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
war, plus trump versus pence, candidates in duelling rallies just hours before the polls open, is trump about to face his biggest primary defeat yet and was it a love triangle turned deadly? texas marshalls looking for a woman who allegedly killed a cyclist dating her boyfriend. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett, pentagon confirming plans under way to send u.s. forces to protect the embassy in ukraine s capitol, planning includes potentially sending special operations forces there and that would mark the first u.s. troops into ukraine since the war began. even as president biden promised there would be none. just a short distance from the u.s. embassy, mean time, towns are still under attack like desna where according to ukrainian president volodomyr zelenskyy, 87 people were killed after four rockets hit the town. this this comes as putin faces growing opposition to his operation in ukraine inside russia, today long-time russian diplomat quit in a damning letter saying h
an explosive report of sex abuse cases inside the southern baptist convention. survivors repeatedly ignored and disbelieved by the largest protestant denomination in the united states as leaders themselves tried to protect their own reputations instead of protecting the victims. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our world lead and top white house advisers caught off guard by this response from president biden when he was asked in a news conference in tokyo if the u.s. would be willing to foe further than it has with ukraine to help taiwan in the event of an invasion. 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. now, president biden didn t specify what he meant by militarily, but the question defined the term as the u.s. military getting directly involved as it has not done in uk
her boyfriend, cnn s ed lavandera has the detail. reporter: john and brianna, the search for kaitlin marie armstrong continues this morning. this as investigators have released key details about the night a popular cyclist was murdered. a manhunt is under way for 33-year-old katelin marie armstrong in suspected murder of professional cyclist anna moriah wilson. making through to the finish. reporter: wilson, known as mo is considered one of the best gravel racing cyclists in the world. police suspect he was killed in a love triangle gone wrong. after armstrong found that wilson had been spending time with her boyfriend. on may 11th, wilson was in austin, texas, preparing for an upcoming race. austin police say that night
republican base that still really likes trump, but does it really love him as much? perhaps not. there a few senate races tomorrow. i want to talk about the one in alabama. trump endorsed moe brooks for the open senate seat, but then he took the endorsement back. what s the status of that primary? yeah, like lazarus coming back from the dead, i think essentially. mo brooks who was left for dead essentially when trump withdrew that endorsement, he was double digits behind a run-off spot. now without trump s endorsement, he s in a dead heat. he may be able to reach that without trump s support. in the state of georgia, that senate race, herschel walker will win that, but overall, it could be trump s worst day of may so far. harry enten, thanks so much. what may be a common link between many of the new monkeypox cases that are now popping up. stay with us. s fast, reliable internet solutions