in ohio, richard cordray defeated former congressmember dennis kucinich in the state's democratic primary governor. cordray served as the first director of the consumer financial protection bureau. he will now face mike dewine in november to determine who will replace outgoing ohio governor john kasich. amy: in indiana, vice president mike pence's brother, greg pence, won the republican primary for a congressional seat in eastern indiana. it was once, welcome to vice president pence's. female candidates were also big winners on tuesday. according to politico, there were 20 open democratic house primaries with women on the ballot and voters selected a female nominee in 17 of them. in ohio, rachel crooks, one of the women who is accused trump of assault, won. to talk more about these races another primary results, we are joined by two guests. here in new york is tim murphy. he's a senior reporter at mother jones. his latest story is headlined "donald trump's attacks on the justice system are helping this ex-con coal baron's campaign." and in washington is kevin robillard, senior political r

. >> richard cordray, and a favorite of senator elizabeth warren easily beat dennis kucinich for a chance to succeed john kasich. >> you demanded a change and we heard you, we want the same. speak out with the exception of california's upcoming primary where dianne feinstein failed to secure her party's endorsement in an aggressive challenge from state senator kevin de leon, the field is mostly set, so they are preserving resources to base a roster of republicans still being filled in. >> every candidate that we wanted, one. >> republican candidates had been competing to be most like trump. now they are competing for spots on his calendar and they all think a trump rally in a state that he won would help send them to washington. >> bret: we will get brit hume's perspective on all of tonight's top stories when we

mike dewine against richard cordray in the ohio governor's race.e can also project that mike braun, who came into this race as the outsider businessman sort of a bit of the trump aura around his candidacy to some extent, he has won the senate primary in indiana. he's going to face off against the man who is considered perhaps the most vulnerable democrat senator in the country in indiana where president from won handily. t now mike braun will go up against joe donnelly. defeats two sitting congressman, luke messer and todd rokita.ne the dynamic between the two of them was kind of similar to whan we've seen in west virginia where you have two current politicians sort of duking it out, very nasty race against each other. mike braun emerges as the winner there. we are still waiting on more indications on how things are going in west virginia and as soon as we get some information about the blankenship race against evan jenkins and patrick morrisey, which has been fascinating to watch, we will get some numbers there. we will bring them to you as soon a

that puts richard cordray against dennis cucinich. and ohio general mike dewine against mary taylor. there are no statewide races. >>> tightening a zero tolerance policy on illegal border crosses in the southwest. the result could mean criminal convictions for those found to have valid asylum claims and separating more parents from their children at the border. attorney general jeff sessions saying anyone crossing unlawf unlawfully will be prosecuted. >> we don't want to separate families, but we don't want families to come to the border illegally. an attempt to enter the country improperly. we urge them not to do so. not to come themselves illegally and worse to bring their children with them or some other children. >> critics say the policy could overwhelm the immigration courts and detention space. homeland security shows illegal crossings have plunged and in line with seasonal trends. >>> the white house appears to suffer from confirmation fatigue and scott pruitt may be the big beneficial for now. multiple white house officials t

and consumer financial protection euro richard cordray.ft the job to run for governor a touchy subject between these two. >> handover to the trump administration the keys to the consumer financial protection bored with devastating effect for working-class people. >> you created the problems in cleveland, the city did not have that and that was a black eye and has been ever since. >> both are fighting to be champion of the progressive wing of the democratic but with key decisions, hand-picked by was with want to head the cfpb cordray's concern reflects her views. >> economic issues that affect their lives to keep them up at night as they struggle to pay the bills, access to affordable healthcare and the peace of mind that brings, better education and training for themselves and children to secure their place in the workforce. >> kucinich won endorsement of the bernie sanders organization, favors government healthcare and college tuition for all but also embraces donald trump's america first philosophy. >> in the northern part of the state w

could watch the ohio governor race on the democratic side for the same test because you have richard cordray against kucinich. >> the dennis kucinich. >> backed by the bernie sanders group, and cordray backed by elizabeth warren and -- will the energy of the democrats get behind kucinich and possibly less electable than cordray. >> you're probably rooting for kucinich. i know you are. >> he is. which means i'm not. democrats are getting frustrated with the -- the success of packing the courts. demand justice and organization just starting up and going to mobilize democrats -- >> isn't the barn door been open too long. a hell of a lot of appellate judges -- go ahead. >> there is a lot of polling out on the iran deal the one with just the facts show about 21% support and 20% oppose. and most of the obama pollsters trying to give the american people the answer they want. >> what do they want? >> they don't know. >> i wish i had time for a comeback. >> thank you. we'll be right back. >>> trump watch, tuesday may 8th, 2018. the big thing is he promised the opposite. donald trump the candidate rai

mike dewine and richard cordray are two of the least inspiring public figures you can encounter.it may, the big thing i think we saw here is republicans are beginning to get interested in this race. the polling suggests their enthusiasm is growing. i believe that's what donald trump has recognized. >>> that's why he's doing these rallies like he did in elkhart. he knows that he needs more turnout from republicans. we have seen just in this past week at least two polls show that the generic ballot, republican versus conservative, has really, really tightened. it's below 6. three in one poll, one in the reuters poll. that means it's going to be very competitive. >> paul: we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and when we come back, hits and misses o sfx: muffled whistle text alert. i'm your phone, stuck down here between your seat and your console, playing a little hide-n-seek. cold... warmer... warmer... ah boiling. jackpot. and if you've got cut-rate car insurance, you could be picking up these charges yourself. so get allstate, where agents help keep you protect

mike dewine and richard cordray are two of the least inspiring public figures you can encounter.may, the big thing i think we saw here is republicans are beginning to get interested in this race. the polling suggests their enthusiasm is growing. i believe that's what donald trump has recognized. >>> that's why he's doing these rallies like he did in elkhart. he knows that he needs more turnout from republicans. we have seen just in this past week at least two polls show that the generic ballot, republican versus conservative, has really, really tightened. it's below 6. three in one poll, one in the reuters poll. that means it's going to be very competitive. >> paul: we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and when we come back, hits and misses o with this clever little app when we come back, hits and misses o called audible. you can listen to the stories you love while doing the things you love, outside. binge better. audible. but as it grew bigger and bigger,ness. it took a whole lot more. that's why i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i

mike dewine and richard cordray are two of the least inspiring public figures you can encounter.hat as it may, the big thing i think we saw here is republicans are beginning to get interested in this race. the polling suggests their enthusiasm is growing. i believe that's what donald trump has recognized. >>> that's why he's doing these rallies like he did in elkhart. he knows that he needs more turnout from republicans. we have seen just in this past week at least two polls show that the generic ballot, republican versus conservative, has really, really tightened. it's below 6. three in one poll, one in the reuters poll. that means it's going to be very competitive. >> paul: we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. prepare for your demise, mr. billingsley! do your worst, doctor. i will. but first, a little presentation. hijacking earth's geothermal energy supply. phase 1. choosing the right drill bit. as long as evil villains reveal their plans, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or mor

richard cordray and dennis versus left.t we have a line from democrats. >> good morning. david, we're putting far too much time into this russia issue and collusion, and not enough time being on the ground in our counties. i believe, and my fear, is that while we are all caught up in what did trump say or the tweets of the hour, that in fact, russians and people with high technical skills can manipulate our elections. no matter how hard we work to put our candidates in office, we may not be able to do that, just because our voting machines can be compromised. i know we have a good system but it can be compromised. theuld like for exposure to be happening a lot more than the exposure we are giving to trump and collusion. thank you for an excellent comment. two things. and it is ironic that i wrote these books, but they were my side hobby, i agree with you that when we run around the state for office, our focus should be on the issues that matter most to people. especially voters who have not made up their mind. that means health care, making it affordable, accessible, and

richard cordray. he is now running for governor of ohio.nsumer finance protection bureau was i think envisioned as a kind of frankly progressive agency, but what happens if you make an agency of the government and you hand it over to the other party, they have a different vision of it. what do you think of your successor's job? >> it's been true throughout the federal government. the epa, hhs, cfpb, they've been against the missions of the agencies they're heading. i think it's distressing what's happened to cfpb. they're not standing on the side of consumers as we did, not looking out for people, protecting them from being cheated and mistreated. that's what we did. we put $12 billion back in the pockets of 30 million americans that was wrongly taken from them. >> what do you mean by that? >> we took enforcement actions against the big banks and big financial companies to make sure people who were wronged got their money back. for example, we went after two of the for-profit college chains that were failing, defruding taxpayers, cheating t

richard cordray is backed by the more establishment side of the democratic party.rved as the top consumer watchdog under the obama administration. former congressman is backed by the more progressive bernie sanders wing of the party. there are other democrats in this race but they are very much considered to be the top two candidates at this point. on the republican side in both the gubernatorial race as well as the senate primary race, president trump is a constant theme. most republican candidates seem to be trying to prove that they are more like him than their opponents are. of course president trump traveled to ohio this past weekend and he endorsed senate hopeful congressman jim renee c. that race is on the republican side because the income it senator does not have a primary challenger. the big question is did that visit from president trump on saturday help congressman, did it help turn out? that it helped convince people to go for him over the other republicans. of course it will be a little while before we know that, but the board of elections say they ex

john kasich command dragging him through the mud in the primary, which opens up the field for richard cordray, our democratic and thefor governor slate of candidates running behind him. host: coming back your definition of purple state. democrats have four of 16 house seats. donald trump won by eight points in 2016. ohio has had a republican governor for all of four years since 1991. how do you define it as a purple state? guest: barack obama won their twice, sherrod brown, twice. when we stay on message in ohio, we talk about the bread-and-butter kitchen table issues that all families are facing, we win elections. that is why sherrod brown won twice, barack obama won twice. it's been convenient. for the republicans that have always one in the years before redistricting. they control the redistricting panel for the last 30 years really. the last three big cycles after census. they have control that and havee been able to gerrymander both the congressional seats and the state legislative seats. host: that bread and butter message you talk about, is that only a message democrats can use in ohio

warren backing richard cordray and sen. sanders endorsing cleveland's mehran u.s.dennis kucinich. >> millennial's ditching democrats, finding democrat supporters slipping between ages of 18, and 34. 46% say they would vote democrat in the midterm election. that is down 9 points from 54% just two years ago. the same paul shows more millennial's trusting of the gop when it comes to the economy. they are in a virtual tie in that category. the battle for a bottle. jack daniels is suing their competitors. the legal battle that is brewing. >> reporter: just one whiskey maker, loan whiskey, jack daniels is suing the trademark infringement lawsuit not because of names but how similar the bottles look. jack claims the design, the neck wrap closure and archuleta ring is very similar, it quotemac dilutes its product, the makers of this whiskey, they are asking to put the bottle next to jack daniels in an effort maybe to confuse consumers, get people to buy their brand over jack daniels. we will see what happens, no comment from either whiskey brand. >> this is exciting, disne

ainsley: the battle coming down to mary taylor or mike dewine, dennis kucinich or richard cordray.rea, jc's restaurant in burton, ohio. he joins us right now. hey, todd. >> good morning ainsley, steve, brian, as you know elections are local but issue are national. they impact all of us. we're speaking to voters about the very issues. we begin with lori. she is a social work, she voted for president trump. in this race for gubernatorial primary pulling for mike dewine and jim renacci in the senate primary. why? >> they espouse traditional values we hold here in burton with our families. limited government. control of our own lives. getting government out of the way to develop our small businesses and, you know, have our family values and our faith, which is very important to us. >> you told me you're looking for a candidate that supports the president and what he is trying to do specifically with regard to the wall. why is immigration so important to you? >> i think immigration is very important. i think our country was built on, with immigration. it made our country great, but i fe

the governor's race, on the democratic side, richard cordray, dennis kucinich, and lt.going after the governor's mansion which will be vacated by governor john jacek. and going up against democrat sen. sherrod brown. and endorsed by donald trump and businessman mike gibbons as well as melissa atkinson but all politics may be local but issues are national. a lot of big issues, are we going to stay or go. and whenever we go to design is the number one issue, should we build a wall. big show coming up on "fox and friends". jillian: we will see you at 6:00. be right back. ♪ olay regenerist shatters the competition. hydrating skin better than prestige creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. for skin that looks younger than it should. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay regenerist. ageless. bp is taking safety to new heights. using drones and robots offshore so engineers can stop potential problems before they start. because safety is never being satisfied and always working to be better. mr. elliot, what's your wiwifi?ssword? wifi's ordinary. basic. do i loo

. >> in ohio, the senate and gubernatorial races no major surprises but democratic candidate richard cordray will challenge atty. gen. mike dewine and it was a battle of the more establishment candidate, kucinich the more a progressive candidate backed by the bernie sanders group, came under fire, returns $20,000 speaking fee he received from a pro regime group in a concession speech, he called for democrats to take more progressive stances for $15 minimum wage and two years of free college. they were favored to win tonight and will face the replaced argument governor john kasich. the senate primary was all on the republican side. jim renacci will face sherrod brown. one of his public primary opponents is suing him for $1 million was mike gibbons says he falsely accused him of being pro-choice and anti-trump. yesterday he talked about that lawsuit and said no matter what happens today whether he won or lost he would still proceed with the lawsuit, that is the latest in ohio, mike tobin is in indiana with plenty of news. >> this important senate seat republicans think given a pickup come nove

on the democratic side, richard cordray, who has elizabeth warren's powerful endorsement, he was facing off against presidential candidate dennis kusinich. he tried to assert his progressive positions by calling for an assault weapons ban in ohio, touting his f rating from nra. nbc news projects tonight that democrats have not picked him. they have chosen cordray. cordray against dewine. the big race we're watching in west virginia is the senate race. republicans are hoping to unseat democratic senator joe manchin. the republican primary for that senate race has been upstatedupy blankenship. he was the ceo of massey energy. in april, 2010 an explosion took the lives of 29 people. blankenship was sentenced to a year in prison to conspire to violate safety standards. he is less than a year out of prison. he has been hoping to win the republican nomination to unseat joe manchin. he has ticked off the republican party in part by making really overtly, proudly racist comments about republican majority leader mitch mcconnell's wife and her family. president trump weighed in in this race. it w

it appears to be richard cordray beating dennis you season itch.here was a lot of interest from the likes of elizabeth warren. dennis kucinich, very good to have you. welcome. were you surprised by these results? >> i won't talk about this race in the past tense. the vote that came out is a party-controlled vote. those votes could be somewhat different in the mix than what we have just seen. so we are expecting when we see how die owinga county voted, franklin, hamilton county, lucas county we'll have a better idea how it will turn out. but as far as i'm concerned they are 300,000 votes out. neil: we could all be wrong. and it wouldn't be the first time. let me get your sense of what the party is to be. i get a sense of a battle between those who want to take a hard left to those who want to moderate a little bit. we throw in the pennsylvania race. where do you stand on this? >> i don't see this being left-right. i see it as having a practical approach to dealing with people's genuine concerns about wages, jobs, retirement security, clean air, clea

as "the wall street journal" noted, congress explicit exemption didn't stop former cfpb chief richard cordray who used the back door of auto financing to regulate dealers, and while mr. cordray may have been able to suspend disbelief, we are -- we do not have the same luxury here. we are not here by choice, frankly. we must act to pass this resolution today. and mr. speaker, i would like to share the bipartisan call for enforcement of the equal credit opportunity act and make this point. let's work together to tackle discrimination where it exists. where it exists. not where regulators ignore the law and employ algorithms, employ algorithms to guess it might exist, to guess it might exist. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. waters: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, the ranking member of the subcommittee on regulatory reform, commercial, and antitrust law on the judiciary committee, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes.

here's richard cordray talking about that. >> he knows the game they're playing.to say they were fair and balanced. he took their money and made their choices. >> house poodle, your response? >> arrrr. >> leland: your response to the response? >> look, i think i stated it for what it was. everybody makes choices in life. when i was standing up for consumers and fighting to see they're treated fairly, he was a paid commenter on fox news. >> leland: you're on fox news right now. we appreciate you being here. is somebody giving their opinion and defending their ideals which he did many times on our show, is that something to knock him for? i'm not clear what the attack is. >> he said one thing on fox news and said different things in the campaign. >> leland: what specifically -- what did he say either on fox news or other place that's you have issues with that you feel he's been disingenuous about now. >> he praised president trump's inaugural speech and scrubbed his twitter feed. he gave speeches to cpac's conference. he's trying to on lit rat object rate his -- obl

richard cordray is the democrat who is going against his percentage, but are among the republicans whove mike dewine who is the current attorney general versus mary taylor who is the lieutenant governor. taylor saying she's got the most trump credentials having been to three rallies, but poking fun saying that he hasn't attended one, but you have them saying he's a rock solid. dennis kucinich was endorsed by the plain >> player in cleveland but he was promising to return $20,000 that he got for speaking to a pro-syrian group, a group aligned with bashar assad. back to you. >> shepard: in indiana commit to sitting congressmen and a business owner are fighting for the right to challenge joe donnelly. for the republicans, the race has become about which candidate is most like president trump. our coverage continues. mike tobin live in zionsville, indiana. >> this battle really shaped up as the battle of the trumpets >> and supporters. a lot of publications have put mike braun at the top of the heat although there has not been a lot of independent polling. braun campaigns as an outsider, h

richard cordray quite frankly is not very active campaigner. he doesn't have a lot of passion.e also aligns himself with elizabeth warren. she is not very popular in ohio. melissa: thank you for that. we've got to run. jane, thank thank you for your t today. good stuff. david: we'll be right back. wait until you hear what happened to one of donald trump's fiercest critics. that is coming up. is why 7 million investors work with edward jones. ♪ with expedia you could book a flight, hotel, car and activity all in one place. ♪ the wonderful thing about polident is the fact that it's very, very tough on bacteria, yet it's very gentle on the denture itself. polident's 4 in 1 cleaning system consists of 4 powerful ingredients that work together to deep clean your denture in hard to reach places. it kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and it helps to remove stains. polident should be the first choice of every person that wears a denture, to clean their denture. "i have antivirus, but my computer's still slow..." "i think it's time for the fixmestick." fixmestick is a plug-in virus r

richard cordray ran the cfpb under proesesident obama, knock off kucinich.s now the democratic nominee for governor. in indiana, senate primary to run against joe donnelly, the democrat. mike braun. that's the name to hebb thremems fall. this ended up being the surprise of the night. we weren't talking much about it. a republican congressman, bob pittenger in north carolina, defeated by a pastor, mark harris, north carolina. this is a seat democrats may now -- may be competitive in in the fall, lawrence. >> steve, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> sure. >>> tonight's last word is next. >>> time for tonight's last word. rudolph giuliani is the trump world's new gift to late-night comedy. >> $130,000 between a lawyer and a client and a client who's worth, you know, billions, is not, george, you know -- i don't like saying this. not a great deal of money. at one point, 3 million is a great deal of money. that's the kind of money you would think of as settlement money. >> rudy says $1.3 million is the number you should be paid. so now

nbc news projects tonight the democrats have not picked him, they have chosen richard cordray as theirgovernor. cordray versus dewine in november, running to succeed ohio governor john kasich. now, the big race we're watching tonight in west virginia is the senate race there. republicans are hoping to unseat democratic senator john manchin. west virginia congressman evan jenkins and west virginia attorney general patrick morrissey have been upstaged in the republican primary for that senate race by a former coal company ceo named don blankenship. he was in charge of massey energy when in april 2010 and explosion at one of his coal mines took the lives of 29 people. blankenship was sentenced to a year in prison. he is less than a year out of prison. he has been hoping to win the republican nomination to unseat joe manchin. he has ticked off the republican party in part by making really overtly, proudly racist comments about republican majority leader mitch mcconnell's wife and her family. president trump weighed in in this race. it was interesting. he told people not to vote for don bla

most polls have richard cordray and dennis kucinich neck in neck but most are undecided.nce the youngest big city mayor in cleveland. cordray is a five-time "jeopardy" champion. he left a job to run for governor and that is something that dennis kucinich has been hammering him over. >> what you have done is hand over to the trump administration the keys to the consumer finance protection board with devastating effect for working class people. >> i can't let that pass. you created the problems in cleveland. the city did not have to go to default. that was a black eye for cleveland. >> kucinich said that cordray left the position too soon but critics say he stayed too long. others praised mulvaney for cleaning up after cordray. cordray is using dennis kucinich tenure as fon news contributor and the involvement with the interview and the dictator bashar al-assad to trash his opponent. >> he knows the game he is playing. >> when i was hired by fox the management told me we don't agree with anything that you say but we know you are honest. >> cordray has endorsement of afl cio

richard cordray who is running the consumer financial protection board under president obama went backohio. decides to run. wins against gorsuch for the democrats and -- wins against kucinich. and then there is dewine. that won't be boring. >> we'll see. dewine is pretty well situated. cordray needs a good year. dewine is well known and well liked and should be in a good position to hold on to the seat. we will find out soon how republican ohio is. they were trumpy last time. not much of a swing state. they went all in for trump. see if it carries over. you know what else we will see? one other thing we'll see is america celebrate you on your birthday. >> dana: nice try! >> no, no, no, no. it's all about to happen because i'm reliably informed that birthday greetings are headed your way. >> dana: all right. thank you for that. but primary night i know is your favorite. confetti and everything. great. didn't even get in my hair. thank you so much. you brought a cake, too? wow! that is pretty nice. pretty nice. >> it's made of bacon for you. >> dana: bacon cake and m&ms. i better blow it

richard cordray ran the cfpb under president obama, knocking off kucinich.indiana, senate primary to run against joe donnelly, the democrat. mike braun. that's the name to remember this fall. this ended up being the surprise of the night. we weren't talking much about it. a republican congressman, bob pittenger in north carolina, defeated by a pastor, mark harris, north carolina. this is a seat democrats may now -- may be competitive in in the fall, lawrence. >> steve, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> sure. >>> tonight's last word is next. . get domo. it'll connect us to everything that's going on in the company. get it for jean who's always cold. for the sales team, it and the warehouse crew. give us the data we need. in one place, anywhere we need it. help us do our jobs better. with domo we can run this place together. well that's that's your job i guess. ♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun transitions™ light

>> brangham: in ohio, richard cordray secured the democratic nomination for governor.ormer head of the consumer financl protection bureau will take on republican mike dewine, who is the state's attorney general. meanwhile, in north carolina, republican congressman robert pittenger lost his primary. he's the first incumbent to lose this year. nbc news says an internal probe has culture of sexual harassment. that follows the firing last fall's of "today" show host matt lauer. he was accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with another employee. the network says senior manageme received no complaints against lauer before late last year. and, on wall street, tech anend gy stocks led the broader market higher. the dow jones industrial average gained 182 points, the nasdaq rose 73 points, and, the s&p 500 added nearly 26. still to come on the newshour: the nominee for c.i.a. director faces tough questions. the global ramifications of the rom the iranwing nuclear deal. who consumes so-called "junk news," on both the right and tht plus, much more. >> brangham: p

democratic candidate richard cordray is going to challenge attorney general mike to wine in the gubernatorial race. he beat former congressman dennis kucinich. it was a battle of the left, cordray the more establishment, dennis kucinich the more progressive backed by the bernie sanders group our revolution. came under ties for his ties to the syrian government. a speaking fee he received from april regime group. in his concession speech tonight he called for democrats to take more progressive stances like $15 minimum wage and at least two years of free college, both the wind and cordray were favored to win tonight. they will face off against k-6. the trump endorsed care respect on my congressman will face off against incumbent democratic senator brown. one of the republican primary opponents is suing him for $1 million. mike gibbons says among other things he falsely accused him of being pro-choice and anti-trump. yesterday we spoke with gibbons and when he talked to us about that lawsuit he said no matter what happens today whether he won or lost he would still proceed with that lawsuit. tha

if richard cordray wins over dennis kucinich, will you back him in the general election?: it's possible. i will look more into it. i am definitely not a fan of taylor, i will tell you that. host: what would richard cordray have to do to win been your vote if he does win tonight? caller: it would be more about ,he health care issue for me the way that dennis goes after that, i just fully support his stance on that issue. host: explain his stance a little more as you understand it. caller: he backs medicare for , mentaltewide access health care, and really ohio got hit hard with the opioid crisis. i think that if we really are serious about fixing that going forward, we do need to be treating addicts as patients instead of criminals, in my opinion. host: britney, thanks for your call from ohio. phyllis is in montgomery, alabama, a democrat, go ahead. i am hoping that a democrat can be seated. we need them. republicans are not standing up to the president. just comes on tv and says whatever he wants to say. we need someone that is for the right, for what is the middle class,

. >> in ohio, mark dewine won the republican nomination for governor while richard cordray will representboth seeking to replace governor john kasich. >> the republican primary in indiana was a nasty one. but mike braun scored an upset over two members of congress. president trump will visit the state tomorrow to rally for support of braun. >> and also in indiana, mike pence's brother greg won the house primary and is seen as the favorite for the seat his brother once held. >>> and eric schneiderman is facing charges and governor cuomo has appointed a special prosecutor. the prosecutor could bring charges against him if she believes they are warranted. he appointed the special prosecutor to avoid conflicts of interest. >>> the mayor of denver's 22-year-old son has apologized for an incident during a stop. jordan hancock unleashed on the officer using a slur, threatening to have him fired. his rant, well, caught on body camera and leaked to the press. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> mayor of what? of denver? >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> for what? >> exactly. don't worry about it. >> [ bleep ],

and state side in ohio senatorial race john kasich, mike dewine will face richard cordray in the attorneydge. there is a total of 35 senate seats up for grabs. 36 are democrat held. nine republican. which means democrats must flip two seats without losing a single one of his 26. a tall order. steve: very thorough report, griff. thank you very much. pete: griff does his homework for sure. steve: the president has to feel good it was 36 hours ago he tweeted out in west virginia, republicans vote for anybody except don blankenship. ainsley: i know. steve: turns out don blankenship came in third. pete: we shall see. secretary of state mike pompeo on his way back to washington right now we're learning after a surprise surprise visit to north korea tonight. is he coming home with those three american hostages? steve: plus, everyone makes the cheerleading team or nobody does. that's what's happening in one jersey town because one jersey parent complained. larry winget, man is he fired up about this. he's next. ♪ put me, in coach ♪ i'm ready to play today ♪ look at me ♪ i can be ♪ center field ♪

host: richard cordray was running against dennis kucinich, who also served in congress.s the result of that specific contest? guest: that race was not as close as maybe some people thought it would be. won,nk if kucinich had that may have taken the race off the map for democrats. winning statewide is very different, especially in a state like this that has been trending a little bit red. host: on the senate race in ohio, give us the results of what happened. guest: democratic senator sherry brown was up for reelection. he will be taking on the congressman who only announced in january. they had a different candidate who had announced a year and a half ago to take on brown in a rematch. people that unexpectedly in january. he is the only congress -- candidate who trump actually endorsed. he was in cleveland on saturday to help them out. renee -- host: when it comes to that seat, kind of money over talking about? rrod brown had some of the most outside spending in 2012. close to $50 million was spent on that race in 2012. i think was still inspects of money, especially wit

when richard cordray was director of cfpb and i maintained it was the single most powerful agency in the history of republic. now mick mulvaney is acting director i still maintain that the cfpb is the most powerful and unaccountable agency in the history of the republic. democrats chose to insulate it from congress, the president, courts, voters and the democratic process. the cfpb is unaccountable to the president because the director can only be removed for cause. the cfpb is unaccountable to congress because it determines its own funding extreme. the agency is unaccountable to the courts because it benefits from the chevron doctrine it is unaccountable to cfpb because there is not even a then. in this case there happens to be a him. no commission, no brody, no effective oversight. so powerful as the director that he alone has been granted the unprecedented power to dlir any mortgage, credit card or bank account unfair or abusive at which point americans can't have them. and if they need them want them and can afford them. the fact that the cfpb director has such power is itself un

richard cordray is running and dennis kucinich is well known within that state is running as well.ple different pockets. you have elizabeth warren, she's backing cordray and groups that are like bernie sanders are backing kucinich. is this sort of a litmus test, look forward past 2018, but a potential litmus test for if those two decide to run, warren and sanders in 2020 as to what that primary could look like for democrats? >> very easily. although keep in mind, the last we checked, there were a lot more democrats running than there are horses in the kentucky derby. so you never know how that's going to shake out. there's no question, democrats were faxalized in 2016 -- factionalized in 2016. there will be a lot more factions in 2020. where the center of gravity among ohio democrats will it be more mainstream that will back cordray or will it be among the people further to the left i think they will be backing former cleveland mayor and congressman dennis kucinich. blake: when you look at the generic ballot in these house and senate races, it is very very favorable for democrats r

who is running for the democratic nomination against richard cordray, former director of the consumercial bureau. all of this is in play. there is expectations, reluck assistant to say them because you never know in ohio. people say this will abel weather state. we'll keep an eye on it. back to you. neil: thank you very much, my friend. we look forward to working with you tonight. he will be in ohio as late as it takes to get all the results. by the way we're getting clarifications on the phone call, was it a phone call? what did they say? emannuel macron's office is denying "the new york times" story they talked about the president's decision on the iran deal. that doesn't mean they ruled out they were talking but about the iran deal. that is a little odd, when you think about it, it is one of the more momentous decisions we're expecting out of president of the united states and one macron was pitching hard to stick to it, fix it, don't nix it, that was his pledge, that was his push. that was the push of, you know angela merkel in germany as well. but apparently they did have a chat

there's not a company in the world, when they lose the senior executive, which happened when richard cordray stepped down to run for governor. that's his prerogative. i'm not faulting him. he created the vacancy. it takes time to fill vacancies. the president asked you to do this temporarily. it's a lot of work. i appreciate your efforts in getting it right. >> i yield back. >> go communications.. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina,. >> thank you mr. chairman, thank you mr. mulvaney. i appreciate all you do in service of this nation. thanks also for doing two jobs for the price of one. we can use a lot more of that in the city. so last year, the wall street journal investigation found that a large number of public comments that were submitted to federal agencies, including the fcc and the agency that you had, cfpb, those are are actually fraudulent submissions. using stolen identities of real people to mimic actual grass roots support. all this according to wall street journal. does the cfpb have analytic measures in place to separate and identify legitimate public com

richard a cordray is backed by a senator elizabeth warren. he also served as the top consumer watchdog under president obama. dennis kucinich who is a fox news contributor is backed by the more progressive side of the party. he is endorsed by the bernie sanders tide group revolution. he came under fire for his ties to the the syrian government, and he said he returned a $20,000 speaking fee he received. in the gubernatorial and senate race there is always one name that comes out. trump. ohio a state that went were president obama in 2012 and then for trump in 2016. trump 19 counties that voted for president obama in 2012. >> one thing i do know about folks there, they wanted a true outsider. so they voted for donald trump. there are really no true outsiders here in this election. the trump voters, i believe they see right through some of that. >> the ohio board of elections told us this morning they expected voter turnout today to be at about 1.6 million people heading to the polls to vote today. no official numbers just yet, but they say tha

john kasich command dragging him through the mud in the primary, which opens up the field for richard cordrayour democratic and thefor governor slate of candidates running behind him. host: coming back your definition of purple state. democrats have four of 16 house seats. donald trump won by eight points in 2016. ohio has had a republican governor for all of four years since 1991. how do you define it as a purple state? guest: barack obama won their twice, sherrod brown, twice. when we stay on message in ohio, we talk about the bread-and-butter kitchen table issues that all families are facing, we win elections. that is why sherrod brown won twice, barack obama won twice. it's been convenient. for the republicans that have always one in the years before redistricting. they control the redistricting panel for the last 30 years really. the last three big cycles after census. they have control that and havee been able to gerrymander both the congressional seats and the state legislative seats. host: that bread and butter message you talk about, is that only a message democrats can use in ohio t

it's going to be talking about richard cordray in ohio about his success turning back money from consumersion because our candidates are having to have a healthy optimistic vision for all americans. that's frankly going to dominate. they don't have to talk about donald trump. ideas about him are baked in. we have had eight indictments and zero progress. you talk about infrastructure -- they can't build a bird house in the administration. we are building infrastructure in the state. >> obviously your governubernat candidates can talk about what is going on in their state. a lot of it is going to be pushing back on the trump -- the whole -- everything about trump, i guess. >> yeah. >> a lot of what my fellow democrats are concerned about is the lack of a clear democratic message, what it is the democrats wants to do if and when they get back in power. i think there was unhappiness in the last cycle that we didn't have a great message. there is unhappiness now about the lack of a message. what is your message? >> we will have a central figure that will carry the torch of optimistic growth cen

so richard cordray backed by elizabeth warren.mary is this coming tuesday, a state that people are watching closely. the president there yesterday touting tax reform. what is your sense of where the democratic party is in the state of ohio. you look at cordray clearly with liberal policies policpolicies.what do you thino happen on tuesday? >> elizabeth warren is opposed to assault weapons in her state of massachusetts but apparently is for them in the state of ohio because mr. cordray is full on with the nra on that. it's a contradiction there. but as far as the other issues, democrats are going to have to give the people a real choice, whether it's unemployment or full employment economy or rising student debt or free college, for-profit health care, not for profit health care. assault weapons or a ban on assault weapons. i'm trying to help the democratic party define itself so it can win in november. if not, it's going to be the same old same old. we have to offer the americans a real choice. >> there's a democratic pollster war