underway. some planning to hit the road are simply set up. president biden says hi prices and inflation are his top domestic priority, here s a live look at the president for he landed in albuquerque, new mexico to get a briefing on wildfires there. alexis mcadams is live in new york city with more. here in new york city at this gas station behind me, nearly $6.50 a gallon. nearly $6.50 here in new york drivers who want to pay that, they don t have a choice. people are trying to get the gas and had to different areas for their summer trip in the past month gas prices have been steady climbing, no surprise drivers hit a new record. this is what people walk up to this morning, not the news they wanted to hear. the national average for regular gas is $5 a gallon, up 60 cents from last month and now drivers pay nearly $2 more a gallon than we already worked last summer. astronomical. hitting our pockets, my pockets. i get it but. [sirens] americans are paying double compare
primary election that pits his candidate against donald trump s. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. president biden says the u.s. military will defend taiwan, if china invades its island neighbor. speaking in tokyo this morning at a joint news conference, with japan s new prime minister, the president addressed the growing tensions in eastern asia. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily, for obvious reasons, are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. shortly after that news conference, the white house seemingly tried to clarify the president s remarks. writing in a statement, quote, the president reiterated our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and to provide taiwan with the military means to defend itself. different than military involvement perhaps. and on the island, we
initiative. the ukrainian armed force also need our sustained support. we ll have the latest on the region. and from the president s trip overseas in asia, he s raising eyebrows this morning after saying the u.s. militarily would get involved if china invaded taiwan. what the white house is now saying about that. help is on the way for america s families. tens of thousands of pounds of baby formula just arrived in the u.s. but when will store shelves start filling up again? we have our eyes on georgia, we re a day out from the state s primary elections. early voting already breaking records there. the anticipation is intensifying in the battleground state. that s where we start this morning. von hilliard is in atlanta and i m joined by the ceo of the new georgia project, a voting rights advocacy act. greg bleustein, msnbc political contributor, and michael steele, former rnc chair. other states, including minnesota, arkansas and alabama have primaries, as well. but geor
they stopped coming and that s why we were brought to 45 year lows so we start holding people in custody, is like a light switch, they will stop coming, we have the resources to deal with ten to 15000 every month, we don t have resources to deal with to 30,000 but we are because we continue to release them into the united states. arthel: i want to break down the southwest border encounters this year by citizenship. from el salvador, 58000. guatemala, 134,000. honduras 118,000. mexico, 483,000. other 502,000. i want to ask you, where do you think the countries of origin can do, how can they help? obviously this economic opportunities for the individual, there s a chance they will stay in their countries. the vast majority of the people we see coming to the united states are coming for economic purposes, they are not fleeing violence or because they are seriously afraid for their
will be on full display today when he campaigns for incumbent governor brian kemp in georgia. gra s primary election is tomorrow. and kemp has pulled away from trump-backed challenger david perdue. and the washington post reports that the republican governors association hatched a plan months ago to send millions to defend the incumbents against what one former governor called trump s personal vendetta toward. the group has reportedly invested $5 million to defend kemp in georgia. meanwhile, the state of georgia has also shattered its record for early voting. according to the secretary of state s office, more than 850 thou thou 850,000 georgians have cast a ballot, a whopping increase over 2020 and 168% increase over 2018. more than 483,000 early votes