Chris Matthews debates hot political issues with politicians, newsmakers and Washington leaders. Team. Facing charges of Insider Trading and lying to the fbi. The government alleging that collins tipped his son off about a failed drug test at a bio tech company. Family and friends then sold their stock in the company before the news broke saving them more than 768,000 in losses. Noting that no one is above the law as charges were laid out against the congressman. Congressman collins cheated our market and our justice system. These charges are a reminder that this is a nation of laws and that everybody stands equal before the bar of justice. Now collins has pleaded not guilty to the charges and his statement that lawyers say we are confident he will be
the news about stock trade and news about his Making Recommendations of other members of congress to buy stock of this company of which he was a member of the board has become public for more than a year. What does this case look like to
all right. welcome back to hardball in 24 hours, 24 hours ago i stood in this exact position and i said the polls are closing in ohio. 24 hours later, we still don t know who won the special election. nbc news is calling this too close to call. there has been movement today and i want to show you what it means. when you are in a situation like this, small numbers can be big. the gap, this morning in this district, the lead for balderson sat at 1754. it turned out there was a precinct that they had not tabulated. so 1754 tonight comes down to
much. the candidates are out there talking about health care or higher minimum wages, and talking about economic issues. they barely need to mention trump because of all of these activists out there. that name did happen to come up last night. they said it was a victory celebration. balderson had plenty of gratitude to go around. let s listen to what he said. i would like to thank president trump. and take the time to thank vice president pence. i am going to do everything i can to keep america great again. notably, he did not vothank governor kasich.
in 2012 barack obama won this part of the district. he won it be a hair. but this was blue in 2012. in 2016, donald trump comes along and suddenly republicans win it by 29%. balderson wins it by 33%. these areas voting almost the same in 2012. and six years later, 64 points apart. that is much bigger than a divide. little bit exaggerated because it is balderson s home county, o connor s home county. where is the energy for the midterms this year, the answer here. more energy right now in that democratic suburban area. up next, rudy giuliani calling on mueller to wrap up the russia probe after rejecting the
strongly suggests that blue wave republicans feel it may well be building. officially remains too close to call. balderson clinging to a lead of 1,564 votes over danny o connor. the district that president trump won. just a couple of hours ago, franklin county, the largest part of this district, officials say accounting error will drop balderson s lead by 190 votes. that is potentially significant there. that increases the possibility of a recount. president trump today tried to take a victory lap. they will win. if i find the time which i must, we will have a giant red wave.