ballots and promptly mailed them back in and it was the georgia voters who werent quite sure that their vote would make a difference but they showed up on election day anyway to make their voices heard. Georgia voters did this and will do it again and dont get me wrong, it will be a close election, every vote will make a difference and every vote matters and there is a lot of noise trying to distract us right now but democrats are doubling down to engage with and support voters at every level from Voter Registration to the ballot box it is all hands on deck and we need folks to vote and volunteer. We need you to help us to reach out to georgia voters and to make sure that theyve got the schools they need to safely and securely cast their ballots. Visit us at georgia democrat, that is georgia spelled out, georgia democrat. Org to join the fight and we need every single concerned citizen to pitch in and help us make history. With your help we will send john ossoff and Raphael Warnock to the United States senate. It is time for georgia republicans to face the consequences of their complicity and on january 6 we will send david perdue and Kelly Leffler packing. The opportunity to send not one but two democrats to the United States senate is a chance of a lifetime so lets not waste it you all, volunteer and vote and lets get it done. Thank you so much. Im Atlanta Mayor and im reminded of a quote by atlantas native son, doctor Martin Luther king jr. Who said we are not makers of history but we are made by history. Ive often wondered what he meant by that but as we are on the eve of one of the most important elections in our country and in our States History what i know to be true is this, generations that come after us will ask where did we stand at this time . When weve asked our grandparents and our parent where they work during the Civil Rights Movement some said they went forward and others said they marched and others said they made sandwiches and others have said i voted. That is what we have to be able to tell our childrens children that we stood up and we made a difference that when the opportunity for our nation to take a turn for the better was presented to us we did all in our power to make a difference. All of us may not be able to mobilize and knock on doors and make phone calls but you can vote and you can also take the opportunity to make sure that those in your households go and vote. John ossoff and Raphael Warnock, two men of principle, to men of conscious, two men that can help us change the course of this nation. All eyes are on georgias right now but the power is within us. Remember, you have until december 7 to register to vote. Early voting starts december 14 and the election is on january 5. Lets do what so many before us have done in georgia and they changed the world simply by standing up and being counted. Our votes will reflect our voices and what our voices say loud and clear in this state is that we need people of good conscience so that our childrens children will have a Better Future ahead. Thank you. Hello, georgia. Thank you so much for joining us for this extraordinary moment. We will bring together our two candidates for the u. S. Senate. The 44th president of the United States, president barack obama but before i bring them on, i want to talk about why we are here. You may remember a few weeks ago, we did something no one expected. We turned georgia blue. We won this election decisively and despite the number of recount, they keep giving us the same answer. Democrats showed up, georgians showed up and we decided to put this nation in the right direction. Needs leadership to understand the covered pandemic deserves to be met with the velocity and intentionality of science and a moral vision that says we can make things better, that we deserve justice in this nation for every person and that we are at a moment where our economy desperately needs pending and cannot be measured by the stock market, has to be measured whats happening to folks at the supermarket. We have a moment now we have a president elect, joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris there were not done yet. We are not done because we still need to solidify the u. S. Senate. We have three branches of government although some times it doesnt seemed like it. In the senate, we have the opportunity to match the needs of the people, the power of our leaders. Unfortunately for the state of georgia, weve had to leaders missing in action. Two people who decided to put profit above the people and people who refuse to take response ability for creating a culture of intimidation, of cultivating culture and going to straight to ensure. I want to talk about what georgia can do to make it right. We have two senate seats up for grabs but we know how to win those seats. We know how to put together a coalition of a coalition, of the good, a coalition of georgians want to not only serve the needs of their fellow citizens but understand their part of our in reigniting the promise of who im excited because we just happen overnight. We know theres lift up mitigate that homes the voices coming. We built a coalition, accomplished something we havent been able to 28 years. In this moment, we know what is going to happen no we can continue to rely on the new voices that have come from young people who search from 14 to 16 of our electric. We can increase participation of Asian American and Pacific Islander voices 152020, increase participation by 91 . Our latino voices were amplified by 72 over 2020. Africanamerican voices 20 and the white increase by 16 . Ive listed every one of those communities, no one community can do it alone. We are a nation built on our diversity we are a state that reflects that more than any other battleground of her house. What we can do in this moment is recognized elect rafael, electing the future. Two men have given their lives to service, despite not having the titles have always been willing to do the work. Not only my candidate friends. I look forward to introducing you to each of them but for now, ill start with my friend, raffaella. I read 15 years ago when he came to the Baptist Church but i got to know him best in 2014 when i launched a little project called the new georgia project to register the unregistered 800,000 people of color. I reached out to him, i said i need help, a stand with me and talk about why this matters, he didnt book, he stood up and stood firm and defendant those voices. Hes worked tirelessly to ensure that the left behind and left out do not get forgotten when he is in the room that is what we need to take into the u. S. Senate. He understands we are talking about, access to healthcare and jobs, or access to justice, we need to have someone understanding what it means to be without those things. As someone who always with the people over profit. Please join me in welcoming my friend and the next u. S. Senator, raffaella. Thank you so very much. It is always great to be with you and i have enjoyed, over the years, getting into good trouble as john lewis used to put it, with you. Thank you to everybody for joining us today and being with stacy and john in this fight together i am deeply honored, as always, to be with president barack obama inspires us all so many ways. I want to thank our congresswoman, michaela woman, congresswoman elect and i want to thank the lantus great mayor for taking the time this afternoon to get people out to. Traveling across the state, ive been making my way into cities and towns and when i go into these small towns often they are surprised i am there and i am surprised that they are surprised. They say they are not accustomed to people running for senate or serving in these little towns which is strange to me because we wanted to be the next to senators for the whole state of georgia. As i encounter people and their stories, ive been thinking a lot lately about my dad. I grew up as one of 12 children in public housing, we were short on money. We have deep sense of values and hard work. My dad used to wake me up every morning seven days a week, 6 00 a. M. He would say some, get up and get dressed. Put your shoes on and get ready. Sometimes didnt understand, it was saturday morning. Getting ready for what . She said i dont know, ill figure it out later just get ready. Thats a life lesson i take with me all of my journey. I want to say to georgians, it is time for us to get ready. Put our shoes on. The battle is not over. We got a race in front of us and we intend to win and we need all georgians to recognize this deciding moment in our country. Georgia is at the center of the. If you want to protect healthcare coverage for 1. 8 million georgians with preexisting conditions, get your shoes on and get ready. If you want pandemic relief for georgians who have had to close their doors in the businesses they have started from scratch, get your shoes on and get ready. If youre concerned about teachers and frontline workers and their ability to do the work they are so deeply committed to, it is time for you to put your shoes on and get ready. If you want u. S. Senate takes on the challenges our country is facing, and we will partner with president elect biden and Vice President elect harris to deliver for georgia, we need to put our shoes on and get ready to vote. The wind is our back, the wind is with us, the other side knows it, they are learning. And they should be but this is our moment, we are delighted georgia is on everybodys mind and we need all georgians to stand up in this moment in American History and wind the future for all of our children. Thank you all for joining us and i look forward to the conversations. Thank you so much, reverend. You talk about getting ready and i want to say we have hit a milestone georgia already more than 1 million georgians who applied for absentee ballots, we encourage Everyone Needs to make plan to vote, go to peach vote. Com so you can apply for your absentee ballot and find out about early voting december 14. If youre not registered to vote yet or if you got someone who will be 18 by january 5, a certain few go to the website you can learn how to get the register to vote by december 7. One reason we need folks to get registered and make the plans to not only send raffaella to the u. S. Senate but we always know we need help. The partner he deserves department that georgia deserves. I served a democratic leader and there are a lot of folks who came by my Office Support a special election occurring in 2017 but what was so remarkable about john was that he didnt just come plan. He came with questions. He wanted to know what he needed to do a multi racial, multi generational coalition it would take to win that district. What was so impressive was not just that he asked for advice, he listens. He makes it his mission to understand that an investigative journalist, someone who runs a small business, he understands how important it is that we not only ask, ask the right questions but listen to the answers we are given and do our best to make certain we always win. Hes fighting a battle against someone who spent six years not meeting with constituents, not serving the people, not being willing to answer the questions but i know john as the next u. S. Senator, we will have a man working sidebyside with raffaella will always ask georgians, what do we need and how can i help . Please welcome our next u. S. Senator, john. So much. I love you. Thank you for what you have done for the state of georgia, throughout your career building over these last ten years. Reverend, it is an honor to run along side you and obama, thank you for lending a hand in your support and friendship. My mother was a 23 years old when she came to this country alone as an immigrant. For her, america represented hope. She believed we were on a country, on a journey making progress to fully realize our founding ideals, that we were in gods eyes. Opportunity and rights were given equally to all of us. That is the vision to our country federal my mother here. She became an activist for the equal rights amendment, she became a businesswoman and citizen because she recognized the ballot box is where we push this country forward. What happened in these last four years as our country has been ripped apart by fear and division, it broke my mothers heart. What happened in the last year as the catastrophic failure of our leaders is compounded in economic damage from the pandemic, has broken so many hearts but if youre wondering what youve been feeling in your heart these last four weeks, and unfamiliar feeling you havent dealt, its called hope to remind us of what we felt 12 years ago when barack obama ran for president at a time of war and recession and financial crisis and put hope in our hearts. In georgia right now, represents the hope of the nation as having an georgia is such a beautiful clarification of where the house is where our state is. Youve got the young, jewish journalist son of an immigrant. Running along side of the teacher who holds doctor kings pulpit ebenezer Baptist Church is a Grassroots Movement for health, jobs and justice in the midst of the crisis we are running against, bonnie and clyde of political corruption who represent politicians who put themselves over the people. We have the chance in georgia to stand up and make a difference, to define the future for all of us have equal justice under the law were all of us can get the healthcare we need, to leave future generations clean and beautiful planet, to make sure everyone has a dignified work that pays a living wage, to empower out of this crisis and get Economic Relief to people who need it. That is what is on the line. I want to thank all of my heart for being part of this moment. Lets history and when these races write the next chapter in American History together thank you so much so much you been willing to do the way you have continued to meet this moment. Its my distinct pleasure to introduce the reason we are all here, i had the opportunity to speak as a senator, he is in the state of georgia in 2007, we were in a small Conference Room and i dont think i appreciated it at that moment how extraordinary the conversation i was able to have was. Barack obama met with a group of us talking about his vision for the presidency but what he was willing to do was listen to us, state legislatures as we described concerns and are communities as we talked about the peers of our people and unlike so many politicians who often interrupt what they think you already know, he listens. More important, because hes been in the state legislature and was a u. S. Senator, he took that information with him into the white house. For eight years, we watched someone who loves just the notion of america but the people of our country. We watched him lead us through crisis, we watched him guide us to better ideas and higher ideals, someone who brought with him training as an organizer, his commitment as a state legislator, his knowledge and the constitutional scholar, his leadership is a u. S. Senator but more important, his ethics as just a good man who understands what it means to stand up for others, to deliver on your promises and always tell if it was possible but encourages us to dream stand before us is nothing unethical about success we saw in 2008 and 2012 is what we have here in georgia in 2020. We have the opportunity to build a Better Future and theres no one better to talk about john and raffaella thought about the great man himself, president barack obama. Thank you, stacy. I need michelle to hear that introduction. Times were not always profit in your own land. [laughter] you been such a good friend but reportedly, you been an extraordinary leader and its wonderful to see john and reverend, two candidates who not only know their stuff, not only have specific plans around advancing health, jobs and justice but have shown a lifetime commitment to making sure all people have a seat at the table, who who for a lifetime, have dedicated their life to service, who have displayed again and again they care about people, including or maybe, especially the least of these and have the integrity that we want to see and public service. It is a treat to be with all of you. Im going to try to be relatively brief so we leave as much time for questions as possible. I think i have a couple of jobs here. The first is to send a message from the nation that we sure are proud of georgians because the coalition that you described, stacy, the excitement, commitment, turn out, the insistence on creating coalitions rather than divisions among people of different backgrounds and ethnicities and income brackets and regions, all of that describes a vision of what not only georgia can be but what america can be. You did so under certain circumstances because historically as we know, it is not as if all the machinery of georgia government has done everything it can to ensure, encourage people to participate in the voting process. So that kind of movement spirit combined with great tactics and strategy and hard work and a message about how we need politics that works for ordinary people, not for insiders, not for high and mighty but for everybody, single moms who work in a lowwage job but committed to making sure that shes taking care of her kids and her kids have a Better Future for the retirees who are scraping and scraping and trying to figure out how to live lives with dignity and respect that reflects a lifetime of work and for the College Student worrying about making sure they can keep up with tuition payments and have big dreams but need a little bit of help to get the, those were the folks you inspired, worked on behalf and what we saw in november was georgia doing something that you think was possible. Not just the three folks that im sharing the stage with but all the volunteers and workers in grassroots folks who believ believed, so my first message is thank you, georgia. Youve inspired us to show the way for the rest of the country. The second job i have is to say the problem with doing such a good job is come back and ask more. You are now once again the center of our civic universe because the special election in georgia is going to determine ultimately the course of the biden presidency and whether joe biden and Kamala Harris can deliver legislative we about all the commitments theyve made and since i have a reverend with me here, let me give testimony. I know something about the importance of the u. S. Senate. Some of the people watching will recall the early days of my presidency. Others are too young and that is okay. But i could not be prouder of the track record of what we accomplished. Millions of People Health insurance who didnt have it before and setting the standard but said everybody should have Health Insurance protection for preexisting conditions. Wall street reform so we wouldnt repeat some of the outrageous behavior on wall street that caused and financial ruin are so many on main street the work we did to save the economy from a great depression, to trigger a whole renaissance initiative, to help not just save the planet but create jobs clean energy across the country. Providing broadband lines to Rural Communities that didnt have it before so young people have the same advantage of the folks in the city. Very proud of the work we do but even with the big majority in the senate and house, it was still a struggle because the way the u. S. Senate set up, will those who want to stop progress, those who dont want everybody to have healthcare, those who dont want to make sure we have fair wages for our workers, those who arent interested in protecting the planet from environmental degradation, the senate is a place where even with a big majority, is tough to get legislation through. If you dont have a majority, if the senate is controlled by republicans who are interested in obstruction and gridlock rather than progress in helping people, they can block just about anything. So although the first three years of my presidency were the most productive legislatively, defense, lyndon b johnson, once Mitch Mcconnell and controlling the gavel and the agenda in the senate, we saw a lot of progress halt and it slowed down our ability to recover in a slowdown growth in our ability to get to implement healthcare so that more people had access to Affordable Care productions from Insurance Companies who didnt want to give them coverage so the senate really matters. One of the frustrations i had during my presidency was oftentimes folks, even my supporters would say well, we got barack now. Michelle, first lady, she looks pretty and is doing great work. We trust them so we dont have to do anything now. In fact, we got two midterms, it is even worse because of of our folks stopped voting we lost the house, too. I say all this, im giving this history for a reason. Promise of the biden presidency and harris vice presidency rests in part on their ability to have a cooperative posture with congress and to do that, we have to have two gentlemen who are running for senate in georgia, rafael and john, there to help move the agenda forward. If we win those two seats, then you have a 5050 situation in the senate and by the way, i am making here not just a partisan statement but good news if you have that 5050 situation, it frees up some of the publicans no better maybe we should cooperate. The ones who are slightly independent minded. John and rafael are the kind of big tent inclusive people who can have conversations across the aisle and get some cooperation so it is not just that we need those two seats in order for democrats to control the agenda but its also, i think, these are the kinds of gentlemen will be able to create an atmosphere of cooperation, progress and multiple, the concerns of American People and people of georgia first understand the urgency election right now, you need to understand this is not just about georgia, this is about america and the world. It is in your power to have an impact. Thank you so much, mr. President. While i have you here, im going to take a moment and ask you, first question. Just alluded to why this moment is so important that we keep hearing this phrase, the most important lesson of our lifetime and we just have a in november and you have given an extraordinary description why the senate matters. What is one additional difference you see in this election for these two gentlemen . What does it mean for our country and why should someone who is thinking about whether they should get out or not, what is the reason they should go . Ill give a couple of reasons real quick. Number one, youve got two candidates have shown themselves repeatedly to operate at the highest levels of integrity. Lets face it, you got to incumbent senators who, in the midst of the worst Public Health crisis anyone has seen in our lifetime, we know, first and foremost, where worried about their stock portfolio. Goodness gracious. That alone should tell you something. Somehow we have become more to this kind of stuff but when you have senators downplaying the pandemic, pulling the line of the president watches the response to the pandemic, despite the fact that the administration had given a playbook on how to deal with pandemics and events as they downplay it, ignoring the science and epidemiologists and suggesting that this is something that is some artisan issue as opposed to something americans should rally around, at the same time behind closed doors, they are calling their brokers . That is not public service. So that alone should motivate, i hope, the people of georgia to say we want somebody in there who cares about us is thinking about us and works for us every day. It doesnt mean they are going to be perfect or solve every problem right away as a consequence of being elected anymore than electing me salt every problem or that i didnt make mistakes or that there were still issues pending after eight years of beam being president but the one thing i could say about my presidency and about john and rafael, i know it will work every day to make sure they are doing their best to serve the people who serve and that is the bare minimum anybody should want. But beyond that, as i said, its also at stake is if we are going to get significant Economic Relief for Small Businesses in georgia suffering because of the pandemic, if we are going to seriously deal with the aftermath of the pandemic, if we are going to Start Building on the Affordable Care act and making it Even Stronger show more reach is kind of agenda items require legislative initiatives and we cant get that done unless weve got not just white house but also willing partners in congress, these two gentlemen, john and rafael, i know that is what they want thank you. Wev got some questions from folks from aroundhe state and john, ill come to y next. What the president , you have this extraordinary commercial as a Business Owner from georgia d she talks about the consequences of covid failed leadership. Can you talk about whyou think this electn is the most important and what is different about this moment . That is marilyn, she runs moms kitchen and preston and it is a family business. She wanted to tell the people what president obama just described. Having socalled Public Servants more concerned with enriching themselves during the crisis them delivering basic Economic Relief ordinary people, it is totally unacceptable. It is not just that for example, senator perdue has been law completely for ordinary people since midsummer, he was distant against it at all in the first place and the against a single 1200 stimulus check for working people while fiercely buying up medical and vaccine stocks while access to classified briefings and covid in the senate. It such a gross power. The story marilyn wanted to tell running a family business, marketing help from the federal government. The individuals supposed to be representing her didnt even look out for her, hes looking out for himself. The reason this election matters so much, just like president obama said, we all know which mcconnells part. We all know is going to try to do the job and, just like he tried to do to president obama and partisan paralysis, in a crisis like this, is totally untenable. We got to empower Health Experts georgias own cdc. Weve got to rush the direct Economic Relief been holding up since the summer to people who are suffering. Our opponents, my opponent was on a private island behind three kids. The reference family owns the company that owns the new york stock exchange, they dont care about regular people and they will be part of the block and obstructionism when we need strong action and united front and United States of america to confront this Public Health crisis to get us back on our feet economically. Rafael, or to bring you in. You have spent most of your adult life starting in high school, before he were an adult thinking about the issues of healthcare. This election is going to be a referendum on healthcare. You talk about why this moment is so different and why it is incredibly important that we have people who turn out and understand what is at stake. Been working on healthcare for years. When president obama and others were pushing through the affordab care act reminding them that they casually moved to the gospel, you will not have trouble running into that story, spending time dealing with it and preexisting conditions, theres a woman with hammer and i believe healthcare is some the wealthiest nation can provide to all citizens we were making the argument saying we dont come from a lk of resources for moral imagination. All these years later in georgia, one ofnly 12 states that yet expanding medicaid. I have been moving across georgia they go into these communities and they are the ones most devastated by the refusal of medicaid and medicare. Illinois, then california, new york and now hospitals in the last ten years. There is already an urgent issue but the pandemic brought longstanding severity and healthcare and economic disparities to a sharper focus. The people already hurting are huing even more. We should have known bore the pandemic that i need my neighbor to be covered. If she is covered, thats not only implications for her but for me when you deal with a deadly airborne disease, you len we are as close to each others humanits me. That person may be covered but i am unproductive. The pandemic has brought it into arper focus and made it even more urgent and we need the Affordable Care act. Weve got to makeure we get more people covered and weeed reesentation in the senate thats not there to represe big pharma. While playing disease, industry and enterprise, you dont want Prescription Drug fermentative care and work needs to be done, it is urgent. We know now why we need to do this, lets talk about what we need to do that will be the most meaningful part of this conversation because when weve got president obama reverend john, you have an opportunity to tell everyone watching and everyone will be playing this, what them to get three things to do, give me one thing they can do to make certain we can meet this moment and achieve the outcomes of getting ready having hope and continuing to fix our country. John, what is one thing you want people watching, to do to make this happen . Georgia, and especially young people here in georgia, make a plan to vote. Make a plan to vote december 14, the first day of early voting, both for health and jobs and justice, but to get us out of this crisis. We can pass a new Civil Rights Act and everybody has the healthcare they need. We can protect our environment. The future is limitless so we got to win these races, it will come down to youth turnout so i am calling on young people in georgia to make a plan and to vote. I want to say young people who work were not eligible to vo in november. If youre 18 by election day, you can still register. U have until december 7, a couple of more days to get registered. So register to vote and to everybody else must make sure you vote and make sure everybody in your circle votes. All of our faith leaders, voter participation, nonpartisan exercise theres nothing you can push from your public. I believe a vote is a kind of prayer, a kind of world we want to live in. If youre sitting in the church these days, reach out to the leader of the congregation and make sure we get the word out to all. Fraternities and sororities, whatever sorority you are part of, give a shout out. Get everybody out to vote. We have the coalition. If we show up, we went. President obama, you launched so many coalitions and reset, the belief in was possible, millions of americans including those of us here in georgia were working so hard to meet the vision you set. What is the thing you want folks to understand between now and january 5 to make the world we wanto be . Believe in your own power. The vote is an expression tha what you each of us matters. We live in a time and world where so often we are given the message that you have to be wealthy, powerful, you have to have connections in order to have a the promise of our nation is all people have a voice. All people have power of, by and for the people. I think about our dear friend john lewis, who is looking down on us. Who would have thought a young man in his early 20s, with kind of a scruffy looking overcoat and backpack, standing at the front of the bridge would end up triggering a moral awakening that transformed the nation and yet, that is what happened. That was because he understood, as stacy and john and rafael understand, as i understood when i served on this journey that the faith that all of us matter in all of us have a voice, and that catches fire, something will believe, Amazing Things happened. Impossible things. You are now anybody who is within the sound of my voice right now, you have the possibility of sparking that kind of change. They wanted the reason, one of the reasons georgia ended up floating after recount after recount for joe biden and Kamala Harris was because there were a number of folks who decided know what . Partisanship only goes so far. What matters is integrity and what matters is values. What matters is how we treat each other. I think are still some folks in georgia who we may not anticipate will vote for john and rafael, they may be your coworkers, your fellow congregants, they may be somebody, a fellow parent at a school who, if you have that conversation with them, i think you may be able to persuade them so i want everybody, i am assuming everybody listening to this is going to vote and i sure hope everybody listening will get everybody else that they know to vote in the circle but i also want you to understand your power and conviction in reaching out, finding Common Ground and communicating not just the importance of this election but the real possibilities of what america can do on health, jobs and justice when citizens are active, when we understand we dont leave this to high and mighty but all of us from the ground up decide we will make a change. When that happens, nothing can stop. So georgia, get to work. Put on some shoes. Put on some marching shoes. Get out from under the covers. Lets do some work. Ill do anything i can to be helpful in this process but ultimately, this is up to georgia and the people like john and rafael representing georgia that will make it happen. Thank you so much. Thank you deeply from all of us here in georgia. He keep coming back and saying thank you for what you are doing to keep georgia on everyones mind. Thank you and i want to take a moment and think the volunteers working tirelessly to keep georgia blue, youre knocking on doors safely, making phone calls and sending Text Messages doing what incredible leaders have asked you to do. Your reaching out to others to ensure they got a plan and your believing in your power. If you will go to i will vote. Com, you can get more information how you can keep doing that work because this election matters but more importantly, you matter. The people who showed up in november and show up again, we can vote by mail. Request your absentee ballot, we can vote in person early starting december 14 and we can vote on election day january 5 but it is incredibly important we get to work now. As the president told us, we have the power to change things and if we use that power, we will secure a future. We have access to healthcare, jobs and access to justice. These are the thing we are fighting for and more importantly, these are the things we deserve to look to all of you to keep the work up the energy up, keep your hope up and lets get done. While elections wrapp, the outstanding senate races the january runoff vote. President trump speaksn georgia in support of replican senato david to and kelly sing democratic challengers january 5. Watch live 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Sunday, georgia, republicans have kelly and her democratic challenger, reverend rafael will hold a debate. Live coverage 7 00 p. M. Eastern also on cspan, online at cspan. Org listen with the free cspan radio app. Book tv on cspan2 desktop nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Coming up this weekend, saturday 8 15 p. M. Eastern, coverage of the 71st annual National Book award. Sunday, live noon eastern on indepth, a competition with author and chair of africanamerican studies at princeton university, any junior, author of several books including begin again, james baldwins america and urgent lessons. Democracy block and uncommon faith. Here we are in this moment after electing the first black president in 2008, the country will respond the voter suppression, the tea party and we elected donald trump then. We are at a crossroads, where are we going to be at the heart of it all, its always been this moral question, who do we take ourselves to be . During the conversation while at home amo tweets and facebook messages. 9 p. M. Eastern on afterwards, nationaleview correspondent, Kevin Williamson in his book, big white get out. Everyday lives of white workingclass americans. Hes interviewed by Washington Examiner columnist and cnn jupiter, salida. Watch book to be on cspan2. This weekend. With a pceful president ial trantion and power in question the election, sunday nightn q and i, susan eric talk about two of t most contentious presidenal transitions in u. S. History. 1861, between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln. In 1933, between Herbert Hoover and franklin roosevelt. Seven states did not recognize the election of Abraham Lincoln as legitimate. They considered him a sectional president due to the fact that biological his support came from non swing states so no sooner than being elected in South Carolina makes good on its promise to proceed toward the seating from the union. He had no choice given the resounding nature and the way it is reported, it is clear you lost the election but never conceded the argument, he continued to believe the new deal, as roosevelt confirmed during the campaign and began to work toward after the election, represented a fundamental threat to the american way of life so he devoted himself to preventing roosevelt from bng able to enact it. Contentions financial transitions senate 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cpans q and a. With ron vasquez is increasing across the country, use our website, cspan. Orgoronavirus to follow the trends track the spread with interactive ms and watch updates on demand anytime at cspan. Org coronavirus. Next, a discussion about republican priorities for the coming one 17th congress with representatives, mike johnson of louisiana and jim, indiana. This is 45 minutes. Good morning and welcome to this a conversation. I am robert, for the a. I. 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