contribute their fair share this is mtp daily and it starts right now. good evening. i m chuck todd in washington. what the heck is going on in montana and what has happened to most of the republican party? their reaction to the congressional candidate greg had gianforte has been alarmingly apathetic. in case missed it, troert said he body slammed him. here s what the exchange sounded like on tape. i was just curious okay. speak with shane, please. i m sick and tired of you guys. the last guy who came in here did the same thing. get the hell out of here. the jacobs account was corroborated by a fox news crew
potential member of congress. if you can t assistant the heat, stay out of kitchen. and the irony about that was that he was asked a simple question about the affordable care act. it is indefensible. but there is no excuse for knocking a guy over. and we re working hard. underdogs win. and rob quist, i talked to him a few days ago. he is working his tail off. i think we have some wind in our back. we have the issues on our side. a state that donald trump won comfortably. so he is undeniably an underdog. it is vote by mail. a lot of people votedrior to when the assault took place. at the same time, you know, again, people, this health care issue is very real. it s not just democrats that have pre-existing conditions. it is people across the board. and what they re trying to do to tens of millions of people who
we know a third of the country might believe it. exactly. maybe it would have taken a week for people to realize wasn t true. so it boggles the mind. does this impact, do we think comey will have second thoughts about doing public testimony? or does he now hold off? because this memo is such an issue? the people i m talking to say he still very muchants to stify publicly. they say the biggest factor is what bob mueller wants to do. if he is investigating obstruction of justice, he may now want comey to tell his story publicly. but i believe comey badly wants to do that. all right. good to have you. thank you. republican senator bob corker will join me this sunday to discuss the latest on the senate s russia investigation. after the break, why i am so obsessed about what happened in montana yesterday and washington today. just by looking in my eyes.
this research obviously based on people who have a 9 to 5 regular schedule. every time we do coffee stories, you can t drink coffee because you re pregnant. i like the taste of coffee so i do decaf. i can t do it at 10:30. i can t do it 15 minutes ago. hang in there. your coffee and red win are coming. almost. moving onto the weather now. thursday weather. a wet day in the northeast. light snow around the great lakes. a few sprinkles from south texas across the southeast. wet and windy in the north. light mountain snow from washington to montana. a windy morning across parts of southern california. just shy of 80 in los angeles. 40s across the upper midwest and mostly 60s along the east coast. no one looking forward to the back breaking task of clearing their snow covered driveway in the bitter cold. now there is a solution. making it our favorite story of the day. take a look at this contraption. it was created by some high school seniors in southern wisconsin.
chose the cash option or if he is spreading the payments over 30 years. it s only the second time he ever played the lottery. oh, man, oh, man. the second time he ever played. oh, man. one of only six powerball states that lets winners remain anonymous, south carolina. so if we are going to win the lottery because we know we are, move to south carolina. or one of the other six states. in the state we live in, new jersey, you have to come forward. after the press conference you can go hide but everybody knows who you are. you can t hide. no way to hide. plus you have a big old check. how are you going to get to the bank with nobody knowing going through the door. you mean they don t do it electronically? that s a real check. i don t think you can take a picture of that check. that is funny, diana. all right. let s look at the weather, chilly in the northeast. scattered frost tonight. showers and thunderstorms in kentucky to the gulf coast. heavy rain across central flo