robson, a real estate consultant. >> karrin taylor robson as the next governor of arizona! >> reporter: and donald trump holding a late night rally for kari lake. >> kari lake, i'll tell you, she is incredible >> reporter: lake is a former news anchor who left her job last year for politics, is an election denier and unrelenting defender of the former president. >> when we had president trump at the helm, we had a secure border, strong economy and safe streets >> reporter: thursday night's public hearing making the threat posed to pence on january 6th clear. now a notable coalition standing with him today including current arizona house speaker rusty bowers, who testified last month on the pressure he faced by trump allies to overturn biden's 2020 win in the state. >> is this a battle for the soul of the republican party >> well, whether it's the soul right now, but everybody's got to reassess do we want to be a party that's looking into the past with some kind of grudge match all the time? >> reporter: current governor doug ducey also endorsing taylor robson >> more and mo

case in point, trump backed carrie lake has called pence backed candidate karrin taylor robson a rino four not fully embracing trump stolen election lie. following it all for us is nbc's vaughn hillyard, in the town of prescott valley arizona, where trump just took the stage at kari lake's rally. but how much does a pence endorsed meant versus a trump endorsement matter to voters? what are you hearing? >> alicia, i had actually been talking to advisers to karrin taylor robson for the last several months here and there were conversations in which there were questions -- would a mike pence endorsement be helpful here in the state of arizona among republican voters? ultimately, about 11 days here, before the august 2nd primary, the former vice president showed up alongside karrin taylor robson but also governor doug do you see, outgoing governor, who of course, caught the scorn of downtown 20 certified joe biden's election win here in the state of arizona. i think it was telling, right after pence exited the campaign trail here and shortly before trump flew in before this rally taking pl

pence spoke 95 miles away in peoria he was stumping for lake's rival, karen taylor robson mr. pence slammed kari lake for her past support of democrats. >> i'm always happy to welcome converts to the republican cause, but arizona republicans don't need a governor that supported barack obama and hillary clinton. >> the race is really a face-off between the republican establishment and a trump candidate who's all in on the big lie. we're seeing similar races playing out all across the country, and we could eventually see the former vice president take on mr. trump for the republican presidential nomination for 2024. of course the rallies come after yesterday's january 6th hearing on capitol hill. former white house aide sarah matthews told the committee that president trump's tweet condemning mike pence was akin to pouring gasoline on the fire. we're waiting to see if the former president responds tonight. vaughn hillyard is live in prescott where we expect to hear from the former president pretty soon vaughn, you were at the pence rally earlier. how is this race being defined >

but mike pens is backing lawyer, korean taylor robson, fer arizona governor taylor robson has opened. he described the 2020 presidential election as unfair, but stopped short of agreeing with trump's claims of electoral fraud. ah sean, to recap the main stories that were following the sound less than 24 hours after russian ukraine signed deals to unblock grain exports from ukraine. southern ports, the acquainted military says that russia has attacked the main port in odessa, turkey, which along with united nations, broke had fridays agreements, as russian officials deny having anything to do with the strikes ukraine's present . rosemary zalinski says it shows russia can't be trusted. ukraine says his defense system shot down to miss isles, aimed at odessa and 2 others hit the odessa infrastructure, but it did not cause significant damage. the world health organization has declared the monkey pox outbreak, a global health emergency which is the highest ally sic, an issue. director general tedra adam gabrielle sauce made the decision after a panel of experts fell to which consensus on t

to see endorsing karen taylor robson just a few days ago. i do wonder what donald trump's level of engagement in the races, how much his endorsement matters. it does seem like it's gonna be a pretty close race with it to as the front runners. >> donald trump has never gotten over doug doocy certifying in the 2020 election. this whole phenomenon was about the 2020 election, he can just move on. in fact, this week after doug doocy announced his -- curly one on one radio show and immediately started with -- well if you know if i lose this election, it probably means the election is stolen. have we seen this movie before? i think that even though donald trump is wildly popular in the state. we had three out of four republican voters will say their london, the not all following him anymore. so about a third of the voters are within, but a third of the voters are gonna go more traditional. the question is one of the other third going to do. i don't see carrie lake really helping herself much in that regard, which of course makes the duck to see cr

on the other side of that, you have former vice president mike pence, supporting karrin taylor robson. supported by the establishment. the republican who wants to move on from 20206789 and this divide within the party was so clear yesterday, as we saw trump and pence campaigning for the respective candidates. take a listen. >> arizona, make no mistake about it. when you get out and vote for karrin taylor robson, you can send a deafening message that will be heard all across america, that the republican party is the party of the future. >> the election was rigged and stolen, and now our country is being systematically destroyed because of it. >> mike pence talking about the future of the party. and even tweetded yesterday, while he was here in arizona, that he wanted to look forward, that this race wasn't about the past. and clearly, a thinly veiled jab at the former president. but all of this proxy war that is happening here in arizona is happening as we seem to see an almost collision path for mike pence, and donald trump in 2024. pence has signaled strongly in recent weeks there tha

is he rallying around karyn taylor robson. governor's race primary. you look at all the national polls about who is popular in the republican party, mike pence barely rates. he has sort of made enemies with democrats from his time in the trump administration. and he is not winning any fans among a lot of republicans either. and you also have a lot of other trump screcket liz cheney, larry hogan. he may have some momentum clean-up is he down ballot races. hard to see how is he going to get momentum in a republican party that has changed when he was first picked for that ticket. >> bret: pence seeks distance from trump as he considers 2024 presidential run. in the 18 month since two men split pence flipped the switch turning to the path he began before praising trump and private james mattis chats on the golf course. he wants everyone to know he is his own man and his team looking to reintroduce him ahead of at 2024 presidential bid. what do you think? >> i think we are say seeing two things go on. if i was on your show bret in july of 201 and told you

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real estate developer karen taylor robson. here with me now is governor ducey of arizona. governor, thank you so much for joining me. your state's primary is now just over two weeks away. you and the former president are on opposite sides of this primary battle. and the candidate he is supporting says the 2020 election was stolen. so what is at stake in this race for your state and for the overall republican party and its future? >> well, the names on the ballot are karen robson and kerry lake. robson is the real conservative. she's the real deal. she started her career working for ronald reagan, she's pro-gun, pro-life. she's the mother of four. she's been a community leader and a successful business person. and i think karen taylor robson will be the best person to be a fresh, new leader for the state of arizona. her opponent, on the other hand, bears no resemblance. her campaign or even her personal interactions with me to anything she's done over the past 30 years. this is all an act. she's been putting on a show for some time now. and we'll see if the voters of arizon

there is nobody really -- the karrin taylor robson candidacy is not one of anti donald trump, so to speak. she won't even go so far to say that joe biden's election was illegitimate. she just says it was unfair that he won. so, it's a little more muted than the full election hysteria that you get from kari lake. their theory of the case that we can kind of walk this line. and we can pick up the five to 10% -- maybe 5%, really -- of the anti trump republicans and we will get them and then we can get maybe about a third of the party, maybe as much as 40%, that likes donald trump still but is kind of ready to move on. the [inaudible] podcast called the focus group tonight, with voters. and you see that. it's about one third of the party. they still like trump but they are ready to move on. and so then the question is, can you get over the hump? can you draw in any of the trump voters who might go with you because you like doug doocy? or some of the local issues? i think we have seen that be very hard for the candidates to do. they're really only two states -- colorado, and georgia, my home s

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karrin taylor robson, another leading contender for the gop nomination, says it's not. >> how do you run against a republican backed by a former vice president? if you like limited government, low tax, pro business environment, somebody with a track record of success, i'm your candidate. if you want somebody who is a big personality, kari lake is your candidate. >> reporter: robson's strategy is to consolidate support of traditional conservatives, helped by pence's friday rally. >> arizona needs karrin taylor robson. >> reporter: robson also has the support of outgoing arizona governor doug ducey who attacked lake's endorsement by trump as a matter of political convenience. >> lake is misleading voters with no evidence, tagged by her opponents with the nickname "fake lake" which seems to be sticking. >> reporter: a delicate dance for robson. courting the right wing means sowing doubts about the 2020 election. >> where are you on the 2020 election? >> at a minimum the election was not fair and i know people want to hear a different answer from me but when you take a look at -- you kno

>> reporter: republican gubernatorial candidate karrin taylor robson says it's not. >> how do you run against an opponent who is backed by a popular former president? >> if you like donald trump's policies and record of limited government, low tax, pro-business environment, and somebody with a track record of success, i'm your candidate. if you want somebody who is a big personality, then kari lake is your candidate. >> reporter: robson's strategy to win the gop nomination is to consol consolidate support of traditional conservatives, helped by pence's friday rally. >> arizona needs karrin taylor robson. >> reporter: robson has the support of arizona's outgoing republican governor doug ducey who attacked lake's support for trump as a matter of political convenience. >> kari lake's misleading voters with no evidence. she's been tagged by her opponents with a nickname, fake lake, which seems to be sticking. >> reporter: a delicate dance for robson, courting the right wing means sowing doubts about the 2020 election. >> where are you on the 2020 election? >> at a minimum, the election wa

obviously these two candidates, karrin taylor robson and kari lake represent different wings of the party, robson comes out of much more of an establishment background. pence and the governor doug ducey are signing with her. in that sense it does represent a crossroads for the party in arizona. but i think in another sense you can make too much of that. it's not as if robson is answering liz cheney's rather poignant question from the end of the hearing last night in the affir affirmative. robson is not criticizing donald trump. she said the 2020 election was not fair, and in that sense, she is kind of mirroring i think what has happened to so many figures in the republican establishment who have chosen not to confront what donald trump is doing. the most they will do is not echo it, not second it, but they are not calling it out, and as long as that is their posture, i think his power remains formidable in the republican party as you will see on other ballot tests in arizona, like masters for senate and mark pen chin for secretary of state who are flat out election deniers and are favored

when you get out and vote for karen taylor robson you can send a deafening message that will be heard all across america that the republican party is the party of the future. >> the election was rigid and stolen and now our country is being systematically destroyed because of it. >> reporter: and this proxy war happening here on the ground in adds arizona is coming at the same time trump and pence appear on a collision course in 2024. we've seen strong signals from pence of a potential presidential bid. we have heard from president trump a number of times teasing a run. in fact, he has gone as far as to say it is not if but when he chooses to announce. it would be an epic showdown between the two men who once served side by side in the white house and now haven't spoken to each other in more than a year. pamela. >> thank you so much. >>> fighting misinformation is a constant struggle, and now a new program aims to train others how to do their part to keep this threat to companidemocracy at b. i will speak to the deans s behd this up next. it's easier to do more innovative things. [whi

karrin taylor robson has put millions behind her candacy and this will be in the weeks to come in the proxy battle and this will be the duel in the desert and it will be the chance for mike pence, the doug ducey, the chair of the republican governor national association to really stake the claim that the republican party, republican voters not democrats, but republican voters are looking to move beyond donald trump. this is that chance for them. >> vaughn hilliard, perhaps nobody knows arizona at msnbc news like you, my friend. thank you for being on top of it. also in arizona, rusty bowers, remember him? he's telling msnbc news that it would take a miracle to win re-election. you might remember his emotional testimony in front of congress about the very intense pressure that he faced from donald trump to try to change the results of the 2020 election. if he were to win, right, bowers here it would show republicans could publicly cross the former president in a very high-profile way and still hang on to their seat and if he doesn't win and he says it's a miracle if he does, the opposi

karen taylor robson. fire is on a governor. taylor robson has opened describe the 2020 presidential election as unfair, but stopped short of agreeing with trump's claims of electoral fraud. to left for you on the program, turn our attention to thailand, the prime minister sales through his 4th and final no confidence vote. but when he survive next year's election with spain facing a future ramp and for his pfizer, the new norm 1 may it turns to old fashion methods to protect his community and his full arsenal. continue. this summer spending spree as their coach reunites with an old friend. ah, how i am pleased to say that incredible heat wave across the good part of europe starting to ease even northern parts is going to be hot, as opposed to incredibly hot them for the cloud coming into the northwest. larry of low pressure will bring a change across surpass of ireland certain northern ireland, scotland, england, and wales. it will turn a little wet and a windy and eventually we will see some of that whatsoever. making its way

but my pen says, backing lawyer curren taylor robson for hours on a golf, the taylor robson has openly described the 2020 presidential election is unfair but stopped short of agreeing with trump claims of total force police in brazil have charged 3 men with the murders of british journalist, dom phillips, and bruno pet, a rarer, an expert on indigenous culture. they disappeared in the amazon rain forest in early june. the remains were found and identified about 2 weeks later. police say 2 of the suspects have admitted to shooting them in and concealing their bodies. people in one of rio de janeiro is biggest slums a morning. 19 victims of thursdays, police rate, more than 70 people have been killed in 3 police operations in just the past 14 months. police are accused of resorting to heavy handed tactics to tackle gangs and low income communities. monica, you knock a reports from rio de janeiro. ah, sadness and anger at the vigil in the mood while they move avella, one of the largest slums of rio de janeiro residence gathered on friday, one day after a police rate left 19 dead. they pro

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former vice president pence stumping for gop establishment favorite karen taylor robson. >> there is only one candidate in this race it will be ready on day 1. >> mike pence has led and lived his conservative values. boy, do we miss him in office right now. andrew: trump is campaigning for her republican opponent terry lake, a former local news anchor who pushes the false claim the 2020 election was stolen. >> going to elect a truly great woman who i i have gotten to know very well. do we love this manner what? -- this man or what? andrew: it comes amid the explosive january 6 hearings, with the divide coming increasingly apparent. new video shows outtakes from trump's video message the day after the attack. >> i just want to say congress has certified the result without saying the election is over, ok? andrew: with his supporters chanting hang mike pence, trump blamed him for certifying joe biden's victory even after the violence finally ceased. andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. stephanie: a federal judge extended a temporary restraining order that prevents caltrans from clearing

in the race for governor karrin taylor robson is fighting for the gop not to take on the democrat in november. she has been a trap supported for years but did not receive his endorsement. former president mike pence came to her aid campaigning for her on the same weekend former president trump campaign for her opponent. lake. both women accused the other of not being the real republican in the race. this has turned into a knockdown drag out between two candidates whose message impersonality reflect the most prominent endorsers on the respective sides. the forecast for tuesday on election day is 106 degrees. republicans have a tradition of showing up in person devote. will be out there with them. jon: is going to be one to watch. alecia can you and phoenix. thank you. >> that's why i was extra cautious info the eight months against blowback better and all the things the democrat colleagues wanted to do i thought it was wrong. i cannot do anymore and stop that offer mapping. >> its way to make inflation worse so they have a big corporate tax increase that's going to make this recession

while pence has endorsed karen taylor robson, a businesswoman and political ally of outgoing governor doug ducey. the race is being viewed as something of a referendum on the future of the republican party. candidate running for governor of new york is condemning the cashless bail system that allowed a man suspected of attacking him to be released quickly from custody. republican house representative lee zelen was unfarmed after he was attacked on the campaign event in new york on thursday. on friday, he called for changes to the state's bail system saying judges should have the discretion to decide who remains in police custody. the suspect was charged with attempted assault and released on his own recog any sense. police say he was armed with a set of self defense knuckles with sharp-pointed ends. the motive for the attack is unclear. >>> ahead here on "cnn newsroom," no relief in sight from scorching heat and humidity across much of the u.s. with millions of americans under heat warnings from california to the east coast. derek? >> yeah, kim. and record high temperatures will be ch

on monday, pence endorsed arizona republican gubernatorial candidate karen taylor robson who is going up against the trump endorsed kari lake. in a statement accepting pence's endorsement, she wrote modern politics is full of charlatans and fakes and vice president pence is the genuine pence has never wavered in his commitment to our constitution. this isn't the first political break between the former vice president and trump. in may, pence endorsed georgia governor brian kemp as he successfully fending off a primary challenge from the trump-backed david perdue. pence is scheduled to campaign for robson on friday, setting up a split screen moment as former president trump is slated to hold a rally for lake on the very same day after postponing a previously planned rally following the death of his former wife ivana trump. what do you make of that split screen moment. >> it is fascinating. >> it could be interesting. >> mike pence, obviously many people thought that he had jumped in on the wrong side in georgia. if he was just interested in winning, but it ended up the two candidates h

she is the head of karrin taylor robson who was endorsed by pence. both candidates are making securing the border their top issue. >> we are seeing millions of people pouring in for their destroying the middle class by driving down wages. frankly we are seeing people who are criminals come across our border but we need a governor who will protect the states. >> it's a security disaster from one or 40 countries can't keep the people in the property the state safe nothing really matters. rex and john, voters who have been talked into for the last couple of days say actually it is the economy and inflation that matters most of them, john. alicia acuna with that race in arizona. thank you. >> as the search of migrants continues to flood across the border, the bite administration is going back on the president's campaign pledge by fortified the border wall. customs and border protection reports of massive gaps in the wall like the ones seen here in yuma, arizona, helping migrants entered the country unimpeded. steve harrigan has that story. >> john, the b

pence endorsing for karrin taylor robson and trump for kari lake. a former local news anchor who continues to push the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. pence apparently distancing himself from trump. this race will be a true test of trump's influence over the gop in arizona. and across the country as well. this race certainly highlighting the growing divide between trump and the republican party. eva. >> reena roy there for us. thank you. >>> jon karl will be tackling the midterms later this morning on "this week." he'll be speaking to arizona house speaker rusty bowers who testified at a january 6th hearing and who is now running against a trump-backed candidate. he'll also go one-on-one with west virginia senator joe manchin. plus, comedian jon stewart responds to the surprise gop opposition to the bill aiding veterans. janai? >>> now to the latest on brittney griner. her trial in russia on drug charges set to resume on tuesday, amid word the u.s. secretary of state spoke with russia's foreign minister. griner has been jailed in russ

and karrin taylor robson endorsed by former vice president mike pence. they are duking it out on the gop what's been called battle of the soul of the arizona republican party paid for the u.s. senate the fight to take on incumbent democrat mark kelly, trump endorsed blake masters but he is followed by businessman jim lamon. both newcomers and both and i bided one. mark brnovich still feels the wrath from trump supporters because he certified the election. voters told us they have their own problems, here are independent voters and disaffected republicans help fight and win. inflation hit 12.3% last month compared to june of 2020 which is just a 2%. a truck driver father father for an republican said neither side is listen to regular folks. >> republicans are taking down the same road of not being in debt. i saw that a long time ago, i was watching hey, what dhec why a republicans voting like democrats? >> there there is reverend reporting for senate pretty said senator kelly has lost touch with his community. >> black voters especially come up voters of

former vice president pence stumping for gop establishment favorite karrin taylor robson. >> there is only one candidate in this race who will be ready on day one. >> mike pence has led and lives his conservative values. boy, do we miss him in office right now. >> reporter: meanwhile, trump is actively campaigning for robson's republican opponent kari lake, a former tv news anchor who continues to push the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. >> you are going to elect a truly great woman who i've gotten to know very well. >> do we love this man or what? [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: these dueling pence/trump endorsements highlight the rift between trump and the republican party ahead of this year's high-stakes midterm elections. it also comes amid the explosive january 6th hearings. new video shows outtakes, a president refusing to say the election was over. >> i don't want to say the election is over. i just want to say congress has certified the results without saying the election is over, okay? >> reporter: as the capitol chaos unfolded with his supporters chanting

. >> arizona needs karen taylor robson in the state. house >> here we met some republicans who are done with trump. >> i voted for trump twice. if mike pence runs, i'm voting for mike pence. >> okay, why is? that i >> just think that everyone seen the january six committee. he stood up for democracy that day. he's like, i'm not leaving the capital because i need to be here. he was the one that was making phone calls to the military, trying to fix the situation while trump was crying in the dining room. >> even among this crowd there is sympathy for trump's election lies. -- you're about to see, pence speak here trump's not a big fan of him right. now >> i understand, that i hear that he could have not certified the results pending all the claims of fraud. i wish we would've done >> that pence had no legal basis to do that, also among those here rusty bowers, a lifelong republican and speaker of the arizona state house. >> i've been talking to a lot of people here today, they're not watching the january six hearings, they still believe l

pence is endorsing arizona republican karen taylor robson for governor. trump is backing the other candidate, kari lake. lake is an election denier and arizona's current governor is no fan. >> this is all an act. she's been putting on a show for some time now, and we'll see if the voters of arizona buy it. kari lake is misleading voters with no evidence. >> red meat or serious legal argument. on his podcast senator ted cruz argues for a conservative legal challenge for the right for same-sex couples to marry. >> the court said, no, we know better than you guys do and now every state must sanction and permit gay marriage. i think that decision was clearly wrong when it was decided. it was the court overreaching. >> though the house plans to vote this week on the respect for marriage act which would enshrine same-sex marriage as federal law. thanks for joining "inside politics" today. ana cabrera picks up our coverage on cnn right now. >>> hello, i'm ana cabrera in new york. thank you for being with us. i hope you had a nice weekend. happening right now, tr

robson of getting ready to cheat in the primary. kari: i guess if you're counting people who are, you know, dead people who might be. but but she's not up at the polls. and it makes me think there might be trying to set the stage for another steal. stephanie: kari lake's campaign is nothing if not trump-inspired. a media personality with no political experience and a no holds barred style that speaks to the republican base. but the maga crowd alone can't give her victory in the general election if she gets past the primary. biden won arizona by appealing to the sta's largest group of voters, independents, and many republicans crossed over. are you concerned that you have alienated those independents and some of those republicans who voted for biden in this state? with all the talk about decertifying the election. kari: i'm not going to change who i am. my whole campaign has been based on my understanding of arizona and the people of arizona. and we want honest elections. we want honest elections for our democrat friends, our indepen

even karrin taylor robson said last week she couldn't name a single policy difference. she, too, has called into question the 2020 election, and has refused to say if she would accept both the results of the 2022 election or certify the 2024 election if she is governor. >> what concerns do you have for the future of politics generally, but also mainly in your state, given what you saw last night, hearing from, you know, the efforts that the former president went to? >> well, i think the bar we have set for elected officials in terms of just upholding their oath of office and the constitution and not subverting our democracy is such a low bar, and we're seeing candidates across the country, like my likely republican kari lake who can't even meet that bar. she called for decertification of 2020 and refused to say if she would certificate fight 2024 results if she's governor, and this is dangerous to our democracy. it is clear the reason the former president is interfering in elections across the state by -- across the country by endorsing candidates is because they're wil

robson. the race has become a flashpoint in the split between trump and his former vp, with pence tweeting friday, some people want this election to be about the past. elections are always about the future. democrats would love nothing more than for republicans to take our eye off the ball and focus on days gone by. if the republican party allows itself to become consumed by yesterday's grievances, we will lose. if we come together, keep our eye on the ball and focus on the future, we won't just win the next election, we will change the course of american history for generations. joining us now, national political correspondent for "politico," meredith mcgraw. good morning to you. first question out of the gate here, what might the duelling rallies between trump and pence tell us of the upcoming midterm elections? >> i think this split screen, these two events in arizona, were really billed as a way to show how the republican party might approach a potential presidential primary in which it i

while the pence support her opponent, karen taylor robson. let's bring the bc's phone hilliard covering these races for us. vaughn, we have a lot of it for -- thing through and talk through but we can we expect from this arizona governor's race on tuesday? >> you know, this is going to be i think a big indicator of where republican voters in these, state of arizona are looking for their path ahead here. you are looking at carrie lake who has been an ardent supporter of donald trump. she's called for the prosecution, the arrest, she said that she wants to see elections officials from 2020 in handcuffs here. this is an individual whose -- the certification of the 2020 election. this is an individual who has really gone on the attack against the free press. calling the right hand of the devil here. this is an individual who is more than accolade and trump. but is been perhaps one of his closest, most vocal, closest allies. over the course of the last two years. ever since the january six. then on the other hand you've got -- who is not only back

robson, well-known in arizona political circles, she has the backing of pence and outgoing gop governor doug doocy, it is a battle in the desert. we are here for, back to you. thanks a lot. griff: the missouri primary, china is emerging as a top issue. hillary von is on the ground with the latest. >> reporter: republicans running to replace republican senator roy blunt are flexing their america first record. in a contest over who was tougher on china they are throwing jabs at who they think is not. she has made taking on china a top priority in congress. >> i'm the only candidate sanctions by china. eric schmidt when he was in the state legislature tried to give $400 million of our state tax dollars to companies and have china come into missouri and former china hub. >> reporter: that china hubba never happened about the current front runner attorney general eric schmidt has been good-sized by his opponent for voting for build allowed foreign businesses including chinese companies to unlimited amounts of misery farmland. >> they regret supporting those things? >> those are distortions o

former vice-president pence campaigned for arizona gubernatorial candidate karen taylor robson, a wealthy real estate developer. and trump for care carrie lake, a former newscaster and you hear trump tease 2024. >> and now, we may have to do it again. but first, we have to win a historic victory for the republican party this november when we retake congress among our highest priorities must be to end the nightmare. >> and the former president will be right on that stage tonight. he's the saturday night headliner, a lot of trump supporters i've seen on hand already. griff: phil keating live from tampa. thank you, phil. we've got another hour coming up. stick with us, we'll be back. . they drink what they're told to drink. i drink what helps me rehydrate and recover: pedialyte® sport. because it works... and so do i. ♪♪ .. welcome to your world. your why. what drives you? what do you want to leave behind? what do you want to give back? what do you want to be remembered for? that's your why. it's your purpose, and we will work with you every step of the way to achieve it. at pnc private

robson, arizona's gubernatorial primary which is on august 2nd. the leading republican politicians and influencers in tampa the next three days include senator ted cruz, rick scott, josh hawley, central florida dominated the national stage in the past couple weeks. they were dueling rallies, conservative activist group, florida state democratic summer gala and on monday president biden was supposed to be in tampa and orlando, he now has covid, those events are canceled as he stays in lockdown at the white house residence. neil: i know phil keating is involved. phil keating in tampa. above former washington dc democratic chairman, i was noticing, michelle obama, the light we carry, i don't want to be these jaded political types but you hear all book releases before a presidential run. am i taking the leap too far? she doesn't need the book's money, but the great success, what is going on here? >> it is totally coincidental. and ironically the book is about overcoming challenges in challenging times, the precursor to the promotion of it, especially

pence sbaking karen taylor robson. now back to "dateline." g karen r robson no >>> danielle locklear was missing for a day, then two. by then, local news, including wral tv was picking up on the missing teen story. >> this does not make any sense. >> during that first week, danielle's mom rona, spent her days at the police station and nights at her mother's house. >> i would just sit there. everybody would go to bed and i would stare at the front door just waiting, hoping, praying that she'll run through that door so i can yell at her. >> investigators hoped for the same. but danielle had gone silent. no posts. no tweets. no texts. >> we noticed really quickly, there's though social media. >> that's not a good sign. >> absolutely not. >> even if she's run away with a boyfriend to myrtle beach or something. >> absolutely not. for a teernl to be so active and flat line on social media is very concerning. >> a command post was set up, headed by david servey. how many different agents? >> the fbi had the biggest presence, representatives from the

robson, lake's opponent in the gubernatorial primary which is august 2nd. the leading politicians and influencers, ted cruz, rick scott, josh hawley, mike lee, first time he has made it to central florida since becoming president. however, as you may have heard, he has covid, quarantining in the white house. those events are canceled. >> sandra: john, thank you for the update. >> john: we wish him a speedy recovery. utah police, chilling video of police officers coming under fire. even more disturbing, it was a 4-year-old who was pulling the trigger. incident began with police being called to a mcdonald's drive through due to a man waving a gun at workers there. as police handcuffed the father, shots rang out from the back seat. listen to this. >> put your arm out now. [bleep] drop the gun. [bleep] [bleep]. [bleep] [bleep]. >> kid, kid. >> you all right, kid? it's all right, come on, it's ok. it's ok. >> john: rosy rivera, salt lake county sheriff, she says this is what happens after two years of anti-police rhetoric spreading nationwide. chief, good to be

robson at events the same day. your thoughts on what's happening in arizona. >> i think it's fascinating and i think mike pence is going to run i do not think he would challenge trump i think trump is going to run as well and when i talked to him a couple of months ago he certainly sound like he was going to run i do think you will see a crowded field trump will not have a field to himself. he had a big win in the maryland governor's race mike pence and trumpeted face-off in georgia and mike pence one.proxy battle. i think this is going to be a fascinating battle. it's winnable for either candidate that's why both trump and pence are getting involved in pushing the narrative of back my candidate it's good to be a big power play in somebody is going to be able to a road when this is over. maria: will be watching out as well will talk with you along the way thank you for being here this morning. bob q sack. an investigation into hunter biden's shady business deals and potential influence now reaching what we are told