good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. in georgia, president trump s grudge match against brian kemp, who refused to go along with trump s georgia 2020 conspiracy theory, could produce a big setback for the former president. trump s hand-picked candidate to challenge the sitting governor, former senator david purdue is trailing far behind. in another twist, trump vice president mike pence, a possible 2024 competitor himself, campaigned with kemp last night. when you say yes to governor brian kemp tomorrow, you will send a deafening message all across america that the republican party is the party of the future. if kemp should win, it s a rematch with stacey abrams who lost narrowly to kemp in 2018. the former president s other big push in georgia is for congressman hice to unseat brad raffensperger, who in a phone call famously repeatedly refused to, quote, find the 11,780 votes that trump needed to win georgia. the call has prompted a grand
both parties chart a course for the november midterms. plus we have the latest on the ground in pennsylvania. as the republican senate candidates battle for control of the vote count in a raiser tight race that is heading for a recount. and breaking just last hour, nbc news confirms that the fbi has been investigating an apparent plot by an ohio man with a plot he developed to assassinate former president george w. bush. all the details coming pup. welcome to meet the press daily. voters are voting in s.e.c. country. there s the music. it is a special meet the midterms edition of meet the press daily. we have an is s.e.c. slate today. primary elections in arkansas, alabama, georgia and texas. they now have two schools headed to that conference. polls will close in less than six hours. it just means more today because georgia has emerged as one of the top battlegrounds in the nation for november and beyond. it s not texas or florida anymore. georgia is now the swing state
ever since the federal ruling came down friday, all it really does is keeps the status quo in place. illegal crossings continue and they have continued over the weekend in the hours after the ruling. take a look at this video saturday morning. this is a group of 60 here in eagle pass. some waving to the fox news drone. once they get to the u.s. side, it s single adults. many are from cuba, venezuela, nicaragua. the administration is not enforcing title 42 for the most part on those countries, so they know now that they have gotten to the u.s., they won t be expelled backs to mexico. that was not the only group. same day, hours after that ruling saturday morning, this was a single group of 120 that crossed illegally hear in to eagle pass. ones again single a ducts from the same country. cuba, venezuela, nicaragua and peruvians. take a look at this video out of big bend. that desolate remote terrain, this was the texas dps helicopter over a group of 32 illegals. they start ru
illegally annexed in 2014. similar to crimea, u.s. officials believe that russia will soon host bass sham referendum in kherson, which has been occupied since the early days of the war. to the bottom of your map. pressure continues attacks on nearby nikolai of, a key strategic city which has been under siege since the start of the war, yet remains under ukrainian control. a u.s. official sideways that russian continues to pose no threat of a man of salt on odessa, by either land or sea. intense artillery fighting continues in the donbas, notably near the towns of severodonetsk and is ian. yet despite him with a monthlong campaign, russia has advanced since previously held territory which continues to be extremely slow with little success, according to u.s. officials. all the while suffering, quote, significantly high level of troop and equipment losses. according to uk ministry. it has been said that russia has lost one third of the combat force in under 90 days. the uk defen
shooter. that s coming up as well. we want to begin the without breaking news on the infant formula shortage. the issue so severe that new york city mayor eric adams says now declared a state of emergency. adams assigned and executive order that allows the city s consumer protection agency to go after price gouging related to the shortage. but some relief it may be up pallets of new baby formula around the united states. the first landed a short time ago in indianapolis. that military transport loaded with enough formula to feed 9000 babies in 18,000 toddlers for a week. just a week. the shipping was these first successful mission operation fly formula and more is on the way. the importance suspected to fill immediate gaps in this u.s. stockpile. while also by the way buying time for domestic manufacturers to ramp up their production. joining me now is nbc s meghan official who s in indianapolis and stephanie stanton in tampa florida. megan let, me just with you on this one