john king at the magic wall for us this morning in just a couple of seconds. eight states with primary races including a state that leaks to be a thorn in trump's side really. i'm talking about california. what do you know? >> no question about it. it's such a blue state, don. and presidential politics, blue state, blue governor, blue state with house delegation, you would think if there's a blue wave california is going to send a big message to president trump. we're watching these house primaries. watching 53 house districts. 39 held by democrats. the others held by republicans. really eight or ten matter most to us tonight. one of the big question is the jungle primary. california ruleop two fis, doesn't matter party. two republicans finish first and second, they're on the ballot in two democrats, same thing. so democrats, the big worry is in some of the districts they think they should be competitive in november they'reorried tonight because so many democrats are running they might

not even have a candidate. this is a safe republican seat du hunt been involved in corrupn investigations. he's winning his primary we'll watch that in november. this one gets more interesting. this is darrel iss a's district. he's not running for reelection. used to be the oversight committee chairman. a republican thorn in th previous president's side. not running for reelection. district in the presidential year 2016. so democrats logically say this should be one of our targets in 2018. right now, a republican in first. the question is, will there be a democrat in second? you see all these candidates running because it's an open seat. only 4% of the vote in, don. this one could take well into the morning. could take well into the week before we see the candidates. another key race, another clinton district. republican held. rohrbacher here, the republican. does he run against a democrat or against a republican? only 16% of the vote in. a lot of other candidates down here as well.

just want to show you another name you know well. you mentioned it quite a bit on your show. devin nunes, very prominent in defending the president.accusin the trump campaign, for example. he's comfortably winning his primary. democrats have had dreams of winning this district in 2018. they say he's become a national republican. he's ignoring this farm district. that's pretty safe republican seat. but let's see who his opponent is. let me move over to show you why this matters. democrats need 23 seats to take back the house. they c io the year thinking they could get seven or eight of that 23 right out of california. these are the districts here, the seven, republican held now, carried by hillary clinton. makes perfect sense, right? she won them in 2016, 2018 should be a blue year, we should be able to get them. here's the problem. the democrats are woorried that in threehese districts at

least, ed royce is retiring, darrel issa is retiring. zo many democrats ran i these races they'll split the vote and you could end up with two republicans on the ballot in november. so they could getout of three districts that think think if they have a candidate they have a pretty good chance of winning. that's part of the drama tonight. i can we'll be talking about this wednesday, thursday and friday. we might not know tonight. >> we're learning a lot more about california and how the voting works there. you mentioned the jungle primary and that democrats have feared of being shut out there. >> governor schwarzenegger was trying to push reform. they wanted to shake things up because of gerrymandering and the political stagnation. they thought this was the way to go. a lot of people thought it was a good idea at the time. a lot of democrats were behind it at the time. a lot are having seconds thoughts now, john. >> a lot of people here giggling

at your last comment. i'll bring in our panel now. thank you all for joining us. what did you say? lemon and lime? >> lemon and lime, yeah. >> so what are you looking for? you're the political director. what are you looking for? >> as john was talking about, the first thing that i think all of us are looking at is to see because of this unusual system in california, this top two primary system, do democrats block themselves out of some districts that are key pickup opportunities for them in their overall quest to win the 23 seats they need to win to win the majority of the house of representatives? and you've got to remember, don, that is the political story of 2018. who the battle for control of the house of representatives. and it is a real battle. and as john was saying, you look

at these districtsn california, the seven districts that hillary clinton won, that's about a third of the way. if you're adding up to get to 23, the democrats seeifornia as a place to get 1/3. it's a real treasure trove.beca democrats not -- because of all the enthusiasm out thering and all the candidates that run -- do they block themselves oit of some of these districts and these golden pickup opportunities are gone? and it complicates the math to the majority. >> can you imagine getting shutout of the districts that you could -- you actually h real good chance of flipping. >> and the irony is that because you had so many enthusiastic voters outs there -- i mean, this is ground zero for the resistance out in california. and the irony is you have so many enthusiastic voters out there and so many enthusiastic candidates who have leaned up to run that they're going to split the vote. and so we were joking about curb your enthusiasm. you don't want the democrats to

curb their enthusiasm, but in california, when the party has tried to get involved a lit bit and say to some people, you've got to get out of this race, it's been very -- it's touchy to do that when a national party says for the greater good, we need this progressive to leave orhat person to leave who can't -- who's not get any funding. so it's very, very difficult for them. >> in 2016, 17 republicans who were out there on the stage. didn't that happen with ant anti-trump republicans? they canceled each other out? >> that's a good anlcy. a lot of people look back and look at the math and say had there been fewer nontrump candidates he wouldn't have been the nominee, wouldn't have been president. you never know whatctly would have happened. it was a very anti-washington year. having said that, yes, this is in california, as david and

gloria pointed out, this is such a unique system, a system that to jsh gerrymandering, a way to get around gerrymandering, i should say. a way to make the extremere moderaleast so far, beca's so unique and so complicated, that has not happened. now, we're talking about of the seven districts that heldry clinton won in california, maybe two, maybe where the democrat will be potentially shut out. an m not, but let's just say th scenario, they're shut out of that still leaves four competitive dtrict for them. and that's still a good chunk on the road to 23, especially when they're playing it in competitive districts across the

country. it should have been easy for them. state like california, ground zero for the resistance. and it makes it interesting and very confusing and complicated to watch this. >> just to make your point, 9 of the 10 house districtd as mpetitive are currently held by republicans. seven of those districts voted for hillary clinton in 2016. and yet, possibility we don't know, that they could get shutout. this could be nice win for women. >> huge night. look at the candidates that are going to be favored in the fall so far. kay i've vie kay ivy, go to new m the democratic candidate there. looking back to back women candidates. and then a congressional race as well. new jersey.t in california but iowa, two women have won. overwhelmingly won there on the democratic side. in fact, so far in democratic primaries, when there's been an open seat, women have been winning about 70% of them.

that may go up after tonight. >> gavin newsome will game one gubernatorial election, advancing to the november d general election. >> that's not a surprise. i think the real question is who is going to be the number are you going to ho demo >> villeragosa. are you going to have two candidates facing off of each other. the president endorsed john cox, the republican. or are you going to have a democrat and a republican facing off? if you have two democrats facing off each other, the republicans then said well, that's a problem for us. because it doesn't motivate our vote come out when they know there's going to be a democrat winning in that important race anyway. >> i know it's early, but we should just note with about 9%

precincts reporting, john cox is indeed significantly ahead of antonio villeragosa at the is very early. we also know there was some complications in l.a. county. he's very concerned that's impacting a huge swath of his voters that may have been forced to fill out provisional ballots. there's going to be a lot more counting beyond tonight to determine who gets that second spot. >> even big picture, you know, if john cox does become the second candidate and they run, that will obviously be a more traditional -- it will be traditional general effaceoff. on the senate side, though, it's very unlikely that you're gong to have a republican in the general election. just like you saw two years ago when kamala harris ran against congresswoman sanchez. so if you kindf atep back, i know we've been talking a lot about theistricts in

orange county or southern california where a democrat may not be running. big picture, the state of califoia, republicans are in deep trouble. in very deep trouble. as one republican from there said totoday, they're not extinct but they're an endangered species. it is a remarkable thing to think. california is a huge state. and it also speaks to where the country is going. >> it's kindf country. >> it is. the fifth larnlest economy in the world. but it also speaks to where the the coasts and the middle.alk that has obviously been a trend we've seen for decades. but it is even more solidified or illustrated with the kind of election we're having. >> so considering what's happening, though, with this jungle primary, can you still consider this california as a bellwether to what could happen come november? >> no. >> it's a state that opposes a lot of trump's policies, right?

he's got to be wching this closely. >> it's a liberal -- i think you would agree wit me. it's a very liberal state. the governor's race, you have 27 candidates competing. i know that because i read that somewhere. i didn't count them. but 27 candidates competing. so it's very -- it's a different system, it's a different stat but what uh it does measure, i think, is enthusiasm. and of course, democrats are going to be enthusiastic in california, but i do think we can sorlt of say from looking at that and a number of people competing and the primarieswe'v early election season, we've seen that enthusiasm on the democratic side. >>m just wondering if the anti-trump fervorgoing to backfire for democrat pdemocrat. it could happen. democrats hoping to energize voters with their anti-trump message. but could that actually work against them in california? we're gong to go live to one of

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the biggest primary night so far in 2019. eight states holding elections. but california and its jungle primary could be the key to all of it. and we may see the morning sunshine before we know the results here. so we shall see.

keong, hello to you. you're at a watch party for one of the democrats that could be shutout. big es for november's midterms. what can you tell us? >> this is california 48. this is dana rohrbacher's district. we're at a watch party. they are anticipating it could be a while. but when the very first initial results came down, he was surrounded by supporters. they're afraid kierstad could split the democratic vote. that's the nightmare scenario for national democrats. and then they would be completely shut out of november.

>> even though it's still very early, they're optimistic and hoping that a democrat will get through and california 48 and the nightmare scenario willot come to fruition. don? >> very noisy headquarters there, thank you. tell us about who's the number two? >> it's right now a democrat. it's a very tight race in the 48th. in fact, i think of all the race where is democrats may get shut out, that one has the highest probability at this point. >> because sfl. >> it's a very, very close race. >> if you look at the 48th versus the 49th versus the 39th, the race is the closest in the 48th. it's at 300 votes? >> and it's a conservative district. it's a republican district. and the republican running to run against rork is well known.

scott baugh. >> the national republicans also pouring money into this race to support both rohrabacher and baugh. this is going to be the one that has the most potential -- >> stand by. john, i understand that you have some information about governor, is that correct? >> let's look at the governor's race. before we do, these are the house districts. >> you mentioned earlier, gavin newsome is now confident projecting he will advance to the november election. the big question is, will his

opponent be a democrat or a republican? >> you see the red in here, this is the more conservative part of the state. john cox running up a pretty good total right now. we're at 33%. so about 1 of the vote. but there's the problem down in los angeles. that's where former mayor villeregosa is from. a republican running third. here's the big question mark, does that hold? does anthony villarigosa stay third or fourth? when the votes come in down here, you see a lot of gray, i just wan to hit los angeles. just 5% of the vote in los angeles. that's h >> jochhn, can you hear me? >> we can call it for cox now. do you want to call it for? >> that'sy signific gavin newsom is very heavily favored. dan and gloria is talking

earlier. why is it important to have john cox as number two? give republicans a reason to come out and vote. what is the enticement for republicans to come out? they might care about their local race. maybe they're in a good congressional district. but if you don't have republican candidates in the statewide race, it really sucks the energy out of the party. it's a blue state to begin with. it affects turnout throughout the state. it would decimate the republican party to not at least have a candidate in a statewide race. progress, if y will we're now projecting john cox, a democrat republican. it's a big blow to antonio villalrigosa. it's a big win for the california republican part have.

>> let's bring the panel back in. >> i bet they're really happy at the white house right now. some republicans are going to come out and vote. they' got a real viable candidate. that's what the white house wants. nept to get their voters out. and this is one way to do it. you're likely to have a senate race. dana was saying, between two democrats.

>> they're going to do what democrats have not been able to do, rally around up with or two and or one candidate in these key districts. the an embarrassment o riches because they have so many good candidates, so much enthusiasm. op the frun side, it could have gone a different way. but the fact of the matter is they organized themselves starting at the top with the president of the united states to say this is our guy. the house majority leader kevin mccarthy whose district is in california did the same thing. and it's very -- you can't underscore enough how important this is for the republicans. >> gavin newsom is the favorite, right? >> gavin newsom wanted to face john cox in the fall. you had a different set of believes.

democrats wanted villalrigosa, but newsom is very, very happy. >> why didn't he want that? >> there's a shot he could lose that. he will get the democratic vote large in california. >> i want to ask you about this. former president bill clip ton has been out and about and stirring some controversy. he was on stephen colbert last night, still cleaning up really his recent answer about monica lewinsky. my question is, how many democrats in the fall want to campaign with him after all of this? here it is right here. >> here's what i want to say. it wasn't my finest hour, but the important thing is, that was a very painful thing that happened 20 years ago. and i apologized to my family, to monica lewinsky and her family, to the american people. i meant it then, i've meant it now. i've had to live with the consequences every day since.

and i still believe this me too movement is long overdue, necessary, and should be supported. >> what do you think? >> sos in the second day in a rowfclean-up, after the initial interview aired on "the today show" yesterday morning. he seems to be getting the clean-up right a bit more. but that doesn't change your political question, don, which is the fact that bill clinton obviously can still go out and raise a lot of money. but when you talk to people who talk to him a lot, and you talk to democratic candidates out there, he is not on the top of democratic candidates' request list of bring in bill clip ton to my district. because he is of another era. anticipate his past is very complicated to expla away, which he has trouble doing in this me too moment. and where we are now as a culture. anticipate so in addition, obviously, hillary clinton's loss to dopd trump in 2016 left a sour taste for some democrats as well. especially in tough red districts.

so here's the deal. you're going to see bill clinton on the campaign trail. >> i'm going to disagree with you and i'll tell you why. go on. >> we're not going to see him campaign the way we have seen him in the next election cycles. >> i'm going to tell you why you might be right. this is just did he feel's advocate. as i'm on the streets of new york city, which is very liberal, right? >> the heartland. >> why a guys reporting on bill clinton? it happened 20 years ago. why don't you focus on what's happening in the white house right now. that's not me saying that. that's what i'm hearing from democrats. i don't ask what they are. but they tell me that. we dealt with it, let's move on. what about the guy in the white house right now. >> but those are the kras. >> i agree with you. >> and obviously they're saying we don't want to raise that issue because it helps donald

trump with all of his problems. stormy daniels and everything else. i want to point out that clinto didn't use him very much on the campaign trail during the last election. >> especially towards the end. in the beginning he screwed up a lot. remember? >> and also -- >> weaponizing his past. >> exactly. and that could -- and republicans can do that again. so i don't think he'll be used except in real places where maybe new york, where he can really be a help. but if people had a choice, for example, between, say, barack obama, former president and bill clinton, a former president. >> barack obama, yeah. >> bill clinton is just not very popular. his favorable ratings are down in the 40s. outside of new york, i wouldn't have him on the campaign trail. >> very interesting. more result ops the big primary night of 2018. will democrats ride a blue wave? and what will all of this mean in november? mine's way better.

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john king back to read the tea leaves for us .3 when we want more information, we always go back t john king. and here we are. how could toght's results afbt the democrats for the house? >> tonight could be critical to the math in the end. why? one of our question, will the democrats have a candidate against jeff denam. why does that matter? hillary clinton carried this districts. democrats can get it. it's gettable. will they have a candidate? right now they do, but only 36% of the vote come in. unclear if they'll have a candidate. that's one of the races where democrats if they get locked out, it turt hurts their chance. duncan hunter, diane harkey is the republican leading in darrel iss a's district. democrats can get it if it's a blue year. will thf a candidate? right now they do. but only 13% soft vote in. they have a possibility to get

locked out here. they may cancel each other out. danahrabacher, yo h, you see some republicans but also a lot of democrats cancelling the vote out. why does this matter? give me a sec to go through ese are the race where is we know the lines are drawn solid democrat,olid republican districts we're pretty sure these are going to stay the same. republicans have a lot more districts where they are v vulnerab vulnerable. can democrats get the majority? right up here, a lot of targets. five dus trikts in illinois, four in michigan. let's come back to the map. and go over to the east coast. a lot of targets in

pennsylvania, new york, new jerseyinia. democrats will get eight, 10, mocrats could pick up couple here, more t a couple there if it's a blue wave. but what if it isn't and they only get one or two of these. they don't get any of these or they get one or two. you get out to california and the democrats are, say, plus 17, plus 18. they need plus 23. then these districts out in california become absolutely critical. ten districts we view as competitive. only one is a democrat. in my opinion republican districts in play. zen of these nine carried by hill kri clinton. what if the democrats don't have candidates in three or four of these districts. if it's a blue wave, it won't matter and this will be about the margins. if we get to the west coast and

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i want to brang in may reston. and nathan gonzalez. he is the editor and publisher of "inside elections." good evening to both of you. leaving 100,000 voters off the rosters in l.a. what's going on? >> so this is very mysterious, don. but basically what happened is that a lot of voters showed up at the polls today in los angeles county, which is the most populous county in the state and couldn't find their name on the roster. the county jej strar started to get all kinds of complaints.

they discovered because of this random printing error that 118,000 voter, which is a lot of voters were left off of the roster. this caused widespread confusion why it could matter is because of one of the tight congressional racesou've been talking about in california's 39th district. that's a race that will be decided froebl in the coming days and week ps .there's a scenario where democrats could get locked out and a lot of voters in that district live in los angeles county. it's a district that touches three county, orange county, los angeles county and san bernardino county. we're waiting to see how many people this affected and whether it affects the results in that district and whether there could be a possible recount potenti potentially. >> could there be a possible recount? depends how many people were quote, unquote, turned away. whether they could prove that to a juj, whether there are grounds

to a legal cbut what is clear to take a long time to count thes provisional ballots. that was a race where, if you're talking about a couple hundred votes, there is potential for the candidates who don't win to challenge the results. >> so nathan, democrats need a 23 seat net gain to regain control of the house. what are the chaes as of now. >> i think no matter what happens they're going to have a good chance. you're going to have a polarizing president. midterms are usually bad for the president's party. democrats still could have an opportunity. it could be a disappointment if democrats get locked out of one or two congressional races here in california. as john pointed out, i would say there are at least 65, 70 democratic takeover opportunities around the country if a couple of them are off the

table. there are still enough seats in play for democrats to get what they need in order to win back the house. >> we're learning the white house is talking about applying a loyalty test to determine whichlicans trump will support in the midterms. >> it's something new every day with president trump, right? what's interesting is a lot of the republicans really might not want president trump getting involved in their races at all. you look at someone like jeff denam, they areistricts with a l democrats or independents who are not happy with president tr and so in some races they were trying to figure out what to say on the poll soins immigration or his rhetoric, for example. that's a big problem for them. if there's a loyalty test, certainly that could be a factor for some republicans around the country. but might not be an issue for california republicans here.

>> a senior white house official said that trump's political team is scrutinizing when each republican who wants the president's support got onboard with his candidacy in 2016. comes back always to 2016. but i've got you, the question is, will the president's support actually help republicans? >> it dpepds on the state and the race. inwhen we're talking about the fight for the senate, the president could be an asset. republicans need to def democratic senators in a state where republicans did well. when we're talk act the house, it's different. as may was pointing out, these diricts that hill clinton carried, that makes it more difficult. the republican candidates and memberess are in a tough spot. they need a coalition of the president's supporters and pe who don't like the president in order to win reelection.

the president needs to talk about loyal republicans, loyal to the republicans who seem to think the republicans on the hill aren't doing a good enough job. they might see republicans genda. hill are blocking the republicans are going to suffer heavy losses. >> this is according to a new cnn poll. the pre is 34% support from women. he's got 21% support from nonwhites. will numbers like these factor into whether or not they push for president trump's endorsement, nathan? >> well, those numbers among the general election, but we have to remember that the president is the mosepublican within the republican party right now. right now, we have republicans trying to work their way through primaries and nominating processes. but they also have to keep the president's supporters in order to win.

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news tonight on a key senate race in montana. i want to bring in john king. at the magic wall. and democratic incumbent. he used the against dr. ronnie jackson. and saying, he was accused among other things of being too loose with prescription drugs while the white house doctor. you have four. they will get the president's help. he is interested in the race. at the moment, don. look at this. close primary. the state auditor in first place now. second place, the former state legislat legislator, former state judge as well. very close race. and 63%. two other republicans in the

race as well. getting a fair share of the vote. very competitive for obvious reasons. this is one of the states. a trump state, democrat if you will. there are 10 democratic senators running for re-elect s in states. in a state the president carried by more than 20 points. republicans view this as an opportunity. why you have so many good candidates running. very close at the moment. this is one we will be watching. once we get a republican candidate. we lean this race, democratic. tester is a proven candidate. once we get a republican nominee. look at the polling. republicans would look to turn that into one of the tossup states. think by november. maybe lean it red. one of the fun ones between now and november. >> thank you. appreciate that. want to turn now to the white house aide who made a cruel joke about senator john mccain. no longer working there tonight. joining me, cnn political commentators. this came as a surprise. wasn't a big announcement. allison, start with you. good evening both of you. or morning depending where you are. start with the news. >> hi, don.

>> the press aide who joked house.john mccain dying at the not due to her mccain comment. saddler was pushed out because of her constant fighting with the house director chief of communications over who is responsible for some of the l k leaks. s that tell >> tells you they're more concerned about leaks than some of the chat comes out of the wow. unfortunate. look. i know this, i know kelly saddler, a good person, very good person who said a very bad thing. i am actually quite surprised that she wasn't let go when the mccain comment came out. because the it was a, extremely hurtful and, disparaging to some one, a he reto the country. they made the decision to keep her. stand by her. as we have seen time and time again. this, this, white house, , is super concerned about leaks as they should be. there are a lot of them. but they seem to be concerned about that then the content which comes out of this. quite disturbing.

>> think we should go through memory lane here. always a videotape. sarah sanders dodging questions omment about whether ly the white house would take any action. here it is. >> does she still have a job? >> i will not comment on an internal staff meeting. >> the white house -- >> i am not going to validate a leak. one way or the other. out of an internal staff meeting. >> are you sag she didn't say this? >> i am not going to validate a leak out of an internal staff meeting. >> does kelly saddler still work at this white house? >>yes, she does. >> convenient after a month. quietly let her go. >> yeah. they wanted samantha bee to

colin kaepernick to apologize. there is an inconsistency. everyone can see. the question is when will the republican party finally start to hold the president accountable. >> yeah. i want to switch gears now. ly,much to talk about with you. because you are in philadelphia. tonight. i see, beautiful shot of the city hall behind you. >> as we reported, this is an issue that the president views as something that could help him in the mid terms. isn't that kind of a political stunt? >> it could be viewed by, many, as a political stunt on beth sides. look, clearly the president has been very consistent in where stand on this issue. he clearly believes, and i support him in the, in the notion. that americans across the country should stand for the national anthem and show support for the military. show support for the flag.

show support for the country. that being said i want to seven eagles games this year. and all of the players stood for the national anthem. and all of the games. it wasn't an issue with the eagles team. so the problem that we had, mixed messages unfortunately out of the white house. that, sometimes, someone would say because of the national anthem. and sometimes, the final statement was, that the fact that, the eagles originally committed to having about 80 people come to the white house. and it ended up being a handful. maybe the mascot and water boy. which would have been very optics for the president. that being said, sure for the president, this is good, for his base. they support him on this issue. they believe that he is ghts. to stand by our military and the national anthem. and for him this was a good way not only to, throw red meat to his base but also to get a jab at the nfl which he has always loved to dau becauo. >> political strategy. from colin kaepernick came out.

that he told one of the owners, like this is a winning, this is very winning strong issue for me. tell everybody you can't this one. this one lifts me. is he using this controversy which -- has to do with race, as a political tool? >> of course. the guy doesn't know the words god bless america. heoesn'tember when to his hand over his heart when the tional anthem is going on. he is not a patriot. he is, he is a person who is using patriotism as a, as a tool to manipulate his base. to keep them in this constant fueled up, perpetual outrage. clearly, this is a problem. because -- donald trump has acted this way to be divisive towards our country. and no one is stopping him from doing this. that's the tragedy about this whole thing. when will some one actually hold the president accountable. the issue i am faced with again and again. and alice, i understand your point about you support the idea about the national anthem.

this was never about the national anthem. never about that. and he is trying to co the issues to confuse his base. >> got to run. would let you respond. otherwise. but again since he changed the narrative on this. lots of americans do support him. lots of americans don't. about 50/50. 49/47. statistical tie when it kmz to that. the country is divided over the issue. we are going to continue to see it play out. as he said, as we have been told, through the mid terms. thank you both. appreciate you joining us. that's it for us tonight. thank you for watching. see you right back here tomorrow. have a good night. ♪i'm gonna follow the sun♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun

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welcome to primetime. why did the president cancel his meeting? is he trying to divide the country over freedom of speech because it may help him politically. former white house communications