the country. yes, the majority vote democrat. but in 2020, there was an enormous shift to the republican party. the future of our democracy in the ballots, i wanted to find out what s fueling that rightward shift in latino communities across the. country so we ll have a conversation about all these things straight ahead. but first, this field report from florida. thank you. as you can imagine, politics is a total blood sport. the reason i m a republican is those are my values. i think that s resonating with others experiences as well. how many of you voted for trump in 2020? i m scared to say that i voted for trump. but i also voted for obama. the biggest misconception is that latinos are supposed to be democrats. we just won the capital. my first language is spanish. i m definitely not a white supremacist. i had a right to be there and protest. [speaking spanish] he s the best damn president in u.s. history. to believe that the 20 traction election w
classroom, where all those 21 victims were killed. but in an exclusive interview with cnn this morning, chief arredondo is contradicting that. he says he is in touch with the department of public security. let s go straight to cnn producer aaron cooper, he just spoke with arredondo. aaron, what did he tell you? reporter: it was just that, he told me that he is in touch with the texas department of public safety every day. i asked him about the comments that they had been hoping to speak with him, to have an interview with him, and he had not been responsive, he repeated that he was in contact with them every day. he said he was focusing on the families. he was not did not want to talk about the investigation, did not want to talk about details of what was going on, but wanted to focus on the families. i asked him about being sworn in as city council member here in in his hometown in texas, last night. he told me that was a private affair, not something they wanted publi
known lies for assault on texas. or really, pry nation. police say an 18 year old gunman overlaying tuesday morning and said that, and in texas. at least 19 children died. the victims was a very morales. she s been a teacher for 17 years. and according to the new york times, she was brutally murdered was trying to protect doses. president biden ordered flags on the white house and over public buildings lortabs of. and several hours ago, he spoke to the nation about every mask. i hoped that whatever can president, i will not have to do this again. another massacre, and uvalde, texas. an elementary school. beautiful, innocent, second, third, fourth graders. and how many scores of children who witnessed what happened. as a nation of, task one and doesn t they are gonna stand up to the gun lobby? not yet, obviously. our coverage becomes the sorrow and the senior correspondent lexus never guaranteed, was the latest? we spoke to our-able. yeah, the senior continues in almost
mike pence was set to lose the governor s race in 2016 before he was plucked up and his political career salvaged. now despite desperate to chase his lost relevance, pence is parachuting into races hoping someone is paying attention. it is a remarkable public split and spat between a president, former president and former vice president, who served together for four years. we should note that. our correspondents and analysts standing by to break down all the headlines. let s begin with kristen holmes in atlanta. kristen, it is a lot of races in georgia that are key, the outcome is key and you might call them bellwethers to some degree. break it all down for us. reporter: good morning, jim and erica. that s right. the big one we re watching is the one you just mentioned, this is the gubernatorial republican primary, which has become a proxy war. on one side, the maga trump election denying faction of the republican party and on the other you have that republican establishm
abortion, as texans head to the polls. and news tonight the january six committee will only hold six public hearings next month. committee member, jamie raskin, i ll ask him about that. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. or just 11 hours away from polls opening in tomorrow s crucial primary electorate in georgia. and the two marquee races that republican primaries for governor, and for secretary of state. to trump back candidates are essentially running single issue campaigns, on the ex presidents big lie of a stolen election. you ve got former senator david perdue, close trump ally, who lost his senate seat last year. he s challenging the incumbent republican governor, brian kemp. and you ve got far-right congressman jody hice, who s hoping to oust the current incoming secretary of state, brad raffensperger. these races are notable, not only as a referendum on trump s attempt to do, but also to set the groundwork for the next one. b