Im sandra smith. Hi, trace. Trace good morning, everyone. Im trace gallagher. Loeffler hammered home her opponent is a radical liberal. Warnock side stepped questions about Defunding Police and court packing. Democrat jon ossoff appeared alone on the debate stage after senator david perdue opted not to take part. Sandra President Trump rallied for loeffler and perdue over the weekend urging his supporters to turn out in droves. President trump if you dont vote, the socialists and communists win. They win. Georgia patriots must show up and vote for these two incredible people. Sandra fox team coverage. Brandnew analysis from byron york. We begin with Jonathan Serrie live in decat you are, georgia, this morning. Last nights event drew a national audience. How did it influence the debates . Good morning. Good morning, sandra. Both candidates were keenly aware that much of their attention and much of their financial backing is coming from out of state and so this debate focused largely on
stand up to the lobbyists? it s time to turn this pain into action. for every parent, for every citizen of this country, we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country, it s time to act. an emotional and angry president biden reacting after yet another mass school shooting in america. good morning and welcome to the second hour of an expanded way too early on this wednesday, may 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. we ll start with the latest developments in the tragic story out of texas. at least 19 children and 2 teachers are dead after yesterday s shooting at an elementary school. the attack in uvalde, about 80 miles west of san antonio, is now the second deadliest school shooting in the history of the united states. the dps says there are more victims, both children and adults, who are still in hospitals this morning. investigators believe the 18-year-old suspect shot his grandmother at her home, then fled crashing his truck in a
secured from europe. u.s. troops packed it up for a flight to the united states using a military plane to transport formula. just one of the latest and extreme and unusual measures by the white house in response to this crisis, which critics say the u.s. government should have seen coming much sooner. the fda is coming under fire for the four-month lag after a whistle-blower complaint of problems at a plant of formula maker abbott. those are extraordinary image. the shutdown of that facility exacerbated the shortage, and just this morning while in asia president biden signed a new bill into law to help deal with the lack of supply. last week 45% of formula products nationwide were out of stock, nearly half. the new law allows a waver of some requirements in the federal nutrition program to help expand access to formula. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen at ramstein air base in germany tracking the supply headed to the u.s. i m asking the questions to parent
perdue kemp seems to be really holding onto the momentum. and that essentially is because he is in the job already. for instance, he s holding events, big announcement this week about economic development. that is not officially a campaign event, but it might as well be. and so perdue has had some challenges in gaining ground. but still a few days left for both to continue to make their case to voters. boris? i ll take it. thanks so much,. let s talk about georgia and what s going to happen on tuesday. here to discuss is tia mitchell. thank you so much for coming in early. good morning to you. good morning. as we were saying the gop primary here in georgia is going to be a very high stakes race especially for trump, right, who s endorsed david perdue. just look at the latest fox polling and it shows that kemp
lead about 1,070 votes against former hedge fund manager david mccormick. and georgia s gop primary will take center stage next week with a highly anticipated match up between brian kemp and trump s favorite, former senator david perdue. here s cnn s melanie zinona and eva mcken. let s talk about pennsylvania first, melanie. this race there is likely headed for a recount, right? yeah, absolutely. this race is neck and neck. mehmet oz continues to hold a very narrow lead over david mccormick. it s a difference of just 1,000 votes. canvassing is going to continue over the next few days. we don t expect new vote totals to trickle in over the weekend but could indeed be headed to a recount if the race is within half a percentage point. both campaigns gearing up for