and stacy abrams running to become the first black governor in american history. notably, obama did not endorse congressman roark running within a few points of ted cruz for a texas senate wave. the obama group said this is just a first wave and more will follow. i'm joined by the former advisor to hillary clinton, and democratic pollster and margie, also a democratic pollster. i know the obama group is very strategic about endorsements and said some races it won't help if i endorse. comparing stacey and o'roarke, it's interesting to me running in a red state in georgia, barack obama endorses because he thinks based on the theory of the case stacy abrams has to win that race, right? a helpful endorsement in the red state of georgia. >> georgia is a state, secret, we actually did an obama campaign and dipped poll georgia and it was competitive but we didn't put resources there, right. georgia is this state they say is trending blue. i think georgia very soon will be what north carolina is and i think soon north carolina will be where virginia is. i think that's whe

now a tight race with democrat rival stacy abrams. it's part of a new push by the president to get out the develop for gop candidates. joining us right now, georgia republican, brian kemp. we called stacy abrams as well but she was unavailable. >> great to be with you. everybody is all in on this race. we're hopefully wanting to get them back to georgia. hopefully the vice president will be back. we're on the ground working hard. we're back at work now pushing hard to get the vote out. tremendous excitement that i'm seeing on the ground that quite honestly i've not seen in a long time in georgia. >> trish: what is fuelling that? >> i think just having a nominee on the republican side that was, you know, kind of a come-from-behind kid, if you will. i ran a campaign that was based on putting georgia first ahead of the special interests, the status quo, the politically correct. those that are hear illegally -- people are ready for that. they're tired of special interests. that's what the president ran on. that's what i ran on, putting ge

i love stacy abrams and so does america. story about how meeting a woman named pam who thought she was going to have to be a retail clerk forever and then she says i have dreams of opening a beauty salon. but she has barriers to that. stacy talks about overcoming those barriers and she talks about being in favor of pam inc, being in favor of working people and their dreams. that is a winning message across the united states. michelle grisham in new mexico, i was just there talking about how to create clean energy jobs. right now a saw a poll the other day with stacy in georgia, an african-american leader in georgia, could be tied. we feel very positive going into this election cycle. it's part of the chaos of donald trump but it's also part because we governors have shown the primacy of electing democratic governors -- look, we got to elect democratic governors so we can stop this gerrymandering and when we stop the gerrymandering we have a chance to win back the house of representatives so we can do the things that are nece

real issue they know one of the real issues and that would appear to be the the popularity of stacy abrams if she did such a political threat. that groups are feeling they need to they will they want to take such sort of actions. there is no doubt that the upcoming. general election in november is truly historic. if gov abrams were. mr evans were to be elected governor she would be the first african-american female governor in the state's history and there's no doubt that there's a lot of enthusiasm behind her campaign in the area where randolph county is located there is also a hotly contested interracial election for state house representative so there's no doubt that there's a lot of eyes on this upcoming election and it raises suspicions as to why. polling places would be closed at this time when the county used the same polling places without any problems and may primary in july runoff elections and to keep an eye on this wondering john powers joining us from washington d.c. thank you for your time. some bubblies top court will decide on friday whether to overturn or hold president wa

said there is an extremely high profile competitive election coming up in november in georgia stacy abrams could be the first black female governor in the united states and she is facing brian kemp who is currently the georgia secretary of state who has a history of trying to suppress voters throughout the state and republican election officials and lawmakers in georgia know that their path to victory is by suppressing certain voters namely african-americans the demographic in georgia is changing rapidly and they understand that in order to win elections they need to pick and choose their voters so last week in randolph county we heard for the first time this proposal to close seven of nine polling places the majority of them are located in highly predominately african-american portions of the county and we know that the people living in these jurisdictions are low income and do not have the resources to travel further to a different polling location. and under what pretense or to interrupt you under what pretense is it being done because i'm sure no one's going to come out and say oh yeah

you have stacy abrams right across the border in georgia. now you have in florida andrew gillum, as well. what does this say to you? >> the south shall rise again for some. it's very interesting. for all intense and purposes in this trump era this should not be two rising to the top and could wind up getting the governorship of these states. and not just you don't just have them there. you have ben jealous in maryland. you have so many minorities running for office. i think back to when george w. bush and al gore were fighting over who was going to be president florida was pivotal. i think about florida for donald trump. look at him. is it going to be purple? i talked to stacy abrams a few weeks ago during the summer at the essence festival. she said she doesn't look at georgia as necessarily red. she looks at it as purple. for a time such as this president is trying to hold on to his base there is this quiet movement of going to the polls saying this is what we want. we want change, too. so let's see who wins out in this fight. once again,

you see it happening in georgia are stacy abrams. you see it happening in maryland. you see it happening in itself with paula jordan. there is a new generation and it's not about the color of their skin. they have a new attitude. the reason he came out of nowhere. this guy came literally out of nowhere. he was in 300th place out of like four. it's because not the color of his skin but because of the size of his ideas. he was the only candidate willing h talk about big solutions to big problems. donald trump was willing to break the mold and say stuff that nobody had said before. andrew gillum talked about working class ordinary issues around education, around health occasion. he was willing to put out big ideas. >> ok. >> you're going to find out it's no longer left versus rights, black angds excite. are you an insider, outsider. are you part of the establishment or something new? andrew gillum is going to go pick up momentum from here. >> just because he's an african-american doesn't mean that only african-americans are going to votes him. let's hope we don't live i

one could be the george governor's race where we've seen stacy abrams as one of the 80 candidates that the former president put his muscle behind when he made his endorsements over the week but president trump also put his political power behind republican candidate there, remembering that primary and looked as if the more, the perceived more mainstream candidate casey. but president trump weighed in with the tweet. and to can be an interesting occurring all the dynamics and georgia where the two presidents could go head-to-head. but the president's political power and how much he matters is really going to be on display and that special election, this tuesday, we saw him go last minutes try to get that last minute surge for republican try bolderson ahead of the election on tuesday, but people are already drawing parallels to the special election we had in pennsylvania back in march, where it was very republic district. he had won by 20 points but it was the democrats who surged to victory in that race, there's a lot of nervousness among the republic party. this is seat that went for p

critics call it a move to suppress black voters in a critical election that could result in stacy abrams to become the first black governor. supporters say the move will save money and claim the targeted locations do not comply with the americans with disabilities act. >>> a former government contractor who leaked confidential information to the media will serve time in prison. relate winn reality winner sent information to an online news outlet. her attorney calls her a good person who did not understand the magnitude of her actions. she never intended to harm national security. >>> according to a new study, no amount of alcohol consumption is healthy. prior studies prevented heart disea disease, but now alcohol was the leading risk factor for disease and premature death in people ages 15 to 49. not surprisingly because of the large population, china, india and russia were the world leaders in alcohol-related deaths. u.s. was fifth among men and seven et seventh among women. >>> heart pounding video in texas where police stopped a woman from jumping off the bridge. the woman standing ov

bighearted they are running to represent. 81 people made the cut including gavin do some in california, stacy abramsyork but speaking of new york congressional seat, alexandria >> caller: did not make a list. it appears president obama does not see her as the new face of the party although others do. dennis is not saying even obama knows >> caller: is bad news, another twitter user writing weird that someone is too far left for obama. she is farther left than he is. todd: who is the face of the democratic party? everyone thought it would be >> caller: -- ocasio-cortez. todd: massachusetts had an incident with road rage. >> accused of intentionally running her car into a vehicle because of trump bumper sticker was on it. the alleged victim said a woman began screaming at him calling him a racist before running her car into his. chloe right was arrested for that crime. she reportedly pleaded not guilty. we talked about the lack of civility in politics and i would say this is a glaring example. one said there you have it, trump derangement syndrome on steroids. i hope the person in the other car sues h

the georgia governor's race, which pits former georgia house minority leader stacy abrams, who is blackagainst georgia secretary of state brian kemp who is white, the consultant who recommended the closures was fired ahead of today's decision, victor blackwell had been reporting on this. he told us there would be a decision and that was what was just decided. >> fascinating. victor blackwell told us about this moments ago. in the meantime, the trump administration's tax overhaul imposes a $10,000 limit on federal deductions for state and local tax payments. new york, new jersey, and connecticut passed laws to help lawmakers circumvent that cap but the treasury department proposed a new rule to block those work arounds, christine romans has more. >> don't get too excited about create i have work arounds to keep your state and local tax deductions. the treasury department is cracking down on a loophole that helps taxpayers avoid the new cap on state and local tax deductions. that was one of the most controversial parts of the new gop tax law. once unlimited, the so-called salt deduction i

florida and just north in georgia you will have something similar with brian kevin going up against stacy abrams. we have a big test in the south. this is what the bernie sander's people said, if you run to the left. if you provide a true contrast with donald trump and have a personal back story. you can beat donald trump. florida and georgia will test that theory. >> he is trying to type cast gillum, describing him as the biggest dream for the desantis campaign he's calling it. he calls him a failed socialist mayor. the last time the democrats won state wide in florida, there was a liberal african-american at the top of the tick by the name of barack obama. is gillum more like bernie sanders or barack obama in. >> i think he's both. if you need in that state. you need heavy african-american turnout. bernie sanders suffered from that. hillary clinton was drawing huge african-american voters. yes, gillum goes after the democratic base the progressive base. he is someone that appeals to arkin american voters and young voters. someone that can do all three can with inin florida. >> florida may be d

even in these dark days of donald trump, that in the south with candidates like stacy abrams and candidateslorida, the new south is being recreated, is being led by the very people who helped build the south in the first place. i just think there's something pretty powerful and poetic about that. >> the florida governor's race shaping up as a major test of the national political atmosphere in november. gillum is set to face ron desantis, who won the republican primary. the race pits two 39-year-olds who in ways mirror their parties' national moods against. cnn projects governor rick scott will win the primary and face democratic senator bill nelson in november, a seat the democrats must hold if they hope to have a shot at a senate majority. >>> in arizona congresswoman and former fighter pilot martha mcsally will win the republican nomination for the senate seat being vacated by jeff flake, fending off a challenge from two hardline conservatives giving moderates in the gop a playbook to thrive in the trump era. more from mcsally headquarters in team pe. >> reporter: these she's america's fi

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stacy abrams, incredibly enough, polling within the margin of error but two points ahead of brian kempoes sta say thtacey abrams hav realistic shot of winning the race? >> absolutely. all of the democrats are polling ahead of their republican opponents and we have a strong candidate for attorney general in charlie bailey. we have cracked the code on how to win back the south. we're no kansas or oklahoma, we have not been that red for that long, by the way, we just lost the governor's mansion in 2002. thereafter it took a couple years for the senate and house to switch over to republican control so people are out there that remember voting for democrats and remember when democrats were in control of both houses and the governor's mansion but what we've learned is that democrats can turn out those voters in urban areas, atlanta, columbus. we know how to do that but we've ignored democrats in south georgia and south georgia is a democratic area. we know from polling dozens and dozens of counties in our black belt -- that refers to the agrarian area of rich soil, not to color of anyone's s

stacy abrams has an uphill battle on the ground. this is really important.n't know that georgia, over 40% of georgia is nonwhite. she has a chance. this effort on the part of republicans and others to disenfranchise folks will have an impact on this race concretely. >> i'm very glad that we got to have that as part of this discussion. i'm sure we will continue it again with you. thank you so much. >>> coming up, when truth isn't truth. more on chuck todd's stunning interview with rudy giuliani and in our next hour space force. what may really be behind the president's push for another branch of the military. for just $59... ancestrydna can open you to a world of new cultures to explore. with two times more detail than any other dna test... you can get a new taste of your heritage. save 40% with our lowest price ever. and butch.aura. and tank. and tiny. and this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace. laura can clean up a retriever that rolled in foxtails, but she's not much on "articles of organization." articles of what? so, she turned to legalzoom. they hel

the future of the party also looks like stacy abrams in georgia. >> looking at the substance of that. >> a young candidate bringing energy to the party. >> candidates considered far left as more progressive. is that going to the fall because people are more to the center? >> it could be good for the democrats if that becomes what the democrat party stands for. they don't have a national message, they looking at it district by district. maybe that is smart. when republicans won in 2010, they were not just we hate barack obama advocated district by district, they won 60 seats by having initial message. we will try to push back on obamacare and fire nancy pelosi and stop this out-of-control spending. >> democrats have a national message donald trump accountable and work for working families. prescription drugs. this is another red herring, prescription drugs are too high and we are going to fix that. shannon: there are a few things, we won't agree on anything here. richard and larry, thank you both. breaking news on ice raids and a new plan the administration they put in place to prevent

and also stacy abrams in georgia. they are running races where they are unabashedly democrat.are going to democratic voters and going to them with a message that has universal appeal, health care, education, gun violence, gun safety. i think what andrew gillum was able to do was to show people in florida that he genuinely believed in what he was doing and was unafraid to run as a democrat in espouing those issues. >> the magic word in republican campaigns used to be liberal. all they had to do was say liberal and they believed they were beating the democrat just with that one word. they're not confident in that word anymore, so they have upped it to socialist. it sounds like that's going to be the word we hear thrown around in this campaign for the rest of the run. >> that's right, lawrence. they're certainly out there. a socialist and not just out and out racism today from congressman desantis for boot. of course everything that jonathan just said. but i think andrew gillum is running on idealism, that someone from his background can be governor of one of our nation's largest

critics said it was an effort to suppress the black vote in georgia's governor's race where stacy abramsing against brian kemp. abrams applauded the decision and said she would ensure all eligible georgians have access to the ballot box to cast their votes and make their voices heard. >>> california republican congressman duncan hunter and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges they misused more than $250,000 in campaign funds. the allegations in the indictment are quite stunning, and some of them are truly, truly bizarre. the indictment says it's clear that hunter was aware of his wife's spending, but it appears that the congressman is trying to shift the blame to her. >> she handled my finances throughout my entire military career, and that continued on when i got into congress. i'm gone five days a week, home for two. she was also the campaign manager. so whatever she did, that'll be looked at too, i'm sure. but i didn't do it. i didn't spend any money illegally. i did not use campaign money. >>> next, the president's campaign to bully his attorney general out of a job. got direc

now we have folks like stacy abrams running for office. [applause] cortez running for office. thousands of other women across the country. they are saying if you will not handle your responsibilities, we will. and we will make real change happen. that is power. we also remember the science march. i know a bunch of scientists and some of them came out a little shaky in the beginning. they came out. they said come on it's okay. come on, come on. then they began to march. and they began to march against an administration that says science is not real because they're trying to weaken policy. and they know if they can weaken policy, they can they can affect what's happening in the communities and continue to create chaos. they took this back to the communities and said if the federal government will not do what it is supposed to do, and advocate his responsibilities, we will fill that space. and we will make sure that truth and honesty and science is moving forward. and then we have black lives matter.where we have had young men losing their lives to police violence. people have co

and so, that shows good sign for stacy abrams.ally have a lot of things to be very confident about. i think there would definitely be a blue wave but i do not like to talk about waves because waves begin and demand. you want something that will carry through the 2020. molly: christopher, it seems it really both sides are cautiously optimistic. and the republicans seem to be, feeling a little better. at first it was a lot of talk it could be bad. now this seems to be more talk about how potentially it may not be as bad. and the president say why not? maybe there is potential for a red wave. >> me to say republicans, we are not cautiously optimistic. we are optimistic! so a couple of things. first of all, the whole conversation about this blue wave is really fascinating to me. it is fascinating because the blue wave has simply Ãit will simply crash up against the redwall and it will be the end of that. from the perspective of americans, americans do not care. i keep hearing this and i just heard a moment ago. about the concern about

notable endorsements include georgia governor candidate stacy abrams, nevada senate candidate jackie, new mexico congressional candidate doug hallen. there's buzz about notable absences. texas senate candidate beta o'rourke and new york congressional candidate alexandria cortez, not on this list of endorsements. jonathan allen, national political reporter for nbc news digital. great to see both of you. here's what you wrote, lynn, quote, a democrat endorsing a democratic nominee is routine. what the obama list signifies is who obama is going to do something to help in advance of the november midterms. so what's your take on this list? >> well, it includes the categories of people but the most important category is that obama's going to some lengths to avoid being a divisive figure within the struggling democratic party as it tries to figure out its own future course. and the people -- >> so meaning the mainstream, for lack of a better word, democrats, and the socialists, that fight, he's not going to find himself in the middle of it? >> he has most of the people on the 81 listed have

even in these dark days of donald trump, that in the south with candidates like stacy abrams and candidateslike ben gel less and me here in florida, that the new south is being recreated, is being led by the very people who helped build the south in the first place. i just think there's something pretty powerful and poetic about that. >> the florida governor's race shaping up as a major test of the national political atmosphere. gillum is set to face ron desantis, who won the republican primary. the race pits two candidates who in many ways mirror their parties' national moods against each other. let's bring in cnn politics, senior writer and analyst, harry, what happened here? >> morning. >> this is extraordinary. >> first off, i got very little sleep, i can tell you that definitely happened. >> you don't need sleep. >> i never need sleep. andrew gillum came on very strong, got the backing of bernie sanders, was able to raise a lot of money. polls indicated he was rising but nothing like this. we all thought gwen graham was going to win, if it wasn't her, probably philip levine. you have a

. >> stacy abrams won the primary for governor making her the , first black woman to win it primary forhope that you will all join us in our fight for the future! >> it is just amazing what women are doing. they feel this so deeply. >> in a lot of ways, this is a response to trump, women are stepping up. ♪ >> is the future female? >> i think for the democrats in 2018, it sure looks that way. [applause] >> good afternoon. it is my honor to introduce my future colleague, lauren underwood. [applause] a nurse from naperville who is stepping forward to run for congress to represent illinois 14th district. [applause] she is committed to fighting for families and believes that strong jobs, smart investment and access to a foot of a health -- access to affordable health care will put our region back on track. when she is elected, she will joined a congress that is less than 20% female, a body where only 67 women of color have ever served in the history of the united states. please, do what you can to help her, and please join me in welcoming our next congresswoman, lauren underwood. [cheers and

democrats are now fielding three african-american nominees for governor this november, including stacy abrams georgia, ben jealous in maryland. additionally, "the new york times" reports that, quote, record numbers of women are competing in congressional races. elsewhere, muslims, gays, lesbians, and transgender people will be on the ballot. they also note that that diverse cast is teeing up a striking contrast in november, at a time when some are taking their cues from president trump. we are back with tara, noah, caitlin, and heidi. tara, i'm fascinating -- we talked about that a little bit last night. i'm fascinated by this florida governor's race, by the fact, the direction each party is going there, by virtue of these primaries, but also the energy in each one of these parties. the democratic turnout was through the roof. i think it was up 181% from four years ago. the republican turnout is way up off four years ago, too. these are two parties that want the nominees, that want the directions they have. from the democratic standpoint, though, is this a preview of where the national party

stacy abrams, african-american candidate, as well. >> i'll be watching you in nine minutes. >> nine minutes. it's an appointment. >>> so history made in that race. that is why we have to follow them. you don't talk about polls when you get close because you never know. what a matchup. you have gillum against a trump-backed conservative. what a matchup. the world will be watching that one. the world of politics in this country. we will continue our coverage coming up. mom: okay we need to get all your school supplies today... school... grade... done. done. hit the snooze button and get low prices on school supplies all summer long. like this case of paper for only $29.99 at office depot officemax. you'll earn unlimited double camiles on every purchase,. every day... not just "airline purchases". think about all the double miles you could be earning... (loud) holy moley that's a lot of miles!!! shhhhh! ♪ what's in your wallet? shhhhh! are you ready to take your then you need xfinity xfi.? a more powerful way to stay connected. it gives

this strategy that he is trying, stacy abrams, the gubernatorial candidate in georgia is also trying, appealing to white moderate swing voters hasn't worked, let's try to put together a coalition of minorities, young people, and urban white liberals, because demographically, it's possible in both of these places. and as for the question of can it work? he basically said, well, the other strategy has failed over and over again. right? democrats have lost the governor's race in florida four times in a row. and so, it's not necessarily safer to go with a kind of quote, unquote safe white moderate, because it's just failed over and over again, and i think that that was his -- has been the lesson since trump, is that you know, we've -- i think, before trump, there was a lot of focus on numbers, on data analytics and one of the lessons of that race is that passion and charisma and all of those kind of political intangibles, enthusiasm, also really, really matter. >> and david, that's interesting because what michelle's describing there is sort of how democrats psychologically maybe have rea

proportion of black people is twice the statewide average but plans been widely criticized including by stacy abrams who's running to be america's first black female state governor. australia's prime minister malcolm turnbull's been told by his ministers that he no longer has the majority of support of his own party his rival peter dutton has lost a leadership challenge on tuesday but on thursday demanded a fresh vote as i put out my wife's statement earlier earlier this morning i called the other prime minister to advise him that it was my judgment that the majority of the party would no longer support his leadership as such i asked him to convene a meeting of the liberal party at which i would challenge for the leadership of the parliamentary liberal party thank you very much in zimbabwe the top court will decide on friday whether to overturn or up hold president emerson was narrow election victory from july the opposition leader nelson chamisa says the vote was rigged in favor of the president who did win with just over fifty percent of the vote how can you tell us a bit more now from harare yes

we mobilize, as you heard folks exhort you, during this conference, if we all do our part, then stacy abramsg to be the new governor of georgia. paulette jordan is going to be the new governor of idaho. david garcia is going to be the new governor of arizona and andrew gillem will be the new governor of florida. going to take back the house of representatives. and going to take back the senate. and in a couple of years, we're going to send donald trump into retirement. thank you very much. you can make progress happen. we're counting on you. thank you. thank you. thank you. cheers and applause] >> netroots nation, thank you so much for coming and make sure you join us at the party at 9:00 p.m. at howell and wolf. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] announcer: senate confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh to be a supreme court justice are expected in september and senators are likely to question judge kavanaugh about roe vs. wade, the 1973 decision that struck down many restrictions on abortion. on tuesday, at 8:0

and mobilize as you heard folks exhort you during this conference, if we all do our part, then stacy abrams be the new governor of georgia, jordan will be the new governor of idaho, david garcÍa is going to be the new governor of arizona, andrew the new governor of florida, alexandria and tim and her colleagues are going to take back the house of representatives, beto and his colleagues will take back the senate and in a couple of years, we're going to send donald trump into retirement. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> you can make progress happen, we are counting on you, thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> netroots nation thank you so much for coming and make sure you join us as coast party at 9:00 p.m. at howell wolff. ♪ ♪ >> tonight on book tv discussions about authors and we will talk about publishing political books, interview with paul, founder and director of press and look at new museum of the bible in washington, d.c. all begins in c-span2. >> sunday night on after words, retired marine corps lieutenant colonel kate on gender bias in the military. she's i

here in a candidate bye the name of brian kemp who we know is a klansman running against ac -- stacy abrams been touting what he is going to do to blacks and latinos in the district. what you failed to mention is that 30% of trump voters, but you forget that demographic s matter. black people are coming out. 30,000 t-shirts that said of vote for the republican party is a vote for the klan. we have the grand wizard in the white house. we are going to be out there in full force. we have a picture of trump on the back of the t-shirt. home?you make these at caller: yes. we have a print shop. tohusband and i own businesses and we hate and despise republicans more than anything else. we are going to make sure the democrats win so i want to give a shout out to hillary in michigan, gwen and alabama. host: can i ask you why you hate republicans? ecause they hates democrats for eight years. on their assy sit and they tarnished president obama's name. host: apologizing for the language, we will go to christian and mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. the midterms are coming up in the next 90 days, and i am sa