is it eric schmidt are eric greitens? eric smith is leading with 40% of the vote.of the votes right now. vicky, the republican ngond athe moment. i just want to note, anderson, as you watch a map fill in, you see her support out here in the west central part of the state. that's your current congressional district. so vicky hartzler, not all these counties, as we move further east, these are outside for the district, but these counties, writer not a surprise. she is running strong there for a long way to. go, john, do you know every county in every state? >> not everyone. but, you know 3000. plus they're worth stunning. america's a great. place >> well, you have, but the fact that you remember all of, this is incredible to. me so, kansas voters weighing in on a proposed state constitutional amendment on abortion. we talked about earlier in the program. any sense of how close that may be? >> in some, ways that might be the most interesting thing tonight. democrats have a theory that because of the supreme court decision, suburban republicans will come home to democr

what did he mean eric greitens the disgraced former governor who had to resign because of allegations of misconduct, now wants to be in the senate. did he mean state attorney general eric schmitt. donald trump trying to be cute in a very important race. both eric's backed to varying degrees trump's big lie. the democrats believe in greitens win the nomination, they might pick up this seat. think of the gift that would be. republicans have a chance to take control. the senate is the most competitive battleground, governor's races, house races, et cetera. the democrats are in play in missouri after tonight that is a gift for the democratic party plain and simple. >> michigan obviously another important state for midterms in the next presidential cycle. what are some of the key races there? >> and so obviously you have a gubernatorial primary there. governor gretchen whitmer is up. let me get to that and bring this up here. again, trump came in late in the governor's primary here endorsing tudor nixon, again, ryan kelly another republican candidate was here at january 6th at the united s

a fiery contest with former governor eric greitens who resigned four years ago in disgrace. ther candidates. and former president donald trump punches on an endorsement. he promised one all day long. at the end of the day, he said the good people of missouri should make up their own minds. he did give a tacit endorsement to the two erics, greitens and schmitt, clearly wanting to save face, not sure who was going to win. a three-way contest here. if greitens wins, democrats believe they can win the seat. interesting three months ahead here in month. >> reporter: i'm sara murray in grand rapids, michigan where democrats will decide who they want to take on come this fall. and she's facing attacks from people who say she would be an establishment candidate. we also have a number of election deniers including eric kelly. and he was charged in the january 6th riot and pleaded not guilty. voters will finally get to make their voice today. >> reporter: i'm kyung lah is scottsdale, arizona. he's endorsed candidates for governor, u.s. senate, attorney general, secretary of state. thes

in missouri it's eric greitens forces eric schmidt, for the republican nomination in the u.s. senate. greitens is the former governor who resigned in disgrace and whose ex wife accused him of abuse, and schmidt is the state attorney general who joined trump's lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election. both want to be the endorsement of trump and trump taunted taunted leave decision by simply endorsing eric. it's unclear how much trumps endorsement manners matters at all. >> to me it's a little bit alarming because this man is no longer a former president to a lot of these people. he is like a god, he is something that they look up to and to me a lot of times maybe he isn't the best person to look up to. that doesn't mean to say that he didn't do a lot of good things, especially for the middle class community, but i think people are running a little too far with his influence. >> over in arizona where polls close in just two hours, trump is backing a poll of election deniers in the republican gubernatorial primary. trump went for carey lake, she has made her trump's false claims of

eric greitens and attorney general eric schmitt are in a tight race with vicki hartzler. both are saying the former president is supporting them. each posted a statement online thanking trump for his endorsement. a source close to the former president told nbc news, leaving off the last name of the eric he was endorsing was intentional saying it was a quote, epic troll. trolling his own party, i guess. let's bring in washington correspondentam even al sind yo. you spoke with eric greitens and what did he have to say today because of it. >> reporter: well this is really a baffling situation. you have just chaos all around this trump nonendorsement and dual endorse: you're seeing how it is making candidates say and do things that are unusual and unique. you have of course as you noted two erics who are claiming that they were both endorsed by former president trump. eric schmitt told me earlier before this endorsement came out that he was hoping to be the person that would be endorsed, that being the missouri attorney general to try to get the support. he's coming out again

trump last night at the last minute said he's endorsing eric in this race, eric greitens, eric schmidt, trump didn't use a last name. they're both saying they have trump. trump factor looming large in arizona. key state. we'll talk about a ton this fall, because control of the united states senate could have a lot to do in the race in arizona. democrats have mark kelly. he'll run unoppose. blake masters led in the polls. blake masters has donald trump's endorsement. the prospect in arizona, trump is getting heavily involved in the primaries in arizona. the possibility in arizona is that a slate of candidates, of republican candidates gets nominated tonight who share trump's views on the 2020 elections. you've got masters in the senate race. you've got kari lake running for governor. she's a former newscaster. she echoes all of trump's claim about the 2020 election. she's led in the polls. we'll see if she get through tonight. trump's endorsed a candidate for attorney general, secretary of state. it would create an interesting dynamic. it's a tough atmosphere nor democrat to be running

endorsement in the missouri senate primary, in a closely watched candidates the candidates include eric greitensey general eric schmitt. in a statement this evening, trump revealed that he is supporting eric! so far, he has not said which one. -- but let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel. msnbc news correspondent, and moderator of washington week on pbs. an msnbc political contributor, matthew dowd. he's a former george w. bush strategist, and founder of country over party. you've been emissary for, days talking to voters, talking to candidates. including both eric dorsey in the gop nomination. how are they reacting to the statement from trump? i'm the real eric? >> well, stephanie, it's just a baffling situation here in missouri. former president trump has injected even more chaos into an already heated and tight and crowded gop primary. all these candidates are trying to replace senator roy blunt in the senate. what you, heard and what we saw today was really former president trump trying to flex his muscles, he started off the day by saying he was going to endorse someone, som

cnn projecting eric schmitt will defeat eric greitens, the former president president governor who resigned in disgrace. >> let's begin with cnn's jeff zeleny in st. louis with the very latest. jeff? >> reporter: good morning, brianna. missouri attorney general eric schmitt easily defeated former governor eric greitens here in missouri. really giving republicans across the country a sense of relief. they had been watching this race with some anticipation and anxiety, fearful that eric greitens, the disgraced former governor who resigned four years ago in a sex scandal could come back and potentially become the republican nominee. that gave democrats some hope that they could potentially win the missouri senate seat. something not happened in a decade. but that did not happen last night. eric schmitt, the conservative missouri attorney general easily defeating eric greitens and congressman vicky hartzler. so the endorsement from the former president at the end of the day clearly did not matter in this race at all. he was very ambiguous and now we know why. he simply did not know which eric w

eric greitens was asked why he thinks he was the trump-backed eric >> i had a conversation with the president, and i thanked him for his endorsement. you've seen donald trump jr. came out and said we're all getting behind eric greitens >> we did reach out to mr. trump's team for comment they didn't provide any clarity. only saying that the endorsement speaks for itself. >>> as midterm season heats up, candidates are using a new tool at their disposal, tiktok, to reach young voters hallie jackson takes a look. >> reporter: sure, you've seen the dances, the lip synch, the trick shots, but it's different type of content starting to trend on tiktok ahead of the midterm. political campaigning. >> this is the year we can find out if tiktok can affect the u.s. elections >> reporter: he's jumping on viral challenges and trending audio to get views and a message out. >> really, whatever is happening in the day, a lot of things i see on tiktok that i want to respond to but it's a blend of humor and wit and acceptability. >> reporter: take this for example. russell dropping it to remind people to regist

social platform that he was endorsing eric but did not mention whether it was former governor eric greitensrney general eric schmitt. said trump, neither. menendez [ audience ohs ] it's not too soon is it? [ laughter ] oh, just too bad just keep them up a second longer [ light laughter ] house speaker nancy pelosi departed taiwan without incident after weeks of tension with china over the visit i mean, that's playing with fire, an 82-year-old getting on a plane right now? [ laughter ] u.n. secretary general antonio guterres on monday said that humanity is, "one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation." it was the worst best man speech ever [ laughter ] according to the latest numbers, after taco bell brought back the mexican pizza to its menu in may, demand was seven times higher than when the item was previously available also seven times higher, the people ordering them [ laughter ] "did i say mexican pizza?" [ light laughter ] and finally, new york's mta announced plans last week to provide cell phone service while traveling between stations no word on whether they also plan to off

senate seat here, and of course, he was talking about one of the two erics, eric greitens or attorney president could not decide and he did not want the decide between the two candidates who are locked in a close race with congresswoman vicki hartzler, and going into the final hours of voting, there is 2 1/2 hours to go, and the three republicans are thought to be leading way, but we will see what the voters decide. the reason this race is important, jake, it is to fill the seat of retiring senator roy blunt, and the democrats believe they could have a shot to win the race if greitens wins, he is the former governor accused of abuse allegation, but he is running strong here in missouri. >> weird race. to arizona's gubernatorial race, kyung lah is in scottsdale, and this republican primary race in the governor's part of it doubles as the proxy war between trump and his former vice president mike pence who have endorsed different candidates. >> yes. and not just it is a proxy war, it is a test of trump's influence on his party here in arizona. but to that proxy war, who are these foot s

course, missouri attorney general eric schmitt who pulled out this victim, who was able to best eric greitens who is the embattled former governor of the state. eric schmitt is someone who is seen as the more moderate of the two ericks and tacked to the right to get the support of former president trump. he is also -- came out against mitch mcconnell being the senate majority leader saying that if republicans win back control of the senate he will not support him. echoing the criticism of former president trump last night eric schmitt took to the podium sounding very, very happy. take a listen. >> what a hard-fought campaign it's been and it should be because the issues we're facing as a country are important. i want to thank my republican opponents for their love of this state and for the love of this country. now is the time to unify in this fight against the radical progressives. >> now we should note that eric greitens did not, at this point, concede to eric schmitt. he is someone who, of course, was the embattled former governor of the state, greitens, he resigned in disgrace 18 months a

eric greitens's main rival for the u.s.mination in missouri, eric schmitt and he joined a lawsuit to get the get the u.s. supreme court to deny biden's election. and on the eve of the primary in missouri, donald trump released an endorsement in this contest between eric greitens and eric schmitt. trump says he is endorsing eric. >> i'm not kidding. this is what trump's press release says, eric has my complete and total endorsement. both eric have enthusiastically accepted that endorsement tonight. absolutely unreal. i should also mention in the great state of washington, republican congresswoman jamie herrera butler is facing a primary challenge, one of a handful of republican members of congress who voted on the impeachment for inciting january 6th, and that explains why trump is backing a primary challenger against her and this guy has a whole rolodex of extremist white nationalism and militia members connected to his campaign. the a. p. reports he paid thousands of dollars to the campaign consulting at the proud boys and

eric greitens main rival for the u.s.souri, it's got a merrick, eric schmitt he's a sitting attorney general in -- to try to get the u.s. supreme court to overturn biden's election and then launching a fund raising effort after it. tonight, i guess this is breaking news. on the eve of tomorrow's missouri primary, donald trump released an endorsement in this contest, between eric greitens and eric schmitt. trump says he is endorsing eric. i'm not kidding, this is actually what his endorsement press really says. i am therefore proud to announce that eric has my complete and total endorsement. and, yes both eric's have enthusiastically accepted that tonight. absolutely unreal, i should also mention that in the great state of washington, jimmy herrera butler is facing a primary challenge tomorrow, she's one of the handful of republican members of congress who voted in favor of trump's impeachment, for inciting this assault in the capital. but the guy trump is backing, this guy has a whole rolodex of extremist militia members

rivals eric greitens and eric schmitt, they both claim that trump met them.mp has yet to clarify it, even now on election night. it seems to be causing a lot of chaos and confusion and to a already tumultuous race. meanwhile, you have a trio of republicans who voted to impeach trump over the insurrection, and their seats? they hang in the balance tonight. let's get the latest from cnn chief national correspondent and anchor of inside politics, john king is at the magic wall. look, john, polls have already closed in missouri. what can you tell us about the race there? >> one of the erics, laura, is leading in the senate republican primary. that would be the state attorney general eric schmitt, with only 40% of the vote count it. eric schmitt, one of the erics, is leading with 40% of the vote. congresswoman vicky hartzler in second with 27%. eric greitens, the former governor who resigned in disgrace amid scandal is in third with 17. 2%. again, a long way to go in the vote count. you seen a lot of yellow, that is congresswoman hartzler. she's a republican congr

both eric greitens who has been accused of abuse and blackmail, and eric schmidt, the current attorneyent as their own. >> now both erics are saying the former president is supporting them. each posted a statement online thanking trump for his endorsement. a source close to the former president told nbc news leaving off the last name of the eric he was endorsing was intentional saying it was "an epic troll." >> trevor: just when you think you've seen it all from donald trump, he does something like this. there are two erics running against each other in the primary, and trump put out a statement endorsing eric. ( laughter ) just eric. he could be supporting any eric in the world. well, not any eric. but you know what i mean. you know. i'm not his father. ( laughter ) to me, the best part of the story is that before he made the announcement, trump called eric schmidt and told him that he was getting the endorsement. then he called eric greitens and told him he was getting the endorsements. but he didn't mention to either of them that he was endorsing both of them. yeah. what an asshole.

the chair, eric schmitt; and former missouri governor and the last face you see before you die, eric greitensys are maga candidates, and both wanted the endorsement of former president traitor tot. establishment republicans desperately wanted the former president to endorse eric schmitt because, "a," he was leading in the polls. and "b," eric greitens resigned from the governorship in disgrace after serious sexual assault allegations. in fact, he's got so much baggage, that missouri republicans are running attack ads against greitens, their own candidate, in an attempt to secure the nomination for a less-controversial republican candidate. yikers. how awful do you have to be these days to be cut loosey the republicans? it's like being told you're too insane for the manson family: "i hate to break it to you, man. charlie thinks you're makin' us look bad. helter sorry." ( laughter ) yesterday morning, the former yesterday morning, the former president had to decide on who to endorse. on one side, arguing in favor of eric schmitt, were people like r.n.c. chair ronna romney mcdaniel. those folks

and then you have eric greitens. he is facing claims of sexual abuse, of domestic abuse. both of those erics have put out statements saying they were the one endorsed by former president trump. they were on twitter saying, they've said it in person. it's really, really confusing here. we're told former president trump is doing this intentionally. he wanted to make this vague so whenever eric wins is the eric he would be supporting. both erics here in some ways echoing the language of former president trump. so there really is this sense both of the erics are trying to be as much of a trump-like figure in the state. we should note former president trump is wildly popular in the state. this is a state where voters are really, really liking former president trump. but i did talk to some voters who say they're a little alarmed by the amount of influence and power former president trump is slg in this race, in their state. they say candidates should be more focused on middle class voters, more focused on economic issues and not focused on trying to chase the endorsement of pres

came out and said we're all getting behind eric greitens. >> reporter: again, it's unclear which of thebeing endorsed. the other thing i want to share is voters here say while former president trump is very popular here, there are at least some voter who is are uncomfortable with how big of an influence he has in this race. take a listen to what one voter told me, a young republican who wants her party to be more focused on middle class issues than the former president. take a listen. >> it's alarming because this man is no longer a former president to a lot of these people. he's like a god. he's something that they look up to and a lot of times maybe he isn't the bst person to look up to. that doesn't go to say he didn't do a lot of good things for the middle class community here, but once again, people are running too far with his influence. >> reporter: you hear her say president trump should not be a god in this race. i have to add one other thing. there's a third eric in this race. he's not a looeding candidate, but if you can't script this. there's a third eric that's thinking he

rivals eric greitens and eric schmitt both claim trump meant them and trump for his part has yet to clarifyn election night. it seems to be causing a lot of chaos and confusion in an already tumultuous race. meanwhile you have the fates of a trio of republicans who voted to impeach then president trump over the insurrection and their seats, well, they hang in the balance tonight. let's get the latest from cnn's national correspondent and anchor of "inside politics," john king is at the magic wall. john, polls have already closed in missouri. what can you tell us about the race there? >> one of the erics, laura, is leading in the senate republican primary. that would be the state attorney general, eric schmitt. only 4% of the vote counted, we need to count a lot of votes tonight. eric schmitt is leading with 40% of the votes. eric greitens, the former governor who resigned in disgrace amid scandal, is running a distant third at the moment with 17.2%. you see a lot of yellow here, congresswoman hartzler, a republican congresswoman, this is where her district is. she's running strong at home,

his family members are supporting the former governor, eric greitens.blicans are supporting the attorney general eric schmid. so, he came down to say he is endorsing the erics, but basically leaving it to voters. and at such the 11th hour, it is too late really to get a new tv ad up. both erics were claiming victory tonight on the endorsement. but the voters are already going to make up thiern minds. they know these candidates all too well. >> david, what do you make of this 11th hour move by the former president? >> i think because he waited so long, it's a diminishing effect of what his endorsement could accomplish. and although he was clearly being lobbied and swayed from both sides here, i think he realized that he may not be the difference maker in this one, anderson. so, why take on the potential baggage backing the wrong guy at the end of the day. >> jeff, looking to the arizona primary tomorrow, there's this proxy battle between former president trump and former vice president pence. both have been on the campaign trail for different candidates.

meanwhile, in missouri, eric greitens sought the republican nomination for u.s. senate.ed as governor in 2018 amid scandal. we'll take a closer look later in the program. at least two more people have died in northern california in the state's biggest wildfire this year. the "mckinney" fire is now blamed for four deaths since it burst to life on friday. the flames have forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed more than 100 homes and other buildings. meanwhile, in eastern kentucky, search teams continued looking for flash flood survivors and victims. the death toll stands at 37. the u.s. justice department filed suit today against a state abortion law in idaho. it's the first such action since the u.s. supreme court overturned roe versus wade. attorney general merrick garland said the lawsuit is not meant to challenge the high court. he argued the idaho law criminalizes treatment protected by federal law as medically necessary. >> the supremacy clause is a decision made in the constitution of the united states. federal law invalidates state laws that are in direct contr

his campaign was saying it was politically motivated but his ex-wife said that eric greitens did in fact abuse her and her children. we should also note here that president trump even though he was not clear about who he was endorsing, when the race was finally called he issued a response online, on his site truth social. here's what he wrote, we should put it up for folks. "won all of our endorsed races in kansas and missouri. great going. eric, still no last name. big night. thank you." so president trump there was really, really enjoying having all this power and influence in this race, which of course is the story in a lot of the states around the country here. i'm told that former president trump was really interested in injecting a little bit of chaos here. we should note, though, that eric schmitt having won this race, he is favored to win the seat to replace roy blunt in the u.s. senate. it was 1996 the last time a democratic presidential candidate won in the state. that was bill clinton. and it was 2012 the last time a democrat won a senate seat in this state. that was claire mc

did he mean eric greitens, the former governor or eric schmidt, the former general? it doesn't matter to them. a trump endorsement so valuable in the gop primary that they both accepted his support. >> ed o'keefe out on the trail for us. thanks, ed. there is a lot more ahead on the "cbs overnight news." after years on the battlefield and multiple concussions, migraine attacks followed me home. i wasn't there for my family and i was barely functioning. until nurtec odt changed all that. nurtec is the only medication that can treat and prevent my migraine attacks, all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. most common side effects, in less than 3% were nausea, indigestion, stomach pain. now, i run a non-profit for other green berets, and i can do so much more because i can treat & prevent, all in one. ask your doctor about nurtec odt. frustrated with occasional digestive upsets? because i can treat & prevent, all in one. align women's probiotic naturally helps promote a balanced gut and soothe occasional digestive upsets. plus, it supports vaginal health. it's recom

. >> i'm eric greitens, i'm the maga candidate >> reporter: facing multiple allegations of domestic and sexual abuse, which he denies. his opponent is eric schmidt, current lieutenant general and up in michigan republican congressman peter meyer is facing a trump endorsed challenger after he voted to impeach the president following the january 6th insurrection his opponent questioned his loyalty to the republican party. >> any leader of any organization has to have a certain number -- certain amount of loyalty from the people that work in that organization. >> reporter: these primaries the first major opportunities for gop voters after the january 6th select committee's public hearings to stick with or turn away from donald trump back here in arizona, state and county elections officials tell me they've not heard from lake or anybody with her campaign about those unspecified claims of fraud lester >> all right, vaughn hilliard tonight, thank you you can follow all the results on a "meet the press" election night special streaming at 9:00 eastern on nbc news now. >>> now to the devastati

it had everything to do with the fact that eric greitens collapsed, and people who know him best, missouri voters, simply did not want to risk the senate seat. they show they had no tolerance for a return of him to public life. so eric schmitt will be addressing the crowd here behind me in st. louis county, shortly. certainly, this gives pause to republicans. republicans in washington that i've been speaking with the last few minutes, don, are breathing a sigh of relief. they believe this is -- it will be a safe seat for them come november. >> jeff zeleny, thank you very much. i want you to stand by. i want to get to arizona where the polls are close. our kyung lah is there. qiang, we will start seeing the results on all eyes on the governor's race putting trump backed versus pence backed candidates. you are with the pence backed candidate, karen taylor robeson at the watch party. how is the campaign feeling? what is the movement? >> the best way to put it is that they are simply holding their breath and watching the clock. we are expecting the first results to drop in just about an hour,

attorney general eric schmidt as when the republican nomination for senate to feeding former governor eric greitens. last night, donald trump endorsed a candidate named eric, and wasn't sure who endorsed. and washington state, it's too early to tell for two republicans who are running both of whom voted for whom to impeach donald trump. congressman danny has is leading trump endorsed candidate lauren call. steve kornacki is with us all night. he joins us at the big board. i see once again you are choosing arizona to start with right now. we were talking to vaughn hillyard a few minutes ago. there was cheering in the lake headquarters. tell me why there would be. >> i think this is where they're is the most suspense right now, and think will be stuck in a state of suspense potentially for a few days. what you see here is the karen taylor robeson as a lead of eight points here statewide over kari lake. if you are watching an hour ago that was closer to ten points. so what's basically happened in arizona there are three phases to this vote. first, the county's report out, this is what happened in the

both eric greitens who has been accused of abuse and blackmail and eric schmitt, the current attorney general have claimed the endorsement as their own. trump not providing clarity overnight leaving many to believe he's hedging his bet by endorsing both. another closely watched race is for governor in michigan. trump endorsed tudor dixon who falsely claims that trump won the 2020 election. >>> california has become the third to declare an emergency over the monkeypox outbreak. it follows illinois and new york. new york city is the epicenter with one-quarter of the nation's more than 5,000 cases, vaccines are in short supply. most cases are in men who have sex with men but four children have also tested positive. the cdc says children younger than 8 could develop more severe illness. >>> time for a look at your tuesday weather. the national radar shows more storms hanging over eastern kentucky as residents struggle to clean up from the historic flooding last week. in the nation's midsection the heat index will be in the triple digits today from the dakotas all the way to texas. houston

>> i think it ends up helping eric schmitt because i think eric greitens was losing a lot of traction in the polls he was probably counting to get the trump endorsement. only him. and that happen. so i would be surprised if greitens wins today. >> reporter: it's really important to note that this is the tight, crowded field of republicans trying to replace roy blunt, who is retiring from the senate. trump endorsement here if it was clear would have made a big difference. i should also note there was a voter i talked to, a young undecided republican woman who told me she thinks former president trump is being seen as a, quote, god by some voters and she really wants candidates to be focused more on the issues whether it's the middle class or the economic challenges. i think overall if you step back and look at the national implication, it really does tell you that president trump is enjoying the power he's wheeleding, the influence he's wielding in the party. and election integrity. some believe the election was stolen, even though we know it was not. so really the language of presiden

effectively a three way tie going into election day, that's what republican officials believe between eric greitensic schmidt and vicky hartzler. former president trump weighed in last night with an endorsement of the erics. democrats believe if greitens wins they could have a shot at winning this seat. >> reporter: in scottsdale, arizona, voters are headed to the polls to make their voice heard in key statewide and senate races. this is another point whether or not donald trump holds onto the republican party here. key races we're watching, the race for governor where the trump backed kerry lake is running against mike pence backed karen taylor robson. and masters is on the ballot, he too has embraced trump's election lie. donald trump has, in fact, endorsed a slate of candidates up and down the ballot. all who believe his 2020 election lie. >> let's discuss now with maricopa county bill gates and ana navarro. welcome to you both. bill, let me start with you. after eight hearings and all the evidence of the action and in some cases inaction of the former president related to the big lie of 2020, n

eric schmitt won the republican nomination for senate preventing a comeback by former governor eric greitens who resigned amid a sex scandal and recently denied abuse claims made by his ex-wife. >> a lot of republicans were very much afraid that he would win, so republicans may have dodged a bullet and kept the senate seat. >> reporter: in michigan the candidate with former president trump's backing won the very crowded republican primary for governor. tudor dixon, a former conservative media host, will now face incumbent governor gretchen whitmer in november. >> this is personal for me. >> reporter: in her victory speech dixon called whitmer the queen of lockdowns and spoke about her own grandmother who died from covid alone in a michigan nursing home. >> so i make this promise tonight, no one in this state will be locked away from their loved ones ever again. now we have the opportunity to truly hold gretchen whitmer accountable for the pain she's inflicted on each and every one of us during the past four years. >> reporter: some election results were delayed from wayne county, michigan, o

he was deciding between eric schmitt and eric greitens, the disgraced former governor who is leadingn the polls for quite some time. it looks like schmidt, the attorney general, is the favorite. trump had a lot of close family members who were promoting eric reitan's. he decided not to make a decision. he said he was supporting and eric. it is his way of getting out of a jam, not having to pick between two different groups of supporters. host: if you are in missouri, we want to hear from you. what to do? are people looking for the former president to give them a signal? guest: there are a lot of republicans who couldn't stomach the possibility of eric reitan's , he's accused by his ex-wife of domestic abuse. he resigned from the governor's office in disgrace a few years ago. they couldn't stomach the possibility of him winning. there is a super pac publicans were donating to to prevent him from winning that nomination. host: what about michigan? guest: that's another wild and crazy republican primary. two of the leading candidates were disqualified earlier this year because they didn

did he mean eric greitens, the former governor, or erick schmitt, the attorney general? to them. a trump endorsement is so valuable in the g.o.p. primary that they both send his support. john. >> dickerson: ed o'keefe out on the trail for us. thank you, ed. in kentucky, the death toll is expected to rise as rescuers find more victims of powerful flooding that swept away entire neighborhoods. in northern california, at least four people have now died in the mckinney fire, the largest wildfire in the state this year. much of the country is now facing extreme and potentially record-breaking heat. for more, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes. >> reporter: places like hard- hit eastern kentucky, temperatures now climbing into the 90s. a lot of people here still without electricity, still without air conditioning. now that heat as the jet stream goes north, expands all the way to the i-95 corridor. temperatures could be 10-15 degrees above average through the remainder of the week, including temperatures 95-100 degrees along the i-95 corridor, including d.c. and philadel

you, of course, were talking about eric greitens.omeone who the gop says alienated from his own party. but he has the support of donald trump jr. and we have to put an exclamation point on junior. he is not endorsed by his father. you also have the missouri secretary of state, eric schmidt. he is the second eric in the race. he is someone who people have described to me as someone who is a moderate republican, who has attacked the right, trying to get the endorsement of former president trump. in the past few days, he came out saying he would not support mitch mcconnell. this, of course, is mirroring the fact that president trump has been criticizing mitch mcconnell. also, vicki hartsler. she is someone who was a u.s. congress woman. she voted against certifying the legal election. in some ways, she is mirroring the politics grievance. former president trump has thrown her under the bus, saying he will not endorse her. my understanding is that she was a bit critical of the january 6th capitol attack. not coming out against former pre

yep, just eric, in a race by, by the way, three erics, two of whom are on top of the polls, eric greitensaimed the endorsement, saying, no, it's me. both say they have spoken to the former president by phone to thank him for his support top to make matters worse, trump's team is refusing to provide clarity on this saying the endorsement speaks for itself. and as voters head to poll, the state attorney general who is running for u.s. senate has dismissed what he called this absurd suggestion that hundreds of dead people voted in the 2020 election. in a later to state senate candidate burn bernadette sand. and with the same accusation, an audit of more than 2 million ballots of maricopa county was led by the cyberninjas, and conducted by supporters of donald trump who believed the election was stolen from them. to be clear, trump had endorsed venture capitalists like masserts. joining me to talk about this, from our affiliate in phoenix, arizona, kpx-12, graham, thank you for joining us, whoa, you've got a busy few hours ahead of you, maybe through the night as well. i know you've been twee

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that endorsement that really perked everybody's ear he said i endorse eric, there were two erics, eric greitens and eric schmitt. eric schmitt took that endorsement. look at all the yellow throughout the state. if you dip into a couple counties, st. louis county, look at this lead, 58% to his nearest challenger, vicky hartzler. if you just go up here, saint charles county, again, 56%. and then lincoln county, 48%. in some of these counties just a complete blowout. so this was predicted to be very close at one point. this is not close at all for this, so it's a big win for eric schmitt. on the democratic side, it is a bit more of a race, bush valentine versus kuntz. we don't know yet, 56% in, but, again, this senate seat leans towards the republicans heading into this race. if we look at another call tonight, and this is the governor's race, the primary, republican primary in michigan. again, another run away, tudor dixon, who the former president endorsed on friday, she really has dominated this race all across the state of michigan. she will face incumbent governor gretchen whitmer seeking a s

but eric schmidt the conservative attorney general pushed back and easily defeated greitens. and so now this seat is almost certain to stay in republican hands come november, one fewer thing to worry about as they try to win the control of the senate in less than three months. jeff zeleny, cnn, st. louis. >>> and a source tells cnn that pat cipollone has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. he is considered part of donald trump's inner circle. ed a and the move signals an aggressive step by the justice department, shows investigators are looking at conduct directory relate -- directly related to trump. and cnn source says that cipollone and his attorneys are in discussions about this appearance and how to deal with executive privilege issues. here is more from legal analyst elie honig. >> pat cipollone is the ultimate insider and i think that we've seen that he was involved in or present for or a witness for so many of the key conversations and generally speaking his role was as a voice of reason telling them, no, you ca

eric schmidt and eric greitens. vicki hearts there is not named eric, she is also in the race. looking at some of these numbers in the different counties, a lot of experts who know missouri really well say eric schmidt is poised to have a good night tonight. we will follow these numbers as they come in. as you mentioned there are a lot of interesting races especially in arizona on the governor's side and the senate side, trying to take on the incumbent mark kelly in arizona. even though the polls are going to close, probably not going to get them until about 11:00 p.m. eastern time. we always want to make sure we have all the numbers from arizona. >> sean: bret baier at the big board tonight, we will check back in momentarily and keep you updated as results continue to pour in tonight. democrats are once again poised to spend a massive, huge, monumental amount of your money and as of now one senator stands in their way, the last democrat with a backbone, is it going to be kyrsten sinema? time will tell. if she does ultimately cave, that schumer- manchin $500 billion green new d

but that's the real eric -- >> with republican spending millions on tv ads and rivals banding together against greitensis wife and his kid, and he's quick on -- >> eric schmidt has been a leading beneficiary of a controversy. he told us the senate seat is too important for republicans to risk. >> it's a 50/50 senate, right? the majority for republicans right through the -- state. we can't lose misery. the former governor is a quitter and would certainly jeopardize this race. >> greitens has brought disgrace and shame to the state, and said she won't support him if he wins the primary. >> no, i can't vote for him. missouri deserves better than that. and it can do better. i've had that track record of conservative courageous leadership that's needed right now. we're in a bad situation in our nation. >> the scandal dates back to 2018. >> good afternoon. >> when greitens stepped down after being accused of a -- allegations he tonight. at the time, his wife stood by him. now, they're in boiled in a messy custody battle. she's accused him of abusing her and their children. the former navy s. e. a. l. has den

could have been eric greitens, could have been eric schmidt. could have been a little known erik mcelroy, a third eric who happens to be in the same race. in any case, brightest and mitt claimed that they and trump were endorsing them. can't make the stuff up. meanwhile polls are still open in the state of washington where to republican members of congress are facing primary challenges over their votes to impeach donald trump. jamie herrera butler and that new house are still of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump after the january 6th attack on the capitol. republican voters in their district are deciding today whether to toss them out for it. congressman herrera butler's primary is also worth keeping an eye on because her trump backed challenger has well documented tied to white when extremists and white nationalist. he told an interviewer quote, i don't think that is anything wrong with there being a white people special interest group. and quote. and another republican congressman who voted to impeach trump is facing a prim

he defeated eric greitens, former governor of the state, who resigned four years ago essentially in disgrace over a sex scandal. eric schmitt will face trudy busch valentine, one of the airesses of the anheuser-busch fortune. but missouri clearly a deep red state. it's been a decade since a democrat won statewide for a u.s. senate seat here. mitch mcconnell, other republicans breathing a sigh of relief that greitens didn't win the primary. and others who ducked out -- sdwr joan doorsing two erics, one eric schmitt without the president's help. kate? >> thank you so much. >>> political comment terry and form campaign adviser to mitch mcconnell. with us political analyst jackie kucinich, washington bureau chief for "the daily beast." good to see you both. let's start in kansas. the first state to have abortion rights on the ballot since the supreme court decision. this was a big vote, and there was big voter turnout around it. can democrats put this on the ballot for the remaining six weeks of this campaign? i mean, does this literal vote translate to kind of like putting it on the ballot in t

the other being former governor eric greitens who actually finished third behind congresswoman hartzlerday, former president trump gave a halfhearted endorsement in that race saying he was supporting eric but didn't specify which one. the eric that won scmitt will face busch valentine this fall, a nurse and heir to the anheuser-busch fortune. greitens dogged by personal scandal loses badly. >>> we'll have much more on these primary races later in "way too early" and of course on "morning joe." >>> now overseas, house speaker nancy pelosi met with the president of taiwan yesterday, becoming the highest-ranking u.s. official to travel to island in 25 years. she made the visit despite military threats from china, which claims taiwan as its own territory. pelosi praised the, quote, vibrant and flourishing demomsy and said the u.s. delegation used the trip to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon taiwan. >> democrats and republicans are committed to the security of taiwan in order to have taiwan be able to most effectively defend themselves. but it also is about our shared values of d

former missouri governor eric greitens around current missouri attorney general eric schmitt and both erics are saying the former president is supporting them. each posted statements online thanking trump for his endorsement. a source close to the former president told nbc news that leaving off the last name of eric, he was endorsing was intentional, and a trump spokesman last night said indeed they trusted missouri voters to pick the right one. okay. we have officially seen everything. let's move to michigan now. former conservative commentator and actress tudor dixon is hoping for a win today in the state's republican primary for governor after gaining in the polls of late, and winning a last-minute endorsement from trump. >> when i first met with him, he said we need to be able to get your poll numbers up and you need to be able to have the resources to run, with which made sense. >> the former president said that to you? >> oh, yes, absolutely. i mean you have to run a strong race, right? and i want to see that we will be actually able to do this and i got to go out there and peop