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

eric schmidt, the state attorney general had led the pulling coming in today had a late shift in's favor. eric greitens the former governor for starting scandal several years ago trying to make a comeback. he had been leading, there was sort of a push by a lot of republicans saying be careful here if greitens gets the nomination, this could be a senate seat currently held by -- not running for reelection, this could put the race in jeopardy in the general election. so there's been movement towards schmidt in the final polls. we will see in missouri wet and's up playing out as the book starts to come in. one more place it was in michigan the polls have closed. there's one particular congressional race that we are all keeping a close eye on tonight. it's the third district but soon back in there, there you go peter meijer is one of ten republican meter members of congress who voted to impeach donald trump. one of the first votes voted in congress was to impeach donald trump. this is his challenger, donald gibbs, he has trump's endorsed meant. meyer tried to survive in a district that was c

now that is the attorney general, eric schmidt. one of the two, erica few. eric greitens? eric smith is leading with 40% of the vote. eric riddance is running a distant. third again, this is only about 3% 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 interestin

you have eric schmidt, the more moderate eric. he's been attacking the right, trying to sman who will carry on the maga politics. but then you have the embattled former governor eric greitens. he resigned in disgrace just 18 months after he was inaugurated. he's accused of sexual abuse, domestic abuse, but donald trump jr. -- emphasis on the junior, he is supporting him. that's why some think the president thought he was going to be endorsing eric greitens. we should also note that there is a third eric in this race, because ari, it's just one of those races that's wild, and you can't make this stuff up. i have been talking to voters who say this is confusing. it's also a little entertaining to them. i did talk to one other voter who said she's worried that president trump has all this influence in a race like this. she want candidates to be talking about middle class values and the economy and abortion rights and other things and not talking about former president trump every single minute of the day. she told me in her own words

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

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 prima

it predicts eric schmidt has won the missouri gop senate primary. we'll have more results to come. twitter, dickson, and eric smith, the winners there. the fact, is in state after state, democracy is on the ballot tonight. will the gop be the party of trump and his election lies, or is there room left in the party of lincoln for candidates to defend our free and fair elections? we may get some answers tonight. the last polls just closing right now in arizona, their primaries, were trump backed candidates are all over the ballot, running for the senate, governor, and the secretary of state. the state that has been grand zero for trump's postelection defeat revenge tour. kyung lah is live for us in phoenix, arizona, sara murray is in grand rapids, michigan with more on the results there. jeff zeleny is in st. louis, missouri, cnn's john king is at the magic wall to break it all down for us. we have a lot to cover for you. i want to get -- good evening to everyone, i want to get straight to sara murray and grand rapids, michigan, with the latest. sarah, you're in michigan, [inaudible]

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.

eric schmidt is pulling away.e'll pull bunches in favor of an establishment candidate because they cannot risk this race. it is too important. president trump won this state by several points but we're blunt, only won by a few months and to her point about the races that really matter, so we're talking about a senate race here but the races in august that are really important to watch are the secretary of state positions. a.g. positions and governor's positions will decide who is in control during the next election of actual elections administration. we hear how the system, held, jim in the last election. this time we're looking at a number of states. arizona just this month, arizona, michigan, wisconsin, all of these states where elections administration is now going to be potentially taken over by folks who have out right denied the election and they're not just fringe candidates, right? in michigan, the gubernatorial candidate said as recently as may out right the election was stolen. she's the establishment ca

♪ there is no shortage of fireworks in yesterday's primaries during the missouri senate race, eric schmidtnched that republic and nomination. former governor eric reitman following president trump's dual endorsement there he will face democrat nominee bush valentine in november. dixon, secured the republican nomination setting up a matchup. michigan seem to be 3rd congressional district donald trump endorsed gibbs. in washington state to representative's who voted to impeach former president donald trump dan newhouse, and jaime herrera butler appear to be surviving challenges as i count goes on from donald trump backed candidates. in arizona former played a factor in the senate. one of which is yet to be decided officially senior correspondent alecia cooney has has the latest on it from phoenix good evening. >> good evening too close to call and i governor's g.o.p. primary race but that hasn't stopped the candidate was endorsed by former president trump to claim victory before the votes are counted. >> we are so proud of the victory that we have we are going to leave this state to his brig

members are supporting the former governor, eric greitens, a lot of other republicans are supporting eric schmidtthe eric's, basically leaving it to voters. it's such an 11th hour. it's too late to get a new tv ad up or anything. so both eric for claiming victory tonight on the endorsement, but -- voters are gonna make up their own 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 cause a could accomplish. even though he was clearly being swayed from both sides here, i think he realized that he may not be the difference maker and this one, anderson. so why take on the potential baggage of backing the wrong guy at the end of the day? >> jeff, looking into the arizona primary tomorrow, there's a proxy battle before former president trump and -- both have been on the campaign trail for different candidates. how much is at stake for both? >> look, i think a lot is at stake for the former president, of course. former vice president is clearly

red state and put it in play for the democrats, they spent a ton of money to take great in out, eric schmidt, the attorney general moves on to become the senate nominee. >> really interesting races, thank you very much for recapping that. >>> joining us now is margaret taliban, bill kristol, the editor at large of the bulwark. great to see both of you. in terms of the election deniers, that wound, some had trump endorsement, i guess they all did. what does that mean, if the election deniers let's say in arizona, when secretary of state, and attorney general and governor and senator? >> it means that people who want the voters wishes respected in 2024 will have to vote democratic. even if they are republican. we will see how many vote democratic but it puts the governor's race in arizona right at the center of things. and it's striking, to listen to you and david, if you had said to me three weeks ago, when you talk about the election deniers, i would say that is the way it's going, if you would say to me, actually more important story perhaps at this point is what happened in a referendum in

but therehe are two eric eric schmidt and eric greitens. vicky hartzler is not nameds eric . she's also in the race.is but looking at some of these numbers in the different counties, a lot offe expertsre who know missouri really well say eric schmitt is poised to have a good night tonight. we will follow these numbers as they come in. as you mentioned, there are just a lot of interesting races, especially in arizona on the governor's side and the senate side. again, trying to take i on the incumbent, mark kelly in arizona. those numbers, even though the polls are going to close, probably not going to get them until about 11:00 p.m. easternbo time. we always want toha make sure that we have all the numbers from arizona john , right there at the big board tonight. thank you.on weck will check back in momentarily. we'll keep you updated as the results continue to pour in tonight. but first tonight, democrats are once again poised to spend a massive, huge, monumentalal amount of your money. and as of now, one senator w stands in their way. the last democrat with a backbone. in is

party and given a chance for the former governor to win, now it looks like the attorney general eric schmidtmp decided to not get involved in that race. >> bret: if either eric wins it does the former president get the w? >> this primary was such a mess and had so many personal issues in play i think that he probably played it about right by essentially staying out of it by just waiting till the last minute to give his blessing to both candidates, interesting to see how his endorsement in arizona was like mastering and other key races will play out to see the effect of the support. >> bret: i need to check if vicki huck's lawyers have middle name is eric, that's the real question, a long day for primaries around the country. >> it will certainly tell us a lot more about president trump's pole, there is a third eric henry gomez in ohio found eric mcelroy on the ballot, so we are not sure he is out of it, but what josh said is true, radioactive, and persuasively accused of domestic violence against his wife and child, plummeting in the polls and the former president plays at down the middle. h

in missouri, 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 i

eric schmidt is one of them. he's missouri attorney general.is someone that is a moderate republican, but he was also -- he is trying to gain the entorsment of former president trump, who came out the last few days here against mitch mcconnell, if the republicans were able to take back control of the senate. let's listen to a little bit about what he had to say, especially about trump's endorsement. take a listen. >> how concerned are you that trump might not endorse you? how critical is that endorsement? >> i would love to have it. but you look at the record, you have a guy in my opponent that will lose the seat. >> reporter: so there you have it, going after his opponent. his opponent is an embattled former governor of missouri, someone who resigned just 18 months after being inaugurated. he's accused of sexual and domestic abuse. but donald trump, jr., emphasis on the junior, he's supporting him. just in the last few hours, former president donald trump did post on his social media site that he was going to make a post sometime today. i shou

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 devastation in kentucky and the search for hundreds of people still missing after last week's historic flooding 37 people -- at least 37 confirme

eric eric schmidt and eric two of 21 candidates running for the nomination and squaring off for arizonaovernor, endorsed by doug doocy. the state gop senate primary and candidate kelly cooper are hammering home issues like the southern border ahead of today's pital race. >> we've had demonstration of policy at the southern border. we're quietly trying to rebrand that the way we rebrand a lot of terminology. this is what it should have been all along. >> border encounter in yuma, arizona, plugging holes in the border wall. voters in michigan will hit the poll today in the state primary. tudor dixon has hopes of going head-to-head gate gretchen whitmer. why are you the choice to represent the republican party? >> thank you for having me, i want the people of michigan to know i understand them. i come from a manufacturing background, i know how the governor has hurt small businesses and entrepreneurs, my husband and i went through covid trying to teach our kids from home and now our kids need to get back on track. we were out of school longer than any other state and our governor didn't sa

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

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now to missouri where attorney general eric schmidt beat out former governor eric brighton in a packedld of republicans to win the g.o.p. senate primary there. >> now is the time to unify in this fight against the radical progressives. they want to fundamentally change this country forever and right now... [cheers and applause] right now, we need proven conservative fighters to stop them in their tracks. >> meanwhile in washington state republican incumbent who voted to impeach trump is lacking behind perez and open congressional primary. another house republican who voted to impeach dan newhouse holding onto a lead in his washington congressional race and a solid showing on tuesday for the squad up you to congresswoman cori bush defeating a moderate challenger in st. louis and congresswoman rashida tlaib advances to the midterms after winning her primary race in detroit. in kansas, voters rejecting an amendment that would have abortion protections from the state constitution. that vote is the first referendum on abortion rights to the supreme court since they overturn roe v. wade in j

in missouri, eric schmidt won out to win the gop senate primary there. >> now is the time to unify inht against radical progressives, they want to change this country forever. and right now, right now we need proven conservative fighters to stop them in their tracks. >> in washington state republican incum bnt butler voted to impeach former president trump is lagging behind democrat pereshg z in the primary. and dan newhouse is holding on to slim lead over the democrat in his washington race. congresswoman bush defeating challenger in rashida tlaib advanced after winning in detroit. in kansas voters rejected amendment, the kansas senate vote is first referendum since supreme court overturned roe v. wade. >> carley: bring in sean duffy, former congressman, good morning, great to see you. interesting night, several trump candidates won or are in the lead, good night for the squad with bush and rashida tlaib advancing, what are your takeaways? >> sean: i didn't know you and todd were going to be stuck on an island. >> todd: that was joe concha, not me. >> sean: it was weird, we'll leave

eric schmidt says if you nominate eric grighton, you zbluz they're running a very dishonest campaign,. president trump came in last night and said eric smitd is running a very dishonest campaign. >> are you going to vote for him? he will lose the seat. he's abused his wife and kid and quit on the people of the state. >> if you don't follow missouri politics closely, he was the governor, and he resigned after implications of misconduct. they believe it's much more likely the democrats might be able to win that seat. >> absolutely. this is a race -- the republican establishment tried to win this off. you had two call for him to drop out of the race. and like mario said a minute ago, this is just the latest in a string of races where the trump-backed candidate has given democrats a really chance at holding on to the senate. hugely consequential. >> that's why we count them. going to be fun counting the votes tonight. >>> ahead for us, new details out of the white house on president biden's health as he recovers again from covid. newfound happiness and zero surprises. and all of us will s

it was eric schmidt who won and eric brighton was trailing badly . >> eric schmidt, the missouri attorneyhe was seen as a moderate republican in this race. trying to get the rights for former president trump and becoming the senate majority leader if republicans take the senate. he talks about immigration and open borders. he talks about election integrity and critical race theory. he takes up the politics of former president trump. and the embattled governor failed in his comeback . he resigned in disgrace at just 18 months after being inaugurated with allegations of sexual abuse and spousal abuse. that tells you that the republican voters did not want to back eric brighton. he did not concede. and they did not hear from him and it's interesting to see although again he is not declaring victory. in creating chaos in the last 36th hours of this race. aids said he was part of the political attention here. both saying they were endorsed by him although former president trump left it to the people of missouri. overall, when we look into november, eric schmitt is a good thing for republicans

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well, i there are two erics thee was eric greitens and eric schmidt. eric schmitt took that endorsement and look at all this yellow throughout throughout the state. lolo if you look at just dip into a couple of these counties, st.i louis county, look at thiss lead, 58% to his nearest challenger, vicky hartzler. if you justt go up here, st. charles county again. 56% and then lincoln county. 48 a percent in some of these counties is a complete blowouty . this was predicted to be very close att one point. this is not close at all for this or it's a big win for eric schmitt. on the democratic side, it is ai bit of more of a race. bush vallentine versus it we don't know yet. 56% in. but again, this seat leans r towards the republicans heading inep to this race.s if we look at another call tonight and this is the governor's t race, the primary p republican primary in michigan againri , another runaway to dio who the former president endorsedorme on friday. she really has dominated this race all across the state of michigan. she will face incumbentse governor

you also have the missouri secretary of state, eric schmidt. he is the second eric in the race.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 president trump. just maybe saying he shouldn't be breaking into the capitol. but that was not enough to say he does not want to attack her. transgender rights, crime. all of these different things are mixing in. and it's sort of making the race of the microcosm of the reality. i have to tell you one other thing, which is 24 hours ago, within the last 24 hours, former president trump was tweet

censor that exact speech and that is the suit that we have in louisiana with attorney general eric schmidte is happening is the government is basically colluded, informed, told the government which things to put up, which things to take down and which things to amplify and what they should be hiding from american people and that is just not with the first amendment was designed to allow the government to do. that is a violation. >> laura: we had to fauci just a couple of days ago saying that basically if we get another pandemic, we didn't go far enough before and that sentiment was echoed about a year ago by mercy, who is now the attorney general. watch. >> to recognize this is a challenge, they stepped up to do some things to stop misinformation at a credit them for that but it is not nearly enough because there is still a tremendous amount of misinformation circulating. >> laura: god help us if he was attorney general but that is chilling, that we needed to go further and fauci basically says the same thing. >> i mean, some of the worst misinformation that has come out from the cdc. for

way tie going into election day, that's what republican officials believe between eric greitens, eric schmidt 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, now there could

reporter: but attorney general eric schmidt tells me he does think that gritens's personal scandals aredize this seat and we don't take the senate back, in that instance if you lose missouri so the choice is very clear on the proven conservative fighter and the other folks are not. reporter: do you think that his personal scandals are a big voting issue? >> i do. i think the polls are reflecting that, and he also puts this race at risk. it's a 50/50 senate. there are no mulligans here. reporter: so stuart, it will be interesting to see which way trump goes. we now know that he is going to weigh in, and however he weighs in, it's certainly going to have some weight with republican voters here in missouri. stuart? stuart: that's true, thanks, hillary. get the results tomorrow. president trump will deliver the keynote address at the big conservative conference at cpac later this week. it looks like he's beginning his campaign, but the rnc republican national committee says if he announces before november, they will no longer cover his legal expenses. lara trump is with me now. lara, will t

the first eric is eric schmidt. he's the embattled -- i'm sorry.i attorney jen general he was a moderate republican. but he's more conservative and someone who has come out who said he would not support senator mitch mcconnell if he were to win and the republicans were to win back the senate. that's the first eric. then you have eric gregans. he resigned. he's accused of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, as well as, i'm being told, alienated from the republican party. the endorsement in talking to people sounds like it might go to the second eric, the one who's embattled. there's also vicky hartzler. we know she's not going to get it. donald trump said he's not going to endorse her. he said she doesn't have what it takes to be the next senator from missouri. we'll play for folks some sounds of what voters have been telling us. take a listen to what one woman said here in washington, missouri >> i've been watching the advertisements and i'm on my social media and they're all a hot mess. i think they need to find someone with more integrity. >> what do y

it is eric schmidt the state attorney general, republicans breathing a big sigh of relief today. scandal plagued former governor was on the ballot as well. they believed if greitens had won perhaps democrats could win back the senate seat. a trump candidate also winning the republican nomination for senate in arizona. blake masters is an election denier. you're going to hear a lot about arizona and election denying as we go forward. blake masters is the senate candidate against the democratic incumbent, mark kelly. and in the governor emphasis r race kari lake, she has the lead. the person who counts the votes is an election denier, and the candidate for denier leading right now also says the election was stolen from donald trump in 2020, and get this she says if somehow this changes, there's cheating. >> we won today 7 out of 10 election made votes. do you know that? that is massive. and those votes are not counted yet. there is no path to victory for my opponent, and we won this race. >> our great reporters are back with us. i want to start with you, mr. chalian, on this one. g

. >> but attorney general eric schmidt telling me that it's clear that trump endorsed him. >> were you off the phone with president trump. you look at the context of that endorsement, someone taking on border secure, the radical left agenda in our schools, that's me. >> there's a competitive senate primary happening today in missouri. philanthropist trudy bush valentine of anheuser busch family is facing off against lu can koonce. they're both running for a shot to take on whoever wins the republican primary in november to try to flip the seat for democrats. charles? . >> charles: thanks, hillary. democrats could lose 30 seats in november because of soaring inflation. it's a dangerous territory for democrats. joining me to help break it down, former clinton adviser, mark penn and lee carter. lee, to you first. >> it looks bad. i mean, when you look at it in that context, you think about where people are right now, people are not optimistic. 90% of americans right now feel like things have gotten worst the last few months. that said, you look at that and then you look at the generic pol

there is eric schmidt, missouri 's governor for senate, the secretary of state for indiana, and doug mastriano from pennsylvania, was allen for secretary state now yeah. adam laxalt, for nevada, and jim marchant, nevada's republican nominee for secretary of state. all election deniers. they do not believe in liberal democracy. until today, in 2022. it was the republican playbook here to give the victor playbook, and to give what they want. even continuing to call it fascism. jason stanley, a professor of philosophy on how fascism works, the politics of austin them. kimberly crenshaw, a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, and the law. she is the founder of critical race theory, in fact, and the distinguished professor of law of the ucla in columbia university. they both join me now. jason, let's start with you, and let's cut to it. was it fascism on display at cpac? was that a fascist and that american conservatives were embracing, and applauding? >> first of all, we need to remember, just because there is not mass murder happening, at the moment, does

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seat here, and of course, he was talking about one of the two erics, eric greitens or attorney eric schmidtuld 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 soldiers in th

>> reporter: number one, crowded republican -- eric schmidt is the attorney general. erics are on the president trump side. this is 2022, a republican. we should not be talking about the missouri race. in a 50-50 senate, democrats do believe it's possible that eric wins this nomination, they have a shot at this seat. if they have a shot in this mid term election, that would be a gift. >> as you point out, not something we should be talking about. when you are testing this litmus test, how much cancer is in the bloodstream, we are. john king, thank you very much. as we await the polls closing in under half an hour in missouri. >>> january 6th text messages of key trump officials wiped? also those lost from the area. we're on the ground tonight again in kentucky. 9 out of 10 couples prefer a different mattress firmness. the sleep number 360 smart bed senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per night. save $500 on the sleep number 360 c4 smart b, queen now only $1299. lowest price e

running against each other fighting over the same senate seat but missouri's attorney general eric schmidtimately clinched the nomination for senate, defeating his rival former governor eric greatens whose personal scandals he argued would cause republicans to lose a seat in november. would cause the republican majority in jeopardy. schmidt made clear the general election campaign has already started. >> tonight's victory is a validation of our message. my message isn't going to change in the fall because those aren't just republican values, they're missouri values. reporter: schmidt fill face off against bush valentine teen. she is the heiress to the anheuser busch fortune, forbes ranks 16th largest family fortune in america. telling a crowd of supporters i will approach politics and nursing and my life. i treat everyone with compassion, and respect and integrity. i will put differences aside to embrace what unites us. schmidt made a point to set himself apart from his new opponent. >> my dad, who started as a butcher, later worked seven days a week in the midnight shift at anheuser busch

in other primary election news, missouri attorney general eric schmidt has won missouri's republican senate primary, defeating a crowded field including missouri's disgraced former governor eric greitens. in michigan, republican congressmember peter meijer, who voted to impeach trump last year, has lost to john gibbs who was backed by trump and has claimed trump's loss in the 2020 election was "mathematically impossible." the democratic congressional campaign committee spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads to help elevate gibbs' message as part of what some see as a risky strategy of aiding far right candidates who might be more vulnerable in the november general election. in other election news from michigan, democratic congressmember haley stevens has defeated fellow democrat incumbent andy levin in the newly redrawn 11th congressional district. aipac, the american israel public affairs committee, spent over $3 million to defeat levin, a progressive pro-labor politician who used to serve as president of his synagogue. meanwhile, two members of the squad, rashida tlaib in mic

it was eric schmidt. knew greitens couldn't win so he endorsed the irices, and for my opinion he gets a half win endorsement for that race. >> i know you were up late and up early and you still got it. >> you're bringing it, that's what i love about harry. all right, charlie dent back with us. also join using karen finny. we missed you in that earlier segment. i was hoping we could have had you as part of that earlier conversation. but plowing ahead let's talk about what happened last night. i do want to start with charlie dent because of what happened in arizona, and you just heard all these election deniers won their gop primaries. what's your reaction to the fact that trump still has this grip over the party? >> well, it appears that trump is going to go four for four in arizona in those four statewide races. so what he's done is he certainly has control of the arizona gop. the real question is how do these candidates to in the fall? i mean winning a nomination is one thing, winning an election is quit

eric schmidt getting 46% of the vote. e other eric did not go anywhere close. >> in third. >> in third. >> thanks for breaking it down. >>> let's talk about this with republican strategist and cnn political commentator alice stewart and ayesha mills the democratic candidate for congress in new york's 18th district. let's zero in on kansas and this is a place where voters rejected by ballot -- and this is really the first test we have seen of this -- there was -- they said no to eliminating protections for abortion and it was resounding. alice, i'm curious what you think the take away for republicans is on that and what's really become an enclave for people to get abortions in the plains? >> it's -- we need to really step up the game. if we really want to protect life and protect the unborn, we cannot take for granted that the successes we have had in the past with regard to getting republicans out to support the life issue as well as supreme court justice nominees. we need to really redouble our efforts. look, i know that

well, one of the erics won, cnn projecting that eric schmidt will win the gop senate primary defeating eric greitens. and in michigan cnn projecting tutor dixon has won the republican primary for governor. dixon an election denier who received a late endorsement from trump will face gretchen whitmer in november. and peter meyer one of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump has been defeated. cnn projects he will lose his primary in michigan's second district to trump endorsed challenger john gibbs after democrats meddled in his primary. >>> in arizona where election deniers are all over the ballot kari lake is leading karen taylor robson in the gop primary for governor. robson was endorsed by mike pence while lake was backed by trump and she is all in on the big lie. cnn has not called that race. >>> also in arizona cnn is projecting that regular seasoner bowers who testified before the january 6th committee will lose his primary to david farnsworth. bowers refused to participate in trump's effort to overturn arizona's 2020 election. let's bring in abby phillip anchor of

so you have eric schmidt who is the missouri attorney general. he is someone seen as somewhat of a moderate even though he was trying to sue to stop mask mandates to go into effect in the height of covid. he's attacked right to try and get the support of former president trump. 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 t

and we seem to projects that missouri eric schmidt has won the republican nomination for senate, defeating the former governor eric greitens. and in washington state, the votes is still too early to call for tua publicans running for election who both voted to impeach donald trump. congresswoman jerry her rather butler's leading right now against trump endorsed candidate joe can't. and congressman -- dan newhouse is leading a tremendous candidate, lauren colp. steve kornacki with us all night, let's go over to the big board and see what's going on right now. i say you've chosen to talk about arizona first. tell us what you are looking at. >> a bit of a potential surprise here in arizona, kerry lake, the republican backed by donald trump, former newscaster up there in arizona, had let in the polling in this race, and i think came in today as the favorite. you can see we got a lot of the vote, this is what happens in arizona, was more than an hour ago that we had no vote, now we got about 60% of the vote and. karrin taylor robson actually with a lead here of eight and a half points over kari