thanks for watching. don lemon tonight starts right now. hey, don. hi. thank you very much, laura. i ll see you again tomorrow evening. this is don lemon tonight. results coming in right now in key primary election races across the country, and we re seeing a test of donald trump s grip on the republican party. voters going to the polls one day after dramatic testimony where the january 6th committee showed what went on behind the scenes at the white house after president trump was told that he lost the election but refused to believe it and instead pushed his election lies. we are watching two key races in south carolina. that s where two gop members of the house are fighting to win renomination, both facing candidates backed by the former president. representative tom rice is one of ten house republicans that voted to impeach former president trump after the insurrection at the capitol. representative nancy mace didn t vote to impeach trump but refused to join if pack
class. there is either extreme rich or extreme poor and the rest of us just kinds of fall through the cracks. it is exactly those kinds of voters that democrats and the white house are trying to reach. we heard the president just yesterday insisting that americans should trust that he has a plan to help working families. but those families are feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. and, in fact, we saw a little of president biden s own frustration in a letter today where he lashed out at oil companies for making huge profits while gas prices hit record levels. for him, his administration, and the entire democratic party, this economic problem has become an escalating political problem. consider the stakes w more than two dozen states holding primaries over the next three months. voters are making decisions based on what they are feeling now, not what might happen down the line. if you like $8 a gallon gas and you like continued rising costs on every single type of goods that
am while he. polls are now close in the seven states that actually had elections today. many results are still too early to call, but here are some of the primary races we are following closely at this hour. and california, we are awaiting a call in the mayoral race in los angeles, congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a lifetime of businessman. turned democrat, a special recall election in san francisco lost his job as additional guitar any of that. city in south dakota nbc news projects that accompany republican governor christine all has one parent mary for governor. over and iowa democratic michael franken excuse me there, difference crane that from what we are seeing, defeated former congresswoman abby finkenauer. frank you will now look to updating and convince senator chuck grassley, come november. and in montana, ryan thank, you donald trump secretary of the interior, is leaning in his campaign for congress in close race though that we are watching
angeles. congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a life time republican businessman turned democrat. in a special recall election in san francisco, bodine lost his job as the district attorney of that city earlier this evening. in south dakota, nbc news projects that incumbent republican governor christie gnome won. in iowa, senate race michael franken excuse me, different screen i believe from what we re seeing. defeated former congresswoman abby. franken will now look to unseat chuck grassley come november. in montana, ryan zinke is leading in the campaign for congress. a close race we re watching. steve kornacki is at the big board to break it all down. steve, what do you got? it s a waiting game in los angeles. we have been showing you these numbers for a while here. rick caruso leading karen bass. certainly seems like these two are headed towards a runoff if nobody gets 50% tonight the top two finishers face off in november. settle things then. what we
another witness announced for tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the attack. plus, we ve got the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senators had hoped to reach a bipartisan deal on gun safety by the end of this week, but nbc news has learned that that timetable may slip. perhaps into next week. senators have hit a snag on how to expand background checks. two people close to the talks tell nbc news at issue is whether to add waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds and to enable the fbi to conduct background checks on their juvenile records. a spokesman for republican senator john cornyn of texas said he is not considering waiting periods but does support the provision on the juvenile records. democrats, howev