good morning. to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world it is tuesday, may 24th. and we begin with a proxy war playing out on primary day, and the fate of the republican party at stake. voters will head to the polls in five states today. but the spotlight is really on georgia, where former president trump s 2020 election grievances loom large. last night former vice president mike pence stumping for incumbent governor brian kemp in an election eve rally. and this race is pitting pence against his former boss who is supporting pence s primary opponent david perdue. kemp has been a top target against trump s vengeance campaigns. trump issued a statement that may be unprecedented when it comes to former running mates. he said, quote, mike pence was set to lose the 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 into races hoping someone is paying attention. we re liv
and there are parts of it getting pretty tense there. pence stumped for incumbent governor brian kemp in an election eve rally. trump is supporting his primary opponent, david perdue. kemp has been a top trump target for his role in helping certify the 2020 election. and trump unloading on pence in a statement saying this, quote, mike pence was set to lose a governor s race in 2016 before he was plucked up in his political career was salvaged. now desperate to chase his lost relevance, pence is parachuting into races hoping someone is paying attention. in the meantime, trump s candidate david perdue took a racially charged swipe at stacey abrams, the presumptive democratic gubernatorial nominee after she said georgia was the worst state in the country to life, citing the state s incarceration rate and poor rankings in maternal mortality, among other issues. hey, she ain t from here. let her go back where she came from. she doesn t like it here. the only thing she wants is
plus, some real talk about my fellow republicans, why are you calling these people pushing racist replacement theory? what is up with? that time to speak up. what did rudy say? we have the latest on giuliani s hours with the january six committee. and to the panel could call next. i am michael, steele in for jonathan kaye part. and this is the sunday show. this sunday, we are counting down the tuesday primary elections. as republicans continue to fight for control of congress and dems fight for democracy. polls will close for georgia, alabama and arkansas as primary races this used it as well as polls in texas primary runoff election. early voting in georgia close friday, with a record of over 100,000 votes 212% increase from 2020. despite the states new voting restrictions. it is shaping up to be a tough battleground for donald trump. he denies that it s going up under the purdue, histories for governor and fellow election denier, but purdue is trailing far behind incumbent
down to the place, the time and the moment. it s having that kind of fidelity of data that we now have that makes that possible. i think it will play an important part. reporter: now, each one of those russian ships that we showed you in that satellite imagery has a capacity of 30,000 tons, 30 town tons of grain sailing away. russia does deny they re stealing this grain, but what they are not taking they re targeting and blocking from leaving ukraine. of course, this is devastating for ukraine, for the ukrainian economy. and for the world as well which is so reliant on food from ukraine. at least now, thanks to companies like maxar, we re able to see it happening essentially in realtime. they can deny all they want, but we have eyes and we re seeing it because of these pictures. alex, great reporting thank you so much. berman. beijing is firing back this morning in response to president biden s comments on taiwan.
i m john berman with brianna keilar on this new day. a proxy war to determine the path of the republican party as primary voters head to the polls. and president biden heading home after a trip to asia. his off-the-cuff comments sparking outrage from china. and there s new data on monkeypox. what scientists are now saying about how it spreads. and supermodel kate moss about to take the stand in defense of johnny depp. welcome too our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, may 24th. spotlight on georgia, one of five states where voters will head to the polls today. the republican race for governor is turning into something of a proxy war, pitting former president trump trump against his vice president mike pence.