Will Federal Judge Steve Jones give a thumbs up to newly drawn Georgia political maps?

First up: A brief look at a breaking story: 

Dissension controls to roil GOP members of the U.S. House continues as Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses her Georgia colleague Rich McCormick of a “physically aggressive” confrontation with her. Greene has reported the incident to the Speaker of the House, who will investigate. McCormick says he touched Greene on the shoulders as a friendly gesture but apologized in any case. 

Then: An overview of the issues continuing to embroil Georgia’s redistricting session in controversy. How can the creation of two new majority Black senate districts actually decrease Black voting power? Are the maps drawn by the GOP-controlled legislature likely to create a legal path that could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court? And could one of the only remaining planks in the Voting Rights Act be at stake? UGA Professor Charles Bullock and Bobby Kahn, who was chief of staff to Governor Roy Barnes in 2001, for the last redistricting to be under the control of a Democratic majority in the house, senate and governor’s office address questions about the new maps. 

Plus: A preview of tonight’s GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Four candidates – Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy will be on the stage. AJC Politically Georgia co-host Greg Bluestein is in Tuscaloosa and will join the podcast tomorrow with a report. 

Links to today's topics: 

Will tonight's GOP debate change the 2024 race? 

Physical contact continues to enflame tensions between Rick McCormick and Marjorie Taylor Greene 

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