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How did it happen? look at the metropolitan atlanta area. you see all that blue right there. lets look more closely. whats happening in the suburbs, both walker and the trump brand as you pull it out. cobb county, right, 60% for senator warnock, only 40% for herschel walker. one month to the governors race. in the governors race, yes, brian kemp loses cobb county but look how competitive he is, 47%. lets move to gwinnett, kemp re-elected one month with 44% in this county. look at herschel walker...

The republican struggles are moving even from the urban areas and the close in suburbs to the exurbs. thats why senator warnock whos been campaigning constantly for two years, primaries, special election gets a six-year term and says hes coming to washington for a full term to fight for georgia families. >> i just want you to know that i see you. i see -- i see you, parents, as youre trying to put your kids through college and community college and technical college and farmers who are an answer...

She and her organization helped take a state that was very red and made it purple. >> it is an interesting point in that her candidacy, she was -- joe biden considered her for vice president and was a rising star in the democratic party. well see what the future holds for her. she lost and that still stings in the governors race and lost by a big margin but the turnout operation that warnock was able to, again, turn out votes and turn out votes and turn out votes, that helps. >> the strategy wor...

He said -- i said do you agree with senator john thune? he said, no, he said trump was not the problem and the chairman of the republican senatorial committee rick scott said -- he defended his decision not to engage in republican primaries saying it is up to republican voters to choose those candidates even as top republican leaders want to take a more assertive role in the next election cycle so a lot of back and forth, john, but no unanimity about what they should do going forward. >> the res...

Chambers. it is without a doubt that the trump brand and then walkers baggage on top of that, if you look at the suburbs and move out to the exurbs, republicans want every statewide election in georgia. it was a good year except for this race. why? >> in part because of what you just laid out, the trump brand continues to be toxic. you have to remember that the republicans who won at the state level including the governor had campaigned against the idea of the big lie, against the idea that trum...

Rural counties, dodge county, herschel walker gets 74%, raphael warnock gets 26% but if you look at the governors race, stacey abrams is getting 23% so you might say thats not a lot but that three points, margins do matter. you see that consistently across the smaller rural republican counties. what was warnocks brand? how did he do that? how did he run stronger than stacey abrams in those red counties? >> so one of the things that warnock did especially during this runoff is, yes, he was speaki...

95,000-vote lead, almost done counting the vote, 51 life 49 if you round it up for herschel walker. a big win in atlanta and the suburbs around it. senator warnock gets a six-year term so what should we make of this? lets bring into the conversation tia mitchell. you frequently see her in studio with us back in georgia for this. she works for "the atlanta journal constitution." one of the big messages out of this, if you look at this, the democrats did very well in the suburbs around laeptsdz so...

Language, something we did not see from herschel walkers campaign. i could go down the list, black men, black women, students. he visited so many college campuses and spoke to students, so warnock just really was talking to all these different segments in ways that i think paid off across the state. >> tia mitchell of "the atlanta journal-constitution." well see you back in washington soon. appreciate your help on this race in georgia if they let tia out of georgia. it will be so important again...

If you want to win and thats what democrats are trying to do. >> fascinating to see what senator warnock is doing. he doesnt have to call the fund-raisers, get on a bus, pretty fascinating. up for us when we come back arguments under way in a critical supreme court case that could shape the future of our elections. feels like a dream. a place of many wonders - and full of life. i open my eyes: earth is our pandora.

Of legal setbacks. and the second gentleman shoulders a new and important public roll calling out anti-semitism. up first georgia sends a very strong message. the runoff result, democratic senator raphael warnock coming back to washington after defeating republican challenger herschel walker. the move rewires the balance of power in the united states senate giving democrats a 51-49 advantage. that bigger majority gives joe biden a somewhat easier pathway to getting things done, the lessons e...