kyiv. u.s. officials tell cnn the plans are at a very preliminary stage and a proposal has not been presented to the president at this point for a decision. joining me now is retired u.s. army major mike lyons. we re talking about the ukrainian capital kyiv, where the u.s. embassy is beginning to operate once again. and the idea that, look, every embassy has protection. whether it be diplomatic protection, u.s. marines, but special forces here what is the point of the special forces be there and what will the footprint be? these are not going to be guys that will be outside the wire necessarily, protecting that embassy or so. what they ll likely bring is jsoc forces that bring a higher level of skill set to the battlefield and they ll work likely with the ukraine government, normally security is responsible for the host nation. i think they want to offload that, they don t want the ukraine military to worry about it. you bring jsoc and special operators in, they ll do more than prote
raffensperger by any chance can avoid a runoff, the secretary of state race many people think will go to a runoff. how strong do the candidates that trump is against, trump gets involved in some races, picks a candidate, his heart may not be in it, these ones he s in. what do the voters tell us about that. the bigger question, trump said yesterday that he thinks kemp can t win because people won t vote for him. early voting is setting records in georgia, donald trump attacked early voting for years. another signal that the voters are saying, sir, you may lead our party but we won t follow everything you say. what do the voters tell us here? how weak is trump in georgia is a good question to look at. depends whether you re looking at this november or beyond. georgia is one of the five or six states that will help determine our national politics for the next ten years including the 2024 presidential election. that will be studied more than the others but there are other
governor s race in 2016 before he was plucked up and his political career was salvage. pence is parachuting into races hoping someone is paying attention. cnn reporters tracking the major primary contests. reporter: i m kristen holmes in atlanta, georgia, where it has become a proxy war between david perdue and mike pence who is supporting incumbent governor brian kemp. the recent polls show perdue trailing to kemp and this will be a reckoning day for trump. perdue relied on the 2020 election lies as the cornerstone of his campaign. if he loses, it will not be a total watch for former president donald trump. herschel walker is expected to take that candidacy. reporter: i m dianne gallagher in huntsville, alabama, all eyes are on the republican primary for the u.s. senate race and whether or not
minister modi, he condemned russia s invasion. if you look at the indian readout, it does not mention the war in ukraine. kaitlan collins for us, thank you for being there and helping us understand what went on this very important asian trip. thank you. joining me now is journalist rhea ninen, as the president is now on his way home from asia, what do you think is different this morning than when he first got there? how have things changed now that he said what he said? he s made these sort of references three times during his administration toward taiwan, maybe not to this forceful way, but i have to say, if you look at the white house s stance over the past year on china, they have been aggressive about shoring up partnerships. i was here with you in the fall when we were talking about the military path between the uk, australia, and the u.s. sharing submarine technology and they managed to move australia from sitting on the fence on china to actually taking a
voters of georgia think our republican governor has done a good joh good job. georgia democrats are ready to throw things at me because things are polarized. but if you re a republican and you look at brian kemp, you think, okay, this guy is a pretty good governor, donald trump, thank you, but no thank you, i think, but let s let them vote and see. one dynamic on a primary day, the polls show perdue way behind. ev the 2020 election is his biggest grievance. brian kemp did not help him cheat. brad raffensperger the secretary of state did not help him cheat. trump is still mad about that. the voters of georgia appear to be ready to say, sorry, but we ll see. if it is festivus, i m curious to see what the feats of strength will be. let s continue this team ho the. who are you looking tonight to come out strong? if kemp is renominated in georgia, in a big way, if brad