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
made from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force, just taken by force, is just not appropriate. it will dislocate the entire region. now, those comments were a deviation from the standard strat stra strategic from the administration and it caught them off guard. they said the stance on china and taiwan has not changed but some of the president s own aides tell cnn they did not expect him to be so kquiv cool n the topic. china did not like these comments. what was their response? reporter: alison, there s no question that beijing has been watching president biden s trip here to asia very carefully, really listening to every word coming out of his mouth to see what kind of posturing they are seeing from the president on issues related to asia, and particularly, of course, china. and so yesterday when the president was so unquiv cool when he was by a reporter would the u.s. get militarily to defend taiwan and he answered there yes, that certainly made some big wav
if i present biden s it is not concerned about possible nuclear test from north korea which should be the first in nearly five years. the president is now in tokyo the second leg of the diplomatic tour. white house correspondent peter doocy is troubled with the president he is there as well, hi peter. good morning eric and arthel paid the president is already here in tokyo. he left south korea without ever going to the tmz to meet with his north korean leader, something his predecessor did on a trip they are. but are hearing maybe next time. owed me with the leader of north korea it would depend whether he was sincere and serious. that s on this trip this president trying to make china feel like north korea, isolated but critics say the chance to do that has come and gone. i think it is coming about 16 months too late because china is the number one threat we face but he wished president biden got there early in his tenure, not spent so much time in europe. not made his
in the shortages across the nation. also tonight, with memorial day weekend and the unofficial start of summer now less than a week away, record high gas prices have some americans second guessing a road trip and their daily budgets. and as the focus turns to georgia primaries just days away, the pennsylvania republican senate primary still too close to call with a recount likely around the corner. we begin with the crisis on the border which shows no signs of slowing down despite a judge temporarily halting the biden administration s plan to end title 42 covid restrictions at the border tomorrow. bill melugin is live in eagle pass, texas, with the latest there. bill? well, jon, good evening to you. that federal ruling really isn t going to change anything on the ground here tat southern border. the at the southern border. the illegal crossings will continue. title 42 has been in place the whole 250i78 the whole time, and we expect everything to stay the same. for the l
A fight on a Manhattan subway car that escalated into a full-fledged brawl has been compared to a video of Jordan Neely, a homeless man, who was put in a fatal chokehold by Daniel Penny on the F train