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>> we saw former president obama fly to georgia last week to campaign for warnock. the closest president trump has come to the walker campaign is the virtual event tonight online. will the race prove out what works and what doesn't for each party going forward? this a defining moment for the former president? >> no. because republicans won't learn their lesson. the fact is and i appreciate lieutenant governor duncan simply saying this but you can't nominate blake masters, herschel walker, you can't nominate these people and expect georgians or arizonans or pennsylvanians to be that naive about...

To sort of counterbalance the big rush of early votes that democrats banked in the last week or so. 1.8 million votes cast. of course, there are many republican votes in them as well. but the lion's share are democrats and talking to advisers to the walker campaign, they know that they need to do a big turnout today. so this is going to be a lesson as we go forward in if republicans are going to be more willing to do por early voting. of course it is been really at center of the story for the last couple of years. donald trump spent a lot of time sort of bashing early voting and that has seepe...

Let me get it. what happened between 2016 and 2020? donald trump became toxic in the suburbs. donald trump republican has trouble in the suburbs not just in georgia but everywhere, a brian kemp republican can cut the margins in the suburbs and win quite comfortable. who is herschel walker? how does warnock perform? >> we'll continue the analysis. john, thank you very, very much. we'll have much more of the special coverage of the georgia runoff election but first, there is breaking news we're following. cnn learning former president trump and his allies could be the subject of what are called ...

From the voters kwouyou've been speaking to, was that messamessage effective at all? >> reporter: erin, it was at least to republican voters. that was a central message he was trying to deliver. even though control of the senate was not at play as republicans certainly hoped it would be at the time of the runoff, it certainly provides an opportunity for republicans to effectively control half of the committees in the senate to slow down nominations for the white house and make things for difficult for the president. that's certainly been a big motivating factor for republicans and as i'm speak...

Walker. what's your sense? are those voters sitting this one out? is the walker campaign confident they can tap into those voters? >> that's the big question here. that will decide would wins this senate seat. raphael warnock has run a campaign during the general election and the runoff to pick up independent voters and even some republican voters with just a moderate series of issues and also very economy focused. herschel walker has been much more focused on social issues, talking about transgender athletes, calling raphael warnock a liar, just a very aggressive campaign and so watch in the ...