jon tester is a heart out. not an easy guy to beat., it's true, president wants to come out after him, the president is upset because he emd him ove over ba. the grudge match. but montana is not like the deep south or it's not like some of the western states, some of the nearby states like wyoming. there is a strong prairie populist streak that goes through this state. oh, there is rosendale moving into the lead. >> shannon: there he goes. >> findi thehtte that is the right kind of person to run against tester, very popular in the state, a crucial questionepublicans. whether it is fagg a rosendale, i don't know. but i will say this, what tester would like to do, this guy is a carpetbagger who was sent here by his republican overlords to come to montana -- >> shannon: overlords? >> how about puppet master. >> shannon: strong language. >> we have plenty of weeks of attack ads that are going to run out there. if you are tester, i don't know whether you are pulling for rosendale or fagg? >> shannon: let's get back to california. this is cr

rosendale goes up against senator jon tester in november and joins us now on the phone. incipal line of attack on senator tester is he used unproven information to get rid of a veteran's administration nominee. is that your line of attack? >> that's just one of the things that separates me from jon tester, stu. i it tell you that. we've got a lot of inventory here, if you will. jon tester expanded regulations, expanded spending, he's limited the access to health care for the people of montana and driven the cost up dramatically through obamacare. only thing that he can run his campaign on is a strategy of denial. he has to deny that the va's in shambles. deny that obamacare is a train wreck. he has to deny that neil gorsuch isn't a positive influence on the positive. i'm very prepared and ready to put my record against his. i've reduced regulations, i've reduced spending, and i've expanded the health care options and opportunities for the people of montana. stuart: are you expecting president trump to come and stump for you in montana? and if he did, would be that a plus,

senator jon tester, a recent target of the president, it is up for reelection, and republicans are easierager tp his seat in montana. team coverage, petercy in san diego where the polls just closed. chad pergram analyzing what tonight results could mean for the balance of power on capitol hill. chris stirewalt covering the th deanna sprin monitoringin the results from montana's senate primary election. good evening, dan. >> hey, good evening, shannon. it could be a long night in helena, montana, as polls closed about anour ago we have some results now, and we're at matt rosendale's victory party. he was a front-runner going all the way through this primary season. he had the most backing, he had the most money, a lot of outside money coming into his campaign, and right now, he trails. let's go to the numbers we have right now. the latest results, 14% of the registered voters having voted, having been counted, and they are expecting about 33% turnout, matt rosendale is at 31%, but leading at 31%. two other candidates, both at 17%. matt rosendale, as i said, the big favorite going io this,

they think that the democratic senator, jon tester, is in a world of trouble.adam shapiro right now with what's at stake. hey, adam. >> reporter: hey, neil. and when you bring up senator tester, remember, it was only april 28th when the president was tweeting that jon tester has to go because, remember, he was the opposition who had leaked the information about the president's nominee to head the v.a., ronnie scrappingson, and that all -- ronny jackson, and that all went where it went. also because he's a vulnerable democrat, they believe, in a state that voted for the president by almost 21 points. so what's going on here? take a look at some of the voting that took place when polls opened this morning at seven. we're in helena, montana, but throughout the state roughly 700,000 people registered to vote, half of them have asked for absentee ballots, but it is a race against tester with four republicans vying to become the nominee to run for the u.s. senate. 5.7 million has been spent by the republicans. a lot of money pouring into this. and it works out to man

jon tester is vulnerable and president trump has made winning montana a priority. >> right after his narrow victory in the republican primary, montana state auditor matt rosendale turned his attention to two-term incumbent senator jon tester. he is trying to keep his seat in a state that handed president trump a lopsided victory over hillary clinton two years ago. hoping to maintain its majority and eyeing montana as a possible pickup, the national republican senate committee issued a statement saying "rosendale will be montana's neck senator because voters deserve strong leaders who put montanans first every day instead of just paying lip service in election years." tester's camp was just as quick with its opening salvo, highlighting his deep family roots in big sky country, compared to rosendale's 16 year years. matt rosendale is an east coast developer who looks out for himself. matt uses montana to boost the outside interests finding his senate campaign." it is an attack line used by rosendale's opponents but it may not be his biggest weakness. montana has is reporting colorful p

right here is going to be -- the winner is going to be jon tester's opponent, jon tester, democrat, runninga state that donald trump carried by 21 points. you have a barn burner here. this is judge russell fagg. his has sort of come in around billings. this is the state auditor, matt rosen dale. tester is in that potentially vulnerable for democrats category. he's looked a little stronger than some of the other democrats from trump states but he's going learn his opponent in this race here. we've got a close in montana on the senate side. and, brian, we got some real interesting and real suspenseful contests in the house in california. >> yeah, and the other states as we come all the w east to new jersey. wanted to let our viewers know we're going to get to all of it in this hour. we're also going to bridge over the top of the next hour and keep talking about returns and results. steve kornacki still with us, not going anywhere. we're going to take a quick break. >>> coming up, football as it's being used by the president as a dededly political football. where eagles dare not go. the trump

. >> so, jon tester is going to be running. he's the democrat running in a state that president trump carried in 2016. it's going to be a tough race for him, and now we know he'll be facing state auditora rosendale. he has support from club for gr, omenator ted cruz. but he was in a pretty competitive primary. we didn't know the results until late last night, early this morning, against a district judge inmontana. and that's going to be one of the key races starting in november that we'll all be paying attention to. there are ten states where democratic incumbents are seeking re-election that trump carried in 2016. that's one of those. and all of those states are going to be seeing democrats with pretty populist messages, saying that they will protect the state interests from the federal government and from kind of outside forces. and so, we're going to start seeing those messages, and a pretty conservative one from matt rosendale, prettyn. >> so, about senator tester, why is he not doing so well? >> so, i wouldn't say he's nec

jon tester is using some of the fireworks republicans were throwing a rosendahl this morning. ey call him from outside maryland matt because he moved to montana 16 years ago. testers that is bad for montana's public lands. he's bad for montana's veterans and as insurance commissioner he rubberstamped higher health care costs for montana's. they can trust him to represent in the u.s. senate. jon tester who threw a wrench into president trump's plan to nominate ronnie jackson to have the va and that issue being used against tester because he's the vulnerable democrat. take a listen. >> what is good for our nation is great for montana. everything is on the line. if we let jon tester the liberals seize control of the united states senate, they will undo all the progress we've made. >> keep in mind quite a bit of money spent by republicans in the primary. about $6 million. back to you. maria: adam shapiro with the latest there. no quit in for a do over on his dancer apologizing to monica lewinsky. his new eyebrow raising comments last night next. president trump host an event at the

quickly, in montana, senate race there for the right to take on jon tester, democrat in a state trump won by 21 points. you have a barn burner here. that is the hraeut latest at this hour. >>> we love our country. we respect our flag, and we always proudly stand for the national anthem. we always will stand for the national anthem. >> as you watch this next t,mber not one of the super bowl champion philadelphia eagles took a knee during any of their games last season. nonetheless, at what was supposed to be an eagles celebration, president trump followed through today on his e to holinstead a ceremony where we would hear loudly and proudly played the national anthem. this came after the president's surprise decision last night canceling this event, hosting the super bowl champion eagles, claiming they disagreed with the custom of standing for the national anthem. this morning the white house blamed the cancellation on the football team, saying, quote, the vast majority of the eagles team decided to abandon their fans. eagles safety malcolm jenkins responded to the president, quote, it

jon tester, heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly, how does anybody -- >> meanwhile i have kamal kamala harrise to wriggle their way out of it politically in the short term we will see where it ends up in november. >> bret: what about, mara, you heard the hhs secretary talking about the conditions and how these kids are treated in the difference between how is being described by hhs and dhs on the democrats going to these facilities. >> i don't know if the administration can win the battle over how these kids are treated. i think as long as they are separated from their parents and they are little and they are crying, that's bad. that's why the president signed the executive order today. don't forget on friday he said to "fox & friends" when directly asked, why can't you sign an executive order, he said no, i can't do that. he has decided the objects were bad, not worth it, politics were not working and he wants to get the issue off the table. >> bret: here is the senate majority leader and the minority leader about legislation to deal with this. >> the president says we need to act. democrats

choose between four similar candidates, the one they think they can beat the popular and vulnerable jon testernovember. the montana incumbent is one of the tenth of democrats up for reelection in the state won by president trump. g.o.p. voters were cagey about who they supported, but clear on the ultimate goals. >> it's based both on the notion that tester has to be removed and that the president's policies are going to have to be fully implemented. >> the front runner and most well-known estate auditor matt rosendale. they have spent over $1 million backing him. his opponents have attacked his maryland roots and east coast accent even though he moved to a working montana ranch 16 years ago. in a state where many vote the person of the party, some say that issue alone will -- >> he comes back here as often as he can. he gets hisutn montana. he's a very likable person he stands up with her little guy. >> fourth-generation montana and retired judge bills himself as a center right republican and the only candidate in the race who can be tester. he has shown support within the state g.o.p. at the

it was jon tester who used the candiman word . what did republican voters tell us last night?to turn that over to people who are following this more closely. >> i think in california, first and foremost the president had an impact on the governor's race, but you look at having a republican on the ticket, having the gas tax issue on the ballot in november, and this plays into the issue of having front line republican candidates in the state having a boost. you look at their numbers in the primary. those don't necessarily correlate with the general. but four or five of them have good nights. these guys that come from clinton districts, these are front line republicans to begin with. they're good candidates. they know their district. there's a reason they win there. from that sense, republicans can feel comfortable about what happened in california. to your point -- >> if you don't care about congress, you might not care at all. republicans will not have a candidate for senate. so having cox on the ballot, even though you expect him to lose, we'll see what happens. >> it's the in

joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp and jon tester in all these red state democrats up for reelection, to sign onto that bill, that is potentially politically jeopardizing. >> i have talked to republican sources who say they think the democrat senators were looking for an exit ramp from the issue. it will be interesting to see how much this is played over and over again. >> bret: thank you. to the white house where president trump was earlier today railing against the democratic plan. he says it would infest the u.s. with illegal immigrants would vote against republicans. the president's words. chief white house correspondent john roberts is there again on the north lawn. >> good evening. the president will spend his time on capitol hill twisting arms in support of the two immigration bills before the house, talking with republicans tonight about the importance of getting at least one of those measures through. officially the white house supports both of them but the compromise bill is the one they would more likely like to see past. the president thing these bills, at least one of them c

in montana, jon tester, democratic incumbent. this is trump by 20 in this state.igh single digit lead. that would be encouraging for democrats. ohio, very encouraging for democrats. we don't have the numbers for it, but wisconsin, tammy baldwin running again. trump won by a very narrow margin. republicans haven't had their primary yet, but the polling matched up baldwin against both possible republicans, that encouraging for democrats too. basically go back to that map. remember, republicans wanted to get a bunch of these because they're trump states. what's taking shape right now in the early polling? north dakota, that as ripe a target as it looked at the start of the cycle for republicans. we don't have the new numbers but missouri is still looking like a top target. indiana is looking like a top target. not so much pennsylvania. not so much ohio. not so much wisconsin. haven't had a new one in michigan, but if these really close states from '16 are solid democratic leads now, michigan probably not likely. democrats surprisingly strong in west virginia but stil

we see jon tester cozying up to the president, now joe manchin. the fact is bottom line, red state democrats talk like they support donald trump but vote lock step with chuck schumer. liz: didn't vote for the tax cuts, joe manchin didn't and president trump actively campaigning against joe manchin. >> the democrats have a problem. if you look at your senator, he voted against. joe, he voted against. [booing] >> no, it was bad. i thought it would be helpful because he talk. grabs me, i grab him. he says hello, i say hello, but he votes against everything and voted against our tax cuts and that was bad, and he also voted against medical health and health care and that's bad, and we can't have it. liz: too little too late for joe manchin, what do you think? >> too little, too late. he voted against tax cuts as the president noted. he let the government shutdown for illegal immigrants, effectively funding for child health care. where was joe manchin on daca? on infrastructure? these are things he purportedly supports. he is not there for the president

nation's already up with ads in west virginia and montana, and montana specifically is citing jon tester'sgainst neil gorsuch. this is the worst nightmare for those democrat senators running for re-election in republican, red states, states that donald trump won -- neil: senators is one thing, senators is one thing, house of representatives, that's another. elena, on that front i tend to think it could be the economy, whether this continues to keep up and now concerns with a potential trade war that we're looking at higher prices or at least an impact on the economy that republicans might not like. what do you think? >> well, that's something that i think a lot of political advisers and people who are really watching the midterms for republicans are worried about, this issue of what's going to happen with tariffs and the potential of a trade war is something that could really impact the amazing, you know, the milestones that we've seen with this administration, with the economy. and a lot of people are very worried about that, especially going into the elections because we're looking at, y

jon tester and i will work hard to make sure that happens and i'm confident that republicans and democrats on the committee will do the same thing. we have a respected and talented nominee you will hear from in just a little bit and we will go through the hearing today if everything goes smooth in the future we will have a secretary sitting at the president's cabinet for the veterans administration to begin building forward on the legislation of the committee passed for the last two years to make the caregiver as possible, accountability possible, better healthcare for the veterans possible, accessibility for veterans who live in the sparsely populated areas. we've done a plethora of things to improve the place, the service and everything we give our veterans. we arere going to see to it that we put a cherry on top of that sunday and every day is a good day at the va and a better day for all of the veterans. with that said i introduced the ranking member john tester. >> think you and outhank you ans are certainly with the family of the veterans and certainly the folks of georgia and with y

i could add jon tester in there and claire mccaskill in there and the list goes on.retirement, there were meetings going on in every one of those states, well, missouri, north dakota. montana, indiana, west virginia. of really pure panic because you are right. this is going to be a campaign issue. before the election and they vote no, they jeopardize and they haven't had a chance to vote yet. it becomes the primary campaign issue. steve: right. chris, exit question. you can really tell that this is important because both sides are already spending a lot of money on ads to try to -- change people's minds. >> they're. but, the fact is this is one universe really going to be excited about this, evangelical group gave trump vick tries by 20 must points in a lot of them. you have -- go through them again. john tester trying to run hupp yil and claire mccaskill up against that group a blited on the fence about whether or not to turn out in to 2018 now injecting rocket fuel. >> chris wilson polster and ceo of intel thank you for joining us live from texas. >> you bet. thank

it comes to montana, it seems that everybody is focus on what is happening with jon tester and the senatecan you describe that? guest: they are focusing a lot on montana because they want to make sure they do not lose any ground there and senator tester has four republican contenders trying to get that nomination. there are a a lot of outside groups funneling a lot of money into the state. candidates -- of those four, who are the top contenders? guest: i'm hearing a lot about matt rosen dale, but he ands been going head-to-head on tv and in the ad campaigns against each other. they were all focused on senator ander until late april, then starting in late april, they really turned on each other. they started attacking each other's character. host: where does senator tester stand today in polling? guest: i have not seen any polling as far as voting, but i do know his approval rating from a poll done at the beginning of the year was about 56% approval and that is what president trump had an montana and 2016, but president trump's approval rang hasropp a few points since then. host: has it be

jon tester is down 115 points. one half of 1%.&p and not back down negative as the trade worries continue to unnerve investors. radio blip setting up a hijacking figure. cheryl casone has headlined now. >> quite a glitch. flight 1623 quickly surrounded by police after the pilot accidentally reported a hijacking. the plane was waiting to take off on radio communications failed and set the false alarm over to the control tower. police and s.w.a.t teams immediately surrounded the plane. terrified passengers forced to put their hands up. a u.s. official had to inspect the cabin. they were eventually put on a different flight in l.a. reports that the pilot might have hit the wrong button and put the wrong code in the cockpit. we are watching shares of tesla this morning. goldman sachs has reiterated the stock adding deliveries of the model three sedan amid the streets expectations. second-quarter production delivery numbers early next month. ceo elon musk expects the company will hit its goal of producing 5000 model threes by the end o

it comes to montana, it seems that everybody is focus on what is happening with jon tester and the senate. can you describe that? guest: they are focusing a lot on montana because they want to make sure they do not lose any ground there and senator tester has four republican contenders trying to get that nomination. there are a a lot of outside groups funneling a lot of money into the state. candidates -- of those four, who are the top contenders? guest: i'm hearing a lot about matt rosen dale, but he and russ been going head-to-head on tv and in the ad campaigns against each other. they were all focused on senator ander until late april, then starting in late april, they really turned on each other. they started attacking each other's charaer. host: where does senator tester stand today in polling? guest: i have not seen any polling as far as voting, but i do know his approval rating from a poll done at the beginning of the year was about 56% approval and that is what president trump had an montana and 2016, but president trump's approval rating has dropped a few points since then. host:

it comes to montana, it seems that everybody is focus on what is happening with jon tester and the senate. can you describe that? guest: they are focusing a lot on montana because they want to make sure they do not lose any ground there and senator tester has four republican contenders trying to get that nomination. there are a a lot of outside groups funneling a lot of money into the state. host:

senator johnny isakson, senator jon tester for joining me in introducing the resolution in the senate to disney june 18-22 as national g.i. bill commemoration week. i want to thank house veterans' affairs committee chairman rowe and ranking member wells for introducing the same resolution in the house of representatives. and i want to thank the american legion for their hard work in making this resolution a reality and for advocating for veterans and veterans' education benefits in congress, as have other service organizations, but i think the american legion was present at the creation and worked very hard right at the creation to make sure that we had a g.i. bill and it would survive. but, mr. president, because this is g.i. bill week, i want to mention just a few reasons why some folks refer to the g.i. bill as the greatest legislation. you know, we have a greatest generation, my parents' generation. folks who grew up in the great depression and went on to do amazing things with their life. some people refer to the g.i. bill as greatest legislation. i want to share my own story whi