Get a jump on the days 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 africanamerican iraq war vet endorsed by President Trump. He will face off with democrat Debbie Stabenow in november. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manaforts longtime righthand man back on the witness stand today. Manaforts 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, manaforts 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 cnns jessica schneider. Reporter christ
but now that code has lost meaning for him. i have some stars on my chest that i want to get removed. let me take a look at them. it requires courage to walk away from the organization but joseph is taking it one step further. those are going to come off real nicely. you ready? all right. when every royal gets his stars, he thinks he ll have them forever. is that hurting? yeah, a little bit. but i have seen that it is possible to choose another path, another brotherhood here in mississip mississippi. okay. that thing is gone. take a look. wow. that s so awesome.
i.c.e. agents surrounding food processing plants in mississip mississippi, arresting 680 people. steve harrington calling the story from us from atlanta this morning. steve. sandra, this operation was planned for months. more than 600 agents were involved. they moved in on six different cities, smaller cities around jackson, mississippi. they were mainly targeting chicken processing plants. the agents what s around the perimeter of the plant and move in. they would check for proof of rivers an residency. their personal possessions were put in clear plastic bags. they were taken by bus to an airport hangar for processing. some will be arrested for crimes. some will be deported immediately, and others will be processed further. now, this raid comes out just hours before president trump landed in el paso to mourn the death, the murder of 22 mainly hispanic-americans targeted by someone linked to the internet
they were depending 26 seats. and they were in all sorts of areas. so, you know, democrats are able to take advantage of a very blue national environment and a net gain of 40 seats is the most since watergate. i would note you lost in all of this in the mississippi run-off. 24 and the other ever in arizona elected. the first ever in tennessee and the first ever in mississippi elected. we re getting there. it is not equal yet, but we re getting there. you can see right there. progress. thank you very much, as always. president trump wants $5 million for his border wall and willing to shut down the government to get it. he also says there may be a plan b. toyland, toyland
being unfairly persecuted and they were bringing up anything and everything to make her look bad. mark, thanks very much. let s discuss all this now with the senior political writer and analyst. it is interesting. you look at this race and you wonder, did the democrats lose grant it, mississippi is a tough state for democrats. arguably, they beat the spread, right, on that. but did the democrats lose an opportunity in not running a more moderate candidate here? i think that was a fairly moderate candidate, compared to other candidates that have run nation-wide here. maybe you could have gotten someone better from espy. but this is a small bench. i think he was the best candidate. and more than that, if you look at the political history of mississippi, the last time a democratic candidate received a