trump s meddling in the 2020 election, a deep rural urban divide and unending drama between the trump wing of the republican party and the local gop establishment. it s on those last few points where tonight s results will give us some important answers potentially to these questions. what is the power of a trump endorsement these day, and does the big lie have staying power here? the republican schism over those two points are at play in the republican gubernatorial primary right now. current georgia governor brian kemp fighting to keep his seat, keeping it from trump-endorsed former senator david purdue. both of them were on the campaign trail last night. purdue has the backing of the former president. and kemp last night on stage with former vice president mike pence who fell out of trump s favor himself after, of course, january 6th. now, whoever wins that race will face off against democrat stacey abrams in november. she held an event in the last 30 minutes and said this
good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. in georgia, president trump s grudge match against brian kemp, who refused to go along with trump s georgia 2020 conspiracy theory, could produce a big setback for the former president. trump s hand-picked candidate to challenge the sitting governor, former senator david purdue is trailing far behind. in another twist, trump vice president mike pence, a possible 2024 competitor himself, campaigned with kemp last night. when you say yes to governor brian kemp tomorrow, you will send a deafening message all across america that the republican party is the party of the future. if kemp should win, it s a rematch with stacey abrams who lost narrowly to kemp in 2018. the former president s other big push in georgia is for congressman hice to unseat brad raffensperger, who in a phone call famously repeatedly refused to, quote, find the 11,780 votes that trump needed to win georgia. the call has prompted a grand
killed him in response. he shot and killed horrifically, incomprehensibly 14 students and killed a teacher. mr. ro mas, the shooter, he himself is deceased. and is believed that responding officers killed him. abbott says the suspect allegedly shot and killed his grandmother before going on this school shooting rampage. we re going to show you live pictures of the area. at this moment, the police chief says family members are still being notified, the horrific process that s played out in school shootings before. this particular mass murder come after the buffalo rampage which was previously the deadliest shooting of this year. americans mourning once again. we can also tell you that president biden will address the nation tonight as the country continues reeling. we will bring you the facts as well as perspective in this hour of coverage. we begin with former assistant fbi director who has been covering this for us and jim cavanaugh, retired special agent in charge. and
attempts to take taiwan by force. doug luzader has details. hi, doug. doug: this emerging trade pact is called the framework for prosperity, but other headlines are emerging and the white house had to clarify a surprising comment the president made about taiwan. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons, are you willing to get involved militarily for taiwan, if it comes to that? yes, that is the commitment we made. doug: that sounds like a major change in policy for the u.s. the white house very quickly issued this statement denying there was any policy change. the president said our policy has not changed and reiterated our one china policy and commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait to provide taiwan with military means to defend itself. the president made news speaking about the u.s. economy, no longer talk about transitory challenge. president biden: our gdp will grow faster than china s for the fir
initiative. the ukrainian armed force also need our sustained support. we ll have the latest on the region. and from the president s trip overseas in asia, he s raising eyebrows this morning after saying the u.s. militarily would get involved if china invaded taiwan. what the white house is now saying about that. help is on the way for america s families. tens of thousands of pounds of baby formula just arrived in the u.s. but when will store shelves start filling up again? we have our eyes on georgia, we re a day out from the state s primary elections. early voting already breaking records there. the anticipation is intensifying in the battleground state. that s where we start this morning. von hilliard is in atlanta and i m joined by the ceo of the new georgia project, a voting rights advocacy act. greg bleustein, msnbc political contributor, and michael steele, former rnc chair. other states, including minnesota, arkansas and alabama have primaries, as well. but geor