that is why republicans are now seeing this -- >> how conservative is ron hanks?reporter: millions of advertising dollars boosting ron hanks' conservative credentials paid for by the democrats. >> the democrats spending this much money to nominate the weakest candidate is smart. i mean, i think it is unethical, but i think it is smart. and frankly, it has moved voters. >> they have dumped so much money into this. >> reporter: and this businessman and supporter of abortion rights is not just fighting democrats boosting his competitor, but also millions to tear him down. he can't even get through a campaign event at a restaurant. >> yeah, there is my commercial. >> reporter: without a negative ad running in the background. why are they targeting you with so much cash? >> they know i can win. and they will have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to beat me in november so they are trying to get me off the ballot right now. they are looking for somebody who can't win here in november. it is focused on things that don't matter to working americans right now. >> re

>> reporter:al manies of advertising dollars boosting ron hanks conservative credentials, paid for bydo is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> reporter: the democrats spending this much money to nominate the weakest candidates is smart. i think it's unethical, but it's smart. frankly it has moved voters. >> they dumped so much money into this. >> reporter: republican senate is not just fighting democrats boosting his competitor, but also millions to tear him down. he can't even get through a campaign event at a restaurant without a negative ad running in the background. >> why are they targeting you with so much cash? >> they know i can win, and they're going to have to spend hundred of millions of dollars to beat me in november. so, they're trying to get me off the ballot right now. they're looking for somebody who can't win here in november. focused on an election that was stolen, focused on things that don't matter to working americans right now. >> it's amazing. so, he's tripling down. but the former gop chairman i thought was very interesting when he told you what

that's why republicans are now seeing this. >> how conservative is ron hanks?: millions of dollars boosting his credentials paid for by the democrats. >> democratic colorado is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> the democrats spending this much money to nominate the weakest candidates is smart. i mean, i think it's unethical, but smart. frankly, it has moved voters. >> dumped so much money into this. >> reporter: joe o'day, a businessman and supporter of abortion rights is not just fighting democrats boosting his competitor, but also millions to tear him down. he can't even get through a campaign event at a restaurant. >> there is my commercial. >> reporter: without a negative ad running in the background. >> why are they targeting you with so much cash? >> they noic win and they are going to have to spend hundreds of millionsful dollars to beat me. they are looking for somebody who can't win here in november. focused on an election that was stolen an focused on things that don't matter to working americans right now. >> reporter: we reached o

ron hanks attended the speech and marched to capital afterward. democrats were hoping to put some effort in to dell vat him and his primary. but what this mean social security o'dea will run now against senator michael bennet. the backdrop is colds is clearly becoming a blue state. biden won it by 13.5 points but you look at the climate and it is not favorable. the approval rating is low and did republicans nominate for the senate in colorado? a candidate who doesn't have some of the vulnerabilities. i think that is a big question. >> republican incumbent, what happened there. >> this might be the single biggest of the night here. a republican congressman a couple weeks ago in the preliminary election came in second place to his challenger. guests voted for that bipartisan commission, cassidy made it an issue. a lot of folks said if he could not get to 50% in the preliminary he will do it in the runoff. he put a tun of money in the runoff, and he blew out him in the runoff. so he will survive in a big way. a lot of folks thought this might be shak

he's being opposed here by an opponent, ron hanks, a state legislator, who is anti-abortion, that backedes. the interesting note is that democrats have been pouring money in, big money into ads that attempt to elevate hanks' standing. democrats want to face hanks this fall. they believe he's the more beatable candidate. they believe o'dea is a much better opportunity to knock off michael bennett. bennett has been there for two terms in the senate. this was his first election in the senate. this was back in 2010. what happened in 2010 was republicans nominated an opponent. remember, 2010 was a big republican year. that was that massive midterm barack obama was president, republicans were winning everywhere. bennett bucks that tide in 2010, because you can see here his opponent ken buck was his name. the issue that defined this campaign was abortion. buck opposed abortion in all cases, including rape and incest. they're hoping in the wake of this supreme court decision last week that they could get hanks nominated as the republican this year. we'll see. it's an interesting dynamic tonight.

. >> donald trump wasn't officially involved in this race that you see here ron hanks who loses thisle used donald trump's speech in washington, d.c. as part of the group that marched over to the capital he was running against the republican who said he accepted the 2020 election results and legitimacy of joe biden's victory. it's today the republican voters chose to go with this nominee for the u.s. senator. u the democrat in november. democrats have spent really heavily this race trying to promote hank among the public voters. they wanted him to get the nomination so he could be an easier candidate to beat if he got that nomination but he's now going to face off against michael bennet the democrat and if you look at this on paper colorado is one of the states that was trending in the democratic direction in the last 10 or 15 years. he won this state by over 20 points in 2020. if this ends up being the republican they are opening it in to be the candidate who can put the state of colorado in play for republicans. that's the question that emerges. we will see how it goes over the nex

he defeats a state legislature ron hanks, january 6th was something that loomed large.ays he accepts the 2020 election results, the legitimacy of joe biden's victory hanks had been at donald trump's speech in january 6th. democrats had been hoping hanks to win this nomination, o'day is going to be running against senator michael bennet, a democrat running for reelection in colorado. democrats spent considerable money trying to boost hanks so he would win that primary. that effort failed, o'day wins the nomination here, and he'll face michael bennet a democrat in november. colorado has been trending democratic, but if this is a red wave year like republicans are hoping for, maybe this ends up being a competitive race. also worth noting in colorado, the secretary of state race as we have been paying more attention to than we have in the past given what happened in 2020, here's the republican primary, and a very interesting dynamic here. tina peters, you can see, finishing third. who is she? she's the county clerk of mesa county. it's where grand junction. she was running

what is interesting in this contest, is a contrast between joe o'dea and his challenger ron hanks. a subject of those hearings today. he was part of the march to the capitol on january 6th. he said that the 2020 election was marred by fraud. democrats spent a lot of money in this race, trying to elevate hanks, believing that is views on january 6th, his views on abortion as well, would make him unelectable in november. so they attempted to actually elevate hanks. that effort, you see, fell short. jody de said that he says illegitimate the 2020, election he also calls himself pro-choice, he also said he'd codify roe v. wade federally if he had opportunity to do, so as a, said joe o'dea winds the primary, sets up a general election battle between joe o'dea, and democrat michael bennett. colorado, a state that has been trending towards the democrats very much over the past decade or. to biden won the state by 13 and a half points in 2020. the question is, is joe o'dea moderate enough in a climate of 2022, we can make this a close and competitive senate race. that's one question we'll

ron hanks who spread debunked theories about election fraud and then greg lopez of the denver suburbhe gop primary for governor. >>> new this morning, one senior house republican who did not back impeaching president trump for inciting an insurrection tells cnn they predict cassidy hutchinson's bombshell testimony yesterday will lead to indictments and this comes as several aides of former president trump were left speechless after hearing these new revelations. we're also learning that hutchinson previously told the january 6th committee that the former president approved of rioters chanting violent threats against vice president mike pence as they stormed the capitol. where does this take us as a country, where does this take the republican party? let's ask a key voice in the party. ohio governor and cnn commentator, john kasich, good to have you, good morning. what do you think yesterday changed? >> well, i mean, for some people, they should recognize the fact that donald trump is dangerous and desperate and so unhinged, it's really shocking. i think this is beginning to saturate.

cnn projects ron hanks will be defeated by joe o'dea in the senate primary.s gop gubernatorial race, cnn projects greg lopez has lost to heidi ganahl. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi receiving communion at a papal mass at the vatican. she did not get communion from pope francis himself, just last month, the conservative archbishop of san francisco said pelosi may no longer receive the holy sacrament because of her support of abortion rights. >>> authorities say two men are being charged in connection to the deaths of 51 migrants trapped inside an abandoned semitruck in sweltering heat. >>> a dramatic loss for serena williams, first round wimbledon singles match. she says this does not mean she will not be back next year. >> that's a question i can't answer. i don't know. i feel like, you know, i don't know, who knows, who knows where i'll pop up. >> those are "5 things" to know for your "new day." more on these stories all day on cnn and cnn.com. don't forget to download the "5 things" podcast every morning, go to cnn.com/5things and find it wherever you get y

a democratic super pac has spent nearly $4 million on ads to elevate the more conservative ron hanks.ainst g.o.p. moderate businessman joe o'day. democrats fear o'day could appeal to colorado's unaffiliated voters who historically decide statewide elections. incumbent democrat senator michael bennet says november could be rough for his party but remains confident about his seat. he said this about democrats' investment in the g.o.p. primary. >> that organization isn't affiliated with my campaign so i don't have any comment on there. i will say that i think both candidates are way outside of the mainstream of what colorado voters typically want. >> well, it seems a little ridiculous to me that they are in the middle of our primary trying to make sure that i'm not on the ballot. i'm a little humbled by it it's fantastic to figure out that i'm threatening michael bennet right now. >> democrats also spending on the g.o.p. race in the newly formed colorado congressional district 8 g.o.p. sees a pickup opportunity where moderate hispanic voters could make the difference. we continue our pri

he has an opponent ron hanks. he is a pro life candidate.on in the colorado legislature that would ban abortion, including in the cases of rape and incest. you have a steep contrast coming off that supreme court ruling the other day. the other x factor, again, that makes this interesting, democrats have been pouring money into an effort to prop up hanks with republican voters. why? because democrats believe hanks would be a beatable candidate in november. o'dea not so much. colorado has been trending blue. if this is the red wave republicans are hoping for, this could be in place. we will watch this tonight closely. the other theme of the day today is there are a number of house incumbents who could lose seats. two who will lose their seats today. that number could get higher. two will lose their seats because in illinois, you have this in the 6th district. casten, in a district with another incumbent, newman. two democrats here. one will lose their seat in this primary tonight. also in illinois, two incumbent republicans, miller endorsed by

democratic colorado, they dropped $2 million into a republican primary there in support of a guy named ron hankseing a part of the group that marched on the capitol. he's part of group that said the election was stolen, in colorado, not even one of the frontline states, and he wants to ban mail-in voting, he wants to ban all voting except for voting in person on election day. so they figure if you nominate him, we can beat him. guess what, you might not. you might be sending to washington candidates that are lockstep with the big lie. >> what i hear from democratic candidates is that, again, these are issues that are not close to home for many of these voters, they're hearing more about issues pertaining to inflation and the economy, the soaring cost of living that's going up across our country, and what i have heard from them is that they couldn't even think of conversations that they've had with voters about january 6th or about the dangers to the democracy, they acknowledge that it's important to have all this information out there but they think that inflation, these run of the mill, these p

joe o 'dea has a moderate campaign and his opponent representative ron hanks is a vocal election denierhe was at the capital on january 6th. >>> democrats in colorado have tried to push for the more extreme conservative candidates to win. >>> we have ahead an update on the wnba star held in rush a. >>> and major league baseball dishes out suspensions for a massive brawl and highlights of wimbledon. "way too early" will be right back. wimbledon. "way too early" will be right "way too early" will be right back ♪ birds flyin' high ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ (coughing) ♪ breeze driftin' on by ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ copd may have gotten you here, but you decide what's next. start a new day with trelegy. ♪ ...feelin' good ♪ no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before t

democratic super pac has spent about a million dollars supporting the more conservative state rep ron hanksmpany owner joe o'day to be the more electable republican in november. democrats are concerned that incumbent senator michael bennet is vulnerable even though joe biden won colorado by more than 13 points. a national senatorial historic weakness at this point no amount of money will save them. these tactics don't always work. for example, lacy year in virginia, these mailers were sent out tying glenn youngkin with former president trump. in the fine print it said paid for by the democratic party of virginia. if it turns out to be a big year for the g.o.p. as some polling predicts, this could backfire on democrats by electing more conservatives. shannon? >> shannon: here you are, mike, good to see you in person. >> good to see you. >> shannon: up next the panel on the federal reserve interest rate hike new fox news poll and the results of yesterday's elections. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 29 in buffalo as the white man accu

. >> in illinois a super pact has spent about a million dollars on ron hanks, a construction companyblican in november. democrats are trying to protect michael bennett, a national republican senatorial committee spokesman says democrat panic underscores their historic weakness and at no point -- at this point no amount of money will save them. some republicans suggest desperate times for democrats call for desperate measures. martha? >> martha: thanks, mike. with that, we bring in juan williams, fox news contributor and corbin trent, a former communications director for alexandria ocasio-cortez. founder of the no excuses pact. gentleman, good to have you with us. this is three-level checkers here that they're playing. supporting republican candidates with millions of dollars, juan. what do you make of it? >> well, i think it's good politics. define your opponent early. the saying goes, before the begun is fight, it's won. you're picking the terms of the fight, setting the time and the place. president biden has spoken about maga extremists, the most radical republican. that's the mes

the federal government should codify limited abortion rights and then on the other side you have ron hankste lawmaker who was outside of the capitol on january 6 and he's put up a campaign ad in which he is shooting up a mock dominion voting machine. those are the two men going at it. well democrats have come in and put millions of money to lift up the candidate of john hans and knock down joe o'day. take a look. >> joe o'day is not who he said he is. he wanted to reign in government spending but supports biden senate bill and before running as a republican, he supported democrats and even gave money to michael bennet, o'day also donated to john hickenlooper even after he signed new gun safety measures in law. no way, o'day. colorado deserves a straight shooter. >> now to that election denier, hanks, he's raised over $30,000 but now millions of dollars have lifted him up and tried to take down john o'day. take a look at what i asked john o'day what he thought about the democrats into the race. >> it seems ridiculous that they're in the middle of our primary trying to make sure i'm not on t

ron hanks, first-time senate representative, was inspired to run for office after attending an eventtered on false claims the 2020 presidential election was stolen. lies. a former mayor turned candidate for governor, greg lopez, believes trump was the true winner of the 2020 election. trump was not. he has made election security a central point of his platform. not sure what that means when trump did not win. and tina pieters, a prominent election die denier, is running secretary of state, the office that manages elections. joining me now is vaughan hillyard, former florida congressman david jolly and michael steele, former rnc chairman. michael, in looking ahd, i know we are talking about the committee right now and what they are finding out about what happened on january 6 and today could prove extremely interesting. but we have have to also look forward. this lie about the election, which has been repeated by donald trump and then by republicans throughout the country now for going on two years, a year and a half -- no, two years. my math is beating me. it's pervasive. there are a

what is interesting in this contest, is a contrast between joe o'dea and his challenger ron hanks.ctually attended donald trump's speech on january 6th, it was that a subject of those hearings today. he was part of the march to the capitol on january 6th. he said that the 2020 election was marred by fraud. democrats spent a lot of money in this race, trying to elevate hanks, believing that is views on january 6th, his views on abortion as well, would make him unelectable in november. so they attempted to actually elevate hanks. that effort, you see, fell short. joe o'dea said that he says illegitimate the, election he also calls himself pro-choice, he also said he'd codify roe v. wade federally if he had opportunity to do, so as i, said joe o'dea winds the primary, sets up a general election battle between joe o'dea, and democrat michael bennett. colorado, a state that has been trending towards the democrats very much over the past decade or. to biden won the state by 13 and a half points in. the question is, is joe o'dea moderate enough in a climate of 2022, we can make this a clo

. >> john: point out and call for number two here in colorado, tina peters, ron hanks and greg lopez, but instead, pam anderson, joe odai and a more republican moderate candidate. and also something else in the past 24 hours, you saw cassidy hutchinson, mark meadows' former personal aide testifying about president trump and the january speech off the mall. and something that happened afterwards as the president was getting back into the suv, not the beast, the suv to go what he thought was to capitol hill, according to hutchinson. listen here. >> the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we are going back to the west wing, we are not going to the capitol. >> john: mr. engel is bobby engel, and another secret service agent driving the vehicle. we are told by sources close to the secret service that engel and the driver are willing to testify that that incident never happened. and tony ornato, who allegedly recounted that incident to her, back at the whi

won by more than 13 points a super pac has spent a million on the more conservative representative ron hankss the most electable in november. they're trying to protect michael bennett. a senate committee spokesman said democrat panic underscores their historic weakness and at this point no amount of money will save them. gop leaders believe picking a favorite in an open primary is fundamentally unfair. >> the rga isn't spending money in illinois. they aren't spending money right now in colorado. the democrats are almost taking advantage of the fact that the rga has a policy not to get involved in the primaries. it left them helpless while the democrats play mischief and may end winning some races in the primary season. >> if it's a big year for republicans it could backfire on democrats with more conservative people elected to office. >> dana: mike emanuel, thank you. >> bill: james freeman, fox news contributor from the "wall street journal." let me read you elon musk's tweet. i voted for flores, first time i ever voted republican. mass red wave in 2022. i don't know if you agree with him?

prop up a tentative for the ton with modern business plan og easily defeating state representative ron hanksill now faced democratic senator mike call bennett and no cylinder alicia conyers live in denver with more high alicia. >> high good morning dana democratic super pac spent $4 million on tv ads alone to help the more conservative broad hanks win last night. he did not win the whole goal was to keep the more moderate joe oh dave from going up against democratic and competent senator michael bennet. on the campaign trail o'day said if he was in the senate at the time of the 2020 election he would have voted to certify partisan joe biden selection and well he is pro-life his position position abortion allots for the procedure in the case of or. last night's of that he would be more like a republican joe manchin reference shows democrat senator that just always follow the party line o.j. also took a swing that the dems who help as his opponent. >> good night to be a democratic super pac, right. >> no senator bennet tells the super pac that put up attack ads against o'day is not affiliated

believes joe biden won the 2020 election and supports some abortion rights over state congressman ron hanksnd says trump is actually the president. joining our conversation, our friends matt dowd, political strategist, also the founder of country over party, and cornell belcher, the president of brilliant corners research. they are both msnbc contributors. i'm just reading it, i'm struck by how low the bar is. the person who wasn't indicted beat the person who was and was barred from overseeing elections but i guess matt dowd it counts as good news? >> well, i feel the same as you. i mean, the bar is allow, but i'm happy if we meet just a low bar at this point. >> yes. >> and i was actually very taken away very positive from what happened in colorado yesterday because of the republicans, and it may have been driven by unaffiliated voters who participated in the republican party primary and said it's gone too far. i actually was disappointed in the democrats in colorado, and they've done this in other places. if you're on team democracy and team democracy ought to be in the place of, listen,

republicans were hoping would win and democrats meanwhile spent millions of dollars trying to elevate ron hanksving that they could get hanks nominated it would make it a much safer seat for michael bennet but o'day wins the primary and advances. colorado is one of the states that has been getting blue over the last decade or so but in a climate like 2022 it will be interesting to see if o'day can give bennett a real run and put the race on the map. when other race to know, we usually don't talk and i been doing this for years and the secretary of state races, we have seen how important office of secretary of state is. the republican primary for colorado for secretary of state, you've got the winner here, pam anderson a former county clerk. she got into the race because she did not like the claims of electoral fraud that some republicans were advancing including tina peters who lost last night. she is the county clerk in mesa county. peters is currently under indictment for allegedly tampering with voting machines to try to prove the 2020 election was stolen so this was a fascinating matchup fo

joe o'daya is running a moderate campaign while his opponent ron hanks is a vocal election denier andal. similar to illinois, democrats in colorado have tried to push for more extreme conservative candidate to win the recounts a the cyber idiots or whatever their name was, the group that went out to do whatever they did. i mean, every recount has shown the same result. yet, you have these election deniers, and they go on, one was on fox news yesterday just repeatedly, just repeatedly lied about the election being rigged. and was allowed to use the airwaves to spread that lie repeatedly. >> in a big way. in our fourth hour of "morning joe," we're going to bring in steve kornacki at the big board for a breakdown of all of these races. >> still ahead this hour, russia is attacking civilians again. this time at a shopping mall. what we're learning about the missile strike and how the ukrainian predis responding. >>> plus, a horrific discovery in texas. dozens of bodies found packed in a trailer after a cry for help. >>> also ahead, we'll talk about the strategy going forward for the democ

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