[laughter] if you are the crossfit games going on in medicine, wisconsin right now -- madison, wisconsin right now, we want you in milwaukee. rhonda, you are welcoming everybody. that is what we want to see continue to happen in milwaukee. in closing, milwaukee is open for business. business. you're looking forward to hosting not just a great convention in 2024 for the republicans but we are looking forward to hosting a number of world-class events with the attention on our city in the years to come. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mayor and i just want to say thank you to the republican national committee. thank you chairwoman ronna mcdaniel for your leadership and what you have done for us by choosing milwaukee. you have given, sorry, chicago, the greatest midwestern city on lake michigan the opportunity to show the world what it means to be a republican, to have diversity, to build a party together and a community together to show the people of wisconsin and the country that we are the party of the future. and i will tell you, it is a different role being chair of the ho

what do you want to happen in wisconsin?omething that wisconsin voters have followed very closely. these developments. particularly as they relate to voting access in voting rights. do you anticipate strong turnout? >> i do. i think we are going to a very high turnout results. one of the most competitive u.s. senate races in the country. we have an election for governor, we've my reelection campaign. and then, of course local elections. this is going to be the first big general election after the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade. so this election is going to send a message that people in office are going to remember for years to come, about what that means to voters. i think that voters in wisconsin and around the country are going to send a very clear message that they do not want to have their rights taken away. and that they want access to safe and legal abortions to be restored. over the next three, months we are going to see a lot of focus on that issue. we are gonna see how extreme republicans have become, opp

wisconsin wisconsin.e gop government tutorial primary serves, as you know, the latest front in the products who are between trump, and of course vice president mike pence. i'm wondering. how do you expect this all to go tonight in wisconsin? >> you're right all eyes on that governor's race. because it is a really important proxy war between trump and pence. and one of the most important states, i should add, on the presidential map. wisconsin is one of those key battleground states that every four years we see people spending a lot of time. and then you can see on your screen there, that the trump endorsement, tim michaels, was a wealthy businessman. he is enjoying a narrow lead now they're still about 40% of the vote out. but right now, he does have a narrow advantage over the pence backed candidate, the former lieutenant governor there rebecca cloche. so look, if trump gets a victory there by backing to michael's, i think would be an important feather in his cap. i'll just add one more note, laura, that

jonathan, the big race tonight is in wisconsin, or as they say for minnesota, wisconsin, wisconsin.orial primary service, as you know, the latest run in the proxy war between trump and, of course, vice president mike pence. i am wondering, how do expect this all to go tonight in wisconsin? >> you are right, all eyes are on the governor race because it is a really important proxy war between trump and pence, in one of the most important states, i should add, on the presidential map. wisconsin is one of those key battleground states that every four years, we see people spending a lot of time. you can see on a screen there that trump endorsed tim michels, who is a wealthy businessman, enjoying a narrow lead. there are still about 40% of the vote out, but right now, he does have a narrow advantage over the pence backed candidate, former lieutenant governor, rebecca kleefisch. if trump gets a victory there by backing tim tim michels, i think it will be important feather in his cap. i will add one more note, laura, and that is that trump also endorsed further down the ballot and wisconsin

what happens, in a state like wisconsin?tioned the fake electors scheme that ron johnson was apparently involved in. what happens in 2024, or even in the midterms this year, if there are attempts to rig ballots, changed results, contest elections that have been certified, what is your plan then? how worried are you about wisconsin being one of the battlegrounds? >> well, again, look at the january six committee revealed. ron johnson's office tried to overturn an election. and they are able to get the majority in either house, you can just imagine what's antics, what tricks they will try to pull. and this is the unfortunate reality we are experiencing because democracy just isn't working out for republicans. they have failed to keep up with the will the people, the issues that they support the things that they take on and challenge are so very unpopular, -- movement can be -- work to overturn our democracy. so that is what we are fighting for right now. and i do not want to wake up on november 9th, and june to see republicans

wisconsin has close races.al elections four of them were decided in wisconsin by under 25,000 votes. the last governor raced was decided by under 25,000. it's the nature of the state that this will be a close race. it will also be one that is just flooded with money because it is such a pivotal race for control of the senate. >> this is a really interesting matchup, mandela is often referred to as a progressive candidate. compare that to conservative, ron johnson, who can recently suggested ending medicare and social security as mandatory spending programs. he has of course clarify those comments, but has this hurt him? has johnson had to face any scrutiny for people in wisconsin? could this hurt his polling in november? >> absolutely it could hurt him. in fact, polls in wisconsin show that his approval rating is very low. there's no question that over the last six years, ron johnson has moved towards a number of really extreme positions on everything from covid treatments, vaccines, to the 2020 election, to th

why are we discussing it in any context right now in the state of wisconsin?to see you, and i completely agree, and i think ashley's litmus test, i'd like to just put a spin on it because i think it's, you know, this wisconsin primary is a really good illustration of how trump and the republican party have succeeded in normalizing a brand of basically post-truth politics that allows them to blow off facts that they find inconvenient. and so, you say, there should be some way to decertify these claims, and there is. 62 different courts, federal and state, including the u.s. supreme court, which is not exactly in joe biden's pocket, ruled against them time and time again. and so, the -- what the trump people are saying is, well, look, the wisconsin supreme court, which is quite a -- it's a very conservative court, in july, said that the drop boxes that were used in the 2020 election were illegal, and these were the dropboxes that were used during the covid pandemic. and the result of this, they says, is, well, let's throw out the hundreds of thousands of people

this was a year after wisconsin officially became a state. to live under right now, because congress -- because of the supreme court, i should say, and their disastrous decision to take away the right to choose, overturning 50 years of precedent. that is why, again, we have to expand the democratic majority because it should not be left to states for people to figure out if and when people would get an abortion. this is a constitutional right that has to be protected. the senate had a chance to act, but we have people like ron johnson who, again, think that abortion that should be illegal with no exceptions. i have stood in the -- and personal choice. that's with the states are in this election. that's what we're dealing with right now. we get rid of him, we get one step closer to making sure that the right to choose is in shrine in law all across the country. >> the washington post published a piece this week about your apparently evolving political views. they cite a tweet, your official lieutenant governor account posted back in 2019, with

>> you hear it all the time from voters in wisconsin.e that was placed on president trump two years ago. we saw several weeks ago the wisconsin supreme court ruled drop boxes are illegal in the state. that has really sparked a movement to try to overturn the results of the election two years later, which, of course, is something that can't be done. and yet it's still -- we have seen this from voters, we have seen there's a third candidate in the race who built his campaign around the idea that if he is governor, he will decertify the election. tim michaels has said he will consider it if he is elected. rebecca, who moved to the right, close to trump as far as trafficking in some of these false claims about the election, she has though said that she would not decertify the election and has correctly said that it is not something that is constitutionally possible. >> very quickly, reed, is there an appetite among republican voters there in wisconsin for for a trump 2024 run? >> we have seen that trump is still very popular among republican

jackie: yeah, if it's not wisconsin across the country and four states wisconsin, st.ng the senate over the weekend and looking at futures concerned about things right now. will that rally them to get out and vote? >> yeah, i think it's -- people think about a couple things. they like who they know and that's who they gravitate towards but they'll also get behind and vote for somebody who they think can win in november because i think they understand that the balance of power in the senate and house of representatives, congressional races are top tier races and governor's races are very important, but they want fighters. if you're running for the house or senate, they want somebody that's going to get in and fight. if you're running for a governor, it's a bit more of a statesman-type of position. whether that man or woman is running for office is going to kind of rise above the fray, it's got a bit different attitude towards it in how they approach these races. jackie: you're 100% right and coming to the house, people get out and vote and easier chance to turn it and c

what are you watching for in wisconsin?at top marquee race you just noted there, the republican gubernatorial primary between the outsider businessman tim michaels who has donald trump's report, and rebecca clayfish who searched under governor walker who has mike pence's support. we saw round one in georgia. pence won that one when brian kemp won his primary there. in arizona, trump won, kari lake became the republican gubernatorial nominee here. we'll see how it shakes out in battleground wisconsin tonight. that is one key race to watch. i should also note, you know, it's no longer just do you believe the 2020 election was rigged because both of these candidates say that it is, but rebecca clayfish does not believe the vote in wisconsin can be deserted where as michael sort of suggests everything's on the table for that allegiance to trump in pursuit of this continued lie about the results of the election. in the senate contest, victor, in wisconsin, this is going to be one of the biggest races this fall. ron johnson, the

let's hear from carrie from wisconsin. carrie and wisconsin. caller: an earlier collar, -- hello? an earlier caller already asked my question which was as their data that suggest that going to going to charter school gives you a better education because i know there are dismal results from public schools as far as rankings in the world. it is not so much the school but parental involvement. it seems a shame to me that in all these discussion on education we are not allowed to bring that up anymore. my father, before he retired worked in the milwaukee public school system all his life. every year he would get in trouble with the administration because he flunked too many children. he was a math teacher, they can't add two plus two. that is just dooming children to failure. when you pass them along and they are not prepared. during the pandemic, our children have gotten further behind in areas like math and science. in other school choices bes ides public schools, children are being passed along when they are not ready to be passed along. host: we got your question carrie, thank you

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this period of wisconsin was in my old district in an area for 40 or 50 years northern wisconsin was all blue. northern minnesota was all blue. all democrats. it's now hard-core red because of crazy policies like this that come from democrats. laura, it gets cold in northern wisconsin. it gets to be 30-below. we need reliable and cheap energy to make sure we can heat our homes. what's outrageous about what the epa is doing is the fact that this power plant is going to help moth ball coal-burning power plants for the natural gas-burning power plant which means there'll be less co2 in the at atmosphere. the liberals are fighting to moth ball it. moth ball this plan. this is the problem in government. you can elect donald trump, george bush or jason chafe fitz but unless you get rid of the federal unions, the deep states, in the epa, you could never change policy. donald trump couldn't get rid of the radicals in the epa. do what scott walker did in wisconsin, eradicate the union, fire all of these 40-year employees at the epa and bring in fresh blood, and you won't have these problems.

so that's wisconsin. i'm not suggesting the republican votes don't matter there, and there are plenty of republicans voting there. and i'm not suggesting this only happens on the right. there have been gerrymandering that has been deemed unfair by the courts and by nonpartisan experts committed by both parties at various times in american history. i'm reporting for you the news tonight right now this is happening much more aggressively in concert with a wider anti-dem democracy movement in the republican party. so let's stay in that great cheese state where you have senator ron johnson, a maga republican, pushing for republicans there to take more direct control of the elections. he wants to scrap what is a system that provides some bipartisanship. they have a commission for that. and now, again, whether you feel like this is national news or not, if you look up in a future election and it's turning on wisconsin and all these claims, you can think back to tonight when we went in this deep to tell you that

take a state like wisconsin, a sort of old battleground state of wisconsin where joe biden was able toat state back blue, quite frankly by being able to compete and dominate in the moderate -- in 2020, a plurality of voters in wisconsin identified themselves as moderate. joe biden carried those voters by 21, 22 points. and independent voters he carried there also in wisconsin. so what does not animate moderates and independent voters is the ideal that, one, that the election was stolen and that you're going to overturn that election for donald trump, so you know, and that's not only true of wisconsin, but if you look at the trump candidates that trump has backed over some of the more establishment candidates, and let's be clear, you know, pence and former governor walker were backing another -- a different candidate in that race. you look at some of these states and you go, you know, has trump's candidates made those races more or less competitive. i've got to look at a state like wisconsin and you look at how you win wisconsin, you've got to be able to dominate that plurality of voter

in a way that will threaten our democracy here in the state of wisconsin.big deal. i take that seriously. that's why i'm going to win this race. >> donald trump holding a rally there this past friday to gin up support. >> you probably saw that the trump-endorsed candidates blake masters easily won nomination for the u.s. senate in arizona. kari lake won the nomination for arizona governor. >> trump's endorsement golden for his supporters. >> he knows more about, you know, the candidates than we do. he knows a lot. he knows what he's doing. >> so i expect that we'll see a republican primary electorate that looks very different than wisconsin's general election electorate, which could spell trouble for wisconsin republicans if they keep nominating folks who only appeal to a small percentage of that republican base. >> really unfortunate that we have a former president and republicans that are trying to run for this office and are spending their time, again, sowing doubt. it just didn't happen. >> and in washington the january 6th house committee's investigati

in a state like wisconsin, 66%, 65% up here in michigan, in georgia 54%.bers that democrats would say look good, if, as manu said, abortion is on the ballot in an up-or-down fashion. the thing is, it could be. republicans want to press this issue. they are being pushed to press this issue. >> there's not a lot of red on the map which essentially says there would be more pro-life people than pro-choice. all in that interior south, very republican areas. i would say, you pointed out the key midwestern states, border on the midwest in the case of pennsylvania. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, key gubernatorial races there this year. i'm not sure how much you can extrapolate out to the senate. but in a governor's race, absolutely. >> if you're gretchen whitmer, you're absolutely pushing. >> absolutely right. the thing i'll point out, sure, yes, inflation and the economy is still the number one issue. according to gallop, more people say abortion is a top problem in this country than at any point they've polled it in the last 40 years. >> absolutely fascinati

governor of wisconsin.etary of state of arizona, election deniers, they're anti-democratic. and they believe that the only thing that matte is winning. >> yeah. well, i take some comfort, as i i think y do, from the fact that the republican party has decided to turn to the island of lost and broken toys for tir candat. you know, you've got people who are unqualified. people who are clearly not up to the job. people who an't even from the state they're from, running for office. with wildly extreme views. andt may have served them in republican primaries. but when you get into the election you're going to get the result tt donald trump gets when he runs for office. he lost the popular vote when he ran the first time. he lost the popular vote when he ran the second time. and he's republican needs in coress. i look at herschel walker and hmet oz and kari la and some of these others, this is going to happen again. and it's too far and irrational and undoing of the trumpist movement of the republican party. >> da

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and joining us now is lieutenant governor of wisconsin, anello barnes, he's wisconsin's democratic nomineeate. thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. as you go forward in this campaign, what's, for you, is the most important issue and running against ron johnson. >> well thank you so much for having me. and i'll tell you that the most important issue in this campaign is quite frankly rebuilding the middle class. it is about the people that iran johnson that has forgotten about, every corner of the state of wisconsin. let me tell you, whether it is his threats to slash social purity, medicare, his disregard to veterans that were impacted by burn pits, or even going out against insulin cost, ron johnson couldn't be out of touch. and he has exhibited this felt leadership for the last 12 years, that is exactly why i'm running to replace him. >> what about one johnson's position within a republican party that stands against counting all the votes? in presidential elections? they are now supporting the idea that republican secretaries of states can simply change the vo

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in wisconsin, it's a trump versus pence proxy battle again.mary for governor. trump endorses tim michels who is facing rebecca kleefisch. in minnesota, it could paint a clear picture of how abortion could factor into the midterms. let's start with the wisconsin primary. tim michels versus rebecca kleefisch. it's interesting, let's listen to the ads and that will lay out the establishment, trump versus the establishment. >> trump calls for a southern border wall. i didn't just agroagree. i built him a protocol. >> there's only one conservative fighter in the race for governor. her name is rebecca kleefisch. >> see the former governor, scott walker there. mike pence is also for kleefisch. we have seen in the in race after race. trump versus the establishment. >> in this race, you have them fighting over the fact of, like, who is, you know, going to say that the 2020 election was fake enough to have michels basically saying he would try to pool the registration or whatever that wisconsin did for the 2020 election. and kleefisch is the moderate, i

that 2020 election in wisconsin.mp backed adam steen, but voss by about 260 votes eked out a victory here and looks like he's going to hang on to his job. >> also, david, yet another republican in congress who voted to impeach donald trump was defeated. where do we stand on the ten house republicans who voted against trump? >> yeah, this is a bit of clean-up from last week. washington state primary, jamie herrera butler in her concession speech in her statement conceding the race said, quote, i'm proud i always told the truth, stuck to my principles and did what i knew to be best for our country. she was one of the impeachment ten, the republicans who voted to impeach donald trump in the aftermath of january 6th. four retired rather than face his revenge at the ballot box. three lost their primaries against trump backed challengers, as jamie herrera butler did. only two move on to the general election in november against donald trump's wishes. david baladayo, he stayed out of the race in california, and dan newhouse,

and in wisconsin, our next guest, wisconsin's lieutenant governor, mandala barnes, leads republican senator johnson by four points. joining us now is wisconsin's democratic nominee for senator. governor barnes, good to see you, good to see you tonight. >> thank you. thanks for having me over today. >> let's talk about how you deal with a candidate -- like ron johnson, because there's a time where i remember that brown johnson was a fairly mainstream republican candidate what happens -- what happens now? because he's not, he's unendorsed conspiracy theorist, he has endorsed various levels of election denial. what does that make you need to do now? >> i'll tell you, the choice is simple. we are leading with our values, we are leading with our vision. on the other hand, you have ron johnson who is further, and further out of touch with reality. further out of touch for the reason he was elected to serve. leaving people behind whether its social security, whether it's medicare. and i will tell you, he has doubled his wealth in office, but couldn't be concerned but the quality of life for the re

let's take a look at where you stand in wisconsin.ponent and why you believe you right now are being smeared and this is the result. 50% for barnes, 46% for johnson in the wisconsin senate race. >> well, again, because of their suppression, they absolutely interfered in the 2020 the election far greater than anything russia or china could ever do. and, yes, by basically saying i'm a tool of russia -- which i am not -- the wisconsin press picks that a up, and there are people who wisconsin who think i'm a tool of vladimir putining. nothing could be further from the truth, but they have smeared me publicly x they just might impact the 2022 election here in wisconsin as well because, let's face it, maria with, they do cannot want me reelected because i would be chair of the subcommittee on investigations. they know i will investigate their corruption. so ron johnson for senate.com, aisle going to need -- i'm going to need a lot of help. they've spent more than $50 million smearing me and, of course, the fbi's part of that process. maria:

arizona today and wisconsin next tuesday. amid a rift between donald trump and mike pence that dates back to january 6th. "the washington post" reports, quote, two gubernatorial candidates in arizona and wisconsin backed by trump will face-off this month against those endorsed by former vice president mike pence. who split with trump after refusing pressure to reject the results of the 2020 presidential race. but make no mistake, this year's republican primaries have been shaped in large part by who donald trump is endorsing. and competition for his endorsement took a surreal turn last night when trump endorsed eric in the missouri primary. just eric, no last name, you know, like beyonce and dona. turns out there are two erics with serious shots of winning the missouri senate primary, eric greitens and eric schmidt. both are claiming to have trump's endorsement. a source tells nbc leaving off the last name was intentional. let's get to nbc news correspondent shack belaruser on the ground in byron center, michigan, covering th

use engine to the wisconsin present pick it up and there are people in wisconsin they have smear be publiclyin wisconsin as well sing a little bit of context him he is running behind it was because right now and he believes that is because the obi. >> to the enter fbi interfering in another legend says ron johnson the liberal press wisconsin is generally taking on those things the fbi put out and as not corrected himself in any way ron johnson it which definitely would help him in this campaign, is with a sense of the laptop cart important because if they are truly no doubt laptop is rooted for trump bided the big like getting 10 percent, compromise u.s. present compromise and want to say this, were in five americans, do reasonable, say they believe that truthful coverage with hunter laptop story would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and that is a very scary number administration by the way god has inc. pulled generally six committee to scare people from ever questioning the election, and we are and we know so interesting because you have no, mark zuckerberg so casually

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laura , it gets coldno in northern wisconsin. it gets to be 30 below. weel need reliable, cheap energa to make sure we can heat our homes. and what's outrageous about what the epaoi is doing is the fact that this p power plant is going to help mothball coal burning power plants for this natural gas burning power pla plant, which means theree will be less co2 a in the atmosphere and the liberals are fighting to again mothball it. this plant and this is the problem in governmentnt. you to like donald trump, people like george bush, you can elect jason chaffetz. but unless you get rid ofth the federal unions, the deep state at the epa, you can never change policy. donald trump couldn't get rid of the radicalss, the epa. so if any republican is again elected to do what scott walker did in wisconsin, eradicate the union square all 40 year employees at the epa bringre inh freshav blood and you won't hav, these problems. but as long as you keep these radicals employed, you can never change course. they'll take out existing nuclear plants, the coal p plants, ga

shaquille brewster is in wisconsin. what's the lay of the land there? evers here in this incredibly important battleground state of wisconsin. and it's a test of the direction that republican voters here want to take this party. that's because you not only have former president trump endorsing tim michaels, who is painting himself as a political outside er. he's a construction executive, but he's going up against the former lieutenant governor. clayfish is backed not just by mike pence, but also by the popular form governor scott walker. so when you talk to republican voters, as i have been doing all day, they sound a little stressed about their decision because you have these big republican names weighing in on the primary race. listen to some of those conversations. >> i'm foing to go with trump. that's just my thing. >> you're going with whatever trump suggests. >> yes. >> i don't think the endorsements affect my vote. i think it would be good to have someone leading this state that is not been connected to politics at all in their life. so i think t

polls are open in four states, wisconsin, vermont, connecticut, and minnesota.tween former president trump's pick for governor, businessman tim michaels facing off against mike pence endorsed rebecca collie fish. >> former president trump has endorsed the challenger to the state's assembly speaker, robin voss after voss refused to decertify the 2020 presidential election. joining us now is sung man king, a white house reporter for "associated press" and cnn political analyst. thank you so much for joining us this morning. we have talked about these proxy battles throughout the course of the primary season. now we have another one in wisconsin in the gubernatorial race in that republican primary. both candidates to different extents have embraced the big lie about the 2020 election, but when you look at that wisconsin republican electorate, which way do you think that they are leaning. are they leaning more to the trump side, to the pence side? more establishment in more outsider? how do you read it? >> it's actually a really interesting dynamic here. the trump-b

>> this is going to really impact that wisconsin primaries. you have mandela burns that's facing unaccompanied, four republican, ron johnson. he can take back and look at what's senate democrats really did by passing this bill. he can say, there's more to come if you like me into office and we get ron johnson out of office. you heard him say that he wants to push codifying more rights for women, who has access for health care because of the overturning of roe v. wade. he wants to push more things about health care, about access to abortions and so on. if you look in turn to this, this is what senate democrats have done. i want to contribute to making these changes. to helping americans, not just in wisconsin but across the country. make more decisions in order to better their lives. >> ron, johnson's current senator republican, do you think he's too far right for the voters? he's one of the republicans who voted against the insulin cap today. wh votethere's backlash, not just r his opposition to this bill and the things in the amendments in, i

go back to the big state of the night and that is wisconsin.r running mates at odds once again. former president trump endorsing tim mychals, former will vice president pence endorsing rebecca kleefisch. both of these republicans reacting to the fbi raid at mauller and so are wisconsin voters. grady trimble is in the milwaukee suburbs tonight, good evening, brady. >> good evening, bret. the candidates wasted no time getting out the vote this morning. they cast their own ballot as soon as polls opened this governor's primary features another set of dueling endorsements by former president donald trump pence's pick is rebecca kleefisch. she served as lieutenant governor of wisconsin with governor scott walker. primary day is typically a quiet one for campaigns but today both candidates are answering new questions about trump. >> do you have a response to the raid of the former president's home yesterday? >> yeah. it's scary to wake up this morning and see that the government has raided the house of the former president. if they can do it to the f

but wisconsin is the one to watch, where donald trump and mike pence are on the ballot. for more on this, let's bring in shaquille brewster who is in hartfield, wisconsin this morning. shaquille, what is the latest? >> reporter: good morning, well, mika, people are viewing this race as almost a proxy battle over the direction of the republican party. and that is because you two candidates receiving endorsements from the outside. you start with rebecca clay, she's the former lieutenant governor under scott walker with the support of vice president trump -- excuse me vice president pence. and then on the other side you have tim michaels, he's a businessman and he has the support of former donald trump. both ends have been here in the state. we've seen a lot of television ads that have gotten nasty in recent days an weeks and you've seen a lot of influence and based on the polling that we've been seeing lately, this seems to be an increasingly close race. it is going to be a tight margin and that is what both of the candidates were saying this morning. we saw both of them a

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kansas, michigan and decuture, alabama were well stocked in 2012 but 2019 had housing shortages wisconsin builder bob warner says the labor shortage is slowing down his ability to provide more inventory >> unless i add enough electricians and plumbers and all of the other trades have enough people to build the houses, i can't add more houses. >> reporter: the mayor is still chipping away at the campaign promise. >> the city purchased 200 acres of farmland to build and grow the housing stock in the community. >> reporter: developments like that will take time. paul and katie are looking now two or three bedroom, one or two bathrooms, that is all we want >> reporter: hoping to get their slice of the american dream. >>> history was made in washington today michael langley was sworn in as the first black four star general in the history of the u.s. marine corps. he said he is humbled and honored by the promotion and stressed the importance of diversity in the military. when we come back, a lesson in pursuing your dreams, from a school custodian that did just that >>> there is good news tonigh

barnes would become wisconsin's first black u.s.senator if he defeats republican incumbent ron johnson in november. mandela barnes spoke at a victory rally on tuesday night. >> will continue to fight for good paying jobs that you can raise a family on. i am here to tell you together we will move forward to protect the rights of so many people, the fight summit people have been involved in before we got here, ke the right to vote. and the right for you to make your own decisions about your own bodies. amy: in minnesota, congressmember ilhan omar has survived a primary challenge from former minneapolis city councilmember don samuels who criticized omar's calls to defund the police. in other news from minnesota, kim crockett has won the republican primary for secretary of state. crockett is an election denier who has called the 2020 election rigged. and in vermont, becca balint won the democratic primary for vermont's sole congressional seat. balint, who is the leader of the vermont's state senate, defeated vermont's lieutenant governo

we really have a great city here in madison, wisconsin. is different, but we've been doing a lot of things like my colleagues to try to get people to come to madison, wisconsin. we know we have a great educational system that is supported by the community. but it's definitely a teacher shortage. amna:ow are you doing in filling those vacancies? how many do you have and how if you done it? are you having to lower qualifications or raise pay as in other places? sup. jenkins: well, one of the things right now that we're looking at, really it is an employee's market. the historical issues of teacher shortages from 1970. we had 200,000 individuals coming out ready to go into teacher workforce and now today we have in less than 90,000 and we're seeing more women leave the workforce. knowing that, we are trying to be very strategic in trying to keep the talent, that is very important. but individuals, after the pandemic, a lot of people want to go closer from -- closer to home. some have come from far away and so are trying to go back. we're also

we showed you wisconsin a minute ago. other piece of news donald trump picked up last night, this is in washington state. remember, it takes them about 16 1/2 years to count up the results in congressional races in washington state. we did finally get top two primary jamie butler, incumbent republican congresswoman, she's one of the ten who voted to impeach donald trump, she conceded last night to joe kent, a trump-backed republican who backs up trump's claims about the 2020 election. we haven't technically called the race yet at nbc, but she's conceded it and basically set the stage for the trump-backed candidate versus the democrat in the general election. here are the ten republicans who voted to impeach donald trump after january 6th in 2021. here is their state in 2022. you see a lot of them simply chose not to run. you've got herrera butler going to lose the primary, tom rice got clobbered in his primary in south carolina. david valadao got through his primary in california. donald trump did not make an endorsement

cnn national correspondent kristen holmes is in wisconsin for us right now.consin's governor's race is the third time former president trump and former vice president pence have actually backed rival candidates. what more can you tell us? >> well, that's right, wolf. former vice president mike pence is supporting the establish backed candidate, rebecca kleefisch in the race. kleefisch was once considered a shoo-in to be the candidate until former president trump got involved and he backed her rival, tim michels who has poured millions of dollars into this race. now it's considered highly competitive. one thing we should note about the state of wisconsin, it has been a focal point for former president trump in his obsession with the 2020 election. on numerous occasions, he has called officials here in the state trying to get them to overturn or decertify the election results. and one thing about both of these candidates, both kleefisch and michels is they have fully embraced the former president's claims of fraud around the wisconsin 2020 election. that is som

that sets up another pivotal showdown in wisconsin. face off against incumbent senate republican ron johnson in a race that many believe could determine control of the senate. >>> in washington, president biden has signed a bipartisan bill that aims to strengthen u.s. competitiveness with china. the bill, coined the chips and science act, will invest billions of dollars in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research. it will also set aside $52 billion to boll store the computer chip sector. the white house touted the immediate impacts of the legislation, saying multiple companies spurred by the chips bill have already announced more th $40 billion in new semiconductor manufacturing investments. number of victory laps from the president in the days ahead. a legislation that has passed and signed into law. the president also signed the nate passed measures approving swen and finland's application to join nato. the senate voted 95-1 last week to give its approval with only one republican senator josh hawley of missouri oo

tomorrow is primary day for voters in wisconsin.ery competitive republican primary for governor to take on tony evers, and former president trump and his vice president mike pence find themselves once again on opposing sides. joining me now from wisconsin is shaquille brewster. so shaq, talk to me about this gop race. it's almost a battle of the extremes. >> reporter: you almost have a little proxy battle, it has republican voters here in wisconsin saying they are stressed, that they are confused. many of them saying that they will not make a decision until they hit the voting booth tomorrow. that's because of all the popular republican politicians that have weighed into this race in some form or fashion. you start with former president donald trump endorsing tim michaels, who wasn't even registering in polls or included in polls but surged to the front after that endorsement from former president trump. then you have former vice president mike pence. you have former governor of wisconsin scott walker. they're backing former lieuten