retiring. mo brooks is hoping to advance there without trump s endorsement after brooks said that voters should move past trump s 2020 defeat. and in arkansas, sarah huckabee sanders is favored to win the republican nomination in what is a deep red state. but the spotlight will be on the race for governor in georgia today. the popular incumbent governor kemp faces david perdue. kemp was a target of trump after he refused to help overturn the 2020 election results, that race also pitting mike pence against his former boss. pence stumping for kemp at a primary eve rally monday. the polls indicate kemp is headed for a rematch with stacey abrams in november. and meantime herschel walker is expected to easily win his senate primary in georgia setting the stage for one of the most closely watched senate races pitting the former nfl star against the current democratic senator raphael war warnock. joining us now to break it all down, rachel bay. nice to have you this morning. let s
just boarded air force one and he will be on his way home soon, you really start to see the over arching theme from the trip is that the president really does want to show that the united states is a player in this region and does want to counter china. and so earlier today he met with this revitalized quad summit of japan, end i can t and australia. they made a few modest announcements on covid vaccine sharing and maritime information sharing but really the overarching theme is saying that the president is here and will be a player here in the years to come. kevin liptak, thank you so much for that. nice to see you. joining us now, john park, director of the korea prong at harvard s kennedy school. thank you for joining us. this is the third time that the president has said that the u.s. will defend taiwan and his aides well, you heard what kevin said. not much consternation. but they have had to step it back every time. what is your take? sure, i think that we re seeing a pat