bozeman montana. republican incumbent congressman greg ginn forte and kathleen williams face off for the states at large u.s. house seat. good evening to welcome to montana pbs. >> i'm in a row. we would like to welcome viewers joining us on c-span and listeners on montana public radio. >> we utilize our inclusion requirements on montana pbs.org. in the candidates meeting the criteria are here tonight. anna: they are incumbent republican representative greg gianforte and democrat kathleen williams. john: welcome to you both. we have a slightly different format tonight. each candidate has 90 seconds to answer a question and then there will be an open discussion. with a chance for rebuttals, questions, and direct exchange. let's get started with an issue of importance to montana, public land. anna: wilderness study areas are swaps of undeveloped land set aside more than 30 years ago to be studied for potential wilderness designation. the wsa is did not receive a wilderness designation. there are efforts

there are no sanctuary cities and montana. there was no threat of sanctuary cities and montana. that was eight years ago. there is still no sanctuary cities in montana. the governor vetoed it saying it was a solution looking for a problem. it is fear mongering. the congressman and his colleagues are trying to scare voters just love they can stay in power. this immigration issue is one that they keep using to scare people. i know montana -- montanans will not be scared or bought in the selection. well, i am proud of the record of results we have delivered over this last year, working with president trump and this republican house and senate. montanans know it. our economy is booming. wages are going up. we do need immigration reform. we have laid out a plan. there is more work to get done back in washington can i will continue to push forward on these priorities. host: final thought from miss williams? ms. williams: i think it is great that the congressman helped rodeo moms and insured that they could drive if they need. but we need leadership on very, very complex, thorny issues

montana needs to understand campaign-finance. we remember the days of the copper king, when they tried to by our government. you went around the law and there is no if, and's, or butts about it. you put the money in your own personal account, and then you put it in another account. by the time he got done it going to different accounts, people had a hard time keeping track of it. then you come back and support junk plans. mr. rosendale: i find it laughable that jon tester stands there and talks about campaign-finance and he is the largest recipient of contributions from lobbyists in the nation. and again, the montana media has already refuted most of the notercials that he has run, the dark money folks that he brought into this that's spent about $10 million against me. but the commercials that jon has put out there that were making these claims. they said a lot of that stuff was false. it was flat-out false. again, this coming from a man who is the largest recipient of contributions from lobbyists across the nation. more than na

they just closed in the state of montana. trump one montana.d it within seconds it was that big. but you have been great to me we are also taking care of veterans. you have a lot of veterans. [applause] and our military we are rebuilding our military soon will be more powerful. [applause] and hopefully we won't have to use it but something about having it now they'll say forget about that. that's the way life works the most powerful military we have ever had and a lot of that already comes with a brand-new beautiful planes with the incredible stealth m 35's. the f 35 and the f-18 the superduper we have them coming left and right but there is nothing more important than the military but they're all made right here in the usa. [applause] we don't send them to other countries to be built. it is right here the best military equipment in the world we build the best the best missiles the best planes and ships and everything. we build them here even the best submarines we are so far ahead of everyone. forget it. under republican leadership america is

[cheers and applause] the polls just closed in montana. we won montana.announced within seconds. he has won montana. taking care of your veterans you have a lot of veterans. [applause] and we are rebuilding our military to be more powerful than ever before and hopefully we won't have to use it but if they say okay let's forget about that to have the most powerful military by far and a lot of that and the superduper's we have them all left and right the great thing but they build them all right here in the usa. [cheers and applause] we don't send them to other countries nothing even close. but the submarines we are so far ahead under republican leadership america is thriving and winning because we are finally putting america first again. you have heard that for a long time over many decades. just last week another historic victory for the american people that we proudly swore in the newest member of the united states supreme court justice kavanaugh. [cheers and applause] and those democrats treated him badly that was an unfair deal. from the second the sup

we heard that out in montana a lot. trump is going to have to defend donald trump one day on the floor of the senate, and that's the day that he's planning for and you can see it in these rallies. >> cal perry, thank you for your reporting from montana. really appreciate it. >>> tonight's last word is next. i'm ray and i quit smoking with chantix. i tried to quit smoking for years on my own. i couldn't do it. i needed help. for me, chantix worked. it did. chantix, along with support, helps you quit smoking. chantix, without a doubt, reduced my urge to smoke. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. some people had changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, or suicidal thoughts or actions with chantix. serious side effects may include seizures, new or worse heart or blood vessel problems, sleepwalking or allergic and skin reactions which can be life-threatening. stop chantix and get help right away if you have any of these. t

we heard that out in montana a lot.onald trump is going to have to defend donald trump one day on the floor of the senate, and that's the day that he's planning for and you can see it in these rallies. >> cal perry, thank you for your reporting from montana. really appreciate it. >>> tonight's last word is next. ? ? fact is, there have been twenty-six in the last decade. allstate is adapting. with drones to assess home damage sooner. and if a flying object damages your car, you can snap a photo and get your claim processed in hours, not days. plus, allstate can pay your claim in minutes. now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? your digestive system has billions of bacteria but life can throw them off balance. re-align yourself with align probiotic. and try new align gummies with prebiotics and probiotics to help support digestive health. a car you can command when does that require mind-control? no. just some mind-blowing engineers from the ford motor company and pivotal who developed fordpass, allowing yo

a lot of newspapers in montana vilified her. there's an old saying it looks like your highest duty is to come instantly to investigate the conditions. this knowledge will force congress and others to immediate action and a new note shall be found in the industrial world. you can trust the people here, they will give you justice. this is a tremendous opportunity for the biggest man in the nation. the workers here trust you. you are the biggest and most effective action that come here. you cannot be too cautious. this is your hour to prove the quality of your courage and justice. all is ready. 10,000 strong attended her speeches but she cannot affect change. a lot of information that came out of the rallies was tested in the lens. -- of the company owned newspapers. jeanette rankin new and going that she was committing political suicide. if she crossed the company, they were not going to allow her to get elected again. coming into the 1930's into the 1940's, we are a nation facing war and she believes it was her duty to serve agai

montana has the fastest growing income inequality in the country.e people are taking their lives. the more disparity between the haves and the have—nots, the higher the suicide rate. if you are rubbing your shoulders with the wealthy, and you are not wealthy, it makes us white middle—class males feel inadequate. we are a burden on people. we are not producing. it only highlights more that "the more i am a have—not, the more i want to end my life." since arriving in montana, i wanted to talk to one of these white middle—aged men who have tried to take their own lives. but there is a lot of stigma around suicide. and it's hard to get anyone to talk. then right at the end of my visit, i get a call. as soon as i left work, i was going to kill myself. ijust said, "dude, you have nothing to show for all your efforts — "you are just a flunky in the machine, "and it is time to get the hell out." go. russell is 63 and has lived in his family home for the last 40 years. he has suffered with depression for decades. a few years ago, he was determined to take hi

but in reality -- >> welcome back to montana, mr. his looming opponent is donald trump. >> jon tester will never drain the swamp. >> reporter: the president traveling out to montana for the third time. out for revenge against jon tester. >> one of the saddest things i've seen is jon tester and what he did to a great, great man. admiral ronnie jackson. >> reporter: as the ranking member of the veterans affairs committee tester revealed allegations of improper behavior that took down trump's pick for va secretary. and trump quickly called for tester's resignation. if you'd known that the president would go after you so hard on ronnie jackson, would you still do it? >> so if you look at what my job is as united states senator, it is to confirm nominees. i've got a job to do. and i did my job. >> reporter: trump won montana by 20 points. so for his july visit test bought welcoming ads in newspapers across the state. but republicans are hitting back for tester's votes against trump on tax cuts and immigration. >> and he may look like mont

montana has there is anotherfactor.rest communities that see more and more people taking their lives. the more despair between -- the more disparity between the haves and the have—nots come at the height of suicide rate. if you are rubbing your shoulders with the wealthy, and your shoulders with the wealthy, and you are not wealthy, it makes the white middle—class males feel inadequate. we are a burden on people. we are not producing. it only highlights more that the more i am have not, the more i want to and my life. since arriving in montana, i wanted to talk to one of these white middle—aged men that wanted to ta ke white middle—aged men that wanted to take their own lives. but there is a lot of stigma around suicide. and it is difficult to get anyone to talk. right at the end of my visit, a call. as soon as i left work i was going to kill myself. ijust said, dude, you have nothing to show for all your efforts. you are just a flu nky all your efforts. you are just a flunky in the machine. and it is time to get the he

>> no, what i think it's about is him loving montana. >> reporter: tester is montana born and bred.eration dirt farmer who still works the land on weekends. he's now asking for a third term. rosendale who made a fortune in maryland real estate moved to montana in 2002, became a state senator and is now the state auditor but tester says rosendale is not montana enough. >> he's an east coast developer that bought a ranch and claims to be a rancher but has no cows. >> montana will never fall for montana's bull. >> he was elected. that proves he has to be montanan. >> not on the issues. not on who controls public lands, health care or veterans benefits to name a few. >> if he runs on his record, he's going to get clobbered so he has to do something different. >> so rosendale is charging that tester is a d.c. liberal out of touch with montana. >> when he does show up tester's like all the other liberals. >> we need to send president trump some conservative reinforcements. >> reporter: but unlike trump who lately is a chatty media seeking missile, rosendale drives away from his own trump

how does that play with the folks there in montana?e for me. this election comes down to donald trump saying you're voting to save me and the democrats saying you're voting to save america. it has traction in a place like montana because that we heard in the piece, people view somebody like tester as somebody who's just going to vote with chuck schumer on everything. when it comes to impeachment, people in montana see donald trump whipping votes. >> how's your fly fishing game out there? >> not good. i didn't have cell service for an entire day, it was fantastic. >> good to know. cal perry. when you're hiding, we know where you are now. >> in montana on horse back. >> thanks for that. joining me is the director for university of virginia center for points of impact and editor and chief of sabato's crystal ball. great to have you with us. let me start with that montana race. where do you see that race right now? >> both parties think that tester does have a small lead pretty much comparable to the polling average, about three points. th

>> dara, i was in arizona and montana this week with him. in arizona, he laid out an idea that democrats are funding the caravan so that undocumented immigrants will come to the country to get federal benefits and ultimately will vote for democrats. he didn't say in the midterms because that seemed to be what he was implying. none of that is true. it's interesting to see, i think, what you saw democratic leaders say yesterday is that the president is trying to shift the debate to immigration from health care because he thinks that's a better place for him, particularly with his base. you know, whether it works or not, i think that remains to be seen. i suspect most people are angry about undocumented immigrants and believe they're getting federal benefits for which they're ineligible, the president mentioned welfare, that's no longer a program in the united states. he said they would be getting rolls-royces. alex jones would be impressed with the conspiracy theories. i think the people are fired up about this. they'll be fired up whether or

the first one is in montana. then near the border, in arizona tomorrow, and ultimately nevada this weekend. immigration is an issue he thinks will help rally supporters in some states trying to secure support for senate candidates. >> cut off payments to these countries. i think about republicans in texas like will heard who has said it's a terrible idea to build a wall. all right, think about my time when i was in a border town in texas speaking to local political officials who said the most important thing is to regain and strengthen our foreign policy ties with countries like el salvador, guatemala, honduras. we're hearing the exact opposite from our president. my panel now. ashley parker, who i always need to remind you, pulitzer prize winning author. charlie psysykes, who i have no seen in ages, contributing editor to the weekly standard. how seriously should we take that, because a lot of what he says around law and order and around immigration really get his core base fired up and he doesn't actually have

that's not very long in montana years. tester took advantage of a big controversy. >> herding my cattle, branding the calvcalves. >> but turned out he didn't own cattle. >> all hat, no cows. >> it's been tubb ebe ebed dubb top hat fight. >> you know he needs a haircut. >> tester -- >> i'll introduce a bill -- >> knows winning another term is a toss-up. >> the difference in this race? >> yes. >> hopefully, it will be my record. >> i like that flat top. i hadn't heard that. >> the flat top fudge ice cream they now have in the state is very good in case you end up in montana some time. >> i trust that's in the freezer. let me tell you the number that bodes well for democrats. nbc news data analytics lab. it shows since 2016 the benefits have benefited in terms of registration activity. they're well outpacing the way they were from 2014 to 2016. republicans are down in terms of their registration activity. simple thing is democrats are registering bigger numbers. >> you know, it's interesting, i talked to both sides about this

i did my job. >> reporter: trump won montana by 20 points.or his july visit tester bought welcoming ads in newspapers across the state but republicans are hitting back. testers vote against trump on tax cuts and immigration. >> he may look like montana but he votes like them. >> reporter: tester's most effective answer to trump's popularity may be this. >> i think personality plays big here. i think how montana you are. that really matters. >> what does that mean? >> every chance tester has, you see him emphasizing his deep roots in montana. generations he's been here and the play book to attack rosendale is to emphasize how he's not been here. >> 16 years ago. that's not very long in montana years. >> reporter: tester took advantage of a big controversy after rosendale called himself a rancher. >> herding my cattle. >> reporter: but turns out he didn't own cattle. >> all hat, no cows. >> reporter: a campaign so local, it's been dubbed the flat top fight. ads built around it. >> it's not just how i look. s >> you know government needs haircut

i'm not sure that a lot of our viewers necessarily associate with montana. but it sounds like your reporting is telling us that it's really become a flashpoint. >> it certainly is. i mean, republicans running for office here, both for coke and for senate, when you ask them what the big issues are, the first thing they say, they talk about the tax cut, and the second thing they talk about is immigration. even though we're quite a ways from the border, the southern border, this is an issue that resonates with a lot of the republican base in the state. we talk about it as a safety issue, we talk about drugs coming into the state from mexico. and you know, whether it's motivating someone outside that base, the independent voters, the democratic voters, you know, that remains to be seen. >> so the perception from here in washington has been that jon tester is one of the safer democratic incumbents who's running in trump country. that he's got probably a better than even shot of hanging on to his seat. what's the view like there? i'm sure you've covered many of hi

i was with him last week in montana. instead, the congressman was on the stage with him and he talked about how great it was that he had body slammed a journalist because he knew his audience was right there. so he's in texas and he's talking about the caravan and immigration. he knows his audience. he's very good at understanding the people that he's got to get out to. >> that's a great tease. we will have you back later in the show to talk about monotan th a and your time there. that was great. thank you. >> maybe tomorrow. >> yeah. >>> president trump, we have been listening to how he's dealing with the facts, dealing wl wo with the world now. we will speak to a key u.s. senator who joins us next. sprint network. tter r because right now you can get unlimited for just $24 per month per line for five lines. it includes hulu and mobile hotspot. we need to shout this deal from the rooftops. yeahhh. sprint's new unlimited plan. best deal ever! and it's all on the network built for unlimited. (avo) switch to sprint's unlim

especially vulnerable ones but in a montana senate race, a big boost. >> huge in a place like montana dakota. these are states where he won by an incredibly large margin, they have vulnerable democratic senators so he can inject enthusiasm. it's interesting when you look at the states where the presidential was tighter like wisconsin, if you look at where president trump was going next week, he's going as far away from any major metropolitan areas that have big democratic bases and also swing republican voters, he's going to the sent over the state where you have more rural republican voters and that's a base play to boost enthusiasm, he can't go, though, to these areas where you have the swing independent or moderate republicans that will be important to these candidates. >> the arizona campaign, martha mcsally, they're nervous. there's a trump base in arizona however you have the phoenix suburbs and areas where you have where a lot of mccain or flake republicans who are not so trumpy. >> what i thought was so interesting was the tweet ronny. it was a lifetime ago in politics but cle

a woman from montana and born in 1880. her biggest claim to fame was that she was the first woman elected to the united states congress. that was in 1916. she was elected again in 1939 before we got into world war ii. she served two different terms, but lots of years in between them. jeanette rankin, when she came into the congress, she came in with a bit of fanfare, so there was a bit of a honeymoon in which she was given a standing ovation when she walked into congress. she was given flowers. it was a positive time. that quickly ended when she voted no for u.s. entry into world war i. this is a letter from anna garland spencer. she is from pennsylvania. in it she talks about how difficult it must have been to be the first woman in congress period, but also the first one to have to say no to war. "it would've been so much better and easier for you if two or more women have been there. then there would have been an entire agreement between them, the responsibility would have been divided. you would not have stood for woman

we are going live to montana where he is holding a rally. straight ahead, former white house secretary sean spicer on why the president will not back down on border security. geraldo rivera on why these countries need to take responsibility for themselves and their own people. the architect of brexit, nigel farage is here to explain why open borders will never work. he should know. "trish regan primetime" begins right now. [♪] breaking right now. a new development in the battle over the border. a senior administration official tells us mexico and the u.s. reached an agreement on the caravan. edward lawrence has the details. reporter: a senior administration official said the u.s. and mexico developed that plan over the past several months to deal with these migrant care vans. mexico would ask the united nations high commission to set up shelters along the borders of mexico and mexico. >> we'll make sure observing human rights, respecting international law. if there are legitimate claims to refugee they can be processed in a very clear way. r

shimkus it sure is, 3:30 in montana.r than these pancakes, the size of the crowd last night in missoula, montana. wait until you see the mass of humanity that came out to see the president, pitching -- we will tell you about that when "fox and friends first" returns on friday morning. rob: secretary of state mike pompeo will sit down with mexican officials to discuss ways to stop the migrant caravan heading toward the united states. donald trump railing against democrats for refusing to work with him on immigration reform in last night's rally in montana. >> i want to thank the mexican government because they are stopping at hopefully before it gets to us. i am willing to send the military to defend our southern border if necessary. all caused because of the illegal immigration onslaught brought by the democrats because they refuse to acknowledge or to change the laws. they like it. rob: the caravan is near mexico's southern border, a couple thousand miles from the united states. the mexican government calling on the un

>> no, i mean, what i think it's about is him loving montana. >> tester is montana born and bred.irt farmer who still works the land on weekends. he's now asking for a third term. rosendale, who made a fortune in maryland real estate, moved to montana in 2002, became a state senator, and is now the state auditor, but tester says rosendale is not montana enough. >> he's a coast developer from maryland who came to the state and bought a ranch and claims to be a rancher and has no cows. >> montana will never fall for matt rosendale. >> he was elected in his district as a montana legislator. that proves he's got to be montanaen. >> not on the issues, tester says. not on who controls public lands, health care, or veterans benefits to name a few. >> if he runs on his record, he's going to get clobbered. so he has to do something different. >> so rosendale is charging that tester is a d.c. liberal, out of touch with montana. >> when he does show up, tester's like all the other liberals. >> we need to send president trump some conservative re-enforcements. >> but unlike trump, who lately

he won montana by 20 points.t as a place he can flip back republican. >> listening to your piece here, i love about casting a fly. how effective have those rallies been? you focus on an issue that's so acutely important to folks locally. donald trump talks about the national issue. you can vote for whomever. it's whether he or she is in lock step with the president. >> i think his rallies highlight the liberal perspective or what is spooeperceived as the libera perspective. last time they put up on the mountain, impeach. he points to the mountain and says that's the liberal agenda is to impeach me. the only way to stop that is get out and vote. it's a message that has traction if you're a huge trump supporter. >> great to see you. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, crisis at the border. t migrants making the dangerous journey hoping they will be able to reach the united states. an update on their journey and the latest on how president trump is using it to fire up his supporters. got directions to the nightcl

he spoke to reporters as he left for a campaign event in montana.s been a disaster. and a disaster, frankly, for montana. so we'll see what happens there. the economy is looking fantastic. great numbers came out today. and i will see you folks on the plane, okay? >> do you believe jamal khashoggi is dead? >> it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. certainly looks that way. >> an acknowledgment from the president there that jamal khashoggi likely dead. and this weekend, i will be returning to politicon. we'll host fun and informative panels. if you're in the area, join us at the lampts convention center. politicon.com to find out more. and that's going to -- speaking of the midterms, one familiar face is back. president obama is working to increase turn dloout responding excuses young people give for not voting. >> i don't care about politics. look, i don't care about pokemon but that doesn't mean it won't keep coming back. so if you really want to throw a wrench in their plans, throw them out. vote in somebody better. why bother voting whe

it's montana, nevada, arizona.ming up with their take after this. >> julie: the mid-terms are less than three weeks away and president trump is heading west today for another big campaign tour. montana, arizona, nevada, all eyes there. back with america's a-team. capri cafaro, morgan ortagus and guy benson. where is the biggest amount of pressure when it comes to the gop? the president feels the pressure and why he is going there. >> i think it's nevada currently held by a republican. it is very narrow. and it is a state that hillary clinton won in 2016. so i think that it remains to be seen whether or not president trump going there is actually going to do what he is intending, which is fire up the base or backfire. the last segment we talked about because of some of the things that happened and the fallout in the kavanaugh confirmation process that democrats have lost some momentum on the senate side. this race in particular is interesting because it is so narrow and because it is a state that hillary clinton won

the other thing that plays in montana is don junior.e's out there at every rally, he's out there hunting, he's big on the outdoors. >> there's a couple of states he focuses on. thank you, cal perry. thank you for the trip to montana. >> joining me now, betsy woodruff and eugene scott, politics reporter for "the washington post." with a welcome to you both, we're going to stay on the midterms topic here, you guys. betsey, you had biden and trump squaring off in those dueling rallies yesterday in the very tight nevada races there. how much of an impact does biden have in terms of really ginning up the democratic base? >> you know, biden is one of the most visible democratic 2020 or potential 2020 contenders, he hasn't announced his intentions. but clearly, part of the effort that he's undertaking in campaigning for the midterms is keeping excitement alive about any potential presidential bid that he might have in the works. and recent polling shows that of the potential 2020 democratic candidates, biden is one of, if not the top, you know

montana tends to be a red state. john is from montana, born in montana. he is a farmer, rancher.the part. rosendale is, shifty eyed. he is not from montana. he has an eastern flank. montana is a retail state. david: yet you have an incumbent democrat. trump spent a lot of time in montana campaigning against jon. he caught up with geithner ronny jackson, about to be the administrative. trump has gone twice. donald junior has been there. has an has a target --jon target on his back. david: that is the former u.s. investor to china. coming up, more of the exclusive interview with mitch mcconnell talking midterms and more. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is balance of power. our chief washington correspondent kevin cirilli spoke with mitch mcconnell among other things. mcconnell addressed the upcoming midterms and the controversy over the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. >> i think it is good the president sent the secretary of state. we need to find out what happened before deciding what kind of response is appropriate. >> you think there will be some type of response if these all

i know montana pretty well. i think it might help him, and it did. >> president trump back on the campaign trail ahead of the mid terms. that brings us to eugene robinson who is here with us in our new york studios, pulitzer prize winning columnist for the washington post and a friend of this and other broadcasts here during the day. >>> eugene, what are we to make -- remember the backdrop is a u.s. resident -- >> i know, i know. >> feared dead inside the saudi consulate and that. >> very, very bad week. i mean, it's never a good time to cheer violence against journalists. this is an awful time to do that. and i guess i should be surprised and i don't know that i'm surprised, but i'm appalled, i'm appalled. >> i should read the headline from two of your colleagues, robert costa is the first by line on this. conservatives mount a whisper campaign smearing khashoggi in defense of trump. and if you're on social media, you started to see this, just a wisp people would retweet some item, khashoggi was a friend of the

i'm going to montana. we're doing a rally for matt rosendale who is a fantastic man, and he's doing very well. and we will be talking some pretty tough things about senator tester who has been a disaster and a disaster frankly for montana, so we'll see what happens there. the economy is looking fantastic. some great numbers come out-came out today, and i will see you folks on the plane, okay? >> mr. president, do you believe jamal khashoggi is dead? >> it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. certainly looks that way. >> can you comment on a shouting match between general kelly and ambassador bolton. >> that i've not heard about. >> anything new from secretary pompeo in your meeting? >> just that we're waiting for some investigations and waiting for the results, and we'll have them very soon, and i think we'll be making a same, a very strong statement, and we're waiting for the results of about three different investigations that we should be able to get to the bottom fairly soap, and i'll see you

and not good for montana. on cnn say people who attend trump rallies are cruel people. >> if that's true there is a lot of cruel people in missoula. todd: are you guys cruel. >> no. we are a group embrace godly values. todd: flag so important to this family not only does the young lady have the ribbon in her hair. check out this guy's hair. the flag literally in his head. as a legal immigrant from roman i can't, what do you row romania, what do you think of the caravan coming up from honduras. >> it's pretty sad. i think once the borders will be up, they will have more security. >> immigrant from canada to the united states. i served in the military here. we can not allow these vast amounts of people to move irresponsibly across one, two, three, four countries. i think a lot of them are minutes yomanipulated. if you see him what are you going to say to him? >> good --e -- todd: the way the democrats handled the brett kavanaugh nomination is going to have on this ways. really offense from the people we spoke to

melissa: major money moving in montana.race in the treasure state on pace to be most expensive in u.s. history. peter doocy is on the ground in montana with the latest. peter. reporter: just had a chance to ask senator tester about one of the president's latest taunts on twitter ahead of the president's rally here in montana for the republican challenger for that senate seat, matt rosendale. the president wrote this, ever since vicious and totally false statements about admiral ron jackson, highly respected white house doctor for obama and mean, jon tester looks to be in trouble in montana. he based worse than the democrat mob did with justice k. tester says it wasn't him. >> i didn't see the president's tweet but i didn't make those statements. those were accusations came from military people, both active military and retired, he withdrew his name from his, from, the nomination process after those accusations were made. reporter: tester says he wants to leave the ronny jackson saga in the past so he can focus on future and

placed across a statue of joe montana. the display honors clark who montana. who had a key role in the play. le in the play. >> i don't think anyone realized on our team and our teammates what -- how important this play would become in 49er history. >> reporter: a lot of thought went into the display. they are 23 yards apart. that is how far they were during the famous place. it is attention to detail like this that makes it this much more special. >> i was sad because i miss him. and so -- but it was -- it was beautiful. yeah. beautiful. >> reporter: the special day acknowledged the special man. a day that wouldn't be complete without his buddies making a couple jokes. >> he told me something, now, white guys can jump. you know? he was able to make that catch. >> throwing in the end zone. caught. >> reporter: at levi stadium in santa clara, ktvu fox 2 news. . >> fitting tribute there. >> nice to hear his wife say it was beautiful and hear joe montana say they never thought it would be what it is. a memorable sports moment. >> thank you for joining us here ton

montana senator steve daines did not vote. he was attending his daughter's wedding. here is the senate vote. this is approximately 20 minutes. reminder to our guests in the galleries, expressions of approval or disapproval are not permitted in the senate galleries. under the previous question, all postcloture time has expired. the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the vice president: is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. vote: the vice president: the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the vice president: the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the vice president: the sergeant at arms has restored order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue. vote: the vice president: the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue. vote: the vice president: the senator will susp

here in the montana, household incomes have reached an all-time high.that. >> melissa: it president trump hitting the campaign trail hard ahead of the midterm. last night he rallied in montana and part of an effort to unseat democratic senator jon tester who currently holds a slim three-point lead over his republican challenger, matt rosendale. according to the real clear politics average of polls in the state. the president as usual is not holding back. >> president trump: if you want to drain the swamp you must defeat the democrats and you must defeat senator jon tester. i mean, he's a super liberal. i know you people. i won by a fortune of votes, i know you, and you know me. how did you ever elect that guy? how did you pull that off? >> melissa: in just three days, president trump will have traveled to three states that are crucial in determining which party holds the senate in november. tonight the president heads to arizona where republican martha mcsally is battling it out with democrat kyrsten sinema. and tomorrow he will rally for g.o.p. senate

. >>> abc7 news was at levi stadium when joe montana stood next to a statue of him moments before he caught the touchdown pass. in is the 82, the cats propelled the 49ers dynasty to its first super bowl win. >> it i don't anyone realized on our team and our teammates, what, how important this play would become in 49er history. >> and you can hear more about the catch from joe montana coming up in sports. >>> more than $2 million is up for grabs between two lotto drawings coming up this week. the jackpot wednesday night's drawing is $1.6 billion. if you're going to get tickets, plan ahead because you can bet those lines will be long. >> both jackpots, zl zlrz. >>> and a burning rv forces customers to plea a san francisco home improvement store. >> plus how a sailor broke royal protocol when he celebrated with prince harry at an "invictus" games race. >>> tomorrow we're tracking cooler air coming >>> a naming rv triggered the evacuation of a lowe's store this morning. flameses damaged part of the store's exterior. the morning's fire broke out around 7:00, nobody was hurt. the fire depa

i am a citizen of montana. montana taxes my land if i have it in the middle of that reservation. that land mosaic makes the governance structure all the more difficult. i live in a county, it is a sovereign county of sorts. or, you live in the sovereign state of colorado or montana. but, as a citizen of that group, i get to have some say in how decisions get made. if i am a noncitizen inside the reservation and the tribe has sovereignty, it has a difficult time trying to exercise that because i am going to resist. and, it means that tribes, this is one of the biggest things that tribes lack in the sovereign context, they don't really have the power to tax. they cannot because again, this mosaic that is there. without the power to tax, how do you run a government? you have to depend on grants from the federal government. we went to a conference recently with a bunch of crew -- canadian leaders. one of them put it so well, we need to get away from funding and start finding revenue. i think that is the key to getting sovereignty, one in which we have not made much progress. >> let's

they debated recently. >> montana pbs prisons debate in a, the u.s. senate, brought to you apart by the greater montana foundation, acreage committee kaisha and on issues and values of the fourth two montanans. from the campus of the university of montana in missoula, here are your hosts. >> good evening, and welcome to montana pbs debate night. >> we would like to welcome our viewers joining us on c-span, nhk japan, and listeners on radio.

kubayanda, the postal service is critical to rural communities in montana. when you think about the postal service, when you live a long ways away from town you don't go into town to get your prescription medications, the postal service comes to you to deliver that, and often times with weather challenges and so forth, rural postal delivery is critically important. i'm concerned the challenges of the organization continues to face that will lead to usps failing to meet its commitments to mon tan in our rural areas. the board of governors for the postal service still has an inadequate number of members. in november i joined a letter to the administration. can you discuss the difficulties you foresee in working with the board of governors that remains significantly under staffed? >> if confirmed, you know, i look forward to sitting down with the two new governors who have been confirmed, but i think it is important that the board is filled for a number of reasons. it's really difficult for the postal service to engage in sort of the long-term planning that a l

in montana, look for that again.can campaign are making this a fire up the base kind of election and republican voters who go to the polls, for them, immigration is a huge issue. look for the president to keep hammering on that. >> how much do you think we're going to hear about kavanaugh? >> kavanaugh, as well. that came up again. another great issue that motivates voters to the polls, the way kavanaugh was treated, the spectacle of that hearing, the success in tipping the balance of the court, that is a huge thing for the republican base. >> last question, you're serving up a side of political spam, as well. help us what you found as you looked into that. >> a huge uptick in spam across all technology platforms. facebook is going after some pages they say are exiting spam characteristics. remember because of the light regulation around political media, there's not a whole lot we can do about that. female spam. yesterday for the first time i got a text message from the campaign. i don't know where it came from on yo

by the 1890s montana was bouncing about 30,000 gray wolves a year and about 30,000 coyotes. by 1920 montana paint bounty -- paid bounty on 17 gray wolves and coyotes, the number of wolves had diminished to a fraction only a tiny remnant. coyotes were still where they had been and so the beginning of the 20th century, people observing the west realized we push all of these animals to the brink of extinction and somehow we have not been able to eradicate coyotes. thompson wrote a story in 1900 called tito the little coyote that learned how to try to explain why coyotes had survived this slaughterhouse and he argued that this little female pup who had been captured and chained in a ranchers yard had observed all of the strategies that renters use to try to kill coyotes and she later escapes, then teachers for pups. all the things that humans were doing to try to wipe them out. at the end of the essay basically realize who tito is, she is moses. the coyote version of moses. praise among the egyptians, learning all their tricks and then leading her people to liberation. what ecol