deadly insurrection and that threatens to unravel our democracy, well, it s on the ballot in several states today in gop primaries that are just as much a measure of the trumpification of the republican party as they are a test of the disgraced ex-president s political power. in georgia, governor brian kemp and secretary of state brad raffensperger are facing primary challengers entirely because of their refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 election there. trump s conduct in georgia is notably under criminal investigation now. a pair of trump-backed candidates, that would be former senator david perdue and congressman jody hice are hoping to unseat republicans kemp and raffensperger. new york times reports this, quote, along with representative jody hice, david perdue is running a campaign that s almost single mindedly focused on trump s baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and in true trump style, perdue is ending a campaign that is staked
unpopularity. and precious cargo. the u.s. military, an air lift touches down in middle america with a critical shipment on board. 500,000 bottle s worth of baby formula. but we begin the hour in tokyo. president biden dispensing with diplomacy to deliver a stern warning to china. 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 a commitment we made. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it. and all the attendant agreements immediate from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force, just taken by force, is just not appropriate. the president did not spell out just what military involvement might mean, and the white house insists the president s answer does not alter american policy. but it does rip up the careful script presidents normally follow on the taiwan issue. we start our coverage in tokyo with jeremy dia
just in time for travel season. inflation is higher overall thanes within decades. baby formula is hard to find. the economy added more than 400,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate is at pre-covid levels. let s try to figure out where we are right now. we begin with christine romans. it seems like there s nothing but storm clouds on wall street. there is so much going on and so much chaos, really. i keep saying there are so many cross currents in the global economy, any one of them would be destabilizing. there s a half a dozen. you talked about the higher prices, the chip shortage, covid lockdowns in china. war in ukraine. war in ukraine and that s going to be a big dpeel some time. that means energy prices. for investors if you re looking at your 401(k), you know this. eight weeks in a row, the longest losing streak for the dow since the 20s. that s not great. the nasdaq stocks just hammered. you look at apple, meta, some of these widely held stocks. the bi
moment, but first, president biden in south korea today where he is issuing new warnings to china and north korea. jacqui heinrich is in seoul with the very latest. reporter: good morning to you, david. in case the subtext of the president s trip was not clear enough, he wrapped up his final full day in south korea with a not so veil ised warning the china that they better not invade taiwan, or they ll face at least the same treatment that that russia is getting over its invasion of ukraine. our alliance between our countries is built on shared sacrifice. our joint commitment to the freedom of the republic of korea and our opposition [inaudible] reporter: before his state dinner with south korean president yun, biden sopped to sign a $40 billion aid package funding ukraine s military, having that bill flown to the other side of the world for his immediate signature so there ll be no lapse in funding. the moment underscoring alliance after china buzzed taiwan with a do
to appeal the decision. we have live reports from the barge border in just a few minutes. for the january six committee, sitting down with one of the most high-profile witnesses yet, rudy giuliani. the former attorney met with the panel on friday after nine hours from when he was subpoenaed in january. you reported today, according to the emails obtained by the washington post, ginni thomas, a wife of supreme court justice, clarence thomas, pressed lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside the joe biden popular vote victory. she wanted a clean slate of electors. we are going to talk to legal analyst melissa murray about. this first, reporting on today s top stories we go to mike in a sole, erin mclaughlin in ukraine, and sam in texas. big welcome to all of you. mike, we talk to you first. a very busy day for the president. he is not just making international air headlines, but he is taking care of business over there. what can you tell us? i ve traveled overseas with t