driver s seat in the peach state against his trump backed challenger former senator david perdue and a showdown to come this fall with stacey abrams. we re in a fight for the soul of our state. we win this primary and dana: following a runoff in texas. henry cuellar is fending off a challenge with the backing of the party s progressive wing including aoc and bernie sanders. gillian: another big race is in alabama. three candidates vying for the seat vacated by richard shelby. a late surge by mo brooks is making this a close race now with three strong candidates there again a runoff could be in the cards. dana: that race is interesting to watch. team fox coverage. we re in alabama. and also texas. let s begin in atlanta yeah, georgia with mark meredith is standing by. good morning. there are a lot of notable races to watch in georgia today. perhaps the one getting the most attention the race underway right now to be georgia s republican governor nominee. incumben
we re also tracking the final day of president biden s trip to asia, including the key moments from his meeting with india s prime minister after urging him to do more to help ukraine. p ukraine. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 24th. i m jonathan lemire. polls open in just a few hours, for one of the most consequential primaries in the midterms, georgia. there are several state and congressional races on the ballot but the ones everyone will be watching are the republican primaries for governor, secretary of state, and senate. and the new york times describes the background of today s races like this. georgia s got everything. disputed elections. rapid demographic change. celebrity democrats. a restrictive new voting law. and open criminal investigation into donald trump s meddling into the 2020 election. a deep urban divide. and it is a fun one. former senator david perdue whose loss in the state two years ago helped give democrats contr
are now made with no artificial flavors or preservatives. knorr. taste for good. most of the attention has been on georgia but it is also primary day in alabama. congressman mo brooks is still trying to make the case to voters that he s the most pro-trump candidate in the three-way race to replace retiring senator richard shelby. brooks lost trump s endorsement back am march when he plummeted in the polls. a recent survey suggests the race is tightening. joining us now, from huntsville, alabama, is nbc news correspondent, and this is quite the saga with twists and turns and mo brooks one of the staunchest pro-trump republicans. let s remember, he spoke at the rally at the ellipse in the hours before the riot at the capitol. but yet, we know how trump
agenda for his candidacy but he has also gone the offense against david perdue saying the issue is who can beat stacey abrams in the fall. the guy who lost to john ossoff in the special election in the runoff election for the u.s. senate is not the guy to beat stacey abrams and seems to me he has been winning that argument. the polls indicate he is likely to pass 50% of the vote today. martha: it also appears, karl. that kemp has threaded the needle on the trump issue. he has the backing of vice president pence and saying something interesting. he said you know, i m president trump is mad at me but i m not mad at him and i support the policies that he stood for. what do you think about his approach there? we saw the success of this approach in virginia why youngkin took the same attitude to say i agree with the president s policies and remained mum on everything else and won in a state in which president trump lost to president biden.
ticking time. people who lost loved ones because of people here illegally. it is about to happen again. tom, thank you very much. good to have you here this morning. thank you. dana: election day in georgia. the polls opened three hours ago. many eyes on the republican primary for governor seen as a big test of the power of former president trump s endorsement. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill is off today. so we have my friend martha. martha: we took over pretty much. i m martha maccallum and great to be here with dana this morning. a big day. dana: a big political day. martha: you are seeing heavy turnout in the peach state for sure in early voting. a lot of big races that we keep an eye on here throughout the day and into this evening when we start to get results here. you have governor s race, u.s. senate race and georgia secretary of state going on in the peach state.