tonight, the nation is turning to pennsylvania, a major battleground in american politics, from the three rivers in pittsburgh, to the striking green home of the capitol building in harrisburg, heart of government in the commonwealth, to historic independence hall in philadelphia, those across pence im , pennsylvania, are making choice to influence the presidential race. i m jake tapper and we re standing by for results in what is sure to be an eventful election. the political spotlight on key primary races in pennsylvania, north carolina, kentucky, idaho and oregon. in phil pennsylvania, north carolina republican senators retiring seats, tonight, we ll bring more to the direction of the two major parties, also a significant new test of former president trump s grip on the republican party and president biden s sway over the democrats. as both weigh a potential rematch in 2024. perhaps the biggest test of the trump factor is his pick in pennsylvania republican former tv dr. m
joey, we are going to have some fun, too. as we get ready to spring forward, this is the last time to change our clocks is what they want. america into lockdown. one year ago today president trump declared a national emergency the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. unleash full power of the federal government today, i am officially declaring a national emergency. two very big words. stop the spread of the virus and help all americans who have been impacted by this and this will pass. this will pass through and we are going to be even stronger for it. we have endured months of mask wearing, social distancing and isolation at home away from our loved ones. the pandemic taking a huge toll on our economy, keeping businesses closed and our kids keeping the doors shut on america s schools. we ve endured a lot and we are longer foot and now america is beginning to reopen. this month, 13 states announced a significant rollback of statewide restrictions and faxing distrib
democratic side now, beezley for the first black senator in north carolina. where to go here with madison cawthorn, whether he can survive his republican primary, one time rising star to the right, his first term blamed by multiple controversial scandals and other rivals hoping to put an early end to cawthorn s congressional career. meantime, on the other side of the country, oregon, president biden made his first endorsement of the midterm campaign backing the incumbent congressman, curt schrader, facing a strong challenge from the progressive side of the party, though, and we re standing by for first results and a lot of the exciting races there, so many tonight and all the twists and turns to get us to this moment in the past few days nobody could have predicted. very exciting, erin, let check in on the race of the night, jeff zal aney is at oz s