look where jd vance is tonight. i'm going to take you through this sean but i want you to think about this. donald trump injected himself in ohio, he won ohio a year and a half ago, and trump's gone a good night based on endorms. let's get to it. jd vance is in yellow you see how much yellow covers the map throughout the state of ohio. what you were talking about in the southwestern part of the state, hamilton county, cincinnati, no one expected to do well in this city but jd vance lives there and holding his own right now. just north of here butler county, vance doing well there also. there's a little town here called middletown right on the border of butler county and warren county. why do i mention that? if you follow the book and the movie, that is where jd vance spent a lot of his youth. he was from kentucky, moved to southwestern ohio, that was the spot right there in middletown. you mentioned clermont, too. advances doing well here, you mentioned warren, let me jump over here to warren county as well and watc

cnn can now project that jd vance will win the gop nomination.lling us? >> this is victory for jd vance and also a victory -- you cannot sugar coat this -- for trump as well. we have about 70% of the vote counted now. this lead has sfretretched overe last hour. jd vance with 31% of the vote, josh man del a very pro-trump candidate but did not get trump's endorsement. mat doland was in the hunt early on but he simply faded. see all these rural colors here, just like trump built it up in ohio and ran away with the state against joe biden. rural ohio not exclusively but very much powering the map behind what will be a jd vance victory. again, relatively close in some of them, but you pick up several hundred votes in a small rural county like that, you move over here you're picking up several hundred more votes here. this is how donald trump does it in small town america with jd vance doing it in ohio tonight. in a place where if matt doland was to have an upset he needed to do it down here, the third largest county in the state, hamilton county that

it's where jd vance was the strongest. that's why i think the trump effect really did carry him, because those areas trump flipped the most dramatically were strongest for vance. >> steve kornacki proving he doesn't even need the big board. he's got the exact spread in 2012 in his head. >>> coming up next hour, more on the supreme court leak. >> those republican leaders who are trying to weaponize the use of the law against women, we say how dare they. how dare they tell a woman what she can do and not do with her own body. >> eugene daniels joins us from the white house with the latest reporting on the vice president's unique position in this fight. plus andrew ross sorkin on why major companies are staying quiet on the issues so far. later, yesterday was the deadliest day in eastern ukraine since early april. eastern ukrae since early april. for copd, ask your doctor about breztri. breztri gives you better breathing, symptom improvement, and helps prevent flare-ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breath

jd vance with a 62,540 lead. it was close. jd vance stretching out how? look at the color. he's a lighter red shade here. he's everywhere in rural ohio. josh mandel running second. very protrump candidate. these rural counties if you go back to the presidential race and look, joe biden won seven counties in ohio and donald trump carried the state by eight points. look at this. right? look at this in 2020. fast forward to tonight. j.d. vance gets the trump up eve endorsement winning in ohio and holding his own here hamilton county, cincinnati where vance is at headquarters. a more narrow margin but holding his own there, as well. it's impressive. in a crowded race you might say well, he's got 32% of the vote. the trump endorsement without a doubt helping j.d. vance win this nomination tonight in the key state republicans need to hold this seat, ohio. >> john king at the magic wall beginning coverage. thank you. >>> the state and local races will have more import now that we're following what is happening with the supreme court. i want to turn to the protest happening across

nbc projected that jd vance will win the republican primary. joining us now is the great steve kornacki. steve, it is good to see you, my friend. you have big news out of ohio right now, those numbers are coming in fast and furious. >> yeah, ali. there it is, you see the check mark jd vance we're declaring has won the republican primary. he will face off against tim ryan the democrat in the fall. basically what's been happening here, if you've been watching these returns on our air tonight when we first came on the air when about the first ten or 15% of the vote was reported out, vance was running at about 24, 25%. what that was was the way they report the vote out in ohio is every county puts out the early vote and the vote by mail first. in a republican primary, that's a pretty small share of the overall vote. most republicans, most prefer to vote in person on election day. the people that voted in person on election day today have broken sharply for jd vance in county after county we have seen him measurably improving in how he did today ver

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he does indeed, jd vance, i'm outside l indeed, jd vance, i'm outside his victory celebration and hepolls increased any out a victory and jd vance just gave his victory speech moments ago and he thanked donald trump and said that people have stated that donald trump's make america great movement was dead but he has said that his victory is not dead yet. this is a celebration forjd vance and also it is believed donald trump will be celebrating as well. interesting, how important is it that the jd vance bandwagon roll through and winces for donald trump, in fact in terms of him looking at his prospects and the general level of support?— and the general level of su ort? .,, ., ., and the general level of su--ort? ., ., ., support? there was a lot of pressure — support? there was a lot of pressure and _ support? there was a lot of pressure and criticism - support? there was a lot of pressure and criticism on i pressure and criticism on donald trump for indoor thing jd vance. jd vance criticised donald trump back in 2016, so there were many candidates in this republican senate primary rac

whether jd vance wins or not, there's almost as many people supporting jd vance as are undecided.eling that whoever wins that race, they're going to be trying to run as fast as possible into the arms of former president trump. we all need to be reminded that former president trump won ohio by more than 8% twice. ohio was seen as a sort of really up in the air state. then her comes former president trump along and has pulled that state red. it tells you a lot about the power of former president trump and his ideas. >> what's interesting is endorsing jd vance, a never trumper, because of celebrity, because of polling, whatever, it's like the pennsylvania primary where he endorsed dr. oz over david mccormick who is a strong trump supporter, married to a former trump white house aide. so it's celebrity that matters. >> yeah. that's sort of classically trump, right? he's probably watched a lot of dr. oz. i think in some ways the more interesting element here is not why trump makes these donations. it's the contortions that the candidates make to get trump's endorsement. if you looked b

jd vance.a yale graduate, a venture capitalist and became famous for writing the book turned horrible movie hillbilly elegy where he explained that white people become racist because they're poor. yeah. that's why they say the "n" word with a hard, because they can't afford a vowell. what makes jd vance unique in this field of republicans is all the trash that he talked about their dear leader donald jelly fish trump. >> i'm a never trump guy, i never liked him. >> in february of 2016 he wrote trump's actual policy proposals range from immoral to absurd. >> mr. trump is unfit for our nation's highest office. >> three months later he wrote trump is cultural heroin. he makes some people feel better for a bit, but he cannot fix what ails them. and one day they will realize it. >> former roommate of mr. vance sharing his text messages from 2016 in which mr. vance reportedly told people how he thought that donald trump was going to be quote america's hitler. >> i can't stomach trump, i think that he

whatever problems jd vance has, it's not the problems roy moore had.uld have to mess this up for the environment to change in order to lose this race. jeff: this was the first sort of primary trump test and a primary this midterm season. we have some primaries coming up where trump has made endorsements in competitive races. pennsylvania on the 17th. he has endorsed dr. oz in the senate race in georgia on may 24. he has endorsed a slate of state-wide candidates. are these states, or compare these states to ohio and the candidates in the races to jd vance d his race. will trump be able to replicate what happened yesterday in these states? >> it is unclear. trump did stick his neck out on jd vance. we will see if that happens with dr. oz in pennsylvania. that is a race that seemed because when trump made his endorsement. brian kemp of georgia who had a falling out with trump, trump endorsed david perdue and at primary, camp seems to be doing well -- brian kemp is doing well over 50% in the primary at this point, so it doesn't look like trump will get eve

star and just run the old stuff, not the new stuff where jd vance skewers him.going to play a little bit of this for you and we have both so people can make up their own minds about it. but you can just politically say this is what a never-trumper he's been and people can process that. and if you can't trust someone how do you give them more power sphas you say if you can't trust justices what they say under oath, they say at the time roe is decided, it's a super precedent. and now we're reading a draft that says it's always been wrong. which is it and did you perjure yourself? with that in mind here's jd vance then and thou. >> as somebody who doesn't like trump myself. the elites was right about donald trump. i'm a never trump guy. i never liked him. he's the best president of my lifetime and he revealed the corruption in this country like nobody else. i can't stomach trump. i think that he's noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place. i think he's a good president and making a lot of good decisions for people. >> i think you're not a

look where jd vance's tonight . i'm going to take t you through this, but i want you to think about this . donald trump injected himselfthh into ohio. a he won ohio a year and a half ago, show that moment to o trump's having a good nightn based on these endorsements. all right. sodo let's get to it. advances in yellow. you see how much yellow covers the map here throughout the state of ohio. what you were talking about down here in the southwestern part of the state is hamilton county. this is cincinnati. dolen expected to do wellva in this city. okay,nc but j.d. vance lives there and he's holding his ownwn right now just north of here., you mentioned well, butler county barnstead doing well there also there's a little town here called middletown. it's right rder on the butler f and warren county. why dooo i mention that if you follow the book and the movie t hillbilly elegy, that is where jd vance spent a lot of his youthyo. he was from kentucky, moved to southwestern ohio. that was the spothe right there in middle

pennsylvania, goeorgia and beyod to test the strength of the former president, certainly, with jd vance, seeing if he can collect that and declare a victory. >> we will find out in the next few hours. jeff, thank you for that report. thanks to our viewers, i'm wolf blitzer in the "the situation room," erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, protests growing across the country after the leak of that draft opinion from the supreme court overturning row v wade, plus explosions reported in several cities across ukraine tonight including lviv and kyiv, ukrainian officials say they just shot down a cruise missile. >>> it's election day, polls are about to close in ohio, tonight's primary the first influence test of the trump on the republican party. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, breaking news, protests around the country growing at this hour, less than 24 hours after the explosive leak of the supreme court draft opinion that strikes down roe v wade, sparking demonstrations of course outside the supreme co

>> we could get a lot of insight because jd vance was running back in the back.otes in the lead here. his lead is growing here as we get more vote in now, more than about 28% of the estimated vote in and he's building that lead. if he can keep that up as these votes come in obviously donald trump is going to claim an immense amount of credit. jd vance is probably going to be eager to share that credit with the former president. and in this moment kicking off a month of tests for donald trump in some very high profile races, getting a victory in his column, this on the first tuesday in may will be really important to say to the party, hey, my choice for a candidate still matters. i'm still the guy that you got to come and kiss the ring. i still have the sway and the juice inside this party. >> so, abbey, state senator matt dolan is the only republican candidate in that field really who hasn't gone along with the big lie. he surged over the last week or so in the polls maybe doing better than expected, but, you know, is this a case where the only way he makes an im

jd vance, i am outside his victory celebration now. sed by donald trump, several weeks ago, and his standing in polls increased. he pulled out the victory, and actually vance just gave his victory speech, moments ago, and he thanked donald trump, and he thanked donald trump, and he thanked donald trump, and he said that people may say donald trump's make america great again movement was dead, but the victory here shows it ain't dead yet. so this is a celebration for tampa. there was a lot of pressure, a lot of criticism on donald trump for endorsingjd vance. jd criticism on donald trump for endorsing jd vance. jd vance actually criticised donald trump back in 2016, so there were a lot of candidates in this republican senate primary race who wanted donald trump's support and were shocked and angered that donald trump picked vance. so for donald trump to be able to reach out and pick a nominee trump to be able to reach out and picka nominee in trump to be able to reach out and pick a nominee in a tightly contested race, vance was trailing

his pick, jd vance secured the nomination in the heated primary. at the big board and charlie sykes and columnist connie schultz. steve, an important win for donald trump for the state of his political power. what are your biggest takeaways? >> that's the most important one. ohio posed the question going forward, if trump could get his candidate across the finish line in ohio, would that emmbold ben him. in terms of trump's impact on this primary, it's hard to ignore. a couple things, if you look at polling in the race through mid april, when trump made his endorsement of jd vance, you didn't have him at the top. he ended up moving to the top by about ten points. you take a look here, vance and mandel who ran the hardest after getting the trump endorsement after trump voters. the strongest trump areas, it was vance and mandel running one and two. vance running number one. look at that result and think, if trump weighed in for mandel, good chance he would be the nominee. it's clear trump had an impact. vance benefits. vance moves to the general elec

particular brand of combative politics fueled by disinformation and paranoia and now best embodied by one jd vanceothing but contempt for our democracy. vance has peddled the big lie. vance has referred to the january 6th select committee as, quote, the real assault on democracy and in a recent profile of "vanity fair" he advocated for a total purge of the u.s. government saying, quote, i think trump's going to run in '24. if trump should do if i was giving him one piece of advice, fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state and replace them with our people. jd vance went on steve bannon's podcast just before russia invaded ukraine, sparking one of the -- russia's invasion of ukraine sparked one of the biggest challenges to the post-cold war order and jd vance said this about it. quote, i don't really care what happens to ukraine one way or another. the only thing stopping jd vance and the candidates like him across this country who were hoping to rise to power and potentially help pave the way for donald trump to return to the white house one way or ano

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amy: jd vance is a venture capitalist and author of the best selling book, heavily backed by right-wing tech billionaire peter thiel. politico reports thiel spent more than $15 million to back vance who will face democratic congressmember tim ryan in november's election to fill the seat currently held by republican senator rob portman. his wife clerked for justice kavanaugh. in another closely watched race, democratic congressmember shontel brown has defeated challenger nina turner, the former co-chair of bernie sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. it was a rematch of last or special election that brought brown to congress. we will have more on the ohio election later in the program. a former philadelphia police officer has been charged with murder and is being held without bail for fatally shooting a 12-year-old boy named thomas siderio in march. philadelphia district attorney larry krasner accused the officer edsaul mendoza of shooting the 12-year-old while the boy was face down on the sidewalk after a foot pursuit. prosecutors say the 12-year-old had fired a gun at one point but had

amy: i would ask you about the primary and ohio, jd vance won after eating the back of donald trump,ough he had attacked trump years ago. even though his opponents had aired months of ads highlighting his anti-trump statements in the past, including saying trump could become america's hitler. he has since become a supporter of trump and praised him tuesday night. >> i got to say, a lot of fake news media out there. there are some good ones in the back, some bad ones, too, let's be honest. but they wanted to write a story that this campaign would be the death of donald trump's america first initiative. amy: jd vance is a venture capitalist and author who was heavily supported by right-wing tech billionaire peter thiel and will face off against democratic commerce member tim ryan in november's election to fill the seat currently held by republican senator rob portman. vance's wife clerked for justice kavanaugh. in another closely watched race in ohio, democratic commerce member shontel brown defeated progressive challenger nina turner from the former cochair of bernie presidential camp

i am as guilty as jd vance of not supporting trump in the beginning. - brother-in-law are both backing vance. >> i like what he came from, that he came from poverty. a lot of adversity. i made the dision. the trump endorsement was an added bonus. john: for black, it helped seal the deal. >> if he puts his faith in big-name players or behind jd, i have to trust what they are saying. >> i am going to washington as reinforcement for fighters. john: many expected josh mandel to get the trump endorsement. in his third run for the senate, he has been a steadfast crusader for trump plaza agenda. although in nebraska, trump seemed confused about just who he endorsed. mr. trump: we have endorsed j.d. mandel and he's doing good. john: mandel is backed by texas senator ted cruz. mandel, who often campaigns in evangelical churches, met reporters with cruz before an appearance near dayton. >> what did you see in josh mandel that president trump didn't see? >> it's easy for a candidate to say the right things. what i look for is what is the record. when have they sto

do you think all of them are going to be as successful as jd vance?hem will be. certainly, this is good news for president trump if he wanted to disrupt this narrative that maybe his endorsements don't mean much, jd vance really does have to thank donald trump for elevating him in that primary. but it doesn't mean that dr. oz is going to have an easy path to victory in pennsylvania. it doesn't mean brian kemp is suddenly in massive jeopardy in georgia. there are a lot of places where the president's influence remains more limited. and frankly, you can look at this glass half full and say he clearly got vance to the front in that pack, but the other way to look at it is almost 7 in 10 ohio republican primary voters did not listen to donald trump's endorsement. so there's a way you can spin this to both say trump has a lot of influence and say his influence is limited. >> he's good for 33% of the vote in a state in which he did very well. in ohio. so in a crowded field, of course, that makes a large difference. but what will it be in a governor's race,

cnn projects jd vance endorsed by trump will win the republican senate primary. known as the author of the best selling book hill billy elegy. he will face democratic congressman tim ryan in november. one of the most hotly contested races. for the latest on the situation in ukraine. let's bring in my colleague in lviv. >> very good morning. thank you. now i want to update you on breaking news we had the last few minutes. eu announcing six package of sanctions really. proposing a ban on russian oil. meanwhile what we're hearing from from the british intelligence, russia struggling to breakthrough ukrainian defenses. new video shows ukraine artillery and attack drones continue to be effective against russian armor in the east. and number of russian military vehicles lie destroyed in the village south of kharkiv. and this video shows ukrainian forces hitting at least two russian military positions on the russian occupied snake island. you will recall of course it gained worldwide attention at the beginning of the invasion when ukrainian troops refused to sur rendser

the trump bump, jd vance was 11 or 12% he went inand won tonight decisively.ple opponents have endorsed him already and i think the president ran the table in ohio because ohio state inflation immigration security what's going on in ukraine, gas pump grocery store, everything perplexing them they fear is at the hands of people like tim ryan the democratic nominee now against jd vance a total phoney really a mini joe biden, been in washington 20 years, remarkable, already lost one race for president, sound familiar? joe biden? against energy independence all of that. and voted for build back better. so i think now republicans need to make sure that people like tim ryan get deceited in the fall to keep that important seat in republicans hands. huge night for america first leader donald trump. >> laura: here's senate candidate tim ryan speaking of this trying to distance himself, tom, from his own party. >> defunding the police is way off the mark. we need more cops not less. my party also got it wrong on the trade deals that sent your jobs overseas. i've always

mike: buckeye state, jd vance got a shot from president trump.o you assess for the the republicans? >> folks on the left are doing everything they can to try and imply that trump's influence in the party has diminished. i think they will find that as not the case on november 8th. i think jd vance is the one to pull this out and it's okay for republicans to support different candidates in a primary. this is obviously to fill rob portman's seat. ohio is a reliably red state and when it's all said and done irrespective of who wins it'll be a seat held by the republicans. mike: mike, a lot of republicans looking at veteran, how do you see the race? >> i couldn't find a more distasteful candidate than jd vance. the trump endorsement gives tim ryan a fighting chance. i think if it was just left to the primary voters they'd probably would again pick a republican in the state of ohio but i think the fact that trump is putting himself on the ballot that may help this gentleman and i use the term loosely with jd vance, it may help them in the primary but i

in a surprising move, he endorsed jd vance. vance once described himself as a never trumper. though he now says he regrets criticizing mr. trump in 2016. at a rally just yesterday, the former president appeared to forget vance's name. and mixed it up with his opponent's name, josh mandell. >> we have endorsed dr. oz we have endorsed jp, right jd mandell and he's doing great they're all doing good they're all doing good >> before mr. trump's endorsement, jd vance trailed in the polls and was running out of cash cnbc's senior congressional correspondent ylan mui is live on the campaign trail in mason, ohio >> well, what a turnaround, shep it was standing room only here in mason, ohio, for jd vance you can sill see the sign is up. a couple balloons still floating around on the ceiling. this was his last campaign stop before voters cast their ballots tomorrow in what has been a raucous republican race for ohio's open senate seat. now, vance catapulted to the top of the polls after trump endorsed him and he spent the past couple days crisscrossing the state trying to explain why h

historic victory for america here in ohio and also a first, historic defeat for the -- historic defeat jd vancein an interview that year with the best-selling -- about the best-selling memoir "hillbilly elegy," judy woodruff asked vance about hillary clinton's description of trump supporters as “a basket of deplorables.” judy: is there something to what she said, or is she completely off-base? >> i think it is probably both. there is an element of donald trump's support that has its basis in racism or xenophobia. >> i get -- i can't get past how much i hated trump. >> i was saying i could see the whole spectrum of how i felt about it. john: how ccerned are you about the skepticism we heard today? >> at the end of the day, we are going to win the race. >> you can only sell yourself to a certain degree and then for me, i'm going to go with my gut. john: but for joab scott, an autoworker from southern ohio, vance's change of heart mirrors his own. >> i think there were 15 people on the stage at one time and he was my 15th choice. i am just as guilty as j.d. vance of not, you know, trump or not sup

they're all doing good. >> so just to be clear, president trump has endorsed jd vance over josh mandellf any candidate names jd mandell, but either way, now the question in ohio, and other competitive primaries is do trump's words, does his overall message still have a major impact? >> i want to pick somebody that's going to win, and this man is going to win. come on up, jd. >> donald trump is testing his role as a king maker. >> ohio, do we love this guy? >> many republicans do still love him. the question is whether they will follow his lead and support jd vance in ohio's crowded senate primary tuesday. on the campaign trail today, vance made famous by his best selling book "hillbilly elegy" was still explaining his transition from trump critic to acolyte. >> i can't turn on the tv without seeing my fat head saying something i said five years ago. >> what he said has been played again and again on tv ads from rivals and critics. >> i'm a never trump guy. i never liked him. as somebody who doesn't like trump, i might have to hold my nose and vote for hillary clinton. >> we asked vance

america great again supporters are the most extreme political organization in american history as jd vancete backed by donald trump trance in the republican primary in ohio. as a gop now firmly the trump party? now a new government bureaucracy is here the disinformation governance board. how might the dgp and it's musically minded chief decide what is true and what is false? welcome to the wall to journal at but will discuss also the guest this week and 14 and harmeet dhillon at managing partner at dhillon law group. the institutions of the republic were being destroyed by evil republicans who threaten to upend all the norms and rules of democracy. while that was last week. this week, they're out eagerly seizing the shocking breaches of constitutional procedure in modern history entirely for their own political advantage break them on monday politico published leaked document of the supreme court may be poised to strike down roe v wade. 1973 decision discovered a woman's right to abortion in the u.s. constitution we know we still do not know who leaked the news at five of the nine justices

jd vance. >> i'm jd vance. >> i'm jd vance. >> i support jd vance. >> jd vance is different. jd is strong on borders. >> donald trump has officially endorsed senate candidate jd vance. >> we've endorsed jp, right? jd mandel. he is doing great. [ laughter ] >> oh, my god. you know, you know, if the current occupant at 1600 pennsylvania avenue had done that, there would be headlines for, like, months. >> about his age. >> oh, he can't remember. which, of course, underlines the fact, how funny it is. you have people, right-wing trumpists attacking joe biden for his mental acuity. right before donald trump couldn't remember who even endorsed, he -- this is when he was going through his cognitive test. >> right. >> i aced my cognitive test. this is a water puff low. buffalo. this is a ladder. do we have jonathan lemire here? he is our cognitive test specialist. jonathan, what were the six or seven words he could remember? >> it was man, woman, camera, light, and then one more. it was all very -- water buffalo, you had that one right. >> water buffalo. >> water buffalo is essential.

. >> look at jd vance, campaigning with marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz.rcumstance where the establishment could claim they defeated trump so president trump's brand is on the line, the maga brand is on the line. >> like i said, he speaks an occasional truth. do you agree? >> it's interesting. donald trump obviously went all in for jd vance, did it late. this was a risk he took. it looks like it's working out early if these poll numbers over the last couple of weeks are telling us the truth. i think we'll know a lot more at the end of this month about exactly how powerful donald trump still is in the republican party and looks like mixed results. jd vance looks good in ohio with a trump-supporting republican and georgia, much bigger problems where his endorsement hasn't seemed to help at all. >> all of these candidates have tried to beat the trump candidate so in that way he has already won. josh mandel wins that race in ohio. donald trump will probably still claim victory on wednesday morning as mandel sought to be a trump candidate. >> a convert. it's fi

just remember, jd vance, 68% of republicans in ohio, didn't vote for jd vance.e he -- trump's endorsement resulted in an overwhelming, you know, crushing blow by jd. he's a great guy, did a great job but, you know, trump's endorsement is very important but it's not dispositive. >> right. david urban and kiersten powers thanks to both of you. appreciate it. >>> we've seen the aftermath of russian attacks in ukraine but new video shows one of the attacks as it happens. that's next, stay with us. like what you sesee abe? yes! 2b's covered with zero overdraft fees when he overdraws his account by fifty bucks s or less. and 2c, well, she's not going to let a lost card get her stressed. am i right? that's right. that's because these neighbors all have chase. alerts that help check. tools that help protect. one bank that puts you in control. chase. make more of what's yours. hitting the road? not all 5g networks are created equal. t-mobile covers more interstate highway miles with 5g than verizon. t-mobile has more 5g bars in more places than anyone. another reason t-m

his pick in ohio is jd vance, josh mandel.nt is very much on board with his campaign. the slip up couldn't have come at a more crucial moment thoi because this is a wide open senate primary contest. a fox news poll last month had four candidates in double digits and a whopping 25% saying they don't know who they are dwoing to vote for. it wouldn't be a stretch to see vance, mandel, dolan or gibbons come out on top and it's unlikely the winner will take the majority of the ballots. election day is tomorrow, which means we'll see how former president trump's first endorsement in a 2022 senate republican primary will hold up. msnbc is on the ground there following this race. jesse, great to see you. you have talked to both jd vance and josh mandel recently. what are they telling you how they are approaching this home stretch of the campaign? >> reporter: we have also talked to more voters than i can keep track of at this point. as you said, it appears to be yone's race. those two are on top within the margin of error. both of the

and jd vance did exactly that. so credit to donald trump. he does have that kind of midas touch, but that's not the dynamic of every one of these primaries going forward. we'll see how others play out, jim. but the other thing here, it's not just his ability to back someone to be the winner. most of these candidates were running in a very trump maga aligned way. so i think that's the far bigger point here is that donald trump's version of the republican party is the dominant version. they were all, except one really seeking his endorsement. yes, vance got it and it helped him over the hump. that will stand to help donald trump's stature and prowess inside the party, especially as other 2024 potential hopefuls look at him, but i think this is a party still very much in his image. >> forgive me for discussing beyond donald trump, because other issues move voters right now. what are the driving issues? certainly, inflation, pocketbook issues, economic approval ratings for biden. central. what do you see and in primaries, an indicator for the ge

with just two days to go >> if jd vance is not successful next week, what does that say about th clout of donald trump. >> we don't want a circumstance where they could defeat president trump. so if president trump's brand is on the line, the maga brand is on the line. >> reporter: vance surging to first in a fox news poll, but within the margin of error. josh mandel is in second, not backed by trump. but still tieing himself with the former president stumping with texas senator ted cruz the name trump is much more an endorsement. >> it is a governing philosophy america first is a governing philosophy when it comes to the economy, when it comes to jobs in our state. >> reporter: and some undecided voters say policy pitches matter more including independents in delaware county where trump's margin of victory plummeted 9 points from 2016 to 2020. >> i am not necessarily looking at candidates m i'looking at the issues. >> reporter: even some independents who voted for trump un-phased by his push >> just because you have these famous people in your corner doesn't mean that that's a smart t

cnn projecting jd vance. what's the takeaway for republicans here? mp endorsement mattered in the state of ohio when vance had been trailing to mandel and then the endorsement certainly gave vance a lift. but the real test is going to come over the next few weeks in the other battleground states of north carolina, pennsylvania and georgia, especially pennsylvania and georgia where trump has endorsed dr. oz and it's unclear how that race is going to finish. it looks like trump's endorsed candidate in georgia, the former senator of purdue, is likely to lose to incumbent governor kemp. and in north carolina, ken bud, the house member, has been endorsed and that's a close race as well over mccrory. it should be noted trump has endorsed a lot of republicans so far in this 2022 cycle, so many of the incumbents were going to win, anyway, so the numbers look good, but in these open seats where there was a lot of action. in the case of governor kemp, it's not sure what the outcome will be. >> we often do that, right? are we putting too much stock in this one r

bob, what is the significants. >> jd vance's victory, major, is a prism into the republican party rightow, about six months before this year's mid term election it is still very much a peart in trump's image even though some party leadersp might want to move on from trump and trumpism, especially after the capitol attack. but trump's playbook in primaries is working. nationalism on trade, the economy, foreign policy, and vance also echoed trump's false claim that the 2020 election was rigged. >> garrett: more tests ahead for the former president, true? >> indeed, just in two weeks in pennsylvania dr. mek competition in pennsylvania senator davidure dorsandida nowg behind the incumbent brian kemp. >> garrett: and we learned donald trump, jr. testified recently before the january 6th committee, what do we know? >> cbs news has confirmed that donald trump, jr. did testify virtually on tuesday. the testimony lasted, major, about three hours. he did not plead the fifth amendment. why is this significant? because donald trump, jr. was inside the oval office, the west wing on january 6th, 2021

one avenue, i think, that, and you're already starting to see, tim ryan is looking to use against jd vanceistory. it's his turn from being an anti-trumper, a venture capitalist. there's a new ad from tim ryan talking about his use of his hillbilly book to make a netflix show trying to use that to paint him as someone who is not of the state of ohio, not of the kind of populist narrative that vance is campaigning on right now. if there's a chance it could happen, it would be along those lines, but again, this is an uphill battle for democrats and right now, vance's job to consolidate the republicans who didn't vote for him in the primary when it comes to the general election. >> to be fair, he's been consistent on the issues he says aren't getting national attention, nearly as much as they should be and that is the blue collar workers there in that state. kitchen table issues, the a abby, let me ask you about the leak that would overturn roe v. wade. stacy abrams makes it clear she's going to run on the issue. this campaign will absolutely lean into and lead on that issue because if i want

just weeks ago, jd vance was trailing in the polls in a crowded race, but he shot to the top with trump'sthe poll numbers over the past month. vance is the green line there. so you see the numbers spike right after the trump endorsement on april 15th. this was just the first major test of mr. trump's influence over republican voters ahead of the midterms cnbc's senior congressional correspondent, ylan mui has been following the race she's live in columbus >> shep, jd vance certainly had a lot of people to thank in his victory speech first, of course, his family, next the campaign staff. then he praised president trump and attacked the media >> they wanted to write a story that this campaign would be the death of donald trump's america first agenda ladies and gentlemen, it ain't the death of the america first agenda >> vance finished this race a solid eight percent nl points ahead of the next candidate who incidentally, the same margin by which trump won the state in the presidential elections two years ago. today, we talked to voters here in central ohio, and they made it clear, they supp

senator, you know who that is, jd vance where is jd? what a guy, he is writing high right now.e candidate that i endorsed one their primaries on tuesday. they want 22 and a zero in texas a couple weeks before we won 33 and zero. with a total record five and zero. [cheering] spent welcome back those president trump at his rally in greens, pennsylvania celebrating 55 and a zero lasix primary elections all the president pick so far no set to compete in a november midterm election my next guest has been at his father's side as president trump considers endorsements and where the most closely watched primary seasons. donald trump junior is a founder of the new news he joins us right now. great to see you, thanks so much for being here this morning. you know, president trump has been backing a lot of d.c. outsiders, first timers as we've got jd vance, you've got herschel walker, a football legend andtr entrepreneur. how was he thinking about his endorsements? >> listen i thinkaw they're looking outside of the swamp. you saw how successful my father was with his policies, his presiden

. >>> tuesday's ohio senate primary winners, republican jd vance and democrat tim ryan are set to faceio seat this fall. here to discuss that and more, yvette simpson, alex burns, author of the new book this will not pass, abc congressional correspondent rachel scott and sarah isgur. welcome to all of you. rachel, i want to start with you, because you've been on the ground this week talking to women across the country on both sides of this issue, what are you hearing? >> you know, something that stuck out to me an abortion provider, said people who are suddenly outraged by this haven't been paying attention. 26 states will likely either outlaw abortion altogether or severely restrict access. women will go through whatever hurdle necessary in order to have a choice. our team was down in wichita, kansas, speaking with a woman who had to wait 37 days to get an appointment. for an abortion. t she was traveling from the state of texas. oklahoma, a state that used to be a safe haven for women traveling from places like texas no longer will be, abortions have all but stopped in that state. th