mccormick. mail-in and absentee ballots have not been counted yet, whoever wins facing the number two official in the states, fetterman, who defeated congressman connor lam. fetterman is recovering in the hospital from a stroke, no victory speech tonight. the winner of the republican nomination for governor s doug mastriano, a far-right election denier, who is at the capitol on u.s. election today. some democrats see him as the easiest to, beat but the voters will decide. meanwhile, pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro is the democratic nominee, and he has already begun tonight with learning what he says pennsylvania s against what he says in the most extreme candidate in their history, in north carolina. controversial first term congressman madison cawthorn, is officially one term. or coming into our live coverage this hour, we were just discussing at the end of the last hour, and how it was loyalty and the test of loyalty that he failed to house lawyer leaders, t
the general election. plus, republicans in north carolina s 11th congressional district run out of patience with madison cawthorn as trump s pick in that race is voted out. we ll break down those results. and speaking in the wake of the buffalo tragedy, president biden vowed to, quote, expose those who use power and prestige to spread hate. but the question this morning, will he name names? good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. we ve got a lot of news to get to today. here we go. results are still coming in this morning for pennsylvania s closely-watched primary election. in the hotly-contested senate race, republicans still do not have a winner. the election is too close to call between trump-backed dr. mehmet oz and hedge fund executive david mccormick. mccormick is backed by several trump administration officials, including former secretary of state mike pompeo. recent polling saw him losing momentum after trump
carolina s 11th congressional district run out of patience with congressman madison cawthorn, as trump s pick in that race is voted out. steve kornacki is standing by to break down the results from last night s top races and what they mean. and developing overnight, finland and sweden formally submit their applications to join nato. we will be joined in our third hour by sweden s ambassador to the u.s. and clint watts will take us to the maps at this hour. plus, another sign the justice department is expanding its investigation into the january 6 attack of the capital. it s now trying to get access to the transcripts of witnesses who have met with the congressional committee, investigating the insurrection. we ll bring in one of the reporters who broke that story. and president biden consoles those who lost loved ones in the deadly mass shooting in buffalo, as he vows to, quote, expose the people who use powerful platforms to spread hate. jonathan lemire has some new re
this is don lemon tonight. america is mourning after multiple mass shootings across the weekend at a grocery store, a church a, a few blocks from a nba game, and new york. this is a straight up hate crime. pure evil. the n word was unfortunately carved into one of his weapons. clearly he was bent on hate. plus major twists in key primary races with just hours to go until the polls open. in pennsylvania, a democratic frontrunner suffering a stroke and a republican candidate who marched the capitol on january 6 rising to the top of the field. and combat mission over. that is a message from ukranian forces after months of nonstop shelling at the steel plant in mariupol. we re going to have the latest on the agreement with russia that led to hundreds of evacuations. for more on these horrific shootings, though, and the motivations behind them, i want to turn to cnn s omar jimenez in buffalo, new york. good evening to both of you. omar, let s start with you. we are lea
we ll bring you a live report from the scene. and in ukraine, last remaining fighters inside that steel plant are surrendering leaving russia in control of the key port city after months of fighting. and in washington for the first time in 50 years, lawmakers are holding a hearing on ufo sightings that have stunned officials at the pentagon. and we begin the hour with a primary under way in a key swing state, pennsylvania, and what has been an eventful series of races full of twists, turns and surprises. on the republican side, an extremely competitive three-way race for the senate nomination will put former president trump s influence to the test as dr. oz seeks to come out on top against conservative commentator kathy barnette and hedge fund competitive david mcccormick. and on the democratic primary, john fetterman is recovering after suffering a stroke forcing him off the campaign trail in the 11th hour of this race against conor lamb. and joining us now, dasha burns