Dan oconnor and state senator Troy Balderson are neck in in this case neck in a district donald trump won by 11 points. A district that has been red since 1939. Aside from a twoyear blip in the 80s. Now it is a district that could easily turn blue. Not just women, i think men are as well a little confused Whats Going On in the Republican Party and everybody is kind of looking to support the best candidate rather than be more a partisan issue. Do you normally vote for republicans or democrats . I tend to be a conservative testimony i wou democrat i would say. Was it something about oconnor. It is more about sending a message. I mean, the republicans have to wake up. If they are not going to be a
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A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. But i had said earlier today that if its 2 or less, republicans are going to be talking in a back room and theyre worried. Byron said theyre worried. They know this is a tough midterm coming up, and i agree with him. And it absolutely is for the president in power. Theres no question about that. Very few acceptation. As we wait to see balderson take the stage, i want to ask you quickly, todd, about this, the rnc said it would have made a big difference to have a president on the ballot. They say the special elections are different. Heres rnc chair. I think these special elections are called special elections for a reason. Theres only two candidates on the ballot. Turnout is a huge issue in august in ohio, the week before school starts. Turning out that vote is going to be critical. And i will tell you, President Trump would win this district today and he would win it in november. What do you think, todd . This is
A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Have Breaking News about President Trumps former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. His righthand man rick gates face a grueling crossx admitting to an afarks a secret life, and lie after lie about money. And the question now is who will jurors believe, the acued liar Paul Manafort or the admitted Liar Rick Gates . Cara scan nell is outside the courthouse. How did it go for manafort . Well, manafort was really trying to put Rick Gates On Trial today. His Defense Lawyers were Hammering Gates about his lies about his admitted lies to the special counsels office, about false filings and Bank Accounts that gate had done in his own personal life, and really they were putting the focus on whether he embezzled from Paul Manafort. And there was a bit of a jockeying between gates and manaforts Defense Lawyer about where the money came from. Gates was not making many admissions. At various times he said he couldnt recall things whereas on dir
1st. Now, he is saying he doesnt know if it will be over by September The 1st but he thinks that Robert Mueller should be able to wrap it up by then. He told me if it goes much past the beginning of september then everybody who is involved in this investigation could be accused in interfering with the election. Because if this thing does drag on, it gets closer and closer to those all important mid terms. The response to mueller went out about an hour ago. We got two statements from the president s lead attorneys jay sekulow saying quote we have responded in writing to the Office Of Special Counsel regarding its request to interview the president. It not appropriate at this time to comment publicly about the content of that response. From Rudy Giuliani millions of pages of documents along with testimony from dozens of witnesses have been provided. Were restating what we have been stating for months it is time for the Office Of Special Counsel to conclude its inquiry without further del
The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. Charlottesville where Heather Heyer was killed. Rather than condemn the bigots or beliefs today, the president took aim at a protest, a small group of nfl players calling attention to Racial Injustice and inequality last night. He tweeted the nfl players at it again taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem. A Football Game fans pay so much money to enjoy is no place to protest. Find another way to protest. Stand proudly for the National Anthem or be suspended without pay. This is an issue that President Trump has said he believes to be a winning one for him and while it may, in fact, rally many in his base its another example of this president seeking to divide a country that in some places, frankly, seems to be fraying at the seams. Few acts can prompt a president ial tweet as predictably as a nfl player
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