to overturn the election results in 2020. trump s pick, purdue, the man who is peddling trump s election fraud claims. we have a lot to unpack in this race. jeff zeleny and e vo mccann are in atlanta and also steven fouler. thank you all for joining us. jeff, trump lashed out at pence and pence took what seemed to be a vailed swipe at trump and his 2020 obsession. are georgia republicans worried about how ugly this is getting? i think georgia republicans are doing what they do on election day. that s voting for the current republican governor if you happen to be a republican and happy with the direction that the state is going. governor brian kemp is trying to do one thing here. remind georgians that because of him they have a gas tax holiday. they re not currently paying sales tax on gasoline. it makes gas one of the cheapest places in the country that he s brought economic development here to the state of georgia. he is just trying to focus on his policy and his role. the
dow suffers its worst day since 20206789 more on what drove the massive sell-off and how stocks are looking right now. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, may 19th. i m jonathan lemire. in a case of history repeating itself, a race in pennsylvania is once again coming down to mail-in ballots. the republican senate primary race between trump-endorsed dr. oz, and hedge fund ceo dave mccormick is still too close to call this morning. the candidates only separated by a little over a thousand votes. while the mccormick camp is telling supporters to wait until all the votes are counted, former president trump is taking a page oust his 2020 play book. trump told supporters that dr. oz should forget waiting for the final tally and just say that he won. quote, dr. oz should declare victory. it makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they just happened to find. of course, during the 2020 election, trump tried this same tactic. he insis
tuesday. the winner will face john fetterman who won the nomination from his hospital bed after pacemaker surgery. that pennsylvania race and others have been largely seen as a referendum on former president trump. but whether or not his influence has a hold on the republican party, still very much up for debate. let s go to north carolina now. trump endorsed the encumbent, but to no avail. there will not be a second term for madison cawthorn. in the pennsylvania governor s race, doug mastriano, a win, although he was ahead in poll before the trump endorsement. david chal-ian joins me now. the pennsylvania primary, let s talk about the outstanding votes first. take a look at where we are. this is about a 2,400 vote race. that s how many votes mehmet oz has in front of david mccormick. where are we looking? one key place is lancaster county, pennsylvania. we know there are potentially thousands of votes out. you see 87% of the estimated vote is in, so that s a big chunk of v
john: the republican senate in pennsylvania too close to call. oz and mccormick separated by a few thousand votes. it could eventually decide the balance of power in washington. john roberts good to see you here today. gillian: great to be with you, back from coverage the johnny depp trial in fairfax. secretary of state of pennsylvania is saying it s going to be a few days before the republican primary can be called. that race will be sent to a recount if the margin remains within half a percent. john: tv doctor, trump s endorsement, skyrocketing in the last couple of the weeks. but mccormick says he s the best chance to win in november and they are confident he will be the nominee. gillian: we have guy benson to break it down, but first bryan llenas joins us from new hope, pennsylvania. how are both campaigns feeling this hour about where they stand? hey, gillian, the bottom line, two words we keep hearing. optimistic and confident. those are the two words we are h