and good evening to you and welcome to ayman tonight. we are following two major breaking news stories. the u.s. military has shot down that suspected chinese five a loon. and at a democratic national committee has voted to officially shake up the presidential primary calendar. then, trump legal trouble. one former associate might be flipping on his old boss. and making history. three black state attorneys general will join me to discuss their historic elections. police reform, and finding republican policies. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s kick off this hour with some breaking news. as we mentioned, the u.s. military has shut down that suspected chinese surveillance balloon off the carolina coast on orders from president biden. at about 2:40 pm eastern and f 22 fighter jet fired a missile at that balloon, puncturing it, while it was about six nautical miles off the coast near myrtle beach, south carolina. president biden said this right after the balloon was
president obama campaigning together in pennsylvania to help push fetterman across the finish line. bill: that seat is democrats best hope for a senate pickup as it stands now. it a win there would make it harder for republicans to take control of the senate. dana: both sides are calling in big surrogates. the stakes could not be higher for this election. the most important election in our lifetimes to take shape in this country. biden are waging war on your job, safety, values and freedom. if you help democrats keep the house and get more seats in the senate you can guarantee he will make more progress on the issues you care about. america is the best country in the world and we aren t going to stop fighting for her until we get her back and we make her strong again. bill: we roll now team fox coverage. marc thiessen with analysis. mark meredith in ohio where former president trump holds a valley for j.d. vance. we begin with riched son in the pennsylvania race
hand in hand with our chief elections officer. i m happy to say we were able to elect francisco aguilar, not an election denier. we will be working with him to ensure folks understand the process behind voting. the safeguards we have in place to protect the right to vote. and what i will say is just reflecting on my own ancestral personal experiences is that the right to vote is going to remain sacrosanct. i will do everything i can to make sure people can vote. and to do so free from turmoil and attacks. as i said last election cycle, we stay ready so we don t need to get ready when it comes to pushing back on nonsensical lies around the voter process and we will be doing that going for it as well. mr. kwame raoul, last summer, you joined a coalition of 21 attorneys in asking the supreme court to not weekend voting rights in the case of merrill
stacey abrams campaign is thinking this moment. they are trying to expand the electorate and go to voters you won t see show up in polls and might not necessarily see in an early voting line. their concern around voter suppression is the new senate law allows for exact challenges. in the county, republicans are challenged 64,000 voter registration. the idea if somebody goes to the polls they will be encumbered in the voter process. they are trying to prevent that. the early voter turnout numbers since stacey abrams lost her race four years ago the new georgia project, black voters matter have registered 1.7 million new voters in atlanta and the atlanta suburbs. that number could be some of that. we have to wait to find out. dana: answer the 96% what you were referring to. 96% is the percentage of legal eligible georgia voters who are registered to vote and it is not because of stacey