john kasich seems to like the fight so far. donald trump attacks him. is a picture of vladimir putin laughing. he has put donald trump's attack in a fundraising solicitation he is putting out there trying to raise money from republican supporters on the basis that donald trump is attacking him. >> right. he faces a dilemma. he could certainly hurt donald trump. the more it is clear that he wants to hurt donald trump, the harder it is for him to succeed in the republican primary. if he is going to replace donald trump he needs to come up with an alternate vision. and the vision in this republican party as we have it now in 2019 and 2020 is not the message that john kasich has been articulating over the last two or three years. >> thank you. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> tonight's last word is next. it's easy to think that all money managers are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some a

he didn't mention john kasich. john is correct that the turnout may have been because he didn't just have the trump wing but he also had kasich vouching for him as well. s in -- this is a case where you have the two wings of the republican party pulling for him. the fact that he didn't come onstage and even say john kasich's name also tells you something. >> he's afraid of the trump base. and again, you're not going to see this in many races where republicans have the money to spend in a race that they should easily win where you're going to have outside democratic groups outspending them by five times and where you'll get a republican governor with a 65% approval rating and the president of the united states on the same side. this is an unusual set of circumstances that barely pulled the republican across, if the results hold. >> we have part two of the trump tweet tonight on this race. it seems he wasn't done. congratulations to troy balderson on a great win in ohio, a very special, i think that means special elec

i was struck by something john kasich said.john kasich, troy balderson didn't ask for the president to come to columbus. he just came, decided to come. this could be one of the stories of the mid-terms right there. it's already about donald trump in many ways. the president is determined to make it about donald trump. the question is, is that good for republicans or not? >> here's the problem. donald trump isn't on the ballot so donald trump may be helpful in activating the republican base but here's what i'm worried about for republicans. there's five big issues that are energizing and angering the democratic base that will drive up votes. charlottesville, black lives matter, me too, march for our lives, and family separation. i have not seen a good republican answer to those issues, but that is what i hear tons of people, especially suburban republican women like me, worried about as well. >> that plus the idea of president trump. >> look, mid-terms even in normal cycles are about the sitting president. this is not a normal c

secondly, really late endorsement by the republican governor and popular one in ohio, john kasich, for balderson. we're not really sure if that was just about trump/kasich intrigue or how he feels about balderson's positions, the state senator there. the question to you this is this. there's this big question with the democrats about where their future is, whether or not they have to embrace they are now the party not of the traditional working class but of big cities, new immigrants, younger populations. do they embrace that and see te suburbs as a battleground, or do you think they continue to try to fight back for those working families that are all in those red areas? >> you can go to different parts of the country, and you have interviewed on your program, and you know over the years different democrats who will give you different answers. in some degrees, it depends on what state you're in. in a state as big -- let me switch walls here. in a state as big and complex as ohio, this is the current house delegation, 12 republicans and four democrats. if you want to win a house distr

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i'm for some of these gun provisions like red flag laws, just like john kasich.ttacking the tax cuts quite a bit, saying these are nothing but corporate giveaways. so he's really trying to appeal to -- not appeal to the donald trump wing, but appeal to others. right new there's a lot more democratic enthusiasm in the district. if you look at the three largest counties in the district, right now democrats are plus 23 compared to where they were in 2016. >> so then jim, as you talk to people, do you feel -- you mentioned there's this democratic enthusiasm. do you feel like voters as they cast their ballots will, indeed, be casting a referendum, you know, vote for or against the president? >> i do think that's going to be a big part of it. i mean, in an election like this where really, to be honest, you have two candidates running, but it's a compressed time. neither one of these candidates is particularly well known throughout the district when this all started. so yeah, when you have donald trump coming in last night, six days ago mike pence was here. when you hav

john kasich said let's take it. balderson said no. and kasich doesn't like donald trump. so it's kind of a -- it's kind of a mixed bag there. it will be interesting to see what influence, if any, kasich has in this race, and what influence he really wants to have, to be honest. >> dan narcotics kris kobach, who obviously helped field the president's unfounded claims of voter fraud who headed up that commission and was disbanded, he is running for governor of kansas. if he wins the gop candidate there, could that help democrats' chances in november? >> they sure think so. that's one of the things they've been crossing their fingers and toes all day. they want the republican who the president endorsed to win the primary in the governor's race in kansas. >> why? >> because they think that he is much more -- they know that he is much more beatable -- i shouldn't say that. they feel very confident that he is much more beatable than the man, the incumbent republican. let's not forget that it is highly unusual for a sitting republican president to endorse a challenger of a sitti

trump's candidate doesn't end up winning he wants to have someone to blame it on and that would be john kasichseconds. looking into your magic 8 ball -- >> huh oh. >> what do you think kasich's long-term plan is? >> i think some point he'll run. i think it's clear to me he wants to run for president. it's not so clear to me to get nominated in the republican party. so would john kasich run as an independent? we'll have to see. who knows? >> gloria borger, thank you so much. good do see you. and i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. let's go to washington, d.c. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. >>> i mean, omarosa showed no signs of this kind of behavior in the three seasons on "the apprentice." "the lead" starts right now. president trump going off after secret tapes are released again. this time by the reality show villain no one wanted in the white house it seems except for president trump. president trump signs a $716 billion defense bill without a mention of the ailing senator john mccain. why does that matter? well, because mccain is chairman of the relevant

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the seat before, but he did not mention john kasich. >> and many others. >> and many others. and the rest, like gilligan's island. >> kasich was late to the game, grudging in his endorsement, and that was obviously, and he did it, and i still believe that kasich helped him. >> and also because of the comments kasich made on the sunday shows, questioning whether balderson requested trump to come there. balderson came out and said i was happy to have the president come here. >> doesn't like kasich either. >> i've got one question for ryan. the president loves to talk about how he backs winners. i want you to check this out when trump has made endorsements in republican primaries, he's 18-1. but when you look at the general and special elections, he's 1-3. what does that say about his candidate's chances in november? >> look, this is another indication this is donald trump's party. the candidate here didn't even thank the governor of his state. >> who held that seat. >> who also held that seat when he was a member of the house, kasich's seat, for years. >> it was his seat. there

by not thanking john kasich?elp him out in november. so we'll see. politics is always very fascinating. but no withah, you tweeted for conservatives, republicans, last night a very bad night, not much to be cheerful about. a very bad night for republicans underperforming. for the conservative movement, the worst bit of news actually came out of missouri. >> you mentioned it. it was the "right to work" vote. missouri is pretty red state at this point. senator claire mccaskill notwithstanding. half the union at this point is "right to work" which essentially means you don't have to join a union if you join a june onshop. you don't have to be forced into a union. if you don't join a union you don't have to be forced to pay union dues. it was the supreme court decision you mentioned and we are beginning to see a big rollback here. on the state level democrats are expected to do very well, particularly in governorships. we spent a lot of time focusing on congress but governorships are far more important when it comes

district when he tweeted, coat, the very unpopular governor of ohio and failed presidential canned john kasichamping down an enthusiasm for an otherwise great canned. even kasich's lieutenant governor last government. a short time later he tweeted this, showing russian president vladimir putin laughing. >> i want to bring in reporter for the "associated press" jill colvin. you know, these attacks are nothing new. we saw them before, during, after the election. the president has come out pretty much unscathed when it comes to them. do you think when it comes to these attacks that could change come 2020, we could see them backfire? >> reporter: i think this is the race the two are fighting over is an interesting example of the type of race, the kind of district the president did win in 2016, but where there are a lot of voters, you know, the kind of suburban voters that haven't really bought into the trump message. you are going to have people like john kasich, other potential rivals of the president, who are going to try to exacerbate those tensions and try to fight over the heart of the republ

i talk with ohio's republican governor john kasich, who may take on president trump in 2020. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker, "new york times" columnist david brooks, former democratic congresswoman donna edwards, and former republican governor of north carolina, pat mccrory. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. she was a reality tv star who wound up working in a reality tv star's white house. by her own admission, omarosa and donald trump used each other. in her new book, omarosa writes, "donald and i had a symbiotic relationship as i've said. i gave him ratings and he gave me, a woman of color, opportunities. that relationship started on the apren tis in 2004 and continued through a series of reality tv shows. >> i adore you. we've had tremendous success together. you helped make me a star. dennis, she helped make me a star. but omarosa, you're feared. >> in 2016, she joined the trump campaign as director of african-american outreach. on the trail and subsequently as the most senior afri

. >> with john kasich. he won by the narrowest of margins. i know we haven't officially called it i don't think. but he had to figure out a world in which he could get donald trump and john kasich to both be on his side at the last moment, both motivating. you're just not going to see that kind of concurrence in very many places in america where republicans are in danger. >> gene, i'm guessing the effect for a college educated suburban woman of having kasich come in would be to sand off some of the most offensive, vile aspects of trumpism. how many other candidates will have the kasich numbing gel. >> probably not many. kasich numbing gel, i like that. but here's what's going to happen. trump has been trying desperately to sort of gen up enthusiasm among his base. that's going to continue, that's going to intensify. >> he's going to build a wall around us, right, if he can't get one around the border. >> so the table is set for democrats, but they have to close the deal. an they have to -- and they have to anticipate that not all republicans

it's ohio governor john kasich. by the way, represented ohio's 12th district in congress for nine terms. governor kasich, good to see you, sir. >> yeah, i also as governor had a win in those areas too. >> yes, you did that. >> i'm not some chamber of commerce type -- look, i'm a positive pauopulist. >> i know you are. >> come on, don't be defining me that way. >> let me ask you this. there's obviously a slice of the republican party you speak to better than donald trump does. and it's this slice of the republican party that seems to be wavering on him. is that a fair statement? >> chuck, there's no question that people sent a message to the party, to republicans, knock it off. the chaos, the divisions, i mean kids being separated from their parents at the border. these crazy tariffs. hey, we're going to take your health care. we're going to kill obamacare, which means you're not going to have any health care. or if you have a pre-existing condition, well, you might be out of luck. this is kind of what gets communica

ohio republican governor john kasich is not going to go.last week the president blamed john kasich for the republicans possibly losing ohio 12, called kasich very unpopular. i'm interested in what you think as a member of congress. who represents the republican party more? governor kasich or president trump? >> well, if you look at the numbers you would have to say president trump. we do polling as other members of congress do and the people who elected trump are not deterred. you guys did a piece last night there in pennsylvania, maybe northern pennsylvania that talked about with even the cohen and manafort, as disgusting as the decisions these gentlemen have made, it looks like that core base of trump supporters is still intact. >> but if the president were to pardon manafort, that's the line those voters told jason carroll they would draw is. let me get you on something important to you, race and the republican party. it's very clear you don't think the republican party is doing enough to bring in african-americans. you spoke about it. l

the district that in fact elect elected john kasich. it is a district that's reliably read for decades. the democrats that's running there. the 30-year-old. the republican state senator troy balison who was with the president this weekend. >> if the democrats get in, they'll raise your taxes and people pouring into the border. why is that a blue wave? i think it should be a red one. >> that rally was the last attempt to boost turn out. the broader republican effort here has been huge. politico reporting the rnc opened two officers in the district. they sent the guy who ran the president's 2016 ohio campaign to the district and super pac. paul ryan has spent more than $3.5 million in tbs. this race is close with the latest poll giving a 1 point advantage to balderson. >> thank you for being on the program. >> good morning. there is a bit of a delay but we'll work the best. they say republicans are testing the message for the midterm being more polarizing. is that going to work? >> i don't think so. >> either party want the country to com

it's your classic john mccain, mitt romney, john kasich kind of district. the fact that republican voters are peeling a little bit away from the president in places like this and that democratic voters who democrats didn't even realize existed, rushed to the polls to drive uptu turnout, is problematic for republicans across the country in districts that look an awful lot like this. >> i misspoke, i meant an automatic recount if it does get that narrow. chuck, the significance of this, it really is striking that they spent some $3 million plus, that's 10% of the sheldon add adelson big campaign fund. can they do that in 435 districts? >> they can't, but the reason you do it in this district is you send a message for current republicans running that you're fighting for them. if they hadn't, it would be katie bar the door. at least now, steve stivers can say, we found a way some of you can survive. that's what i'm trying to figure out, is this the playbook for survival or not in a district like this? i looked at last night, garrett's right, it's as if this dis

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he has john kasich kind of out for him. we just watched john kasich. he's the governor of ohio. this is his seat that he used to represent. is he kind of throwing lukewarm water on to balderson's possibility. it's a very complex district now. have you got and i think donald trump deserves credit for taking the risk and going out there in a race that is polls show is basically tied. balderson should be further ahead in a district that republicans have carried for 30 years and lost only once going back to the 1930s. so, what is the problem? >> melissa: yeah. >> the problem is on the one hand trump can go out there and rally the base. that's what he did with that rally out there. and he has to hope that holds until tuesday. get those sort of lower middle class voters up near mansfield down near the alleghenyy and southwest. but, around columbus, have you got all of these you were middle class suburbs. those people are basically republican. but the question is will the republican women turn out for balderson and will independents show up for balderson? the question is turnout. if th

pull off a win out there in john kasich's old district? what will it mean tomorrow and for november. >> also, the uninvited guest. donald trump dropped by a troy bolderson rally and leaves behind his endorsement, the problem is the gop contender may not have asked for one. "hardball" roundtable is going to tackle that and the president's bizarre attacks against lebron james over the weekend. what does he have against the king, who happens to be pouring money into a new school for underprivileged kids, and finally, the panel will tell me something i don't know. this is "hardball," where the action is. ♪yeah ♪and i just wanna tell you right now that i♪ ♪i believe, i really do believe that♪ ♪something's got a hold on me, yeah♪ ♪oh, it must be love ♪oh, something's got a hold on me right now, child♪ ♪oh, it must be love ♪let me tell you now, oh it must be love♪ >>> at midnight tonight, the trump administration will reimpose trade sanctions on iran that were suspended under the 2015 nuclear deal. the move will further distance the u.s. from eur

long time, and democrats hope by turning off some of the moderate republicans, this is typical john kasich who say they really can't get behind trump, and that lingers. that sort of has this overhang on troy balderson, the republican candidate here. danny o'connor had all of the momentum. he got help last night in the form of a good old-fashioned campaign gaffe by balderson who was on the stump, last event of the day. he said, we don't want somebody from franklin county representing us here. he was in one of the more rural parts of the state. frankl franklin county is the biggest county in the state. democrats seize on it. balderson tried to clean it up this morning. >> i'm excited about the day, excited to represent the 12 it congressional district. it is a big day and we worked hard to get here. at american pride last night did you say you didn't want someone from franklin county? >> i'm going to work for this whole congressional district is what i'm going to work for. >> do you want to elaborate on that at all? >> i'm going to work for the whole district. >> all right. >> we will go any

jillian: running against his own party, john kasich hinting he could take on donald trump in 2020. >> don't know. here's what i do know. my job as a human being ultimately is to serve the lord and if i'm helping people to realize their god-given purpose and destiny than i am striking ten and that is good. rob: is potentially stealing your own party's votes the right move? here to weigh in is the partner lee carter. and the republican nomination, we can technically still any votes from donald trump because it would be a primary type thing. >> historically when this happens the incumbent president doesn't happen. this happened to george hw bush, jimmy carter, a number of different times in the past. what we have to keep in mind is this president isn't like any other president we have seen before, no conventional wisdom applies here. i'm not surprised we have a republican running against this president because we do have a faction of the republican party that is a never trump and the fact that he is doing this is his right, not surprised it is him. i would not be surprised if there are m

in the mold of john kasich when he was running before. turnout mechanism like this you can easily see a place where the blue wave crashes. >> blake: monmouth university put out a pull. how closely have you been following the campaign? 24% say very closely. somewhat closely, 42%. those numbers were six and 35% in june. many more people now are actually paying attention to the race. as that has occurred, the numbers have moved toward o'connor's way. do we read into that that he has the momentum? pulling is just a way of things moving into that snapshot. >> you have to read into it. this is always with this race and special election they are a little bit weird and we've seen them around the country. they behave differently. this was always going to be a close race. i don't care who the democrat was unless they were left-wing liberal. this candidate is more of centralist. john kasich has endorsed the republican candidate. you can read things into this. it's a close race, it's going to go down to the wire. the rally today, my opinion is someth

i'm glad you brought up john kasich. he is not a bi big fan of the current president. he ran against the president and the republican primaries. some speculation he will be part of a primary again for the 2020 race. if there is any residual effect in that district, that might have an influence as well. >> the president is about to speak, we have good news on friday with some of the economic numbers but there have been the twitter wars that seem to talk this president. he revels in this kind of regulation it helps energize and gives him the opportunity to have this rally and political speeches. it's right up his alley. there about 3000 people in high school auditorium. there was a number of people turned away in the overflow rooms. it appears that the president is ready to chat. that's listening. [applause] >> thank you. i love ohio. i remember them saying on television over and over again, you cannot win unless you win in the great state of ohio. [applause] remember, they use to say that trump cannot get it because it all goes through ohio. they did not know we were go

his chief campaign strategist, john weaver, alluded to kasich's popularity in new hampshire.rs after that op-ed by the rnc co chair saying the president and his allies are threatened by the governor and know his message works. the governor's approval rating is 9 points higher than the president's in ohio. it's also worth noting that a quinnipiac pole in june that in his home state, governor kasich is polling higher than democrats and independents. he has very favorable numbers, shep. >> shepard: garrett tenney live for us. columbus, ohio. the president and the first lady make their way for events of the day. the california republican congressman duncan hunter is throwing his wife under the bus. appearing to blame her on this network as the two face charges of spending campaign cash on themselves. the feds say the couple used more than $250,000 of campaign funds on personal expenses including vacations, school tuition, theater tickets, fast food. last night congressman hunter told martha maccallum that his wife was in charge of the campaign and the finances. >> i gave her powe

this is a solidly republican district but what is unique is that it has a mix of both moderate john kasichs votd more rural conservative parts of the district that are very pro-trump. the challenge for republicans is to find a message that appeals e trade and free market republicans around the state moreal of columbus and the populist votrus in the more l parts of the district. the president has campaigned there but is there concern that his policies on trade have affected voters? worry that a real the president's visit could start a backlash. this district is verthrepublican ane are a lot of moderate republicans that would be propelled inhe issue of trade. -- whensident doesn't the president talks about tariffs, i' doesnt do well. on his sidee voters that might vote for the democratic candidate. have the democrats trying to thread the needle? >> he doesn't want to sound like the standa variety liberal. ultimately, he's trying to run as an outsid. he is a fresh face and someone trying to offer a contrast from the trunk era. laura: what does this tell us about november's midterm elections? >

the republicans have pulled out all the stops the republican has been endorsed by the governor john kasich by vice president mike pence and on saturday president donald trump came to give his full throated endorsement to boulder's tremendous victory for troy troy bogus. republicans who have also poured in money from outside of the state of ohio more than six million dollars has been spent on bulger's in his behalf that compares to about a million dollars from outside groups for o'connor even though in direct fund raising o'connor has raised more than balders and house democrats think if they win here this could be the beginning of a ripple ahead of a massive democratic wave in the november midterm elections and that means they could take control of congress they need to win twenty three seats to win and they hope this is the beginning the chief executive of one of the world's biggest food and beverage companies is stepping down and he has led pepsi co for the past twelve years and will remain as the chairwoman until early next year sixty two year old from india was the company's first fore

line in the special, or whether he actually inspired more democrats to turn out and whether it was john kasich coming in late that helped persuade people in the suburban districts, in jackson county, well, it's okay to vote for him because governor kasich is popular and he says it's okay. >> the fact of the matter is a race that is so close that it looks like it's going to go to an automatic recount, there are many factors. for president trump to take credit, there's no way for him or any of us to know that that was the decisive factor. i think what this race shows is two things. one, it's that president trump, because of his unpopularity and his chaotic leadership style and the constant drama and chaos around him, is putting into play districts that never should have been competitive in the first place. the second is that you just don't know how much of an asset trump can be to candidates, and not because of his lack of popularity with a lot of people, but because his popularity isn't necessarily transferable. he's a very singular figure, much like obama was. we saw obama's midterm problems.

it is almost a proxy sheet between john kasich and donald trump.and the two of them have made it clear they are not crazy about each other. laura: and get a word in my ear that the president has just tweeted about tariffs. what are voters in ohio saying about tariffs? how are they responding to the rhetoric on twitter? >> actually, tariffs are not all that popular in ohio. although people think they are because they think of it as the rust belt. but if you look at ohio it is a huge agricultural state. the expert like $600 million worth of soybeans to china. warmers in ohio are going to be hurt by a trade war with china. they will be hurt if nafta is not renegotiated. ohio is a nature export state. and they you know no matter how much it sounds good, to have people talking about tariffs, typical voters want to have good prices and they want to be able to export their goods. and you just, this rally will be held not that far from the plant in ohio. honda did not want to have a trade war. the workers do not want a trade war. laura: you know i want to go back to something. reports this wee

. >> i voted for john kasich the last three times and trump because i didn't like the way things wereg danny o'connor because i met danny and i felt like he was very genuine, energetic, young, brings a new perspective. >> so this race is the final special election before the november midterms. getting a lot of national attention. president trump traveled to ohio over the weekend to endorse balderson. >> we must elect troy balderson. we have to elect troy. >> i need your vote august 7th. >> governor john kasich who endorsed balderson said the candidate every asked trump to come to ohio. he said he was honored to have trump there. polls open there in ohio tomorrow morning. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me here on this monday. "the lead" starts right now. >>> sure seems like president trump knows a lot about a meeting he says he didn't know much about. the president changing his story on the trump tower meeting once again. this time, flat-out admitting that the purpose of the meeting was to get dirt about hillary clinton. did the president just help or hurt his son's chanc

i think people need to hear what john kasich said. was shocked that he went there before the ballots had been counted. take a listen to what the governor said. >> troy, why did you invite trump in here, the president. he said no, i didn't. i think donald trump decides where he wants to go and they think they're firing up the base. i have to tell you, at the same time he comes in here, i was with some women last night who said, hey, you know what? i'm not voting. they're republicans, i'm not voting for the republicans. >> the concern, trump fires up everybody. >> exactly. the trump bomb destroys everybody except property. >> if you're a republican -- let's say it comes out and balderson loses by a point or two. the key thing will be keep trump away from any district that's plus ten or less. what do you do if you're a republican that needs the trump base. >> they all need the trump base. the trick is to keep it without calling attention to the fact that you're trying to keep it, if you take my point. >> without hillary clinton on the ba

governor john kasich says that's been a problem in the run up to a special election in ohio this weekos that seems to surround donald trump has unnerved a lot of people. it's really kind of shocking because this should be just a slam dunk and it's not. >> and for democrats, it's not just about the 2018 midterms. possible rivals to trump in 2020 are trying to set themselves ahead of the pack, like senator elizabeth warren. >> the rich and powerful propfi when the government works for them. the best way is to set working people against each other. so they have become the experts at the politics of division. frankly, it might be the one thing that donald trump is really good at. that and kissing up to two-bit dictators. >> all right. the question for both sides, shift to the extremes or battle for the middle? joining me now, cnn political congressmen today or and democratic strategist maria cardona. good to see you both. >> you too, fred. >> so maria, you first on the democratic side. here's what congressional candidate alexandria cortez says democrats should be doing. >> swing voters do

this is where john kasich who endorsed balderson, we all believe reluctantly and late.this is where he can help republicans, he's popular with suburban republican women. i think republican voters are favored in this. >> they were turned off by trump. do you agree with this? >> yes, women were turned off by trump, but they're not single issue, okay, the economy's good, i'm making a good living, my husband's making a good living, and i don't want to -- i voted for him last time, i don't think i made a mistake, there's all of this factors into this, but i just spoke with a republican operative who said, we're afraid of getting hammered by women in delaware county. that's what we're afraid of. >> we're going to be talking a lot about this in november on election night, because this is something that even people who are working on the president's political team acknowledge is a big issue. when the president tweets. when the president -- it was in the news about his alleged hush money for people he had affairs with, all of those things, they see a real dip among women particu

the state's governor john kasich and state's senior senator they have all come here.ekend, of course, we saw president trump come here and personally campaign on troy balderson's behalf. and president trump knows that this race is going to be all about turnout. he really tried to energize his supporters and get them to vote on tuesday. >> a vote for troy's opponent is a vote for open borders which equals massive crime. they don't care about it they don't care about the crime. they don't care about the military and they don't care about your vets. >> his opponent is democrat danny o'connor a 31-year-old. he has been running on a very centrist platform. he has been very careful not to criticize president trump too much. it's very clear that he is trying to win over those republicans who have become very unhappy with president trump and his policies, dana. >> dana: kristin, i understand the governor of ohio has expressed concern that trump support could do more harm than good in this district. how does the candidate feel about that? >> if he agrees with the governor he i

joining us now on the phone is ohio governor john kasich. governor, thank you for being with us. i know it's an emotional night for so many people in this country, yourself included. you and john mccain were friends and obviously colleagues as republican leaders in this country. what are your thoughts tonight? >> well, i mean, i'm kind of listening to the broadcast and as i listen it's -- he was just really incredible. mccain was just an amazing guy. i first met him, we went into congress together and we weren't there a couple of days before we all just knew that john was gonna be the president of our class. he would be the leader of our class. and i've had so much time with him and just most recently i remember he took a very hard position on the health care law and didn't feel as though it was gonna be fair to people or help people and i called him and i said, john, you know, you've always been a hero to me and you've just underlined it so many times because of the way in which you care so much about the people. he's just an independent guy. he loved his country more than anythi

this is john kasich's old seat. why is it competitive?difficult task for a party in power to get the voters out in the middle of august two and a half months before a midterm. you have discrepancies in voter enthusiasm no matter what. you have huge discrepancies in the middle of a traditional vacation month and the member would serve for basically 30 days so describing how that's kra really live or die to a voter is difficult and a problem seeing in the race. you know? the other thing is you know democrats are coming. right? we know we have the evidence in pennsylvania. you have the evidence in alabama and virginia and all the things over the last year and a half. there's no question about the enthusiasm of democratic voters showing up. the question is whether the republicans match it. this is close because it's middle of august, difficult to match. >> yet the republican voter registration is much higher than the democratic voter registration. you have to think that balderson the republican has an advantage going into it. >> certainly. wh

. >> thank you for your input, the flip side is republicans like john kasich thought that perhaps trumpport could do more harm than good, but this is a county that went overwhelmingly for trump and the fact that he came close by to vote for the republican candidate, balderson thinks he will win because of the president support. >> dana: we will keep in touch with you, thank you. up next one of my favorite political analysts on what we should watch tonight. on deck. and how one candidate in the kansas primary could cause some concern for democrats. ♪ my father passed this truck down to me, that's the same thing i want to do with you. it's an emotional thing to watch your child grow up and especially get behind the wheel. i want to keep you know, stacking up the memories and the miles and the years. he's gonna get mine but i'm gonna get a new one! oh yeah! he's gonna get mine but i'm gonna get a new one! when it's time for your old chevy truck to become their new chevy truck, there's truck month. get 10 or 14 percent below msrp on 2018 silverado pickups when you finance with gm financial.

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john kasich or donald trump. >> an easy one.hink the president might also be holding on to the fact john kasich beat president trump in the primary in ohio by double digits. >> and still ahead in the state of ohio and donald trump saying he's deeply unpopular. we thank jim havandehei. >>> up next on "morning joe" new reports of blind lines we are seeing between private business and the presidency. how white house staffers are getting special perks at trump's golf club. that's still ahead on "morning joe." and we'll be asking heidi all about it. ♪ this is a story about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ chair, new laptop headphones, with free 24/7 tech support. yep, thanks guys. i think he might need

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ohio governor john kasich. thank you for taking a few minutes. >> steve, thank you. >>> senator john mccain was a decorated war veteran. as we said, an accomplished political maverick. that was his reputation. certainly as praise continues to pour in from across the nation and around the world, one man as we said until this afternoon, and again this evening had remained muted on this. that was the president. donald trump. and of course there is a history here. you are probably well aware of it. the two of them first clashing when the arizona senator first criticized the then presidential candidate trump for his characterization of mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals, that back in 2015. trump, who according to the "washington post" continually said that mccain was not a friend, then hit back at the senator. >> he's not a war hero. >> he's a war hero. 5 1/2 years -- >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. okay? >> the background on that, of course, back in the sprin

baldwin is a communist read the other point, more important, president trump was right concerning john kasichdid win thatn race. it is going to come out, ok? he could have won it by more. this been to hate of president trump is sitting. sickening. john mccain hates them. one other point i want to make is no one seems to talk about is 71e -- president trump years old. did you ever see a 71-year-old guy have that kind of physical energy to work like that? he got that work ethic from his father. that is a germanic quality. host: that is jack in providence, rhode island. troy balderson, the republican is up by about 1500 votes. right now, the latest number is 101,772 for the republican 100,208 votes for danny o'connor, the democrat in that contest. one other election we were watching yesterday was the attorney general's race in minnesota. we mentioned it yesterday. keith ellison, who was running for that seat, scoring a victory for the states attorney general days after domestic abuse accusations against him surfaced. this is a story from fox news. allison, who serves as deputy chairman of the de

it's elected john kasich, who is now the governor of ohio. republicans just don't lose here. and in fact, they rarely have close races. but in the age of donald trump, a lot of this common knowledge is being turned on its head, and a democrat gave a great race here. but what we're going to find out now is how much of this is transferrable to november. does this race end in a recount, which it's possible once all these ballots are counted. so a race that has transfixed the politicor weekend when president trump inserted himself in it with a rally here in ohio. they count the votes.p, b the w person claiming credit for a victory that isn't quite a victory here yet, donald trump tweeting last night that it was >> credit claimed as usual. garrett haake working overtime for us. thanks. >>> voters headed to the polls in several key primary, including the kansas gubernatorial matchup. pitting incumbent governor jeff coyler against kris kobach. kobach has a narrow lead of about 700 votes this mornle. he is an immigration hard-liner and served as vice-chairman on president trump's vot