Development later in the hours. First to montana right now Greg Gianforte is opening aup lead over exact rob quist on the jean. Gianforte with 49. 9 on rob quist with 44. 2 . 56 of the vote counted this election has taken on a life of its own and after a reporter accused gianforte of body slamming. The republican was heavily favored to win and now facing misdemeanor Assault Charges we have a full house for newsroom from missoula montana. And here in los angeles Senior Reporter for media and plkts be cnn political reporter and form Los Angeles City council william. Cnn political comment and trump support erin joni phillips. Kyung lah we see the lead opening up for gianforte what are folks saying where you are. Reporter well just spoke to a member of the campaign. And the word out of them is they are concerned. They do not like being the name with the smaller number. But theyre pointing out that Missoula County has not come in yet. Missoula is liberal county. They anticipate that will he