His comments were aimed directly at president bill clinton, amid the Monica Lewinsky scandal. And if these comments prove anything, its that hypocrisy in politics is alive and well. That will wrap things up for me this hour. Kasie hunt is back with us for the 3 00. Kasie, i dont know what mike pence is thinking when he stares adoringly at the speak as the president speaks, but i wonder if any of that is going through his head . Reporter lets just say that some of the behavior that we have, has been alleged against this president , is not necessarily anything that the mike pence that i have covered for many years would have ever approved of. Katy, its nice to see you. You too. Iam kasie hunt in for ali velshi. Rick gates, former Trump Deputy Campaign manager, and manaforts longtime business partner, has just concluded his testimony and for the first time in the trial, were hearing about manaforts time with the Trump Campaign. Gates is cooperating with the special counsels office, after
Dan oconnor and state senator Troy Balderson are neck in in this case neck in a district donald trump won by 11 points. A district that has been red since 1939. Aside from a twoyear blip in the 80s. Now it is a district that could easily turn blue. Not just women, i think men are as well a little confused Whats Going On in the Republican Party and everybody is kind of looking to support the best candidate rather than be more a partisan issue. Do you normally vote for republicans or democrats . I tend to be a conservative testimony i wou democrat i would say. Was it something about oconnor. It is more about sending a message. I mean, the republicans have to wake up. If they are not going to be a
Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Majority in the house, voters in michigan and kansas and Washington State are also headed to the polls. Is this a consequence of democrats have the momentum and energy . Are they drawn to the partys Ir Resist
going to be a break on this guy, then we vote for the other side. i m really not happy with the way politics are going in our country right now and i really believe we need to change. reporter: so kasie, with the cavi caveat that it s all anecdotal, what seems to be connecting with voters in this district is running against washington. that worked for donald trump in 2016. danny o connor seems to be the candidate who has captured that energy now. we will know tonight, hopefully, whether he captured enough of it to be the first democrat to represent this district in his own lifetime. hopefully, indeed. steve kornacki, if you re still with me, can i get a little preview of how the night s going to look? i know we re all excited to see you at the big board, but what is one place? if we re looking at one county, one spot on the map as a leading indicator here, where should we be watching? yeah, look, i think delaware county. this is just north of columbus here, about a quarter of t
as classic welfare, cash assistance, they would have a hard time gettinging citizenship. generally, they want to see you prove that you are table to work here if you re getting a green card or moving from green card to citizenship. what is changing is how much they are broadening this. they re going after so many social programs that could be potential disqualifiers. that would be like, if you ve used the insurance exchange that s provided through obamacare, if you ve had children s health insurance, which in a lot of states is given to people well above the poverty line, or if you ve used food stamps. some versions even included heat assistance. a lot of things that are, yes, given to people who might be falling through the cracks, and who need a social safety net, but also things given to people who could be making as much as 250% of the poverty line. julia ainsley, thanks so much for shining a light on this. kasie. coming up, michigan s race for governor is testing the limits
gates is cooperating with the special counsel s office, after pleading guilty to lying to investigators and he s not holding the back. he just confirmed previous reporting by nbc news that paul manafort promised a friend of his a job in the trump white house. for more on this, we re going to go now to ken dilanian, nbc s national security and intelligence reporter. he is, again, outside the courthouse for us. ken, tell us a little bit about what these revelations mean in context to the case and what do we expect this afternoon? reporter: that friend, kasie, is a man named steven caulk, and he s a chicago banker with, and manafort is accused of defrauding his bank as part of a $16 million loan. yet manafort was trying to get him a job as the secretary of the army in the trump administration, and there was an e-mail introduced into evidence from december of 2016. this is well after paul manafort had left the trump campaign and after donald trump was elected president. and the e-mail re