. >> so, leah askarinam, homuch did immigration play into these elections, whether it be john cox's positioning or others? how much did it play into it? >> so, as i mentioned bere, in california, immigration is a big deal, especially with a growing hispanic population and with the president's comments on a border wall and just immigration policy in general. what you're seeing across the country, though, is democrats kind of taking viety of positions on immigration. i spoke with one democrat a ceethe border orange county tricts, i spoke with a republican who said that messaging the way trump has been -- the words he has been using has been what's turning off voters and that his policies themlves an't the problem. it's more the term, border wall. so, i thinke seeing a lot of wrestling on both sides of the aisle, republicans trying to figure out how best to message something -- how to message a policy about immigration, whereas democrats are trying to figure out what their policy is across the board. >> let's turn to the senate race in montana. tell us what was at play yesterday. >> so, jon tester

host: leah askarinam, let's look at virginia next.arbara comstock, she will be running in that race. who is the challenger that came out of yesterday's primary? guest: state senator jennifer lexa and is coming out with the democratic nomination to face a republican incumbent. it is one of those districts where a republican incumbent is defending a seat that hillary clinton carried in 2016. it is one of the most-watched races on the house side this year, one of the most competitive along with the strongest republican incumbent who is fully prepared for a tough general election battle. what is interesting about jennifer lexa and's win last night is there were a handful of well-funded democratic candidate, many of them women, and jennifer what extent -- lexton was the first to come out as a top candidate last year, and a few others had the funding to get their foot in the door, their ads in the washington, d.c. media market, which is expensive. it ended up being a relatively competitive race, but it was unclear if an elected official wou

joining us for that conversation, leah askarinam of inside elections, she serves as a reporter and analystgood morning. looking at what happened yesterday, what does it tell us or suggest about november? starting with california, probably the biggest race of the evening, we now know there will be a republican at the top of the ballot in the governor's race. that is important, not because we expect the republican to win, i think we can expect gavin newsom, the lieutenant governor to actually pull through in november, but it affects turnout down the ballot when you have a republican at the top. host: more about john cox, tell us about him. guest: he has support from president trump, who tweeted about him several times in the last couple weeks. which is important because, the is basically tweeting about somebody who probably will not win in november, and it shows you how important it is to the turnout down the ballot. he is not originally from california, he is a real estate investor. and he is a little bit further right than we would imagine the state to be at this moment. host: according to

leah askarinam from inside elections, breaking >> the house is coming back for legislative business. we join it lishe now here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, dr. jack trieber, north valley baptist church, santa clara, california. the chaplain: our father, we thank you so much, almighty god, that we can come to your presence and pray for this great body of people that serve us. we thank you for our congressmen today we pray that you keep them safe, men and women, their children, their mates, their grandchildren. we pray for our country today hat it would have a day of safety, security. lord it is my prayer that as our leaders serve today, that you give them wisdom, give them patience, give them kindness, and understanding. we remember the words of the scripture, that ravensness exalted the nation, that sin is reproach to any people. and the bible says today, blessed is the nation whose god is the lord. we thank you for america, we thank you for the privilege of prayer, and this very sacred assembly. in

leah askarinam from inside elections, breaking down the results of primaries across the united statesthank you for your time. host: -- guest: thank you. host: we will go back to your calls, the supreme court upholding the president's travel ban. if you supported that, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose that, (202) 748-8001, and post on our twitter and facebook feeds. tom from virginia, supported the move. thank you for waiting. problem, as always, c-span is a national treasure. what i believe is missing from this conversation, in all honesty, is my 20 years of study in the middle east, their religion, political system, etc., and what is missing from this conversation is i doubt seriously that most of the people who are calling and who keep talking about this being have nolam or muslims understanding of the fact that their political system, unfortunately, is also islam. so islam is both religious and political, and as a result of that, you cannot separate the two. so when you are talking about these countries that are posing national security threats to our country, you have to take into co

host: leah askarinam, let's look at virginia next. barbara comstock, she will be running in that race. who is the challenger that came out of yesterday's primary? guest: state senator jennifer lexa and is coming out with the democratic nomination to face a republican incumbent. it is one of those districts where a republican incumbent is defending a seat that hillary clinton carried in 2016. it is one of the most-watched races on the house side this year, one of the most competitive along with the strongest republican incumbent who is fully prepared for a tough general election battle. what is interesting about jennifer lexa and's win last night is there were a handful of well-funded democratic candidate, many of them women, and jennifer what extent -- lexton was the first to come out as a top candidate last year, and a few others had the funding to get their foot in the door, their ads in the washington, d.c. media market, which is expensive. it ended up being a relatively competitive race, but it was unclear if an elected official w

host: congressman ted yoho leah askarinam, the inside elections reporter and analyst looking at all four elections, primary elections across the country yesterday. that was a big loss for republicans, mark sanford in particular in south carolina. guest: right, and what you are seeing was last night was a good night for president trump. he intervened at the last minute to support a candidate who he thought would be a better supporter of his own agenda in of carolinas first district. he also has -- in south carolina's first district. he also has a s