alive, what goes through your mind? it s heartbreaking. it s heartbreaking, because we never see anything like this in this community. it s hard for the families that lost a loved one to this tragedy. reporter: when you see this happen perhaps way too many times in our country, what do you ask yourself? what do you wonder needs to happen? i believe the government needs to get tougher laws on purchasing of guns. that s my main thing. reporter: that s not a new thought after this? no. i ve always thought about it. they have to be strict on who owns a weapon. reporter: thank you very much. i know you re going to be in touch with those families in the coming days, weeks, months and years. appreciate that. i saw this in parkland very close to my house that after something like this happens, it s not about those first days, which of course, are horrific. it is that it lasts a lifetime. and the connections for people helping each other out and recognizing the pain, it s
small tight knit community about 18,000 people. it describes itself as the cross roads to hill country. now, now the people here nearly 80% latino, many stretching back for generations reeling from the horrors of one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. at least 19 children and two teachers were murdered. in the wake of horror like this, we often hear the word unimaginable but here it s almost as this is becoming easier and easier to imagine tragedies like this although i ve got to tell you, that there is nothing easy. nothing easy about what uvalde and the people here are going through right now. so far, what we know from the investigation, the suspect first shot his grand mother before driving right here towards the school where we are here. apparently crashed very close to the school and then claim into robb elementary proper. a lieutenant says the suspect barricaded himself in a classroom, used an ar style rifle in addition to wearing some kind of vest, tactical
senator david perdue. the winner will face stacey abrams in november. she s running for her party s nomination. carley: marianne rafferty has the latest from the campaign trail. good morning. good morning, carley and todd. the rates for georgia governor is taking center stage. brian kemp, endorsed by mike pence, against trump-back david perdue. president trump eager to see him acid for efforts to block the 2022 election. the future of the g.o.p. this raises bigger than me and brian kemp. it s about the future of our country. if we want a republican conservative back in the white house in 24 and a senate majority back this year, we have to win the governor s race in georgia. he has divided our party and he cannot beat stacey abrams. meanwhile, stacey abrams raising eyebrows and she appeared to disparage the state she hopes to lead as governor. i m tired of being the best state to do business when we are the worst one to live. and herschel walker hitting back at ab
put out another fire. forced to walk back military intervention. this is amateur hour at 1600 pennsylvania. inside out, foul. the baseball landed in a beer cup and he just the whole beer with the ball in the cup. georgia then it would all make sense. all eyes are on georgia, texas. minnesota. where else can we look? alabama. brian: arkansas. ainsley: texas. brian: not a lot. but i think a lot of people looking at georgia. ainsley: sarah huckabee sanders she will probably win. brian: that was it. we are out of that shot now. just the three of us for the rest of the three hours. have some commercials. ainsley: we will highlight all of the primaries for you today. it s another midterm primary day in america. brian: it s a big one. ainsley: voters getting set to hit the polls in five more states today. will: you heard us rattle off some georgia and texas spotlight taking center stage with big endorsement. brian: we also have a bush in this race.
we re also tracking the final day of president biden s trip to asia, including the key moments from his meeting with india s prime minister after urging him to do more to help ukraine. p ukraine. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 24th. i m jonathan lemire. polls open in just a few hours, for one of the most consequential primaries in the midterms, georgia. there are several state and congressional races on the ballot but the ones everyone will be watching are the republican primaries for governor, secretary of state, and senate. and the new york times describes the background of today s races like this. georgia s got everything. disputed elections. rapid demographic change. celebrity democrats. a restrictive new voting law. and open criminal investigation into donald trump s meddling into the 2020 election. a deep urban divide. and it is a fun one. former senator david perdue whose loss in the state two years ago helped give democrats contr