thanks for staying with us. there is a growing international focus on nancy pelosi s big trip to asia after warnings from the white house and the pentagon against her going to taiwan, a major red flag for china s leaders, who have again today threatened potential military action. here at home communities throughout kentucky still underwater at this hour. at least 30 people are dead as catastrophic flooding, continuing rain, high temperatures and another wave of storms hampering the desperate search for survivors. jon stewart is back in washington rallying against senate republicans rallying against legislation to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in iraq and afghanistan. do you understand why this is important? this is the canary in the coal mine for the lowest bar. this government should be soaring the heights, not playing limbo and trying to get underneath the bars that don t mean anything and some of the biggest midterm races from michigan to california as nbc
angeles. congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a life time republican businessman turned democrat. in a special recall election in san francisco, bodine lost his job as the district attorney of that city earlier this evening. in south dakota, nbc news projects that incumbent republican governor christie gnome won. in iowa, senate race michael franken excuse me, different screen i believe from what we re seeing. defeated former congresswoman abby. franken will now look to unseat chuck grassley come november. in montana, ryan zinke is leading in the campaign for congress. a close race we re watching. steve kornacki is at the big board to break it all down. steve, what do you got? it s a waiting game in los angeles. we have been showing you these numbers for a while here. rick caruso leading karen bass. certainly seems like these two are headed towards a runoff if nobody gets 50% tonight the top two finishers face off in november. settle things then. what we
production of solar panels. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. americans say it is the key factor in determining how they plan to vote in midterms. carley: seven states are holding primary elections today. alexandria hoff has the latest on the energy and economic crisis, but brooke singman kicks us off with a look at some of the races you are watching today. brooke: a big day of primaries with the midterm five months away. this morning, americans head to the polls as the economy and foreign gas prices weigh heavy. several democrat incumbents are looking at strong gop challengers hoping for big pickups in november. mike lavin will face mike merrion the and porter is in a new district where republican scott baugh has gained financial backing. the los angeles mayor race, karen bass, who is not seeking re-election is facing real estate developer rick carusso, who has surged in popularity, vowing to add police officers to the c
tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. this is a fox news alert facing almost certain defeat for his party in the midterm elections five months from now, sgrooid has become desperate. he s decided to leverage the murder of 19 children in texas last week for political advances. he just spoke at some length from the white house about the need to disarm the population this isn t about taking anyone s rights. about s about protecting children. about protecting families. it s about protecting hole communities. to go to school, to a grocery store, to a church without being shot and killed. we need to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. and if we can t ban assault weapons, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18-21. strengthen background checks enact safe storage law and red flag laws, repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability. address the mental health crisis deepening the trauma of gun violence as a c
Bottom line that was their goal heading into tonight, to live to fight inll of these in november. Brian, well accepted it over to you. Our thanks to steve kornacki. We ask only that you not stray from the big board. We will come back with results as they come in throughout the broadcast. Checking in on other news, day 502 this was of the trump administration. And President Trump wasted no time again today lashing out at his own Attorney General of his recusal from the Russia Investigation. President trump wrote on twitter, the russian witchhunt hoax continues all because Jeff Sessions didnt tell me he was going to recuse himself. I would have quickly picked someone else. So much time and money wasted. So many lives ruined. And sessions knew better than most that there was no
report would be positive, as we learned the next morning. But when aide mentioned sessions, trump abruptly ended the conversation and unmuted the television in his office, dismissing the staffer to resume watching