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
same day that trump was in court in florida trying to get another one of those cases thrown out and failing also, kamala harris becoming the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion clinic. democrats are keeping this does issue front and center and trying to get republicans on their heels a post-roe reversal. but the question is, will it drive enough democratic turnout come november and striking revelations are in a new book from one of the best source board reporters on those affairs. what former top trump aides are warning that a second term of his could look like including us withdrawal from nato and abandoning taiwan if china invades i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source they say the timing is everything and for donald trump, that might as well be his campaign slogan right now, he s been a day-to-day combat and core to keep pushing his criminal cases until after the 2024 election. and there are significant developments tonight concerning the timing thre
conservatives had second thoughts, and what the leaked draft did to any hope for compromise. now a year and a half later, the high court is on clean up duty. agreeing to take on the first major complication from its ruling, this one on the abortion pill. mifepristone. the decision, which could effectively ban the pill nationwide should come next june, meaning the court will keep abortion front and center in the summer before the presidential election. an issue that has repeatedly proven to boost democrats, especially as republicans are still struggling to figure out what to say on it. just listen to senators ted cruz and john cornyn on this week s decision by the texas supreme court to deny kate cox an abortion. senator, are you supportive of the texas supreme court s ruling in the kate cox case that prevented her from getting an abortion after she learned her fetus was not viable. call the press office. i have for two days, and i haven t received an answer. are you w
president trump: these charges are rigged. i mean that, mother teresa could not beat those charges. this is five weeks. five weeks of really essentially not campaigning although i took a big lead in the polls of the last few weeks. because i think the people of this country see that this is a big deal. sandra: a live look at the newark state supreme court in lower manhattan where 12 jurors will soon return to deliberate the fate of former president donald trump. they, the jury, are currently on lunch break. trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and that is where we are at the top of the 1:00 hour on the east coast. john, and by the way, the jury can continue deliberating, we should point out. but it is officially a lunch break. hello, and welcome. i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. jury instructions wrapping up this morning pictures were sent out to deliberate. sandra: the judge instructed th