mike pence was set to lose the governor s race in 2016 before he was plucked up and his political career salvaged. now despite desperate to chase his lost relevance, pence is parachuting into races hoping someone is paying attention. it is a remarkable public split and spat between a president, former president and former vice president, who served together for four years. we should note that. our correspondents and analysts standing by to break down all the headlines. let s begin with kristen holmes in atlanta. kristen, it is a lot of races in georgia that are key, the outcome is key and you might call them bellwethers to some degree. break it all down for us. reporter: good morning, jim and erica. that s right. the big one we re watching is the one you just mentioned, this is the gubernatorial republican primary, which has become a proxy war. on one side, the maga trump election denying faction of the republican party and on the other you have that republican establishm
and local law enforcement to abide by standards. again, this is something they have been pushing for, for a couple of years. erica, jim? evan appreciate the update, thank you. new this morning, biden administration officials say a court ruling blocking the termination of title 42 as it is known will not slow the surge of migrants at the southern border. the number of migrants seeking asylum in the u.s. is at record levels again, it comes amid deteriorating conditions in latin america, excessxacerbated the ongoing pandemic. alvarez h following this for us. you ll hear title 42, they ll portray it as a solution here, but it has downsides right you were explaining to me. tell us the status so folks at home understand what is going on. the downside of the department of homeland security officials repeatedly point to is what is known as recidivism. that means if someone crosses the border under title 42 and is