the state of missouri at the behest of a democratic super pac that is working for my opponent claire mccaskill here in missouri they are trying to tie me into a narrative that is that would see me as someone who is colluding with russia an order to facilitate an attack on my democratic opponent which is bald faced egregious lie and frankly i think that this just serves to continue the narrative that twitter suppresses conservative and libertarian voices from being able to get their message out because they have a bias and it's deeply disturbing and a threat to american democracy that twitter said that you were engaged in targeted harassment how would you respond to that and was there anything else besides the image that could have triggered the suspension of the political correct police are out in full force at all times as my good friend ben carson might say at one point but the fact of the matter is is that this was a simple response jeff that was a joke to someone i was actually claiming that they were the stalinist and it is quite ironic because their whole tactic they were attacking me my

the fact that clair mccaskill won't vote for funding for that wall.r is another research she has to go. brian: president trump support you. >> absolutely. brian: josh hawley this is the toughest opponent clair mccaskill ever had. it's going to be doing fight to the end. >> thanks for having me. brian: we reached out to senator mccaskill we did not hear back. we do have voice mail so we will check it again. michael cohen's attorney lanny davis says he will not take a pardon. can you believe this? now he has a go fund me page to help get the truth out. it's called he hasn't gotten paid yet. alan dershowitz here to react next. plus, dr. nicole saphier just dropped her old irs son off at college. she is here with a health checklist as well as, i guess, a little bit of sadness. put a smile on, doctor, you are coming out to the studio. ♪ don't be afraid ♪ to take the road less traveled on ♪ oh, oh ♪ oh, oh ♪ take the road less traveled on ♪ ♪ steve: well, it's time time of the year kindergarten to college kids are heading back to school. next guest wrapped

and the chances to beats claire mccaskill. >> could be a big flip in the senate.right here. >> gino rossi, they are excited about him as their candidate, last two raises election statewide, democrats have a big primary, some people thank jim schreier, who is a doctor, and in the primary. todd: the big one is the ohio special election. of democrats take that from republicans that can spell trouble in november. >> in a lot of ways special elections are little over rated in november. it is really hard. and a weekend bloodbath in chicago. who does ron emmanuel blame for this? coming up. >> the goalie. >> the kid from the mighty ducks, have you seen what goldberg looks like? a mug shot you might not believe coming up. ♪ ♪ the devil around ♪ are you ready to take your wifi to the next level? then you need xfinity xfi. a more powerful way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most wifi coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. it's the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awe

jillian: the senate race, claire mccaskill, no big surprise. >> reporter: except claire mccaskill alwaysa week opponent which is why she was able to hold on to a red state. and she has said -- he took an rv tour in her private plane a couple months ago and that is the total read that she's out of touch with missouri, when it comes to tax cuts and obamacare, she opposed neil gorsuch, totally blue partisan in a red state and i don't think that matches, josh holly has money and energy. >> a big pick up in the senate for the republicans. kansas governors race, read kansas in the primary too close to call, chris kobach was a controversial pick for the president. >> it would be -- he was behind in the polls, then looked like he had a shot. the sitting governor has only been in office six months because donald trump appointed the ambassador so he had an uphill climb because he was the incoming governor. now is leading by 800 votes. if you have a m aga candidate instead of an establishment pick it will make it more interesting. it goes a long way. rob: appreciate your time. jillian: 18 after the

the democratic senator claire mccaskill and attorney general expected to easily defeat their primarypponents in the battle for control of the senate this november. much more on this primaries later on in the show says they tuned. in more next tuesday. cheryl: we've got a lot coming up. another new shot in the trade dispute with china to tell you about. the white house lasting 25% tariff another $16 billion of imports from the country affect at august 23rd of the trump administration announcing $34 billion worth of chinese products last month in response to white house claims that china steals u.s. intellectual property. lauren: s&p 500 second-highest level in history. tesla ceo, elon musk. it sends the company shares soaring 11%. considering taking tesla private at $420, funding secured. shareholders can neither sell at 420 or hold shares in go private. this would be the biggest buyout in history. musk said the move would help us operate at its best free from distraction and short-term thinking is possible. as you know, tesla went public eight years ago in 2010. analysts are skeptica

in missouri, democratic senator claire mccaskill will face attorney generaljosh hawley, a republican, this is a state that voted for president trump by 20 points. 20 points. so being independent in this state means standing up to the liberal wing of your party. you guys are all fired up! and in michigan, the president tweeted that iraq war veteranjothames is a future star of the republican party after he won the primary against the democrat senator debbie stavinal. argentina's senate will vote today on whether to allow abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. abortion is currently illegal there, except in the case of rape or if the woman's health is in danger. if the bill passes, argentina would become only the fourth country in latin america to broadly legalize abortion, and by far the largest. let's head to northern france. terry is that me has arrived at amiens cathedral. she is one of several thousand people attending a commemoration that will begin in the next little while. to mark the crucial battle which is now considered to have really changed the course of the first world

kennedy: claire mccaskill has been awful. she has been all over the map. she has pledged her allegiance to president trump. which has to be difficult for democrats. >> i'm pro liberty, and pro constitution. kennedy: you are a politician because you can't abc the question. >> i'm going to stwict republican party i believe it' the party of object litionism and freedom. kennedy: you will not run for president in 2020. >> i will leave that to my betters. i think justin amash does a great job in the house of representatives. kennedy: best of luck tomorrow. let us know how you do. there is a will the of concern russians will try to hack the mid-term elections like they did in 2016. the intel chief spoke at the white house last thursday. the top democrat on the senate rules committee said concerns about election security don't go far enough. so we start to discuss also the threat to our power grid system, the threats to our financial system because the russians aren't stopping at the election equipment. we found out last month russian agents successfully hacks am

week, claire mccaskill announced that russian hackers had attempted to infiltrate her senate computer network as she started her campaign. the top democrats of the senate intelligence committee said that it was backed up by the president. at the summit with vladimir putin, donald trump seemed to accept vladimir pututin's denias and has asserted that the idea of it is a hoax. the national security adviser defended what he called president trump's decisive action against meddling. it's been a year since white supremacist marched through the united states city of charlottesville and chanted jews will not replace us. people thought that was behind them. saw a counter protester killed when a car was run into her. it was one of the most sirius crises of donald trump's first years in office. detail, iis and more am joined by the curator of the museum in charlottesville. i want to talk to you about how much has changed in chcharlottesville and american discourse in general. last year on france 24, you said racism is in the fabric of the united states. now, an activist in city'stesville is the

he's right now meeting with senator claire mccaskill, later today senator leahy, also amy klobuchar andlso meeting with chuck schumer, who is leading the charge to get more documents released from his time in the bush white house. this is just two weeks from his confirmation hearing. >> sunlen, thank you very much for that update. >>> we're following two major developments right now. the first one on paul manafort's trial. the federal judge telling jurors to keep deliberating after they appear to be stuck on one of 18 counts. and more breaking news. president trump's former personal attorney and fixer michael cohen, who's facing possible criminal charges, is now in serious talks with prosecutors for a potential plea deal. we'll have the latest on that as well. stay with us. gimme one minute... and i'll tell you some important things to know about medicare. first, it doesn't pay for everything. say this pizza is your part b medical expenses. this much - about 80% - medicare will pay for. what's left is on you. that's where an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedheal

so these activists aren't stopping at claire mccaskill's store.held rallies in indianapolis. in fargo. 29 rallies in all. targeting 20 senate democrats in states won by donald trump. this is what people who are opposed to roe v. wade have been waiting for, is that how you see it? >> yes, i think we have an incredible opportunity here to put a justice on the court who could potentially turn the tide of the court and open up the possibility of the states really being able to pass legislation that is reflective of the values of that state. >> reporter: they're sending 500 canvassers into the streets. armed with lists of voters who likely support their cause, but usually don't vote in midterm elections. how much is this issue a part of your vote? >> the whole abortion issue, it's a lot. that is something that my wife and i both are against. >> reporter: they visited 1.4 million homes so far with a goal of 2 million by november. and while they're paid $10 an hour, sitting around a kitchen counter, it's clear they're not motivated by money but deeply he

republicans are hoping he can unseat democrat claire mccaskill in november. in the michigan gubernatorial primary, cnn projects state attorney general bill schuette will be the republican candidate in november. former state legislative leader gretchen whitmer will be the democratic candidate. and cnn projects john james has captured the gop nomination for u.s. senate in michigan. james, an african-american iraq war vet endorsed by president trump. he will face off with democrat debbie stabenow in november. >>> former trump campaign chairman paul manafort's longtime right-hand man back on the witness stand today. manafort's defense lawyers expected to pick up where they left off yesterday, trying to undermine rick gates' credibility in the eyes of the jury. gates admitted to a host of transgressions. so far, manafort's defense team has not done much to pin the bank and tax fraud their client is charged with on gates alone. that part of their cross examination may come later today. more now from cnn's jessica schneider. >> reporter: christine and phil, paul man

. >>> democratic senator claire mccaskill and republican josh hawley set to face off in a contested race. both won in their primaries. mccaskill seeking a third termt in a president trump won ha >>> chris van how wan and -- are asking for a review of transaction between two companies. one of the companies has ties to a russian oligarch. it's deeply involved in maryland's election infrastructure. >>> it was a dramatic day of testimonyn ie trial of paul manafort. yesterday his long-time business partner, rick gas, told t jury he made up fake documents to help manafort get bank loans. he also testified that while he worked the trump inauguration, manafort asked for a boaker whoned him money to be nominated as a --rosecutors are expected to wrap up their case by the end of the week. >>> marks one year since the deadly unite the night rally. th same organizers plan to hold a rally in the nation's capital. the white nationalist group's permit, they plan tobe demonstre een 5:30 and:30 on sunday evening. this map shows the street closures for sunday. large groups o protesters are planning to be

democratic senator claire mccaskill will face josh hawley, a republican, in what's expected to be a close race. >> this is a state that voted for president trump by 20 points. being independent in this state means standing up to your liberal parties. >> and in michigan the president tweeted that iraq war veteran john james is a future star of the republican party after he ran against debbie stabenow. >>> and in the race for governor in kansas, republican kris kobach has a slight lead over current republican jeff colyer though the race has yet to be called while votes are still being counted. president trump tweeted a full endorsement of kobach less than 24 hour before the polls opened. anne-marie? >> laura podesta here in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," the latest from ohio on the too-close-to-call special election and what it may mean for democrats to retake the house. >>> in missouri, voters rejected a right to work law. unis say it would have led to lower wages. businesses said it could have led to more jobs. 27 other states have laws against compul

they include claire mccaskill in missouri. why are you targeting these three?le? >> they are i think they are absolutely vulnerable, but their records are terrible. claire mccaskill has been a complete -- talk about this economy, she voted against the tax cuts. i bet you she's going to vote against judge kavanaugh unless she changes her mind. she's been terrible for missouri and for this country. we're going to make sure folks know it in missouri. we're dedicated to that race. there's a former governor in tennessee, stuart, he was terrible when he was governor of tennessee. he jacked up government spending. he raised taxes. he would be just another kind of chuck schumer democrat in the senate, which is not good for the country. we're determined to tell the story on these very big government and very liberal democrats. stuart: i live in new jersey. and yesterday i was watching tv, and i saw an attack ad against senator menendez, democrat in new jersey, it was the most brutal attack ad i have ever seen in my life. getting down and dirty in new jersey. i think you

tosanship behind out.lly reach in some of these places like in missouri for example, with senator claire mccaskill, she is somebody who voted against the confirmation of justice gorsuch. people who were voting had the supreme court as their top issue, they voted heavily for trump. this is a big reason why people voted. she voted against justice gorsuch and against repealing obama care, against the tax cuts and jobs act. now, it is looking like the confirmation of judge kavanagh,. we don't really know where she is on that i find it really hard -- we don't really know what she that. i find it hard to understand how she will go back to her constituents, or even someone like bill nelson, in florida, how they will go back to their constituents and say, yes i may to washington -- i went to washington and made a difference on your behalf. there was a clear signal in 2016, for both parties, i think 2016 was distinctly not about partisanship. both parties, whether it was the bernient candidacy of sanders or that of donald trump, both parties were tired of washington as usual. >> something is about 2018, yo

claire mccaskill in new jersey -- in new jersey. alexander: did that happen in 2016? that also happen on the senate level? sen. van hollen: my sense is people do not campaign in every square inch of their state. there is a print -- a parallel. i do believe the fact that the clinton campaign did not fight it out in a lot of states we are talking about, like michigan and wisconsin, but also that they did not campaign in every part of their state like pennsylvania. the races this year are very -- are in very pro-trump stays. i notice that barack obama came out with his endorsements. not notice that he had endorsed share for brown in ohio or bob casey and pennsylvania even though he endorsed other candidates. do you think barack obama will be campaigning in the senate battleground states in the months ahead or would he be a bit of a liability in those pro-trump states? sen. van hollen: think barack obama will campaign wherever the senate candidates ask him to campaign. that is usually the way it works. -- it goes for whether it is president obama or anybody else. they wor

democratic senator claire mccaskill, in a fight to hold onto her seat, recently announcing russians unsuccessfully tried to hack her office. david, facebook says it's investing heavily in security, but acknowledges these adversaries are determined, well-funded and are constantly changing tactics. david? >> rebecca, thank you. >>> and today, in new york city, president trump's homeland security chief kirstjen nielsen left no doubt who meddled in the 2016 elections. not long after the president stood beside vladimir putin, saying he offered a powerful denial. >> let me be clear. our intelligence community has it right. it was the russians. we know that. they know that. it was directed from the highest levels. and we cannot and will not allow that to happen again. >> vice president mike pence also saying today it is, quote, unambiguous, the conclusion of the u.s. intelligence community that russia did meddle in 2016. >>> there is new evidence tonight that north korea's nuclear threat may not be over, despite president trump's claim after the summit that there was no threat. recent satellite images an

and josh hawley will face claire mccaskill. we think we have all of the big rac races covered for you, ryan? >> no doubt about that, good morning from ohio. if you were locking for some similarity, we're getting anything butt right now. this is still a very tight race that is very much in doubt. republicans are claiming victory but democrats are saying not so fast. >> america is on the right path and we will keep it going that way. it is time to get to work. in the next three months,ly do everything i can to make america great again. >> we're not stopping now. storm we rest and then we keep fighting through to november. let's go out there get it done, let's change this country. >> and president trump went all in on this race in ohio. he tweeted about it and she starting to spin his contributi contribution. let's look at the reality of the situation here in ohio. this was a very safe republican seat for more than three decades. the president won here comfortably for two years ago. national republicans scores more than $5 million

last month,, casco, the -- claire mccaskill, the democratic senator from missouri confirm she was targetedattacks. on tuesday, democratic senator bill nelson reaffirmed his russians have infiltrated the election systems of certain counties. a democrat running in california's june primary was the target of cyber attacks. they are being investigated why the fbi. to continue a look at just how vulnerable american election systems are ahead of the 2018 midterms, i'd like to welcome major general earl matthews -- he served three decades in the air force, where he directed cyber investigations across the globe. and at the white house, cybersecurity reporter stephen yen. general earl matthews, i want to start with you. in addition to these escalating numbers of cyber attacks we're hearing about, and 11-year-old was able to hack into a simulation of the florida state election website in under 10 minutes. what does that say about the security of our election right now? gen. matthews: well, one i would say it's wonderful we are highlighting this problem. what happened at defcon was the penetration o

expected to meet with senate minority leader, chuck schumer, kamala harris, and the missouri center claire mccaskille democrats have been trying to delay the hearings for him until they get more documents from the time he worked for george w. bush. his confirmation hearing is set to start september 4. he is said so, governor brown to take the first step by halting permits for trumpet ministratio moving forward with a plan to roll back the clean power plan. it was an effort by pr. >> the clean power plan strips the gas. the president tweeted last night quote i am here -- hearing so many great things about john cox. he is tired of high taxes and crime. he will make california great again and be proud of your great state again. total endorsement. cox trail trailed opponent in the polls. 55% of likely voters favor newsom compared to 31% for cox. . we are working to learn more details about the young woman who spent part of her childhood here in oakland. >>> plus, we have new video of the deadly bridge collapse in italy and what might have caused him to break. >>> peeping tom is frustrating in oakland ne

senator claire mccaskill has already been targeted by hackers using these same kind of password stealing techniques that exposed john podesta in 2016. and today facebook announced it had uncovered a coordinated attempt to influence the midterm election many they say that quote some of the activity is consistent with what they saw from the russian based agency. anna scheckter has been covering this and joins me tonight. facebook made this announcement today, what did we learn? >> we learned that the exact same tactics have been used. it looks like the russians are behind it. although facebook can't say. they haven't found the russian ip addresses. there is a rally planned for august 12th and engaged real people to show up on august 12th. >> there is a group called black elevation, a group called confront and resist fascism. this is all the same kind of, what is uncanny about this is these are not actually the people they say they are. trying to foment conflict. >> that is right. but still getting people on board. and they had almost 300,000 followers. >> that is a big facebook page -- oh,

chr kris ckobach, predictions that colyer will face claire mccaskill. and in missouri, looks like whitmer will be the winner for the primary. kobach, saying the president came just in time, it was a needed boost. most recently, this happened in georgia. >> look, the president is operating with extremely high approval ratings in the republican party. the thrust of his policy is about consolidating that base. and in ohio 12, where the white-color suburban areas moved further away from the gop. the other cost was not relevant, the backlash among millennialmi and minorities, which wasn't a part of this race. and trump has been the architect of some of the most controversial policies, adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 census. so, whether kobach gets over the top, and as i understand it, more of the votes are from affluent areas which may be tough for him. but the general trend is that trump is consolidating his control over it. and the people that feel out of place in the party have not figured out an effective strategy for trying to reverse a tra

continue meeting with senate minority leader chuck schumer, pamela harris, the missouri senator claire mccaskill. democrats have been trying to delay the hearings for brett kavanaugh, and so they get more documents from the time he worked for president george w. bush. his confirmation hearing is set to start september 4. >>> today, the jury in the paul manafort trial will start the fourth day of deliberations. yesterday, the jury wrapped up deliberations in virginia without reaching a verdict. the jury did ask the judge to work about 45 minutes later in the evening than they normally do. president trumps former campaign chairman could get life in prison if he is convicted on all 18 counts of bank and tax fraud. this is the first case brought to trial by special counsel robert mueller as a part of the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 elections. >>> president trumps attorney, rudy giuliani, says the president is not likely to sit down for an interview with special counsel robert mueller because of the risk of perjury. it appears to be the emerging strategy of the white house. go

senate date, tennessee, nevada and the 10 states president trump one where we have democrats like claire mccaskill and john manchin and joe donnelly and jon tester in these democrats that have to struggle to keep their seats. so we are really competitive in the states. florida with bill nelson and how states we have to be competitive in all across the country. we use our data to determine where to compete and that's where we invest because we have to keep these majorities. lou: you are keeping the majority in keeping control of the senate and the house. your mission of where you stand right now in your judgment because looking at the political report and various others cannot we see a highly competitive, closely fought contest right now but just about 80 days out from the election. >> it is going to be competitive. on the senate side will pick up seats. great opportunities like florida, north dakota, indiana, where candidates are leaving on translating their opponents. the house side we know history, lou. the history is against the party that holds the white house. the usually shut about 30 feet.

>> they are in tough races, claire mccaskill on a press call earlier this week, my colleague listenede's no real winning edge here. i mean i've got about half the people saying oppose. half the people say you know confirm and, you know, so for her, it is to probably come down to a personal decision, i would guess. she is in a very tight race. we've got her as a toss-up for roll call. tester might be in a different position. he opposed gorsuch. and he seems to have a little bit more of his own kind of brand going in montana. he's been willing to buck the president more on these sort of topics. so it will be interesting to see. i wouldn't be surprised if mccaskill votes to confirm. i wouldn't be surprised if tester votes not to confirm. but i mean, again these are decisions that will be coming down the line. and the math is that kavanaugh is probably going to be confirmed. there's not much democrats can do. and so that puts the spotlight on those democrats in those tough races on whether they're going to confirm the inevitable, or whether they're going to sort of set in motion, you know

witmer and john james, backed by the president will face democratic incumbent debbie stabenow and claire mccaskilln one of the most hotly contested senate races in november. it already feels like fall. a lot of elections yet to be determined. jillian: thank you very much. a manhunt underway after two officers are ambushed at a red light. a gunman firing 25 rounds at an unmarked car in camden, new jersey. both offices expected to survive, the incident comes hours after an fbi agent was shot trying to arrest a murder suspect in los angeles. that suspect was shot and killed. the fbi agent is expected to survive. we are getting a glimpse of who mollie tibbetts was three weeks after she went missing in iowa, a friend posting this video from the day before she disappeared showing the 20-year-old laughing and smiling and enjoying life. hours later she vanished after going for a jog. a reward for enriching -- information reaching $3000. investigators say they had 500 tips but haven't named any suspects so far. rob: the police department beefing up its presence as gun violence rises dramatically in the cit

claire mccaskill let out amounts i when asked about the listen, not sure what the line would be to givep his nomination. it will depend what the facts show. an investigation is underway. >> the chair of the dnc said he took charges very seriously. people like the national organization, hillary clinton's campaign, he doesn't think any democrats should be campaigning with ellison. all that, this is a different case than franken. when the franken case happened, we had video of franken behaving inappropriately. the woman making the allegation here says she has a tape but even in the interview you just played with cbs she has not produced the tape and ellison said there isn't. shannon: she says she doesn't want to release it and alleged victims should not have to put out things that are embarrassing or humiliating just to be believed. >> her son was brought into this and talked about the fact the tape exists. i understand her pain and anguish. of the story she is telling holds up it is troubling and mister ellison should go away. the good news is there is going to be an election, the voters

he hopes to see claire mccaskill in the fall. president trump endorsing michigan attorney bill shute to replace republican governor rick snyder, but he faces through republican contenders for democrats. democratic candidate abdullah said has garnered support from bernie sanders in the michigan senate race are hoping to secure the nomination to take on democratic senator debbie sabin now. the president has endorsed african american business executives in john agencies running again detergent manufacturer sandy pressler. maria cantwell is running for a fourth term, but not without a fight. 30 challengers include 13 republicans, for democrats, five independents and one libertarian. the race everybody's watching pitt ohio special election could president trump endorsing troy boulders and to take over an open congressional seat. tracee: while you're sleeping, another successful launch for the spacex overnight. >> three, two, one, zero. [cheers and applause] tracee: there it goes. felt none returned to earth landing on date of course i

senator claire mccaskill notwithstanding. is "right to work" which essentially means you don't have to join a union if you join a june onshop. you don't have to be forced into a union. if you don't join a union you don't have to be forced to pay union dues. it was the supreme court decision you mentioned and we are beginning to see a big rollback here. on the state level democrats are expected to do very well, particularly in governorships. we spent a lot of time focusing on congress but governorships are far more important when it comes to advancing conservative reforms like this. they've done extraordinarily well in advancing them over the course of the obama years. if we see this roll back right now it is extraordinarily disheartening from a conservative perspective. if you look at more than the national environment -- we got a taste of it in ohio. but we saw some, too, in washington where they have a top two primary system. functionally democrat versus republican race. candidates like incumbent representative kathy mcmorr

heidi heitkamp, claire mccaskill, joe donnelly, joe manchin, if they vote against his confirmation theynchin. >> i think we could probably just have those three take it again and there were interesting numbers about susan collins who is obviously a republican, but whose voters don't want her to vote for a kavanaugh. do you think this actually has any effect on -- >> chris: she's not up for reelection and neither is alaska -- murkowski. thank you. but from a standpoint of whether it or not it impacts there, those questions as they were asked were all made on social issues related to kavanaugh and not his qualifications. brett kavanaugh by all accounts is a qualified journalist and will be confirmed to the supreme court. those who vote against him do so at their own peril. >> if they keep calling for all these documents. >> chris: i mean the level of partisanship here is unprecedented. >> it is. i think it's also kind of funny that they ask for all these emails and they uncovered these emails and as they uncovered in them, the biggest crime they uncovered is that he stays at the office re

this all comes weeks after the democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri revealed that russian hackers tried to break into her senate computer network. she's running for re-election in a red state. susan lee is here. we're told this would happen and alas, it has. >> microsoft has discovered six fake web pages that were meant to mimic conservative institutions even the u.s. senate. how the scam worked, you were sent e-mails to your inbox. you click through them thinking they're from legitimate institutions like the republican international institute. you were redirected to fake web pages. the hackers use your security codes to get to other sources. we asked about this. >> i think the smart thing for us to conclude as a nation is that everyone across the political spectrum is vulnerable and potential target of attack. we need to put aside enough of our differences to come together to do what it takes to defend the democratic process in this country. >> microsoft has shut down 84 accounts the past few years. earlier this summer, facebook said they shut down 32 pages on instagram a

i think there is no way that mansion is not going to vote for his nomination, or claire mccaskill. >> harris: we know that senate minority whip dick durbin democrat from illinois has met with the nominee. we are getting some real-time notes from that and, durbin has apparently said in an effort to pressure red state democrats to oppose kavanaugh's "fails," i just wanted to interject that. >> they know that they are going to lose the next election and it's that we have to play politics this way. but they can't win. >> that's not what democrats should be doing. if you -- and we had some very, very tough votes that we had to deal with and we had members lose, defending our democratic governor at the time. we need to be able to offer them something or threaten them with something, and if they think they are on the ballot and they are going to lose, he has nothing to lose. >> its guaranteed loss if you vote against confirming the supreme court justice because chuck schumer tells you to. >> also i think these democrats are really smart to be with him. they refused to meet with kavanaugh bec

and in missouri republican state attorney general josh hawley will face two-term incumbent claire mccaskill in november, and mccaskill could face an uphill battle in missouri. and in michigan cnn projects gretchen whitmer will be the candidate for governor. whitmer will face the republican attorney general bill scutte in the november election. the race is too close to call, but if she prevails she will run unopposed to replace former representative john con yryers. >>> an extra marital affair and admissions of tax evasion. faces a grueling cross-examination, that is next. >>> plus will president trump and the north korean leader meet for a second summit? why the u.s. national security advisor now says it is a possibility. >>> and with new u.s. sanctions in effect president trump issues a warning to anyone thinking of doing business with iran. we're back in just a moment. don't go anywhere. you've tried moisturizer after moisturizer but there's one... that blows them all out of the water. hydro boost water gel from neutrogena®. with hyaluronic acid it goes beneath the surface to plump skin c

. >> melissa: he didn't endorse claire mccaskill. >> harris: i'm being corrected. was not on the list. >> greg: trying to trick us. >> harris: no. i was just wrong. >> melissa: previously endorsed. i see what you are saying. not on this list but i don't know if it means this time around and this round. i read that the same way. that dianne feinstein wasn't on this list. i don't know if she will make the list. >> dagen: remind people who he did endorse and campaign for. hillary clinton. she lost. so again, what does his endorsement do for these people? >> melissa: it was lukewarm. he said america needed a new car smell. >> kennedy: didn't he say do it for me? talking about hillary clinton vote for her for me. guess what? they didn't. >> harris: that is an excellent question. >> kennedy: she didn't excite his coalition. the sleight against alexandria ocasio-cortez is important. because they are still very much fighting for the soul of the democratic party and there isn't a leader of the democrat party. and president obama -- >> harris: it's not chuck schumer? >> kenn

in missouri, primary voters are setting up a key senate race with democrat incumbent claire mccaskill and republican josh holick considered to be heavy favorites. the right-to-work state is also on the ballot in washington state. we'll decide candidates and ten congressional races, u.s. senate seat and dozens of legislative contest. the former right-hand man to one time trump campaign chairman paul manafort is living up to his billing as the star witness in the tax and bank fraud trial. in alexandria, virginia, good evening, peter. >> good evening, shannon. we learned tonight that the star witness had a secret. rick gates testified today he led with the manna fort the -- a secret life which included marital extramarital affair. he quietly attacked his expressed bill filled with personal charges paid for by paul manafort. possible he may have fraudulently submitted personal expenses to the trump inaugural committee too. earlier today, gates recalled that most of the tax schemes he claimed to help paul manafort carry out were designed to reduce his boss' income taxes. in 2014 when the i

claire mccaskill is currently in a tough reelection fight and has already held over four dozen town hallspic in her home state of missouri. >> bret: more on this with the panel. meantime, we told you yesterday on special report about that mexican airliner, passengers say a strong burst of wind hit a jetliner on take off moments before it crashed. the plane tried to take off from durango city, it smacked down on its belly in a nearby field. the engine tore off in the aircraft began to burn. all 99 passengers and four crewmembers made it off but the pilot was severely injured. up next from the west coast, a fierce battle in arizona to hang onto a senate seat, republicans have controlled for three decades. t, there are over 10,000 allstate agents riding sweep. call one today. are you in good hands? to and practice... kidlots of practice.tion. get them started right with carnation breakfast essentials. it has protein plus vitamins and minerals to help kids be their best. carnation breakfast essentials. it's the ford summer sales event and now is the best time to buy. man: (on tablet) preparin

claire mccaskill, democrat, fighting for her political right.e going to rile up labor, put it on the summer ballot, then you have a better shot perhaps at mccaskill in november. >> it is a reminder, and i know a lot of people work with the bricks and mortar unions. there's pro union, pro trump people. people shouldn't read a lot into it. you want to stay in missouri. there's an upset brewing perhaps in the city of st. louis that we should be paying attention to. >> in this era i hesitate to say it's going to be a loss for the incumbent. at least interested in the margin. this is a house primary, lacey clay, the song of the long-time democratic member of congress. cori bush, who is the most prominent backer is alexandria ocasio cortez. she toppled a speaker in new york a couple weeks ago. she said cory bush, you can do it, too. i'm looking at the district, skeptical bush has much of a chance. we will see. i am curious, does she get close? does she break 40%. if there's a sign here of moment that that ocasio cortez thing was bigger than that distr

. >> claire mccaskill campaign today immediately it was assumed the russians had hacked her campaignut even if you look back now in the summer of 16 at enough i can do that without crying, but and with the dnc e-mails and hillary and her e-mails, and just what was on those e-mails. and her schedule and the polling data. are you coming to lunch? where will you be on tuesday? it is important information that was sent around and use to the trump campaign. and what do we do and people cannot get themselves organized so what do you think people should be doing? >> it isn't limited to and when carter was running and iranians held the hostages at all they wanted reagan if they did they made a big mistake but they would try to affect to the election. this goes not just online but obviously want to do the best we can through that registration process and things like that. and what you can identify to promote those stories and prevent that. but imagine in a particular area of the russian full meant into interfere with the ability to respond that could have an effect on the election to affect p

so we now hear that senator shaheen and claire mccaskill were both hacked by that same fancy bear, the same operatives that had done the 2016 hacking. it seems as though this is an all-out approach. >> the russians are at it again, and they are going back to the very same playbook. it's the same dual-pronged approach, not only using these internet trolls on twitter and facebook, as we've seen, but also pursuing what they consider to be valuable intelligence targets. in this case, three campaigns, we learned from microsoft in aspen a few weeks ago. there's something particularly instructive about what we've learned from this facebook case, that's how it was broken, how it was involved. i heard from those involved in the forensics of this, that it was close cooperation between law enforcement and the intelligence community, between the government and private sector in this case. that's what we need more of. that's how we're going to inoculate ourselves against this, how we're going to identify these efforts. but the problem, andrea, is that this is not something that the administration h

. >> what is rand paul meeting with putin going to do about clair mccaskill hacked by the russians in don't understand this insatiable need of people in congress to run over there and meet with vladimir putin. it makes no sense to me. when we are under threat, less than 100 days from the midterm elections. and cyber security-wise, there are many people not safe. so i just think that folks need to be taken this a lot more seriously. and i hope that rand paul gets a reaming in congress when the colleagues ask him what the hell he's doing. >> very much -- welcome to a hawkish foreign policy. >> glad to be here today. >> seriously, why is trump writing a letter for rand paul? >> open it up, says neat guy. i don't know. >> seriously. he has an ambassador to moscow. jon huntsman. he has a national security adviser. paul, sanctions, i think in the bill -- >> one of the 98-2. >> he is one of the two. he is against the policy of the huge majority of congress on putin which trump is conceding to. giving paul the letter undercuts the notion of a tough russia policy i think. >> sometimes it's hel

month that was also carried out by russian military intelligence against the office of senator claire mccaskill of missouri. she is one of the most vulnerable democrats running for re-election this year. none of these attempted attacks have been successful. but this revelation by microsoft is part of the companies efforts to sound the alarm ahead of the midterms in november. in a blog post last night they said, quote, despite last week's steps, we are concerned by the continued activity targeting these and other sites directed toward elected officials, politicians, political groups and think tanks across the political spectrum in the united states. taken together, this pattern mirrors the type of activity we saw prior to the 2016 election in the united states and the 2017 election in france. now, remember, so many of the hundreds of campaigns this year use microsoft technology. the company is also using this as an opportunity to announce that they are offering a cyber security protection service to campaigns and political groups for free to try to prevent whatever attacks are still to come. joh