december 31st, 1971. no lying up about your age. that actually happened. nominations are open until august 1st. but sooner you submit, the better. head to forbes.com to nominate someone today or nominate yourself. chief content officer of forbes media and editor, randall lane, thank you very much. it is now one minute past the top of the hour. the fourth hour of morning joe. and today is primary day across a number of southern states including georgia, alabama, arkansas and texas. in a moment, steve kornacki will break down the major races an update us on the republican senate race in pennsylvania that is headed to the courts i think. still too close to call. also ahead, the latest on the war in ukraine. where an ashamed russian diplomat quits over moscow s invasion. plus our conversation this morning with house speaker nancy pelosi. it was wonderful. willie. let s begin in georgia where polls open a just little over two hours ago. today s vote will have a major impact
shelby. we have an incredible team of nbc news reporters coveraging every angle. steve is breaking it down for us at the big board. starting with you, following the senate primary there, where to things stand this morning? look at the poles to start. all of the action in the primary senate race has been on the republican side. it is a crowded primary. at this point, when you look at the poll, there is one candidate with a significant commanding lead, that is georgia football legend herschel walker. when you look at the recent polls, the closest competitor is 58% behind him. that is former commissioner, gary black. at this point, it seems this is herschel s race to lose. he will be the republican nominee, barring any major development. senator warnock has been focused on working in washington, d.c. he does not have a viable challenger. we did hear from him when he spoke at a fundraising gala and a big issue that we expect to play out as we head toward the general election ha
georgia voters. for that, donald trump is trying to exact revenge, endorsing david perdue. as of now, kemp is leading perdue by a wide margin in the polls, perhaps suggesting there are limits to both trump s influence and his lives. and there could be a matter of elect-ability, case in point, brad raffensperger, the secretary of state who infamously quote tried to find the votes trump needed to win, she facing a tough re-election race with strong competition. on top of it all, record-breaking turnout that will give both parties a good idea of what they can prepare for come november and perhaps what the country can prepare for come 2024. joining me now from georgia is nbc news senior national political reporter mark kaputo, a voter registration group, and tia mitchell, washington correspondent, for the atlanta journal constitution. let s start with the reporting. mark, when you are looking at these races, the ideas that it s testing two big political wins. one that donald tr
facing an income bit with vice president mike pence. fighting for them today. we are on the road to midterms behind the scene with boat campaigns geared right now, pennsylvania boaters await the outcome of a tight gop contest. we will speak with rnc chairwoman about the influence about the movement and finding unity in november. the president s focus on doing everything in his power to address the putin price hike. the white house points fingers elsewhere is the stock market dies. gas prices break records and parents search for baby formula on empty shelves. we will ask the president s chief economic advisor about the plan to ease the pain. then, the department of homeland security says it is preparing for the threat of violence if the supreme court delivers a historic ruling on abortion in the coming weeks. we will ask our sunday panel how will fight for roe v wade to shape the midterm. and whether it could boost progressive hopes in the runoff in texas. all right
that? yes. it is a commitment we made. back here in the u.s., voters head to the polls for election day. critical primary races in georgia. and the high stakes run-offs in texas. more shipments of bhaeb form la, after the first flight touched down in indiana yesterday. how soon could parents see it on shelves. and a federal judge has stopped the biden administration from lifting the bill. and still many make the journey. and a live report. we begin this hour with a fall-out from president biden s much stunning comments that u.s. would intervene if china invaded taiwan. taiwan thanked the president. the chinese foreign minister took a hard line. saying nobody should under estimate the chin neez people to defend. he made similar comments earlier. i don t want a cold war with china. you are saying that the united states would come to taiwan s aid? yes, we have a commitment to do that. washington post foreign columnist. david, also contributors. what are the