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Reason why oprah winfrey went to georgia. >> reporter: no question, tom. they call it the oprah effect. in fact, some people gauge that maybe she turned out a million extra voters for obama by campaigning for him. stacey abrams needs the core supporters, women, minorities, to turn out. oprah touches those people, and she might help. but kemp has his own big dog coming in, the president coming to georgia to stump for him on sunday. >> deb roberts getting answers for us. all right, deb, thank you. and there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. the high school attack. ...

On their behalf. >> ben rhodes, stacey abrams, let's talk about her. she's getting a lot of attention, including from president trump who said that she was, quote, not qualified. i want to play this video of oprah getting out the vote in georgia. >> hi. oh, my god! >> hi denise. >> hi oprah, how are you? >> i'm wonderful, how are you? >> surprise, surprise. >> surprise, i am shocked. >> surprise. >> i'm canvassing for stacey abrams. >> yes, yes, yes. >> are you voting for her? >> it's like one of those publishers clearinghouse commercials. the oprah effect, what do we think that effect might b...

Color, and that's problematic because, regardless of his intent, the result is that racial bias has been injected into our system. and that undermines confidence in our democracy. >> robert costa, that seems to do just what you described. it's a blunt message but she lets him off the hook saying i don't know what's in his heart. this sms smart and almost a per democratic candidate for this cycle in this moment. >> i've sat down with ms. abrams in atlanta. she's a tough candidate. she's someone who not only has experience in the state legislature but she's unafraid of confronting some of these ...

Question that robert costa just raised about legitimacy. vox has a report saying that oprah, university of maryland researchers estimated in a 2008 paper that winfrey's endorsement of obama was responsible for 1 million additional votes for him in the primaries. they also found winfrey's endorsement increased the overall voter participation rate and the number of contributions he received. the oprah effect, the same thing that boosts the sale of books she recommends or products she endorses also translated into support for obama and in a significant way. >> icing on the cake. stacey abrams has...

Blame for what happened in the house. paul ryan, in standing up to him on the birthright citizenship thing, he's already given him a scape goat. he's going to attack paul ryan and republicans who didn't go with him all in on birthright citizenship and revoking it. he's going to blame other people for the loss of the house and then claim credit for whatever gains there are in the senate. that's what's going to happen. >> and he'll blame desantis for being a crummy candidate. >> we're going to speak the truth and he'll speak his truth which is, as usual, an abominable lie. >> peter baker, thank ...