very, very core republican primary electorates and each one of these republicans for different reasons has gotten maybe a little bit cross wise not maga enough. they had to say something to swing its district and suddenly it s coming back to bite them. it s a question i think an open question. trump hasn t directly thrown himself into these races. there s been talk radio resistance. i m curious when the results come in tonight if there s a penalty in any of these three. and very quickly, steve, one of the spins is look at the number of republicans versus democrats who voted. o rourke doesn t really have one and there are some competitive statewide republican primaries, right? the marquee race will be the republican primary for attorney general, ken paxton. george p. bush is running.
consults anybody. well, 97% of the scientists in the world say that global warming and the threat of the cap melting is real. and i would take their word over mr. trump s untutor opinion. the issue of gun control is another big one. and democratic candidate beto o rourke got a lot of attention this week for his support of a mandatory buyback for semiautomatic weapons. here he is thursday night. i am, if it s a weapon that was designed to kill people on a battle field. if the high-impact, high-velocity round when it hits your body shreds everything inside of your body because it was designed to do that, so that you would bleed to death on a battle field, hell, yes, we re going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. we re not going to allow it to be used against fellow americans anymore. o rourke doesn t believe average citizens need a weapon that s designed to kill people on the battlefield. do you agree with him?
it s now 8:00 eastern, 5:00 in the evening out west. i m ana cabrera and you are live in the cnn newsroom. we begin tonight with a new statement if the president, saying the u.s. is locked and loaded after a large-scale attack this weekend that knocked half of saudi arabia s oil production offline. the president saying, saudi arabia s oil supply was attacked. there is reason to believe that we know the culprit. are locked and loaded, depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack and under what terms we would proceed. while the president doesn t name anyone or any one country, we are told these impact points seen in new satellite pictures give major clues a as to where these missiles came from. according to a senior administration official the strikes likely originated in either iran or iraq. that s because all of the
he doesn t need to listen to anyone. 97% of the scientists in the world say that global warming and the threat of the cap melting is real and i d take their word over mr. trump s untutored opinion. the issue of gun control is another big one. beto o rourke got a lot of attention this week for his support of a mandatory buyback for semiautomatic weapons. here he is thursday night. i am if it s a weapon that was designed to kill people on a battlefie battlefield, if the high impact, high velocity round, when it hits your body shreds everything inside your body because it was designed to do that so you would bleed to death on a battlefield, hell yes, we re going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. o rourke doesn t believe average citizens need a weapon that s designed to kill people
breaking news. beto o rourke seeming to confirm he is running. in a text message with cnn affiliate kstm in el paso, the station is reporting this, that he texted, i m really proud of what el paso did and what el paso represents. it is a big part of why i m running. this city is the best example of this country at its best. sounds like he s doing it. arriving in iowa tonight, o rourke and his aide declined to comment to cnn s leyla santiago or confirm the content of the text. but he s also on the cover of vanity fair, looking a lot like a candidate. here to discuss, patrick healy from the new york times and former democratic nominee for governor of florida, mr. andrew gillum. thank you so much. i appreciate you both joining us. i should say mayor. so, mayor, listen, o rourke doesn t shy away from his ambitions, telling vanity