cnn projects john fetterman will get the senate nod. pennsylvania's lieutenant governor suffered a stroke and just had surgery for a pacemaker with a defibulator. earlier fetterman's wife thanked supporters saying her husband is resting at the hospital and is on track for a full recovery. charlie dent. good to see you both. >> great to see you. >> let's start with a race that is too close to call where trump candidate mehmet oz is locked in a tight race. >> i think dave mccormick would be a better candidate against john fetterman. i think dave mccormick a profile, west point, army during the gulf war. successful businessman. pittsburgh. i think he would play better in the suburbs relative to john fetterman. i think he would draw a nice contrast and the wind would be at his back. it is a winnable race for republicans. >> whatever g.o.p. candidate wins, oz or mccormick it will be up against john fetterman. you know, we have to consider his health. what about in terms of support for him? >> hard to say how the health issue will play eight

john fetterman's campaign is already off. >> oh, fetterman.bout your size, i think that 6'9", shorter. he does not like suits. he wears sweats. >> i like him in the sense that he is different. looking at what i saw was a fever of just battles from republicans who had votes going 3d. which means the numbers get when you look at who was showing up to vote, that members of republicans who were coming up to vote, i don't hear if you are separate meant. should be afraid because yes, your campaign is getting started early. but the sheer numbers, third place is running strong. which means that when all of them come together and i think they will come together. i think the republicans gets it. they know. they have seen what is going on. they want race. back. they want to get inflation down. they want to get america back. i'm just looking at how many people are showing up at the ballot and it is a huge difference. i think the only ones who are showing up for the democrats are the progressives because moderates are going, you know what? we are better of

he was someone that president biden felt close to and was fond of, but now firmly behind john fettermaniticians paying very close attention, president biden is no stranger to washington politics and he made clear to put out in a statement, he believes fetterman represents working families and he put working class people at the center of his campaign. >> hugely important race for democrats if they flip this to a blue seat, might make it easier for them to hold on to the senate. >> we'll wait to see who john fetterman will be running against. >>> we have new developments for you this morning on the nationwide shortage of baby formula. two children have been hospitalized because their parents were unable to get the very specific formula that they needed. >>> plus, the black box data recovered from a chinese plane crash suggests someone in the cockpit intentionally downed the plane, killing all 132 people on board. we have the brand-new details ahead. panera chefs have crafted a masterpiece... succulent, seared chicken... a secret aioli... clean ingredients... in a buttery brioche roll. mad

john fetterman is in the hospital. john fetterman cast a vote today from his hospital room.tterman had a heart procedure today. he has been declared the winner based on the tally so far in the associated press, so he is well on to taking on whoever comes out to win the republican senate primary and will be get a winner tonight, will we find out tonight? remember, the state of pennsylvania starts counting their ballots after the polls close, and that was just about an hour and 4 minutes ago, so we've got a ways here. just checking on the republican race for the gubernatorial primary in pennsylvania, dog mastriano was endorsed by donald trump and he is now a leader with about 24, 25% of the vote in, that is a bit of a change as we watch the tallies come in throughout the state, take you down to north carolina and show you what we have seen so far tonight. pop down to the tar heel state, this is ted budd in magenta, we will call it, sean. he was picked within minutes by the associated press, and early winter, endorsed by donald trump a year ago. ted budd was an easy winner in n

my husband john fetterman is not in the room tonight. john had a little hick up on friday while we were on the road campaigning. thank god he is already on his way to a full recovery. we are grateful to the nurses and staff at lancaster general for our family and all the families they serve. john wants to thank every single one of you. during the hardest week of our lives and this election, you made sure we all felt so supported and so loved. there is nothing john likes more than being on the campaign trail. the time off has been hard on him. back on friday i noticed something was off. he did not want to go to the hospital. he did not want to miss the events we had planned. but i insisted and as usual i was right. [laughter] and i'm so glad i made him go for two reasons. the first is that doctors were able to act quickly and john is going to be back on his feet in no time. [applause] and the second reason is that i now have one more thing i get to hold over him. i mean, i saved his life, right? i will never let him live that down. [laugh

he is a real guy. >> you spent time with john fetterman and his wife.he is a very important part of his campaign. she was a part of his initial reaction to the leaked supreme court document. let's take a look what you learned. >> john fetterman's road to washington swerves between left and middle. >> i don't want to be crass but we need to keep making [ bleep ] in this country. you walk in to washington day one to do one big thing. >> sure. >> what do you do? >> that would be like picking my favorite child. i couldn't do that. i will rattle off three priorities. minimum wage. it is a disgrace. it has to change. we have to -- >> are you a progressive? >> i am a democrat that i run on what know to be true. >> reporter: his approach is more at home with the common man than the party elite. as lieutenant governor foregoing the governor mansion for his car dealership turned home. he had some choice words for his fellow democrats in washington. >> we are squandering, in my opinion an enormous opportunity to do transformative good through legislation that is b

john fetterman is in the hospital. john fetterman cast a vote t today from his hospital room. john fetterman had a heart procedure today. he has been declared the winner based on the tally so far and the associate press. so he is well on to taking on whoever comes out the winnerl ,the republican senate primary. and will we get a winner tonight ? will we find out tonight ? remember the state of pennsylvania starts counting ballots after the polls closedos and that was just about an houra four minutes ago. soso we got a ways here. just check in on in on the repun race for the gubernatorial primary in pennsylvania. doug mastriano is endorsed by donald trump and he is now a leader with about twenty four twenty five percent of the vote in . so that's a bit of a changes as we watch the tallies come in throughout the state. n to n on northor carolinath c and showow what we've seen so fr tonight popping out here down to the tar heellhe state. this is hang on here. okay, this is ted budd in magento. we'll call it john. maglhe was picked within minutw by the associated pressit on early

also, a can't like john fetterman.n connor lamb seemed so out of central casting for a democratic candidate. we look at a primary challenge in oregon. i look at that sense of disappointment in americans, really disappointed with the direction of the country. >> andrew, it is true that connor lamb was a central casting candidate as far as what the democratic party would think they would want in the general election. he would appeal to republicans and moderates as well as traditional democrats. then you have fetterman coming. he is an elected official. he has that going against him. he is the lieutenant governor. he is so unlike any other elected official, campaigning in a hoodie and shorts. >> absolutely. i think that a lot of pennsylvania democrats maybe at the outset underestimates how popular john fetterman was, how well-known he is. the lieutenant governor is not traditionally a very high profile position. he used it to great affect, promoting his brand, his family, his supporters know his wife, they know his kids,

john fetterman is a popular candidate.e somehow managed to maintain authenticity and run as an outsider. somebody that supports background checks and legalizing marijuana. he has got a really interesting approach. it it will be a really tight race. >> all right. we have got a lot to cover. i want my panel to stand by and we will come back to you in a tick. the trump-backed nominee will be doug mastriano. the state champion is a champion of the big lie that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and if mastriano becomes governor he will have control over the state's electors. his democrator opponent called him a dangerous extremist. >> they like to call people that stand on the constitution far right and extreme. i repudiate that. that is crap. that is absolutely not true. their party which the media stands and advocatings for are extreme. day one, any mandates are gone. any jab for a job requirements are gone. day one, crt is over. >> crt stands for critical race theory. let's go back to the panel on this. this was a bi

cnn projects pennsylvania lieutenant governor john fetterman has won the democratic nomination for senateto mr. john avlon at the magic wall. john, what do you have for us? >> i just want to hammer home what a crushing this is. we've been looking at the republican race for senate all night. it's too close to call. three candidates splitting it up. john fetterman from a hospital bedouining almost 60% of the vote. conor lamb, centrist congressman around allegheny county, beaver county that fetterman is from, people thought he would make a classic general election candidate. fetterman knocked him across the board. so you got basically a unified democratic party around fetterman for senate, around shapiro for governor. in contrast to this very fractured republican party. fetterman doesn't neatly fit the boxes. he is very progressive on policy, but he has this kind of blue collar populist persona. it's going to be a fascinating race. you got to say fetterman's team crushed it tonight. this is a pretty unified democratic party heading into the fall against the tough headwinds of a pendulum swin

jessica dean is at the headquarters of front-runner john fetterman. g a pacemaker implanted today. what's he doing as the results come in? >> reporter: well, i was just talking with a campaign spokesperson and he told me that the lieutenant governor is recovering in his hospital room watching the returns come in along with his dad, his brother, his campaign manager. so they're about four hours away from us. we're currently in pittsburgh. we are expecting to hear from his wife, gisele, and their children. but the lieutenant governor not the night he thought he would have having taking all of this in. he is in that hospital room recovering from having the pacemaker put in earlier today. they say that it went very well, that he is expected to make a full recovery. this is after he suffered a stroke on friday, jake. that took him off the trail for the last five days, those key last days on the trail. but the campaign says they feel very good about where they stand tonight as they watch these returns come in. >> jessica dean, thank you very much. we'll have

john fetterman is a great retail campaigner. we haven't seen our campaign as good as him, partly 20 years. i will tell you who that was. or any of that. john fetterman is incredible, for small groups, incredible one-on-one. he is honest, comes across as honest, and he is honest. he tells what's on his mind. he's a very engaging guy. and by the way, the stroke, you won't see john fetterman a week from now and you can't believe that man had anything involved with him. he is really dynamic. and a physical president, and a great guy, and he'll bring a lot of those democratic raced voters back into the fall. >> katie, when you spoke to voters from both parties, what were their biggest concerns? what were they looking for from the candidates? because on the republican side, you are looking at david mccormack, you're looking at doctor oz, let's be honest, neither of them are pennsylvania guys. they are certainly not locals. >> sure. and they are definitely was a lot of that in the gop primary when i talk to voters. concerned that they

john fetterman�*s wife, giselle, updated his supporters after the vote.noticed, i am not john fetterman. the next senator of our great state! so before i get started, i would like to take a moment to address the elephant in the room, which is that my husband, john fetterman, is not in the room tonight. as i'm sure you all know, he had a little hiccup on friday while we were on the road campaigning. thank god he is already on his way to a full recovery and we are so grateful to the doctors, nurses and staff at the hospital who have gone above and beyond to support ourfamily and have gone above and beyond to support our family and all the families that they serve. we'll speak to our correspondent — nomia iqbal — who is in pennsylvania shortly. in spain, the government has approved a draft bill that would allow 16 and 17—year—old girls to terminate a pregnancy without parental consent. it's part of a series of reforms centered around women's rights. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. ata time at a time when women's rights are under scrutiny around the world,

that doesn't mean that he doesn't like john fetterman. fetterman is a very different candidate from joe biden and very different candidate than democrats have had in most statewide races. he of course cuts the figure with the tattoo, chin beard, all of that, but it is more than that, it is a way of being classic on a lot of positions, he is for same-sex marriage, for legalizing that for a long time, but also for legalizing marijuana in pennsylvania. at the same time, he is against -- he is for fracking and is skeptical of some of the environmental positions that have been staked out by the far left on the progressive side of the democrats. so all that coming together and this ability to channel and talk to working class voters that democrats have been desperate for looking for a new face. there is not someone like him in the rising ranks who fits into all those categories. >> and biden mentioned that in a statement last night, it is not clear that they have spoken yet, but he said he believes that this shows the importance of focusing on w

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lisa: pennsylvania's lieutenant governor john fetterman looks like a wrestler and campaigns like berniefetterman gained attention as mayor of braddock, a hollowed-out steel town he helped revitalize. he's pro-immigration, supports universal health care, and legalizing marijuana. his main opponent? congressman conor lamb. lamb became a democratic supetar in 2018 when he flipped a previously republican seat. he has some strong union support but has been outstepped and, in money, outmatched by fetterman. lamb's supporters think only a moderate can win the entire state. >> i'm more concerned about who will be able to win against whatever republican candidate is presented in november. lisa: but fetterman is far in front in polls and his kind of that and his supporters argue -- and his supporters argue his kind of democrat a blue collar ogressive is the right one for pennsylvania. >> i love that he's so consistent. he doesn't shift his message, and i think people really appreciate that. lisa: pennsylvania is one of the few swing states left. the past two decades, voters have sent mostly moder

pennsylvania lieutenant governor john fetterman handily won. a stroke he suffered last week. idaho governor brad little fended off his trumpy lieutenant governor who twice attempted to grab power while he was out of state. charles booker could become kentucky's first black united states senator. he will be running against rand paul this november. and former north carolina supreme court chief justice

like it will be fetterman versus either dave mccormick or yoiz and will it be easier to beat john fetterman because he comes from the progressive wing, that is the question. >> todd: i wonder when you see someone like fetterman, who is so far left, do you think it will siphon off democrats that were connor lamb democrats, not as far left, not in step with every aspect of the biden administration, somebody pro-military and pro-law enforcement as connor lamb. what that shows, democrats gave their candidate a mandate to run as far left as possible because that is what they want there in pennsylvania. interesting to see if the actual independent voter, the run of the millivolter sees that and says, whoa, we can't have that. >> carley: it is a purple state, doesn't strike me as a progressive state. john fetterman ran away with it. >> todd: the numbers are shocking. president biden visiting buffalo new york, after the shooting that left 10 people dead. biden calling for stricter gun laws and greater media oversight after it was reported the gunman detailed his plans online. >> we didn't hear anyt

while democratic side there is no with lieutenant governor john fetterman, up in the results so far. man had a stroke, earlier today he had a surgery to implant a pacemaker. the democratic race for governor, attorney josh shapiro is running on opposed as the projected winner while the republican primary is crowded, and too early to call. right now former u.s. attorney william mick swing, he could have a long night. we could have long laid ahead of us. as we look at these returns the prospects of having an avowed insurrectionist at the ballot in november. it's with eagle pennsylvania voters are thinking about all these candidates, as one has become the quick essential moderate swing states. salah longwell pennsylvania native, she also host podcast called the folks group, sarah longwell, recently shared incisive conversation with pennsylvania voters, and she joins me now. i'm, sarah, i think that sentencing in pennsylvania's likely to be perhaps the most contested in the entire country. it's probably the democrats best chance for a plus one pick up, because it is a republican incumbents

but each of these candidates, particularly john fetterman, has said that he would have voted to end thee roe v. wade. >> and so fetterman's health issue, do you think that will have a major impact or an impact one way or another in this race? >> i think that is something that everyone is watching closely today. and as these results come in, we'll be watching as well. it seems so far so many people have shared anywhere mail-in ballots showing that they voted for him. mail-in ballots tend to favor democrats since 2020 when former president trump told republicans not to vote by mail. but we also see that john fetterman has been leading in the polls pretty of the entire campaign. and has had a 40 point lead against moderate conor lamb in the most recent poll in pennsylvania. so we'll see if this changed any of that. but the campaign and democratic strategists i've talk say that they don't expect his recent health issues to change the outcome of this race. >> and so what are the other i guess big issues that are on voters' minds as they head to the polls? >> i think the economy. people are p

robert, i want to come to you because democratses are saw john fetterman win and he was in the hospital when he won. what's your sense, though, what of fetterman's win means especially when you look at democrats still trying to craft a message about the economy and trying to really get their ducks in a row for the rest of the midterms? robert: well, fetterman looks like a different kind of democrat. you look at the person who is his chief opponent conor lamb who is a more mainstream person. john fetterman, 6'8", tough-looking dude, who believes in minimum wage and legalizing marijuana, takes the democratic primary. i think what that says is that people are looking for some sort of cnge that they want an idea of a candidate who speaks to them, who speaks for them, who is of the people. and doesn't fully compromise his type of politics is much more aggressive than the typical moderates that we have -- we have typically seen being pushed to run for senate. and so this marks a pretty big sea change. yamiche: and kelsey, of course, there was also madison cawthorn, the representative from nor

. >> you may have noticed, i'm not john fetterman. the next senator of our great state. >> reporter: now, the ballot counting here in lancaster is over today and will resume tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. this the room behind me. officials say they only have 3800 ballots left to count. >> then you get a result, you see the recount. as you say, it could be quite a process. athena, thank you so much. this is obviously a crucial race. i'm going to be speaking to john fetterman's wife in just a moment about the latest on his condition coming up. sgsz >> now to john king in front of the magic wall. john, this is unbelievable to be watching this, in a primary to have something with the stakes this high, this close, this unknown, and i should say both the candidates waiting, waiting not taking the trump bait at this point from dr. oz. so what do you see in pennsylvania right now? >> i guess we should be used to the commonwealth of pennsylvania giving us very close elections that take a few days to count. whether we're talking about presidential gener

john fetterman is a big guy, can't escape his physical presence.gns and he really made a concerted effort to win over blue collar voters that were traditionally union democrats and won by donald trump in the western part of the state. he hasn't shied away trying to att attract those voters back. i think that's interesting approaching the fall. one challenge he has is energizing particularly black voters in pittsburgh and philadelphia, he will have work to do there. seems like at least tonight unless there's a major surprise, he is on track to be democratic nominee. >> wish him a speedy recovery from the stroke. hope for the best for that. don't go too far. gloria, how much does former president trump have at stake tonight, especially here in pennsylvania? >> well, he has a lot because he has been talking about it nonstop and what he wants to do is just put check marks next to victories to show that that is his strength and that he is still all powerful king maker, pupper master, whatever you want to call it within the republican party. he is nervou

those liberal views have john fetterman under growing scrutiny.ded his views. >> you've worked really hard to help free people from prison. are you concerned at all that your record on that is going to come back to bite you in a general election? >> if it is, they can bringen outen in. >> do you think our southern border is adequately secure? >> i've b-- common sense immigration reform. >> reporter: let's talk about abortion. do you support any restrictions on abortion? >> i don't. >> reporter: even in the third trimester? >> i believe that choice is between a woman, a doctor, and a god if she prays to one. >> joining me is a candidate running against john fetterman in pennsylvania. a pennsylvania state representative currently. representative, good to see you. >> good to see you. how are you? >> i'm doing great. before we talk about the race, i do want to ask you about your reaction to the mass shooting taking place in buffalo, killing 10 people. authorities say the gunman, a white teen, was fuelled by hate and targeted that grocery store because

midterm season, jake. >> now, to the late breaking news on the frontrunner, lieutenant governor john fetterman getting a pacemaker today as voting is under way. jessica, what can you tell us about fetterman's condition this hour? >> reporter: well we know that he is just out of that procedure, jake, he's said to be headed toward a full recovery, that it went very well. he actually tweeted just recently, said i just got out of a procedure to implant a pacemaker with a defibrilator in my heart, now back to resting and recovering. all this coming as earlier today he cast his ballot from his hospital room using an emergency absentee ballot, that's how he voted for himself, not what we expected today. he will be watching returns from that hospital in lancaster at lancaster general hospital about four hours from where i'm standing now in pittsburgh where we are expecting his wife giselle to address supporters of course he was supposed to be here tonight and is considered the front runner but should see his wife later this evening, lieutenant governor doing much better. >> jessica, didn't want to tra

clearly, john fetterman and beasley are best positioned to do that. erman versus -- whether it's oz or mccormick, i think it's the same argument. it's either oz is hollywood and fetterman is pennsylvania or mccormick is wall street and connecticut and fetterman is pennsylvania. it's a very good contrast for them. you look at the governor race in pennsylvania. you have mastriano, who led stop the steal, part of the insurrection, against josh shapiro. i was in pennsylvania for the circus a month ago. what you could feel was real enthusiasm for fetterman. the race for governor, concern around independents about having such radical candidates on the republican side. trump made stop the steal ground zero in pennsylvania. that left a mark not just with republicans -- you see that with who they nominated for governor. but also with democrats and independents. that can help both shapiro and fetterman. >> brandon, connor lamb, a veteran, ivy league, western pennsylvania, clean cut, experienced, won in a tough district. this year, he just could not break through

democrats chose lieutenant governor john fetterman to be their nominee.an had been leading in the polls when he suffered a stroke on friday. he voted in the primary election from a pennsylvania hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. meanwhile, in the state's gubernatorial race, far right election conspiracy theorist doug mastriano claimed the republican nomination. mastriano was leading the race when he received a late endorsement from former president trump on saturday. he said if he wins the general election, he will appoint a secretary of state that would, quote, reset the state voter rolls. state attorney general josh shapiro ran unopposed and will face mastriano in november. >>> in north carolina, a endorsement from president trump was not enough to win madison cawthorn. chuck edwards is now the republican party's nominee to keep north carolina's 11th district. congressman cawthorn tweeted his concession late last night. writing in part, quote, time for the nc-11 gop to rally behind the republican ticket to defeat the democrat's nominee th

plus, an update on the democratic senate candidate, john fetterman recovering from a stroke with the primary tomorrow. and then let's start in buffalo. this is a horrifying result of racism and access to guns and hateful internet culture coming to a head and what makes it worse is this supermarket is the only supermarket in this neighborhood, meaning he did not just target the people inside that target but he targeted the only community. >> reporter: officials said this becomes a food desert, so it's like dumping salt in a horribly wide open wound right now. this is the front page from the buffalo news this morning, a community trying to heal, a raw city. that's what they are describing buffalo as right now, and we are continuing to learn more about the people that lost their lives, and these were people who were loved by family and friends and known in the community. through talking to family members and others in the community and seeing other reports, we are starting to see the patchwork of who was lost. we lost a community activist. we lost a man who was in the store to buy a cak

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as cnn projects john fetterman wins pennsylvania's democratic senate primary. he is exactly where he didn't expect to be right now, though, watching from his hospital bed. he's recovering from surgery to get a pacemaker today after he suffered a stroke on friday. and then there is north carolina. that's where madison cawthorn has conceded to chuck edwards. the 26-year-old cawthorn conceding after multiple scandals, everything from bringing a loaded handgun through a tsa checkpoint to accusing his own gop colleagues of using cocaine and inviting him to an orgy. a lot that happened there. we're going to discuss that -- i know. crazy, right? >> do not look this way. keep talking. >> there's a lot, right? you don't want to talk. let's talk about what's happening in oregon. the polls are closing in idaho and oregon and they are counting the ballots in races including one testing the former president's power and one that will be a test of president joe biden's endorsement power. we're going to bring you all those results as soon as they come in. so here with me, char

lieutenant governor john fetterman says he had a stroke on friday caused by a blood clot. reverse the stroke. fetterman had surged ahead in the polls but now will be sidelined from the race with just two days until the primary. meantime, the republican senate primary is coming down to the wire. polls show the top three candidate cans are closely bunched at the top. rich edson live in franklin, pennsylvania, with the latest. let's talk about fetterman for a second, rich. did he -- what's his situation? >> reporter: good evening, jon with. the situation right now is he's off the campaign trail. lieutenant governor john fetterman says his doctors want him in the hospital for a little bit longer. it's unclear when he's going to leave and when he may resume going on the campaign trail and doing events. remember, the primary's many just a couple of days from now. he is the progressive candidate on the democratic side. he is running ahead in the polls. his campaign started canceling events on friday, then continued doing so saturday, and today they would only say that he wasn't f

. >>> also in pennsylvania john fetterman easily won the democratic senate primary, he might be the first candidate to do so from a hospital bed. he is out of surgery this morning after suffering a stroke and receiving a pacemaker just hours before the polls closed yesterday. we will hear from his wife on his condition in just a bit. >>> meanwhile, north carolina first term congressman mad con cawthorn is just that, a one-time congressman. he has conceded after losing the primary to state senator chuck edwards. it's seen as major rebuke of someone who was a rising star in the gop but his political career saw scandal from embarrassing photos to claims about orgies that put him on the outs of the of his own party. here is what cawthorn's challenger chuck edwards said about his concession call last night. >> just as i expected, he was -- he presented himself in a very classy and humble way and offered his support to our campaign in absolutely any way that we could use him and i'm extremely, extremely pleased that we were able to enter into this contest on that note. >> that was the north car

>> john fetterman was popular among that crowd. he came and talked to workers.it might be the fact he feels more like them. but he apparently made a very good pitch to them. they feel good about that. i will tell you that one union leader said something to me that stuck in my head. it's really going to come down to the three g's. and that is god, guns and gynecology. >> that's an interesting third g that we have not heard before. the reason i am curious on the republican side, they are closed primaies. i know there aren't a lot of registered republicans among labor union members, but it is something that is growing. no evidence of any republican candidates trying to win these votes? >> reporter: republicans, a lot of the work i'm being told is on the media. it's what information people are taking in. so i was listening to union leaders talk about how do we balance what our workers and our fellow union workers are listening to on the radio. they are saying the message from conservatives are that democrats want to take your gun. the democrats are going to be again

but john fetterman has been absent from the campaign trail. his ads are running on television.been urging voters to go to the polls today. it certainly raising questions about him. he's a 52-year-old lieutenant governor of the state here who has been a popular figure in democratic circles and is still widely considered to be the front-runner and indeed likely win this evening. of course, that race has questions about his health going forward in the general election campaign. >> we're going to talk to a cardiologist in a second about fetterman. let's talk about the republican race. kathy barnette, her quick rise has some republicans worried that she is too unknown, too risky to win a general election. they argue she has not been properly vetted and of course, it is just a matter of regard that she's trafficked in lies about the 2020 election as well as anti-gay and anti-muslim bigotry. what's the energy like inside her campaign today? >> the energy is strong, jake, and it's in part because of the lies you were talking about. her candidacy has been propelled by the questions abou

. >> still no outcome yet when it comes to who the republican is going to be running against john fetterman. >> cnn's coverage continues right now. >>> good morning, i'm erica hill. >> i'm jim sciutto. political power put to the test in several key state primaries. and this morning the most closely watched race of the night still to close to call. pennsylvania's high stakes gop senate primary, a razor thin margin now separates the trump-banned tv doctor, mehmet oz, and former hedge fund ceo dave mccormick. as it stands, we could be headed to an automatic recount in that state. >> whoever does win that race will take on john fetterman in november. he easily won the democratic senate primary last night, though may be the first candidate to do so from a hospital bed. he underwent surgery for defibrillator hours before polls close. this is after he suffered a stroke a few days ago. he seems to be recovering and in good spirits this morning. >> so many races, so many states, important results for both parties. another race we're following in north carolina, congressman madison cawthorn is on his

but on the democrat side, people are looking at john fetterman.the polls right now pretty substantially. 53% of the vote. he talked with our report he with his wife. what was interesting here is, you asked if the lieutenant governor considered himself a progressive. he said no, no, i'm just a democrat. which is notable here. >> reporter: yeah. that's absolutely right. you talk to john fetterman, you go to his campaign events, you go to his house which we did. a former car dealership that they turned into a home. it is across the street from a steel mill. you watch him campaign in his hoodie and gym shorts. you get feeling he's trying to do something different. he's creating his own brand within the democratic party. when you look at the number, it seem to be working. oriole in this race, people thought it was going to be very tight between conor lamb who has painted himself as a moderate, and john fetterman. but he's run away with it. and he seems to be not your typical democrat type of politician. and i spent some time with his wife giselle, sort

cbs news projects that pennsylvania lieutenant governor john fetterman will win for the senate. he had a pacemaker put in yesterday after suffering a stroke last week. his republican opponent has yet to be decided. it's a tossup between mehmet oz and former hedge fund manager dave mccormick. in north carolina state senator chuck edwards has defeated madison cawthorn in the 11th congressional district. and in kentucky, cbs news projects senator rand paul will win the republican nomination and will face democrat charles booker. voters in kentucky have not elected a democrat to the senate since 1992.aw unveiled a $28 million emergency spending bill to deal with the nationwide shortage of baby formula. house democrats say that the money would boost inspections of suppliers and acquire better data on the marketplace. the shortage began after the country's biggest formula maker, abbott nutrition, recalled its products and closed the michigan plant over safety concerns in february. >> our babies, the nutrition they receive when they are very young has such an impact on their entire liv

. >> reporter: standing 6'8" tall in gym short and a hoodie, you would never assume john fetterman. favorite to win here in swing state pennsylvania. >> we have to flip the seat. >> re >> reporter: that'll be tough for any democrats. 33% of voters saying president biden is going a good job. republicans are prepared to pour in millions of dollars airing attack ads tougher than the ones he faced from his own party. >> reporter: fetterman supported bernie sanders for president. >> he did say in 2021, i run as a progressive before it was cool to do so. >> reporter: republicans see his lead and started their attacks on issues like abortion, immigration and crimes. >> he wants to reduce jail time for murders. john fetterman, too dangerous for pennsylvania. >> reporter: you worked really hard, are you concerned that your record is going to come back to bite you? >> if it is, they can bring it on. >> reporter: do you think our border is adequately secure right now? >> i have always been an advocate for secure border and compassionate and common sense and immigration reform. >> reporter: let

john fetterman is a authentic, and he is going to win big because people know that oz or mccormick, and mccormick grew up in pennsylvania, but he lived in connecticut and oz in new jersey, and we are on to them, and people can't just come in and set up shop for their office. >> and i want to put up this new cnn poll, and americans 53% say they feel burned out by politic, and i hear it all of the time. i dip in and out, don, to watch you, but i am, it is a lot for me, everything that is going on, politics and the shootings and the war and all of this. does this frustration speak to how frustrated people are with the candidates, and they don't like what they are seeing? >> they don't like the negative ads. if you lived in pennsylvania and saw the oz versus mccormick ads, and people spending $50 million on ads and ripping them to shred, and people are tired the of that. but on the other hand, people say, well, people are disgusted like the vote, and people are underestimating the vote of the roe v. wade, and it is because if mastriano win, there is no abortion with no exception, and that i

i also think look at conor lamb and john fetterman. more in the mold of the former mold of joe biden when he was running for president. and john fetterman is representing something different trying to appeal to working class voters, wearing his shorts and sweatshirt and he is supportive of continuing some fracking in pennsylvania. i look at john fetterman and actually eric adams in new york as potentially a mold for a new kind of democrat candidate and i think that the president maybe is playing catch-up on that. >> bill: dana and i have a theory about everything, right? you do, too. if you look at the calendar this has been in the last three weeks where joe biden has gone this way against republicans and dana and i have noted what happened three weeks ago? he had lunch with bill clinton, right? and we now know it has been announced three weeks ago that anita dunn is going back to work in the west wing. you get the sense, martha, that he is getting advice now for the first time perhaps in more than a year from different people. >> yeah

that's what john fetterman did. he excelled in the democratic primary. >> all right. amb is getting trounced the way he did. how is that an embrace of joe biden? >> well, look, i think fetterman, of course, endorsed bernie sanders. i think he was able to gavel nice that part of the party. sing it's hard to run in democratic primary nevin a state like pennsylvania. >> doug mastrano, what do you do? do you stay away from him if you're a republican? >> governor's races have a way of being separate from federal races in a lot of states. they're contested on different issues. >> i think it's on doug to unite with the rest of the party. >> he's got to come? >> i think so. he got the lowest number of votes that you would expect for the republican to get in pennsylvania given our past primaries. he didn't consolidate the primary until very late. and i think he has to move to the rest of the ticket in pennsylvania. >> democrats think they can weaponize him. >> yeah. he's kind of unknown. it seems if they can run against trump by running against maga. >> yeah. >> yeah. the repub

and as for john fetterman, we wish him of course, a speedyy recovery. an but pennsylvanians shouldn't be fooled by the whole sweatshirt. bhejimmy shorts. look, it's sloppy and unconvincing just likehe this ad. there's a lot of great towns in pennsylvania feel like they're community's best days were a generation ago. one deserves to be abandoned. all these communities deserve to be helped. he democrat weifang does the right thing no matter what , no matter what i meano the righthi thingng for fetterman will alwas be keeping chuck schumer happy always now e with the occasional exception of joe manchin and krysten sinema, there's no such thing anymore as a really independent thinking democrat pick senator mark kelly. now arizonans voted for him because after all, how can a former astronaut be a rubber stamp for liberalism doesn'tha compute. but in fact that is exactly what he's been votingch with schumer. 96% of the time now he must t really think his ownhi voters ae stupid, though, because suddenly after a month like silence about biden's failures, kelly

the john fetterman/lam, conor lamb seems like one of those moderate democrats, you know he was in thehe military vote. he was running in the special election a couple of years ago. he seemed like he was trying as much as the trump policies without being attached to trump because he is a democrat. but look at the outcome of that is not close. that is a whooping. so, that just shows me the democrats in pennsylvania are giving their canada aim mandate to be as far left as they want. that is setting up, currently a fascinating battle between david federman. >> carley: of course, john fetterman just suffered a stroke. he is doing much better now. he is going to get a pacemaker put in, but he really released a statement said the stroke did not have any cognitive impairments. everybody has been nice and gracious sending well wishes to them as do we. you have to wonder if his health will become an issue during the general election. about going back to the republican side of the race, both mccormick and dr. all is, they victory ahead. then kathy barnette who really came in a hot at the end of

john fetterman's wife speaking to cnn.tenant governor is on his way to a full recovery. and on the republican side, a controversial senate candidate with a history of bigoted comments is making a sudden surge to the top of the field. to discuss, political commentator charlie dent and former congressman from pennsylvania he is, and ron brown. good to see both of you. good to see both of you. charlie, before we get to pennsylvania, i've got to ask you about what you heard in diane gallagher's piece. will trump saying give madison cawthorn a second chance make a difference? >> i tend to say no. madison cawthorn is a very troubled man. he needs intervention and he needs help. this fellow is unwell. he should not be in congress. but i can't imagine that trump's semi-endorsement is going to be very helpful. i think this young man has a lot to overcome both politically and personally. >> ron, john fetterman recovering from a stroke in the hospital right before the primary. what impact will that have on the race, because you said

his wife filling in for him at his party. >> you may have noticed i am not john fetterman. the next senator of our great state. >> reporter: fetterman implanted with a pacemaker just hours erlier. hi all a, quote, hiccup on the road. >> and john is going to be back on his feet in no time. >> reporter: pennsylvania still needs to count tens of thousands of mail-in ballots, but once that count is over, if the candidates are separated by less than a half a point, it will trigger an automatic recount, and that will likely take weeks, david. >> we've seen this before. rachel scott in pennsylvania. rachel, our thanks to you. >>> overseas tonight and to the war in ukraine, finland and sweden now officially applying to join nato. president biden is now set to meet with leaders of both countries tomorrow and of course this all comes after vladimir putin threatened retaliation if these countries move forward with their plans. ian pannell in ukraine again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, as the war in ukraine rages, president biden welcoming finland and sweden as they made their bids to

john fetterman, we were wondering what happened to him. he disappeared from the campaign trail, on friday he said he wasn't feeling well and had canceled events friday, saturday and today, then announces the whole reason he's been missing is because he had this stroke, that he's been in the hospital. and so now we finally know where he's been. >> anybody could deny workers their right to lobby for better working conditions -- >> on the campaign trail -- >> service on friday. i just wasn't feeling very well. so i decided, you know, i need to get checked out -- >> i made you get checked out. because i was right, as always. >> reporter: so his campaign says, quote: the good news, i'm feeling much better. the doctors tell me i didn't suffer any cog myive damage. the doctors have assured you that i'll be able to get back on the trail, but first i need to take a minute, get some rest and recover. fete orman is the progressive candidate in this race, one who argues he can attract i blue collar trump voters. congressman conor lamb is running as th