tonight, the 2024 primary is officially underway. last hour in south carolina, the first democratic contest in the nation closed, president joe biden easily secured a victory there, flowing his rival out of the water. all eyes are on the number of down the a total of 55 are up. those will be awarded remember of course that they need a total of 2000 to capture the democratic nomination. a short time ago the president issued a statement thanking the voters of south carolina saying in part quote, in 2020 it was south carolina who proved p- breaking news coming out of the middle east in the united states launched strikes targeting the cuties in yemen, they hit 36 targets across the country. an official told nbc news today that the strikes in yemen and yesterday s attacks on more than 85 targets linked to iranian-backed militias in iraq and syria are not related. let s go back to politics, and the primary results we re getting out of south carolina. msnbc correspondent trema
of south carolina, saying in part, quote, in 2020, it was the voters of south carolina who proved the pundits wrong, breathed new life into our campaign, and set us on the path to winning the presidency. now, in 2024, the people of south carolina have spoken again. and i have no doubt that you have set us on the path to winning the presidency again, and making donald trump a loser, again. of course, we are also watching breaking news coming out of the middle east. after the united states and the uk launched a new series of strikes today, targeting the houthis in yemen. the attacks hit at least 36 targets in at least 36 locations across the country. a senior biden administration official told nbc news today that the strikes in yemen, and yesterday s attacks on more than 85 targets linked to iranian-backed militias in iraq and syria are not related. but let s go back to politics, first to those live primary results we are getting out of south carolina. our team of correspondent
their ballots with the vision for the country very much up for grabs. welcome to america reports on this election day. i m sandra smith in new york. john: good to be with you on this important day, i m john roberts in washington. democrats hope to remain in control of congress to further advance president biden s agenda. republicans believe voters frustrations with how things have gone the past two years will send them back into the majority. sandra: a seat the democrats will likely need to win in order to keep the senate is arizona. there is also a crucial governor s race taking place there. john: a busy show ahead. all-star analysts will preview, and all of the closest races. start with senior correspondent at a polling site in the phoenix suburb of paradise valley. wh john and sandra. the maricopa county elections division says 20% of the tabulation machines in and around the county are malfunctioning, means the ballots are not being counted at the election site w
Timeline, and truncating that timeline, we lost about four weeks to where we could actually get folks out to. so we told folks not to even that s why you re seeing such a large early turnout number, in person turnout number. because the counties couldn t get it together in time. i live in cobb county. cobb county right now is an absolute cluster of a mess with a cluster of absentee ballots. people are talking about litigation. it s problematic. when we had to see, and i say we, the votes in the progressive ecosystem, had to sue to try to get the state to allow the weekend voting, we personally, my family, we changed our daughters flight from saturday to sunday so she could take advantage of that and actually log her vote. we knew she wouldn t receive about for the runoff either. that s how important this runoff is. so i m glad your daughter is carrying out her civic duties and coming to vote. cliff, talk to me about how your group has been organizing
Ballot, so she couldn t vote. we have to understand about the voter suppression bill, and what it did with a runoff timeline, and truncating that timeline, we lost about four weeks to where we could actually get folks out to. so we told folks not to even that s why you re seeing such a large early turnout number, in person turnout number. because the counties couldn t get it together in time. i live in cobb county. cobb county right now is an absolute cluster of a mess with a cluster of absentee ballots. people are talking about litigation. it s problematic. when we had to see, and i say we, the votes in the progressive ecosystem, had to sue to try to get the state to allow the weekend voting, we personally, my family, we changed our daughters flight from saturday to sunday so she could take advantage of that and actually log her vote.