Timer John Ossoff News Today

Breaking overnight from georgias sixth congressional district the only thing settled there this morning is nothing is settled just yet. a special election to fill a seat held for decades by republicans now headed to a june 20th runoff between 30-year-old democratic first timer john ossoff and republican karen handle. this is a widely republican seat since the carter administration. >> its been held by newt gingrich and tom price whose departure to become health and human services secretary set o...

>> so what do republicans have to do at this point to get that momentum that you see happening with the democrats? >> well, you know, a lot of it is going to come down to president trump, i think. this was billed as a referendum on him and his policies and what hes done in the white house. the way he leads. it was billed that way by the liberal groups that were pouring money into the race and john ossoff himself. so, you know, its all going to come back to trump, i think in this case. >> all rig...

Needed to win this seat outright meaning theres going to be now a runoff in two months against the republican candidate karen handel, former attorney general. this district has not gone to a democratic candidate since, actually the last 37 years. so the fact that mr. ossoff came close, the democrats have reason to cheer last night even though he fell short. this is what he said when he addressed supporters. >> we have defied the odds. we have shattered expectations. we will be ready to fight on ...

Editor of cnn, zach wolf. so much talk leading up to this about how it was a bellwether for either party and here we are the next day wondering was it donald trump tweeted, we talked about it, glad to be of help. was he of help and what changed in this dynamic given the national sentiment? >> i think hes happy to say he was of help, but i dont think theres any way to view the 48 plus percent that john ossoff got other than something as a referendum on trump. he didnt quite get to that 50% but cl...

Can actually galvanize enough support on the left to get 51% and beat handel. she can get support from a lot of those supporters who backed her republican ponies and also the question, though, is the impact that donald trump will have as they try to woo swing voters. people may be disaffected by his presidency. guys. >> thank you. for his part president trump sees the georgia result as a victory for the gop and eeven taking credit for it. take a look at this post, tweet post-election tweet. he s...

Breaking overnight from georgia sixth congressional district the only thing settled there this morning really that nothing is settled there, a special election to fill a seat held for decades by republicans now headed to a june 20th runoff between 30-year-old first timer john ossoff and karen handle. >> this seat has been widely republican since the carter administration. its been held over the years by newt gingrich and tom price whose departure to become health and human services secretary set...

Ossoff. less bring in the managing editor of cnn politics digital zachary wolf. good morning to you, zach. looking at the lay of the land here in georgia, no decisive winner in this highly-anticipated special election. why it is that both sides are saying hey, we won? >> well, republicans are saying its a good thing for them that theres not going to be a new democrat headed to congress and democrats are saying its a good thing for them that theres somebody who got nearly 50%, a democrat in thi...

This. >> reporter: now the question for ossoff is whether or not he can actually galvanize enough support on the left to get 51% and beat handle. she will be able to get support from a lot of those supporters who backed her, the republican opponents and the question is the impact donald trump will have as they try to woo swing voters. people may be disaffected by his presidency. >> president trump sees the georgia result as a victory for the gop and even taking credit for it. look at this. this ...

Recording a robocall against ossoff. were learning that the u.s. show of force against north korea wasnt everything it was cracked up to be. youll remember earlier this month the white house responded to north korean missile test by sending what president trump called an armada to the korean peninsula. it turn out those ships, the uss "carl vinson" and its strike group were steaming in the opposite direction. to join in military exercises in the indian ocean some 3,500 miles away. a senior adm...

Trump is confused here in his election, the person with the most votes was not the winner. >> very funny. the a witty tweet. >> yeah. you know, trump didnt get the most votes but he won -- this is slightly different because ossoff didnt get to 50%, he needed that to get the runoff. these primaries are kind of confusing. but interesting exercises. >> one thing that does come to mind john ossoff did raise $8.3 million. thats not chump change. he didnt get that 50%. what do you say about that >> wh...