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
trump s meddling in the 2020 election, a deep rural urban divide and unending drama between the trump wing of the republican party and the local gop establishment. it s on those last few points where tonight s results will give us some important answers potentially to these questions. what is the power of a trump endorsement these day, and does the big lie have staying power here? the republican schism over those two points are at play in the republican gubernatorial primary right now. current georgia governor brian kemp fighting to keep his seat, keeping it from trump-endorsed former senator david purdue. both of them were on the campaign trail last night. purdue has the backing of the former president. and kemp last night on stage with former vice president mike pence who fell out of trump s favor himself after, of course, january 6th. now, whoever wins that race will face off against democrat stacey abrams in november. she held an event in the last 30 minutes and said this
good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. in georgia, president trump s grudge match against brian kemp, who refused to go along with trump s georgia 2020 conspiracy theory, could produce a big setback for the former president. trump s hand-picked candidate to challenge the sitting governor, former senator david purdue is trailing far behind. in another twist, trump vice president mike pence, a possible 2024 competitor himself, campaigned with kemp last night. when you say yes to governor brian kemp tomorrow, you will send a deafening message all across america that the republican party is the party of the future. if kemp should win, it s a rematch with stacey abrams who lost narrowly to kemp in 2018. the former president s other big push in georgia is for congressman hice to unseat brad raffensperger, who in a phone call famously repeatedly refused to, quote, find the 11,780 votes that trump needed to win georgia. the call has prompted a grand