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
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
this state s governor or to at least compete for that pick. you have the current governors brian kemp looking like he with cruise past former senator david perdue. and if georgia s a test of the strengths of the former president s endorsement, then alabama may be a test of what happens when he takes that endorsement away, with mo brooks making a late push for a senate seat. we re also live on the ground in tex. we have you covered with the democratic primarily getting a ton of attention, between a incumbent and a political newcomer backed by some of the biggest names in the progressive movement. blayne alexander and alison barber are joining us, on set, a reporter emma hurt and some key questions from our political experts here, from greg of course, himself. first, if the polls are accurate can brian kemp unify georgia republicans? number two, what does it mean for donald trump? and what does the former president do tomorrow or the day after or the day after? would he suppo
primary election that pits his candidate against donald trump s. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. president biden says the u.s. military will defend taiwan, if china invades its island neighbor. speaking in tokyo this morning at a joint news conference, with japan s new prime minister, the president addressed the growing tensions in eastern asia. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily, for obvious reasons, are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. shortly after that news conference, the white house seemingly tried to clarify the president s remarks. writing in a statement, quote, the president reiterated our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and to provide taiwan with the military means to defend itself. different than military involvement perhaps. and on the island, we
brian kemp in his race against trump-backed david perdue. trump versus pence. we ll also play more from elise jordan s eye-opening focus groups that she does with voters out of georgia. they re absolutely fascinating and give you a real sense of the state of play. with us, we have president on the council of foreign relations, richard haass, who has golf reporting for us this morning. very excited. we ll give him another chance. don t know how don t screw it up. this is your last chance. thank you for the support. former aid to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. analyst and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. white house bureau chief at politico. and also host of the circus, affairs analyst john heilemann. good to have you with us all this morning. president biden today said the u.s. military will get involved militarily if china invades its island neighbor. this is how the president answered a reporter s question this m