some have dubbed it the montana miracle. governor, i want to thank you for making housing a top priority and i want to thank you for joining us. and i want to welcome your wife susan gianforte who is here with , first lady us today. before starting our conversation that may remind their virtual audience if you have any questions for governor gianforte you can post them to our twitter account @bpc underscore bipartisan and use the #bplive . you're welcome to submit your questions to the youtube chat and we will save time at the end of the event to take questions or in person virtual audiences. so again, governor, thank you so much for being with us. >> dennis, thank you so much for having me. dennis: i know will spend a lot of time talking about housing. let's go 30,000 feet. you've been governor for three plus years. how is the state doing and what are your priorities besides housing? >> again tnk you for having , me. and thank you everyone for joining us today. i ran for two reasons. montana had not been living up to its fu

what's the biggest take away from the montana miracle. other states should implement to help with their own housing supply challenges. >> i would say the task force is the unique thing that we did. i can stand up and tell you my opinion not everybody believes me. but when you bring a broad section a bipartisan folks together around a table with a very clear charge to produce results, it happens. if you search on the internet for montana governor housing task force the minutes from all the meetings are there the agendas it's all there. and it's a model anybody can copy. i still good ideas wherever i find them. >>. [inaudible] we've made significant investments there. the childcare workforce in the workforce behind the work is done i think we put over $100 million into grants to childcare providers, but was the first thing, the second thing we did was we had elaborate licensing requirements. that made it difficult for childcare to operate so we modified those to make it easier. we expanded licensure to allow more in home care which makes a

jon tester so that if the big focus in montana-— in montana. he will be helping to address their equipment not in itself relevant for the presidency but one of the issues his presence will hope to address? yeah, for one, i think his name awareness _ yeah, for one, i think his name awareness to bill for sheehy is a really— awareness to bill for sheehy is a really big — awareness to bill for sheehy is a really big part of it today. i think we are _ really big part of it today. i think we are going to hear a lot about donald — we are going to hear a lot about donald trump, who came four times six years— donald trump, who came four times six years ago when jon tester had talked _ six years ago when jon tester had talked a _ six years ago when jon tester had talked a lot about the frustrations he had _ talked a lot about the frustrations he had withjon talked a lot about the frustrations he had with jon tester. talked a lot about the frustrations he had withjon tester. donald talked a lot about the frustrations he had with jon tester. donald trump a

, _ dan, so he is no stranger to montana, he is very popular in montana, _ montana, he is very populara, he is very popular in montana, he won by 20 points in 2016. _ montana, he won by 20 points in 2016. by— montana, he won by 20 points in 2016. by 16 — montana, he won by 20 points in 2016, by 16 points in 2020, so he will see _ 2016, by 16 points in 2020, so he will see a — 2016, by 16 points in 2020, so he will see a friendly crowd tonight, and he's — will see a friendly crowd tonight, and he's very invested in our us senate — and he's very invested in our us senate race that we have here this cycle _ senate race that we have here this cycle he's — senate race that we have here this cycle. he's hoping to help boost and help republican tim sheehy win the seat. help republican tim sheehy win the seat he's _ help republican tim sheehy win the seat. he's a political newcomer, he has never_ seat. he's a political newcomer, he has never held office before, he's a former navy seal and entrepreneur and he _ former navy seal and entrepreneur and he is _ former navy seal and entrepreneur and

some have dubbed it the montana miracle.overnor, i went to thank you for making housing a top priority part also went to thank you for joining us pretty went to welcome your wife the first lady of montana who was with us here today. but before starting a conversation let me remind her virtual audience if you have any questions for the governor please post them to our twitter x account throughout the event using the # bpc live it. we are also welcome to submit your questions and the youtube chat. we will save time at the end of the event to take questions from in person and virtual audiences. so again governor, thank you so much for being with us. >> and i will spend a lot of time talking about housing. let's go 30,000 feet. even governor for three plus years when your priorities besides housing? >> thank you for having me think of and for joining us today. iran for two reasons. montana had not really been living up to its full potential. we export the best thief in the world partly export a lot of grain and we export our kid

late this afternoon, his plane diverted to billings, montana, because of a mechanical issue. the former president is comfortably ahead in deep red montana, and his campaign has not said when he plans to make his next visit to a battleground state, major. >> major: battlegrounds

late this afternoon from his plane diverted to billings, montana, because of a mechanical issue. the former president is comfortably ahead in deep red montana, and his team has not said when he plans to make his

and has nothing to do with montana.his guy. he remains for their mentor of this term and the remainder of another term if he is elected. >> and you cling to me how a guy that it's mcdonald's and never exercises is in as good a shape as he is in? >> it is called genetics. some people have great genes. i told the president if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years he might live to be 200 years old, i don't know. i would say to answer your question he has incredibly good genes, it is just the way god made him. >> that was ronnie jackson acting as trump's presidential physician in 2018. jackson has now become a far right conspiracies spewing m.a.g.a. congress met in texas but that wasn't always going to be his next job after the navy. in 2018, trump wanted to reward jackson for raving about his virility and health to the public. and that reward was to nominate jackson to be secretary of veteran affairs. running the $300 billion federal agency that provides crucial care and benefits for the nation's military veterans

impact montana.ould impact montana. a question for the democrats having seen this - could impact montana. a question for the democrats having seen this sort l the democrats having seen this sort of recent improvements, whether this is a kind of honeymoon. that could run out. it is still a way to go until election day. we've still got the tv debate to come. do you think that it's particularly where you are the democrats could hold onto this slight improvement? that the democrats could hold onto this slight improvement?— the democrats could hold onto this slight improvement? that is a really aood oint. slight improvement? that is a really good point. that's _ slight improvement? that is a really good point. that's something - slight improvement? that is a really good point. that's something i've i good point. that's something i've been _ good point. that's something i've been wondering myself. when does the enthusiasm _ been wondering myself. when does the enthusiasm wear out? we've got about 90 days—

are there in montana? guest: montana has a higher than average veterans. he is the chairman of the veterans affairs committee. when i talk to republican strategists about the race, they love bringing up that this is the first time that tester has been challenged by a veteran himself. he is a former navy seals decorated in afghanistan has made veterans issues and his express as a veteran front and center to his campaign. tester is feeling the heat on that issue and felt the need to do an at fully focused -- focused on veterans issues. he has dozens in a room endorsing him. clearly this is something he wants to drive home that he is the better candidate in this race. host: and the ohio senate race we have sherrod brown defending his seat. guest: this is one that should be one of the republicans' best pickup options. it used to be a quintessential swing estate but it is not a pretty republican state and one of those two states on the map for democratic incumbents are running in the states that trump carried in both presidential elections. on paper, this looks

tester in montana and sherard rounded ohio.se days, president trump will win by 20 points. new getaway in ohio 8 - 10 points. that puts kim sheehy in montana and very strong position to win the senate race and bernie moreno in ohio to witness at a race. in looking at the polling data since president trump came to montana on august 9 we had an amazing valley my hometown of bozeman montana, 10000 people in the basketball arena, a thousand more in the parking lot on the jumbotron cheering for president trump cheering for tim she is now we see tim sheehy move up in the polls and consistently pulling three twomac five points ahead and wise polling strong ahead not just because of what president trump did. this is a great american hero. his wife is also a naval academy they served in afghanistan in a purple heart, bronze star and montana is the second highest per capita population of veterans. he is a great business leader as well, that's right tim sheehy's position to be the 51st seat to make sure we controlled the majority for the

tester in montana and sherard rounded ohio.hose days, president trump will win by 20 points. new getaway in ohio 8 - 10 points. that puts kim sheehy in montana and very strong position to win the senate race and bernie moreno in ohio to witness at a race. in looking at the polling data since president trump came to montana on august 9 we had an amazing valley my hometown of bozeman montana, 10000 people in the basketball arena, a thousand more in the parking lot on the jumbotron cheering for president trump cheering for tim she is now we see tim sheehy move up in the polls and consistently pulling three twomac five points ahead and wise polling strong ahead not just because of what president trump did. this is a great american hero. his wife is also a naval academy they served in afghanistan in a purple heart, bronze star and montana is the second highest per capita population of veterans. he is a great business leader as well, that's right tim sheehy's position to be the 51st seat to make sure we controlled the majority for th

in montana. is it that the democrats, as far as you can tell right now? i democrats, as far as you can tell right now?— democrats, as far as you can tell right now? i think it's going to be very competitive. _ right now? i think it's going to be very competitive. it _ right now? i think it's going to be very competitive. it was - right now? i think it's going to be l very competitive. it was interesting because before kamala harris was announced as the presidential candidate for the democrats it was actually a lean red state. we were seeing on polling and polling in nevada is incredibly difficult to do, it is not always accurate. so keep that in mind. we were seeing polling that showed the state trending red for former president donald trump. now we are actually seeing the reverse and harris is leading in those polls. i think that's something we are watching and this is definitely a toss—up state this is definitely a toss—up state this year. this is definitely a toss-up state this ear. �* ., , .,

nbc's vaughn hillyard is in bozeman, montana.ategist and former aide to the klobuchar and clinton presidential campaigns. matt gorman is a republican strategist, former senior communications adviser for tim scott for america, and former nrcc communications director as well as aide to jeb bush and mitt romney. good to see all of you. okay, vaughn, in one of those very beautiful cities in a very beautiful state, but nobody's idea of a swing state. i think 2020 trump won there by 16. so what does his campaign think he can really accomplish by going there? >> reporter: right, they should be out here in montana hanging out with me. when you're looking at the senate map, look, this is one of the senate races that could change whether republicans have the majority come 2025 or not. if you look for republicans, all they got to do is pick up one or two senate seats. if donald trump and j.d. vance win, j.d. vance could be that tie breaking vote. if it is a 50/50 even split in the senate. when you look at west virginia, the expectation is t

tester plans to remain in montana to meet with voters. >> tester fights for montana, regardless of partyhio, regardless of party. and that's why they are doing so well in those states despite the lead that trump has. >> bret: in ohio democratic incumbent senator sherrod brown running a similar campaign. >> my focus is on my state and work. >> brown calling for pressure to increase pressure on china. he also says he has no plans to campaign alongside kamala harris this election cycle. >> i have got my own schedule. she has got her own schedule. i will focus on my race, my strategy is perhaps different from hers. >> former president trump won ohio by 8 points in 2020. and has ohio's other senator, j.d. vance as his running mate. >> we have got work hard for every single vote. >> brown faces republican senate candidate bernie moreno a businessman born in columbia. moreno is trying to keep voters focused on brown's work with democrats. >> he says he works with him. is he reemerged as a cicada as a trump loving moderate bipartisan democrat. totally fake persona. he is a guy who voted almost 1

howdy, montana, from the great state of texas.ant jon tester who says he represents montana. this man who tells you he is up there trying to clean the place up and fix what is broken. this man is a sleazy, disgusting swamp politician. he is a fraud and a liar. i was in the navy for 25 years. at 425 years i was on active duty serving my country. i was an emergency medicine physician. i went to a rock to a surgical shop trauma platoon on the battlefield. i spent the last 14 years of my career in the navy on active duty at the white house serving three presidential administrations and taking care of three presidents, including the press president -- including the best president this country has ever had, donald j. trump. [cheers and applause] i had a spotless, flawless career in the navy. i have never had a single complaint about anything. i was a navy rear admiral, and at the end of my time in military that was still on active duty president trump at the trust and confidence in me to nominate me as the secretary of veterans affairs,

what do you think donald trump's very popular in montana? >> he won the state by believes 19 points four years ago. john tester, the democratic nominee senator, in, the senate has been able to defy the political trends in that state, in part because it was personal brand is a farmer. he's an every man. he's one of the more conservative democrats in the senate. but it's going to be very difficult for him to survive this election. the, way the parties have divided and the way america has divided over the past decade makes split ticket voting less likely. donald trump is expected to win montana. his support, there will be helpful for the republicans. so it will be a great feat for the demo if tester can hold on. but he's really behind in the polls and it's going to be a tough battle for him. >> you took talked a little bit about this in your response to my first question. but your latest piece for the times reports on how the republicans in the house now i have to shift from their investigations of biden to focusing on harris and they also have

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cnn's alayna treene is in bozeman, montana former president donald trump traveled to bozeman, montana on friday. >> it was his first rally since vice president kamala harris had announced her running mate and select tim walz on tuesday. now montana is an interesting state. it is not a battleground, it is a reliably red state one that donald trump's senior advisers tell me they're not concerned about him winning in november, but he came here instead to stomp for tim sheehy. he's a big businessman as well as a former navy seal, and he's locked in a tight senate race with john tester with the long serving democratic senator of montana. and really, when i talked to people on the ground as well as we've on capitol hill, they say this is one of the most hardest fought races in the battle for the senate. majority. now, i actually caught up with steve daines, a senator from montana, as well as the chairman of the national republican senatorial committee. and he told me that he was the one who actually privately encouraged donald trump to come here. he said, we know it's not a battleground, bu

is it the wholesome teen star who played hannah montana?quickly? it seems any lingering tension between those personas has now been reconciled —— with miley cyrus becoming the youngest—ever star to receive disney legend status. at the awards ceremony, miley said she was "still proud to have been hannah montana". lets have a listen. disney legend. it's basically an award that happens every other year. it's basically disney's own in—house hall of fame, so they decide who they want to celebrate. but it's a top to bottom thing. so we're talking about miley cyrus today, who's, you know, a stratospheric star that she is. but they also recognise costume designers, tour guides, composers sort of anyone who is involved in disney. um, and yeah, as you say, miley cyrus has become the youngest person ever, at 31 to be recognised with this. um, she is a huge star these days. but, um, she actually had her big break on disney channel when she was 13, back in the early 2000, she was cast as hannah montana, as you say. and if you don't know the series, um,

and that includes a red states like ohio in montana.having kamala harris at the top of the ticket mean for their chances that while several democrats and swing senate state's races took the stage at the dnc last week. others stayed away including ohio's sherrod brown, montana's jon tester, and purple state democrat jacky rosen of nevada. on the final day of the deal. dnc test or even told reporters in montana that he did not endorse a candidate for president at all. now in chicago, i caught up with two top senate democrats, majority leader chuck schumer, and the head of the senate democratic campaign arm, gary peters, to talk about what harris means for their most difficult races. what is kamala harris do for red states like ohio and montana? >> look, the bottom line is we'll have a great democratic program she knows what average people think about. look at the brilliance of putting forward this $25,000 break for first-time homebuyers 25 to 40 year olds who were doing pretty well. but one of their biggest problems is they still rent and

joining me now is montana senate candidate tim sheehy.being here. well, kamala of course broke the tie in the senate on the green new deal, also known as the inflation reduction act. it was a $1.2 trillion policy. your opponent, the guy you're running against, senator john tester wrote right after he voted for the inflation reduction act said it would unleash american energy securing montana's energy future going on to say would expand offshore oil and gas leasing in alaska, and the gulf of mexico. you know, i remember it was just a few months ago that they took about 13 million acres of drilling land off the table in alaska, so it certainly hasn't done that. how about in montana has it affected the industry at all? >> of course it does. the keystone xl pipeline would have been a multi-billion dollar economic boom for eastern montana and our largest source of cheap power in the state, coal strip, which is one of the largest coal deposits in that region of the country. there's 3,000 years of coal left in that mine and every day death by a

what is kamala harris do for red states like ohio and montana? >> look, the bottom line is we'll have a great democratic program. she knows what average people think about. look at the brilliance of putting forward this $25,000 a break for first-time homebuyers? 25 to 40 year-old's who are doing pretty well. but one of their biggest problems is they still rent and while they can afford the monthly mortgage payment, they can't afford the down-payment. this is mana from heaven, sherrod brown will campaign on that. jon tester that shows even endorsed her yet he doesn't he's going to talk about issues that they both care about. >> you don't think it's you don't think it's i think it's a mistake that he hasn't endorsed her. i leave it to jon tester. >> he's going to win. he knows montana better than anybody else. >> jon tester has not endorsed kamala harris. is that a mistake? >> he knows how to run his race, he knows what's best for montana. i'm going to let him make decisions on all the stuff that he does. whether it's endorsements are on issues he'

. >>> sources tell abc news donald trump's plane was diverted in montana late today because of a mechanical issue. trump attending his first campaign event. meanwhile, vice president harris and governor walz campaigned in arizona. that was a different race and some new polls show harris gaining ground. here's abc's selina wang. >> reporter: tonight, members of his team walking off the plane, onto the tarmac, continuing on to bozeman on a private jet. both campaigns heading west. with less than 90 days to go, tonight, vice president kamala harris and her new running mate, minnesota governor tim walz, rallying in the key swing state of arizona. in a battle to keep the state blue. >> this is the first time i have felt, like, invigorated and excited about politics. >> reporter: in july, former president trump was averaging a 5.5-point lead over president biden. with harris in the race, it's a virtual tie. harris putting the sun belt states back in play. trump in montana, a solidly red state in his first stop on the trail this week, making an appearance to boost the republican candidate trying t

mate and selecting tim walz on tuesday. >> now montana is an interesting state.ot a battleground, it is a reliably red state, one that donald trump's senior advisers tell me they're not concerned about him winning in november, but he came here instead to stomp for tim sheehy. he's a businessman as well as a former navy seal, and he's locked in a tight senate and it race with jon tester, the long serving democratic senator of montana, and really, when i talked to people on the ground as well as people on capitol hill, they say this is one of the most it's hardest fought races in the battle for the senate. majority. now, i actually caught up with steve daines, a senator from montana as well as the chairman of the national so republican senatorial committee. and he told me that he was the one who actually privately encouraged donald trump to come here. he said, we know it's not a battleground, but this race it's incredibly important so a lot of reasoning for why he wanted to come here tonight. now, we did see donald trump mentioned she he as well as give shout-outs

[cheering] i will tell you, i know montana better than you know montana.ur state today. everything is two hours. i've got to like tim a lot to be here. he better win. [cheering] this is some beautiful country. i did do a lot of driving. i would go to one. we went to some friends, a really good friend's house with your governor. you have a great governor in this state, you know that. we went around the state. it was so beautiful. i said, when will i be there? approximately two and a half hours. great, thank you. [laughter] it is a beautiful state and we love it and we have won it every time by a lot. [cheers and applause] so i'm thrilled to be back in this incredible place, this beautiful state with thousands of proud, hard-working american patriots, which is what you are. you built the country. less than three months from now, we are going to defeat radical left democrat jon tester. he is terrible. [cheers and applause] and send tim sheehy to the united states senate. we are going to evict crazy kamala. do you ever hear of kamala, radical left? radical lef

a group called montana together reached out to the university of montana through open doors.com, offering and likeness deals for athletes. the offers range from # hundred dollars to $2,400 in exchange for videos that are spreading the word about the democrat senator. we asked senator tester's campaign about this. they denied any knowledge of these actions from an outside group and said they are not in communication with them. joining me now is wily met scers who helped break this story she also studies journalism and track and field athlete at the university of montana. lily, fantastic job breaking this story. what happened? >> yeah. thank you so much i received early email around early august. forwarded to us by athletic director passing along a message from group called montana together like you said and looking for students willing to endorse tester's campaign. immediately i had my journalism senses tingling this needs to be talked about huge deal relatively unprecedented. people want to hear a senator is paying college athletes to endorse his campaign. let's get this story rolling and

is that affecting the people from montana from having hair vote heard?ut most of the people coming to montana actually are conservative. they're coming here, we call them the cows, california, oregon, washington -- [laughter] because they want to get away from those terrible policies that look like the policies that partnership walz put in place in minnesota and him and kamala harris want to put in nationally. for the most part, they're supporting republican candidates down the entire ballot. so that's actually a positive for us. we are absolutely seeing rising housing costs, the whole country is. but or you know, that's more connected to the inflation of this disastrous administration than anything else, and we're going to end that as soon as we win this fall. suis joe we're going to leave it there. congratulations on a successful rally last might, and good luck in november. >> thanks for your support. have a great weekend. joey: we're counting down to the kickoff of this year's navy seals swim. we're going to check back in with will next. there he is.

will need one more, which will be montana, nevada, pennsylvania, maryland but which statmarye is mostto swih as we si hert here tonight? >> well, trey, i agree with youo and there is a firewall for this country. remember the senate uniquely has response rate for personnel. we decide to zonk the supreme court and who the candidates are going to be. we need the 51st need to make sure we have a republican majority united states senate. west virginia has over. governor jim justice will be the next senator from west virginiav now, i think you look at montan and ohio. these are two states whereverle single statewide elected official i as a republican excet for john hester in montana andn sharon brown in ohio. in both of those states, in montana, president trump a win by 20 points and he will win ohio 8-10 points.po inthat puts him she he in montaa a strong position to win the senate race and bernie and ohioo win the senate race and look right now looking at polling data since president trump came to montana august 9th, we had an amazing rally. my hometown of bozeman, bozemano montana,, 10,0

according to the polling we have, montana is their best shot. makes sense for donald trump to be there. it sense for donald trump to be there. , . , sense for donald trump to be there. , ., , ., there. it is really important when democrats _ there. it is really important when democrats and - there. it is really important - when democrats and republicans look at the balance of the house of representatives in the senate. looking at the fact that there has been the surge in the polls for kamala harris and her running mate tim walz, how is donald trump and how his team reacting? i how is donald trump and how his team reacting?— team reacting? i think the trump team _ team reacting? i think the trump team is _ team reacting? i think the trump team is reacting i team reacting? i think the - trump team is reacting badly, they did not seem to have a game plan in place. for the swap, even though they were mocking joe biden's received mental decline and suggesting he should get off the ticket and when kamala harris got in there he did not seem to know wha

howdy, montana, from the great state of texas.to tell you a little bit about this meant jon tester who says he represents montana. this man who tells you he is up there trying to clean the place up and fix what is broken. this man is a sleazy, disgusting swamp politician. he is a fraud and a liar. i was in the navy for 25 years. at 425 years i was on active duty serving my country. i was an emergency medicine physician. i went to a rock to a surgical shop trauma platoon on the battlefield. i spent the last 14 years of my career in the navy on active duty at the white house serving three presidential administrations and taking care of three presidents, including the press president -- including the best president this country has ever had, donald j. trump. [cheers and applause] i had a spotless, flawless career in the navy. i have never had a single complaint about anything. i was a navy rear admiral, and at the end of my time in military that was still on active duty president trump at the trust and confidence in me to nominate me

but why montana for president trump? >> well, he was asked about this yesterday. i had asked him why he wasn't campaigning a battleground states he brought up the fact that he was going to montana, wyoming. he has a fund-raiser there after this montana trip saying that he doesn't have to be there, which is true, but that these are very critical senate races. in particular montana, it is one of the most expensive senate races we're going to see it. it's one of the only races in which the incumbent is a democrat running for reelection in a state that donald trump won by a wide margin. so maybe it is very important for donald trump to be there because he is widely popular in montana to boost up that candidate, tim sheehy, and to try to raise money for him as well going into november. but the fact remains the same. there are concerns on the write, his own allies of what he is doing to campaign. if you talk to the campaign, they say he's still doing stuff, even though he's not out on the trail. obviously, this creates a split-screen when we see kamala harris on one sid

on the right, those are pictures from bozeman, montana. that's where donald trump will make his first appearance on the campaign trail since harris officially became the democratic nominee and yes, that's montana where he is tonight. and if you're thinking, hey, that's a solidly red state, you're right. he wanted by 16 points in 2020 and it's frankly in no danger of losing montana this time around. so why then be in montana, especially in the face of shifting poll numbers? well, here's what trump posted on social media when he led we have a very high rating in montana. >> we have a lot of popularity. i like them. they like me but i'm here to do some fundraisers and most importantly, to support tim sheehy, who's running for the u.s. senate there you go. >> the harris campaign meantime, is looking to capitalize on that choice, putting out a statement today which reads, quote, donald trump has not visited the swing state this week, and apparently isn't visiting any next week either saying he's too lazy to fight for anything but himself or lea

howdy, montana, from the great state of texas. tell you a little bit about this meant jon tester who says he represents montana. this man who tells you he is up there trying to clean the place up and fix what is broken. this man is a sleazy, disgusting swamp politician. he is a fraud and a liar. i was in the navy for 25 years. at 425 years i was on active duty serving my country. i was an emergency medicine physician. i went to a rock to a surgical shop trauma platoon on the battlefield. i spent the last 14 years of my career in the navy on active duty at the white house serving three presidential administrations and taking care of three presidents, including the press president -- including the best president this country has ever had, donald j. trump. [cheers and applause] i had a spotless, flawless career in the navy. i have never had a single complaint about anything. i was a navy rear admiral, and at the end of my time in military that was still on active duty president trump at the trust and confidence in me to nominate me a

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palm beach earlier this afternoon ahead of his rally in bozeman, montana tonight.t's where he plans to campaign for navy seal tim sheehy a republican senate candidate who is hoping to unseat incumbent democrat montana senator jon tester held office since 2007 and isn't endorsing kamala harris. >> it's a race that could decide the against of the senate. and we caught up with sheehy as he greeted supporters outside the rally venue. >> some people wondering why trump would come out here, not really a battleground state for the presidency. it is obviously a battleground for the senate. just kind of hammer that point. >> that's exactly right. he understands that for his administration to be successful in the second term he has to have a senate that's ready on day one to have a america first agenda and that's where we are going to get him. >> thousands of trump supporters were lined up outside the venue early friday morning. more than 10 hours ahead of the rally start time tonight. they say trump is playing to win and will need a republican controlled senate. >> montana

testers the last standing democrat elected statewide and montana is it shifting? i mean, you were what were you you were the only democratic governor elected in a state at the same time that trump won in 16. i mean, what are you went like by 20 points? so you know how to defy the odds. you worked at then. but are things shifting in montana look, i think 2020 with covid with everything was difficult but the beauty of it is that montana's do know jon tester you know, we are folks to say more important than who the party is, who's going to represent me and what tester is done. >> all every step of the way is actually represents the concerns those worried about public lands where tim sheehy wants to shut them down. those are veterans public education, and making sure that women continue to have access to reproductive health care. and those are the things that jon tester's done and those are also the things that matter lots of montana's you've got another interesting aspect in connection to the to the presidential race this time around, you served alongside tim walz on

vance stump for senate races in montana. now, trump's rally was his first since harris officially secure the democratic ticket and pick it up her running mate and he wasted no time attacking them jim walsh is the man who's very freakish is there a freakish if comrade waltz and comrade harris win this november, the people cheering will be the being haired marxist, the looters, the perverse, the flag burners, hamas supporters, drug dealers, gun grabbers and human traffickers drunk also doubled down on criticism of harris, his border policies and attack the harris campaign was prepared for the campaign released a border-focused ad. >> they focused in on her commitment to border security, something she stressed during her visit to glendale, arizona last night modeling weapons and we know our immigration system is broken and we know what it takes to fix it comprehensive reform strong border security and in earned pathway to citizenship but donald trump does not want to fix this problem be clear about that. >> harris also reiterat

trump is still planning to hold his rally tonight in bozeman, montana.meanwhile, the white house is announcing that next week, president biden and vice president harris will hold their first trip together since vice president harris became the democratic nominee. linsey? >> linsey: selina wang for us, thank you. >>> now to late developments tonight in the deadly police shooting of sonya massie in illinois. the deputy charged with her murder remains behind bars. just a short time ago, the embattled sheriff who hired him announced his retirement. it comes just days after the governor there called on him to resign. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, growing fallout from the deadly shooting of sonya massey by an illinois sheriff's deputy. the embattled sheriff who hired that deputy is stepping down. jack campbell saying in a statement he's retiring, writing, "it has become clear that the current political climate has made it nearly impossible for me to continue effectively in my role." massey was gunned down in her own home by deputy sean gra

meanwhile, former president donald trump spoke last night in montana, that came amid new fallout of astarte came that former san francisco mayor willie brown was on his helicopter, saying bad things about vice president harris. here's part of a report from a colleague, gabe gutierrez . >> i went down in a helicopter with him, we thought maybe this was the end. this was an emergency landing, it was not a pleasant landing, willie was a little concerned. he told me terrible things about her. >> reporter: we spoke with willie brown by phone. to be clear, you have never been on a helicopter with donald trump. >> no, i have not. are you kidding me? >> reporter: have you had any conversation with donald trump about kamala harris? >> of course not. >> reporter:'s initial reaction to trump's comments. >> i laughed, i just assumed that he was on a helicopter ride with somebody black and made the mistake and thought it was me. >> meanwhile, new york times siena poll conducted this week released hours ago shows that vice president harris leads a trump in the key battleground states of michigan, wiscons

how about montana.ed and going for him and wife and four kids and businessman and that state and our state and great state of montana where trump came in at a rally for friday with tim sheehe, up above john tester and that could be the 51st seat right this. i agree with you, larry, we'll win west virginia and montana is 51 and going to ohio, another red state and see'and michigan there's an open seat and mike rogers and that race is single digits and low single digits and going to state that president trump will be very competitive and it's a great shot to win it and going to maryland and larry hogan and open seat and it's a great candidate and it's a competitive race and thanksgiving 46-46 and then go to pennsylvania and dave mckormick and west wing grad and business guy and wonderful candidate and wisconsin, and that's a low single digit race right now and another business person and a banker there. so what we really focused on, larry, at the end of the day was finding candidates that can win not just

. >> donald trump is back on the campaign trail in montana, will tell you why the former president is. they are instead of a swing state. and what hasn't so upset tonight? that he called one of our sources tonight to complain. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source there's a lot of happening on a very busy friday night, the harris-walz ticket holding a major rally in the critical battleground of arizona or biden narrowly defeated donald trump in 2020 and just as we've seen in pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan, this crowd outside of phoenix was fired up few people showed up in philadelphia the other night and then 10,000 plus walked into a field in western wisconsin and then on wednesday the largest crowd of the campaign showed up in detroit, michigan but arizona just couldn't leave it alone, could it's not as if anybody cares about crowd sizes for anything that was tim walz now, vice president harris is on stage as of this moment, and seconds ago, she reiterated that she believes that her and her new running mate still have a major fight ahead of them so arizona, this has bee

now montana is an interesting state. it is not a battleground, it is a reliably red state, one that donald trump's senior advisers tell me they're not concerned about him winning in november, but he came here instead to stomp for tim sheehy. he's a businessman as well as a former i'm a navy seal and he's locked in a tight senate race with john tester, the long serving democratic senator of montana. and really, when i talk to people on the ground as well as people on capitol hill, they say this is one of the most hardest fought races in the battle for the senate. majority. now, i actually caught up with steve daines, a senator from montana as well as the chairman of the national republican senatorial committee. and he told me that he was the one who actually privately encouraged donald trump to come i'm here. he said, we know it's not a battleground, but this race is incredibly important so a lot of reasoning for why he wanted to come here tonight. now, we did see donald trump mentioned she he as well as gibbs shout-outs

trump won montana by 16 points in 2020 and ohio by eight points in 2020.ors won states by four and seven poibs respectively. dana, how many republicans will vote for democratic senate incumbent this time around? >> dana: it is interesting, good to have power rankings on "america's newsroom." thank you. >> mike: bring in katie pavlich, fox news contributor. good morning. ka >> katie: good morning. here we go. >> mike: it is a toss-up in senate, 50 republicans and 47 democrats with three up for grabs, montana, nevada and ohio. what is your assessment, katie? >> katie: democrats are defending a tougher map than republicans. republicans have easier go when it comes to senate. more broadly since presidential race is the president needs the senate. we have a woman running for president, if you want to nominees, staff your administration, supreme court require senate to confirm those nominees and of course, merrick garland is not a supreme court because decided not to take up his nom nagsz when they were in charge. crucial for democrats or republican to have to d

donald trump is about to take the stage of montana. we're watching that closely, but we're also learning that he made a phone call and instance, one on the way to that rally, maggie haberman was the recipient of it. she has the news details and she will join us. it's about what you just heard. people to judgment and they're a so-called emergency chopper land. and he says he was in with willie brown never happened period. and i think my memory is probably better than he is cnn is, live from chicago as democrats unite to offer their support to a new nominee and her running mate fellow cnn complete coverage. >> the democratic national convention starts monday, august 19 on cnn and streaming on max i wish my tv provider let me choose what i pay for. slim let you do that. where you go i wish mike levy, provider, let me choose what i paid for and let me pause my subscription when i was saying led to do that i do. i wish mike tv provider, let me choose what i paid for and let me pause my subscription when i want and have hundreds of free chan

she's with trump out in bozeman, montana. alayna, what is trump's goal tonight well wolf, it's interesting because montana is a deeply red state. >> it's not considered a battleground. and i know from my conversations with trump's senior advisors, they're not worried about their ability to win this it's in the fall. instead, he's coming here to big sky country to stump for tim sheehy. he's the senate republican candidate here. he's a former navy seal as well as a businessman. i'm told he will be appearing on onstage with donald trump tonight. and he's going to be locked in a very tight race against jon tester, the long serving democrat from this, from this state, also a very red senate democrat should say in red, in a red state. and so that's really the goal of this today, but it's interesting wolf, because it's interesting. he's coming to a place that is not a battleground. this is something he actually dressed yesterday at his press conference at mar-a-lago, where our own kristen holmes asked him what about the questions fo

, en las montañas de otay, en san diego.la cifra de aspirantes supere los 2500 al día. por otra parte, el gobierno federal informó que a partir de este jueves uno de agosto empezará a enviar correos electrónicos a las personas que tienen préstamos estudiantiles pendientes, esto para actualizarles sobre sus cuentas e informarles que posiblemente podrían ser parte del programa de condonación de deudas. quienes reciban esta información tienen hasta el 30 de agosto para informar si desean participar o no en esta iniciativa y en otras noticias, la universidad de california rompió un récord y es que anunció hoy que ha admitido su clase más grande y diversa de estudiantes en su historia. esto incluye universidades como uc, berkeley, ucla, uc, santa cruz, entre otras. en total, han admitido a más de 166.000 estudiantes en el estado. funcionarios escolares dicen que este logro se debe al aumento significativo en el número de residentes del estado, estudiantes subrepresentados y estudiantes transferidos de colegios comunitarios. la ae

now montana's interesting state, it is not a battleground, it is a reliably red state, one that donald trump's senior advisers tell me they're not concerned about him winning in november, but he came here instead to stomp for tim sheehy. he's a businessman as well as former navy seal, and he's locked in a tight senate race with john tester, the long serving democratic senator of montana. and really, when i talked to people on the ground as well as people on capitol hill, they say this is one of the most hardest fought races in the battle for the senate. majority. now, i actually caught up with steve daines, a senator from montana, as well as the chairman of the national republican senatorial committee. and he told me that he was the one who actually privately encouraged donald trump to come here. he said, we know it's not a battleground, but this race it's incredibly important so a lot of reasoning for why he wanted to come here tonight. now, we did see donald trump mentioned she he as well as give shout-outs to both him and other republican lawmakers. but most of his speech really mir

after speaking at his first rally in a week last night in montana. today, new signs of strength for the harris campaign, new polling showing showing her gaining momentum in three battleground states, michigan pennsylvania, and wisconsin. still no clear leader, but a big sign that harris is energizing american voters in a way, president biden has not been before he exited the race three weeks ago. let's go now to cnn's eva mckend, who is in las vegas where dozens of harris supporters are lining up for the rally. it's going to be a big one. eva, what is the message we expect tonight just on the policy front, i hear them talking about but reproductive rights and immigration among other issues. and really interested to hear how she continues to thread this needle in talking about immigration. >> she's sort of tacked to the right really emphasizing enforcement policies and she has to do that in a way in which she doesn't alienate immigrants, rights activists in that community pretty so many undocumented immigrants have citizen family members. and historic