lost eight percent against the dollar since last week and seventeen percent since january president morici a marker he expects the i.m.f. to help put the brakes on. it. i've decided to enter discussions with the international monetary fund to secure a credit line just minutes ago i spoke with director christine lagarde and she confirmed we can start negotiating an agreement. to try and curb the country's rapid inflation argentina's central bank boosted key interest rates to forty percent but even that hasn't stopped investors from pulling out and channeling their money towards the u.s. instead. the interest rates in the united states have gone up significantly and currencies are devalued against the u.s. dollar. the dollar is putting immense pressure on other currencies including argentina's. the government hopes the emergency i.m.f. loan will stop the crisis from worsening president mockery has been grappling with the country's high fiscal deficit since he took office in twenty fifteen. to make drastic cuts to social benefits and since then poverty in the country has soared. luxury s.u.v.

candidates, raise your hand if you will vote for mitch mcconnell to be the republican leader and morici and jenkins didn't know what to do and gave nonanswers and stammered through and blankenship ducked and said i didn't want anybody to be confused how little enthusiasm. the place went crazy. and i think there is something in that sentiment if he does move up here. >> the man that -- blankenship calls somewhat inscrutably cocaine mitch. >> and here from the don blankenship headquarters, a life long west virginia resident. bob, how does this race look from where you are? >> chris, good evening. in many ways this race is going to be as much as referendum on west virginia republican voters as it is on the candidates themselves. in particular, don blankenship has a long history of enjoying meddling in west virginia politics and frankly it is -- it's -- none of what has shocked the nation in the last couple of weeks with the bigoted xenophobic ads have been shocking to anybody here in west virginia watching it for the last several years. the fact of the matter is, he would not have run thes

. >> reporter: economist peter morici say cuts in oil production and increasing consumer demand adds to the squeeze on wallets. >> with gas prices so cheap the last couple of years, people have been buying bigger vehicles and so it's going to be hard to drive down gasoline consumption in the near term and so that's contributing to rising prices. >> reporter: what could ease some of the pain on those gas hikes, the fact that there are lower prices on hotel rooms and car rentals, even airfare. the good news, the real good news, is that most experts say that by midsummer, we should see these prices on gas leveling off. >> well, that is a silver lining. michelle, thank you so much. >>> an historic referendum in ireland today could relax the country's strict anti-abortion laws. jonathan vigliotti is in dublin where citizens from all over the world have arrived to vote. >> reporter: we've been watching people filing in all morning long to cast their votes. this is expected to be a tight vote. we'll learn the results tomorrow morning. ultimately those i've spoken with say this is a referend

jenkins or morici, either way good news for republicans.wins and renacci both supporting trump. big trump supporters. i expect renacci will win here. taking on senator brown. going to be a tough fight for republicans. ohio was won by donald trump 8 points. biggest margin in 28 years. this is one of the stretches for the republicans. if renacci wins the primary and pull off upset in the general election that would be huge news for the g.o.p. ainsley: what about the governor race there? >> governor race is a little different. ainsley: kasich term limited. >> never trumper of all never trumpers. ainsley: didn't even go to convention in own state. >> mike dewine and mary taylor running for republican nomination. what do they have in common they are both never kasich. they are both all in for -- they are arguing who is more of a trump supporter. divine is faired. he has been in offic has been-ds favored. either candidate. this is a republican-leaning state, slightly favored. cordray, you know, on the democratic side is favored. you remember him

state attorney general patrick morici, congressman evan jenkins and blankenship battling over who isaligned with president trump. >> conservatives don't go out and take campaign contributions from planned parenthood. >> who is going to lead the senate to support the president trump agenda. >> i'm the only candidate on the stage who not only has voted for donald trump at the convention and in the electoral college. >> the three republicans are vying to unseat democrat joe marchen in november. evan jenkins will join us live in the next hour. president trump honoring the heroic crew of the deadly southwest flight at the white house. paying special district to captain tamm tammie jo shults te former navy pilot who made that landing. >> commander schultz i want to commend you for life-saving actions. everybody is talking about it they are still talking about it. they will be talking about it for a long time. the actions of the crew and passengers of flight 1380 show the great character of our nation. we're very, very proud of them, and god bless you all. jillian: the president also honori