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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. it's been held over the years by newt gingrich and tom price whose departure to become health and human services secretary set off this special election in the first place. now in a race viewed as a bellwether for how energiz...

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 it's a good thing for them that there's not going to be a new democrat headed to congress and democrats are saying it's a good thing for them that there's somebody who got nearly 50%, a democrat in this reliably republican district. i think republicans should look at the results here. i mean they...

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 is one of his midnight tweets saying despite major outside money, media support and 11 republican ca...

Recording a robocall against ossoff. we're learning that the u.s. show of force against north korea wasn't everything it was cracked up to be. you'll 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 administration official blaming the mix up on a communication between the pentagon and the white hou...

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 didn't get the most votes but he won -- this is slightly different because ossoff didn't 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. that's not chump change. he didn't get that 50%. what do you say about that >> where did that money come from? he became the cause celeb groups. not all that money came from ins...