brand-new hour here on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to have you on. we re on the eve of another hearing on the capitol insurrection this time tomorrow, the committee investigating january 6th plans to focus on former president trump s efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election. georgia elections officials brad raffensperger and gabe sterling are expected to testify about that pressure campaign. along with arizona house speaker rusty bowers. the committee is also promising to reveal new evidence that shows trump s involvement in the scheme to overturn biden s win in battleground states. we ll show evidence of the president s involvement in this scheme. we ll also show evidence about what his own lawyers came to think about this scheme. and we ll show courageous state officials who stood up and said they wouldn t go along with this plan to either call legislators back into session or decertify the results for joe biden. cnn
driver s seat in the peach state against his trump backed challenger former senator david perdue and a showdown to come this fall with stacey abrams. we re in a fight for the soul of our state. we win this primary and dana: following a runoff in texas. henry cuellar is fending off a challenge with the backing of the party s progressive wing including aoc and bernie sanders. gillian: another big race is in alabama. three candidates vying for the seat vacated by richard shelby. a late surge by mo brooks is making this a close race now with three strong candidates there again a runoff could be in the cards. dana: that race is interesting to watch. team fox coverage. we re in alabama. and also texas. let s begin in atlanta yeah, georgia with mark meredith is standing by. good morning. there are a lot of notable races to watch in georgia today. perhaps the one getting the most attention the race underway right now to be georgia s republican governor nominee. incumben
Tonight, several breaking headlines as we come on the air. The category 4 Hurricane Bearing down on the u. S. At this hour. Winds up to 145 miles per hour. This is an extremely dangerous cat 4 storm, only a few hours from landfall. Authorities tonight warning of, quote, Unsurvivable Storm Surge. Blinding rain and winds already, Mass Evacuations under way as time now runs out. Families trying to find shelter in the middle of a pandemic. Authorities concerned about too many families staying put, trying to ride this out. Louisianas governor tonight activating the entire National Guard. Meteorologists ginger zee and rob marciano, both live in the storm zone tonight with the latest track and timing. Also developing as we come on, chilling images on the streets of kenosha, wisconsin. A 17yearold from a neighboring state now accused of opening fire on demonstrators protesting the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Two people killed, one wounded in the chaos. The alleged gunman arrested, hundreds