eastern montana was like mayberry in a way prior to the sherry arnold case.t investigation was really fresh in our minds when nicole waller became missing. >> kidnapping? carjacking? >> everything was on the table! >> reporter: from the beginning of nicole's case, one clue seemed important. inside the expedition's center console, agent overby found her keys. >> did you check to see whether the car could be started? >> yup, i started it. >> so presumably, she didn't break down there. >> that's correct. >> she stopped for some other reason! >> that's right. >> reporter: but then weirdly left the keys locked inside? agent overby drove the expedition to an impound lot, and called in montana's department of criminal investigation. and agent mark hilyard, who acted as both crime scene technician and detective. >> so as you go through the car, what do you find? >> it was somebody's life thrown into a vehicle it didn't make sense to me. why? why is it like that? >> nicole had health problems were her meds in that vehicle? >> yes, there were. i mean it doesn't make an

rural countries, largely white wo counties, lower income, eastern montana. donald trump got 80%, 90% of the vote. one of the questions we've been asking are voters like that losing their enthusiasm? is there a little slippage there? there was none. they came out and gave gianforte the same numbers. eastern montana there, they gave gianforte the same numbers that trmp n donald trump got. the democrats made in roads a little bit. white working class blue collar areas, mining counties, think about the area around butte, hillary clinton was dragged down there last november. won it by seven points. a 30-point increase in the area for the democrat here. again, you think national implications, think of wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, ohio. that's the type of voter. blue collar, rust belt democrat around there. that's the kind of voter they did make in roads with in montana. if there is a silver lining for democrats, it is that. republicans will say, we won. >> like horseshoes. the other thing i was surprised -- well, maybe i shouldn't be surprised, but i was dis

eastern montana. these are small rural counties. but these are counties.the counes where donal trump won more than 80% of the vote are out here in the eastern part of the state. almost none of them have reported anything yet. so these are small counties. but you can expect massive margins for gianforte, the republican, coming out of here. so the question is how much bounce does gianforte get here, especially from eastern montana. is there going to be a same-day vote in some of these more democratic areas where right now quist is doing well. is there going to be a same-day bounce that may be what he needs. so we asked that question coming in tonight. we said two-thirds of the vote probably cast before this. but there will be same-day votes cast there will be same-day registration. that may be what quist will need here if he is going to get over the top. also, one other quick note there have some counties around the state, about a half dozen with significant native american populations. that's also -- there is basically yet to report right now. also that wou

eastern montana is very, very rural.se are areas where donald trump got 80%, in one case 90% of the vote last november. this is his hard core base. would there be slippage in this special congressional election? would gianforte be down at 70, down in the high 60s? the answer i can tell you is no. he got trump numbers in trump country. there he is greg gianforte declaring victory in this race. let's take you out there to his hometown first remarks since controversy engulfed him. let's take a listen. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, montana. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, montana! [ cheers and applause ] tonight is all about you. tonight is your victory. over the last few years you have made tens of thousands of phone calls, knocked on hundreds of thousands of doors. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] we have had the great pleasure of driving over 80,000 miles all over this great state. everyone of 56 counts multiple times and stayed in your homes. together tonight we won a victory for our tr

these samples came from a small town in eastern montana, circle, montana, and the image here to my left is from roundup, monta montana. this unacceptably unclean tap water is in the homes of montanans and north dakotans right now as we speak. in fact, the mayor of harl -- harlatan, montana, he is here today to testify. i met with him just yesterday. in fact, he came to our montana coffee this morning. he spent over $1,000 on a flig flight. he spent almost $600 on hotel accommodations, not to mention the cost of other incidentals. and now the democrats won't let him speak. why? as the chairman of the senate western caucus, it is shameful that other witnesses have flown and spent thousands of dollars to prevent improving water quality in our states. the arizona witness, for example, spent $2,400 in three days out of the itself come back and -- out of the office to come back and testify today. thyes, the f.b.i. needs to regaining the trust of the american people. in fact, senator schumer on november 2 said, and i quote, i do not have confidence in comey any longer. and on that very same da

look at the eastern part of montana. this is trump country.counties where donald trump got 80% of the vote. was that republican base going to be as strong for gianforte as it was for trump or were they not as enthusiastic? they were every bit as enthusiastic in the special election as last november. the same margins and level of enthusiasm here for gianforte as you saw for trump last november. the problem for democrats, college university, university of montana, they needed to be near 70%. got about 63%. strong, not strong enough. billings, biggest county and city in the state. they lost this by 19 points. improvement for democrats, but not enough. >> steve, we keep hearing about this wave election that's coming in 2018. any sign of that? >> there's absolutely a sign that there's been movement in the democrat's direction. here's the evidence we have from special elections so far. you started in kansas a couple weeks ago. this is a district, this kansas district, dold trump won it by 27 points last november. they held a special election for thi

first of all, this is trump country in montana. eastern part of the state, it is very rural.looking at counties here, almost all of these where donald trump got 80%, even north of 90% in one case against hillary clinton last november. well, gianforte held serve. he got basically the same numbers donald trump did. so, if you were looking at donald trump's core base and saying, are they turned off, are they maybe thinking of abandoning donald trump? certainly no evidence of that here. he racked up massive margins. small counties, but massive margins does make a difference. meanwhile, what about the western part of the state here? a couple things. first of all, look at missoula, the university of montana, the home of the grizzlies. this is the heart of the democratic base in montana rob quist was looking to get two-thirds of the vote, 67, 68 on a good day. 70% of the vote. they're still counting them here. it looks like he's going to be in the lower 60s. so, again, a strong performance for the democrats, not as strong as they needed. the real story, though, the real disappointme

. >> pulls in montana close at 10:00 p.m. eastern and we should have results soon after. >> bret: live in montana, alecia, thank you. we will have results here. the senate intelligence committee is giving its top two members blanket authorities to issue subpoenas in the investigation into alleged russian interference with last fall's election. richard burr and mark warner will be able to issue the subpoenas as they deem necessary. now to a follow-up story on last night's explosive story about illegal surveillance conducted by the obama administration. on thousands of americans. illegal searches so egregious the obama administration received a harsh rebuke from the secretive fisa courts. here is james rosen with reaction. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi is a member of the gang of eight, the group of house and senate leaders plus chairs and ranking members of intelligence committees briefed on intelligence issues. yet pelosi confessed ignorance of this week's disclosure that the national security agency for at least five years un

3 like the one last week was launched from vandenberg air force base by a team in montana shortly after 3:00 a.m. easternime. the air force said this in a statement. the air force keeps 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles on alert around the clock in underground silos across three bases in montana, north dakota and wyoming. last week's minuteman test was supposed to be carried out in november. brush fires near the launch site in california caused the test to be postponed to be scrubbed until today. the u.s. air force typically conducts four long range missile test as year. these tests were scheduled long before the tensions with north korea. the u.s. navy released new video of the u.s.s. carl vinson strike group exercising with south korean warships off the korean peninsula. the release of this video is designed to send messages to pyongyang. fox news learned that iran attempted to launch a cruise missile in the straits of hormuz. the test failed. a midget class submarine was used by iran to conduct the launch. north korea and iran are the only two countries that operate this type of submarine. it's

saturday night at 8:00 eastern .n c-span and c-span.org >> vice president mike pence tweeted out his congratulations to montana representative elect for his win in a special election last night. the wind comes on the heels of being charged with misdemeanor assault after a run-in with a political reporter shortly after the election. this morning on "washington journal we talked about that and some of the political news in the week. also a look ahead at the g7 summit happening in sicily. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now is james arkin, as well as jennifer bendery, the political reporter or "huff post." thank you both for joining us today. guest: thanks for having us. host: the latest news was last night, the race in montana for the open congressional seat, opened up by ryan sinking -- what does it tell us, if anything, about the broader state of politics right now? guest: i think you cannot

guardian reporter ben jacobs has been out in montana covering that race. and just after 7:00 eastern, jacobs tweeted the following. greg gianforte just body-slammed me and broke my glasses. ten minutes later, jacobs tweeted, there was a local tv crew there when gianforte body slammed me. audio is posting soon. naturally we reached out to jacobs, confirmed this was not a joke. we've also reached out to the gianforte campaign to get their version of events. we await a response. there were witnesses, however, and we have one of them on the phone right now. alexis levinson of buzzfeed was in bozeman and saw the confrontation. alexis, are you there? >> hey, i'm here. >> okay, alexis. what did you see? how did this go down? >> so ben and i drove over to this event. it's at the gianforte campaign headquarters. we walked in. it's a bunch of people making phone calls. we had both been requesting time with him. it was clear they were not psyched to give ben time and not entirely clear on why, but one of gianforte's aides indicated there was some sort of issue with some prior -- they had taken

career as a nurse practitioner at university of montana, hoping to be placed in a rural hospital like the one where she is currently training on the eastern shore of the state. >> i enjoy the patients there. a lot of them haven't sought care in a couple years because they don't know how important it is for their diet and nutrition to go see a doctor. >> maryland is expected to have a shortage of around 10,000 nurses in the years to come and the university is doing its part to bridge the gap. >> our enrollment is up. we feel a personal responsibility to make sure that maryland has enough registered nurses and professional nurses in order to meet the care needs of the residents of maryland. >> although she is still in school, she feels that same responsibility. >> at the end of the day, i go home, i might have had a hard day and not sat down, not eaten lunch. but i can look back on my way and say, i made a difference. >> salaries can vary widely if from the industry, $45,000 on the low end, up to $150,000 annually, depending on your degree and your location. but the job requires years of studying and lots of stamina in the work force. you c

eastern time. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik. thank you for joining us. a special election in montana under a white hot national spotlight after audio came out seeming to show the republican candidate for the state's one house seat body slamming a reporter. greg gianforte charged overnight with misdemeanor assault by the county sheriff. the alleged attack took place at gianforte headquarters in bozeman. >> the candidate held off taking a stance on the republican health care bill, waiting for the cbo score. guardian reporter ben jacobs tried to press gianforte for a stance now that the cbo released its score. listen to what happened next. >> the cbo score, because you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. >> we'll talk to you about that later. >> but just curious -- >> speak with shane, please. sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. are you with the guardian? >> yes, and you just broke my glasse

montana. he will fill the congressional seat vacated by interior secretary ryan zinke. the race gained national attention after gianforte allegedly attacked a reporter. he's a charged with assault. >> game five of the nba's easternfinals. cavaliers embarrassed the celtics. final score 135 to 102. cavs they're going to face the warriors in the nba finals for a third straight year. game one thursday in oakland. side note, lebron james is now the nba's all time leader in playoff points passing michael jordan. >> to hockey the defending champions heading back to the stanley cup final. pittsburgh beat ottawa in double overtime win, the final 32. the penguins face off against the national predators in the stanley cup final. the series kicks off monday. >> good morning to you. thank you very much for joining us, i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm erin before memorial day, may 26th. >> all right, gary mcgrady is gracing us with his presence this morning and he's talking about the rain which we've been talking about for days and days and days. >> we're waiting for it to move out. >> waiting for it to go away. >> this is better known as the unofficial start of summer, right, this weekend going into memorial day. so, it's all comin

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eastern >> greg: while the body slam lingers, the media points a finger. greg gianforte won the special election for the republican seat in the u.s. house of representatives in montana named after the miley cyrus character. his victory came just one day after he got in confrontation with the ben jacobs reporter from the guardian. >> i will talk to you about that later. >> there is not going to be time. >> please. [scuffle] >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last time you came here did you the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. are you with the guardian? >> yes and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> greg: probably not the best way to handle this situation. who did the media blame it on? >> guy assaults a reporter, which i guess shouldn't be too surprising in an age of trump where he calls the press enemy of the people. these reckless words have consequences. >> it's part of this pattern that started during the campaign of, you know, donald trump really encouraging his supporters to target the media, to boo the media.