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one of the senate's leading republicans, john thune says the blankenship victory, let's hope and pray that doesn't happen. >> blankenship is a former coal industry executive who went to prison after the upper big branch mine disaster in 2010. 29 dead in upper big branch mine. he has attacked senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and gone after his wife and referred to her father as a china person. >> blankenship calls himself trumpian than trump. is the there is a concern of him being roy more ore on steroids. blankenship can't win in no november. urging one of two mainstream candidates. >>> in indiana, a three-way race with todd rokeda and luke messer and mike braun. this is another seat republicans believe they can flip. >> in ohio, jim rennaci is considered the frontrunner running against michael gibbons. president trump endorsed rennaci. the winner faces democratic senator sherrod brown. >>> there are primaries to replace governor john kasich. it places richard cordray against former ohio congress member dennis cucinich. it is mike dewine against mary tayl taylor. >>> a senior wh

. >> one of the senate's leading republicans, john thune said blankenship victory, quote, let's hope and pray that doesn't happen. blan blankenship is a former coal executive and spending time in prison in 2010. he has attacked senate majority leader mitch mcconnell calling him cocaine mitch and gone after his wife elaine chao. referring to her father as a quote china person. >> joining us now from washington is brenna williams. let's talk about west virginia. you will have the test of the trumpism and some of the places he won. in particular, the blankenship ad. he had the cocaine mitch ad where he tried to tie the shipping company owned by his wife's father to cocaine trafficking. listen. >> trump kept mitch mcconnell for millions of china people. his china family has given him tens of millions of dollars. i will ditch cocaine mitch for the sake of the kids. >> wow. is that going to work? >> you know, i watched that ad probably 20 times and it makes me wide eyed every time. you know, i don't know if that will work. it is interesting because blankenship has been running as the trump

a guy that watches this closely on behalf of his party, a big wig leader there, john thune.o have you. >> good afternoon, neil. >> neil: does this worry you, senator? >> in the end, the voters will decide and they don't want us telling them what they should think. clearly if you have a one-on-one matchup between a very solid republican choice who won the primary, patrick morrisey and joe manchin, probably presents the best opportunity for patrick morrisey to win of the third party candidates tend to split up the vote. it's hard to say. it's hard to predict at this point. it's a seat in play. we have a good candidate that came out of the process. the voters selected him and we're preparing for a spirited fall campaign. >> neil: you correctly pointed out that it's up to west virginia to decide this. nonetheless, one thing i remember talking to blankenship a couples times, he was angry at mitch mcconnell and the republican party making it clear he was not their guy. in fact, targeting him as someone that you should never ever vote for. you think -- as a party not tried so hard,

conference chairman john thune. a lot to get to this morning. let me jump right in. what is your reaction to the cancellation of the north korean summit? do you think it was about the deal that was on the table and maybe not liking that? was it about the words? what is your feel? >> good morning. i think it's a combination of all the above. i think the administration made a judgment based on some preliminary discussions and rhetoric coming out of north korea of late. the meetings the president had with president moon of south korea this week in which they talked a lot about this. i think it's pretty clear at this point that kim jong-un is pulling back and intensifying some of the rhetoric. i think the president made the right decision. we've always approached this with a certain amount of cautious optimism. it is a missed opportunities for the north koreans. they have a lot to gain at the table. if they aren't willing to denuclearize the president has made it clear that's his priority. that's i think the world community's priority. if they aren't going to go there it

of all walks of life carrying the torch of american activism and doing it on line and republican john thune of south dakota urged his side of the aisle to pass legislation that's the best way to to solve this not to come up with this bizarre exercise which we all know isn't going anywhere but will allow the activists in the donors out there on the far left an opportunity now to take this campaign to the house of representatives where it isn't going anywhere and of course it would be vetoed by the president even if it did but when the votes were counted and with john mccain absent three republicans voted yes. what next for net neutrality let's ask krista cox director of public policy initiatives at the association of research libraries and brian reed back marketing director at the american sustainable business council welcome thank you krista to senator marquees point this isn't just about dollars and cents talk about how the noncommercial importance of equal access plays out so well so often in the debate around net neutrality athene as a debate between the big internet service providers an

the speakers they all were framed from the back saying donald trump in the first place or came john thune for this kind of a rail mint of the talks that happened as a result of the latest developments now moving on to iran i had some quite surprising observations for example emanuel macron in particular admitting that donald from perhaps decided to change the iranian nuclear deal only because that was something that was put together by the administration of his previous sesar and a lot of our putin chose not to blame the american president either he says that in that particular case by refusing to go ahead with the deal donald trump didn't lose although he said he won the mess to clean as opposed to that because he kept his promise his election promises but again everyone here is talking about future cooperation and possibly getting the u.s. involved again when it comes to maybe an amended deal or some possible deal and in this case we cannot mention we cannot forget to mention the sanctions if we're talking about the reining in prices about the north korean crisis and obviously we're her

closed doors now hot and cold donald trump at some point decides to say no to his talks with kim john thune or the iranian nuclear deal and there you have it thanks to the st petersburg international economic forum the likes of emmanuel macron or putin are sitting shoulder to shoulder and sharing their thoughts on that with everyone now here's an observation all speakers decided not to bash donald trump in the first place or came down on for the possible rail moment of their talks and expressed hopes that the summit preparations can go back on track the vice president of china even made it clear that his country won't allow war on the korean peninsula. but i'm not trying to hope for peace and stability on the korean peninsula under no circumstances should we allow go to break out in the region that's why we should promote the process of demilitarization to take i asked for the summit between north korea and the u.s. i think we have to do everything to make this summit happen so that many issues can be resolved. speaking of iran we were once again reassured that pretty much the entire intern

senator john thune said, quote, let's hope and pray that does not happen. it would not be good. why are republicans so afraid of blankenship running. are they afraid we're becoming maybe the new normal gop? >> remember, donald trump endorsed louis strange and you ended up with roy moore instead. donald trump in the eleventh hour and saying anybody but him. it doesn't necessarily carry that much weight. the voters decided that roy their guy. even though trump didn't endorse him. i think there's a couple reasons why cucumber doesn't -- this would em bolden. as scott said, >> you know, manchin has a much better chance at winning if blankenship is the republican nominee. i'm paraphrasing here, wackiest of wackiest. i was quoting a congressman from kentucky. running to be the craziest in the race. you calculate a third of the people want the craziest person. that's not a good recipe to win elections. i think donald trump should go to a full manchin if blankenship wins the nomination and beg him that they will promise to support him against blankenship in a general election. >> joe, y

john thune chairman of the senate republican conference.morning to you. 8-7 in that committee republicans and democrats. clearly she cleared a major hurdle with a 10-5 vote. >> she really did. a tribute to just how impressive she was in her confirmation hearing and how qualified she is. this is somebody who has just tremendous experience and background, skill. she has been involved in leadership positions at the c.i.a. she has been in the field. she is widely respected not only within the agency but across the world and i think that it's time we get that important position filled. it seems to me that democrats came to the conclusion that blocking her at this critical national security position at a time when there is so much at stake around the world would be a big mistake. i think a few of them are starting to come around and break our way. so hopefully we'll get her confirmed this week. >> bill: you can throw a dart. syria, iran, north korea. matters pressing at the moment. lindsey graham on iran first. watch here. >> very hard on iran. t

. >> let's bring in john thune. robert mueller has had a year plus to conduct this investigation.iuliani as you heard last night said that mueller won't be indicting president trump, however democratic senator richard blumenthal says giuliani is wrong and the president could be indicted. i'm getting confused. which is it? >> i guess it depends which lawyer you talk to. rudy giuliani is making that argument as is the president's legal team. i don't think we've heard from the department of justice on this issue. you know, i think that issue will get sorted out by lawyers. the broader point is this needs to be concluded in a timely way. i do think that it has drug on for a long period of time. we want to make sure the mueller investigation the thorough. the american people at some point are going to tire of this and many of them have already put it in their rear view mirrors. >> you know who is tired of it? the president. he lets us know every day on twitter. the latest tweet. congratulations, america, we are now into the second year of the greatest witch hunt in american history and

let's bring in senator john thune chairman of the senate republican conference, great to see you senator. >> thank you. >> harris: first of all how much do you need democrat support now? >> well, i think we're going to need a few democrats. but i think a few democrats will vote for her. you heard in your piece by mike emanuel, joe manchin already coming out publicly in support of her. i think there will be more to come. could be a close vote. but i mean, again, you have to look at this individual's qualifications. she's supremely qualified for the job. more qualified than anybody that's been appointed to that position previously. if you look at the way she conducted herself in the hearings yesterday, i thought she acquitted herself extremely well and answered everybody's question in both private and public setting. this is critical to the national security. >> harris: how much does senator john mccain's rejection affect the process? >> well, we all greatly respect senator mccain's views. ofk this issue it's very personal one for him. but i think that most of us believe that gina haspel i

point out before we get away, john thune, senator from south dakota saying today, let's pray it doesn'tnship victory. thom tillis, senator from north carolina, saying woe spontoon blankenship should he win. we'll be here all right. melissa: no shortage of excitement, jeff flock. thank you. david: adam shapiro is in ohio another exciting state. adam. reporter: i'm in columbus, ohio, part of this area is the 12th congressional district. it is an intense battle between 18 different people, democrats, republicans all trying to win their party's nomination to be so to speak the person who gets to run in a special election to fill patti berry's seat who left congress. he endorsed the troy bolden, the state senator from zanesville. one of the people challenging mr. baller son is melody lang a.m. i am a constitutional conservative. i'm a christian conservative. i'm a trump conservative. who is more trumpian is playing out in other races. look what is happening in the governor's race. they spent $10 million. two republicans fighting it out, mike dewayne, former senator, current attorney general,

hour live from london coming up another seat at the table for donald trump's meeting with king john thune the south korean president again joining them a new caretaker prime minister he's chosen as the political crisis in italy. where the devastation earlier in the u.s. sub tropical storm alberto has now made landfall in florida and spider-man becomes france's new it's a refugee held as a hero after saving a child that angling for lost or balcony. i'm tatiana fun to all of the day's bored to including that wasn't the plan than a year after finishing runner up. a new rock bottom at the french i think. diplomatic activity is intensifying ahead of a plum summit between u.s. president on the north korean leader kim jong un and the bilateral talks become trilateral with a south korean president and joining them a u.s. delegation is in north korea with a team from sean yang heading to singapore where the historic meeting is due to take place under thomas has more from seoul. what a difference one frenetic weekend can make and now looks like it's full steam ahead for a summit in singapore on jun

we saw from the leadership lindsey graham speaking about it as well as senators cornyn and john thune. they've all been saying that the white house either sadler herself or the administration needs to publicly apologize for this really awful joke of dying, that that is just distracting them from really what they need to focus on at this point. we heard from senator john kennedy in his colorful way saying, sometimes there's a reason for everything and sometimes that reason is that you're just stupid and so that is one thing that's going to come up here in that closed meeting. the other thing, of course, is that giant chinese telecommunications corporation and the break that the president says he's going to give zte. they want to know more about that. cornyn also saying that this is a company that is guilty of cyber theft and espionage, that they are not on the same page with the president. the president for his part, he's very frustrated about the slow pace of judicial nominees getting through. he wants to see that pushed forward in a faster pace and also is going to be pushing for mor

republicans on the hill disavowing any legislative efforts to protect his job, and just this week you saw john thune leaders of the republican party start to change their message. it's no longer we want him to do his work. we want him to do his work and can he wrap up? i'm sensing a subtle edging into trump's corner of the republican party. >> in addition to this at the white house, there's also a discussion as kellyanne conway walked into the white house, about leaks. a lot of reports suggested there may be a staff shakeup coming soon over someone leaking with kelly sadler saying about mccain, he's dying anyway. you have politico saying brace for personnel moves after leak. the associated press saying white house talks firing not apologies. "the new york times" an aggrieved trump wants better pre press. nancy, what are you hearing and understand might be happening? >> staffers in both of these shops, the communications and press shop are freaked out that someone is going to get fired this afternoon. the feeling is that it's not even that the person will get fired for necessarily leaking what sadler

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john and poppy. >> kaitlan, thank you. david chalian, to you, this is historic any way you slice it. there have been some in the president's own party, like senator jeff flake, senator thune last hour who are warning the president that he needs to go into this summit clear eyed after the president used language last night calling the treatment of these detainees by kim jong-un excellent. >> yes, and previously calling him honorable. that was all after calling him a mad man and rocket man. things have moved very rapidly here. president trump himself, i think, has acknowledged time and again the precarious nature of the talks and he says often as a caveat, if indeed this is not going well, he will as he says respectfully walk away, even in that meeting in singapore on june 12th if he feels that way. you're right, eyes wide open, going in. but, guys, we cannot stress enough, not only is it historic, politically this is hugely advantageous to president trump right now. the images of last night, added to this motion of the meeting, our latest poll numbers out show 77% of americans approve of him sitting down and meeting with kim jong-un. that's grown 15 points in the last mont