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How the fight over Cop City could influence whether Georgia stays blue in 2024’s Senate and presidential races.

The Atlanta City Council has approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and

Sen. Jon Ossoff, alongside Sen. Raphael Warnock, announced that $3.2 million dollars in grant money would be coming to Georgia to help eliminate train blockages.

In a 11-4 vote on Tuesday, the Atlanta City Council approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center.

Opponents of the controversial project aren't giving up and are now planning their next move.

And we, as elected representatives, have an obligation to protect their voice. >> and were back with senator raphael warnock. how does it feel to still be there, to still be in the spot where martin luther king was, over 50 years ago, making, essentially, the same argument. >> well, you know, im aware of the ways in which there have been people, not only dr. king, but generations of folks whove been carrying on this fight long before i showed up. people know about dr. king making that case in 19...

After some 16 hours of public comment, the Democratic Party-dominated Atlanta city council voted 11-4 in favor of allocating over $30 million in public funds to the private non-profit Atlanta Police Foundation.

The 11-4 vote just after 5 a.m. is a significant victory for Mayor Andre Dickens.

Environment on this issue, for you in georgia, and how much of a political risk is it for you in georgia? >> well, lawrence, would you have to understand, im not a senator who used to be a pastor. im a pastor in the senate. and i look at these issues, really, through a moral lens. in all my years serving of pastor of my church, every year, ive had to go down to the georgia legislature to fight and argue against some of the awful gun laws that were being pushed by the gun lobby. and the irony is,...

Moment when no one is safe, then shame on us. shame on us if we allow this to happen and we do absolutely nothing. i am pleading, i am begging all of my colleagues on both sides at the aisle to remember the covenant that we have as an american people, stand up in this defining moment and do everything we can to protect it, all of us and certainly all of our children. we owe it to the people who have sent us here. >> joining us now, mr. georgia senator raphael warnock. thank you for joining us to...