georgia voters are mortified than ever with the primaries just two days away, we ve got new numbers from georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger s office, and it shows early voting in the peak state surged ahead of tuesday s primaries. 2022 s total is up to 112% from 2020. and 2020 was a presidential election year, so that s pretty good. now let s look at the party lines, we ve got republicans who cast nearly 500,000 early ballots, while democrats cast just over 368,000. so, what insight can early voting numbers and the primaries actually tell us about how things will shake out in the general? i m so glad you asked, because we have nbc news correspondent ellison barber, on the ground in hot land to break it down, welcome ellison. okay, so nearly 900,000 people voted early in a primary, in a midterm here. what is happening and what can this mean for november? yeah, i, mean it s a really big deal for me when i look at those numbers and think, what does it mean as we mov
this, it s obvious the critical need that is out there it would take approximately two weeks for the normal commercial process to work. to get it from zurich, switzerland, and distributed as a result of the united states military s involvement, we re gonna get this here in a matter of days. and a matter of days means a lot to moms and dads who are worried. now, the secretary also said that we can expect to see another aircraft coming from europe, carrying gerber formula, that s the form of that you can go into stores and get, and he said that we will continue to see these aircrafts coming from europe to united states with the formula, because again, this is all hands on deck effort to try to get this formula, to give relief to the parents. more on, edge symone. megan, thank you so much nbc meagan fitzgerald s, she s live from the airport in indianapolis, thank you, thank
and to latino voters, to vet black voters things like health care, this means ensuring that people have the ability to pay the rent, have food on the table, so there s a lot of these unresolved issues whether we re talking about so democrats really need to find their messaging. if they re gonna turn out those base borders on these critical races i agree, let s go to texas, texas also has an election on tuesday, and let s talk about the republican attorney general primary. they have a scandal, kim paxton, and he s facing off against texas land commissioner george p bush. now tim, you know a couple bush is okay, you work for a former florida governor jeb bush. i m wondering if you think the bush name still carries a hefty weight in texas? i wish it dead, symone, but unfortunately not. you hesitated tim, you
give relief to some, only sam, american families. meanwhile, abbott the company that shut down formula production which help with the shortage were they released a statement in the form of an op-ed in the washington post. abbott ceo robert fold writes quote, the company sorry for its role in the formula shortage. he also said quote, we re making significant investments to ensure this never happens again. now here s my two cents, abbott could have, should ve done more to help head off the formula shortage. it s nice that they re offering us the statement, but it s not enough, it doesn t cut the mustard. but let s talk a bit of that input we have nbc s meagan fitzgerald, she s at the airport in indianapolis where the formula arrive just a few hours ago. now meghan, would everyone wants to know is who s getting this formula, how will they get it, when and when will regular inferred formula becoming? well, symone, it s great to be with you.
a cheeseburger, the family gave away the rest. that is why my kid never gets a hold of my phone, that s it for me i m yasmin vossoughian, i m back here next saturday and sunday 2 pm eastern. symone starts right now. 2 pm eastern. symone starts right now. greetings you re watching symone, today we are gonna be on the beltway, we re early voting numbers for the primaries are in and they re hitting an all-time high. parents help is on the way for some of you, much-needed baby formula finally arrived today in the states. we ve got nbc s meagan fitzgerald, she s live in indianapolis, plus candy burris is here, we re talking everything from brockway, to business, and you know that include season 14 of the real housewives of atlanta. i m symone sanders, and i have something to say.