baldic beat chuck morse.ings the number of total gop senate nominees who have denied or cast doubt on the 2020 election results to 19 to run against democrat maggie hasan. generation z candidate caroline leavitt winning her primary. former trump aide under press secretary kayleigh maccanany. i want to bring in my panel. lots of names here. i'm going, who are these people. i'm sure people at home are going, who are these people but people in the district and the republican party, they know. so good to have both of you on. margaret, let's start with the new new hampshire gop senate primary. election denier dan baldic beating state senate president chuck morse. nonmaga supporters are worried. even governor chris sununu said he was not a serious candidate. i mean, what do you think about baldic's victory and the republican chances in november? >> well, it's significantly diminished the republican chances in november. basically based on historic -- just the historic press department of two terms or two years into

bolduc beating his more moderate opponent, new hampshire senate president chuck morse. best person to beat senator maggie hassan and flip the seat for republicans. but democrats spend millions to boost bolduc thinking he would be a weaker opponent for senator hassan to face. but bolduc said that strategy will blow up in democrats' faces in november. >> we have taken their arrows, we have successfully protected ourselves. they call me names. the only thing that i call her is a bad u.s. senator. >> hassan is attacking bolduc as a radical saying in a statement that don bolduc is too extreme for new hampshire. she's making abortion the center of her campaign up with a fresh today. >> don bolduc and congressional republicans take control of the u.s. senate, they would push for a nationwide ban on abortion, a ban with no exceptions. >> but bolduc told me last night loud and clear, he would not support an abortion ban as senator. >> i will support no legislation, zero legislation at the federal level. we don't belong in the abortion arena. that is the states. this state will d

retired army brigadier general don bolduc has a narrow lead over new hampshire state senate president chuck morse. bolduc is a far-right trump supporter who has echoed the former president's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. during a previous run for office, he decried his opponents as "liberal, socialist pansies." according to the group open secrets, the senate majority pac and the democratic senatorial campaign committee spent nearly $3.3 million helping bolduc in his race against morse. the winner of the race will face incumbent democratic senator maggie hassan in november. meanwhile, former trump staffer karoline leavitt has won the republican primary in new hampshire's first congressional district. the 25-year-old has also claimed trump won the 2020 election. she defeated another former trump aide, matt mowers, who had been endorsed by prominent republicans, including house minority leader kevin mccarthy. according to the website 538.com, there will be about 200 republicans on the ballot in november who have fully denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election. on capitol hill, dem

not to mention chuck morse without a doubt can win in november. the polls all say that.n't been here for five years. how would she know what the people in new hampshire want? she hasn't even been on the ground. you can't show up in year six and spend a bunch of money and think it will work out. her approval numbers have gone from 42% up to 42%. people want her gone and both of our congressional delegations gone, too. >> dana: before you get to the november general there is the primary today. our understanding is that bolduc has a great amount of support in the state. he has supporters who will walk over coles for him and we've seen it in some states when you have low turnout primaries somebody can get through. here is what he said. call for number three about his race. >> the reason they are afraid of me is they can't control me. i am not a career politician. i don't favor special interests. i scare them. so they call me names, right? not being a serious candidate, well, i'll leave that to the granite staters to decide. >> dana: he is getting support from an unexpected p

well, i have been on the ground in new hampshire and i know that the people of new hampshire know chuck morsefor working with the governor and passing legislation that the people in new hampshire wanted to see like not teaching crt to children in classes. they know this is the guy that is most likely going to get that nomination and move forward to win that u.s. senate seat. and i think that probably new hampshire citizens will be offended with what the democrats are doing. and i'm so pleased to see other states and other campaigns calling this out. it is interesting that the democrats are choosing to waste their money on attacks of personal attacks rather than supporting what they are for. now, why would they do that, harris? it is because what are they going to say? we brought you higher crime in the streets. we brought you the highest inflation in 40 years. we are taking away the rights of parents to speak up about what their children are taught in school. well, they can't sell that. what are they doing? they're going to try to get people that they think would not win in a general election

. >> reporter: new hampshire, lieutenant general -- he beat chuck morse who was backed by new hampshire's best shot at flipping senator maggie has on -- hassan's senate seat. >> we have successfully protected ourselves. you sent the biggest signal to the establishment. >> reporter: senator maggie hassan only gearing up for the general election saying in a statement, if don bulldog had his way in the senate he would vote to ban abortion nationwide, don bulldog is too extreme for new hampshire but bulldog tells me he doesn't support nationwide abortion ban. >> i will support no legislation, 0 legislation at the federal level. we don't belong in the abortion arena. that is the states. we will do the right thing by that. >> reporter: why do you think she keeps pushing this abortion issue? >> it is the only thing she has got. >> reporter: important to note donald trump did not endorse anyone in these races but he is separating the fact that the trumpest won but granite stateers made up their own minds and they chose not to play it safe by going with the moderate in the race. neil: thank you fo

new hampshire senate president chuck morse is now spinning that spending in his favor. democrats spending cash to attack him in a republican primary proves that see the bigger threat to maggie hassan. >> chuck schumer is spending $6 million against me and maggie hassan is spending $6 million against me to make sure i don't run against her. it is clear that i can beat her. >> hassan says no matter who wins today's primary she doesn't see a difference. she is already branding whoever her opponent is as extreme. >> who would you rather face? >> both of them are very extreme and way out of step with new hampshire. >> today hassan also said that both bolduc and morse she sees as extremist and doesn't have a preference who she faces. >> harris: she has to say that because she lives there. can you imagine being at the grocery store and having somebody come up as a democrat why are you spending month en to help the other guy? what is she going to say? she pays for her groceries. sticky position. thank you. pete hegseth co-host of "fox & friends" weekend. pete, that has put democ

chuck morse. you have $4 million being poured in by mcconnell, financial support and fund-raising. sununu coming in for morse. what do you make of this money that is being spent in new hampshire by two republican sides? >> martha, you also have chuck schumer pouring in over $3 million to pump up bulduc thinking that he would be the less formidable candidate against maggie hassen. that strategy of voiding up the republican that you think is unelectable has backfired in other races so far. i have one question for chuck schumer and joe biden and all the democrats. why do you have little faith in your candidates that you're playing around in the republican primaries? the real person on the chopping block here, this fall, is named maggie hassen. she won by less than a point six years ago. she's voted lock step with the biden agenda, the build back better stuff, all the trillions of spending on money we don't have on things we don't need. out on the stump tries to fool and trick the new hampshire voters saying she's critical of joe biden. new hampshire is one of the hardest hit states by

, but seen as too extreme to win a general election fighting against the state senate president chuck morsegroups have been flooding the state with money trying to get morse across the finish line. right now, with 41% of the vote in, there's still a long way to go, they are separated by just over 2000 votes. but bolduc is in poll position. morse when a lot of the cities, by not by a big margin. a lot of our rural areas still coming in. this is high stakes because the democratic senator maggie hassan is seen as fairly vulnerable if the republican nominee can win over independents and moderate voters come the general election. don bolduc has been getting in a fight with popular centers governor chris sununu, calling of a communist sympathizer. sununu fired back calling bolduc and conspiracy theorist extremist. so, there is a lot of that blood in this race. and the senate could hang in the balance. >> john, there are also two former trump staffers facing off a congressional seat there, what's up with that? >> yeah, this is a fascinating one. take a look at the first district. this is a fight b

bolduc has embraced the lie that the 2020 election was stolen chuck morse is the state senate presidentnd has the backing of governor chris sununu. >>> meanwhile president biden and first lady jill biden arrived. those are your headlines we send it back to you. >>> still on deck for the show, much more on the training day ahead including new comments from president biden on why he's not worried about continued inflation or with the market reaction. >>> and by the way, if you haven't already done so, please follow our podcast if you missed "worldwide exchange," check out apple, spotify, or podcast app of choice we'll be right back. some ground after suffering their worst day in more than two years. futures right now looking at small gains. >>> tech gets wrecked. once again amid the broad selloff with some of the biggest names, shedding half a trillion dollars in market value. >>> richard kramer helps us make sense of the dramatic drops and whether more pain may be on the way. >>> and cryptocurrency is not immune to price pressures as ether takes a long-awaited merge to a new operating mo

his moderate opponent chuck morse called bolduc last night to concede. >> we have successfully protectedsignal to the establishment tonight. >> if bolduc wins he will face hassan in november. she has already said if don bolduc had his way in the u.s. senate he would vote to ban abortion nationwide. bolduc is too extreme for new hampshire. but he is already debunking that. >> i will support no legislation, zero legislation, at the federal level. we don't belong in the abortion arena. that is the states. and this state will do the right thing by granite staters. >> why do you think she keeps pushing the abortion issue? >> it's the only thing she's got. >> former president trump did not endorse anyone in these races so he did not have an influence over pushing granite staters to choose a further right candidate. it is very clear the granite staters decided this time was not the time to play it safe. they did not think that choosing the moderate would be the best person to pick to go up against democrats in november. harris. >> harris: thank you very much. rnc chair ronna mcdaniel is in "foc

you have got a more sort of traditional establishment candidate and state senator, chuck morse, who hasious candidate, and then you have a retired general who is the maga candidate in this race. i got a chance to catch up with both of them. take a listen to what they told me. >> i am going to run on my record and i am strong in new hampshire in getting things done and i will continue to do that. >> you will see our operation is working now and will turn the vote out tomorrow. i think washington on our side is basically seeing that i can be magaesque. >> we're winning and we're a threat to establishment. the very people that point their fingers at me and suggest that i am not a serious candidate or all these other things are ones really part of the program and they need to get with the program, and the program is people are angry. they are hurt. they are concerned. >> reporter: by the way, josÉ, democrats have gotten involved in the gop primary trying to continue to sink morse and support maggie hassan. >> chris jansing has more from london after a quick break. (man 1) we're like yodelin

republican senate candidate chuck morse has conceded his primary race to don bolduc in new hampshire.duc is a retired brigadier general who some establishment feared was too far to the right to win over independents and moderates in new hampshire. bolduc now faces incumbent democrat maggie hasan who has been labeled one of the most vulnerable senators this november. now, let's head to georgia. where democrats are struggling to attract the same robust black vote that helped flip that state blue in 2020. correspondent charles watson is in atlanta with that story tonight. >> georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams is fighting to hold onto the plaque electorate that helped nearly elevate her to the state's highest office in 2018. this time around, has been shaky for abrams. according to a fox news poll, her support among black voters fell as low as 78% in july. she had made some gains since. 91% among black voters in a new quinnipiac poll. still 3 points short of our election day numbers three years ago according to fox news active polling. >> i need you all to say you trust me. if

chuck morse, who is backed by chris sununu, the republican governor of that state, would've preferrede nominee. he's trailing in that race. and i guess the argument that would be made if you're a democrat's look, that's one additional seat that's not on the table. this is a tight race for control, not just of the house, but of the senate as well. and as the patrick maloney said, my job is to elect democrats. that's the job the democrats. what they want to ensure they have chuck schumer as majority leader. they want whoever would be the speaker of the house, if it's not nancy pelosi, that's the job. >> so, is this the idea here, the ends justify the means? you support before, the argument you often hear people say before this has been democrats, they don't play the right game. they've got the republicans who are more cohesive, they're playing dirty, they think the republicans are, and they talk about that. why are the democrats so concerned with the moral high ground? this is, do you think, it's ceding that in an effective way? >> well, i just think there's political problems more than

if chuck morse, who is a more conventional conservative, wins the primary, then republicans are stillif is running a more maga-style campaign and has been disparaged by the governor wins the nomination, it's a trickier proposition for republicans. keep in mind that these races will impact the house down ballot. in pennsylvania, there are three races we see as highly competitive where democrats are hoping fetterman's coattails will allow them to hang on. in new hampshire, both congressional districts are highly competitive. this is going to have a trickle down affect on whether republicans are able to pick up the five seats they need to win the house. they are probably going to do so at this point. not by the margins we would have expected three months ago. >> let me ask you about the house. the cook political report moved five more races in democrats' direction. initially, had you it 20 to 30 in favor of republicans. now it's closer to 10 to 15, maybe 10 to 20. 18 is the sweet spot that a lot of republicans claim they can accomplish. how likely are democrats to hold on to the majority

. >> chuck morse, another sleazy politician. reporter: spending $3.2 million on republican primary ads attacking the moderate candidate as a mitch mcconnell acolyte. in a crowded field, the candidate closest to trump - don buldoc leads the polls. proponents of this strategy point to senat claire mccaskill's reelection victory over republican todd akin in 2012. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. reporter: that comment effectively doomed akin's candidacy and mccaskill's bet paid off. she had cut this radio ad boosting him during the republican primary. >> akin wants to stop all funding to planned parenthood. reporter: i'm claire mccaskill candidate for senate and i approve this message. >> madrid says ten years later, the stakes are higher - >> what we're dealing with now is foundationally different. todd akin was not suggesting that the elections were being stolen. he was not suggesting that it was okay to engage in insurrection. reporter: with potentially long-term conseq

we also have a very competitive senate race and as well and with chuck morse and dan d bolduc i, in thatp supporters are a threat to the republic until schumer and his colleagues. back exponentially in the primary. so we'll see what happens. there are millionsg pour of dold being poured into that very quickly. >> jeff, you picked arizona >> that arizona. earli >> exactly. k and you mentioned thatel earlier as well.s in kelly is mark is polling about eight points ahead than than his counterpart masters. accordine latestg the latest fos poll a couple of weeks ago, there was another one from trafalgar just came out that showed him three or four points ahead. so closing iill ahead ann a litd still ahead and far, far ,in far out fundraising, which endsc up being very important inam the final stretch of the campaign. >> all right, guys all rigys wet thny of these discussions to come before november. thank yo u. >> thank you. and finally tonight, a special>: day, a young boy in illinoisre receiving a big surprise from project fire. but his nine year old caseybatt douglas is battling cancer. fir

the moderate in the race chuck morse did call bolduc to succeed after democrats spent millions of dollarsblican primary boosting the more far right candidate they think is easier to beat in november. republicans are saying careful when you wish for. democrats might get it. in the house primary race there was a big upset. leavitt will face chris pappas in november and would be the youngest woman ever elected to congress if she wins. >> we're sending a strong and clear message to the washington, d.c. establishment and our democrat opponents that our votes cannot be bought. >> fox hasn't called the race for the senate in new hampshire. bolduc is in the lead and morse called bolduc to concede last night. >> we have taken the arrows. we have successfully protected ourselves. you sent the biggest signal to the establishment tonight. >> if bolduc wins he will face maggie hassan in november. she said in bolduc had his way in the senate he would vote to ban abortion nationwide. he is already debunking hassan's attacks. >> i will support no legislation, zero legislation at the federal level. we don

it'll be very interesting to see, given chuck morse made that concession phone call, does the entire establishment, including the governor, many were with morse, rallying around bolduc here, and how he squares his language, the previous governor. >> many wanted sinunu sinunu to run. that didn't happen, sinunu endorsed morse. we won't know until november if this is something the democrats will be happy in the end this is who they wanted to face. don bolduc is who they wanted to face. what does it say about the trump wing of the republican party? >> it is the dominant force inside republican primary electorates. that's been proven throughout the last six months of primary season. that's the life force inside the republican primary voting electorate right now is that trump wing, the trump identification. even that trump approach to politics, in terms of personality. so i think that is sort of the realm inside gop politics. now we're turning the page to the general election season. how that plays in november is something that we'll have to wait and see in the next eight weeks. >> in term

republicans the frontrunners vying for this effort to unseat hasan done bolduc, chuck morse and kevinthese two are running neck and neck at the top. in new hampshire second's house district, republicans are hoping to inseat democratic congresswoman annie custer. leading the pack you have akeen maher, robert burns. now a democrat super pac has bought ad time trying to boost burns who is seen by democrat less formidable candidate. that's one of the major stories this election cycle. democrats spending on republican primary candidates maga candidates that they think they can beat. they have spent more than $53 million across nine states to do that while calling them a threat to democracy. new hampshire wing district house district 1. republicans competing to take on vulnerable chris pappas in november. they include two former trump staffers. matt maurice and caroline left. inflation a big story across all of these races the recent gallup poll 56% of americans experiencing severe or moderate financial hardship due to the price increases. go to another state today rhode island. republicans

retired army general don bolduc defeated chuck morse, a more moderate republican and the state senatedent, in tuesday's voting. bolduc will now face incumbent democratic senator maggie hassan in the november election. we'll take a closer look at the election landscape, later in the program. the founder of outdoor apparel maker patagonia is giving away his $3 billion company to help fight climate change. billionaire yvon chouinard and family members transferred their ownership to a special trust and non-profit organization, whose profits will be funneled to global conservation. still to come on the "newshour," the many investigations surrounding former president trump intensify. a new report details the devastating economic impact of rising sea levels for property owners. an iowa teen who admitted to killing her rapist is ordered to pay $150,000 to the man's family. and much more. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: the ukrainian counteroffensive continues today at

retired army general john bolduc is locked in a tight race with state senate president chuck morse then november. new hampshire's first congressional district, cnn projects election data, the pass projection that karoline leavitt will win the primary to take on the incumbent. jessica levinson, the professor lot loyola -- and podcast. good to see you >> good to see you. >> let's talk -- because he's been the favorite among -- here is on fox news explain why has been under attack, not just from democrats, but from republicans as well. here he is. >> i am not extreme in the slightest. i mean, being called names on both sides of the aisle now, right. i guess it just comes with the territory when you stand up for what you believe in. >> and this is what he believes in, that donald trump won the 2020 election and it was stolen by democrats. that the new hampshire governor and moderate senate governor, is a calling it synthesizer. he said covid vaccines are being used in plant microchips. and ask about that, he said reportedly that bill gates wants to implantable tracking microchips. you know

. >> a super pact aligned with chuck schumer has spend $3 million on ads attacking chuck morse and boosting front runner the polls, retired army general don bolduc. morse is spinning that spending against him in his favor telling me it's proof that he's the bigger threat to maggie hassen in the general. >> i suppose i should thank them. i ticked off the republicans in new hampshire. they don't like the democrats meddling in our primary. i think what they'll see today is that worked against them. >> but general bolduc voted earlier today. even though democrats have spent more money attacking his opponent than he has in this race, he's still not for it. >> i think it's a bad strategy. don't be fooled by the politics as usual, the top-down games that they have played to try to take advantage of voters. granite staters are awake this time. >> neil, i asked senator hassen who she would rather face in november, bolduc or morse. she told me it doesn't make any difference. she thinks both candidates are extreme branding them today as extremists. neil? >> neil: thanks, hillary vaughn in new hampshir

will it be don bulldock, who pushed trump's election lies or state senate president chuck morse who was the backing of establishment republicans. we're also closely watching a battle between two trumpers in new hampshire's first congressional district, both matt mowers and carolyn levitt. they both worked in the trump administration. now, levitt actually backs trump's stolen election claims. according to a new analysis from 538, about 60% of americans will have an election denier on the ballot this fall. that's quite a number. and an estimated 118 election deniers in house races and eight election doubters have at least a 95% chance of winning. what a range, first of all, and the idea of all of the ways we can essentially have a synonymous way of thinking about not believing in the integrity of our elections. the spectrum of deniers, doubters, all of this telling you a lot about the democracy that we live in today. now, despite all the investigations swirling around trump, the growing classified document scandal, which we have new developments on tonight, and the january 6th hearings in

republ but the republican primary is close right now.t was retired army general don bodek, against chuck morsee state senate president right now, we are about four hundred votes separating the two. otes new hampshire doesn't haveas a ton of votes.he collectively as a state. it's notstate, i a big place. but you can see as we dig downi into some of these counties, this is bulldog's home and belnap county. he campaigned.ot there are a lo, yot you seu see, big separation there. again, not in vote totals, butoy here in rockingham county, just a big dump of votes for chuck,k. ov more so what we're seeing hereyh is a very, very tight race.t race, 41% in. th 41% in this is probably goinga to go for a while before we get a winner here. one of the interesting things is about these races this time,s and it's a storyline for that we've seen all acrosst the country, is that democrats have been spending money goings for republicans, maga republicans in some cases that vulner they think are more vulnerable against their democratic incumbents. against theand new hampshire if those places. fifty three million

chuck schumer the senate democrat, of course, he spent through his pac 3.2 million dollars against morsecan candidate because they were saying that you are so extreme they think you are more beatable. one of the things that maggie hassan the senate incumbent will say is you are an election denier and you deny that president biden won the 2020 election and there is this from august 14th when you had a debate. watch here. >> i signed a letter with 120 other generals and admirals saying that trump won the election and damn it i stand by that. >> do you stand by that today? >> so, you know, we -- we live and learn, right? i've done a lot of research on this and i spent the past couple of weeks talking to granite staters all over the state from every party and i have come to the conclusion -- i want to be definitive on this. the election was not stolen. was there fraud? yes. is that a concern of granite staters all over the state? yes, there is. is there a responsibility for public servants and elected positions to insure that our citizens have faith in their voting system? yes. but elections

an endorsement in this race, but bolduc has embraced the lie that the 2020 election was stolen chuck morse, who is the state senate president, has the backing of governor chris sununu >>> president biden and the first lady flew to delaware last minute to cast votes in the state auditor race the president was asked why he didn't vote absentee, but he did not answer >>> ukraine's lightning counter-offensive has forced russian troops to retreat. a member of ukraine's parliament is praising the gains as a possible turning point in the r. meagan fitzgerald is in kyiv >> reporter: ukraine saying its swift and fast-moving counterattack is taking back even more russian-held territory. ukraine releasing this video showing its soldiers sweeping through a force after rushing this russian military vehicle. ukraine says they've captured hundreds of russian soldiers during their sweep past the front line ukraine's president zelenskyy says his troops have reclaimed more than 2300 square miles of territory, including the south and the northeast, liberating some 150,000 ukrainians. a top ukrainian lawmaker