you just talked about amy mcgrath as a potential super star.nk the dccc missed with her? >> well, i would argue that the dccc didn't miss anything. i supported amy mcgrath from the starmt i am the chair of the heartland engagement strategy. kentucky is part of the heartland. >> but they had been pushing the mayor as their candidate. >> that was the narrative that was out there but not the reality of it. i can tell you this, when folks from the dccc went down to kentucky they talked with amy mcgrath and they talked to jim gray. there wasn't really a matter of jim gray pushing her aside. but i can say personally i'm very pleased with the outcome. i want more women to be serving here. again, not just because they are women, but because the things that we fight for are typically just a little bit different, more family friendly, more child friendly, looking out for the -- just making sure that people who aspire to the middle class can get there. i mean it's what we stan for as women. >> let me ask you -- it's interesting you brought up stacey abram

in kentucky, former marine pilot amy mcgrath won a hard-fought primary for a congressional seat. and in texas, former dallas county sheriff lupe valdez became the state's first openly gay and latina gubernatorial nominee from a major party. for more on all of this, let's bring in ed o'keefe on the set here on the "cbs evening news" for the first time. welcome. what does all of this mean? >> reporter: three things stick out for us. number one, we're seeing a record number of women seeking political office this year. when it comes to congressional races, more than 300 from both parties have registered to run. that's a modern history high, if you will. we're also seeing a large number of military veterans running across the country, and first- time political candidates, probably the best example of that is amy mcgrath, who you mentioned there. she hit it big last year with a viral ad that had her recounting when she was a young girl and was told that she wouldn't face combat. she ran 89 combat missions and now she's a democratic congressional candidate. >> glor: yeah, this ad got a

then this woman, amy mcgrath, a marine veteran, former fighter pilot. she put a video up. about being a girl, wanting to be a pilot, being told she couldn't do it. the video caught fire online. millions of dollars poured into their campaign. and lo and behold, she has pulled off the upset, won this primary, defeated the candidate recruited by the dccc. and more than that, she is going to face andy barr, a republican this fall. the way she won this is fascinating because the anchor of this district is the university of kentucky where mcgrath excelled was outside of lexington. it was in the rural parts of this district. she not only was winning by 20 points in the rural parts of this district, usually very republican, turnout in the democratic primary here tonight in those parts of the district double what it was when hillary clinton and bernie sanders were running in the presidential primary two years ago. so it looks like amy mcgrath has potentially excited voters who don't normally vote in democratic primaries. this is one to watch in the fall, lawrence. kentucky could ac

we'll continue to follow this. >> what's so interesting is as park was just pointing out, amy mcgrath is a former marine fighter pilot. she was running against the candidate at the d triple c that the party had endorsed. >> she's going to be highly electable. she'll be very competitive. you need to watch are the two political parties. how are they positioned for the centrist voters. the bases are probably not movable. the hard core republicans will not vote for democrats. are they going to be focusing on the voters who voted for mitt romney, hillary clinton and barack obama and donald trump. i think that will be an interesting pinterest ing task for both parties. >> do you go for energizing the base. mark murray, going to have to leave it there today. we'll have a lot more coming up. stay with us. just like us. and just like that we felt a little less alone. but then something happened. we had to deal with spam, fake news, and data misuse. that's going to change. from now on, facebook will do more to keep you safe and protect your privacy. because when this place does what it was buil

in kentucky, a political newcomer, former marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath defeated one of the best-known figures in kentucky politics, lexington mayor jim gray in the sixth district democratic primary. she'll face republican congressman andy barr in the general election. >>> this year marks a decade since the financial crisis. and yesterday congress vote to roll back rules adopted in its wake. the house voting in favor of a bipartisan senate bill that eases rules on community banks. for example, bb&t and suntrust. republicans and moderate democrats say dodd-frank hurts the banks. regulations stifle lending, so the bill raises the threshold for federal oversight from $50 billion to $250 billion, leaving only the biggest, jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, bank of america, to face the toughest scrutiny like annual stress tests and providing plans on how to safely dismantle if they fail. senate banking chair mike crapo says this will help community banks spur economic growth and create jobs on main street. but progressives warn any rollback could trigger another financial crisis. this bill not ju

amy mcgrath, a former fighter pilot. she had an ad that went viral.out being a girl, wanting to be a pilot, being told no. caught fire online, raised millions of dollars, upset the establishment. we'll be talking about this race. this is the lexington area, university of kentucky, big blue nation. we'll be talking about amy mcgrath against andy barr, the republican, certainly this unlawful. >> fascinating stories out there, steve, especially in your capable hands, thank you very much for staying late with us tonight. >>> coming up for us, the dustup over an event about clean water at the epa. reporters were barred, reporters were angry, and the head of the epa, is, you guessed it, in hot water once again. >>> welcome back. ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventure with audible. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you

abrams is the person who can win georgia and amy mcgrath in kentucky is a veteran.ay be left but she has lived and bled for the country. that is the kind of people we need running. >> dana: if you look at the campaign they tried to recruit candidates that are veterans or have some moderate views i guess you could say and they are getting out there and well funded. they are campaigning tough. is there a possibility that republicans should not take a lot of comfort in the recent polls that show them doing better? >> i don't think there is any comfort for the republicans period in an election like this. the mid-term and the way it's structured run hard through to compete. but i think for what the dccc has done and with the democratic house candidates they have two problems. they are electing more primary candidates that are unelectable in the general election. but two, look, a lot of these candidates are ultimately going to have to answer the question of how they will support speaker pelosi in the end. we have a well litigated question on this where we know where the a

in kentucky, a political n newcom newcomer, former marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath defeated jim gray district primary. >>> a sinking feeling setting in at the white house literal empa sinkhole steps from -- literally. a sinkhole steps from the white house belieriefing room. a reporter noticed it after days of steady rain. experts coming in to find out what to do next. a science professor tells us the geology of the white house doesn't naturally lend itself to sinkholes. could be the result of previous construction on the lawn or just that draining of the swamp. dictionary.com had good fun with this, as did all of twitter. two definitions of sinkhole. the second -- a place into which foul matter runs. there was also a sinkhole one year ago today at trump's mar-a-lago resort. >> that's right. >> read from that what you will. >> good memory. >>> 41 minutes past the hour. if you want to buy a political ad on facebook, get ready to give your social security number. cnn "money" next. ♪ can i get some help. watch his head. ♪ i'm so happy. ♪ whatever they went through, they went through toge

amy mcgrath surged in the 6th congressional district. joining me now is mark murray, and eugene scott. mark, talk to me about what we saw last night and inny it was such a big night for female candidates not just in georgia but across the board. >> it was across the board. and not just last night, it was last week and the month before and the monday before that. we are seeing women winning across the board, whether it was that georgia race that you just mentioned with stacey abrams in georgia or amy mcgrath beating out lexington mayor jim gray decisively. and then in texas, lupe valdez won the democratic nomination for governor. also, a whole host of congressional nominees you are going to end up seeing from texas are also female. as a colleague has noted we have 72 women both democrats and republicans who won house nominations. to put that 72 figure into perspective and we have so many more primaries to go it was in 1990 where that number represented the entire slate of female candidates. we have longer to go and it's possible that 40 t

election the democrats are excited about their two candidates, jim gray, mayor of lexington and amy mcgraththey have been getting negative after each other over the last week. >> republicans don't want to lose control of the house or the senate. we will have you back. the time now is 20 minutes after the top of the hour. more to come, the obama channel, former first family finalized a deal to make movies and shows about whatever they want. carly shimkus with reaction flooding social media. ♪ mom you called? oh hi sweetie, i just want to show you something. xfinity mobile: find my phone. [ phone rings ] look at you. this tech stuff is easy. [ whirring sound ] you want a cookie? it's a drone! i know. find your phone easily with the xfinity voice remote. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. >> they added susan rice to the board of directors, now netflix entered a multi-you deal with the obamas, social media lighting up with the news. carly shimkus is here with reaction online. stranger things have happened. >> i love how you did that. a very good sho

shannon: tell me about amy mcgrath. >> he is not a candidate national democrats wanted. the mayor of lexington is a moderate bespectacled, matches the eastern kentucky vibe in the blue grass, metro lexington, the mayor of lexington, and the bar, the republican congressman, is in trouble. when you have not many democrats, the democrats whose voices are heard the loudest are liberal activists. that is what they did here, they threw over the moderate mayor and went for the insurgent mcgrath who republicans will have a field day with talking about energy policy. shannon: a retired marine corps officer and fighter pilots, things that would resonate with other good folks out there. >> when you go against the issue set on too many points your opponent is able to cross off too many things. biography matters but in a house race issues matter a lot. shannon: an opinion piece by jt young in the hill says he works through the numbers and where pres. obama was at this time, where donald trump is, polling, he comes to this, current indicators contradict conventional wisdom regarding t

would be the first african-american woman elected governor in any state ever in the united states, amy mcgrathn the kentucky district that steve cokornacki was just spotlighting, also first-time runner, first-time candidate for office, but she has come on strong. she has a great story to tell. a former marine combat pilot. who really broke ground for women in the armed services. taking on a candidate with more establishment backing who got actually recruited, the former mayor of lexington, kentucky, recruited to run by the establishment. that is a race we will see whether a new woman candidate does well. and whether the energy is with the establishment or some more grassroots candidates. >> that's going to be an abbreviated political wrap. steam wraps everything up. we're about to see this tape. this is a long apparently very, varied explanation, the president speaking with president moon about the upcoming korean summit which apparently is on, what his expectations are, talking about china, talking about zte, some of the controversial decisions made on trade and on withdrawing tariff, so let'

you have amy mcgrath beat jim gray, in texas lupe valdez, i want to more about her 53-46 is a decisive her, she would be the first latina, lbgt governor. you've got in arkansas you have jared henderson very decisive win over a candidate leticia sanders, in idaho a progressive native american woman who won the gubernatorial primary. she would be the first native american governor of idaho. what do democrats need to do differently in 2018 that will get them past that low ceiling of turnout among their base that we saw in years like 2010 and 2014? >> well, here is the interesting thing, joy, about this one. it looks a lot like the victory we had in virginia where we had 15 new beam coming into the virginia legislature. that was the first election i think in my lifetime where the base looks exactly like the people who got elected. the base of our party, african-american, latino and women, that's the core base of our party. guess who just took over for the democratic party in virginia? well, this is now going on all over the country. women lose some of these races there is no question about

. >> amy mcgrath, the fighter pilot, beat the mayor of lexington, jim gray, who was the favorite thered what basically she harnessed was this grassroots energy behind a number of women candidates all over the country. that's why you see more and more democratic women running and winning. >> that works right now in the primaries. can they carry that forward to the midterm election? >> this is the huge question and especially in kentucky where amy mcgrath who won this race was not the favored candidate of the national party. there's a bit of worry over whether she can win a general election in a conservative area like that. this is the big question. right now we're not sure but democrats are certainly confident. >> it feels like we're talking about the midterm elections as soon as the election was over. gabe, thank you. >>> tomorrow morning on "face the nation" here on cbs, margaret brennan's guests will include florida senator marco rubio and former national intelligence director james clapper. >>> protecting epa chief scott pruitt is costing taxpayers twice as much money as it did for

then there was a grass roots uprising online behind amy mcgrath. she's raised a ton of money.esting to watch. national democrats thought this was their best bet. maybe the democratic voters think otherwise. >> when we talk about the primaries, how much plays into this idea if you're a candidate who would win in the primary, you could never win in the general. while you have one stacey saying want to go for that white swing voter disenfranchised by president trump, she may have a better shot in the general because that's where you're going to go for the republicans. here we are in the primary, and the other stacey is saying i want to go for minorities who don't yet vote or decided they don't want to or young people. isn't this going to give us really a good picture of the direction the democratic party needs to go? >> today we'll find out in georgia, the race between the two staceys, we'll find out what direction the democratic party itself wants to go. the indication has been abrams is the favorite. there's polling she's leading it by a solid margin. the question is the case h

democrats in central kentucky nominated a retired marine fighter pilot, amy mcgrath, over lexington mayor gray to take on incumbent republican congressman andy barr in the fall. in arkansas, cancer survivor clark tucker won the nomination for housing. he will face republican incumbent. here in california, were going to focus on the politics in the nation's most populous state. in a moment, i will talk with california republican gubernatorial candidate john co cox. first, why the top democrat may support the top republican. >> it takes courage to make real change. that is gavin newsom. >> lieutenant governor gavin newsom holds a comfortable lead in the gubernatorial race going into the june 5 primary. which on the california system will send the top two vote getters into novembers runoff regardless of party affiliation. >> president obama called him one of america's finest mayors. >> the race for the second spot appears to be between former l.a. mayor antonio villaraigosa, whose backers know an association with obama will play well with democrats. and republican john cox, a san diego busin

>> kentucky there you have amy mcgrath, this fighter pilot who is basically looks like she has a lotthat race. she's backed by more progressive wing of the party, dccc sort of brought on in the last minute jim gray, the mayor of lexington there. it looks like mcgrath has a lot of momentum. >> she represents something we have seen up until this point too, which is that women are doing very, very well in democratic elections. >> correct. you have a record number of women running on the democratic side, 300 running for congress according to the latest stats. if she were able to win, a lot of momentum against trump among democratic women. >> continuing the story of the year, women not just running but winning. georgia? >> georgia governor, great race there, stacey abrams trying to become the first african-american governor in the country. it looks like she's going to win the democratic primary there. but still unsure -- >> tough fight ahead. >> georgia has not had a democratic governor elected since 1998. >> you can go to bed early kn knowing that the winner will be named stacey. if you

in kentucky, retired marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath defeated former lexington mayor jim gray in a primary for a u.s. house seat. mcgrath will now challenge incumbent republican congressman andy barr in november. to talk about tuesday's primaries and much more, we are joined by democratic congressman keith ellison of minnesota. deputy chair of the democratic national committ, ornc. thank you so much for joining us from capitol hill. talk about the results of these primaries. result to me is that we had an outpouring of enthusiastic citizens and residents who want to be part of our american democracy. we had people come out. we had women win. we had women win like stacey abrams, who may just be the first black governor in the deep south and reconstruction. she is an amazing candidate. the candidates were great, but the outpouring and the enthusiasm was high. i think that is the most important metric for not just november, but for years to come if we can sustain it, if we can institutionalize that grassroots engraved german -- engagement it is a good and promising sign. juan: and many of the

amy mcgrath who won her congressional primary in kentucky taking an uncompromising position on abortion. the night was not without setbacks. in one key race in texas, our revolution's campaign manager, "how bernie won, inside the revolution that's taking back our country and where we go from here." jeff, great to speak with you. start with tuesday. want your reaction to who won and who lost and what that says about the stays of progressivism as we head to the mid-terms. >> i will say this. the big winner that night was the american people because i think you saw what we've seen across the country since the election of trump which is an incredible amount of enthusiasm on the democratic side and among progressive people not only in elections but also as part of very important social movements in this country. i think what you are seeing is we talk about this blue wave. i know some of the polls have tightened recently and some have made people nervous. i see an incredible amount of enthusiasm. in mid-term elections, enthusiasm is a prichl determme determinant of who is going to win. i'm ve

the same day a former fighter pilot, amy mcgrath bedefeated a well-known mayor in lexington kentucky.ra eastman defeated a former member of congress. these women and many others are breaking new ground. do they have a shot at winning in november. the panel is back. michael, lee anne, carry. carry, the stats you come up with, i think you tweeted one today. already more women nominees. seven states have had primaries. >> we are somewhere around a dozen. >> not even a third of the way through. >> it's very early in the primary season. there has already been 72 nominees of a major party who are women. >> just for the u.s. house. >> in 1990 that's the total number of women who were nominees come november. we have a huge amount of primaries coming up. we have already surpassed that number. we are on track, and we should be clear that this is majority far and away a democratic phenomenon. of those 72 women, 62 of them are democrats. just ten are republicans. that's how big that spread is right now? lee anne, there has been a gender gap in american politics for a long time. now we have a cand

in another victory for women, former fighter pilot amy mcgrath in a stunning upset there.ocrats' push to make kentucky part of a blue wave. she will face off against congressman andy barr in november. meanwhile, in texas's seventh district, lizzy fletcher won the democratic runoff. the race became a flash point for progressives that rallied after the democratic national campaign committee dropped opposition research against ahead of the primary. let's talk to laura bar own lopez. good to talk to you again. evan talked about marking another series of elections, including a number of major wins for women historically. what is this telling us, laura, about the state of the mid terms looking ahead to november? >> from last night to the primary contest we saw earlier this momt, women have been dominating across the country and that's a theme we expect to continue all the way to november. one thing about the races that you highlighted, whether abrams or fletcher or mcgrath, they'll be tough battles for these democratic women. but that being said, democrats are still in a strong

this woman, amy mcgrath put ad up. she talks about hey, when i was a girl, i wanted to fly planes. at me now. the ad went viral. she raised two million. she became an online sensation. tonight she has upset jim gray, won the democratic nomination in kentucky. she will face andy barr, the republican. this has been a double-digit republican district lately. just before that, though, it was represented in congress by a democrat, ben chandler. and the very interesting thing about the performance tonight of mcgrath, this is the district. lexington is about 40% of it. she lost lexington. that is where gray was the mayor. she won the rural areas outside of lexington big. and it looks like turnout there double from the 2016 clinton/sanders primary on the democratic side. so there might be some energy behind mcgrath in some areas where democrats have struggled. the dccc didn't want her. she might be the stronger candidate, though. >> fascinating night. steve, i have one question for you back to the governor's race. stacey abrams the democratic nominee. totally unrelated before she was runni

that wasn't about the division between the moderate wing and progressive wing and if you look at amy mcgrathr instance she's a fighter pilot and she has an amazing story yes progressive values but this isn't your typical bernie sanders candidate she talked a lot about national security and a lot about patriotism topics republicans tried to make their own and when you look at the ads , and we talked about this a lot before you see a lot more democrats featuring their service to this country and leading with that which i think is a great trend line. trish: we have a lot of women running. >> so many women on our side. >> which is positive and a lot of people in the primaries. it's not just an established candidate. equally as important though i think is that there's an intensity out there and i think we had an intensity in the general that's how trump got elected and a lot of the democratic voters voted for trump, so some democrats have to go try and get those voters back hopefully we get our voters to turn out and historically in the off year election is a 30% drop-off so it's whose voters are

and what better way to do it than having someone who, like amy mcgrath in the kentucky 6 race, for lieutenantor fighter pilot, democratic voters primary voters went with her instead of lexington mayor jim gray. i think that decision, at least when it is a one on one race, that the female candidate has had -- has been the one that democratic voters are betting on. >> mark, very quickly, did you see any signs that have flown under the radar that tell us any more information about the potential for a democratic wave? >> you know, kasie, again, you know, all the tea leaves we were able to see whether it's president trump's job approval rating, the generic ballot show that republicans are probably in a slightly better place than they were a couple months ago. but then again, when you look at the big historical factors that normally when a president is below 50%, that that president takes a bit of a beating. we just have to wait and see if the votes come in. the environment today overall looks about the same as it did several months ago. >> nbc's mark murray. thank you. great to see you, my friend.

pretty tough general election ps the you've got democratic newcomer and fomer marine fighter pilot amy mcgraths she's going up against andy barr in november. in texas, attorney lizzy fletcher rode establishment support to win against progressive laura moser. hillary clinton won that seventh district by one point in 2016. democrats are feeling confident they can pick it up. and then there's stacey abrams who's now the democratic nominee for governor in georgia. she's making history as the first black woman to be a major party nominee for governor in this country. here's what she told her supporters. >> we are writing the next chapter of georgia's future where no one is unseen, no one is unheard, and no one is uninspired. >> seissy abrams is joining me now. stacey, thank you very much for coming on the show and congratulations tous on your victory. >> thank you so much. >> and let's get into this, because i'll tell you what, republicans have waste no time in going after put today they are out with an attack and it comes from the rga, the republicans governor association, and it references someth

>> midterm to watch, amy mcgrath retired marine pilot who won the primary in kentucky this week has gotat has her 15 points ahead of the republican incumbent andy barr. and new numbers, her fund raising in her first 24 hours of being the nominee, she had 544 online donors that donated over $46,000. she's going to be one to watch. >> if women want women to vote and men want women to vote and win, we've all got to vote. >> jason. >> as you know, stacey abe raps won a huge primary to be georgia's possible next governor. >> 70 some%. >> 76 to 24%. she won 152 out of 159 keep thes that includes essentially all white counties in the northern and southern part of the state. not only is this race important for the historic level but you have presidential level candidates including joe biden slipping into atlanta and trying to find information how she did it. >> she's teaching us. ayesha ras co, ginger gibson. let me finish tonight with trump watch. you're watching "hardball." once there was an organism so small no one thought much of it at all. people said it just made a mess until exxonmobil s

democratic primary in connecticut that's gotten ugly after mayor jim grey aired an ad about how amy mcgrathd to the district after moving abroad. a john mccain might have been successful with that. you've got to be careful with military veterans if you're going to allege that. we'll be watching thaez ra iniis and more. introducing the world's first self-winding string trimmer. the new ego string trimmer with powerload™ technology. feed the line. push the button. and get back to work. with an industry first, carbon-fiber shaft... lawn care has never been this easy... ...or this powerful. the new ego power+ string trimmer with powerload™ technology. exclusively at the home depot and ego authorized dealers. >>> there's a very substantial chance that it won't work out. and that's okay. that doesn't mean it won't work out over a period of time. but it may not work out for june 12th. but there's a good chance that we'll have the meeting. >> time for "the lid." that was president trump throwing both cold water and then hot water on next month's schedule in north korea. the panel is back. danny, go

i was particularly excited about amy mcgrath in kentucky.to her before she decided to run. i'm glad that she did. and she really brought it home. and i think the same fight that she brings, we're going to have women all across the country, and it's going to be a blue wave, but it's going to have a really pink tinge. >> donna bech., your take? >> first of all, we do have a black woman currently serving as lieutenant governor in the great state of new jersey. but this is really a terrific moment. a breakthrough, because not only did stacey, who's a phenomenal woman, win last night in her democratic primary, but over in next, lupe valdez won her primary in the great state of texas, being the first latina in the democratic party. now, we know there's a republican governor in the state of new mexico, susan martinez, and of course we've had other women of color, south carolina. i want to make sure we get our women politics. but as a democrat, i'm very excited. we're going to see a small but significant increase. this pink wave is going to have a b

interesting race here on the democratic side put showed that ad, amy mcgrath, she was on knob's radar the start of this race. gray was the choice of democrats. mcgrath has caught fire online. this could be an interesting story if she were to win this nomination. i think national democrats would be fine with her as the candidate, but she's not somebody who was on their radar, not somebody they recruited, kind of a party crasher if you will potentially. also quickly mention donald trump himself weighing in in arkansas, the governor there republican asa hutchinson, trump coming out to support him. he's getting a challenge from the far right, jane morgan. she owns a gun shop. she said her gun shop say muslim free zone. she's challenging hutchinson in this primary. and then texas, this district we'll talk about a lot this fall, went from romney to 21 to clinton by one. democrats are looking at a bunch of these around the country. houston area, this will be near the top of their list. today we find out which one of these two democrats will be the nominee against john culberson, the republic

a former marine lieutenant colonel amy mcgrath came from behind and beat the former mayor of lexingtono take on another incumbent who democrats believe they can knock off this november. >>> universe of the president faces allegations. 200 faculty members signed a letter yesterday saying president max nikias of usc. that comes as several women filed lawsuits accusing usc of not properly responding to complaints against a gynecologist. bianna golodryga is here with the troubling allegations. good morning. >> good morning. these allegations go back dozens of years. usc says over the last few days it has received around 200 reports about dr. tyndall. some of his alleged victims are not represented by the same lawyers who represented the disgraced msu doctor larry nassar. like that case, there are now questions about who knew what went. >> usc let me down. >> reporter: usc student daniella mohazab. said during an std test in 2016, gynecologist george tindall sexually harassed her. >> he made me feel extremely uncomfortable and violated. >> reporter: mohazab and six other women are suing usc

. >> that was retired lieutenant colonel amy mcgrath, who advanced to become democratic nominee in kentucky'sayor jim gray and mcgrath moves on. one of several women veterans running for office and on this memorial day weekend it's worth remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice. friend of the show, this important reminder from section 60 of arlington cemetery. headstone's megan mcclung. first female marine officer to be killed in "operation iraqi freedom." we want to say thank you for your service to megan and all women and all americans who made the ultimate sacrifice-for-all of us and the women and men who support those families as well. more on running for higher office, up after this. but what a powerful life lesson. and don't worry i have everything handled. i already spoke to our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. which is so smart on your guy's part. like fact that they'll just... forgive you... four weeks without the car. okay, yup. good night. with accident forgiveness your rates won't go up just because of an accident. switching to allstate is wor

fighter pilot amy mcgrath getting a surprise victory in kentucky beating lexington mayor jim gray in democratic primary for a house seat there. and history being made in georgia. stacey abrams won the democratic primary for governor making her the nation's first black woman to lead a major party's ticket for governor. and here's what she said after the win. >> we are writing the next chapter of georgia's future where no one is unseen. no one is unheard. and no one is uninspired. [ cheers and applause ] i hope that you will all join us in our fight for the future. >> and if she wins in november she'll be the first african-american woman governor in this country and also the first woman governor of georgia. >> of georgia. would only be the third african-american governor in the state. of course, it is a long shot down there in georgia. but what a night for women last night. this is really shaping up to be the year of the women. not only stacey abrams and in texas, a latina. lupe valdez. a gay latina. now the democratic nominee for governor there. again, a long shot but a big win in the

kentucky, who o is amy mcgrath? mcgrath, the democratic nominee, which is pretty surprising.be surprising as of a few weeks ago. she had ew months ago, a high national profile, it was unclear she had local support democrats in dc had jim ited lexington mayor gray to run. he won before in a statewide is popular there. on, democratic favor early mcgrath's campaign prospect xcited about of winning. poll after the win showing her with substantial lead over the republican incumbent, andy bahr. emocrats have been happy with either candidate, but aimay mcgrath is interesting, she's a woman, a veteran and ran intentionally as an outsider candidate. that might be something we came again as look at democratic primaries continue to the f that is kind of trend, women, outsiders, kind of candidates voters are interested in. video got quite a few clicks on the internet what should we be watching for what happened last night? guest: yeah, there are a few coming from there. most high-profile one was texas seven, where runoff etcher won the last night. intervenedwhy, mosier, who made comments

you can see there, amy mcgrath, a military veteran caught fire online.lars online in this thing and now there are some indications she may have the momentum. we don't know, we don't have polling. there's indications she may have the momentum, she may be able to win this thing and the democrats in washington who initially backed mcgrath, recruited him into the race, maybe they end up okay with that. and we have a similar situation in texas. the most -- the marquee race in texas for the house will be in the houston area, the seventh district where democrats weighed in against a candidate, there she is, laura moser. if she wins today there are some indications democrats may say okay, we'll go with that. so she's one -- >> sounds like david jolly. >> they weighed in against. i remember newt a week before my campaign announced to everybody "joe scarborough cannot win his district. he is too conservative." >> how'd that turn out? >> i got 62%. >> that's what i thought. we'll get to this ticket in just a minute but have we seen a reaction from democrats in 2016

n kentucky, holding primary elections tuesday, democrats mcgrath, and n amy mayor of lexington, run.ccged to caller: thank you, mayor of pe. 'd like to respond to both the flint, michigan issue and on citizenry issue. the reason america feels it needs to have armed citizenry is politicians have ailed to take care of the citizenry just like in flint, michigan and detroit, michigan around america. i wish americans would wake up and elect people that really put our tax money toward putting the pot holes in politics filled in. thank you. host: republican line, sid in casemi, florida. caller: hi. good morning. my call. for taking host: you're on, go ahead. caller: okay. here is my question. there was -- i'll be brief, i you have a lot of callers. there was a recent online if -- n that asked, obviously you're familiar with the show "the walking dead," correct? i've seen it. i don't know how it relates to this, you have about a minute left. caller: i understand, it does relate to it. here is my question. that liberals would tell us to be tolerant of dietary preferences if "walking dead" actua