is the governor's race where former president trump is perhaps most personally invested, republican brian kemp facing a challenge are the former senator david purdue put up to the race by mr. trump, kemp, however, seems to be pulling away in what will end up to be a general election match-up between the governor and his former democratic opponent, stacey abrams, but there is another contest that we wouldn't normally focus on here on "face the nation", the race for secretary of state. brad raffensperger like kemp decided to stand up against former president trump's to change the results of the 2020 election here in georgia, somehow to get him to win, raffensperger is in a crowded field and he is likely headed to a runoff election next month, but elections all across the country can there is concern if he loses it is a sign that some former president can come in and a try to manipulate elections. >> brennan: ed, i mean that is an important point we normally don't cover primary race this is closely on the national level, and it is very unusual former president gets directly involved in fact,

and period due is lagging behind brian kemp. >> there are questions whether herschel walker lives in georgia. it doesn't matter. he's the republican nominee. the governor's race is a different story. purdue has made his entire campaign the big lie and he's not being rewards for it. he's way down in the polls. and kemp stood up to trump in the election and over saw the election to restrict voting access in georgia. but he's become the figure that other republicans are rallying around. and some of them are those governor ricketts of nebraska, former governor christy and mainstream republicans willing to defy donald trump and are backing kemp. and traveling to georgia to campaign for him, mike pence. and again leaning into this difference breaking with his former boss as he eyes his own run in 2024. >> and the governor race matters because it is a test of do you have on the ballot for georgia's governor, do you have brian kemp up who upheld a free and fair election or purdue who is a trump ally and is going to help trump come out ahead and so donald trump as he potentially is looking fo

brian kemp has the incumbent governor has a really big lead in the polls despite enormous hostility from president trump. >> this one is pretty exciting for a number of reasons as far as being a spectator and that the president did not just endorse perdue versus kemp. obviously to defeat kemp more than support perdue he endorse an entire slate they should do more for the audit and see if they can change the outcome. the problem is if you look at the public polling including fox news of own pole it certainly looks like kemp is going to be over that magical 50% mark this as a first timer seeing the trump versus kemp versus pence, mike pence primary is that mike pence has endorsed camp and is going to be down there campaigning for him on monday. there is a lot of subplots of this when going on. i will say this, it's interesting if you look at early voting so far, we do see there's a big enthusiasm for republicans to show up and vote then there are a means a lot of positive things for november for the republican. paul: 30 seconds or so. the republican as significantly greater than 2018 is th

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his opponent is brian kemp. purdue is running because kemp asked him to but he is still mad at kemp for not playing along with his scheme to over turn the election. kemp is clear that though he has restricted access to voting rights, he has said the election in 2020 was done fairly and securely and trump lost. that argument is winning. even if trump gets a boost in ohio, he may take a h in georgi it will be fasciting to watch what the party looks like as he's trying to shape it. >> that was a critical senate seat. thank you ve much to all of you. >>> the first lady preparing for mother's day visit with refugee families just miles from the ukrainian border. the impact of this high ofile visit next for dr. biden. f this visit next for dr. biden when it comes to pain medicine, less is more. aleve gives long-lasting freedom from pain, with fewer pills than tylenol. instead of taking pills every 4-6 hours, aleve works up to 12-hours so you can focus on what matters. aleve. less pills. more relief some people have min

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you have brian kemp, his number one enemy. public enemy number one for donald trump out of all the governors. hated him so much, he said he'd vote for staey abrams. he'd support stacey abrams before brian kemp. pushed a united states senator to run against the governor. that senator is getting stomped, getting crushed by brian kemp. a man, again, that donald trump absolutely loathes. told everybody to vote against. then you have mo brooks in alabama who got donald trump's endorsement and did so poorly, his endorsement meant absolutely nothing in alabama. so donald trump withdrew that endorsement. now brooks suddenly attacking donald trump. then we have ohio. very interesting, you have donald trump, again, not even remembering jd vance's name. jp somebody. jp mandel. then yesterday, this bizarre, this bizarre conference call that was supposed to be for vance. he said, you know, i kind of like everybody. it's just a mess. so here you have donald trump starting to flinch. >> hedge his bets. >> you have donald trump starting to he

david perdue got stomped by more than 50 points by brian kemp thomas someone who trump was desperate to knock out. brodd, another person survived the challenge. you look at j.d. vance who trump swooped in at the last minute and put him over or mastery on no in pennsylvania. -- mastriano in pennsylvania. to me, the bigger picture is how far is the person who was not endorsed by trump, licy wise, how far is that person away from trump? to me, trumpism with or without trump is here. brad beat out the trump-endorsed candidate but i don't think there is a lot of daylight between trump and brad beyond the big lie. judy: is there much distance? >> trump was trump. in 2016, the republican elite was over here and the voters were over here. the republican elite is now over here. and this is what normally happens in american history. you get a third-party candidate or a new force and one-party collapses. that is sort of what has happened. i think that makes trump weaker because there are trump u ists everywhere. i also think it is a sign in georgia with all the republican leaders standing up ag

and associate processor of politics at london, brian claus. a columnist for the "washington post" and the host of "the power corrupts" podcast. richard haass and jonathan lemire are still with us, as well. good to have you all this morning. >> anne applebaum, history hangs heavy over the day in russia, where the russians lost 26 million of their people during world war ii. obviously, hangs heavy over ukraine and, obviously, all of europe, whose families endured the horrors of world war ii. i'm curious, what is your reaction to putin's speech and, actually, the fact it was a bit anti anticlimactic? >> i would start by saying it wasn't rush that lost 26, 27 million people. it was a soviet union. many of the people who died in the second world war were ukrainians. one of the oddities or strange things about putin's regime is the way he's tried to capture and take over the memory of world war ii as if it were a russian victory and not a soviet victory, as if there were no other allies, as if nobody was there except russia. he creates this image of

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this year's recipients emmet gaffney of new jersey whose father brian heads our documentary unit. emmet is the editor of his high school newspaper and a pitcher on the baseball team. he hopes to study history in college in wisconsin. >> part of that intrigue in that is that i don't exactly know what i want to do, i can can find of explore those interests, hopefully in college and by this time in about four years hopefully i will have something lined up. >> bret: graciela croix of maryland. her parents lillian and phil mccloy work in our washington bureau. accomplished dancer and volunteer in her community. she hopes to study psychiatry or speech therapy in college in florida. >> seeing him overcome that much is push me getting this award in his name do my very best in school just to honor his legacy of always helping people and putting so much effort and hard work into everything he does. >> bret: congratulations. charles said his father inspired him always to know everything, learn everything. passing that gift onto the next generation of thought leaders through this memorial sch

brian kemp overwhelmingly defeated his challenger, david perdue in the gop governors race setting the stage for a rematch with democrat stacy abrams in the fall and brad raffensberger defeated jody heise, winning 20% of the vote to avoid a runoff in june. wall street journal columnist and fox news contributor karl rove. are we surprised at the magnitude of those victories in georgia? >> i sure was but it creates a new rule, the 30-70 rule regarding donald trump's endorsement in key elections. ohio senate endorses jay they van to get 32% of the vote, 60% of all republicans voting for somebody else, idaho governor endorses the lieutenant governor, she gets 25% of the vote, wins read nomination. nebraska governor get 30, his favorite candidate gets 30% of the vote, pennsylvania senate higgs candidate gets 33% of the vote and probably wednesday primary but only 32% and in georgia not just the governor and the secretary of state but also the attorney general and insurance commissioner, in each of these instances the -- the trump endorsed candidate got 33% and the secretary of state race an

hand recruited candidates to go out and essentially challenge and try and unseat georgia's governor, brian kemp and secretary of state brad raffensperger. they are making 2020 a central issue when it comes to the campaigns, or they are trying to. on the governor side, it doesn't appear to be working as well. a poll shows the incumbent is leading by at least more than 30 points, even though the former senator denied yesterday that he is down by that much. it really kind of reflects what i've been hearing when i'm speaking to voters. when i talk to those who support the former senator, they brought up 2020. they say there are questions or as one person told me, she knows the election was stolen. when i have spoken to his supports, they point to his record. they say he signed a number of laws. he has done a number of things, including making georgia the first state to reopen during the pandemic that put them squarely on his side. in the secretary of state race, closer. there's a two point split. certainly, that's going to be a close one to watch. >> susan, let's pick up there. brad raffensper

host: let's go to brian calling from michigan. brian, good morning. caller: yeah, good morning. can you hear me? host: we can. go ahead, brian. caller: ok. caller: somewhat confident. the young lady got a few things turned around. you want to talk about politicization and it started with attorney general sessions when you had many people hanging out at his door. it continued with the attorney general barr and now we get to the supreme court and from my understanding, they're protesting outside of the supreme court members homes and things of that nature. that's beyond political. there's no separation of church and state, the establishment clause is clear that we do not support any one cingular religion. basically we support them all or support none of them. so that point is mute on that. i'm thankful that the supreme court is taking on politicization and a conservative viewpoint would not have leaked this out so obviously whoever is within the eternal bowels within the supreme court is to me is political. now this would be the liberal side of the aisle that wants more. let me en

establishment candidates like brian kemp could win. trump endorsed a far-right challenger who doesn't seem likely to win. you have the case in pennsylvania. you can see a bunch of chinks in the trump armor in terms of the sway he has over the republican party. barnette is the most interesting of those cases, i would say. she represents a different challenge to trump's power, which is not the republican establishment triumphing over maga world, but someone who sort of says, maga world doesn't belong to trump. trump doesn't lead maga world. maga world leads donald trump. he is, in a weird way, facing challenges from his right and left within the republican party. he can take blows from both corners. a right cross to the jaw and a left cross to the jaw for donald trump over the next 24 hours. >> adrienne elrod, looking at pennsylvania, and i mentioned the republican establishment, what is the republican establishment? what does it look like? >> it is hard to tell. i mean, just like john and joe pointed out, you have kathy barnette who is

stones deport behind former senator david perdue, hoping to take revenge against incumbent governor brian can't, who refused to help trump overturn the results of the presidential vote. the latest polls show purdue trailing by a significant margin. what are your thoughts on the race, and how do either of these republicans match up against a likely democratic nominee, stacey abrams? >> well it looks like governor kemp is going to walk away with this, mostly because like you said, it wasn't an endorsement by donald trump for purdue, but rather against camp. and the other thing that we are seeing in some of these races, raf, is that donald trump's endorsement only matters in an open seat. not when you have someone there with a record. and we saw that in idaho, we're gonna see it in alabama. it is his ability to change peoples minds, really isn't there even though he put somebody behind it. as far as when it comes to stacey abrams in the fall, i think it comes down to what we needed was talking about, turn out. being able to go to the polls early, boating early, getting people to turn out. ag

taking vengeance on someone like brian kemp. no critic of donald trump. but he wouldn't try to overturn the results. it's very important in that clip we heard, you hear graham saying something that's very similar to what we report, kevin mccarthy said, drawing a straight line between irresponsible rhetoric and actual acts of violence. that is one of the dynamics that in those daze republican party leaders were willing to acknowledge and wrestle with and maybe even try to do something about. >> i want to play what the former president said about cheney that senator graham was referencing. >> he talked about that created a sense of revenge. >> i think that's a crucial moment. not only on january 6, not only in this book, but in recent american history. singling out the daughter of a former vice president by name at a rally that would lead to the storming and attempted insurrection at the u.s. capitol that day. it shaped liz cheney since then. you heard senator graham. he was not alone. a lot of lawmakers heard trump mention cheney by name and were appalled

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temporary or transitory, we are seeing that sort of come back to haunt the biden white house now, and brian deese, biden's top economic adviser, was asked about that at the white house briefing just this afternoon. and he said that the economic recovery has been uncertain and unexpe unexpected, so what we're seeing is the white house wary of trying to play the prediction game and also trying to inject optimism into the conversation. that's of course a very tough juggling act. >> m.j. lee, thank you so much. >> let's get to richard quest, the host of "quest means business." this push by the white house comes as americans' views of the economy remain deeply pessimistic according to a new gallup poll released today. only 14% of american adults rate the economic conditions as excellent or good. 46% call them poor. 39% rate them as only fair. americans' economic pessimism took a turn for the worst this month and is likely the worst it has been since the end of the great recession. do you see this as a policy failure, a communications failure? both, neither? what do you think? >> it's a reality,

primary for governor which pits former senator david perdue backed by former president trump against brian kemp who refused to overturn the state's 2020 election results thereby drawing the ire of trump. herschel walker, a legend in the state is seeking his party nomination to face raphael warnock and brad raffensperger who defied president trump and is facing jody hice. she voted against certifying the 2020 results and is a a supporter of the big lie. donald trump and his former vice president mike pence are taking competing sides in one of georgia's biggest republican primary races. pence held a rally for governor kemp yesterday calling him, quote, one of the most successful republican governors in the country at the same time that rally was taking place, trump called in a tele-rally to show his support for kemp's primary challenge, former senator perdue who has been trailing kemp in the latest polling. a call in, joe, but not an appearance by president trump who could see the writing on wall as polls have this anywhere from 20 to 30 points for governor kemp. >> yeah. and of course, spre

. >> sarah, your take on all of this.enou look and brian kemp and the governor's race down in georgia. >> look, from a political science perspective you want all these primaries to be on the same day so you could compare and contrast. in ohio, trump-endorsed candidate was in third place. trump's endorsement rockets him to first place. he wins by quite a bit. clearly a win for donald trump. the non-trump candidate also moved up ten points after trump's endorsement of jd vance, obviously lost, but still dynamics happening in ohio that moved around trump's endorsement. as that race consolidated. in pennsylvania, the two candidates have tied, we're going into a recount there and donald trump's endorsement for someone with that high of a name i.d., where you had other republican officials endorsing someone else, cancelled it out. and in georgia, donald trump's endorsement seeming to make no difference. again, when you look at what that will mean overall for donald trump, donald trump is going to have a good year in 2022 but his endorsement alone is not enough. no candidate has been able to

thank you brian tod for that reporting. to our viewers, thank you very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room," erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, live from kyiv, as russia issues a chilling warning. official says putin, quote, will put out more air and ground defenses if countries join nato. just how much ukrainian forces are relying to win on the battlefield, plus federal process kurlts reportedly launched a grand jury investigation on trump, how did classified documents end up in mar-a-lago and serving documents just days before the election, who is kathy bartlett and could she win? and good evening, welcome to a special edition of "outfront," live from kyiv tonight i'm erin burnett and russia with a new warning and a massive show in force. this comes as the u.s. is flexing its military muscles 700 miles south of ukraine. thousands of troops from america's allies join americans for military exercises in north macedonia, at some point, hundreds of paratroopers to the sky to demonstrate how quickly the alliance could respond

the republican nomination for governor, where the incumbent, brian kemp, refused to bow to his wishes about the 2020 elections and finding votes, and the actual secretary of state raffensperger, both who had challenges and president trump supported their challengers in both cases as sort of his political revenge. he lost both races. though we did see the reelection of congresswoman, the renomination of congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, a big trump respect order supporter and far right winger. how do you read the results in georgia? what does it mean? doesn't mean that donald trump is losing his grip on a lot of the primary voters in the republican party, having two very two very significant defeats in georgia last tuesday? >> those are a big defeats. the voters from georgia spoke loud and clear. one of my white classmates from georgia, who has been a supporter of trump, semi mail this morning. he said, in response to what happened, he said, trump needs to look forward and not backwards. he's tired of hearing about 2020. i think that that's way lot of white republicans in georgia f

it looks like brian kemp, the incumbent republican governor of georgia, who had a falling out with tru -- with trump, kemp is well over 50% in polling at this point. trump has nototten everything he wants in may, but he has gotten off to a good start. john: kyle, thank you very much. kyle: thank you. geoff: if roe v. wade is struck down as a leaked draft memo from the u.s. supreme court suggests it could be, it'll have a major impact in states across the country that have already signaled their intention to restct or ban abortion. younger women, those who are low-income and women of color will be the most affected. as you can imagine, anti-abortion and abortion rights advocates see the outcomes of doing away with roe differently. joining us to share their views tonight are samuel rodriguez, an evangelical pastor who is also the president of the national hispanic christian leadership conference. and michele goodwin, law professor at the university of california irvine and the author of "policing the womb: invisible women and the criminalization of motherhood." welcome to the both of you

and in georgia where he has made his life's mission to defeat brian kemp and he is way up in the polls and getting support from fellow republicans including much coveted sur gas mike pence. and we know there is not much love lost between those two but pence willing to stand up to trump as well. >> tomorrow is the election day for the senate primary and there have been several last-minute plot twists including the stroke suffered by john fetterman and far right commentator kathy barnette. and you have more information on fetterman. >> just now the electionite party announced he won't be able to attend because he's still in the hospital recovering and his wife and other top campaign officials will speak instead. >> joining us now, dash auburns in middletown, pennsylvania, what is the latest? >> reporter: yeah, the twist, mika, just keep coming in this race. moments ago we got that news that there will be a rally for fetterman in pittsburgh on election night but he will not be there. he is actually still in the hospital. the campaign said he will remain in the hospital tuesday night. his

brian? >> bret, tonight dr. mehmet oz holds a razor thin lead over former hedge fund ceo dave mccormick. at this hour just 2,000 votes separate the two with some 105,000 mail-in ballots still uncounted this afternoon. across pennsylvania, counting continues amid delays and hiccups. in lancaster county a printing error affected 22,000 ballots forcing poll workers to mark each ballot by hand. and in al geanel county, 31 precincts experienced memory stick failures at voting machines delaying results until next week. if the final margin of victory is half a percentage point or less, an automatic recount will be triggered. the recount must start by may 26th. and end by june 7th. >> we're going to win this campaign. [cheers] >> mccormick's camp is confident uncounted mail-in ballots will continue to break their way. dr. oz's camp is cautiously optimistic their lead will hold. last night oz said he would win and thanked president trump for his endorsement. >> president trump after he endorsed me, continued to lead in t

. >> well, brian, just two months ago few in the state would predict kathy barnett would be in the position she is right now. earlier this month she experienced a sudden rise in the polls a surge in popularity. here's what she said today about voter momentum. >> they are looking for something authentic. they are not looking for another plastic politician who goes out, takes polls to figure out what they should and should not say to the people. i have presented myself as i am. i have embellished nothing. and the people have responded to that. >> but with barnett's unexpected gains came criticisms specifically over past tweets that her critics call anti-muslim and homophobic. she admitted to marching in d.c. on january 6th. says she did not is support or participate in the destruction of property. some republicans still fear given her history barnett would have a hard time winning over independent voters in a general election. but back to the election at hand here there is a serious issue in lancaster county. we learned that a printing error has caused thousands of mail in ballots not properl

brian kemp let us down, we can't let it happen again. >> that kind of open hospitilit was expected, what was not is a former president and vice-president split into a chasm. maggie haggerman, i mean, this rift is growing. does this statement is -- assume it takes it to another level. >> it's very intense, very personal. it's the kind of thing, i mean i was thinking about, a, there's no precedent for this in modern history with a former president and vice-president i can think of but i was trying to think of the last time you heard trump really criticize pence and of course, it was around january 6th, in 2021 in really stark terms. i think part of what trump is reacting to is not just what pence is doing in georgia but the fact that pence told my colleague jonathan martin he was not ruling out running in 2024 and i think that's the big thing trump is reacting to. >> i also want to bring in two political cnn commentators, former obama senior adviser and david urban, former trump campaign strategist. do you think this is the last we'll hear from the former president against trump? >> agains

i want to recognize county executive marc pullen tires, executive congressman brian higgins, council president, buffalo city council president darius preach in, eric county legislature chairwoman, april baskin, eric county legislator howard johnson. i want to recognize governor kathy hochul and thank her for her calls. governor staff is with us now, and the governor is flying back into town and will be here sometime after 7:00. i want to recognize attorney general letitia james, who is also called, and we have also received calls from the white house. again, this is a day of great sadness for all of us in the city of buffalo. to provide you with more detail, i want to turn things over to buffalo police commissioner joseph roe molly. >> thank you. and approximately 2:30 today an individual who the mayor stated is not from this area and from hours away drove to buffalo went to 12 75 jefferson to the tops market. he exited his vehicle. he was very heavily armed. he had tactical gear and tactical helmet on. he had a camera livestreaming when he was doing. he engaged for individuals. he s

. >> reporter: just six weeks from winter wheat harvest, brian is staring down 4,000 acres of barren colorado land, dried out by a drought. there's nothing young salvage here? >> oh, no. we're done. it's so frustrating to see all your hard work blown away. >> reporter: now it's time to plant corn. would it even grow? >> no. we would be wasting our money. >> reporter: a severe drought from kansas to california has pu put 71 million acres at risk. farms are rationing water, some destroying crops they know won't survive. in the midwest, it's the opposite. farms are soaked. and planting is weeks behind. it's just one more strain on farmers, with costs skyrocketing for labor, fuel, seed, and fertilizer. >> we're planting less to live another year. >> reporter: mark, like many, is switching crops and planting half as many acres. >> consumers without a question are going to feel the pinch at the store. >> reporter: u.s. food prices keep climbing. up 9.4% from a year ago, and expected to rise at least 5% to 6% this year. the war in ukraine is adding to it, sending global prices sky high and

in places like georgia, brian kemp rejected that but didn't go out of his way to attack trump, he tried to run a separate race. in this race, cheney is running against trump and specifically, against the big lie. that's why this would be so interesting to see how republican voters respond. >> and absolutely will. ryan, thanks so much for your reporting tonight. "outfront" next, she was a trailblazer in the kitchen, so far beyond. we're going to preview "julia" which premiers tonight on cnn. i've always been into health, and wellness, and fitness... i tried everything with diet and exercise, and nothing worked. there was justst kinda this stubborn area on my stomach. but coolsculpting worked for me! coolsculpting targets, freezes and eliminates treated fat for good. no needles, no incisions. discuss coolsculpting with your provider. some common side effects include temporary numbness, discomfort and swelling. you've come this far... coolsculpting takes you further. visit coolsculpting.com what do you think healthier looks like? cvs can help you support your nutrition, sleep, immune syste

brian kemp i believe is going to smoke david perdue against all predictions from a year ago, and that's the biggest law he can have. >> between pence who's going to be campaigning with the governor down there. pence starting to find ways to distinguish himself from trump as he's also looking ahead to 2024. >> molly ball, democrats are hoping that this reaction to the draft -- the leaked supreme court opinion bringing a decision likely coming in june or july will make a difference in these midterm. >> and, you know, we're seeing the activation already. the marches across the country that we saw this weekend. there's clearly been an activation, and the democrats have to hope that that continues because, you know, with all due respect, people do not feel like the democrats are helping them. people do not feel like the government is doing anything to solve their problems right now. they feel like there's a weak administration in the white house, and politicians in washington are toousy arguin toet anything do. something to remind especially their base that -- what they believe is at stake h

tomorrow that lieutenant governor, janice mcgeachin is going to take on her boss, hug the governor brian little in the idaho republican primary for governor. naturally, because she's a election denier, she earned the lead endorsement of former president donald trump. she's not the only right wing election denier running for statewide office in idaho, there's no incumbent in the secretary of state and idaho, to the three republican candidates for running to be secretary of state, or also election, deniers who said that trump won the election, and biden is an usurper. the republican attorney general is also being primaried by another election denier. i know there's a lot of attention on the pennsylvania republican primary tomorrow, where there is deep, deep insanity in the republican primary races for governor and senate, and even up for lieutenant governor, but i'm telling you, don't sleep on idaho. idaho is tomorrow, two and there's plenty of crazy to go around. watch this space. around around watch this my wife introduced me to prevagen and so i said "yeah, i'll try it out." i noticed t

that's after hannity dedicated his first 20 minutes, 20 minutes of a show last night just to attacking brian. which even for folks, which is never shut away from endorsing specific candidates, is laying it on pretty thick. >> let me put it simply here, i don't see any scenario where kathy barnett can win a general election and pennsylvania. you see what's going on in pennsylvania. kathy barnett had, you know, very low polling numbers, that she surges, nobody fighter. and nobody. and by the, way in 24 hours, it wasn't hard to do. these are so incendiary, they render her clearly unelectable. >> so incendiary. clearly unelectable. now, hannity's fox colleague had a mild defends for by night, but even don trump went on the attack, releasing a statement that came out of nowhere and less you are following this back story saying, quote, kathy barnett will never be able to win the general election against the radical left democrats. she has many things in our past which have not been properly explained or vetted, but if she is able to do, so she will have a wonderful future in the republican party,

. >> brian chairs the clayton county democratic party. any version of joe biden? >> none. it was not going to happen, as long as trump was on the ticket. >> got annihilated in 2020. democrats did here in iowa in the state races. >> ruby bodeker ran and lost in 2020. >> i feel like an exhausted rural democrat. tired. i feel like there's a lot of weight on me. i honestly just want to be done a lot of days. i have four kids, a full-time job. i'm a single mom. i work. i don't even make $15 an hour and i am tired. >> our special report also has a story by my colleague how black rural voters feel abandoned by the democratic party and somewhat ignored. you can see the full "meet the press" episode how the democratic party lost rural america, wherever you get nbc news now, or our web site meetthepress.com available right now. when we come back, the 2022 primary season kicks off big time on tuesday and hits 13 states in the month of may alone. a lot at stake, stick with us. a lot at stake, stick with us. just like my nonna makes when she cooks! i don't cook. wait, what? it's a good

.™ ♪ >>> hey, i'm brian stelter, live in new york and this is "reliable sources," where we examine the story behind the story and we figure out what's reliable a. this hour a veteran correspondent fatally shot on assignment and israel accused of murder. an israeli official will be here live with a response. >>> plus, as the national media focuses on the supreme court, what are we missing about abortion laws at the state level? a top reporter will join us live from texas. >>> plus, my road trip to pennsylvania this weekend, witnessing a gop campaign ban against the media up close. is this the new normal in republican politics? we're going to get into that and a whole lot more coming up. >>> first, another hate crime at a grocer

but there's a second oath keepers now pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy, brian o rick when the 11th oath keepers facing the charges, he pleaded 's guilty to seditious compute seriously last month. it could arm prosecutors have substantial evidence as they work can secure the conviction, -- it does seem like the government is making progress on that aspect of their case. >> they are, and i think some of the people who are involved in this more serious conspiracy case realize they are going to jail for a long time if they're convicted, even if they plead guilty they're going to jail for a long time. so some of them, we are starting to see are looking more likely to plead. what's interesting about the oath keepers, though, is they have a nexus sort of between the people who stormed the capitol, and some of the people in the upper echelons of the planners here. some of these members, and joshua james himself pleaded guilty with roger stone on january 5th and january 6th. so there's a connection between that higher level that is getting some scrutiny now from federal prosecutors, from th

in the governor's race, brian kemp versus david perdue. brian kemp is going to win handlely. the senate race is not one even in dispute with herschel walker. but you look and you can see the differences where donald trump's endorsement actually matters. so was this an early victory that means nothing? no, i don't think so. i do think it pushed him over the edge. you're going to see, you look in pennsylvania, it's very likely to push dr. oz over the edge, too, in places where a local leader has already established their track record. it's going to be harder for trump to have some impact. >> the latest developments with that leaked supreme court draft opinion overturning roe v. wade. in an extraordinary step, chief justice john roberts confirmed the document published by politico is authentic. but noted it doesn't represent the court's final decision. roberts said he had directed the supreme court marshal to investigate how the draft became public. in a statement, he wrote in part this, to the extent this betrayal of confidences of the court was intended to undermine the integr

there was a big chunk for states locally and american rescue brian -- rescue plan signed last year. there are still concerns about getting the money where it needs to go but beyond those specific situations, there is a lot of, and the private sector at least, job creation. host: put the unemployment rate in perspective. i understand it is near 50 year lows at this point. reporter: sure. right before the pandemic it us, in february 2020, the on them limit rate dropped to 3.5%. that at the time was the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. on april 2020, that shut up to 14.7% when the u.s. lost about 21 million jobs in span of a month when a pandemic it us but ever since then, we have been rapidly adding those jobs back into say the labor market right now is -- the percentage of americans think for a job and cannot find one is about the same as it was before the pandemic, even though we are on a different economy in many regards. host: talk about the labor participation rate. what is it and why is it important? reporter: the labor force participation rate is pretty important because i

ahead towards next week in georgia and david perdue loses by a significant margin to incumbent governor brian kemp, you know, there's going to be heads that begin to turn here and a realization that donald trump's word is not final. of course, the former president, you know, he believes every horse he picked was going to win here, but clearly there are republican voters who are willing to draw a line in the sand. whether that is madison cawthorn and his litany of controversial statements in past situations he has put himself into, or whether it is the endorsement of a nebraska gubernatorial candidate, accused credibly by eight women of groping, or a lieutenant governor running for governor in idaho who spoke at a white nationalist conference, the republican party's voters clearly are not willing to cross some lines. whether that ultimately extends to donald trump, i think that's a big question that a lot of folks will be facing come 2024 here. for now, i think it is worth noting, though, that his stable of loyalists, you know, every few weeks here, does continue to grow, despite these losses.

brian kemp is up against david perdue, who leads every conversation and debate with, "the election was stole been 2020." he, though, is down by 25 points. it is a case-by-case thing. >> it's a case-by-case thing. look, that may be what the most involved and online republican primary voters want to hear. it may fire them up, and it may get you a nomination. i don't believe that's what the general election, electorate, wants to hear. they'll think that that's crazy because it is crazy. we know what happened in 2020. most americans know what happened in 2020. it's going to get a lot of these candidates in trouble. i mean, i think j.d. vance absolutely can blow a race that, on paper, you would say he ought to win. i think he certainly can lose that race in ohio. i think, you know, his democratic opponent, tim ryan, is happy every time vance strays onto that, you know, far, far right path. >> now, we have the issue of abortion that has been thrust into the run-up to the midterms, gene. in your latest op-ed for the "washington post," it's entitled "ketanji brown jackson must wonder what she