sandra? sandra: good information, jonathan. what factor is president trump playing in this race? reporter: trump is certainly getting involved. this morning mr. trump tweeted republicans must get out today and vote in georgia 6. force runoff and easy win. yesterday this robot call went out to 6 district voters. this is president donald trump. liberal democrats from outside of georgia are spending millions and millions of dollars trying to take your republican congressional seat away from you. don t let them do it. reporter: georgia s 6th congressional district favors establishment republicans. donald trump carried it in november by less than a 2% margin. while republicans try to leverage their conservative advantage in this affluent and educated atlanta suburb, democrats are trying to appeal to moderate voters who may not be 100% on board with the trump administration. sandra? sandra: president trump has been urging those georgia
the republican field splintered among 11 candidates, democrats are hoping to win this special primary outright and avoid a june runoff. a runoff will be a challenge. i think everything that we ve done this far has been leading up to not just end on april 18th. that s what it comes to. we need to push past that. we re very capable to do so. right now the energy is with the democratic party. that being said, i still think this is a republican district. when it does get to a nine-week runoff, hopefully on tuesday evening i like our chances in a one on one race. reporter: sandra, they call this a jungle primary because all 18 candidates, democrats, republicans, independents, are listed on the same ballot. and if no candidate is able to get 50% of the vote, the two leading vote getters will face each other in a runoff election on june 20th.
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everybody else have the preconceived notion that they are doing very well and that every republican s in trouble. sandra: all right. simon, last to you. the georgia special election. any predictions? look, i think what we now know, there have been three special elections. democrats performed better than they did in the last election. we ll take that. if that ends up being the case in the fall next year, we ll win the house back. we re excited ab what we re seeing. we know we have a lot to do. it won t be easy to take out paul ryan and the republicans. but for tows have a democrat leading in the race, a newt gingrich district, we ll take that. sandra: simon, evan, thank you. thank you. sandra: the president visits america s heartland to keep a major campaign promise about preserving and creating american jobs. and will facebook and other social media sites be forced to re-evaluate their policies after this man s brutal and senseless murder was broadcast to the world?
shortly about the hire american, buy american executive order that he is signing today and what it could mean for american workers and american business. plus, a live look in georgia where voting is under way in a key election being watched closely by democrats and republicans. why the battle for this seat could have serious implications for the trump white house. and many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle not getting the relaxing recess they probably wanted. facing angry voters at home.