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.
you know, and therefore, it leaves. you know, and therefore, it leaves the question is, how much does this really change the direction of the campaign? not to say they weren t important things in it that have then developed. the one thing that intrigued me about the polls and the other two, the savanta poll and the partner s poll that came out this morning, actually, the gap that they suggested between the relative performance of the two of them was wider in keir starmer s favour than the very small gap in rishi sunak s favour in the yougov poll. the thing ifound myself pondering and i don t really know the answer to this, so bear with me is that if you look at all three of those polls and insert all the caveats that alex does, ifind myself thinking whatever the gap is between them. and let s look at those ones where keir starmer has an apparent lead. that gap seemed narrower than some of the wider opinion polls suggests as the gap in popularity between the conservatives and labour. no
i think he was facing 11 counts of human trafficking. my boyfriend when i was 27 years old, brutally staffed in a bar fight, his best friend brutally stabbed in a bar fight and the people got away with it. todd: there is constitutional aspect, what do you make of these 44% want to do away with the first amendment. he calling a man a she is not a crime under the first amendment, it is protected speech. what do you make of this constitutional attack? well, i mean, where do we draw the line? i get offended when i go to the grocery store now and somebody calls me ma am, am i going to press charges against that person? it has to stop. kids are out of control. we have kids dressing up like
the street. what a symbolic story aboutet how the progressivehing left approaching crime fighting today. paul, great to talk to you. great to be here. eat to tall right. the 20 to the 2022 midterm election was largely underwhelming for the republican party. the gop barely took the house and squandered senate elections in several winnable states. anso now that the 2024 race is underway, what must the gopt. do to better perform in the next election? lee zeldin is a former congressman who was also responsible for one of the few republican victories in 2022. his effort helped republicansn win three house seats in new york, and he joins us to the state ofassess the republican party. lee, it s great to talk to you tonight. state owe wanted to sit back ot reflect with you for a moment this wee k on this program, we had an interview with governor ron desantis, who running for president with the times, talked to larry elder, who s also desantis running, and vivek ramaswamy. as you look at t
from the money tree. author matt poo lumbo joins us this morning. for his son to say i m more political when comparing himself to his father what does that mean we are going to sees a he takes over the empire. i was going to say i didn t know that was possible. by my knowledge by total spending george soros has spent more on our brings and abroad than any person in history. if you are someone who considers that man a. political it probably tells you something about yourself. as for, you know, what s going to change what is going to change with his son having war chest. there are no policies of his father that he opposes. a question of what comes on top of everything, on top of the d.a. craziness or interference