screaming reading that. pretty much sums it up. there are a lot of shiny object being dangled in front of a slightly by the democrats. and a few of those diminutive never trumpers i m here to tell you that none of them will have any measurable effect on the midterms or really changed the public s realization that under democrat leadership, america is just going down the tubes. the first attempt at distraction or shiny object, a former aide to mark meadows. cassidy hutchinson was flooded into what was billed as a special superduper special session of the january 6 committee today. and i spoke with some former white house staffers, three, four of them and they knew her well. and not one person had anything good to say about her performance today. especially the second hand claims supposedly from tony granato another trump aid that was supposedly one of their big blockbusters. that somehow trump was desperate to get to the capitol by any means necessary. thought that there wer
good tuesday to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. we have our eye on several key races, georgia, alabama and beyond. 2022 election lies are key in several of those matchups around the country. some running on those lies, brian kemp, endorsed, however, by former vice president mike pence. he is facing a battle against senator pe rdue backed by forme president trump. kemp resisted his ideas in 2020. president biden on a trip to asia, his first since becoming president. he said his issue on taiwan has not changed despite his comment that our military would help defend taiwan if there was an invasion. let s begin this hour with primary races in georgia and alabama. diane gallagher is in huntsville, kristin is in georgia. walk us through what folks are watching out for today. good morning, erica and jim. it is a big day here in georgia and the biggest race we re watching is that gubernatorial republican primary which has become a proxy war between trump and the e
in the hawkeye state. it is all in on iowa and that is abundantly clear as we are watching former vice president mike pence campaigning through iowa. his campaign says that it is this all 99 county visiting each one, shaking as many hands as possible, hitting the coffee shops, hitting the pizza cafes. this is where they believe that the former vice president shines. and you certainly saw it as he was walking a fourth of july parade in urbandale, iowa. it was a two mile parade route that, at many points, the former vice president burst into a jog shaking hands with this many people as possible trying to sell this idea of a conservative future that he sees as a blueprint for
places. you look at the state will position. he had the endorsement of the state committee and former vice president mike pence campaigning. we will watch this with 40% in and let s head back out to illinois. here, you have state senator bailey who is now declared. this has just happened. state senator darian bailey will face the current incumbent governor jb pritzker. and this is interesting. this is a trump endorsement of the past few days. upgrades clipped in the past few weeks as you can see, overwhelming his others throughout year. let s go back here and take you on a little tour of house races. we are talking illinois. this republican race pitted two republican current incumbents against each other. it was a restriction 10 deal. 15th. not over yeah. it looks like the trump back
right now georgia is top of mind for so many as former president trump s grip on the gop is put to the test there. former vice president mike pence campaigning with governor brian kemp last night. the incumbent is facing a primary challenge from trump-backed david perdue. trump lashing out at his former vp for supporting kemp. his nemesis says the government refused to support his election fraud lies in 2020. in a statement, mike pence was set to lose a governor s race in 2016 before he was plucked up and his political career was salvaged. now desperate to chase his lost relevance, pence is parachuting in to races. nice to have you with us this morning. a lot of attention on the state of georgia today. i don t need to tell you that. when we look at where things are this morning, specifically we just saw in terms of that statement from former president trump, former vice president