gretchen whitmer basically abandon detroit because she knew she resented are bought off a potential players. despite the fact it went strongly against sanders and thandedartrongly for this time. the establishment still has way more money. whitmer had labor you backing and corporate backing. almost all of these races are established because they don't let the members vote and they cut off the base. the second lesson is you need to go for the votes were you think your strongest rather than try to get every vote for the heck of it. that is something cynthia in a senate is going have to think about running against andrew cuomo. one will has a massive lead among the older african-american vote. does it make sense to campaign to the population or more since did try to turnout millennials and young women and those of state voters who are not so captured by democratic machine and feel disenfranchised by the democratic party? that strategic question is what is one to keep being on progressives mines going into 2020. amy: i want to quickly go to this issue of the women's vote. according to the center

you had gretchen whitmer sort of the favorite here. el sayed. you're not seeing a lot of vote counted. you might see more vote in. this is from the secretary of state site. there's been disparities between what the secretary of state is reporting and what other folks are getting from their people. we've got the can of state's numbers here. gretchen whitmer. it would be an upset if she loses. we had a house race. long time democratic incumbent lacy clay being challenged by cory bush, the significance here, cory bush's most well-known endorser alexander ocasio-cortez. we watched her topple a giant in national democratic politics, joe crowley in new york. she endorsed cory bush and said folks in missouri, you can do it, too. bush falling short though. so you don't necessarily have a part two. we wanted to see if there was energy somewhere besides that district in new york. not a great showing for clay. but certainly still he's not necessarily sweating at this hour. he's going to win that thing. the big outstanding drama is in kansas, this governor'

gretchen whitmer will be the democratic candidate. and cnn projects john james has captured the gop nomination for u.s. senate in michigan. james is an african-american iraq war vet endorsed by president trump. he will face democrat debbie stabenow in november. >>> also former trump campaign chairman paul manafort's longtime right-hand man back on the witness stand. manafort's defense lawyers expected to pick up where they left off yesterday, trying to undermine rick gates' credibility in the eyes of the jury. now, gates admitted to a host of transgressions. so far, manafort's defense team has not done much to pin the bank and tax fraud their client is charged with on gates alone. that part of their cross mention may come today. more from cnn's jessica schneider. >> reporter: christine and phil, paul manafort's lawyers went on the attack against rick gates on tuesday. they hammered him with questions that even led gates to admit on the stand that he had an extramarital affair a decade ago. but when attorneys accused him of using paul

senator gretchen whitmer, candidate to become the governor of michigan.nk you very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> breaking news, "the new york times" reporting the white house counsel, don mcghan, has been cooperating with robert mueller's investigation into whether president trump obstructed justice. could this help or hurt the president? our panel discussions next. man 1: this is my body of proof. woman 1: proof of less joint pain... woman 2: ...and clearer skin. woman 3: this is my body of proof. man 2: proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... woman 4: ...with humira. woman 5: humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. avo: humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous

you had gretchen whitmer sort of the favorite here. el syed.ot of vote counted. you might see more vote in. this is from the secretary of state site. there's been disparities between what the secretary of state is reporting and what other folks are getting from their people. we've got the can of state's numbers here. gretchen whitmer. it would be an upset if she loses. we had a house race. long time democratic incumbent lacy clay being challenged by cory bush, the significance here, cory bush's most well-known endorser alexander ocasio-cortez. we watched her topple a giant in national democratic politics, joe crowley in new york. she endorsed cory bush and said folks in missouri, you can do it, too. bush falling short though. so you don't necessarily have a part two. we wanted to see if there was energy somewhere besides that energy in new york. not a great showing for clay. but certainly still he's not necessarily sweating at this hour. he's going to win that thing. the big outstanding drama is in kansas, this governor's race. i'm clicking to

in michigan, gretchen whitmer won her primary to become the democratic candida for governor rashida tlaib won her race for the same states to represelo democrats ans set to become the first muslim woman in congress in a yeat has seen a record number of female candidates. >> thank you, my fellow new yorkers. rajini: to some of those who are ready serve, the road to november looks unpredictable. chris collins was the first member of congress to back candidate trump in 2015. he has been charged with insider trading. prosecutorsay he called his son during the annual congressional picnic telling him mp sell shares in a pharmaceutical y. he denies the charges and says he will still fight in the midterms. rani vaidyanathan, bbc new washington. laura: as we look towards novembers midterms and beyond, both political partie trying to find new blood. president trump was e republicans' radical answe while barack obama pointed to jason kander is the future of the democratictharty. former army captain was the first millennial elected to statewide office. he is running to be yor of kansas city, and he h

and in michigan, gretchen whitmer one her primary to become the democratic candidate for governor thered rashida tlaib won her race in the same state to represent democrats, and looks set to become the first muslim woman in congress in a year which has seen a record number of female candidates. thank you, my fellow new yorkers... but for some of those who already serve, the road to november looks unpredictable. chris collins was the first member of congress to back candidate trump in 2016. he's now been charged with insider trading. prosecutors say he called his son during the annual congressional picnic, telling him to sell shares in a pharmaceutical company. he denies the charges and said he will still fight in the midterms. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, washington. 3,000 people have attended commemorations at amiens cathedral in north eastern france, marking the centenary of the battle that turned the tide of the first world war. the battle of amiens lasted just four days, but it was one of the most successful for the allies of the whole conflict. theresa may and the duke of cambrid

and in michigan, gretchen whitmer one her primary to become the democratic candidate for governor there14... and rashida tlaib won her race in the same state to represent democrats, and looks set to become the first muslim woman in congress in a year which has seen a record number of female candidates. thank you, my fellow new yorkers... but for some of those who already serve, the road to november looks unpredictable. chris collins was the first member of congress to back candidate trump in 2016. he's now been charged with insider trading. prosecutors say he called his son during the annual congressional picnic, telling him to sell shares in a pharmaceutical company. he denies the charges and says he'll still fight in the midterms. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, washington. will let you know what happens with all that. —— we'll let you know what happens with all that. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: commemorations are held to remember those who took part in the campaign that helped bring about the end of the first world war. the question was whether we want to save our people,

and in the race gretchen whitmer won which . and josh hawley will face claire mccaskill. we think we have all of the big rac races covered for you, ryan? >> no doubt about that, good morning from ohio. if you were locking for some similarity, we're getting anything butt right now. this is still a very tight race that is very much in doubt. republicans are claiming victory but democrats are saying not so fast. >> america is on the right path and we will keep it going that way. it is time to get to work. in the next three months,ly do everything i can to make america great again. >> we're not stopping now. storm we rest and then we keep fighting through to november. let's go out there get it done, let's change this country. >> and president trump went all in on this race in ohio. he tweeted about it and she starting to spin his contributi contribution. let's look at the reality of the situation here in ohio. this was a very safe republican seat for more than three decades. the president won here comfortably for two years ago. national republicans scores more than $5 million

he front-runner gretchen whitmer. gretchen whitmer/-d- candidate for governor: not an overwhelmingly extreme left state or extreme right state full of people that just want our government to work.in wahington, i'm natasha chen reporting. (grant) (grant) coming up... a sacramento neighborhood doesn't get their mail for two weeks... the reason: insects...why the post office says an infestation meant no mail (vicki) a lot of people are getting their back to school shopping out of the way... but there is a warning about an item on your kids' supply list... that could make them sick. (grant) plus... after a lot of complaints about wait times - the dmv is rolling out some new ideas... we'll show you what it's doing differently to try and shorten the lines. while other burger places serve the same old stuff, i'm the only one that has the bowls to serve something different. i mean, just look at my teriyaki bowls. choose from steak or chicken, covered in teriyaki sauce, plus your choice of white or brown rice. what about these

voters overwhelmingly chose the so-called establishment candidate gretchen whitmer over the progressive choice backed by bernie sanders among others. let's start in ohio with ryan noble nobles. >> this race isn't called because there is a masmall marg between troy balderson and danny o'connor. it's a 1700 vote lead. the reason the election can't be certified yet is there are 8,000 professional and absentee ballots that have yet to be counted and it will take a week for all of that counting to take place and then the other variable that could take place that is if the margin shrinks to less than half a percentage point an automatic recount could take place. if its stays less than a percentage point, danny o'connor could request a recount. they haven't decided whether or not they'll go down that road but that's why we're not able to declare a winner. we should point out most election experts view this lead by troy balderson as relatively safe, including our john king, 1700 votes is a big margin to mike up in this professional and absentee ballots counting but they have to count the votes

in michigan the son of egyptian immigrants lost overwhelming to gretchen whitmer.souri. while they did have some victories including kansas most of the time they lost and had big questions going forward for the party. >> thank you very much. >>> i want to go to the democratic nominee for michigan. you won the democratic nomination over the gentleman who had the support from the socialist wing of your party. are you concerned about the divide within your party even though obviously you were able to win? >> we had a three-way race. both of my opponents have endorsed me. they enthusiastically showed up at our lunch today. we are going to work together. the stakes are still high. our attorney general is just like donald trump. we are going to coalesce very quickly. i feel good about our chances. >> bernie sanders won the michigan primary over hillary clinton. polls showed she was ahead by 20 points and he managed to win. what has changed? >> well, i think michiganders are frustrated with leaders who are not getting the job done. we have water problems still. a mom show

and bill shoot will be the republican and gretchen whitmer will be the democratic candidate.cumbent governor jeff collier. my political team is back with me. you're anxious. >> yes, i want to say something that's interesting that "the washington post" pointed out today. it's been the poor fate of lieutenant governors for republicans. it's been a terrible election cycle for them and this is also what we're seeing play out in kansas with it being so close. but also in michigan, in ohio, in oklahoma, in georgia. all of those places the incumbent lieutenant governors las miserably because of something similar to what dana brought up earlier with the effect of the drag of the incumbent not being popular. but who's been the beneficiary, the attorneys generals of these states because they are involved in high profile cases whether it was prosecuting the obamacare issues against that during the health care debate or the immigrati immigration issues, it's giving the attorney general in these states a higher profile and a less establishment portfolio because it looks like they're fight

and in michigan cnn projects gretchen whitmer will be the candidate for governor. whitmer will face the republican attorney general bill scutte in the november election. the race is too close to call, but if she prevails she will run unopposed to replace former representative john con yryers. >>> an extra marital affair and admissions of tax evasion. faces a grueling cross-examination, that is next. >>> plus will president trump and the north korean leader meet for a second summit? why the u.s. national security advisor now says it is a possibility. >>> and with new u.s. sanctions in effect president trump issues a warning to anyone thinking of doing business with iran. we're back in just a moment. don't go anywhere. you've tried moisturizer after moisturizer but there's one... that blows them all out of the water. hydro boost water gel from neutrogena®. with hyaluronic acid it goes beneath the surface to plump skin cells from within and lock in hydration leaving skin so supple, it actually bounces back. the results will blow you away! hydro boost and our gentle ex

races happening around the country including michigan where the democratic state senate leader gretchen whitmer has won the democratic nomination for governor in that state. this according to "associated press." there's been a little bit of chaos in the vote counting out there for the secretary of state site. those are the numbers you see up on the screen showing you a low apartment in. whitmer the favorite of the establishment of the party. you're seeing in the a.p. count winning with 51% of the vote. she defeats apparently former top detroit health official abdul he will syed. he was backed by both bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez. they campaigned on his behalf ahead of this race. joining us is democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. let me just ask you. >> good evening. >> you're trying to pick off 23 republican seats in november. how do you feel at this moment? >> very good. there are 79 sees more competitive than the seats where it's still too close to call with danny o'connor as our candidate. michigan, the contest you just referenced more democrats showed up to vot

in michigan, the democratic primary for governor pits gretchen whitmer against abdul el-sayed., in kansas, republicans are seeking a nominee for the open gop seat where democrat paul davis is expected to make a strong showing in november. meanwhile, democrats have a crowded field of their own in the third district to take on incumbent congressman. in washington's 8th district, a seat welcome by hillary clinton in 2016, voters have until today to cast mail-in ballots. lacy clay is facing a challenge from corey bush. a lot of action there, yasmin. >> absolutely. >>> let's head overseas. the united states has reimplemented economic sanctions against iran that were lifted under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. specifically, the action targets iran's auto, civil aviation and coal industries. it also impacts the trade of gold and other precious medals, in addition to banning the importing of carpets and food. rouhani criticized the trump administration saying, quote, if you stab someone with a knife and then say you want talks, then the first thing you have to do is remove the knife.

in michigan, former detroit health commissioner abdul el-sayed is facing off against gretchen whitmer for the democratic nominatioion for michigigan's govevernor. burma senator bernie sanders an youronongresonalal nominee alexandr o ocasicortrteznd her progressive leaders veve endorsed dr. el-sayed, w i is vying to bece e the tionon's rst mumuim governor. this is dr. el-sayed speangng th t thentercece's medhi hassan about what he would do on his first day y of office, if elected. >> i want to shut down line five. our great l lkes a account for % of the worldld's freshwater. right now we have an oil pipeline that is 15 years pasas when i it was supposed to shut down. lineve to shut down that five because we'e've got to protect that water. there are issues r related to water in flint and detroit. inin flint, i want t to set up a tasksk force that would work within the first yeaear getting all of the lead pipingng out of the ground so that folks can city ofsily in the flint. ththey have suffered too m mh ad they still do not have clean water. then we need to put a moratorium on water shu

races happening around the country including michigan where the democratic state senate leader gretchen whitmernomination for governor in that state. this according to "associated press." there's been a little bit of chaos in the vote counting out there for the secretary of state site. those are the numbers you see up on the screen showing you a low apartment in. whitmer the favorite of the establishment of the party. you're seeing in the a.p. count winning with 51% of the vote. she defeats apparently former top detroit health official abdul he will syed. he was backed by both bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez. they campaigned on his behalf ahead of this race. joining us is democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. let me just ask you. >> good evening. >> you're trying to pick off 23 republican seats in november. how do you feel at this moment? >> very good. there are 79 sees more competitive than the seats where it's still too close to call with danny o'connor as our candidate. michigan, the contest you just referenced more democrats showed up to vote there. people are ener

in michigan, gretchen whitmer clinched the democratic nomination for governor over dul el-sayed, in a conte that tested the staying power of liberal candidates like el- sayed, who were backed by independent senator bernie sanders. michigan will also almost certainly send the first-ever muslim womano congress, rashida tlaib, won the p democratmary to fill the detroit-area seat vacated by congressman john conyers after he was accused of sexual misconduct. tlaib will have no republican opposition in the fall, smooth sailing for one of the record 185 women who are major-party nominees for house seats this midterm year. and here for more on those election results is kyle kondik. henalyzes elections at the university of virginia's center for politics and is also the author of "the bellwether: why ohio picks the predent." thank for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> brangham: last night lots of primaries, lots of different states. what stood o >> i think the big picture takeaway is a lot of election results since president trump got elected have suggested a democratic bounce-back and th

and in michigan, the former democratic leader of the state senate, gretchen whitmer, handlely won her women are now the major party nominees for governor in 11 states, breaking the record of ten set in 1994. and that number is almost certain to grow with the remaining primaries. with at least 20 more women nominated for the u.s. house last night, that total is now at 182. a record number of major party nominations with still more to come and one more milestone last night as michigan's tlaib will likely become the first muslim woman to serve in congress. a former state rep, she's unopposed in the general election for the seat. long held by ex-congressman john conyers. i think in a lot of ways, this is a response to trump. joe, women are stepping up. >> yeah. willie, so much. again, it is not a surprise. just like 1996 was a response to bill clinton. 2010 was a response to barack obama. no doubt about it. 2018 seems to be such a response to donald trump with the republicans underperforming everywhere. and women -- democratic women particularly, doing well in these early contests. >> no