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Updates of the day s news. good morning, everybody, it is wednesday, august 8th. a lot to talk about this morning. let s 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 o connor 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 o connor has not yet conceded. listen to this. it s 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 door-to-doo ....
A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and panel discussions hosted by Bret Baier. policies. i m going to vote for balderson. why? because he s a republican and i think trump needs more republicans in washington to clean up the swamp, basically. i m an angry republican. so i have to vote democrat this round. why are you so angry? big i think he s embarrassed us in front of the international community president trump? president trump has embarrassed us in the international community polls close in just under 90 minutes, the last special election before the midterms. let s go to my colleague mike tobin who is covering the primaries in michigan. hi, mike. thanks, kiersten. the president is throwing his weight behind a west point grad and combat veteran who flew apache attack helicopters in iraq. john jaynes has a lot of momentum behind him. real clear politics average gives him a edge over his competitor sandy pendley. very much in ....
Get a jump on the day s news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. primary, cnn projects state attorney general bill schuette will be the republican candidate in november. former state legislative leader gretchen whitmer will be the democratic candidate. and cnn projects john james has captured the gop nomination for u.s. senate in michigan. james, an african-american iraq war vet endorsed by president trump. he will face off with democrat debbie stabenow in november. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort s longtime right-hand man back on the witness stand today. manafort s defense lawyers expected to pick up where they left off yesterday, trying to undermine rick gates credibility in the eyes of the jury. gates admitted to a host of transgressions. so far, manafort s defense team has not done much to pin the bank and tax fraud their client is charged with on gates alone. that part of their cross examination may come later today. more now from cnn s jessica schneide ....
A precursor to Fox News s morning show, featuring the news and first looks at the other stories of the day. rob: the european union vowing to fight sanctions vowing to protect companies that continue to do business with iran. shannon: lindsey graham questioning our european allies for siding with the regime. if a european business, do you really want to lose the american market? can my european friends and allies, what is it about the ayatollah that you like? why do you stand with him and against the people he is oppressing? why do you want to give a man more money who has taken money you have already given him to build a war machine to discover the middle east? do you think he is kidding when he says death to israel? to the europeans, you need to get with the iranian people and get behind trump to break this regime s back. if you think this has been a good deal ask the iranian people how it has worked out for them. ask israel how well it worked out for them. ask everybody i ....
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. said yes. we expect more detail. shepard: it s my understanding there was testimony about a time when paul manafort essentially ran out of money. he did. they re saying in 2014, when his former top client, who the mueller team described as manafort s golden goose, ukrainian president victor yanukovych. gates testified when he left it decreased the income stream. here s how much the income stream was down. gates testified that in 2016, manafort paid between $200,000 and $225,000 for yankees season tickets. but then, manafort asked gates to write a letter to the yankees saying that gates actually just borrowed manafort s credit card to make that huge purchase. this case that started with a lot of testimony and a lot of exhibits and ed showing that manafort lived a lavish lifestyle for several years has now evolved into a case about a former lobbyist and campaign and whether there was collusion betw ....