good tuesday to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. we have our eye on several key races, georgia, alabama and beyond. 2022 election lies are key in several of those matchups around the country. some running on those lies, brian kemp, endorsed, however, by former vice president mike pence. he is facing a battle against senator pe rdue backed by forme president trump. kemp resisted his ideas in 2020. president biden on a trip to asia, his first since becoming president. he said his issue on taiwan has not changed despite his comment that our military would help defend taiwan if there was an invasion. let s begin this hour with primary races in georgia and alabama. diane gallagher is in huntsville, kristin is in georgia. walk us through what folks are watching out for today. good morning, erica and jim. it is a big day here in georgia and the biggest race we re watching is that gubernatorial republican primary which has become a proxy war between trump and the e
republican establishment, as you mentioned, former vice president mike pence. this is the biggest break we ve seen the former vice president make from donald trump. take a listen to how these two former colleagues describe the race. 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. david is the only candidate who can beat stacey abrams, because i don t believe kemp can do it. he s got too many people in the republican party that will refuse to go. they re just not going to after what they did to two senators and a presidential election. reporter: so what i want to point out there particularly is what pence said. while he didn t mention trump by name, he is clearly making a veiled reference to the future, the fact that trump is focusing on the past, the 2020 election. today really is a referendum on donald trump or day of reckoning.