hearing. hours after testimony from families involved in mass shooting, the house passes a package. while those measures are not likely to pass senate, bipartisan negotiations on a different compromise are showing promise. president biden is urging voters to keep this issue in mind at the ballot box. here s what has to happen. all of you folks, and i hope i m not being facetious when i say this, hope there are republicans here as well, you ve got to make sure that this becomes a voting issue. here in los angeles, president biden is underscoring the importance of democracy at the summit of the americas as mexico s president chooses not to attend over the exclusion of three non-democratic countries and accuses senator bob menendez of pressuring the president. senator menendez, chair of the foreign relations committee, will join us live. tonight the house panel investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol will hold its very first prime time hearing starting at 8:00 p.m.
this week as voters in five states cast their primary ballots for upcoming midterms, the message from republican voters was really loud and clear. election denialism is alive and well. and north carolina, republicans chose ted but as their candidate for the senate. last year, but voted against certifying the 2020 election results. as recently as this week, he refused to say that president biden is the legitimate president of the united states. for the record, in case there is anyone out there that that s it, joe biden is the legitimate president of united states. in pennsylvania, far-right state senator, doug maggiano, won the republican nomination for governor in a landslide. of course, mastriano attended the rally before the capitol riot ungenerous six. he was actually subpoenaed by the january six committee to provide testimony. you guessed it, he has ignored those requests. here is why this is a story of national importance and not local races. pennsylvania is one of the
i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. this week, as voters in five states cast their primary ballots for upcoming midterms, the message from republican voters was really loud and clear. election denialism is alive and well. in north carolina, republicans chose ted budd as their candidate for the senate. last year, budd voted against certifying the 2020 election results. as recently as this week, he refused to say that president biden is the legitimate president of the united states. for the record, in case there is anyone out there who doubts it, joe biden is the legitimate president of united states. in pennsylvania, far-right state senator, doug mastriano, won the republican nomination for governor in a landslide. of course, mastriano attended the rally before the capitol riot on january the sixth. he was actually subpoenaed by the january 6th committee to provide testimony. you guessed it, he has ignored those requests. here is why this is a story of national importance
mcswain and businessman dave white. but we do have a projection to make in the democratic governor s race. and cnn projects pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro will be the democratic nominee for pennsylvania governor. shapiro coasts through uncontested. he will face the winner of the republican gubernatorial primary in the fall. dana bash, shapiro is counting on having a republican candidate, republican competitor whom he can easily paint as extreme. absolutely. he s already starting to do that. we should note that josh shapiro announced that he s positive for covid so i m not sure that we ll actually see him tonight. but jake is exactly right. he became a national figure during the time between november, the november election and when the inauguration happened because as the attorney general in pennsylvania, he was very aggressive about pushing back against gop efforts to overturn the election there. depending on who he has as his opponent, he might be fighting that
and those results in turn will determine if democrats lose their razor thin majority in the house and senate. the swing state of pennsylvania is too close to call. trump s pick mehmet oz was considered the frontrunner in a three-way contest and now is neck 1k3 neck. we can see the path ahead. victory ahead. we are making a ferocious charge. everything about this campaign has been tight. cnn projects john fetterman will get the senate nod. pennsylvania s lieutenant governor suffered a stroke and just had surgery for a pacemaker with a defibulator. earlier fetterman s wife thanked supporters saying her husband is resting at the hospital and is on track for a full recovery. charlie dent. good to see you both. great to see you. let s start with a race that is too close to call where trump candidate mehmet oz is locked in a tight race. i think dave mccormick would be a better candidate against john fetterman. i think dave mccormick a profile, west point, army during the