state university as well as university of michigan university of michigan. the odyssey contributed a lot to who you are. >> guest: i did my undergrad at the university of michigan at the school of natural resources where i created my own major in environmental health did a lot of service learning not that time and then went to michigan state university for medical school. then went for my pediatric residency. and then went back to university of michigan for my masters in public health. >> host: and then you decided to go to flint and you had up some of the training programs. given the challenges do you party talked about the children there, you have kind of a special rotation you make sure all of your students go through. what is that all about? >> so i direct a rotation called community pediatrics. this is all about widening the lens of our trainees. i am not a regular pediatrician. i am a medical educator and i purposely made that decision right after finishing my training to stay in medical education. when you are an educator, your impact is multiplicativ

i think we in michigan got to move forward.eed a governor who's actually going to be able to get in there and get things done. our water -- we have a water crisis in michigan that is not over. the devos agenda has been destroying the public school system in michigan. as a mom with kids in our public schools, these are the things that i know how to get done. and i don't accept excuses in my house and i don't except them from my government, either. and i'm ready to get to work and solve these problems. >> do you think that the democratic socialist label is helpful for democrats who are trying to get elected in a state like michigan, that voted for president trump? >> you know what, michigan is that kind of a state. we go back and forth, we really do. and people ask me less about whether or not i am a democrat. they ask me what my plan is, how we're going to solve these problems. i think that, you know, having -- getting caught up in those labels is really, you know, a distraction. we've got to talk about cleaning up drinking wate

a recent graduate from the university of michigan law school. a lecturer at the university of michigan department of political science. assistant professor of history at eastern michigan university. what you think are the most important changes that have taken place since you have been in congress? >> most important was that added sex to the bill of 1964. this bill was drafted to help negroes. it would have meant that negro women would have been given rights that were not available to white women. therefore, we added sex. was my belief that the drafter believed no woman would get any rights. i think both white and black women were helped by the bill. hundreds of cases have been started amid thousands of complaints that were made. we still have a long way to go. >> i understand you have a study of women's voting rights and patterns. could you tell us a little bit about what you have found? >> from looking at 50 years of female votes, one could say that a woman's vote may be a time bomb in the 1970 election. that is because the dramatic changes in

michigan. president trump recognized her achievement. in a tweet he said this, congratulations to lena epstein in michigan on a job well done. also thanks for you support. lena joins us now as the newly-elected republican nominee for congress from the 11th district. congratulations first on your victory. remarkable. let me ask you this. >> yes. lou: now as you approach the general election, what divides you from -- differentiates you from your democratic opponent? >> absolutely. i'm a job creates. somebody who has spent her life in the private sector. i'm honored to be the republican nominee in michigan's 11th district race. it will be my responsibility to reach out to democrats and u independents to let everybody in southeast michigan know that there is a home for them in this campaign. it's an incredibly exciting time to be an american in the country. i was very humbled by president trump's endorsement and his tweet. and most importantly i will be focused on the citizens of southeast michigan

in michigan's gubernatorial primary, gretchen whitmer, a former leader in the michigan state senate, beat out progressive candidate drdr. abdl el-sayed. in missouri, meanwhile, voters overwhelmingly rejected a right-to-work law in a statewide referendum tuesday. the results are a victory for labor unions, which organized to oppose the republican-backed law, saying it would suppress wages and weaken collective bargaining rights. we will have more on tuesday's primary elections after headlines. in a victory for immigrant rights organizers, a federal judge in washington state has certified a class-action lawsuit alleging systematic wage theft at geo group's for-profit northwest detention center. detained immigrants are paid only $1 a day to work inside the jail. judge robert bryan's ruling comes as geo group is facing increasing scrutiny over its role of profiting off detention and family separation. on tuesday, the human rights group the dream defenders held a national day of action to protest the for-profit prison company, which is the immigration and customs enforcement agency's larg

and grow michigan jobs.ooking forward to working with our president to make sure we take care of people's wallets and bottom lines to move our economy forward. >> bill: very impressive. the blue shackles, i have not heard that term before. how do you define that? >> well, it's the only thing that i can use to explain the situation of areas of detroit that look worse than some of the places that i fought over in baghdad. there are areas we pass by and overlook and democrats have dismissed urban blacks as disposable while they dismiss rural whites as deplorable. we need to make sure we do everything we can to support our president's agenda to continue to grow our economy. when the previous administration said we need to get used to the new normal being 2%, democrats said that we just needed to accept that manufacturing was going to leave. our president and i reject that as false. we need to make sure that we continue to bring economic opportunity back to the state. i have grown jobs in the state of michigan ov

in another closely watched race in michigan, gretchen whitmer, a former leader in the michigan state senate, won the democratic gubernatorial primary. dr. abdul el-sayed, who had been endorsed by bernie sanders, placed second. he was attempting to become the nation's first muslim governor. shri thanedar placed third in the race. meanwhile in missouri, labor unions scored a big victory as voters rejected a republican-backed right-to-work law that would havave banned compulsory union fees. and in another missouri race, ferguson city council member wesley bell unseated st. louis county prosecuting attorney robert mcculloch who was widely criticized for his handling of the police shooting of michael brown in 2014. to talk more about tuesday's results and what they mean for the midterms in november, we are joined by two guests. in washington, d d.c., zaid lali is a staff reporter at the intetercept. anand in madison, wisconsin, is john nichols, political writer for the nation. we welcome you both to democracy now! begin with, let's you. talk about the significance of these races. which we

people of michigan came out.ort in getting the word out, helping us get the vote out. i'm grateful for the president's endorsement and also vice president pence who i'm going to be running into in grand rap nids a couple hours. >> sandra: you talked about your military experience and why you'll make a great u.s. senator. you said i don't have a black message or a white message. i have a michigan message. what is that message? >> identity politics is the enemy of the state. i swore an oath to the constitution of the united states of american against all enemies. by continuing to drive a wedge between what makes us great and focusing more on the arbitrary things that separate us, that is how folks like senator stabenow and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi continue to play the haves against the have nots. the blacks against the whites. the males against the females to continue to retain their positions in washington we need to break this down. i'll be talking more about my experience, my energy, my enthusiasm and empa

it is remarkable in michigan.o your race, we are looking at the highest we are looking a the highest turnout for a primary election in 20 years. a lot of interest. what you think is driving that. i said this many times before i the weeks leading up to two day and of course all week. this 28 midterm election, the battleground pulled be michigan and the 11th congressional district. it will be one of the top ten most hotly contested races, but i am ready for the bite of a lifetime. it would be my goal to represen all citizens of southeast michigan, republican, independence, and democrats alike. i meet with voters every day an the message is loud and clear, that people want a congresswoma like me to put the citizens of southeast michigan first. we are thriving our economy. we are thrilled that this conversation between now and november 6 will truly be about what the citizens want the most most. citizens with security. they want economic opportunity and they want freedom for their families. that is one of the fighting

layoffs happening in michigan.how do you stand up to the president who made your campaign so much about supporting? >> there are plenty of people standing up to the president in opposing the president. what we need is true leadership in washington who will work with the president to make sure agriculture and manufacturing voices are heard. right now we have an obstructionist senators staff analysis choosing politics over the state of michigan. when i get to the senate after passing the primary, i'm going to work with our president to make sure manufacturing and agricultural voices are heard to work with the president and negotiate from a position of strength to have fair by free trade and reciprocal trade deals with trading partners around the world. leland: let's talk about the issue after this primary on tuesday in michigan. if you are the nominee, how much of this is going to have to be have to be around to the center. the president won michigan by a squeaker of a margin. this is not trump country in michigan. t

senator gretchen whitmer, candidate to become the governor of michigan.nk you very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> breaking news, "the new york times" reporting the white house counsel, don mcghan, has been cooperating with robert mueller's investigation into whether president trump obstructed justice. could this help or hurt the president? our panel discussions next. man 1: this is my body of proof. woman 1: proof of less joint pain... woman 2: ...and clearer skin. woman 3: this is my body of proof. man 2: proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... woman 4: ...with humira. woman 5: humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. avo: humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous

flynn is home to the plot largest planetarium in michigan.his home to a really lovely farmers market downtown. it is where the university of michigan flynt has a campus and three other colleges. flynn has about 100,000 people but that population essentially tripled during the work day's. county government and a number of other large institutions including general motors founded in flynt it still flint's largest employer but has fewer jobs than it used to. so fled like many of us here it's drinking water from the great lakes and they did this through the tread water system. the tread water system pulls through lake huron and delivers the water to the people of flynt for 50 years. the water quality was good. the water quality was well treated and there were a number of other infrastructure challenges though like flynn is a city that has lost half of its population since the 1960s. there are far fewer people there than there used to be and it's part of why the water was so expensive. if it's not the most expensive water in the nation it was defi

stephanie is now running in michigan. on both of their campaigns, we working asericans campaign staff and volunteers. our organization is designed to break down the systemic and psychological very worst -- barriers to political newcomers. long-termork takes systemic investment in states. it cannot happen as some of you mentioned when people swing in and out of states. we are recruiting folks. getting them to the decision point to run. we work with them once they are in office to make sure they stay true to the movement values. a run as they are with their story, front and center.

stephanie is now running in michigan. on both of their campaigns, we have new americans working as campaign staff and volunteers. our organization is designed to break down the systemic and psychological barriers to political newcomers. and that work takes long-term systemic investment in states. it cannot happen as some of you mentioned, when people swing in and out of states. we are recruiting folks. we are helping get them to the decision point to run, then, we are working with them was that are in office, to make sure they stay true to the movement values. the way that we run and win is by running as they are, with

todd pyro live in romeo's cafÉ in romeo, michigan, the big primary in michigan today. >> reporter: fromn. see what i did there? obviously for the next couple tuesdays we will be saying it, today is the day, you have got to get out and vote in michigan. according to the detroit free press it is time to vote. we are in ohio sunday talking about the special election taking place today, romeo, michigan, a lot of primaries today, senate, house, governor, we are talking to voters about what they think or what issues are important to them as they head into the voting booth. looking forward to a big morning in michigan. we send it back to new york city to romeo rob and juliet. rob: purple state of michigan, see you later. i'll never find a safe used car. start at the new carfax.com show me minivans with no reported accidents. boom. love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com. mother...nature! nothing smells greater than the great outdoors... especially when you're in accounts receivable. only one detergent can give you a sniff like this... try g

she's in michigan. >> yeah. >> and potentially 100 young women have been subjected to female genitalutilation here in the united states. >> and she has a degree from johns hopkins and the university of maryland. she's well-educated. i don't know if she's born here, but she is raised here. and so, this whole issue of people are educated. if women are educated and so on and so forth, the practice will go away. no. these things linger. and they go from generation to generation. they go from country to country, and here we are, in the united states, in michigan, and, yes, this woman -- it's going to be one of the first -- i think it's -- we hope it's going to be the first successful prosecution. >> so, i'd like to talk about how the aha foundation would like to tackle this problem, because you believe there's a multi-pronged approach for doing this. it involves educating communities. it involves educating law enforcement. and it also involves prosecuting perpetrators. >> yes. >> and it also involves, by the way, collecting data and reporting. so, first, you talked about criminalizing and

let me ask you this, the fox power rankings has the michigan senate race as a likely d.hink about the republicans chances. an exciting race, and john james a dynamic candidates, does he have a chance? >> it is -- president trump had some success in 2016, and the two term governor in michigan, so success as of late, but no question, still difficult state and there is been a lot of trouble for the republican party, all of that being said, if they are going to win, they are going to have to be a little bit unconventional with a great story. somebody like james. you can tell just from the body language of the interview, just with this segment, he is really leaning forward here. it looks like he will bring an awful lot of momentum if he happens to win tonight into the general election, and you do not know what could happen at that point. >> dana: let me turn to you, jim, debbie stabenow, the incumbent, do you think that she has the ability to stay the course and win reelection? >> this is one of those times where democrats are in the driver's seat, she should do fine there, t

if you want to come to michigan i recommend you not, on november 15. that's the start of deer hunting season. it's not an official state holiday but most people Ãba million people will be off work going out into the woods to go find a deer. it's wonderful in that regard, trails are really exploding in terms of doing that, we announced something really neat to help encourage more develop income of the iron bell trail, a trail that goes from ironwood michigan to detroit michigan that's over a 600 mile distance and it had such demand we create a walking trail and bike trail so a total of 2000 miles of trails is now under development, over 70% done. that will link into another 10,000+ miles of trails within michigan. we are literally becoming the trail state. were finding people really are encouraging us to do more, all coming together to do this great work. it's wonderful to have the outdoor life environment. i encourage people to go for it. our state parks are building, we are the second largest state parks attendance behind california. wonderful recreat

we will have ed rollins here to assess what is likely to be the result and michigan republican candidate of the u.s. senate, john james joining us. also tonight, the long-awaited testimony from disgraced department of justice official, bruce or playing out behind closed doors today before the house judiciary committee in oversight committees. what is the subs to explain about role in creating the bogus trump dossier and why can't the american people hear his testimony for themselves. >> although bruce ohr what appeared to claim to be without partisan, his wife since 2015 knowingly worked on the find of on trump, trying to make this connection with the russians, for which he was paid and he didn't properly disclosed. lou: prominent republican congressman jim jordan joining us tonight. he was in the hearings today and we will take that up with him and much more. the trump economy remains red-hot. stocks hitting new highs today. consumer confidence soaring to levels not seen in nearly two decades. we will bring you bought the winning details straight ahead. our top story tonight. we are now

next, we visit the henry ford in deerborn, michigan, to see the garage where ford built his first car, the quadricycle. jim johnson then shows us ford's childhood home where he was born in 1863. both buildings were located to greenfield village, the living history section of the henry ford. >> my name's jim johnson. i'm the cau curator. we're here with a 1914 model t, and it's just one of the things you get to experience here in greenfield village. behind me is the bagley shed, and this stood behind his house in detroit, a rented house where he developed his first gasoline engine and eventually his first car in 1896. and then we'll be having a look at his birthplace, which was also brought here to greenfield village much later on in his life. this is the -- what we call the bagley shed. this stood behind the duplex on bagley avenue where henry and cla clara lived in the 1890s. at that point, henry was a pretty high-ranking steam engineer at the edison illuminating company. he also had a big interest in the international combustion engine and the whole concept of an automobile, which w

of the very famous civil war units that served out of michigan. and john was killed pretty early in the war. but barney survived the war. this is the dining room. later addition to the house. the -- the house history and the kitchen moved back to the very back eventually. the stove here is a nice story. this is a -- not the one. but it is the identical model that was in the room. henry ford remembered it so specifically that there was a epic search to try to find one just like it. and the little bench by the window would have been one of the places where he would have worked on repairing things, especially watches. the china in there is a reproduction but done very specifically off of originals that ford remembered the family having when he was a kid as well. we don't cook here a lot but we do several times a year for the christmas season and during the fall. heritage weeke-- and for the ha weekend and for his birthday we cook in here. so the stove is a stove from the time period but not the one that ford picked out. the one that -- the one he pic

we are bringing jobs back to michigan. we want to see that momentum continue in michigan.d what have you seen since the president took office? >> well, we have seen the committee dump back there in 2009. and it's just the economy down here is growing. the manufacturing sector is growing. jobs are coming back here to michigan. and hold that to trump. is he doing his job. he is doing what he said he was going to do and bringing jobs back here to michigan. todd: mark, thank you for your time. now we are going to meet george. george is a farmer. george told me is looking for candidates who have had to make payroll. why do you say that george? >> you know payroll for my me for my employers i employ about 25 people. i look at well, we have to really think hard and do stuff right to make it work. and like i say, i like candidates, you know, trump had to make payroll. we have paul mitchell there. he was a businessman had to make poir payroll in his life. these people they really know what it takes there to run a business because, you know, if that's all that you have done was some

in michigan went down by 20 points.five people on the ballot there. it's a very dangerous thing going on. we got split in 2016 when hillary resoundly won 4 million votes in the primary there. but we can lose seats we should pick up. the political report says there are 60 seats up for grabs right now. if we have dem-on-dem hate crimes how could lose a few we could take on. in the messaging, we have candidates but if there are progressive on tv saying the democrat and republican are the same like hillary clinton and donald trump you could end up with trump all over the place. >> melissa: so the flip side of that, look another alexandria ocasio-cortez who says look at new jersey, menendez was given a real run for his money by someone with no money. and basically had no power. you know, she made a lot of headway. >> josh: yeah. jessica is right that the democrats dodged a real bullet last night. i think they are dangerously close to being defined by this more radical wing in the democratic party. you see liberal items like

michigan is a c trump won a huge upset in 2016.republican governor, most prognosticators lean democratic. jillian: the gubernatorial race for the democrat primary, gretchen is the winner there. >> your typical hillary clinton establishment democrat, nothing new as far as the wing of the democratic party, she will run the flag up the paul and see if there is a blue wave and then she can win but there's nothing particularly special about her campaign. rob: that was something for them. the michigan senate race, the upper income or of the party, john james. >> he is exciting. and debbie stabenow is very established with john james has energy about him. there is something about this race that is worth watching, the political report, and and it is worth watching. jillian: the senate race, claire mccaskill, no big surprise. >> reporter: except claire mccaskill always had a week opponent which is why she was able to hold on to a red state. and she has said -- he took an rv tour in her private plane a couple months ago and that is the total

who trump called "the future star of the republican party" and michigan's gop primary for u.s.enate race and will go up against incumbent democrat and we'll hear from him later on the show and josh holly , who goes on to challenge democratic senator in missouri and two races still too close to call, well let's take a look at those, troy balderson, leading democrat danny o'connor in a much-watched special election in ohio just over 1,500 votes only .8 percentage points but more than 3,400 provisional ballots have yet to be counted there and ohio law calls for an automatic recount if the two candidates are separated by less than half a percentage point. let's switch over the drama does continue in kansas as incumbent governor hires an outside lawyer for the vote counting process with trump-backed secretary of state leading the race by less than a tenth of a percentage point, kovak formerly recused himself friday from his duties as secretary of state until the end of the primary process. meanwhile primaries in hawaii take place today. cortez has been on the big island campaigning

, he's had momentum. >> and you think about dearborn, michigan, i think people don't know the major arabion in dearborn. >> i would point out witmer, this is the year of the woman and that's why she should be favored. >> thank you both. you guys have had a long day. phil, you've been here since like 2:00 in the morning. thank you very much. >>> the president's team has a new message to their boss. stop tweeting about that trump tower meeting. is their audience too little too late? we're moments away from the opening bell on wall street looking like stocks are set to rise in the green this morning after futures are pointing. why? because of strong corporate earnings, overall profits up more than 23%. the second best since the the second best since the recession. does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delivers more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. the others don't. we offer up to 6 hours of 4g wireless network backup. everyone else, no way. we let calls from any of your devices come from your business number. them, not so much. we let you kee

michigan gubernatorial candidate bill schuette and missouri michigan gubernatorial candidate bill schuette, michigan senate cand missouri senate candidate josh hawley all won the g.o.p. nominations in their races. lid in neighboring kansas, the trump-backed repn gubernatorial candidate, kris kobach, has the smallest of leads-- less than 200 votes, over the state's incumbent republican governor, jeff colyer the associated press is not projecting a winner in that race, either. colyer has been in state government for a decade, but has only been governor for hf a year. while kobach, kansas's current secretary of state, has ined a national profile with hardline conservative stances on immigration and voting rights. in michigan, gretchen whitmer clinched the democratic nomination for governor over abdul el-sayed, in a contest that tested the staying power of liberal candidates like el- sayed, who were backed by independensenator bernie sanders. michigan will also almost certainly send the first-ever muslim woman to congress, rashida tlaib, won the democratic primary to fill the detroit-area seat

you know he voting for him in the primary he did win michigan. but he's definitely not my ideal candidate. but you know in politics we're not giving we're not given our ideal choices. on august thirteenth and sam louis arizona just over the border from mexico a car was pulled over leaving a vacant k.f.c. restaurant now this. sat off drugs ticket sniffing dogs which led to the discovery over a million dollars worth of cocaine methamphetamine era when and the deadly fenton oh and while this story should end there and horribly dado horribly dangerous drugs up the street it was how these drugs got us that made this story a little different see when the building was searched the police made the discovery of a twenty foot deep two but deep nearly five hundred ninety foot long tunnel that started at a trap door in the k.f.c. and led to a home in sonora mexico and what seems like a scene from breaking bad the man in the car was the building's owner who had picked up the building on the cheap to be used for drug trafficking it's a vote of tunnel like thos

nicholai in michigan state health director is being accused of failing to alert the public to flynn's water crisis why in phases and voluntary manslaughter charges in the deaths of two men who died from a legionnaires disease outbreak in flint he also faces charges on misconduct in office and the willful neglect of duty lyons is denying any wrongdoing however judge david goggins says these deaths could have been prevented if the outbreak had been publicly known despite lyons pending trial michigan governor rick snyder is sticking by him snyder issued a statement saying he has quote full faith and confidence and will remain on duty. as unless convicted of a crime after a full trial by a jury of his peers snyder in lyon announced the outbreak in january twentieth sixteen although lyon knew there were legionnaires he says being reported months earlier experts say the outbreak was caused by the flint water crisis back in two thousand and fourteen however attorneys for alliance say there isn't enough evidence linking look christ says to the legionnaires outbreak the crisis began on april t

michigan president trump is congratulating the gop primary for governor treating congratulations.l have a big win in november and be a tremendous governor for the great state of michigan. gretchen witmer in november. the senate race iraq war veteran john james backed by the president will face democrat incumbent debbie started now. another show mistake of attorney general facing claire mccaskill in one of the most hotly contested senate races in november. it may be hot outside. maybe i've just come up. maybe august, but it already feels like election time. lauren, cheryl. cheryl: griff, thank you very much. democratic strategists hide the con. i want to go through, guys. good morning. >> good morning. welcome back, lauren. cheryl: it's great to have you back pitches seen thank you silently. let's first start with you in the story with ohio. your party is actually pretty excited about the fact this team so close and we don't have a result yet considering this is for four decades. >> absolutely right, cheryl. carrying this 8.9% of the south 8500, 8400 ballots to go is a good sign. t

other states to keep an eye on tonight include kansas, missouri, michigan.critical day for democrats. back to michigan, for example. vying to become the nation's first muslim governor. he's branded himself as the medicare for all candidate, and he's earned some big-name support from liberals like bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez. but will their support be enough to help el-sayed? we talk about a lot of these republican primaries because the president's in charge of his party right now. it's more front and center. but these democratic races, including michigan governor, democrats think they have a chance to make progress. this is a fascinating primary. >> absolutely. we talked about message testing. this is a big one. you have a lot of democrats looking at this, looking forward 2020, whether these statewide messages are going to work. this is obviously a lot bigger than a congressional district in queens. >> and to that point, can you sell the bernie sanders message, the ocasio-cortez message in the heartland? abdul sayed says yes. >> i think the d