looming in the background, china, which has been flexing its military power in the region recently. north korea, which may launch a missile test during the president s visit to the pacific region. and, of course, the war in ukraine. president biden called out vladimir putin in his remarks today, and he s set to sign off on a major aid package while in asia to help ukraine. cnn s white house correspondent jeremy diamond is in seoul following the president. so, jeremy, what else happened on biden s first day there? reporter: well, alison, in his first remarks in south korea, president hailing the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace, prosperity. there are heightened intention with north korea as u.s. intelligence indicates that north korea could potentially test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile and or a nuclear weapon while president biden is here in south korea or while he is in the region as he goes to japan next. that has, of course, heightened
msnbc political analyst elise georgia jordan. reporter: let s have a show of hands. who is going to vote in the primary? everyone s going to vote in the primary. who is going to vote for brian kemp? i m undecided. i m undecided, too. is anyone definitely going to vote for david perdue? i m more leaning that way. reporter: why are you leaning that way? because perdue is a true businessman and we need somebody who knows how to run a business and i think if he had that ability, you can run a state because a state is a business. despite an enthusiastic support are here and there, purdue has been all but abandoned by trump. according to several republicans who have spoken to him, he is ready to wash his hands of the georgia primary and distance himself from perdue before the votes are even counted. instead donald trump appears to be focused on his candidate in the too close to call republican senate primary in pennsylvania. tv s dr. oz is holding on to a razor th
ginnie thomas, conservative activist and wife of supreme court justice played a much bigger role than we previously knew in pushing the election results. virginia ginnie thomas pressed arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside joe biden s popular vote victory and choose, quote, a clean slate of electors, that s according to emails obtained by the washington post. that email sent by thomas to lawmakers in 2020 argued that legislators needed to intervene because the vote had been marred by fraud. though she did not mention either candidate by name, the context was clear. thomas urged lawmakers to stand strong in the face of political and media pressure. she told lawmakers the chance to have lawmakers was yours and yours alone and had the power to fight back against fraud. that push by thomas in battle ground states ultimately culminated of alternate slate of trump electors being sent. the states are now under investigation by the justice department and they form
nearly two years, the dow dropped nearly 1200 points, it came after target reported a huge 52% drop in profits for the first quarter, walmart slashed its outlooks. these stores are pocketing less money because they have to pay so much more to get product on their shelves. wal walmart s stock fell more than 11% on tuesday, the company s worst day since 1987. and then of course there are also gas prices to talk b now above $4 a gallon in every state in america for the first time ever. the national average this morning $4.52 a gallon and climbing and that ripple effect is now hitting markets around the globe. overnight european markets opening lower, stocks also tumbled in asia after wall street s hellish day. inflation fears now depressing investor sentiment, many ceos publicly stating their concerns about a possible recession, something fed chairman jerome powell is keenly aware of. what we need to see is inflation coming down in a clear and convincing way and we re goin
there. with china in mind. but as biden prepares to head overseas, there are concerns that north korea is preparing to test an intercontinental ballistic missile in the coming days, one more dose of saber ra rattling. the other major story we re following, the u.s. economy in flux, to say the least. wall street set for another rough day, dow futures already down. you see there this morning. after the markets worst day in nearly two years yesterday, ending down nearly 1200 points, 3.5% or so. inflation fears now depressing investor sentiment. many ceos are stating their concerns of a recession could be coming. let s begin at the white house, cnn s john harwood is there. so, first, john to this meeting today, sweden and finland, two countries that avoided membership in the alliance for years, for decades in fact, the invasion of ukraine changed that, the president showing his support today. reporter: that s right. and this is one of a series of consequences that have unfolde