quest conceded the race, that montana will hold greg gianforte accountable as greg gianforte pledged to fight for montana families with the message. >> i'm going to washington to get things done, to drain the swamp and fight for montana families. >> there is question about being seated in the event, but paul ryan telling reporters they will not stand in the way letting montana decide who they want. greg gianforte will face criticism from democrats once he gets to town and a persistent washington press corps. he will have to appear in court, misdemeanor charges. greg gianforte replaces ryan think he it was named interior secretary this year. rob: thank you. heather: despite the fact that he was on a entirely different continent the mainstream media blaming donald trump for greg gianforte body slamming of that reporter. rob: don lemon scolded one of his guests for refusing to accept his opinion on the matter. >> the guy who is in office has said horrible things about reporters, calling them an enemy of the american people. that has nothing to do with anything? people feel they can get

greg gianforte doesn't see any.tethered himself to trump during the campaign and invokes trump in victory. they are still counting votes and not sure exactly where it will land. it might tick up a couple of points. in the presidential ection last november donald trump won montana by 21 points over hillary clinton. that was his margin. it looks like the gianforte will be about high single digits when all is said and done. a 10, 15 point swing in the democrats' direction. democrats will tell you they think that is good news but there was a time there they were hoping to get closer than that and maybe win the state. remember montana has a democratic u.s. senator jon tester up for reelection next year. it has a democratic governor. barack obama came within three points of winning the state when he first ran in 2008 when there was an unpopular republican president back then, george w. bush. democrats hope this was an outside target for them. they were hoping there was an outside shot at victory. they make progress. how d

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republican candidate for congress greg gianforte wins the montana special election. >> thank you, montana. heather: this just hours after body slamming a reporter. chris jenkins live in the nation's capital with his message to constituents. >> reporter: greg gianforte beginning the celebration by apologizing. he stayed out of the public eye in the final 24 hours as voters took to the pos

greg gianforte is being charged with assault.ed, basically he body slammed according to alicia our own reporter who was there. but what i find crazy about all this is you have members of the media saying that this is all because of donald trump, that this guy who did a bad thing, he did it because it's okay because of donald trump. explain to me that logic. charlie: it's another example where these guys will politicize anything and everything and blame donald trump for everything. it's surprising we haven't blamed it on the russians and found a russian connection for why the guy did this. this is a one-off sort of thing. the guy doesn't like the press. he didn't handle it the best way. but the truth of the matter, considering what people think of the media, maybe if this guy had done this before so many people voted, it might have helped him in the election. trish: i don't know about that. but people are with the media. katie, i would say a lot of journalists come to work every day and they just want to do their job and get the s

republican candidate for congress greg gianforte wins the montana special election. >> thank you, montana. heather: this just hours after body slamming a reporter. chris jenkins live in the nation's capital with his message to constituents. >> reporter: greg gianforte beginning the celebration by apologizing. he stayed out of the public eye in the final 24 hours as voters took to the polls but these were his first comments, the message was directed at ben jenkins. >> when you make a mistake you have to own up to it. that is the montana way. i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in

montana republican greg gianforte is the big winner last night.on, he s also has an assault charge. >> i should not have treated that reporter that way, and for that, i'm sorry, mr. ben ja cobs. >> okay. so is this an isolated incident or was there something larger here about hostility towards the press. let's discuss. david, you could trunk this up to one guy's hair trigger until you read her tweets. she was on assignment on the ground here. montana gop voter to me, quote, that audio made me cheer. the audio of the assault. she smiled as she walked in to vote for gianforte. next, you're lucky someone doesn't pop you. what do you think is going on here? >> you can ascribe what happened to the character flaws of one volatile overindulged man and who happened to snap in a moment and happened to snap again and direct the press spokesman to lie about it and who snapped again over the next 24 hours at intervals when he didn't do anything about it and one imagines he will continue to snap throughout his life. i am horrified about reaction from the polls

for one, we are following that story that ben jacobs was trying to ask greg gianforte about, for which he was rewarded with br e broken glasses and a trip to the emergency room. it's the big policy story in washington today that he was asking gianforte about. the republican plan to get rid of obamacare, to kill the affordable care act. that plan got its price tag today from the nonpartisan congressional budget office. you might remember the assessment, the cbo assessment of the last version of the republicans' health care bill said that version of the bill would throw 24 million americans off their health insurance. now we've got the estimate on the newer version of the republican bill, the one house republicans already passed a couple weeks ago, and the new estimate says that the new bill will not throw 24 million americans off their health insurance. it will throw 23 million americans off -- 23 million americans off their health insurance instead. so there's that. this is, again, the bill house republicans already passed before they even got this estimate of how much it would cost th

this is from greg gianforte's assault. alleged assault on the reporter, ben jacobs. >> in terms of the cbo score, because, you know, you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill that just came out. >> we'll talk to you about that later. >> yeah, but there's not going to be time. i'm just curious -- >> speak with shane, please. sick and tired of you guys. the last guy who came in here, you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. >> jesus. >> get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. you with "the guardian"? >> yes, you just broke my glasses. >> last guy did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> you'd like me to get the hell out, i'd also like to call the police. can i get your guy's names? >> you got to leave. >> he just body slammed me. >> you got to leave. >> so, kyung, what are you hearing from montana voters? do you think this has had an impact? on the way that they are going to -- this will turn ou

republican candidate greg gianforte charged with misdemeanor assault. here's how that went down. >> the cbo score. because you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. >> we'll talk to you about that later. >> yeah, but there's not going to be time. i was just curious -- >> speak with shane, please. i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last time you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. >> are you wi are you with the guardian? >> yes. you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same thing! >> greg gianforte released this statement. he was given a separate interview in a private office. tonight, as greg was giving an interview in a private office, the guardian's ben jacobs entered the office without permission, aggressively shored a recorder in his face. it's unfortunate that this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our campaign volunteer bbq. fox news correspondent alicia alcuna was there. she saw the fight. she tells a ver

>> from what we understand, greg gianforte was referring to another reporter from "the guardian." i don't have details on what he was referring to specifically, if there were some other sort of disagreement between mr. gianforte and another reporter from "the guardian." from listening to interviews i've heard ben jacobs give from "the guardian" -- that was the person you heard there who had his glasses broken. he said he didn't feel he had a personal issue with mr. gianforte, he had covered him, been to some campaign events. things like that but said he was just as surprised as we were. i was standing two, maybe 3 feet from the two men. >> kimerly: did anything happen after where they try to talk to you to see what statement you would give? where they tried to downplay it or anything? >> no one downplayed it. once ben jacobs laughed, mr. gianforte looked at the three of us standing there. me, our photographer and the filled producer and apologized. he apologized multiple times. and then his press guy shane left and came back and told us he didn't see the whole thing. he came in tow

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>> all right, that was greg gianforte's acceptance speech.the montana special congressional election has been called. it was considered -- it was going to go to gianforte, the republican, but it ended up being closer than expected against the democrats rob quist who had no real political experience because of the fact of this incident that occurred wednesday, a reporter for the guardian, ben jacobs, approached gianforte and asked him about this video report on the g.o.p. health care bill. jacobs reportedly held a microphone close to the candidates face, at which point, according to the fox news reporter alicia acuna who was there, gianforte grabbed jacobs by the neck, threw him to the ground, punched him several times. he was charged with misdemeanor assault, all of this unfolding late wednesday, right on the eve of the special election. several newspapers that had in source gianforte withdrew their endorsements of him. 60% of registered voters have already counted absentee ballots in advance. montana went heavily for donald trump back in nov

>> greg gianforte needs to handle this. the idea that he might not show up at his own headquarters to give a speech, it is ludicrous. he's the candidate. he has an obligation to show up. he needs to take it head-on, explained that it was a moment of high stress. he made a mistake, never should've done it. he should apologize personally to the reporter. he should apologize to the media outlet "the guardian" and his constituents if he selected. if he loses, apologize to the people of montana. republicans in washington should do something similar. condemn him. what you did was wrong. you should never do that. they have no right in washington to sit in superior judgment to the voters of montana. if the voters in montana decide to send him, he is sent. people in washington need to respect it. >> kimberly: you make point about getting in front of it and owning it and saying i made a horrible mistake, and i'm ashamed of my behavior. it was unacceptable. i let myself down, my family, the voters in montana that deserve so much bette

especially for greg gianforte.re standing in the room and preparing for an interview with the g.o.p. candidate when the guardian reporter came in, ben jacobs, he started asking him questions and when gianforte pushed back and said he would later, jacobs persisted and that is when gianforte threw him to the ground and started punching him. that is when jacobs tried to get his composure, said his glasses were broken and that he was calling the police. kimberly, i can tell you -- i was standing there. 2-3 feet from these men when it happened. i was in the room with our photographer. we were shocked. we had never seen anything like that in response to a reporter coming in and asking questions. >> kimberly: unbelievable. quite an intense experience. i'm glad you told the truth and came forward about it. thank you, alicia. it didn't take media for long r the media -- pretty think they blamed? watch this. >> you can draw a straight line from republican candidates thinking that sort of behavior is okay when you have donald

and as you just heard, greg gianforte said that he would get to him later.ersisted and greg gianforte then again told him to talk to shane who was his press guy and then at that point, that's when the three of us saw greg gianforte take his hands and put them up on either side of his neck, grabbed him, push him, throw him onto the ground, kind of jump on him on the side and start punching him. he punched him about two to three times, saying i'm getting sick and tired of this. at that point, we said jacobs kind of scrambled to his knees and try to collect his glasses and he heard him talk about how they were broken. he was on the ground when he said that. and then got up and started asking us what our names were. we were sitting there honestly just an stunned silence, couldn't believe what we were witnessing. martha, you mention, this was yesterday on the eve of the special election and the polls close here in about two and a half hours. but i should also mention that montanans have been voting for the past almost four weeks now and this morning when the poll

. >> thank you, montana. >> reporter: just 24 hours after charged with assaulting a reporter, greg gianforte heading to washington after winning a special election for montana's open house seat. gianforte directly addressed the shocking incident at his victory rally. >> sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here you did the same thing. get the hell out of here! >> reporter: apologizing both to supporters and to the reporter that he allegedly body slammed. >> last night i made a mistake and i took an action that i can't take back. and i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way i did. and for that i'm sorry. i should not have treated that reporter that way. and for that, i'm sorry, mr. ben jacobs. >> reporter: the gianforte an policy coming after republicans on the hill are silent about the attack. >> i'm not sure what happened. >> reporter: showing unwillingness to condone gianforte's behavior. >> we did not have a course when i went to school. >> the left has precipitated this tense confrontational approach throughout the country in recent months.

between ben jacobs, "the guardian" reporter and republican candidate in montana's house seat, greg gianforte, this was a win for gianforte over rob quist, the democrat, by a significant margin. what was the focal point at the candidate's event where he apologized for what happened with "the guardian" reporter, ben jacobs. i talked to jacobs yesterday and he said, look, the original statement the campaign put out was not at all what he said his recollection was. the campaign accused him of grabbing the candidate. jacobs said that never happened. you didn't hear any of those details from the candidate when he made his victory speech. instead, he was very contrite. a lengthy apology. very clear that republican leadership must have made clear to the campaign that, look, something needed to be said here. they needed to make this right. you saw republican leaders kind of struggle to answer questions about this. they said, yes, if, in fact, he's elected, we'll seat him, essentially the house speaker said that. at same time, they called on him to apologize. it seems those calls were heeded. both sid

republican greg gianforte scores a decisive win over the democrat, rob quist.forte's victory celebration was relatively subdued. he took a contrite tone, owning up to making a mistake. joining us live now with the latest, cnn's ryan young in boseman, montana. so, he apologized. i got the feeling, ryan, that the apology was meant for a national audience, maybe not a local audience. >> reporter: well, you know, one of the things i thought about that apology, we were wondering if he was going to make a statement about this at all. a lot of people thought it was very contrite and the fact that he mentioned the reporter's name, some people were very happy about that. i can t

hours after he was charged with assault for apparently body slamming a reporter, the republican, greg gianforte, scores a decisive win over democrat rob quist. >> there are the final numbers. gianforte's victory celebration relatively subdued. he took a contrite tone, owning up to making a "mistake." joining us with the latest, cnn's ryan young in boseman, montana. good morning to you, ryan. what are you hearing from the people of montana regarding the message this might or might not send? >> reporter: well, good morning, guys. look, we're in big sky country. i can tell you, reporters were here until after 1:30 this morning. there was a bit of celebration beforehand. when i walked inside and started mulling around with some of the supporters, they were of high spirits. they actually felt there was some energy created by this. look, people didn't like the idea about what happened, but they did enjoy the idea that someone would stand up for themselves and kind of give a little pushback to a reporter who they thought might have been being a little too pushy. on the other side of that, people are s

republican greg gianforte scores a decisive win over the democrat, rob quist. there you see the final numbers. >> gianforte's victory celebration was relatively subdued. he took a contrite tone, owning up to making a mistake. joining us live now with the latest, cnn's ryan young in boseman, montana. so, he apologized. i got the feeling, ryan, that the apology was meant for a national audience, maybe not a local audience. >> reporter: well, you know, one of the things i thought about that apology, we were wondering if he was going to make a statement about this at all. a lot of people thought it was very contrite and the fact that he mentioned the reporter's name, some people were very happy about that. i can tell you, though, some of his supporters were energized by just the idea of what had happened because they felt there were a lot of outsiders coming in to report on this race and they wanted to make sure it stayed local. so, i'll give you an idea. one lady on the inside telling me she felt like the reporter was told to stay outside of a certain portion of t

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

greg gianforte 47.3% of the vote with only 45% of the total in at this point.ne of our two breaking news stories. that's in montana tonight. >>> plus, we're reporting on jared kushner under fbi scrutiny in the russia probe. back with me now, mr. david axelrod. so, david, cnn has learned investigators are now focusing on the president's son-in-law and senior adviser for his interactions with russian officials. this goes straight to the heart of the white house and the president's own family. how do you think he is reacting tonight? >> well, not well. i don't think he's reacted well to any of this. so this certainly won't sit well with him. but it's not marley surprising. it was reported last week that a senior adviser to the president was a person of interest to the investigators. there was a lot of speculation that it was jared kushner because he was not only at the heart of this white house, but he was at the heart of the campaign. we know that he met with russians during and after the campaign. he was late to including that in his security clearance applicati

the republican candidate for congress in montana greg gianforte is charged with misdemeanor assault followingth reporter yesterday. the reporter said gianforte slammed him to the ground following a health care question. gianforte is running in today's special election for the state's only congressional seat. >>> the british police have eight people in custody over the manchester bombing. two were arrested this morning as the network behind the bombing widens. the british government has reportedly stopped sharing intelligence on the bombing with the u.s. after leaks. and the brit, government is livid, according to the bbc. president trump is in brussels for a nato meeting where prime minister theresa may is expected to talk to the president about the leaks. >>> and scott pelley spoke to a couple who were in the foyer of manchester arena when the bomb went off monday. phil and kim dick were waiting for their 17-year-old daughter tamla and 15-year-old daughter sasha. they described what they saw. >> out of it, there was a little girl is stuttering toward me with all her blond hair all in her fac

greg gianforte charged with misdemeanor assault. the alleged attack took place at gianforte headquarters in bozeman. >> so far the candidate has yet to take a stance on the republican health care bill, waiting for the congressional budget office to weigh in on its effects. guardian reporter ben jacobs, he tried to press gianforte for his stance and now that the cbo has released its score, so now listen to what happened. >> to the cbo score, you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it came out -- >> i'll talk to you about that later. >> just curious -- >> speak with shane, please. just -- sick and tired of you guys. the last guy came in here did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. are you with the guardian? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> you would like me to get the hell out of here. i also woul

greg gianforte wins montana's election.ring his speech, he apologized to that reporter. >> jared kushner under the microscope. investigators are studying his interactions with moscow during the campaign and transition. kushner's attorney says he is willing to cooperate. kushner is not a target of the probe. >> a federal appeals court holding the block on president trump's travel ban. the administration says it plans to appeal to the supreme court. >> president trump is in sicily with a two-day g-7 meeting of world leaders. then the president will head home. >> the manchester suicide bomber spoke to his brother in libya 15 minutes before the deadly attack and isis likely trained the terrorists in syria months before the bombing. >> well, the fbi's russia meddling probe appears to be knocking on the front door of the white house. investigators looking into jared kushner. cnn's randi kaye with more on the man known as the secretary of everything. >> wherever the president goes, his trusted son-in-law, jared kushner is never fa

. >> you have to get to the polls tomorrow to vote for my friend, republican greg gianforte for congress. he is a wonderful guy. he will win for you and the

first of all greg gianforte ran for governor last year in montana.ontana only has one congressional seat. he lost to a democrat last time so he's not won statewide before. i'm want to point something out. in the campaign they put out very quick to call ben jacobs a liberal reporter. take the parties off it, take the ideology off it. you listen to it right there. and if greg gianforte can't handle a reporter putting a tape recorder or a phone in his face, you're not going to like washington, dude. >> right. >> simple as that. so, in the end i mean you'll let the legal system sort it out but have a right to put your hands on anybody else. he wasn't putting his hands on you. keep your hands to yourself. >> and you have the witness account right there. once you started hearing the eyewitness accounts that's when you started hearing things change. we'll see what happens. >> did you see this? it is a, well, watch it, there it is a little presidential should have. did you see that? president trump pushed aside the prime minister of montenegro during the nat

he said greg gianforte body slammed him, broke his glasses. greg gianforte's spoke person said the reporter went into the office without permission. greg gianforte could face a maximum $500 fine or six months in jail if convicted. >>> the death of a pediatrician who is being held in the montgomery county correctional facility remains a mystery. the autopsy for david kennedy couldn't be determined. he was held on child pornography charges. police found pornographic images of children on his cell phone. >>> new details about a long island man who died after a sinkhole swallowed him. police say crews were installing a cess pool when the sinkhole sucked him in. the workers body was pulled out about six hours later and pronounced dead at the scene. >>> nbc 10 investigators get action after breaking a story about cyber security concerns in chester county. yesterday pennsylvania state police performed cyber security reviews on laptops and police patrol cars. investigators told you about a whistle blower lawsuit claiming cyber security gaps in chester

sheriff's office, we'll get an update on assault charges brought against house gop candidate greg gianfortethe gianforte campaign tells nbc news the campaign raised more than $100,000 online in the last 24 hours with a very large majority of the donations coming in after last night's incident. think about that for a minute. that closes out this hour for me. as always, find me on twitter, facebook, instagram @alivelshi. on snapchat. up next, "deadline white house," joe lieberman for an exclusive one-on-one for the first time since he's withdrawn his name from consideration for fbi director. >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00. president trump takes his turn on the world stage, and what a turn it is. the president shoving his way to the front of the pack, apparently this is what america first looks like at a nato summit. in brussels today, president trump played up his role as the alliance's dues collector and played down his role and america's role as the kind of ally who would defend a member nation facing a security threat from an adversary. the tradition known as one for all, all for one, establi

second ballistic missile two weeks sea of japan last weekend a big issue, moving on republican greg gianforte after charged with assaulting a reporter, gianforte has won special election to replayoff ryan zinke the president trump interior secretary gianforte charged with misdemeanor assault wednesday after he grabbed a reporter from the guardian newspaper and slammed him to the ground. >> i should not have treated that reporter that way. and for that i'm sorry mr. ben jacobs i also want to apologize to the fox news team that was there, and i'm sorry to each one of you. that we had to go through this. >> in his victory speech gianforte also saying his win is seen as an endorsement of president trump. >> president trump calling for a justice department investigation, into how sensitive information british shared with united states on the manchester terror attack ended up in news reports, this comes after photos published in the "new york times" showed important crime scene evidence. british prime minister theresa may, raised the issue with president trump in this yesterday's nato summit in bru

are you proud to serve with greg gianforte? >> good morning. it is good to be with you. look, montanans speak clearly who they want to represent them in washington. we have to honor that. the behavior is unacceptable. if you are a veteran, call me up. i will tell you it is unacceptable behavior. to say otherwise would be false. obviously. montanans spoke clearly. >> let me play a little bit of sound. nancy pelosi has a different take. listen. >> just to see this person who wants to be the one representative to the house of representatives from montana be a want-to-be trump. that is his model. we have to say come on.

. >>> in montana greg gianforte has been elected to congress, easily beating democrat rob quist. gianforte was apologetic. steve kornacki helps us break down the numbers in a few minutes. >>> jared kushner under scrutiny in the federal probe. multiple officials telling nbc news investigators believe kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry. "the washington post" reports investigators are focusing on a series of meetings held by kushner with russian officials. that does not mean they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge kushner with anything. his attorney says his client will be cooperating with their request for information. >>> the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee says lawmakers could take up a bill to increase sanctions on russia as early as this summer. it's significant shift for senator bob corker who as early as this month resisted bipartisan calls for new sanctions. corker says he was giving the

republican greg gianforte is opening a sizable leafed in the special election in montana. ight now he is leading democrat rob quist 50.1% to 44%. 73% of the vote is in. >> a bit of context gianforte was the overwhelming favor. he is there on the right. the screen. on wednesday night gianforte allegedly assaulted a reporter from "the guardian" fup .the democrat is a popular he can folk singer. officials sail tell cnn that jared kushner is under skrut fwhi by the fbi that means the investigation into russian election meddle has reached the inner circle of mr. trump. it's important to note kushner has not been accuse fd of any wrongdoing zboo of particular interests are a pair of meetings kushner held with rush russian ambassador and a head of a russian bank sacksed by the u.s. the his attorney says he is willing to talk to investigators or testify before congress if asked. back with us once again cnn dylan. and city council woman wendy cruel and john phillips. john first to you. this seems to be a significant moment in the investigation not only does the investigation move in

the special election out in mont mo montana, we have a winner, greg gianforte.rsy exploded around him, the altercation he had with the reporter for the guardian newspaper. he said he was body slammed by gianforte. could it affect the result at the last minute? again, gianforte winning the thing. they are still tabulating the votes, but gianforte is going to be the winner. just a short while ago in bows man, his hometown out there, he declared victory and for the first time since that incident last night, he publicly addressed his altercation with that reporter. take a listen to what he had to say. >> last night i made a mistake. and i took an action that i can't take back. and i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way that i did. and for that i'm sorry. >> and you're forgiven. [cheering and applauding] >> i should not have treated that reporter that way. and for that, i'm sorry, mr. ben jacobs. [ applause ] >> i also want to apologize for the fox news team that was there, and i'm sorry to each one of you that we had to go through thi

greg gianforte is projected to win. >> let's look at the numbers. has 53.8% of the vote. >>> another story following for you, jared kushner is under scrutiny by the fbi. >> that means the investigation into russian election meddling has now reached the president's inner circle. it's important to note, though, jared kushner has not been accused of any wrongdoing. joining us -- troy, thank you for staying with us. may, let's just look at some of the details of what the fbi is looking at here, why are they particularly interested in kushner? >> well, we've known for some time about these two meetings he had with russian officials early on. but what we're learning today is the focus has expanded, where they're looking at kushner's role in the trump campaign data analytics which was run out of texas and his relationship with former national security advisor michael flynn, and also his contacts with russia generally. as you said at the beginning, obviously he is not at the moment we know of, a target of the investigation. there's been no allegation of wro

republican there running for the open house seat, greg gianforte, at his last big campaign event for reporter fore"the guardian" asks a very simple question about the new cbo numbers released wednesday afternoon on the republican reform plan and this is what happened. >> the cbo score. cause you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out and -- >> we'll talk to you about that later. >> but there's not going to be time. >> speak with shame please. >> but -- >> just -- >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here.

greg gianforte defeated his democrat opponent. he grabbed a reporter from "the guardian" newspaper and slammed him to the ground. we will be joined live from montana in a few minutes to talk about what comes next. >>> a beloved bowie state student is being remembered today as his family and friends come together to army lieutenant will be laid to rest. police say the bowie state university student was killed in an unprovoked attack yesterday at the university of maryland. news 4's justin finch will explain the legacy collins leaves behind at 6:45. >>> right now president trump is on the final leg of his first over seas trip. he is at the g-7 summit in sicily. he meets with the head of other powers. >>> meanwhile, back here at home the fbi investigation into the trump campaign and russia has hit the trump family circle. molette green has the story. >> reporter: son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is under scrutiny. they believe he has significant information related to the russia investigation, but multiple officials say th

but it was a polite wave for greg gianforte, the republican accused of body slamming a reporter.ight i made a mistake. and i took an action that they cannot take back. and i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way idid. for that, i am sorry. and you are forgiven! this supporters may have forgiven him, but the police on the case, charging him with misdemeanour assault, after allegedly wrestling to the floor this reporter, benjacobs, from the guardian. donald trump had strongly endorsed gian fortes‘s candidacy. on a day after a little push and shove of his own with the president of montenegro, the president expressed delight at the result. in the top gun testosterone—charged environment of a naval graduation ceremony at annapolis, for the next generation of america's military leaders, a timely reminder, perhaps, from mike pence, about the need for self control. i truly believe that commanding others first begins with commanding yourself. discipline is the foundation of leadership. staying with graduation ceremonies, hillary clinton was at her all—female

republican congressional candidate greg gianforte has been cited for assault after a reporter says gianforte slammed him and broke his glasses. here's a portion of the audio recorded last night. turn up the volume. >> the cbo score because you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you the bill came out. >> speak with shame please. just -- >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. you with the guardian. >> yes. you broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same dam thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> after a cquestion about the cbo score. >> joining me trial attorney legal analyst ann bremer. a montana sheriff issued a citation for misdemeanor assault against gianforte. how serious is that citation? >> it's very serious, it's criminal and immediate. they interviewed the witnesses quickly and came to the conclusion he committed a crime within the same day, the same evening, and tim

. >>> republican greg gianforte will fill the house seat in montana. voters picked him in a special election this week. it was a close race against the democrat after his win. and then greg gianforte apologized for reportedly attacking a reporter this week. reporter ben jacobs recorded this audio of his encounter with greg gianforte on the eve of the election. >> [ video ]. >> that is not the person i am. it is not the way i will lead in this state. >> republicans have poured millions into the race and members of trump's family even campaigned there. resident trump praise of the victory. on twitter saying "does anyone notice how the montana congressional race was such a big deal to democrats and fake news and the republican one was poorly covered." >> greg gianforte must appear in court on a misdemeanor assault charge. he could face a month in jail and a $500 fine. >> joining us to talk about the drama is east bay congressman marcus musante. have you ever felt like grabbing a reporter's throat and throwing them to the ground ? >> other than you, no. >>

today republican greg gianforte lost the endorsements of the leading newspapers in montana. barry petersen is there. >> reporter: guardian newspaper reporter ben jacobs said the encounter with republican congressional candidate greg gianforte started like this. >> are you waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. >> i will talk to you about that later. >> reporter: but it ended like this. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys, the last guy that came here, did you the same thing. get the hell out of here. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> reporter: a campaign spokesman said it was the reporter who grabbed gianforte's wrist, calling it in a statement aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist. but alecia acuna a reporter from the unusually conservative fox news was an eye witness. >> when gianforte grabbed him by the neck, both hands, slid him to the side, body slamed him and then got on top of him and started punching and then yelling at him. >> reporter: republican house speaker paul ryne did not endorse th

chris jenkins live in the nation's capital with his message to constituents. >> reporter: greg gianforteinning the celebration by apologizing. he stayed out of the public eye in the final 24 hours as voters took to the pos

and in less than two weeks, win or lose, greg gianforte will need to appear before a judge.e motments away from seeing what imknack had on election results. keep in mind montana is a big early voting state. about 2/3 of voters cast their votes before one of their candidates was cited for a misdemeanor. one important nose about montana, it's the second special congressional election of the trump presidency. in april democrats narrowly lost in kansas. kansas! a district that trump won in november by 30 points. but montana is the first congressional election since donald trump fired fbi director james comey and a special prosecutor was appointed. so montana is being watched closely as the first test of if and how the trump russia investigation, not to mention the wildly unpopular health care bill will impact republicans electorally. with that go to msnbc's steve kornacki at the big board with the first vote results. steve, take it away. >> joy, we've got a lot of it in right now, actually. this is coming in fast. what is happening is a lot of the county, especially the big coun

guardian" newspaper reporter ben jacobs said the encounter with republican congressional candidate greg gianforte started like this. >> reporter: but it ended like this. >> reporter: a campaign spokesman said it was the eeporter who grabbed gianforte's wrist, calling it in a statement, "aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist." but alicia acuna, a reporter from the unusually conservative fox news, was an eye witness. >> then gianforte grabbed him by ane neck, both hands, slid him od the side, body slammed him and then got on top of him and started punching and then yelling at him. >> reporter: republican house speaker paul ryan did not endorse the candidate's actions. >> that is wrong and it should not have happened. i think he should apologize. >> reporter: gianforte has disappeared. he was last seen driving away from the incident, and canceled all appearances today. e for voters, elizabeth green said a congressional candidate should act the way she teaches her son sam. >> like i tell my son, it is important to keep your hands to yourself. and to use your words. and if candidate for congre