Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Thats right, katy. You know, the president tweeted sunday in response to our article that he is not worried about don jr. , but people who have been talking to him on the phone say in fact he is worried about his son. He is worried about a lot of aspects related to this russia probe, which is getting closer and closer to him, to his family, to his associates, to his orbit. Its uncomfortable at the moment. There is some concern that he has that his son may be found to have violated the law somehow, you know. One person speculated maybe his son could have perjured himself in interviews at some point. I mean, the president just doesnt know at this point what could be in store for his son. It is a source of concern and its one of many things thats fueling what were seeing, which is a real public lashing by the president of mueller again and again and again, tweeting more than he has before about the wit
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Lenders considered for a job in the white house. Well head to the courthouse in a few minutes for more on this developing story, what it means for the president and the Mueller Probe. As big as that legal story is for the presidency tonight, well begin with a Political Development that might be bigger for him and his party because it is happening at the ballot box. You are looking live at people voting in ohios 12 Special Elections where tonights results could show a looming disaster for republicans in november. Recent polls show this race between two generic candidates here, no real superstar, its a coin flip right now. Folks, in a district like ohio 12 which really is a district that straddles the suburbs and the exurbs out there outside of columbus, in play for a democrat like Danny Oconnor, the democrats are looking at a
battleground approaching 80some seats. If Republican Troy Balderson can eke it out, the rep
afford to spend this type of money. two things that are interesting. i was with congressman tim ryan, youngstown, ohio, he texted me and said they feel confident about what happened, all the momentum is on democrats side. to kasich s point let me pause you. i think people need to hear what john kasich said. i was shocked that he went there before the ballots had been counted. take a listen to what the governor said. troy, why did you invite trump in here, the president. he said no, i didn t. i think donald trump decides where he wants to go and they think they re firing up the base. i have to tell you, at the same time he comes in here, i was with some women last night who said, hey, you know what? i m not voting. they re republicans, i m not voting for the republicans. the concern, trump fires up everybody.
the timing on this is maybe the most crucial part of it. the republicans backing this thing said we don t want to put this on the general election ballot in november. what else is on the general election ballot in november? claire mccaskill, democrat, fighting for her political right. if you re going to rile up labor, put it on the summer ballot, then you have a better shot perhaps at mccaskill in november. it is a reminder, and i know a lot of people work with the bricks and mortar unions. there s pro union, pro trump people. people shouldn t read a lot into it. you want to stay in missouri. there s an upset brewing perhaps in the city of st. louis that we should be paying attention to. in this era i hesitate to say it s going to be a loss for the incumbent. at least interested in the margin. this is a house primary, lacey clay, the song of the long-time democratic member of congress.