morrisey watching results tonight in kearney's bill while congressman evan jenkins is down in barboursvillember he was the front runner and the fox news poll released two weeks ago tonight. jenkins told us today is a little bit of nervousness but that he's put a lot into an aggressive campaign and he's looking forward to the results here in charleston. blankenship, whose probation ends at midnight is set to watch the results with about 100 family and friends and we are told that soon they are all going to be handed red and white hats with a message to the senate majority leader. they will say ditch match. martha. >> martha: we heard a lot of that. thank you very much. let's go over to the democratic senate primary in ohio where fox news correspondent ellison barber is live at the headquarters in cleveland. hi, allison. >> there has been of course a lot of concern in places like west virginia among republicans concerned that perhaps one candidate might be too far right and perhaps they won't be very electable, the general election. to some degree that exact same concern exists here in the oh

he said support evan jenkins. honored to have the president's support and endorsement yesterday. we feel so much energy in our campaign. yes, my opponents seem to be spending their last days of this campaign bickering at one another. we have an optimistic look about the future and a strong relationship with president trump. we're working each and every day and have a brighter future in west virginia and we'll win today on election day. >> julie: we wish you good luck. the president's urging against blankenship helps you but also another contender in this race, attorney general patrick morrissey. you are both republican rivals in a state the president won in 2016. if you will, compare yourself to morrissey. >> well, there is a huge difference. patrick morrissey and sorry to spend this last day talking about my opponent but you asked. he was 18 years as a hill lobbyist, big pharma, made millions. we have a drug crisis in west virginia. we don't need a d.c. lobbyist that made millions of dollars peddling pills in our

front runner congressman evan jenkins. >> the only one up there in washington actually working with themo drain the swamp. >> the attorney general. >> the only clear conservative choice in the space. >> and don blankenship a year in jail over a deadly coal mining accident. >> they think they can be mean, but they have not yet. >> they battle it out on policy and politics. as west virginia takes center stage. >> in the first of our series of debates across the country, leading up to the midterms. >> it all starts right now on america's election headquarters. ♪ >> bret: welcome to the metropolitan theatre here in morgantown, west virginia, and the kickoff of the 2018 midterm primary debate. good evening, i am a bret baier. >> martha: i am martha maccallum, you will hear from the candidates taking on joe manchin in november. president trump won here in 2016, and republicans believe that this seat may be ripe for the taking. >> bret: we will meet the candidates, first we have evan jenkins, representing the third district of west virginia. then west virginia attorney general patrick morrisey,

but a lot of negatives on evan jenkins. it's had an affect of perception on him. you're seeing the democrats, both washington, d.c. and this figure of booth goodwin, a former u.s. attorney, really getting themselves involves in the primaries. so we're still seeing how that's going to play out. >> before we let you go to your primary day stories, any other congressional primaries we should be watching here as we look in on west virginia? >> right, evan jenkins vacated the seat, so that's probably west virginia's most competitive seat. there are -- i have lost track of how many people are in the primary in both the republicans and democratic side. you have a lot of interesting names and dynamic downs there. you have the leading democrat is a real populist. he voted for donald trump in 2016. he's caused a lot of polarization in the state. meanwhile, the three or four really well known political figures fighting on the republican side, we're seeing who is going to make their way out of there. >> we appreciate your time. thanks so much. >> thanks. >> crissy thompson jo

seeing more people from the president of the united states down. >> this is your other opponent, evan jenkins talking about why you are turning your ire against don blankenship. it was mostly jenkins versus morrissey and blankenship on the side. he's risen in the polls >> patrick morrissey is desperate. he's taking shots at don blankenship. he's been all over the board. it's a clear indication his campaign is on life support. the poll suggest he's in a distant third. patrick morrissey is desperate. he's trying to attack anybody. >> you want to respond to that? >> sure, i think it's pretty straightforward. voters know about evan jenkins liberal record. right now, blankenship and i are close race. i think it's important to educate people. but the most critical thing with 24 hours to go, people should know, i have the strong conservative record endorsed by conservatives west virginia for life. second amendment groups. people are motivated to get out to the poll and ensure that a proven conservative win against a liberal and convicted criminal. >> we'll see. you got 24 hours left. there's polls a

. >> democrats are spending the most, hundreds of thousands to try to stop congressman evan jenkins. he believes he could stop democrats from undermining the trump administration. >> chuck schumer, nancy pelosi want to impeach president trump. they know i can stand in their way. tim only one that can defeat joe manchin. >> all the republican candidates want to appear closest to the president. so expect to hear boasting about what they have done to help the administration tonight. melis melissa? >> quite a race. this could give us a hint about what to expect tonight. >> evan jenkins is a career liberal democrat supporting nancy pelosi, john kerry, rallying for hillary clinton. >> i'm the only one that has president trump's back. been with him from day one. has actually a proven conservative voting record, 100% pro life, 100% with the nra. >> the big issue is jobs. i'm the guy that created a lot of jobs in west virginia. neither of my candidates or opponents did, i should say. so i'm better positioned to help with jobs. >> david devona is chairman of go pack. give me your thoughts. >>

him and sent him to jail has spent several million dollars attacking not don blankenship, but evan jenkins and patrick morrissey, because they fear jenkins and perhaps patrick morrissey, but jenkins can beat manchin in the fall, now he is spending money to put himself in the lead. >> the other is a split, they can split the vote giving blankenship this win, but then it comes down to g.o.p. leadership. why are we in this position? this is what a lot of people are asking. we know what we have to accomplish. there has to be some kind of coalescing in making this not happen in this fashion, and this is why we look funny at the g.o.p. establishment that once again they should be something that should be a fighting fight by a strong republican end against manchin could win. we are not even there. that's why we have some questions about the g.o.p. >> i could not agree with you more, that's why i personally stepped up and contributed to the jenkins campaign, because i felt that he was the best candidate, but you know, i'm not a west virginian, but i believe that west virginia is a great opportunit

evan jenkins has been in congress throughout 2011.think don blankenship is trying to take on the drain the "i am a victim of the war on coal," and really jenkins andcob patrick morrisey as the swamp, if you will. host: president trump tweeting "remember alabama" in the primary. an effort byn patrick morrisey had evan jenkins to cease-fire on each other and turn on don blankenship? guest: no, that has been one of parts isinteresting that evan jenkins and patrick morrisey go at it and add it in all of these debates. they're constantly going after one another, and it was not until this week when people started talking about don blankenship's time in federal prison, which you would think would be the most talked about part of the race. just yesterday, we asked evan jenkins, do you maybe regret turning so much fire against patrick morrisey and perhaps leaving a door open for don blankenship, and even the question did not get a straight answer there seems to be a calculus that they are both valuable, not from don blankenship, but that strat

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evan jenkins, congressman, ex-democrat. finally state attorney general, his name is patrick morrissey. he is a ex-native of new jersey. i don't know which is worse but the republican voters will have to choose today. talk to morrissey today, i tell you, whoever wins, trish, it will be hard to unify the party in this state. morrissey responding to blankenship earlier in the day says, if morrissey won, blankenship said i won't endorse him. then i talked to morrissey who said, blankenship is unqualified and he wouldn't commit to endorsing him either. the third guy in the race, evan jenkins from the southern part of the state. he switched parties from democrat to republican. that is not uncommon in this state. beautiful day for a primary. turnout could be high as you expect. that is pre-sent number 7 here in martinsburg, we'll be here all night. trish: see you there. i will not actually be there there. i will be on set talking to my friend neil cavuto leading coverage tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. make sure you tune in to us.

reporter: another picture, evan jenkins don't leave him out, third person in this race, congressman fromrt of the state. point out before we get away, john thune, senator from south dakota saying today, let's pray it doesn't happen a blankenship victory. thom tillis, senator from north carolina, saying woe spontoon blankenship should he win. we'll be here all right. melissa: no shortage of excitement, jeff flock. thank you. david: adam shapiro is in ohio another exciting state. adam. reporter: i'm in columbus, ohio, part of this area is the 12th congressional district. it is an intense battle between 18 different people, democrats, republicans all trying to win their party's nomination to be so to speak the person who gets to run in a special election to fill patti berry's seat who left congress. he endorsed the troy bolden, the state senator from zanesville. one of the people challenging mr. baller son is melody lang a.m. i am a constitutional conservative. i'm a christian conservative. i'm a trump conservative. who is more trumpian is playing out in other races. look what is happening

representative evan jenkins and former coal baron don blankenship.nkenship had served a year in prison after 29 miners died in the 2010 upper big branch mine disaster. he faced intense criticism after releasing an ad attacking senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and his "china family." patrick morrissey will now face the conservative democratic senator joe manchin in november. in ohio, richard cordray defeated former congressmember dennis kucinich in the state's democratic primary for governor. cordray served as the first director of the consumer financial protection bureau. he will now face mike dewine in november to determine who will replace outgoing ohio governor john kasich. amy:y: in indiana, vice presidet mike pence's brother, greg pence, won the republican primary for a congressional seat in eastern indiana. it was once, welcome to vice president pence's. female candidates were also big winners on tuesday. according to politico, there were 20 open democratic house primaries with women on the ballot and voters selected a female nominee in 1

evan jenkins and patrick morrisey were killing each other savagely and they just left don blankenship with a wide lane to go out there and be droll, observant, be interesting and not the monster that they said he was going to be. i think in a lot of ways he reminded me of trump's performances in the 2016 republican primary debates where he would lay back a little bit and hit him with the one liners. i think it worked for him. >> melissa: enough that he came out on top after the debate? >> well, the question here is how soft is morrisey's potential support? i don't know if there is enough slack in there for him to come out ahead of jenkins? but you probably say i'm the front runner and backed by the broad establishment and i have the resources. i have the poll -- pole position. all he needs is for it to be cut in half between blankenship and morrisey. if that happens jenkins gets through. >> melissa: you know the state so well and you know the people. who do you think of the three is the best to unseat joe manchin? >> you know i'd be lying if i told you i knew and any of them who say t

evan jenkins will join us live in the next hour.dent trump honoring the heroic crew of the deadly southwest flight at the white house. paying special district to captain tamm tammie jo shults te former navy pilot who made that landing. >> commander schultz i want to commend you for life-saving actions. everybody is talking about it they are still talking about it. they will be talking about it for a long time. the actions of the crew and passengers of flight 1380 show the great character of our nation. we're very, very proud of them, and god bless you all. jillian: the president also honoring jennifer riordan the mother of two who lost her life after nearly being sucked out of a window when an engine exploded. those are your headlines back to you. steve: a busy day in washington. brian: there were three key members of the obama administration and our next guest says they are doing putin's dirty work. really? dr. sebastian gorka on how they are helping russia undeunderunder mine us. >> never take your eye off the ball. >> what are yo

congressman evan jenkins at 30. we're not sure of the leader yet.sed on the analysis that don blankenship is going to run third. meaning a nightmare scenario for the republican establishment is over. president trump certain to take some credit for this tomorrow. remember, he tweeted on election eve, republicans don't vote for don blankenship. if he wins the nomination we will lose this seat in november. it is a held by joe manchin. it is considered one of the most promising target for republicans in an otherwise difficult year. we played that ad. he was viewed as a race baiter, he attacked the republican establishment. ewas a disaster the deaths at the massey coal mine that all the republicans assumed would be used against him in the fall. he also told cnn tonight if he runs third, he will not follow through on a threat to perhaps run as a write-in candidate. it appears that don blankenship's political career, at least in this cycle is over, anderson. we'll continue to count the votes to see who the winner is. ask republicans who they favor of these

that is including somebody like evan jenkins who is one of these candidates. joshuaier wrote that trump is the driving force behind the success of the party-switchers. it is easy to imagine them as a flip flopper but with trump in office they are more likely to overlook the candidate's partisan history. is that your take on it? >> i will say and i don't want to be corrected by the dean, the foremost political journalist in west virginia, my great distinction to be on television with but west virginia has had party switching long before donald trump hosted "celebrity apprentice." party-switching in west virginia and back and forth. the current governor of west virginia started as a democrat. you can go back and time and memorial. the lines get murray. west virginians care if you are true to them and be for west vas. jenkins' bigger exposure maybe than the party-switcher is are you too swampy and are you independent-minded enough? are you going to be able to do for the 35th state what other people won't? that becomes the toughest question for him in a state that

. >> desjardins: the top two candidates in past polls, ngressman evan jenkins and attorney general patrickrisey, are fighting off a headline-grabbing insurgent. >> former coal executive don blankenship was sentenced today to a year in federal prison. >> desjardins: sentenced for conspiring to violate mining safety laws, blankenship wasle ed from prison last may. >> i think that they like somebody who'll keep fightingev when they're the underdog. >> desjardins: the once-feared c.e.o. now presents himself as a gentle listener-- an outsider who wants to rattle congress. >> you can't change washington, or change the culture of a company or anything without controversy. >> desjardins: but he is also one of the most hated men in the state. in 2010, 29 miners died in an o explosion at ohis mines, upper big branch, or u.b.b. federal investigators concluded blankenship's compy, massey energy, was reckless at the mine. he was convicted of general conspiracy. blankens innocent and blames the actions of federal mining inspectors for the explosion. i was at u.b.b. and i talked to the miners in that min

i thank congressman evan jenkins for introducing this bill. i urge all my colleagues to join me in supporting it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. walz: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i, too, again rise in support of the designating the v.a. medical center in huntington, "woody" es hershel williams v.a. medical center. you'll hear more from the gentleman from west virginia. it's once again proving the point that these are not exercises in few tillity. this is how america honors and remembers. our children need to know who these people were when their name shows up on the v.a. medical center. on this one i think the gentleman from west virginia nows this, but we were discussing this over here, all of us in minnesota got to know who he was last february when the world was watching f some of us remember the moment, when people said, who is discussing this over that marin who walked out and tossed the coin at the super bowl, it was this gentleman. i remember the sense of p

s tweeting despicable that evan jenkins, photoshop my photo and substituted it with hillary who i alwaysy opposed. callout jenkins for his lying and dishonesty, where's the accountability of this liar tries to deceive voters. jenkins has no regrets about the edited picture. >> the picture speaks volumes of what patrick morrissey was. >> reporter: he is accumulated out of town endorsements from editors of the "national review," sen. ted cruz and sen. rand paul who will join morrissey on the trail. the mountain families acted spent $1.3 million on ads against republican don blankenship who is still on probation after a year in jail for misdemeanor conviction tied to the upper big branch mine explosion that killed 29. >> probably moves me up a little bit because i don't think mitch mcconnell realizes how anti-him and anti-the establishment with virginians are. >> reporter: blankenship is trying to offset the 7 figures republicans are spending against him by spending 7 figures of his own money on the primary and if he does make it out of the primary blankenship says the hardest part about ea

congressman evan jenkins and patrick morrissey and businessman don blankenship battling over credentialsore aligned with donald trump? >> i'm the only one with a conservative record of results. we have gone after washington harder than these guys ever could. >> conservatives don't take campaign contributions from planned parenthood. >> who is going to be the senate to support the donald trump agenda? >> i'm the only candidate on the stage who voted for donald trump at the collection and electoral college. >> the 3 republicans said to square off in tuesday's primary vowing to unseat joe mention in november. there is a new bird in the nest. apparent bald eagles in washington dc, a new see glitch. dc 6 is the sixth offspring, the birth, live streamed on the dc eagle camp, dc 7 is expected to hatch sometime this week. are we going to give that a new name? it is 20 minutes until the top of the hour the first casualty of the media outlet just announced is done with the annual white house correspondence dinner. new controversy for the school that took down the american flag after donald trump w

in west virginia, patrick morrissey topping don blankenship and congressman evan jenkins. >> we all sharevative values and goals. all those democrats and independents out there as well. i will work just as hard to represent you. you will have a senator that works for all west virginia. >> morrissey squares off against joe manchin. mike brown got the gop not over two sitting congressman and jim renacci against mike gibbons in ohio. >> all of us in this room believe free enterprise, hard work and all the values that are important to us in the long run are what is most important. >> make ohio first again and make america great again. >> he goes on to face sherrod brown. joe donnelly in north carolina, robert kittinger voted in the primary, mark harris getting the nod. he will take on dan mccready in the senate, up for grabs, the most vulnerable republicans hold 51-49 edge. rob: a busy day, thanks. a massive bill to reform the va is closer to the pres.'s desk, the mission act passing the house veterans affairs committee with a 20-to vote. the number of vets eligible to seek private healthcare

. >> one of the two, yes, i probably would very i talked to evan jenkins and interest swriewd him i mightt him. but patrick morrissey would be a rebranding of the west virginia values so i would not support him. >> i'm trying to win this race and we'll keep working hard until the final bell rings. we are trying to get the turnout. support morrissey because otherwise blankenship might get the nomination and that would mean sure-fire loss. if you are thinking about voting for another candidate, know that the race is down to two people. please goat out to the polls and help out. reporter: president trump said the same sort of stuff. afraid of a repeat of the situation in alabama. this fella blankenship might make roy moore look like abe lincoln. charles: obviously blankenship comes with a lot of baggage. but he is certainly the bona fide outsider. and the republican national committee is not choosing sides, but we are seeing money from top-level republicans going town the race to support the other candidates. the democrats would pick this up and say this is the national poster child for the

the amount of anger, the amount of real hostility you saw between evan jenkins and patrick morrissey tonight, it was really intense, wash your mouth out with soap, nasty, calling each other i lie are giving don blankenship and gave him the opportunity, reminded me of trump and the presidential primary debates. i will let politicians rip each other to shreds and i will throw in a couple 1-liners here but it worked very well tonight. >> we lot of potential candidates not wanting to be too tightly aligned with donald trump. i heard a lot tonight of trying to out maggot each other. is that a winning formula? >> maggot times 3000. in this republican primary the electorate has 87% favorable rating for donald trump. that tells you there is no problem for associating yourself and in the general election a lot of democrats in west virginia voted for donald trump. he was a democrat, embraced a lot of policy democrats traditionally did and that is what blankenship is saying, i'm an outsider, not a typical politician and that is what i want to do, that makes it hard for jenkins but if there is a

rob: fox news live in west virginia where the republican primary debate became a sparring match, evan jenkinse atty. gen. patrick dorsey and don blankenship battling over credentials and who is more aligned with donald trump. >> the only one with conservative record of results, we went after washington harder than these guys could. >> they take campaign contributions from planned parenthood. >> who will be the senate to support the donald trump agenda? >> really candidates on stage who not only voted for donald trump at the convention in the electoral college. >> 5 moments of this said to square off in the primary to unseat democrat joe manchin. >> campaign controversy brewing down south, brian kemp under fire for holding a shotgun. >> i am brian kemp. this is jake. jake asked why i was running for governor. kim jong un she joined us earlier defend to get. >> they love that. shows love for my girls and family and my appreciation and strong support for the second amendment. >> candidate campaigning to replace governor nathan deal. >> the army making big moves to make self driving vehicles. jil

they are very much hoping evan jenkins or patrick morrissey will win that race because they believe oneo would be a strong candidate to take on joe manchin in the fall. in indiana, you have a three-way primary, very competitive and bitter between two republican congressman and a former state representative running as an outsider, businessman. they are running under who is the trumpiest. david: what is the nature of the primaries? is there a danger that you could wind up with a vulnerable candidate in the general? >> very much so in west virginia. that is what republicans are trying to avoid. republican operatives believe it becomes less competitive for them with don blankenship wins. joe manchin is one of the more vulnerable democratic candidates on the ballot because west virginia has been tending more conservative recently. joe donnelly also faces a primary, likely to coast to nomination. he is a top target for republicans. democrats have the windows or their back, but geography does not favor them. the president seems to have learned his lesson from past elections. this is a tweet fr

of west virginia are going to back it even though president trump is supporting representative evan jenkinsjust to be clear. >> well, i think it's going to be an interesting election we will all see. one thing we have to remember in the so-called blue wave people talk about, a lot of this has to do with special elections. when you look at the studies used on the past, 80% are incumbents this year and that is what i think we're really looking at. being based on special elections, they are actually regular incumbency is. overall, the gop will be fine. i do think there would be little riffraff but overall down. at the end of the day, president -- cheryl: we've got until november. go ahead, sorry. >> president trump has results good look at taxes, for example. people seem more money in their pockets. the first $24,000 per year in korean is tax-free. people are receiving more income for the advocate interview such as the young lady a few nights ago practically in tears saying how the mechanics of $300 a month because of tax breaks. cheryl: that's what i'm saying is blankenship is grabbing onto t

they are the current west virginia congressman evan jenkins, and the state attorney general, patrick former cole barron, don blankenship. he is the reason for all the attention. he recently got out of prison after conspiring to violate mine safety laws. an explosion a few years ago in one of his mines killed 29 men. still, blankenship is well-run dominic -- well-known. now he's spending even more on ads in this primary election, more than $100 million of his own money. republicans have done the research and they are concerned that if blankenship wins a primary, he has very little chance of defeating joe manson in the fight. that would be devastating for republicans who want to maintain control. so tonight, a debate on a national stage on fox news channel come one week before west virginia's republicans go to the polls. the stakes are very high. peter doocy is live with the debate side in morgantown. >> before, there is a lot of attention outside of west virginia on tonight's debate. for the last couple of weeks, money for attack ads have been having the biggest impact in terms of nat

republicans will choose between congressman evan jenkins, state attorney general patrick moresi and danip who served a year in prison for his involvement in a mining collapse. >> the six leading candidates for california senate will debate this afternoon. based on independent statewide polls, the debate will include, alice, cox, newsom and antonio villarosa. we will have more on this debate later in our newscast. >>> wal-mart will start restricting opioids. wal-mart and sam club pharmacies are set to limit customer prescriptions to a seven day supply. these new rules align with the cdcs prevention guideline. wal-mart will follow state law for those who require opioid prescriptions to be filled for under seven days. according to the cdc, some 115 americans die every day from an opioid overdoze. >> a bill to limit how much opioid medication doctors can prescribe to children has cleared a big hurdle. the state assembly unanimously worked to prescribe opioids. there's a longer prescription that is necessary the bill now goes to the state senate. >>> children who live in the capital of afgha

patrick morrissey topping don blankenship and evan jenkins. >> we all share the same conservative values goals. all those democrats and independents out there as well, i will work as hard to represent you. you will have a senator that works for all west virginia. jillian: morrissey squares off against joe manchin. mike braun got the gop not over two congressman, and jim renacci over mike gibbons in ohio. >> all of us in this room believe free enterprise, hard work and all the values that are important to us in the long run are what is most important. >> make ohio first again and make america great again. thank you all. >> he goes on to face sherrod brown. robert pinter voted out in the primary, mike harris getting the nod. he will take on democrat dan mccready. senate seats up for grabs, the most valuable and vulnerable, 51-49 edge. rob: donald trump will meet with military moms and spouses in honor of mother's day. mary next operations on the east wing of the white house, less your's event featured the army chorus and marine band. rob: sunday is mother's day. rob: we should probably pla

okay with evan jenkins, the congressman, but if morrisey ends up winning, i believe he's the state a.gblem, get messy. where that goes from here? i have no idea. kennedy is with us, noelle nikpour, finally pollster genius, they're all geniuses, by the way, lee, that will be an interesting development if he's not conceding, he would have won in that event, but everyone is wondering what is this guy going to do? >> it's a terrible thing. we don't want a repeat of what happened in alabama. but start acting like grown-ups people, you win, you lose, you act with grace, you're a gentleman. neil: they had the sore loser law there. >> they can't. neil: that's can't demand people write you in, but he doesn't have enough support to warrant that? >> know when to know them and know when to fold them. neil: let me write that down. [laughter] >> it's a nasty candidate. i don't think anyone really is anheu look at your pros cons as an individual, you have to ask yourself, i've been in prison, maybe this is not going to work out for me. i think you need to evaluate yourself as a candidate, and obvious

that's evan jenkins, congressman evan jenkins is running as well for the senate nomination to democrat joe manchin this fall. evan jenkins, former state delegate ormer state and an attorney as well. william is next in open phones walcott, new york. an independent. go ahead. > i just wanted to say when we vote a president in, he's elected, the other party should enough to back that person to get them -- get things done. you know, that we can make america great and we're going wants to admit that. know, we owe a fortune. it's about time we start back with a president that wants to on, e things that he runs you know, back the things that he runs on. he wants to accomplish them. them accomplish that to make america great again. ost: i take it you're a supporter of president trump? caller: i like what i see. know, he's did some things that -- with the women and stuff, you know, what's that do with making america great? let's take and get the problems fixed that needs to be fixed, you know. let's back him and get things done. that with whatever the president is, democrat or republican, we ne

patrick morrisey topping former coal executive don blankenship and congressman evan jenkins.messer. and renacci beat mike gibbons in the ohio primary. in the house races sitting congressman robert pittenger voted out in the primary. it was mark harris getting the nod there a federal prosecutor will now investigate the former new york attorney general accused of abusing women. eric sneiderman resigned hours after four women came forward in a new yorker report claiming he assaulted them. the democrat has been a vocal supporter of the me too movement. he denies the allegations. jerusalem now thanking president trump for recognizing it as the capital of israel. square near the new u.s. embassy will be named the united states square in honor of president trump. ivanka trump and husband jared kushner will attend next week's embassy opening as part of a white house delegates. that's a look at your headlines. back to you. ainsley: pastor jeffress is going to give the invocation or the prayer. pete: see street signs come up it gets real. steve: something else the president promised wh

blankenship will share the stage with evan jenkins who is doing himself to establish himself as the deepestction to president trump. he said he's been there for trump when the attorney general, patrick morrisey wasn't. >> patrick morrisey's record is despicable. he's not being honest. he was a never trumper. >> but morrisey disputes that charge and working hard to remind primary voters that jenkins, the frontrunner according to a fox news poll was once a democrat. >> i voted for him at the convention. i did ads comparing myself with him in the 2016 campaign. this is a desperate campaign. his liberal background is being exposed. >> more than 31,000 ballots have already been cast. this is an effort to convince everybody that hasn't voted that they have the most compelling case to challenge joe manchin in the fuel. julie? >> julie: so is the mcconnell office asking about his new office? cocaine mitch? really? >> the senate office for mcconnell is not commenting. >> julie: i mean, if you're going call names, come up with something better than that. that's pathetic. thanks, peter. you can catch

the amount of anger, the amount of real hostility that you saw between evan jenkins and patrick morissey tonight was uncomfortable. that gave blankenship the opportunity to stand back. i'll just stand down here and drop in a couple of one-liners here and there. and i think it worked well for him tonight. >> in a lot of states we see potential candidates backing off and not wanting to be too tighttight ly aligned with president trump. i heard a lot tonight of trying to out-maga each other. >> there is no problem for associating yourself. and also in the general election, remember a lot of democrats in west virginia voted for donald trump. that's what blankenship is trying to tap into. i'm an outsider. i'm not a typical politician. that makes it hard for jenkins. if there's a net loser tonight, it's morissey. he needed blankenship to go down. he didn't get that tonight. he was focused on jenkins, but he really should have been focused on blankenship. >> can we take a look at the power rankings map? can you walk us through what's at stake? >> we've got chose seven states that you see right

congressman evan jenkins was a runner-up for west virginia, and congressman luca metzler and todd were killed were casualties in indiana where a lesser-known businessman, micron, will challenge incumbent senator joe connelly with a campaign modeled on president trump's. >> when i sign. i feel back in 16, i thought, maybe we can get more of us in the senate. >> a trump like congress was helping the only g.o.p. house member to advance and he now faces democratic senator sherrod brown. >> make ohio first again and make america great ahead. >> richard cordray, and a favorite of senator elizabeth warren easily beat dennis kucinich for a chance to succeed john kasich. >> you demanded a change and we heard you, we want the same. speak out with the exception of california's upcoming primary where dianne feinstein failed to secure her party's endorsement in an aggressive challenge from state senator kevin de leon, the field is mostly set, so they are preserving resources to base a roster of republicans still being filled in. >> every candidate that we wanted, one. >> republican candidates had b

congressman evan jenkins is elated. >> we're excited that president trump gave us a shout out this morning. we feel really good. >> attorney general patrick morrisey trying to do something to diminish don blankenship. he's calling his probation office tore say he has not filed a financial disclosure. >> my campaign will be informing his probation officer in nevada about this issue to determine if this refusal to comply with federal law violates the terms of his supervised release. >> and because we interrupted the press conference in this small room, i'll ask you. your opponent, attorney general morrisey is having to have you arrested or disqualified. what do you think about that? >> well, he's an attorney that doesn't know what he's doing. >> are you worried? did you take to your probation officer? >> i did. he said it's a civil matter and he doesn't deal with misdemeanors let alone civil matters. >> there you have it. neil? >> neil: thanks, peter. i'm curious. there were those that said that he would be entertaining a third party run as a possibility and disputes as to whether he can the

state attorney general patrick morrissey will beat congressman evan jenkins and former coal executiveon blankenship who comes in a distant third. we have 71% of the vote and he's barely below 20%. obviously this is a victory for president trump, and he called to block voting for don blankenship. he said do not vote for him, he can't be the other candidates. patrick morris was known as the most conservative race, but patrick morrissey is the one who emerges a winner in this west virginia race this evening. >> we are out of time for sarah and victoria, and i apologize. when we come back, we have our video of the day. nancy pelosi and a scary preview of what it would be like if she one in the midterm. -- one won in the midterm. and the safey for "most parallel parallel parking job" goes to... [ drum roll ] ...emily lapier from ames, iowa. this is emily's third nomination and first win. um...so, just...wow! um, first of all, to my fellow nominees, it is an honor sharing the road with you. and of course, to the progressive snapshot app for giving good drivers the discounts -- no, i have to

the siem place where evan jenkins ran up the score last night represents in dong congress, this is wheremansion has the most cross over voters when he's won elections in west virginia. a lot of democrats said that will be a problem if jenkins is the nominee. his strength is more northerly. we'll see if that an issue in the fall. the other big senate race that was set up last night in indiana. this may become the most competitive senate race. one of the most competitive. it's a story we have seen in some ways before. two republican members of congress. he defended handedly here. this outside repeal, we have seen some outsiders win primaries before who have a lot of baggage. who become unelectable in the general election. we'll see what happens with braun. on paper he's looking like a pretty strong general election candidate. this is a state that donald trump won by 19 points. also a state joe donnelly who braun will challenge, a lot of republicans think his win in 2012 was a fluke because he had the weak republican candidate. doesn't steam have some of that baggage we have seen with other

. >> early voting here with a 51% from last midterms, and congressman evan jenkins is one of the candidates trying to take advantage of an excited electorate until the last minut minute. >> this is about bringing a much-needed republican vote to the united states senate. this is about making sure that that very delicate balance right now, that today is 51-49, that we try to grow our republican majority. >> super pac spending suggests jenkins is the one who democrats most want to to keep the ballot against joe manchin in november because the liberal leaning duty and country pack port $81 million into ads against him while spending 41,000 on ads attacking general morrissey which concluded in the united states eastern panhandle. >> it's critical that the message gets out, support morrissey. otherwise blankenship might get the nomination, and if he did that would lead to a sure fire loss. >> tom blankenship didn't campaign today, he went to a suit to taylor to buy a suit instead. the super pac has been trying to keep him off the ballot by reminding folks that blankenship was convicted of a misd

was photoshopped to create that fake image of him shaking hands, clinton, an ad by his opponent evan jenkins. a campaign ad confirmed the image saying the campaign took creative license. take the third republican contender in west virginia. >> but mr. blakenship, isn't it true you live in nevada, you pay taxes in nevada and in fact, your probation officer is in nevada and yet, you're running for u.s. senate in west virginia. >> and that's still not the end of the offenses of don blankenship. that's thing 2 in 60 seconds. >>> so convicted criminal don blankenship who finished a year in prison for conspireing to violate mine safety laws when an explosion in his mine killed 29 people, that guy is the third republican contender for the u.s. senate race in west virginia. he's trying to so hard to position himself as the anti-establishment candidate, he's unleashed by czar quasi racist attacks on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. in one ad, he calls mcconnell cocaine mitch. based on some very, very tenuous and bizarre claims that drugs were once found on a shipping vessel owned by mcconnell'

well, you can see there he lost almost two to one to evan jenkins, another candidate in this race.t is the headline out of west virginia. quickly a couple other races we can show you here. in ohio, the governor's race, names you may remember very well here. richard cordray ran the cfpb under proesesident obama, knock off kucinich. he's now the democratic nominee for governor. in indiana, senate primary to run against joe donnelly, the democrat. mike braun. that's the name to hebb thremems fall. this ended up being the surprise of the night. we weren't talking much about it. a republican congressman, bob pittenger in north carolina, defeated by a pastor, mark harris, north carolina. this is a seat democrats may now -- may be competitive in in the fall, lawrence. >> steve, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> sure. >>> tonight's last word is next. >>> time for tonight's last word. rudolph giuliani is the trump world's new gift to late-night comedy. >> $130,000 between a lawyer and a client and a client who's worth, you know, billions, is not, george, you know

congressman evan jenkins is knocking on doors in huntington.s bumper stickers say, send it trump a senator. he said he's excited. patrick morrissey is making calls on the eastern handle and he's trying to make the case that he is the only candidate with a dump >> enough resume. and there is the former call >> cole baron who is not campaigning and instead went to the tailor to buy a suit today because he told me he thinks everyone has already made up their mind. the polls close close here in west virginia and probation is set to end at one >> 12 oh 1:00 a.m. >> shepard: john case it cannot run again because of term limits, so our coverage continues in the fox business network, adam shapiro live in columbus. hello, adam. >> this race just to get the nomination on the republican side has already cost $10 million. richard cordray is the democrat who is going against his percentage, but are among the republicans who have mike dewine who is the current attorney general versus mary taylor who is the lieutenant governor. taylor saying she's got the mos

tonight you've got evan jenkins, patrick morrisey, don blankenship.ey of course is the west virginia attorney general. speaking to exactly what bret was talking about, the opioid crisis, he's a guy who has sued the dea. he says he wants to know more. then the comeback is that his wife was representing some of these pharmaceutical companies. it seems to me that it's very difficult, difficult wait for him to go here. i don't know how he handles it. do you have any idea? >> don't take all of our questions, juan. come on. seriously. >> it's an interesting situation for all of them because they have all tried to prove that they have done something substantial on this issue. this is the number one nation. sad distinction they lose more people here to opioid deaths than any other state across the country. clearly they have all tried to be distinctive on this. patrick morrisey come as you say, has a petition for have gone after some of these companies but he has a comp located backgrounds. i think that's all i'm going to say. >> a lot of questions where that

that he was really the only true conservative among the three of you, talking about congressman evan jenkinst you defeated as well for the republican nomination and seemed to be open to the possibility that blankenship could endorse him. i take it from what you're saying, you have not had a conversation post the election with him? >> no, i haven't. i think people though, the primary is over and right now there's a clear choice between myself and senator manchin. you're likely to see this kind of stuff from manchin for a while. he's going to do anything to try to run away from his liberal record and try to pretend to be conservative or have west virginia values. the reality is that the record on the issues for joe manchin is going to provide a very steep hill for him. >> neil: you say liberal. in your state, sir, you can be a moderate and be deemed a liberal record and donald trump is very popular in your state. won the state by 42 points. so you're well-positioned in that backdrop. but i wanted to get your thoughts on what senator manchin was telling me, his willingness to look at a face two

in indiana, luke messer, evan jenkins. the only one that one was in ohio.d by president trump really early on, little different from some of the other knlds th-- candidates that are trying to get trump endorsement. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, president trump's pick to head the cia weighing in on a controversial interrogation program. what gina haspel is saying about tactics previously used by the agency ahead of her confirmation hearings. >>> and bill karins has a look at the forecast and the international space station. i'm about to start the nature's bounty hair, skin and nails challenge. so my future self will thank me. thank you. i become a model? yes. no. start the challenge today. and try new tropical citrus flavor with collagen. nature's bounty. why is dark magic so spell-bindingly good? it's a bold blend of coffee with rich flavors of uganda, sumatra, colombia and other parts of south america. like these mountains, each amazing on their own. but together? magical. all, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. green mountain coffee roasters. mr. elli

this represented evan jenkins was previously a democrat west virginia attorney general patrick morrissey don blankenship was recently imprisoned for one year.the winner will face the incumbent seeking reelection for republican think that this seat is right for to complete each of the 13 states in the us house of representatives is up for election. republicans hold 10 of the 13 seats at least for now. >> it will be an interesting night. we will follow that all here. >> laura: meanwhile, 48 hours to go to the polls open, president trump may have the wind at his back. polls show his approval rating moving up. look at this for the presidents approval rating is now 44 percent. that is up seven points from right after the election. in an op-ed in the new york post to suggest looking beyond the numbers, and media abscesses of the future demise of the present they're not pausing to consider the strength and durability of the coalition that swept into office. they are not asking why people in the counties who voted for the former president barack obama to times seven switch to donald trump but th

he defeated blankenship and also the west virginia congressman evan jenkins.ber of republicans, especially national ones, smicial mitch mcconnell did not want a blankenship victory because they didn't think he could beat a democrat in november. blankenship spent a year in prison after a deadly mine explosion in 2010. that blast killed 29 people. blankenship is also criticized senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. frankly they have been in a heck of a war he called him cocaine mitch in his ads that critics said were also racist for other reasons. days before the primary president trump told voters don't vote for blankenship because he won't be able to win in the fall. at the time, blankenship said president trump doesn't know him and that the g.o.p. establishment was misinforming the president. west virginia, of course, one of several states that wrapped up key primary elections last night. and they could go a long way to helping determine which party controls congress after the mid terms. let's start right there in west virginia. our peter doocy live in char