are all trying to convince democrats that they are the ones that should at least be looked at right now in this very crowded field, fred. yeah, very crowded, but if you look at the most recent polling on iowa, i mean, there is a zeroing in on really the top two, and look at what a huge dip, you know, after sanders, you know, coming in at number 2 with 25%, the rest of the pack with just single digits. reporter: just single digits, and if you look at that poll you see joe biden and bernie sanders, as you said, at the top. a steep drop after that. but we shouldn t be too surprised right now. you have a lot of candidates that are all getting into the race, talking about getting in the race. a lot of these candidates share very similar policy views. people are trying to figure out who they want to support. i spent some time in new hampshire and iowa so far this year, and just talking to candidates out there, fred, rather voters out there, they want to hear from the candidates. they abs
china state media report fan, china s most famous actress, is being arreinvestigated for tax evasion after various film projects. authorities will not file criminal charges against her if she makes the payments. the actress has not been seen since june. overnight she posted an apology letter on social media saying she will pay the taxes and fines, unclear if she was forced to write that by the chinese government. the death toll from indonesia s earthquake and tsunami disaster has jumped to $ 1,470. the indonesian president is meeting with survivors and visiting the most devastated areas including a hospital and hotel in palu. heavy equipment is still needed for the final days of search and rescue operations. and as indonesia deals with the aftermath here, there are reports of volcanic eruptions in northern areas including java. we ll check on cnn money. trade tensions translating into the automakers. car sales saw a steep drop as
pompeo will also travel to japan, south korea, and china. trade tensions hitting automakers. car sales saw a steep drop as the threat of tariffs loom. ford, toyota, and nissan down at least 10%. one reason, demand for new cars is lower than last year. that s when americans rushed out to replace cars destroyed in hurricane harvey. tough comparison. also fear of tariffs on car imports prompted many to buy cars earlier in the year. car companies face slowing sales just as costs rise. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are raising prices. and the new nafta, usmca, creates higher labor and environmental standards for the industry, likely meaning higher costs. rising interest rates slowing sales. interest rates affect borrowing costs like auto loans, auto loans get more expensive. some industry experts think the result of nafta 2.0 is moving more car production out of north america to avoid all of this. could be. it depends.
the last midterm election. about 10.4 million votes had been cast in gop house primaries. that s a bump of about 24%. in ohio, the number of democratic and republican primary voters also grew. democrats saw a 67% increase compared to a 39% increase for republicans, but overall republicans still held the advantage in the raw number of votes cast in ohio. in iowa, democrats saw a hugin crease in voter turnout this primary season with 152% increase while republicans saw a steep drop of 35% there. joining us once again, reporter for the washington post , eugene scott. let s talk about the don jr. meeting at the trump tower tower in 2016. we know opposition research happens a lot and that is, in fact, legal. opposition research, eugene, from a foreign government not necessarily so. absolutely. there s an op-ed in the washington post this weekend
because of president trump the race had a six-point gap last week and now it s within a few hundred votes and that s because our closer came in, president trump. bill: if you pumped $11 million in the campaign in an area president trump won and now you re fighting to a draw, that s a steep drop, kayleigh, from a year and a half ago. our democratic counter parts pumped millions in as well. this is one race, one special election. when we look nationally, bill, and the amount of money we have at the rnc, double that of our democratic counterparts five times cash advantage, we have the money to play this way in races across the country and create a ground game like we ve never seen before. our counterparts are broke and don t have the ability to play at this level and will not prevail in the midterms. bill: last point and you made the point too, connor lamb sold