Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with a big victory for President Trump and the gop. Last night republican dan bishop narrowly defeated democrat dan mccreedy in a special election in North Carolinas ninth congressional district. The house race was seen as a referendum on President Trump who easily won the district in 2016. Laura podesta is here in new york. Why was this so important for republicans . Reporter annemarie, dan bishops victory is a bright spot for a Republican House delegation that lost 40 seats in the 2018 midterm elections. The North Carolina state senator will keep red a seat republicans have held since 1963. Still, the fact that the race was competitive may be troubling for the gop. [ cheers ] republican dan bishop narrowly won a special election in North Carolina to become that states next congressman. Tonight is a victory shared by all who believe in the promise of america
Donald trump is now the Presumptive Republican nominee for president. His only opponent in this race, former governor nikki haley, had vowed to stay in the race through super tuesday. And this morning after only winning the state of vermont and the city of washington, d. C. , nikki haley dropped out. Now, if there was anything truly significant about haleys campaign, it was the degree to which it was a symbol of the dissatisfaction for donald trump. Yes, nikki haley advocated about Theal Deficit but really the whe point of the project was to offer republicans an alternative to the guy with the orange blow out. So when nikki haley dropped out this morning the big question was who was she going to endorse . You might think this would be a moment the last Person Standing between donald trump and the take over of the gop wouldnt just tupitulate to donald trump. Maybe she wouldnt endorse joe biden, but couldnt she, wouldnt shet suggest her supporters didnt have to vote for trump, that there
Im chris hayes. In the wake of democrats historic wins in this years midterm elections, we are witnessing tonight a full on assault of democracy by defeated republicans across the country. Theres an old joke about the definition of chutzpah being a man who asks the court for mercy because hes an orphan, something similar is going on. For years theyve used the nonexistent threat of voter fraud as a pretense to make it harder for people to vote. Even though study after study after study shows that actual in person voter fraud is stew pentously vanishingly rare. That has not stopped republicans from baselessly accusing democrats from trying to steel elections, from donald trump claiming, no evidence, making it up, that he didnt lose the popular vote. To florida senator marco rubio tossing out a bible verse suggesting democrats are making up votes. To House Speaker paul ryan, implying again with no evidence, that the california elections are somehow not legitimate. California just defies l
Even though he lied to the fbi about the nature and extent of his contacts with russia and turkey . Two propositions. Is it because going after him was so wrong in the first place, or because he made it so right with what information he offered up to mueller . Who else does the memo implicate, by the way . Lets bring in cuomos court. Asha rangapa. Do you believe it is wrong to go after general flynn in the first case or do you think its that flynn really did cooperate and provide value . I think its clear from the filing, even with the redactions, that this is about flynn cooperating. As i mentioned on previous show last night, there is enough in that memo thats not redacted to demonstrate that flynn could have been charged with other crimes, like not registering as a Foreign Agent. So i think he got a good deal because of what he provided. All right. So, lets put up some of the avenues of intrigue here on the basis of the theory that flynn was helpful, okay. Flynn offered firsthand in
Is it because going after him was so wrong in the first place, or because he made it so right with what information he offered up to mueller . Who else does the memo implicate, by the way . Lets bring in cuomos court. Asha rangapa. And jim shults. Do you believe it is wrong to go after general flynn in the first case or do you think its that flynn really did cooperate and provide value . I think its clear from the filing, even with the redactions, that this is about flynn cooperating. As i mentioned on previous show last night, there is enough in that memo thats not redacted to demonstrate that flynn could have been charged with other crimes, like not registering as a Foreign Agent. So i think he got a good deal because of what he provided. All right. So, lets put up some of the avenues of intrigue here on the basis of the theory that flynn was helpful, okay. Flynn offered firsthand information about interactions between Trump Transition Team members, plural, and russia government offi