with real questions and answers. not scripted. peter: no big kickoff rally today. so far all we have got is this very short teaser ad. courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. peter: as usual, white house officials say they don t want to weigh in on elections because of the hatch act. but they are happy to speak about ron desantis florida. lawmakers, republicans in florida, have attacked diversity. they have an attacked inclusion efforts. they have limited the teaching of black history. and they have launched attacks on the lgbtq youth, immigrants, educators and women s reproductive freedom that s what you have seen from lawmakers in florida. desantis is not clearing the feecialtiond the primary field of other trump challengers. glenn youngkin, rumored to be considering a run. his top staffer says glenn youngkin is focused on virginia. anyone who anonymously says otherwise probably isn t as close to the governor as they wan
have for governor in kentucky, and trump endorsed one and ron desantis backed another, and biden just endorsed running for pennsylvania. danny, do we know who? won a bunch of races here. really cover all of them. i think the most recent was when we just guardian was that special election in pennsylvania? heather boyd, democrat, mps projecting that she has won that seat and that was consequently mentioned last night because that means the democrats will retain the new state house in pennsylvania. again, this is a last-minute everybody democrats. joe biden lead endorsement, the governor pennsylvania joshua pirro, also jumped into the race. now we know the democrat heather boyd has been the republican katie ford in that race. so that was a really close race? well, close is not necessarily the word i would use, but maybe 5000 votes in total in the race so far. it is about 34% 44 and last check but i think the expectation is that that will widen as the night goes. on
inspector general s investigation have even been released. and right now, arguments are set to begin in louisiana where the fate of a widely used abortion pill rests in the hands of three judges our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. yamiche alcindor is following the case in louisiana. yamiche, what can you tell us about what s happening today? starting just this hour, three conservative judges will be hearing oral arguments on whether mifepristone should remain available. each of these judges, we should put our names and faces up of people have a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, and each were nominated by republican presidents. as viewers may remember, a group of anti-abortion activists to get this pill off the market. they are arguing it is unsafe, and the fda should never have approved it when it did two decades ago. the justice department is arguing that taking the medication off the market would cause great harm to women and
fbi agents stripped of their security clearances now the star witnesses for republicans on capitol hill, and this is in connection to january 6th, but republicans say it is the weaponization of government. 2024 gop field could soon have a new candidate, and we are told it is florida governor ron desantis is ready to enter the race, and when he plans to make it official. and now, the governor of montana is trying to ban tiktok on all devices throughout the state. can he do that? this is cnn news central. all right. this morning two fbi agents who were stripped of their security clearances have been testifying on capitol hill. they took a break, and now they are back into the room again ready to keep on with the proceedings. the agents are the star witnesses in this republican-led hearings and they are there to prove how the fbi and justice department are working against conservatives, and the republicans called this the weaponization of government, and remember, they
solidarity with other industries. while this incident came about spontaneously, they did find that organizers from amazon and starbucks unions showed up to help them and vice versa. sneets. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. president biden will be meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. ukraine already scored a key victory after the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders issued a statement of support, saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. high on the agenda, western leaders are also weighing in on how to confront china s increasing military power. phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what can we expect from this highly anticipated meeting between biden and zelenskyy? reporter: you know, the symbolism is obvious. we ve seen it not just here in hiroshima, but also over the course of the last ten days with pr