Brussels. Morning, everybody. Im ali velshi in our headquarters in new york. Lets begin with the fallout from what turned out to be a violent night in politics in montana that grabbed nationwide attention. Voters are at the polls in a special election to fill the states open seat. They are being barraged by news that the republican candidate allegedly body slammed a reporter. Heres what we know. Guardian journalist ben jacobs said he was trying to ask a question during an event in bozeman when he was grabbed. The alleged assault was caught on tape. Heres the audio. Cause you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. Well talk about that later. Yeah, but theres not going to be time. I was just curious. Im sick and oo tired of you guys. The last guy that came here, you did the same thing. Get the hell out of here. Get the hell out of here. The last guy did the same thing. Are you with the guardian . Yes and you just broke m
And the Washington Post scoops that russian disinformation may have inspired comey to intervene. It makes me mildly nauseous. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. On the eve of the special election in montana, which was already way too close for comfort for republicans there, we have breaking news at this moment. From bozeman, montana, where the republican candidate for congress has reportedly assaulted a reporter covering the race. Greg gianforte is the republican candidate for montanas lone at large congressional seat running in tomorrows special election against democratic candidate rob quist. Guardian reporter ben jacobs has been out in montana covering that race. And just after 7 00 eastern, jacobs tweeted the following. Greg gianforte just bodyslammed me and broke my glasses. Ten minutes later, jacobs tweeted, there was a local tv crew there when gianforte body slammed me. Audio is posting soon. Naturally we reached out to jacobs, confirmed th
Election season. What have we seen so far . Weve seen a special election in kansas for a house seat. It was a district that donald trump won by 27 points. What was the margin in the special election . Republicans won but it came down to 7 points. That was 20 points in the democrats direction. Think about that. The democrats in kansas, they made up 20 points in the special election. Again, we dont know what the final number is going to be here, but donald trump won montana by 21 points. Lets say it landed at 6 points which is where it is right now in montana. That would be a gain for the democrats of 15 points off the donald trump margin. We also have, dont forget coming up in georgia in the suburbs of atlanta, you have a district down there that donald trump won by just one point. You have a runoff there coming in a few weeks. Democrats, theyll be sorely disappointed if they dont win that one. They want to be able to see in all these special elections at a very minimum, they want to se
Elected to Congress Lied to the police. Im sick and tired of you guys. The last guy that came in here you did the same thing. Get the hell out of here get the hell out of here. And how the republican tax plan sticks to it the middle class. Where do you think the 300 billion is coming from . Is there a fairy dropping it on the senate . Michael moore is here to talk than, when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The white house spent ten days studiously avoiding taking a clear stance on alleged child molester and gop Senate Candidate roy moore. That changed today. Kellyanne conway going on National Television to effectively argue the people of alabama should stand with the man accused of sexually assaulting a 16yearold. Doug jones in alabama, folks, dont be fooled. Hell be a vote against tax cuts. He is weak on crime, weak on borders. He is strong on raising your taxes. He is terrible for property owners. And doug jones is a doctor in liberal which is why
and now it seems like i became the story. ben jacobs, reporter with the guardian, speaking with chris hayes earlier this evening after he says he was body slammed by the republican candidate who is running for congress in montana. the gianforte campaign has released a statement here essentially saying that ben jacobs was the assaulter here and that he what was the phrase they used? that he grabbed greg by the wrist. he grabbed greg s wrist and spun away from greg pushing them both to the ground. essentially counter accusing the reporter of having assaulted the candidate. the one public witness statement that we have here is from alexis levinson for buzz feed news who was also covering this event that ben jacobs was covering and what she described on twitter she says this happened behind a half closed door so i did not