he didn t mention is the statement he put out the night before, that his campaign put out the night before, that didn t match the audio, that didn t take responsibility for what happened with that reporter. and something else, kate, you may have heard some of the shouting in that crowd. a lot of the supporters there didn t think he needed to apologize. and we didn t get much word on what s going to happen with his court appearance when he does have to appear sometime between now and june 7th. he has to appear in court for that misdemeanor assault charge. kate? we ll have to see where that lands on the calendar with his swearing-in and when he ll head to the capitol. that could be some interesting timing. great to see you, thank you so much. joining me now discussing the fallout from the politics and the assault charge, cnn political commentator and former clinton white house aid keith boykin and conservative commentator and columnist kaitlin mceneny is here. hewey-burns from real cle
fox news team that was there. and i m sorry to each one of you that we had to go through this. that s not the person i am. it s not the way i ll lead in this state. gianforte is facing a misdemeanor assault charge for the incident in which his response to a journalist turned violent when he grabbed reporter ben jacobs and threw him on the ground. president trump, while in italy, expre expressed his pleasure with the outcome. a great win in montana. and eric, according to the sheriff s office, gianforte must appear in court by june 7. eric? eric: meanwhile, he s headed to capitol hill. once he s sworn in as a congressman, could he face any
i hit all different kind of weird in the b block right before i talked to michael beschloss. so i feel like i m on way more serious drugs than i m on. the problem with the current news cycle, it s hard to tell if you re hallucinating or not. [ laughter ] did you ever think you would be waiting in suspense for a montana special election. i know. and that s what we re here waiting in suspense for that. is a hallucination in and of itself. and the fact that it s been so interesting. i know you re going get into all. this the sheriff who made these very defiant interesting kind of politicized statements earlier in the night. and then this eyewitness statement came out from a fox news crew, of all things saying actually, what mr. jacobs, the reporter described, it was way worse than that. what we saw, we were dumbfounded by. and they described it in grievous detail. and then the sheriff came out and said okay, it s going to be a misdemeanor assault charge. and then there is the fact
already welcomed gianforte into the house republican conference. in a statement following the win, which is in line of his response earlier on election day to a question on how he would handle a victory. that s not our choice. that s the people of montana who choose that. representative elect gianforte must still appear in court for that misdemeanor assault charge which carries a maximum six month jail sentence. bret? bret: alicia, thank you. british police made a new arrest today in the manchester terror bombing case. authorities are also warning members of the mosque attended by that bomber that they are watching for signs of radical behavior. senior correspondent rick leventhal is in manchester england again tonight. good evening, rick. good evening, bret. more dire warning from british authorities with concerns that the suspected bomber could have assembled more than one device. and another attack might be imminent. british police say at least a dozen raids carried out so f
and vote against him or because of the absentee process where votes have come in and can t be changed and tilted in his way. i don t think we can know ever how that shakes out. i thought gianforte s apology was appropriate. i thought it was late. i m surprised he waited until after the election. it looks like he had the appearance to see how it went first. you know, he did the right thing. he will still face a misdemeanor assault charge in court. that is appropriate. this is outrageous to attack a reporter asking a question. it shows he is not ready for primetime if he wants to be congress member dealing with policy. you know, you have the house speaker paul ryan who spoke about this appropriately. he said this never happened. obviously. so many obvious points about this. i think it is so unfortunate you