with the questions of migrant crossings, imgragts every day, heavily hispanic electorate, biggest movement in the country away from the democrats. nbc news national political correspondent steven kornacki. thank you very much for that update. stim ahead, more from the front lines in ukraine where children are more and more among the severely wounded. we ll hear their stories. and we ll be joined by the founder of world central kitchen, jose andres, on the work his team is doing on the ground to help ukrainian refugees. also ahead, major delays at several texas-mexico border crossings could be cleared up soon after a deal was struck. the latest on that and the politics at play. plus, multiple lawmakers have concerns about senator dianne feinstein s fitness to serve. that s ahead in morning papers.
it s 28 past the hour and the fourth hour of morning joe. in just a little bit, we re going to be joined by chef jose andres, who has literally set up shop, as in kitchen, in warsaw stadium in poland, feeding refugees. we ll talk to him about how that s going, a massive under taking, and really how all of this has shaped his views as he has truly immersed himself in this unprecedented refugee crisis. first to steven kornacki who joinings us at the big board with a look at politics, at democrats trending in the wrong direction, especially with hispanic voters, as axios points out, democrats had hoped this might be a phenomenon specific to the trump era, but new polling shows it accelerating, worrying party strategists about
towards china, of course true, but russia has moved to the forefront. that is something that the u.s. is trying to provide is suggesting through its actions with its partners, mika, you know, backing up ukraine, that democracies can still rally together. but far more people live in not democracy than do, and it is going to be the defining rivalry, if you will, of the 21st century. jonathan lemire, thank you very much. ian bremer, thank you as well for coming on this morning. coming up, as covid cases rise, one major u.s. city is bringing back its indoor mask mandate. also ahead this hour, steven kornacki took the big board back from clint watts. it s getting ugly. steve joins us ahead. and white house economic adviser jared bernstein reacting to the troubling report on inflation that came out just moments ago. cnbc s andrew ross sorkin joins us with analysis as well.
0 thomas, other people inside the administration. the idea was if we can t win this legally, with the votes, we re just going to steal it and jesus is on our side if you listen to mark meadows or read his texts. in georgia, i mean, there is this increased intensity because they think, people like trump think they have a god-given right to win that state so deep in the south. not the case anymore, and there s making thissing uplier. i think it will get even uglier, joe. georgia is not alone in this. pennsylvania will be another state like georgia with the flipside of it, with the democrats thinking we have a lock on pennsylvania, it s our state, a working-class state. no more. pennsylvania will be huge. whoever would have thought that on the ballot for primaries and the general election that one of the most sought-after offices state by state by state e is that of secretary of state in those states. you control the voting apparatus. all right. it is the top of the hour. we re going
very, very core republican primary electorates and each one of these republicans for different reasons has gotten maybe a little bit cross wise not maga enough. they had to say something to swing its district and suddenly it s coming back to bite them. it s a question i think an open question. trump hasn t directly thrown himself into these races. there s been talk radio resistance. i m curious when the results come in tonight if there s a penalty in any of these three. and very quickly, steve, one of the spins is look at the number of republicans versus democrats who voted. o rourke doesn t really have one and there are some competitive statewide republican primaries, right? the marquee race will be the republican primary for attorney general, ken paxton. george p. bush is running.