the general election. plus, republicans in north carolina s 11th congressional district run out of patience with madison cawthorn as trump s pick in that race is voted out. we ll break down those results. and speaking in the wake of the buffalo tragedy, president biden vowed to, quote, expose those who use power and prestige to spread hate. but the question this morning, will he name names? good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. we ve got a lot of news to get to today. here we go. results are still coming in this morning for pennsylvania s closely-watched primary election. in the hotly-contested senate race, republicans still do not have a winner. the election is too close to call between trump-backed dr. mehmet oz and hedge fund executive david mccormick. mccormick is backed by several trump administration officials, including former secretary of state mike pompeo. recent polling saw him losing momentum after trump
to fight the subpoena order and testify. now, in that georgia case, the other people who have received target letters, the other people who have been told to expect that they may be indicted in that criminal case, they re all people, besides rudy giuliani, who were implicated in the fake electors plot, this plot to send in forged documents naming fake electors for trump, in states that didn t have trump electors because biden won those states. that fake electors thing is a criminal matter in georgia, it s also a matter under federal criminal investigation as well. there s one thing i think worth pointing bought that, that i think has been lost by so many of these headlines in today s news. remember how we learned about the fake electors scheme. how we learned about how it came together, and how we learned about it being under federal investigation. you might remember about the fake electors that it sort of started as something that looked like a bunch of disparate
0 night. and the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. chris, do you have a connection to the fbi? do i personally? every time you go on vacation the fbi does something that nobody expected that blows everybody away and i have to call you and ask where in the world you are. i found out the search warrant in mar-a-lago from a text from you, and i hadn t even gotten to the american news, and i guess things are kinds of crazy, woe, babe, they searched mar-a-lago. rachel just rang again. every time i leave the east coast. anyway, i m putting a leash on you, my friend. i can t take the suspense anymore. welcome back. good to be back. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. great to have you here. do you remember the name brandon van greg? it is a very memorable name, you might remember the sound of it and if not the circumstance you first heard. it but if you are like me, and all likelihood the first time you heard the name brandon van grack was t
trump has done since leaving office and giving people hope that perhaps things aren t as over until they actually are officially over. all right. the washington post eugene scott, thank you so much for being here. we ll talk to you as the midterms go on we ll have much more on these races later on in morning . next, we re live from cnbc with an early look at the markets following yesterday s strong rally. we ll be right back.
endorsement from former president trump on saturday. he said if he wins the general election, he will appoint a secretary of state that would, quote, reset the state voter rolls. state attorney general josh shapiro ran unopposed and will face mastriano in november. in north carolina, a endorsement from president trump was not enough to win madison cawthorn. chuck edwards is now the republican party s nominee to keep north carolina s 11th district. congressman cawthorn tweeted his concession late last night. writing in part, quote, time for the nc-11 gop to rally behind the republican ticket to defeat the democrat s nominee this november. cawthorn s race was closely watched as establishment republicans openly fought to remove him after several recent scandals. trump tried to save cawthorn s campaign with a late plea to supporters to, quote, give madison a second chance.