and certainly kept you out of political life later. but that s not there anymore either. whether you can prove or not prove quid pro quo, that absence of revolving door that you described is compelling. well, the shame issue here, i think, is compelling, ali, because obviously, the republicans, particularly trump partisans, are aware that it is shameful to use government service or family connection to government service, to make private gain for yourself, and have private business game. because they use this as a way to try to attack president biden s family, for example, all the time. they know that this is something that is shameful and terrible, and that nobody should ever want to do, and they try to pin all sorts of stuff with that kind of a category on all sorts of democrats. they know it s wrong. but when they do it, they re assuming, you know, there is assuming that if we bring it up, that there shame will, that there shame isn t operable. it s a strange phenomeno
analyst. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. white house bureau chief of my politico. and host of the circus, john heilemann. good to have you all. polls open in less than an hour in georgia, where one of the most consequential primaries of the midterms is taking place. there are several state and congressional races on the ballot, but the ones we re closely watching are the republican primaries for governor, secretary of state, and senate. the new york times describes the background of today s races like this. quote, georgia s got everything. disputed elections, rapid demographic change, celebrity democrats, a restrictive new voting law, an open criminal investigation into donald 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. that s a lot. former senator david perdue, whose loss in the state two years ago helped give democrats control of
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
denying the allegations against him. i did not do what has been alleged, period. look, it s very simple, i never harassed anyone, i never abused anyone, i never assaulted anyone. and i never would, right? let s start with the new allegations coming from a former reporter, cnn s polo sandoval is following the latest developments. what are you hearing? reporter: fred, you re referring to jessica bateman, the latest in a growing list of women who have come forward recently with these allegations of sexual harassment and assault against new york s governor andrew cuomo. as you mentioned earlier, these are accusations that the governor continues to deny and continues to refuse to step down over, instead saying that he wants the investigation to proceed. but she s recounting when she was a reporter, she s now a reporter in miami. basically she self-penned a piece, a first-person piece in new york magazine in which she recounts multiple occasions in which she alleges that she
here. reporter: well, this is the statement from buckingham palace on behalf of her majesty, the queen, which is in windsor castle where i am. the whole family is saddened to hear the full extent of the challenge it has been for meghan and harry. the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. while some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. so there are issues in terms of the racism claims, but they are suggesting that the recollections of those conversations differ. they ve obviously spoken to the person in the family or on the aides side of what they thought happened, and it doesn t match up, effectively, with what harry has been telling oprah winfrey in the u.s. they also point out that harry, meghan and archie will always be much-loved members of the family. what i heard also as far as background speaking to royal sources. they said they should be given the chance to discuss issues raised priv