and now in 2022 in georgia. so all these kind of played together with democrats saying hey, you know, we can still win the middle. but we don't have to necessarily alienate the left by aiming at the middle of the entire time. and so they started pushing for for democratic leaning, you know core voters particularly those younger voters and voters of color who didn't vote often in midterm elections and even skipped a lot of presidential elections. but that's not the approach republicans to in terms of expanding their coalition. i think you talked about that a bit earlier. can you explain to people who may not know what the coalition for the gop looks like in georgia and how it may look similar or different from the national gop coalition. yeah as the democratic coalition of 20 years ago tat was enters. it was basically rural white democrats who were kind of yellow dog democrats. they had been democrats forever and urban mostly minority black democrats voters of color in in cities like atlanta and savannah and colu

in georgia. incumbent brian kemp is seeking a second term against four challengers. the primary election is scheduled for may 24 and will require the leading candidate to in order to avoid a potential runoff election. this debate is courtesy of georgia public broadcasting. ♪ >> hello, i'm donna lowery. welcome to the atlanta press club debate series. this is a debate among republican candidates for governor. let's meet the candidates for this debate. they are in alphabetical order, catherine davis, a nonprofit leader. brian kemp is the incumbent governor of the state of georgia. david perdue is a former u.s. senator. candiss taylor is an educator. and tom williams has retired after a 35 year career at robins air force base. now, let's meet the panelists. greg covers state politics for the atlanta journal-constitution and chuck williams is a reporter covering government at wrbl tv in columbus, georgia. for complete rules on today's debate please visit the atlanta press club website, atlanta pres

in georgia. everyone who has got a job is essential. it's essential to their family to provide for their family and to make their way and to do what they need to do. so it was important for everybody to be able to get back to work and for us to continue to try to grow georgia's economy and not be panicked about what happened. to be proven, but not panicked about what happened. so i am glad we were able to open quickly. but like i said, the most important thing of all is what is happening right now. and brian kemp give us joe biden and we need to address that tonight. because four of us want to see him replaced and that is what we want to do. as the new governor next year. >> is your turn to ask the questions to brian kemp. >> governor kemp, in the first two debates, senator purdue has attacked you on the states's crime problem. there are crime issues across the state. atlanta, columbus, macon to name a few. what is the number one reason for the increase in violent crime in georgia? gov. kemp: wel

the so yes, they would like to also receive arms from georgia to have georgia opening the 2nd from all of that is not possible. so i think that the government is just more realistic about what georgia can do at this stage and having these to occupied territories. one of which is now talking about a referendum to join rochelle. and so clearly we have to be careful because we don't have many names and nobody would be ready to support georgia and in the same way. but that does not in any way changing the level of sudden diversity that we have. what the people are, are saying when criticizing the never meant is also that maybe they're not fully embracing the sanctions and that the position has been maybe a bit different words and the villain because not trying to be not to provocative. but in fact, to georgia is fully applying sanctions and we're seeing now the, the effects internally in d could i mean on some very important sides of the, of the economy. and we are sharing all of the international sanctions completely so work the government were saying that we are not adding to the existin

she doesn't care about the people of georgia, that's clear. when we saw in '18 what she did and how we're going have a blue wave and how we're going to do it with documented and undocumented workers. when she took black farmers you don't need to be on the farm and told black workers in hospitality and all think don't need to be -- she is demeaning her own race when it comes to that. i am really over this. she should never be considered for material of any state, much less our state where she hates to live. >> i find it very hard to believe that david perdue is the great advocate for black people in georgia, but he's gone back to some 1950s phraseology about demeaning your race. your thoughts? >> i think that regardless of which republican it is, i have yet to hear them articulate a plan for the future of georgia. i have yet to hear them talk about why they will not expand medicaid and provide coverage to half had a million georgians. just across the street at the capitol they passed a mental health parity law that will create parity in health

and this reviewed the georgia race, obviously. and there is not a lot of evidence when you listen to any of these voters of republican that they don't like trump. there is sometimes other things that they consider. like, any other voters. some of them either want to move on, some of them like them. and, excuse, me brian kemp example, he's an actual governor of an actual. drop >> right. >> brian kemp is that he did not do the probe it. he was very similar to ron desantis without the fanfare butted. they like that he put in the voting, into the so-called integrity bill to respond in 2020 that triggered, the left. and caused major league baseball to leave the state. they liked, you know, the fetal abortion bill that he signed the stare. so, this is different, marjorie taylor greene, did the job which was just a tweet. they like the actual job that he. did, so i think that that is really the story. this particular race. and it's less about trump himself. >> yes, i agree with the constituent. can i also think that he just picked a figh

he is ignoring the voters of georgia. that's what he does now, that's what he will do in the future. he has not told the truth, he has not been factual. that's what he will do in the future. i've always showed up, i've always told you the truth and i will beat raphael warnock because herschel walker cannot. moderator: latham sadler, your turn to ask the next question. >> i have a number of questions for this pathetic situation as well, but my question is for you, gary. we see each other on the trail a lot. i think i ask you this question every time icu, so i wanted to ask it here today. where the heck is herschel walker and how on earth does he think he can beat raphael warnock in the general election? >> it's not going to happen. he will never defeat raphael warnock. it is coming, folks. if you want to know the truth, herschel is not going to tell you the truth. i invite you to go to real herschel.com. you can find all the facts, the things he's not accountable for all thought he says i wrote a book. he did not talk abou

a matter of georgia post-conviction law, a claim challenging how georgia carries out its execution is not cognizable in state post-conviction. so your -- the courthouse doors are closed. i know we've used that metaphor a lot, but they are. justice barrett: thank you. chief justice roberts: thank you, counsel. mr. hellman: thank you, your honor. chief justice roberts: ms. hansford. ms. hansford: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: there's no sound reason to carve off claims like petitioner's from the general rule that method-of-execution challenges must proceed under section 1983. and to justice kavanaugh and justice kagan's questions, a dual track system would add procedural complexity, creating delay and inviting gamesmanship. for instance, a claim that alleges multiple alternatives could proceed in separate actions in different venues, or a case may have to restart in a different court if a prisoner amends his complaint or if an appellate panel revives an alternative rejected by the court. and there's no compelling doctrinal reason for that approach. in fact, it would ex

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how should viewers watch a georgia election night in georgia? where do results usually come in first and how does the night develop? when do we usually know these things? guest: that's a great question. the election laws have been rewritten. the earlier counting of absentee ballots, so we don't wait days like we did in 2020. i mean, if you recall from 2020, we knew the dynamics pretty early on. we knew that it would be very close race and that joe biden would likely come out on top after a few hours of vote counting. but it took days until those dynamics kind of took place because of slow vote counting in places like clayton county. so right now we always expect the biggest counties, particularly fulton county, which is the most populous county in georgia, encompasses most of the city of atlanta and a bunch of other cities, we can usually expect those to be among the last results to come in and they're also -- of course some of the biggest results that come in, whether it be republican or democratic primaries, usually that makes for somewhat lat

tonight, the future of democracy in georgia is on the ballot. and why for trump, it's personal. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> the impact of the threat to abortion, as texans head to the polls. and news tonight the january six committee will only hold six public hearings next month. committee member, jamie raskin, i'll ask him about that. all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. or just 11 hours away from polls opening in tomorrow's crucial primary electorate in georgia. and the two marquee races that republican primaries for governor, and for secretary of state. to trump back candidates are essentially running single issue campaigns, on the ex presidents big lie of a stolen election. you've got former senator david perdue, close trump ally, who lost his senate seat last year. he's challenging the incumbent republican governor, brian kemp. and you've got far-right congressman jody hice, who's hoping to oust the current incoming secretary of state, brad raffensperger. these races are notable, n

another race in the state of georgia that i think is really interesting is the georgia 7th democratic district congressional primary. why? this is a matchup of two incumbents who essentially have bourdeau and mcbath. their districts were merged in redistricting and what they did, the republicans who ran that redistricting process, was that both had represent swing districts. they merged those together to create one safe district that joe biden won by 26 points so we'll see if either one of these candidates emerges and gets over 50% of the vote plus one, victor. >> harry, what about what's going on in texas? >> okay, so, texas, we were talking about potential georgia races that might go to runoffs. here are some texas races that are in runoffs. the texas republican attorney general. you might recognize the name here, george p. bush, son of jeb bush, kind of looks like jeb bush. he's facing off against ken paxton, the incumbent attorney general. paxton led in march, 43% to 23%. keep in mind, paxton has the backing of donald trump so this is another matchup of trump against the bushes. a

this is in georgia. this is georgia, this is congressional 18. and easily winner with 70 percent of the vote of five halfway part. you increase that lead. she is an easy winner there in the state of georgia. this is interesting. if you remember, she ran in the old seat. you know it well, and they have the demographics change in that part of the peach state. that they went through a redistricting and elisa mcbeth shifted over to congressional district seven and she looks like she is going to win now an in the northeastern section of atlanta so it's another when we are watching on the map tonight. that is where we stand right now . if you want to know, i can shar this with you in pennsylvania because i think the last time that you and i were together when we could go i have a tear coming here is dr. because with 805 the votes for it as of righ now they are still looking at these both seem pennsylvania. this is david mccormick 517,837 creek easy math since about 985 votes between the two. we do have an update on that. get the update i have as every

she doesn't care bad people georgia. police always she dane 18, we gotta do undocumented workers, and she told black farmers, they don't need to be on the farm, and still black workers, you don't need to be -- she had demeaning her own racial man. >> remaining our own, race also by, as she was asked about it earlier this evening in a conversation with my colleague joy reid, and here's what she had to say. >> i think it was artfully deliver it. my points that i made many times, and my passion making the sport is important. because we are listening to brian kemp give a night of about a record of those now reflect reality. i think that regardless of which republican it is, i have yet to hear them articulate a plan for the future of georgia. >> we are also still keeping a close eye on the republican senate race and pennsylvania between our doctor oz then mccormack. it is still too close to call, i likely headed to a runoff. tonight, nbc news reports mccormack is suing to try to make sure certain on dated mail-in ballots are

but i lovehe the people ofa, georgia. i love the state of georgia. it's one of the greatest statese in the country. and for a gubernatorial candidate to say it's the worst placeat to live, why would you want to be governor? >>>> well, i think stacie must have been having a really badhe day when she said that she's been trying to work our way back . but i'm confident governor camp's not going to let her get away from it. i think she. will probably end up losing surprisingly badly this fall both because she's no longer new and original. she spent four years as a national. figure trying to lay the groundwork to run for president someday. she has better ties in new york and los angeles than she doest in georgia at this stage. her most recent comments showed how alienated she is from georgia. and the truth is, after allh the lies that were told about the new georgia election law, we had a huge turnout. everybody agrees in general the system worked, the reforms worked and it's going to be there. and of course,acro stacey hasul finally said, well, you can r

he has endorsed a dozen candidates in georgia primaries. many of them are completely unopposed. >> the insurance commissioner is even endorsed. >> he will be able to declare that his candidates and he pulled them across the finish line even though they were unopposed. but you know he also has chosen person for the senate race,and there was really no ability of republicans other than trump republican spare there was no ability to pull anyone up with him. he is going to be the republican nominee easily. even though there are a lot of republicans in georgia and elsewhere who have a lot of concerns about him as their nominee. >> let's j-- just say once the midterms come and a certain number of republican candidates who support the idea of the big lie, let's say those candidates loose. does that help break this fever within the gop? >> well, i think so much of it is about the leadership. what's going to happen when there are contested elections. what are the leaders in those elections going to do, the candidates in those cases? are they going to

stacey abrams, the presumptive democratic nominee in the race in georgia, was saying that georgia is not the best place to live, for a number of factors including maternal mortality, the maternal mortality rate and other measures. perdue responded with this comment. >> hey, she ain't from here. let her go back where she came from, she doesn't like it here. the only thing she wants is to be president of the united states. she doesn't care about the people of georgia. that's clear. when she told black farmers you don't need to be on the farm, and she told black workers and hospitality and all this, you don't need to be -- she is demeaning her own race when it comes to that. i am really over this. she should never be considered for material for a governor of any state, much less our state where she hates to live. >> he's telling her to go back where you came from. what do you think about this, april? >> it makes me wonder does he know something about her 23 and me test if she took one or is he talking about madison, wisconsin. it is atrocious on so many levels and at the end of the day,

he has failed georgia. he sat on his hands and did nothing to reform the 1993 voter registration act, which limits states from conducting voter list maintenance 90 days before a medical -- federal election. georgia continued to have one of the cleanest voter laws in the country. jodi, you had a majority in congress, house, senate. why did you fail to introduce any election form legislation? >> that's just a ridiculous question. you want to know the constitution itself says that the time, place, and manner of elections are left to the states, not the federal government. i have been fighting against a federal takeover of our elections system. that's something that's been left to the states. why would brad raffensperger allow our voter registration files to be so inaccurate as they are? it is something that rests 100% on his shoulders. he has let down the people of this state, destroyed election integrity in the state. he has lost confidence in the voters in georgia that we will have one legal ballot cast and

georgia has borders, too. and i want to keep the illegal aliens out of our state and i don't want them to pedal their drugs and sex trafficking here. >> lawrence: you say it's all a part of the cartel criminal enterprise. >> yes, it's our southern border being open, and the aliens are coming everywhere. they are coming to every state in the country. >> lawrence: ma'am, who are you going to vote for today, you just voted. >> i voted early voting and i did vote for governor kemp. he's proven himself to be a good republican, and like during the china virus he kept our state open. >> lawrence: why does that matter to you? >> nobody went out of business. the schools opened again the next year and you know, students were able to go back to school, there was no mask mandate, but you know, it was important for our economy. and for people getting back to work. >> lawrence: thank you so much, ma'am. guys, i have enjoyed my time in georgia. it is not texas but the second home for me. [cheering] >> lawrence: last week i d

so let me start with georgia, greg. since we have an idea, abrams/kemp, i want to jump on a comment kemp said last night. which he talked about governor and president. it looks to me, you tell me, it looks like the kemp world knows it's got to get over what grumpy trump supporters there are and the threat of abrams is what brian kemp wants to use. i assume that wasn't an accident what we heard from him last night. >> your right. that wasn't an accident at all. there's been a core central theme to brian kemp's campaign. he and only he can beat stacey abrams because he's the only republican who has beat stacey abrams. david perdue reminds folks couldn't even between john ossoff. that's his argument. her hoping hatred for stacey abrams will overcome any maga backlash that brian kemp could face. it's a big bet, but it's one that republicans have seen for years. they would be railing against these. they hope will motivate a unity sort of faction alliance against stacey abrams in the general. >> so what is the abrams plan to

, cnn, georgia. >>> let's discuss this critical race with two people who have covered georgia politics for years now. here to share their insights, lisa ram from npr, and bill nygut. we couldn't think of anyone better than you two to talk to us about georgia politics and all that's at stake in just two days. good to see you both. bill, you first. what is the lay of the land right now? who seems to have the greatest influence in its endorsement of a candidate? is it brian kemp with pence or david purdue with trump? >> well, i think the real question here is whether donald trump is persuaded georgia republican that they should join him in trying to defeat brian kemp, and the answer according to the polls, as you just heard in reporting, is that kemp is leading by a very wide margin. it's likely he'll win without a runoff. and at the same time, georgia voters, republican voters, continue to give trump very high approval ratings. but they're also saying we like donald trump but we'd rather he didn't try to tell us who to vote for for governor. >> i find that confusing. i mean, lisa, one ha

donald trump: thank you, georgia. thank you very much. william: this week's primary in georgia will be another measure of just how much influence the former president and his lies about the election still have on republican voters. william: this election in georgia has also revealed a high-profile disagreement between donald trump, who we saw endorsing david perdue for governor, and his former vice president, mike pence, who is backing current governor brian kemp, and is holding a rally for him tonight. so let's dive into what's at stake in georgia with our politics monday team. that's amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter and tamara keith of national public radio. great to see you both. great to be here. amy, help me understand this. pence is now making his most unambiguous break with president trump, stumping for the governor that irritates donald trump more than any governor in america. but in the midst of this ongoing identity crisis for the gop, does pence move the needle in any way? amy: so, i think mike pence look

georgia. >>> ron brownstein is the senior analyst and political writer. good to see you. so, it seems georgia is where trump wants to win most for his endorsed candidates. he's been endorsing for the former senator. he's part of trump's campaign. listen to this. >> brian kemp is truly a embarrassment to the republican party because of what's taken place in your great state. georgia. and david will make a massive upgrade as your governor. >> it's been over and over again nasty abuse of governor kemp. and he endorsed joe biden's win in 2020. his vit reall hasn't helped them do a whole lot. is that a sign of trump's influence, that it's waning or some kind of out liar? >> i think brian kemp has been an embarrassment. i think he'll be an embarrassment to donald trump. there's no race that he wanted to win probably more than this. no elected official he wanted to punish more than the governor of georgia. but he picked a plotting horse in david perdue who didn't raise a lot of money e. and he was ru

we have georgia and a lot of activity down there. trump versus pence, your thoughts. >> i think it's interesting that trump and pence are both involved and engaged. i think the two gubernatorial candidates i hope will get united whoever prevails. what you don't see is president biden, you don't see vice president kamala harris. i don't think that portends well with what is soon to happen in november. >> harris: this is from "the new york times" has pointed out that vice president pence is tip together away from president trump. it could be another signal he is considering a run in 2024. i bring that up because this is like a race by proxy right now with trump and pence. i want to get your take on it. if they take each other on, how much does it look like the race we're seeing in georgia? >> look, ultimately what unites republicans, these are inner party fights but what unites republicans is the fight against the democrats. let's remember who they are really going against. it is stacey abrams here. they're the ones they want to defeat

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it is georgia, georgia, georgia. for people who think the south is solidly republican, will be solidly republican, this sort of extremism we've been talking about, that have the democrats picking up basically 10, 15 points over the past several months in the generic ballot test. it's not hard to explain. you go back to 2018. you had donald trump's extremism helping democrats make huge gains in 2018. in 2019, you had the extremism of donald trump and republicans helping democrats win the governorships in louisiana and kentucky. let me say that again. louisiana and kentucky. georgia, a battleground state in 2020 which donald trump gave away to the democrats. i mean, this is -- i still suspect democrats are going to have a very rough 2022. come 2024 again, georgia up for grabs. north carolina, up for grabs. the south, far from solid for republicans in the future, especially with this crazy strain of trumpism. >> right. look, joe, i mean, the other place that's going to be the case is arizona, a state where the crazy str

to georgia. that's the difference. georgia is growing. people from the entertainment industry are moving here. and let me say that we're in this position of division. not because of progressive democrats but because of cowardice conservative leaning people who are scared to death to speak their mind and be honest in industries like hollywood and places like new york don't bring that to georgia. i spoke to someone in georgia the other day who is a bigwig in the movie industry. loves me. watches fox. but would never say it publicly. that's what needs to change. be honest about who you are. have an open mind and an open heart but speak your conviction. that's what the state of georgia is. >> emily: i can't imagine the gas prices from l.a. to atlanta. but people are obviously willing to pay that, right, if that situation is that dire for them to get to that state, unlike what stacey abrams says does provide such an amazing place to live. and the numbers don't lie. this is the exact opposite of all that hysterical projection we heard from our

georgia is the worst place in the country to live. hey, she ain't from here, let her go back to where she came from. only thing she wants is to be president of the united states, she didn't care about the people of georgia. that's clear. when she told black farmers you don't need to be on the farm and told black workers in hospitality and all this, you don't, she is demeaning her own race when it comes to that, i am really over this. she should never be considered governor material for any state much less our state where she hates to live. >> what's your reaction. >> a, it's disgusting and he's demeaning the human race talking that way, first of all he's lying, she never told black farmers other thing, said there should be jobs other than hospitality and agriculture in georgia, but she didn't make it racial, he made it racial and for him to say she should go back where she came from, you know, she spent most her life in georgia. this is the kind of stuff, you know, he's failing, losing, and losing for a reason. he jumped in based on a

he's not from georgia. he doesn't understand georgia's economy or people, and so there are plenty of republicans who say hey, stay out of this. we've got our guy and we want to keep it that way, and that's what the polls have shown. that's what fundraising has shown, and at campaign stops all across the state, we've seen republicans have this sort of reaction to trump. >> and so the bigger picture comes next in terms of how this election then translates to the national stage as we move forward through election season. thank you, steven, eva, and jeff. we'll all be watching closely what happens tonight in our live coverage starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. don't go away from that. >>> president biden will be returning now to american soil shortly. this morning he concluded his asia trip by convening the quad, leaders from japan, australia and india along with the u.s. and he tried to clean up comments from when he said yes, the u.s. would respond militarily if china were to invade taiwan. >> m

and watching the secretary of state race in georgia, georgia has made a number of different changes to their voting security measures since the 2020 election. you have the incumbent facing a challenge, trump want to see as the next secretary of state. eager to see what the results look like later tonight. >> sandra: exciting day and evening ahead. thank you. >> john: another closely watched contest in alabama where republicans are battling it out for the nomination to fill the seat of richard shelby. the race so tight it could be headed for a runoff. aishah hasnie has more from montgomery. >> i've been talking to voters all day long, cars all over the place, people in alabama have to drive, they drive a lot. so gas prices, the economy, inflation are on top of mind. >> prices are probably the most important because the price increases have been huge to us from our vendors. >> gas prices. retired people, it's a struggle, really. inflation, have to do something. go to the grocery store, it's a shock every day. >> you hear the pain in their voices, it is a packed race for u.s. senate right

he cost republicans both senate seats in georgia. he cost republicans, in fact control of the united states senate. he went after the governor of georgia said he would vote for stacey abrams before governor kemp. and he pushed herschel walker, somebody that mitch mcconnell and republicans in washington did not want to be a guy from out of state and doesn't know a whole lot about politics, from out of state. he pushed him to be the senate candidate. now he's behind raphael warnock by five. i mean, everything this guy touches in georgia politics dies on the vine politically. >> raphael warnock is in the senate today largely because of donald trump, right. and perdue didn't manage to make it last time around, i remember driving around the state back then and perdue was trying and didn't manage to do it. it doesn't look like he's going to make it into the governor's mansion this time around either. i think the race to watch is the secretary of state because that could be where donald trump does have some traction still in the state. it's

it's all about quote/unquote one georgia. she says she can address the ways that georgia lags eternal mortality, not extending medicaid, wages, in ways that will benefit everyone without raising taxes. now, she did say she was inelegant in saying that georgia was the worst state to live in, when she tried to bring that point home. that's the cost of republicans to pounce on her. a part of abrams' message is, she says that republicans, she puts both david perdue and brian kemp in the same box. they're so focused on her, attacking her as an individual without having a plan to address some of the issues she raised. so the question in the coming months will be, of course, whether voters think they want to give brian kemp another term, seeing some of the conservative things he's championed. he's also raised taxes and lower gas prices and things like that, or do they they abrams who is on a much more prockive platform, do they want to give her the rings of the state of georgia? >> we see record-breaking turnout for this primary on

it's a 1000 feet, georgia already the whole scene. they were advancing towards the border with russia and then suddenly the russian army king rest and pushed the door back into the barry. so horrible conditions rush, the very important decision is amber, was about to recognize the independence. and of course it makes sense. no to lead a normal leave to get the least political analyst demitria bob h. thank you very much for your time and sharing your insides into the matter with us. thank you. ah, now a man's unprecedented western sanctions against russia, the country's national currency. the rubel has been named as the world's best performing currency every year, according to bloomberg. it's risen a little over 11 percent against the us dollars in january. the agency reports, while the offshore rate indicates the rise amounts to around 12 percent. this comes with most go required. export is sell foreign currency and trade partners pay for energy. we're imposing roubles, we should want to profess banking and finance. at the most of us,

georgia, you have a choice and the choice is clear. a vote for tj hudson is an investment in your future. i am going to be accountable and hold others accountable. you have seen how elections have been run. if you vote for tj hudson, you will see how an election will be run the right way. if experience matters, here is a tale of the tape. you have a congressman running for secretary of state with no election experience, a former mayor running for secretary of state would no election experience. and then you have brad, and you see how he ran an election. georgians, i need you to run with tj hudson as your secretary of state. thank you. >> now, thanks to raffensperger, the secretary of state is no longer a voting member on the state --. you have a legislation that makes the law of the course that interpret it yet the next victory estate will be the chief selection officer. the only way to make that work is not a matter of opinion, it is a matter of leadership. as mayor, we took an 85 project and turned it into what is not avalon. this is

that's the drama in georgia. you take a look, you mentioned it in texas as well, we have that runoff down by the border, the 28th district. this is the result from the preliminary election. nobody got to 50%. there was a third candidate that kept them from hitting 50%. we will get this settled tonight. the new dynamic in south texas though, in this district and along the border, used to be democratic strongholds. general elections were a forgone conclusion. this is heavily hispanic that swung dramatically in the republican direction in 2020, dramatically away from democrats and towards donald trump. there are republicans who believe especially if cisneros emerges with the victory here tonight, that this could be a republican pick-up opportunity, one of several opportunities deep in south texas. that's a new dynamic in texas and american politics. an interesting one to watch in the next few months. the other piece of big unfinished piece in texas, the bush dynasty. george p. bush did make the runoff. look at that

now, we are just two days for a big races in alabama and georgia >> it is the final stretch of georgia's federal republican governors race where former president donald trump picked. >> facing an income bit with vice president mike pence. >> fighting for them today. >> we are on the road to midterms behind the scene with boat campaigns geared right now, pennsylvania boaters await the outcome of a tight gop contest. we will speak with rnc chairwoman about the influence about the movement and finding unity in november. >> the president's focus on doing everything in his power to address the putin price hike. >> the white house points fingers elsewhere is the stock market dies. gas prices break records and parents search for baby formula on empty shelves. we will ask the president's chief economic advisor about the plan to ease the pain. then, the department of homeland security says it is preparing for the threat of violence if the supreme court delivers a historic ruling on abortion in the coming weeks. we will ask our sunday panel how will fight for roe v wade to shape the midterm. and w

georgia economy. it is a drag on people's health care, on the georgia economy. is that correct? ms. stewart: that is correct, there are many studies showing the connection between medicaid expansion and improving economic well-being. sen. warnock: we would do well to extend medicaid in the 12 non-expansion states or have federal data station to make sure states -- folks in those states can access a medicare-like program and we would do well to cap the cost of prescription drugs, a net gain for the georgia economy and for people's health care? ms. stewart: absolutely, it would help millions of people. sen. warnock: thank you. chair brown: senator toomey is recognized. sen. toomey: dr. he polito and professor hyman, let me address this to two of you. i think you touched on this but i want to be clear. can credit reporting and data collection policies solve the underlying problem of high or unexpected medical debt or without require health care policy change? dr. ippolito: i'm going to echo something pro

she doesn't care about georgia, it's obvious. i was born and raised here in georgia and i tell you i am offended by that. and i think a lot of americans are -- a lot of georgians are as well. my message to people in georgia, if you're fed up with this kind of rhetoric from the democrats and the failed biden administration and if you're a spat up as i am with career politicians and rhinos selling us out and not fighting for us, then your opportunity is to stand up tomorrow and vote. look, we had a record turnout so far, sean, and we've got to do it again tomorrow. i'm told that only 1 out of 3 republicans will actually vote in this primary, and that's an acceptable. we can dictate our direction and make sure stacey abrams is never governor of georgia, but only if we get out and vote tomorrow. >> sean: it's very, very hard for any -- in a primary to take on an incumbent governor or incumbent senator. you've been behind in the polls, but really tomorrow you only need to keep him under 50% and then you have a runoff. what you think t