A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. Its more of a custom inside the justice department. It doesnt say that there cant be an investigation 60 days out from an election. What it says is the norm is that there isnt an overt move in an investigation dealing with an elected official or somebody on the ballot at 60 days before the election. For example, a subpoena, an indictment or pushing to get an interview during that window. Thats true. But at the same time you alluded to this, wolf giuliani is conceding that if there is no resolution between now and labor day, which is effectively the september deadline hes talking about, that it might not be the worst thing in the world politically, not legally but politically to give the republicans a Rallying Point to kind of protect the president , not unlike what you heard devin nunes say on that tape. To protect the president from
democrats who may want to impeach him. Now, thats obviously a stretch, but it doesnt
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. It looks very hinky to me. Heres why i ask you about what this is about because lets say you win. Lets say the democrats win. You get the house. Probably not the senate, but you get the house. Theres a call for impeachment among progressives like yourself. Yes. Two things happen. Well, i dont think its just progressives, chris. There will be a call for impeachment from all those not heard, who are the majority in america. Okay. I give you that fact. Ill stipulate to it for the point of this argument. Okay. So everybody calls out. You dont have the votes. It doesnt happen. You galvanize support for the president , and we are torn more apart in this country. Are you worried about that outcome . No, i am not. I am believing in the american people. I believe in this country. I believe in what it was founded on. I believe in the constitution. I think that on election day, were going to show up in a huge w
Respect. And i think we could use a lot more of that spirit in washington these days. A lot to talk about over the next two hours. Lets go to our panel, jessica and mo, also shawn steele and ron brown. Ron, to you first, with The Big Picture here and the implications for the coming m midter midterms. Every special election, we say focus on the final margin, not who won. What does this say . This put a big you sharpie underline on everything thats been happening since Donald Trumps victory in 2016. On the one hand, there was an unmistakable move toward the democrats in this district. Oconnor won 65 of the vote
there. An unprecedented showing for a democrat. He gained as well in delaware county, and not as much. Thats what ultimately sank him, and republicans retaining very big margins with slightly disappointing turnout in the rural parts of the district. Thats what we saw in virginia, alabama, and in pennsylvania, the distribution of the district was a little different, which allowed r
A mix of newsmaker interviews, political analysis, cultural segments and media analysis. Fuel the future. And both of those approaches are american if you think of it in historical terms but only one of those approaches is patriotic. And i think what we want in our candidates and the candidates that i think are most exciting are the ones that are choosing the more patriotic path, the ones that are using that combustion to fuel the future. And theres a way to do that and there are many, many candidates who are showing it. I went out to visit collin allred, a wonderful young candidate, first time candidate in a Congressional District in north of dallas. He grew up in the district in modest background, went to baylor. Hes a lawyer. Hes working with his neighbors and his community. Hes talking to everybody, people who agree with him and people who dont. His first question is not whether youre a democrat. His first question is about who you are, tell me what you need. Tell me what youre loo
Been reliably red for three decades. But baldersons team says he was able to hold his own and do well enough to eke out a win. And hes paid special thanks to President Trump. Id like to thank President Trump. America is on the right path, and were going to keep it going that way. Reporter again, this was a race that too close to comfort for many republicans, and its a race thats soon to be repeated. Both candidates will face each other again come november. Jason carol reporting there. Well, Democrat Danny Oconnor was up beat when he spoke to his supporters late tuesday, and he took a swipe at President Trump. We made our case for change. Were going to make that case tomorrow. Were not stopping now. Tomorrow we rest, and then we keep fighting through to
A recap of the days news. Gets checked. 8,500 votes roughly still to be counted and sorted out. The Secretary Of State says 5,048 outstanding Absentee Ballots, 3,500 provisional ballots. The question is does it change this . In most elec