Rex tillerson is out. More names are rumored to follow as the president looks for advisers aligned with his agenda and style. Worldrenowned scientist Stephen Hawking has died. He persevered against a debilitating disease and brought mysteries of the universe into the mainstream. Good morning and welcome to early start, everyone, im christine romans. Im dave briggs. He did that in part through simpsons and star trek, not just novels. It is wednesday, hard to believe it is only wednesday, march 14th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. This morning, a few hundred votes separated the candidates in a closely watched pennsylvania special election. The congressional race between Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone a strong indicator how things are shaping up for the midterm elections. At this moment, lamb holds a slight lead over saccone to represent pennsylvanias 18th District South of pittsburgh. Absentee and provisional ballots still being counted, but it would be a steep climb for saccon
Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday, march 13th. We begin with all eyes on pennsylvania. Today, voters are headed to the polls to cast their ballot. A new Monmouth University poll shows Democrat Conor Lamb with a slight edge over rick saccone. If todays enthusiasm matches other special elections seen in the last year, that could be the game changer. Even if turn out is higher or lower, lamb still leads, although by varying major yibs. Donald trump won the district by 20 points back in 2016. But yesterday, the chairman of the Republican Party had some explanation for why the race is so close. This is a democrat district, notwithstanding the fact that the president won this by 20 points. Its a democrat district and conor lamb is triegs ying to po himself as a moderate. As nbc news points out, that statement is actually not true. Besides supporting trump in 2016, the district has backed republican president ial nominees by double digits for the two prior elections. And tim murphy, first
Out to tillerson himself, trump spoke to reporters and made clear he wanted someone in the state department who the wouldnt disagree with him. He found his man in cia direct ker mike pompeo. Lets watch. Rex and i have been talking about this for a long time. We got along actually quite well. But we disagreed on things. When you look at the iran deal, i think its terrible. I guess he thought it was okay. I wanted to either break it or do something. And he felt a little bit differently. So we were not really thinking the same. With mike pompeo, we have a very similar thought process. I think its going to go very well. I got along well with rex. But it was a different mindset. It was a different thinking. I wish wretch a lot of good things. I think hes going to be very happy. I think rex will be much happier now but i really appreciate his service. But with mike, weve had a very Good Chemistry right from the beginning. Actually, rex is not the name of a dog. Its the name of the secretary
Testimony, she has blood clots in the brain, now we learned she broke her wrist in a bathtub in india. Also in india she spilled down the stairs. We wish hillary a speedy recovery. But clearly she is not well. During her trip abroad she made even more executions for her loss last november. If you look at the map of the united states, there is all that red in the middle where trump won. But what the map doesnt show you is i won the places that represent 2 3 of americas gross domestic product. I won the places that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward, and his whole campaign, make America Great again, was looking backwards. You didnt like black people getting rights. You dont like women get the jobs. Jesse the red on the map trump won is called america. It may be foreign to you, but its not a foreign land. Gdp in texas, florida, ohio, north carolina, michigan are pretty strong. Those states are economic power houses and are moving forward faster than the nations economy. If t
Republicans as they head into midterm elections. Campaigning in real life in small rooms, door to door, person to person, it works. It worked for trump, it worked for lamb. Dnc chair tom perez is here to discuss the big win and the future of the Democratic Party. Lamb is not your average democrat. And a crumbling cabinet. After the high profile humiliating firing of secretary of state Rex Tillerson, rumors are swirling that the va director could be next. Pretty soon the president s barber is going to have an Important Role to play in foreign policy. President s barber. And taking a stand. One month after the deadly shooting in florida, thousands of students across the country plan to walk out of class this hour, demanding action on gun control. I want them to know that were not going to let this die down, that were going to make change. And it has to happen soon. Were 17 lives too late. We begin today with democrats celebrating a huge win, where else, Trump Country. Conor lamb pulls of