through these early states, we were in iowa, now we re in new hampshire, jake, and what we re seeing emerge is when he s on the stump he s talking indirectly about former president trump. he s never naming him. it s when he gets off the stump and talks to media that we get those more direct hits that he s taking at him. and that seems to be kind of the needle he s trying to thread right now because remember, a lot of these voters he s talking to may have potentially voted, or most likely voted for former president trump in the past. so he has to kind of walk a fine line here. and what we re also seeing is how he is pitching himself to voters. and that s really starting to come into focus. and what we re seeing, the lane they re really carving out for him and that he s carving out for himself is that of a sitting executive. he s not a former anything. he is a sitting governor in florida. and when he talks to voters he s really going through and outlining what he and his team h
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
the crew just said happy hump day. happy hump day, everyone. sorry. sorry. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday, may 17th. north carolina republicans overriding the governor s veto and ban ago borgsz after 12 weeks. this deciding vote cast by a former democratic a former democratic state representative who actually campaigned on abortion rights before switching parties last month. also in washington, the white house and house speaker kevin mccarthy are both tout something on the debt ceiling talks mccarthy is warning that they re both far apart as president biden is cutting down a trip abroad. and an illinois girl missing for suchl ye six years in north carolina. an employee at a store recognized the now 15-year-old and called the police. the gurirl is safe this morning and her mother was arrested. the secret service is investigating how an intruder made his way into jake sullivan s home despite being under 24/7 secret service protection. he w
he ll join us with his thoughts on the arrests and the nation s growing crime crisis coming up. so you are saying the option to authorize war powers is on the table? if communist china invaded taiwan, it would certainly be on the table and something that would be discussed by congress. john: house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul making it clear the united states will uphold the pledge to protect taiwan, saying it could empower the president to use military force if the island is invaded. this is america reports and anita vogel, welcome to friday. beijing strongly opposed taiwan s president visiting the u.s. and meeting with house speaker mccarthy. john: and lawmakers will meet with tsai ing-wen in her country, a move to certainly embolden the chinese government. and how the u.s. might respond if china invades taiwan. aishah hasnie is on the ground with more on this. hello, aishah. hi there, anita and john. chairman mccaul, in order to avoid conflict b