at least now, steve stivers can say, we found a way some of you can survive. that's what i'm trying to figure out, is this the playbook for survival or not in a district like this? i looked at last night, garrett's right, it's as if this district created more democrats than we thought existed in that district. but it really is this john kasich wing of the party, the suburban republican voter, who we've been watching since november of '16, andrea, start to make its way to the blue side of the ballot box, right? it started in georgia 6th, not quite enough to flip it. you saw what happened in the northern virginia suburbs which made it look like it was new york city, not northern virginia, in the virginia governor's race. now here we are, here. last night, missouri 2 is the suburbs of st. louis. i was looking at the election results. basically a carbon copy of this district in ohio, okay? turnout among democrats, there were more democratic votes in that congressional primary than republican votes, and yes, there was a contested race, but that is just another indi

in a now deleted tweet, president trump wrote congressman steve stivers of ohio has done a fantasticressman who is tough on crime and borders and an inspiration to our military and vets. big on second amendment. get out and vote for steve on august 2ndnd. well, special election takes place on august 7th, that is true, but congressman steve stivers represents ohio's 15th congressional district. the president later tweeted, looking forward to being in the great state of ohio on saturday night where i will be campaigning hard for a truly talented future congressman, troy balderson. >> let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, you said earlier you were going to tell us which day of the weekend would be nice. so -- >> that's right. >> we've been waiting with bated breath. >> yasmin and ayman, they both have to work sunday. >> thanks for pointing that out. just in case our bosses were watching. >> sunday. >> they would prefer it to rain and pour and be miserable for everyone because they have to work. >> no, that's not fair. >> so selfish. >> i want beauti

donald trump tweeted about steve stivers in a neighboring district.ay, that wasn't an accident. steve stivers' district represented by steve chabot, the democrats have a strong candidate in that district, as well. so you're going to see at least two, maybe three or four districts become more competitive in ohio. republicans i've talked to over the last week there are really, really frightened about what it means for them in a state they've dominated for 30 years if they lose this seat on tuesday. >> henry gomez and owen dougherty, thank you both very much. >>> ahead in our next hour, much more on the fallout from president trump's morning tweet storm, and the implications about that one tweet in particular about the meeting that took place trump tower back in 2016. >>> plus, two races to watch this coming week that could tell us a whole lot about the midterm elections in november. sfx: [cell phone dialing] no. no, no, no, no, no. cancel. cancel. please. aaagh! being in the know is a good thing. that's why discover will alert you if your social securit

steve stivers, but he is in a different district. did they apologize?ou apologize for that mistake? no, i heard today -- [booing] >> [chanting] pres. trump: i heard that troy was like my second choice. i said come he is my first choice. he is always been the one i wanted to win. it is always dangerous when you do this. you can involved in the primaries, they don't say, the record in the primaries. they give us false records. katie arrington, south carolina, she was behind by a lot. she is fantastic, by the way. she is fantastic. we endorsed her and she beat a man that likes flamingo dancers from argentina. you know about that? he was supposed to be vacationing on the tallahassee trail, but he was actually in argentina. i don't know, jim, do they have a tallahassee trail in argentina? i don't think so. no, right? jim jordan, how great is he? [cheering] pres. trump: how great is he? come here, jim. come here. >> the president is a little taller than me. [chanting] >> think about this, in 18 months, taxes lower, gorsuch on the court, economy and growing at

representative steve stivers in short, he is the guy of stopping a blue wave from taking over the housenovember john >> exactly, michelle as good as the economy is going right now, it is an uphill fight for republicans to hold the house in the estimation of most forecasters, and the reason is that economic argument is not so clean to make. the trump administration's immigration policies complicate prospects for future growth, and in the near term even after the tax cuts and the surging growth in the second quarter of this year, average workers aren't feeling much benefit in terms of higher wages i've talked to steve stivers about how you approach that. >> i think the american people have been so long without a raise since 2008 that a lot of people, you know, it's probably a long time coming, but it's on the way. you can see it already in the labor shortages that are out there. >> we do have a labor shortage, and given that doesn't that make it a bad idea to cut legal immigration? >> i don't want to cut legal immigration. in fact, i don't think the president wants to cut legal immigratio

i would like to take this opportunity to also thank chairman steve stivers, a great asset to me, held through this process, thank you. and many others. it keeps going on and on. but tonight i'm going to promise you that i'm going to work relentlessly for this 12th congressional district. america is on the right path and we are going to keep it going that way. time to get to work. over the next three months i will do everything i can to make america great again so that when we come back here in november, we got to come back here in november. i have earned your vote for a second time. danny o'connor ran a hard race and i look forward to campaigning against him again this fall. thank you also much, all your support, god bless you and god bless america. >> enthusiasm as it appears for now a squeaker of a win for the gop contender, balderson sounding victorious, too close to call, there are provisional ballots but he is claiming victory. ed henry is here to explain where we stand. >> the rnc put out a statement declaring victory. the republican national committee saying this is proof the s

the president earlier tweeted congressman steve stivers of ohio, great congressman, tough on crime and borders, inspiration to our military and vets. i know. what do you say to this? he is not on the ballot. it is a mistake the president made. the tweet was taken down ten minutes afterward. but the base certainly is going to forget this. what about the other people? are they willing to forgive this kind of mistake or is there a credibility issue with the president in that regard? >> he is my boss, he is flattered by the praise, but we're focused on troy balderson tuesday. >> you don't think this mistake from the president is going to be consequential in any way? >> i think only consequential to folks on cable news and twitter. if folks in columbus, ohio are watching, they're talking about how they can make ends meet, talking about whether they have enough money to save for that end of summer vacation. >> what does the president say to the farmers? ohio is a big agricultural state. >> i can't speak for the president. we have to see what happens. we tell members you need to do what's rig

steve stivers represents a neighboring district. one of the big republican outside congressional leadership, he managed rob portman's campaign. the president visited, the vice president, kevin mccarthy. republicans hold that all the stops and this was arrested is less than 1% minor. host: the president commenting sending, when i decided to go to ohio he was down 64% to 36%. after my speech there was a big turn for the better. now a great victory during a tough time of the year in voting. november. big in a very special and important race. how much influence did he have these results? guest: the only reason we are talking about this race is because donald trump is president. if there was a democrat in the white house or even marco rubio were president, we would not be talking about this. president trump is the cause for this special being as close as what was. i don't think you can get credit for lighting a house on fire and then showing up with a bucket of water or a fire engine. in a close race everything matters. you can say the p

i'd also like to take this opportunity and time to also thank chairman steve stivers, a great asset to me and has been helping me all through this process. chairman, thank you. there's many others. i could just keep going on and on. but tonight i'm going to promise to you that i'm going to work relentlessly, relentlessly for this 12th congressional district. america is on the right path, and we're going to keep it going that way. it's time to get to work. over the next three months, i'm going to do everything i can to keep america great again. so that when we welcome -- when we come back here in november, get ready, we've got to come back here in november, i have earned your vote for a second time. danny o'connor ran a hard race, and i look forward to campaigning against him again this fall. thank you all so much for all your support. god bless you, and god bless america. >> that is the republican candidate for the congressional race in ohio, ohio's 12th congressional district there. danny balderson -- i'm sorry, troy balderson. essentially declaring a victory. we have not called it ye

steve stivers, chair of the national republican committee, says we can't do this for all of you.hey pulled out all the stops. >> jesse: they put 4 million in that a while race. >> dana: at least. that doesn't count independent expenditures. not to mention the travel and time of pence and president trump. if the president is going to come campaign for you, it's a huge investment. you have to figure out how much time as they actually have to be going and doing rallies everywhere for you. you've got to do your work. you've got to figure out a way not to be outspent by the democrats. >> jesse: let's say things don't go as well as the president thinks they're going to go. there's no red wave and maybe the democrats have a one or two vote margin in the house. if he's out there campaigning 6 to 7 days a week and he doesn't keep the house, how will he frame the issue? how will he explain what happened? >> geraldo: before he does the explaining, the problem with the republicans losing the house of representatives is that they will move immediately to try to piece the president of the unit

your boss, congressman steve stivers who is the chairman of the nrcc this year he has been saying this well since this show began last october. are republicans not heeding his warning? >> well, absolutely. this is something congressman stivers has been on for a while. and he says money is like using hand grenades you don't need to have the most but close. need to have enough to get your message out and define your opponent. look at ohio 12, for instance, we were able to define danny o'connor as someone who would flip flop on support for nancy pelosi and couldn't be trusted on lowering in taxes. and repeal the tax cuts helping middle class families. >> dana: what about the money part of things and the fundraising. are the republicans at a deficit here? >> look at georgia 6 special election, karen handel was outraised 4 to 1 in last year's special election but she had enough to get her message out and define john >> dana: can never get enough of you too. thank you. live now to federal court in new york city where we are just minutes away from congressman chris collins' arraignment on ins

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i'd also like to take this opportunity and time to also thank chairman steve stivers. there's many others. i could just keep going on and on. >> reporter: that's troy balderson saying he could go on and on with the thank yous, and really he could. that's part of the takeaway here. this ended up having to be a whole party effort for the republican party for troy balderson to win this district where president trump won by 11, mitt romney won by 10. pat tiberi used to win by 25, 30 points facing token opposition here. it shows just how fired up democrats were here and how nervous republicans were that they had to spend maybe $5 million or so to keep this seat competitive, had to bring everybody out of the woodwork to hold on to this thing for troy balderson, which is looks like they may do when and if all these votes get counted. >> garrett haake for us outside columbus ohio. thank you. we want to get to some more breaking news this hour. congressman chris collins, the first member of congress to back donald trump for president has been arrested. he's expected to appear i

i would also like to take this opportunity and time to also thank chairman steve stiver, he's been a great asset to me through this process. chairman, thank you. there's many others. i could just keep going on and on. but tonight i'm going to promise to you that i'm going to work relentlessly, relentlessly for this 12th congressional district. america is on the right path and we're going to keep it going that way. it's time to get to work. over the next three months, i'm going to do everything i can to keep america great again. so that when we welcome -- when we come back here in november, get ready, we got to come back here in november, i have earned your vote for a second time. danny o'connor ran a hard race and i look forward to campaigning against him again this fall. thank you all so much for all your support. god bless you and god bless america. >> all right. troy balderson. and let's repeat the way we opened the hour from our decision desk, and this is boston germane and important to everything we're watching and trying to understand tonight, this race is too close to call. we

that is why we are so angry when they thought i was supporting steve stivers. and i was. but again, it is the wrong district. i support both of them. i expected a big apology. i thought it was going to be -- i won't mention the one because sometimes they treat me ok. about 4% of the time. [laughter] pres. trump: i said to a group, they will be apologizing today. i said, did they apologize? i didn't see an apology. that's ok. let me tell you, right from the beginning, troy boulderson, he is the guy. he is the guy that will do things. you will be surprised. they are talking about this blue wave. [booing] pres. trump: i don't think so. i don't think so. maxine waters is leading the charge. [booing] pres. trump: maxine. she is a real beauty. maxine. are you seriously? low iq person. maxine waters. she is leading the charge. all throughout -- like 100 years i guess, 125 years, whoever has the white house, that party tends to lose the midterms. i don't know why. maybe it is complacency. maybe you all fight so hard for the presidency. you win, and you are complacent, but that wa

that democrats have over is mored and it, and it special than some of the other specials, because steve stiverswho represents a neighboring district to this race, one of the big republican outside groups that congressional leaders have funded managed ohio .enator rob portman's campaign the president visited, the vice president visited, the republicans pulled out all the stops, but that raises less than 1% right now. host: and the president commenting, saying when i decided to go to support balderson, it was not looking good. inspeech -- he will win big november. adding that colette -- thatlations congratulations to troy balderson on a great win in ohio. how much influenced if you have on these results? guest: i think it is amazing, because the only reason we are talking about this race right now is that donald transit and desk trump is the president of the united states. there was a democrat in the white house or even if marco rubio was there, we would not be talking about this. you get credit for lighting a house on fire and then showing up with a bucket and fire engine. in a close race, every

in a now deleted tweet, president trump wrote, congressman steve stivers of ohio has done a fantastic chairman of the nrcc. he's a great congressman tough on crime and borders and an inspiration to our military and veterans. big on second amendment. get out and vote for steve on august 7th. a special election for ohio's 12th congress' district takes place on august 7th, but stivers represents ohio's 15th congressional district. the president later tweeted looking forward to being in the great state of ohio saturday night where i will be campaigning hard for a talented future congressman troy balderson. the republican nominee who will face democrat danny o'connor in next week's special election. that mixup aside, if president trump manages to back the accurate candidate in a race, it could be a deciding factor between a win and a loss. let's bring in national political reporter for axios, jonathan swan, looking at how much value a trump endorsement has for some of these midterm candidates. so is there a lot of value, jonathan? or does it depend on where exactly? >> well, trump among re

chairman steve stivers.s, i could go on and on. >> republican troy balderson he thanked a loft people last night for his narrow lead in ohio's special election. but he didn't thank the state's republican governor. he didn't thank john kasich, joe, who held the same congressional seat and who vouched for balderson with ohio voters. balderson holds a raiser thin edge over democrat danny o'connor, but the race is too close to call in a district that went republican by almost 37 points less than two years ago. welcome back to "morning joe." it's wednesday, august 8th. kind of a special day. >> it's a special day. katheri katherine scarborough's birthday. >> we have noah rothman, former treasury official, steve ratner and joining the conversation washington bureau chief for usa today susan page, former chair of the republican national committee, michael steele, he hosts the aptly named podcast, man of steele. i like it, michael. >> thank you. >> that's good. because you are a man of steele. co-founder, publisher

congressman pat [applause] would also like to take this opportunity to thank chairman steve stivers.e has been a great asset to me. chairman, thank you. there's many others. i could just keep going on and on. promise tom going to you that i will work relentlessly for this 12 congressional district. [applause] is on the right path and we're going to keep it going that way. [applause] it's time to get to work. next three months, i am going to do everything i can to keep america great again. when we come back here in november, get ready, we have got to come back in november. votes for ad your second time. race o'connor ran a hard and i look forward to campaigning against him again this fall. thank you also much for your support. blessess you and god america. [applause] >> we don't live in the same part of the country. we don't have the same in particular outlook. what we are all saying, men of color and women of color, the way we try to instill a sense of fear, you can call it respect, a sense of fear is a sobering consequence of what could happen if anything goes wrong. >> sunday night

[laughter] i would also like to take this to thank chairman steve stivers, he has been a great assetme, helping me throughout this process. chairman, thank you. [laughter] there are many others, i could just keep going on and on. but tonight, i will promise you that i will work relentlessly for this 12th congressional district. [applause] america is on the right path and we're going to keep it going that way. [applause] it's time to get to work. over the next three months, i am going to do everything i can to keep america great again. so that when we come back here in november, get ready, we have to come back here in november- [applause] troy: i have earned your vote for a second term. danny o'connor ran a hard race, and i look forward to campaigning against him again this fall. thank you all so much for your support. the bless you, and god bless america. [applause] announcer: over 300 people have been killed in nicaragua since afterts began in april president daniel ortega announced changes to the country's pension system. a discussion on the civil unrest and protest their hosted by