Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. And commerce committee. Collins lawyer is saying, we are confident that hell be completely vitamndicated and exonerated. Lets start with tom outside the courthouse. Tell us about the fbi investigation, what did they say Chris Collins and his son did . Reporter the key thing they say is the congressman came into a possession of privilege material inside information. He was aware of Material Information of this company specifically that a major drug trial they have done. Whats not okay the government says and whats against u. S. Laws was for him to pick up the phone and call his son and let him know that information before the information thats publicly released by the company and allowed his son and fiance and other associates and stockbrokers to be involved in
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Updates of the days news. Good morning, everybody, it is wednesday, august 8th. A lot to talk about this morning. Lets begin with that closely watched Special Election in ohio in a district that has been in gop hands for three decades, Republican Troy Balderson leads Danny Oconnor by less than 1 of all votes cast, making it too close to call. The official outcome may not be known until all the ballots are counted in the coming weeks the race could be coming to a recount as the final results are actually certified. Still despite the razor thin margin, Troy Balderson has claimed victory and Daniel Oconnor has not yet conceded. Listen to this. Its time to get to work. Over the next three months, i will do everything i can to keep America Great again so that when we come back here in november, get ready, we got to come back here in november i have earned your vote for a second time. Can you believe how close this is . We, we are in a tie ball game. We went doortodoor. We went housetohouse.
A look at the days top news and headlines. The nation outline the Trump Interference in upcoming mid terms voicing concerns about threats and saying our democracy is in the crosshairs. Election infrastructure is not a destination. It requires aggressive and ongoing vigilance. Everyone must play their role to ensure that every vote is counted. Dana unprecedented briefing from all of those intelligence officials at the highest level coming to the briefing room, making a show of United Support and coordination at the highest levels of our government with Sarah Sanders explaining that the goal of this is to protect the 2018 elections, the 2020 elections and those in the future. They have their work cut out for them. We are less than 100 days away from the 2018 election. And joining me now is chief White House Correspondent john roberts live with more. Im just going to turn it over to you, john there was a lot there. I have a couple of questions that i want to talk about aside from the elec
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A news show featuring the top headlines of the day from pop culture to politics, which are discussed by a rotating panel of four women and one man. Union and the president has to go in there. I dont know what the outcome is going to be but if he loses, it will be very bad for republicans. He went on that note, this is what congressman peter king thought about his appeal to voters. Rankandfile people, they identify with President Trump. Hes able to connect with them. He cuts through a lot of the washington talk and strikes a very responsive chord. So hes out there, people may not agree with everything he says, the fact is he is able to connect and its a ability to have paid Judge Napolitano i dont like anybody can dispute what congressman king just said. The race is going to be decided not by the base of republicans. Jessica , we cant dispute the president s ability to connect when hes having a rall rally. Troy balderson is an interesting republican because he has trump in case it can e