injuring a united airlines passenger who didn t want to give up the seat he paid for to a united employee. how on earth is the airline explaining this? good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we ll begin with some breaking news. a terrifying day for students and staff at a school in san bernardino when someone fired shots at a cross hat north park elementary school. two people are dead, and two students are in critical condition. cnn s stephanie elam is just arriving in san bernardino for cnn, and she joins me now live. stephanie, what happened? reporter: right. what we are learning happened this morning here, jake, is that there was an adult male who entered a class room to visit this classroom and that he then shot a female adult who was in that classroom before turning the gun on himself and killing himself. we also know that two children in the classroom were also injured. they are in critical condition, and what we understand is one was take
the democrat john ossoff who has worked as a congressional aide in the past. he is hoping to get more than 50% of the vote, avoiding the runoff, pulling off an upset in this race. it s been a tight one all night. right now he s leading with 50.3% of the vote, 32 points out in front of his nearest competitor. the seat is open because its previous occupant, what was once newt gingrich s seat, tom price is now secretary of health and human services. and tonight s special election was already being sold as some sort of a referendum on the trump administration so far, but that was before the president jumped into the fray. first by recording robocalls to local voters, then at 6:38 this morning again on twitter. quote, democrat john ossoff would be a disaster in congress, very weak on crime and illegal immigration. bad for jobs and taxes. say no. 18 minutes he was back at it, republicans must get out today and vote in georgia 6. force runoff and easy win. dem ossoff will raise your
election for congress in georgia. 18 names on the ballot you be it s the democrat jon ossoff who is hoping to get more than 50% of the vote, pulling off an upset in this race. it s been tight all night. right now he s leading with 50.3% of the vote. 32 points out in front of his nearest competitor. the seat is open because its previous occupant, what was once newt gingrich s seat, tom price is now the trump administration. the president p jumped into the fray first by recording robocalls to local voters. then at 6:38 this morning on twitter democrat jon ossoff would be a disaster in congress, very weak on crime and illegal agree bad for jobs. say no. 18 minutes later he was back at it. republicans must get out today and vote in georgia 6, force run off, an easy win. democrat ossoff will raise your taxes. then again this afternoon just learned that jon ossoff who s running for congress in georgia doesn t even live in the district. republicans, get out and vote. here s ho
tone for the content of this new issue of foreign affairs. there s a detailed look at the initial behavior of this new president on foreign affairs. and how, if that behavior continues, that could lead directly to three brand-new separate wars with three different countries. there s also long piece about why the experts believe you probably don t have to worry about an immediate descent into full-on fascism any time soon but, yeah, we are maybe sliding into what the experts may call a competitive authoritarianism. the editor of foreign affairs is gideon rose. he opens this hair-raising collection today with this question. it s more of a game than a question. the game is, stupid or nefarious? eradministration spins, fights with the press and the bureaucracy, pushes its own agenda and tries to evade intrusive oversight. but ordinary white houses do not repeatedly lie, or declare war on mainstream media institutions or pursue radical goals while disdaining professional input,
north korea or was there actual tactical importance? and life imitates art. how showtime s hopeland predicts president trump s struggles. as he escalated war with the intelligence community, we were drop jawed. that s what we had been shooting. that s right. this is mtp daily and it starts right now. good evening. i m chuck todd in washington. this is mtp daily. much of the focus hack overseas and lawmakers have a reprieve from washington. but plenty are feeling the heat at home and it is not a great time to be a republican. remember this moment from 2009? the reforms will i m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. that was south carolina republican joe wilson. he got a bit of his own medicine this week. constituents chanted back at him for an answer he gave on violence against women. it s not just conservative republicans lying wilson feeling the heat at home. moderate republicans were booed while answering questions at town halls this week