highway and the only state to have 77 counties vote for president trump two elections in a row with a third time coming up this november. the state of oklahoma proudly casts all of its 43 votes for president donald j. trump. pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules and procedures of this convention, oklahoma 43 votes president trump. west virginia, 32 delegates. madam chairman on behalf of the west virginia delegation, my name is patrick morrissey, and i am very proud to cast all 32 votes for the mountaineers, where we re always free and to cast those 32 votes for our former and future president, donald j. trump. [ cheers and applause ] pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules and procedures of this convention, west virginia, 32 votes, president donald j. trump. new hampshire, 22 delegates. madam secretary, my name is corey lewandowski, and i served as president trump s campaign manager in 2016 for that historic victory. i stand
bernie moreno has defeated dolan and frank larose, who were considered traditional republican candidates. moreno will face three-time senator sherrod brown in november. and on the west coast, california s congressional 20th district will hold a special election to see who will fill out former house speaker kevin mccarthy s term. if no one gets the amount, the top two will face off. and we have suzanne with the weekend. and brandon buff, adviser. thank you for being here. hi. you know ohio politics. your reaction to what we re seeing in the buckeye state tonight? well, obviously a big win for donald trump. he had to go in there at the last minute and do a rally for bernie moreno to push him over the finish line. it s not often that the trump- endorsed candidate needs to feel backup at the last minute. but it s a risky play. everybody in at least established in republican circles thought were perhaps the better positioned to win. this is a critical seat. republicans are
california s 20th congressional district is homing an election to see who will serve out the rest of kevin mccarthy s term. with that, let s bring in our leadoff panel. mark murray, nbc news senior political editor. simone sanders townsend. cohost of the msnbc weekend morning show called the weekend. and brandon buck. thank you all for being here. brendan, since you are here i will start with you. you know ohio politics. your reaction to what we are seeing in the buckeye state tonight. obviously a big win for donald trump. h e had to go in at the last minute and do a rally for bernie moreno to push him over the finish line. it is a risky play for republicans there. as you said, the other two candidates i think everybody in at least accomplishment republican circles were perhaps the better candidates in position to win. in november. and this is a very critical seat. republicans are banking everything on taking back the senate now. democrats hold 51 seats. we think republic
replacing his campaign manager. what can you tell us? so to the campaign that just keeps resetting here. the campaign manager who s been with the governor for a long time, helped run his gubernatorial re-elect, has been demoted. she s now a senior adviser. his chief of staff, the guy who ran the official side has been moved over to be campaign manager. james is very much in line with the governor. he s sort of the same policy and political school of thought. very conservative. so i think this is kind of an indication that the campaign is going to start, continue to focus on a lot of things it s been focused on. really the issues that brought him to a point where he could run for president and was perceived to be a potential front-runner, at least at one point. matt, thank you for the latest there. in new hampshire, former president trump is expected to speak within the hour even as his defense team rather battles with doj prosecutors over suggested limits on government ev
they just think the government s ask is too broad. both parties have until 3:00 p.m. today, right now, to agree on a date this week to show up in d.c. for a hearing on the order and while jack smith gave tomorrow, thursday, and friday, donald trump s team is asking for another extension. this time in the next week. the judge has said she wanted the matter settled before this weekend. so how does she respond on the day? how does she respond to the arguments as well? both for and against the order? and what does she do if donald trump refuses to comply with her order? her ultimate order. jail time is normally an option for contempt of court. could that really be on the table? if not, what else could be done to keep an antagonistic defendant in line? we have news on the grand jury that indicted trump next week. they ve met again today. what does bernie carrick have to do with it? he just met with the special counsel s team. what was he asked? joining me now is nbc news justice a