so tim murphy has to resign there. we get conor lamb as this democrat who jumps in that race. tailor-made for that race if any democrat was. he is an ex-marine. he is a former prosecutor. he is pennsylvania born and bred, running against rick saccone, who is a trump-tile republican and a trump style republican is the kind of republican who would handily hold on to this case. especially in a district where a democrat hasn't even bothered to run a district -- a democrat in this district for the last couple of cycles. but let's put that board back up again. again, right now we're watching the last few votes come in here. do we have the -- do we have the board? thank you very much. 95% in right now. obviously the difference number -- there we go. so saccone at 100,979. conor ahead at 101,907 votes. forgive me. i got that backwards before. 90% of the vote in. 50-50. less than a thousand votes between these two. steve kornacki has been tracking the results for us over the course of the day and into tonight. but as this -- keep in mind as we get the last 5%, as we get what we hope wi

we are here tonight because former congressman tim murphy made career-ending mistakes. after 15 years in the house of representatives, congressman murphy, who is pro-life and voted that way, reportedly asked his mistress to have an abortion when he thought she was pregnant. it was also reported that he was hosti hostile in his congressional offices and some staffers reported being afraid of mr. murphy citing impossible demands, personal insults and even threats. if you win, what specific steps will you take to simply be a man of your word. that means how would you model behavior that you would want to see from your staffers and other americans? this is not a question of will you, but how will you? mr. lamb, you're first. >> thank you. i learned to be a man of my word from my father and my grandfath grandfather. i had the privilege of growing up in a great family that has a lot of fun but is also very demanding and when i became a little older, i also had the honor of the lifetime of becoming an officer in the united states marine corps. i didn't become an officer in the

jillian: rick succone and connor lamb in a race to replace tim murphy.ublicans stop a democrat from taking a district donald trump won? rob: connor lamb is not much of a democrat which in the district like this that was very conservative in 2016 is probably a good thing for the democrats, a good little scheme they have here. >> reporter: he has been the most competitive democrat in the 18th congressional district in a long time. he has a good background and the type of rhetoric ken's confused folks which many people think he is campaigning like a republican. the choice voters have in a few hours is will his record match the rhetoric? the fact that he has been saying he is pro-second amendment congressman matters in this district and has come saying he won't vote for nancy pelosi. in the closing minutes of this race people will decide is that real rhetoric or will he be somebody who will vote for the district? jillian: donald trump won by 20 points in 2016. what will it say? what is the message the democrat comes away with? >> two things. elections are al

tim murphy was a prounion republican, voted for card check and other things so unions were happy to havelican to support and often times did. succone was more conservative on those issues. and people were very mixed on the tax cuts and here's a tax cut where 90% of taxpayers get more money in their take-home pay but seem next on it. the real signal is as republicans we have not always done a good enough job with our successes. >> that is a key point on tax reform, something republicans say they will run on. if you look at the way they ran in this district, he didn't really run full throated in favor of a tax cut. he opposed it and said because it increases the deficit they will cut social security and medicare. we know this republican congress isn't going to do anything to social security and medicare. how do you lose an argument based on a vote you are not going to have? >> also lost the weight of message. connor lamb outraised rick succone by a 5-1 margin. he got a much stronger message out because of the weight of the message then rick succone had the ability to do. there were a lot o

tim murphy was a prounion republican, voted for card check and other things so unions were happy to haveto support and often times did. succone was more conservative on those issues. and people were very mixed on the tax cuts and here's a tax cut where 90% of taxpayers get more money in their take-home pay but seem next on it. the real signal is as republicans we have not always done a good enough job with our successes. >> that is a key point on tax reform, something republicans say they will run on. if you look at the way they ran in this district, he didn't really run full throated in favor of a tax cut. he opposed it and said because it increases the deficit they will cut social security and medicare. we know this republican congress isn't going to do anything to social security and medicare. how do you lose an argument based on a vote you are not going to have? >> also lost the weight of message. connor lamb outraised rick succone by a 5-1 margin. he got a much stronger message out because of the weight of the message then rick succone had the ability to do. there were a lot of inde

the seat in play held by republican tim murphy until he resigned last year after allegations the anti-abortion congressman encouraged his mistress to have one. now the race is a battleground. >> people agreed, that we have to do the job. we have to get the job done. >> democrat connor lamb and retired marine and former federal prosecutor is challenging saccone. should lamb win it could indicate what could lie ahead for republicans in the midterm elections. >> we are the united states of america. >> former vice president joe biden came to the district earlier this week, to campaign for lamb. >> he believes in hard work. he believes in labor. >> with thousand of steel workers living in the 1th district, recent tariffs on steel and aluminum have played a major role in both campaigns. both saccone and lamb are in favor of the tariffs. >> i don't think anybody can say that they support everybody's values. but, you know, i'm, i'm by and large with the president, and with, with rick saccone. >> republican party spent over $9 million on saccone's campaign for a district redrawn by the november mid ter

we are here tonight because tim murphy made career ending mistakes. congressman murphy, who is pro-life and voted that way reportedly asked his mistress to have an abortion when he thought she was pregnant. it was also reported that he was hostile and his congressional offices. of being afraid of mr. murphy, citing impossible demands, personal insults and even threats. if you win, what simply you take to simply be a man of your word? behavior you model that you would want to see from your staffers and other americans? this is a question of how will you. manlamb: i learned to be a of my word for my father and grandfather. i had the privilege of growing up in a family that is very demanding. when i became a little older, i had the honor of a lifetime of becoming an officer in the united states marine corps. when i took the oath for the first time, i thought about the phrase semper fidelis. it means always. some things are nonnegotiable. telling the truth, having integrity and treating people right are basic things that we live by. there is one thing tha

tim murphy, the former republican congressman, was a pro-labor republican.saccone necessarily isn't and having a pro-labor republican gave the republicans kind of a vulnerability here and allowed someone like lamb, who's a moderate to conservative democrat to have an opening to win with all these other factors it going into it. >> what ends up happening? both parties are thinking about the messaging right now. if saccone wins it's status quo and president trump will tell everyone, this is all fake news. if lamb wins or loses, how do democrats play this? this is in some ways more important for democrats if they're trying to establish momentum going into the midterms. >> the most important thing i'm going to be looking at is the margin, ali. not necessarily if lamb wins by one point or loses by one point. that meant democrats super overperformed in this district that trump won and turned it into a one or two-point race either win or lose. that was the attitude i had about the alabama senate contest back in december. doug jones, democrat ended up winning in a v

there is a special election on the district left vacant by tim murphy re-signed in october of last year. the candidates in the race are a democrat and former assistant u.s. attorney. and the republican state representative the former vice president in support of carter lam by repealing at an event near pittsburgh. ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheering] i'm just soaking us in for a second, sorry. [applause] [cheering] it is such a great thing for me to introduce the vice president but if you will bear with me for a second i think so many friends in the room, so many people who've been with me the last six months in the cold come in the snow knocking on doors, it's been just an unbelievable journey and i couldn't have asked for better friends than those that are in the room right now, so thank you. [applause] known as the pennsylvania's third senator and he earned the title through many years of good work on behalf of the state. he is deeply appreciated here. [applause] [cheering] vice presidents biden ha presida standard that is matched by very few people in american history. [applause] his leadership in fore

the election to replace tim murphy who resigned after a scandal will be a test for trump.o what does this one race say about the politics of the nation? joining me is charles gerow who was an aide to ronald reagan and national cochair of carly fiorina's campaign. i want to show you a clip of robert costa with regard to the president said this. one person close to the white house says that pa-18 is on the president's mind and that western wants to see more entry to the trade. do you think he has an eye towards this district? >> i think it's a bit of a stretch, michael, because while u.s. steel and alcoa are still headquartered in pittsburgh and incidentally pittsburgh isn't part of the district, the whole economy has shifted over to meds and health care and away from the heavy metals economy. i don't think there's a working steel mill in the 18th congressional district. >> tell me about the peculiarities of this district and this race. >> this district, michael, is very diverse. and donald trump remains very popular there. it's still registered democrat, a historic footnote

. >> this special election triggered after republican congressman tim murphy resigned in the wake ofal. the party brought out several big names to hold a seat that murphy had held for 15 years. saturday put rick on ntsz. >> i hate to put this pressure on you. they are all watching because i won this district by 22 points, that's a lot. that's why i am here. look at all those red hats rick. >> the president was also here in january. >> a real friend and spectacular man, rick saccone. >> ivanka trump and don jr. showed up for rick saccone. >> we need people in there like rick saccone. >> as did vice president mike pence. >> would you give another round of applause for the next congressman from the commonwealth of pennsylvania, rick saccone. >> rick saccone told dan harris last month that all those big g.o.p. names wasn't a sign of desperation. >> he could come here every wikileaks and filet stadium. >> white house backing couldn't over power dissatisfaction with the president. >> i hate trump. anyway we can get back at him i'm for it. >> for you it's a referendum for on the president?

to fill the seat of republican congressman tim murphy, who resigned last year.ou can watch starting at 10:00 eastern on c-span. "q&a," formert on u.s. order patrol agent francisco cantoo talks about his book the line becomes a river, a memoir of his it brings is and what he has learned about our immigration system since leaving the board of joe. >> the woman was pregnant, -- border patrol. >> the woman was pregnant, that's what she couldn't keep up. they were drinking filthy water. and made it to a village the border patrol got called. i was supposed to take them in. i started talking with them. it turned out that this pregnant woman had grown up in iowa. she spoke perfect english. she was a schoolteacher in iowa. i think her husband saw that we were talking and had a connection. he leaned over and said can you just -- can we skip the arrest? can you drive us back to the border and let us cross into mexico? hesitate, i said no, this is my job. i took them in. what i remember about that encounter is i remember asking their names. i remember introducing myself to

>> well, no, i mean, tim, again that guy murphy, he didn't run opposed the last time.s run away with it, as molly said in her report, time and again, republican, even though this is a-- molly did mention a majority democrat district. these are working class democrats who did turn out for trump. so, what he did this week in terms of the tariffs for steel, saccone actually happens to be an expert in north korean affairs, as well as intermediatation with north korea. so, i think that those two things just la this last week, plus the trump visit today should be a real boost for saccone, but it's going to be tight. leland: molly brought up the issue of organized labor and especially when it comes to the steel workers union and some of the other big unions out there. that at times have really praised president trump. organized labor didn't typically run with the republicans. how does that play in there in this district? >> well, that's why this week was so key, frankly. you know, i'm not nuts about the tariffs, frankly, but for pennsylvania-- >> you have to think the timing

the 18th district for tim murphy's seat. lamb declaring victory in that speech but still very too close to call for election officials in pennsylvania. news this afternoon from the white house. the associated press is reporting that larry kudlow tells the associated press he has accepted the white house economics job, heading the national economic council, the garycon. position. opposes tariffs but, quote, is in accord with president trump's policy. le we'll hear more about that a bit later on. votes coming up in the house. the senate is in this afternoon as well. and they continue work on financial regulations as part of the remake of the dodd-frank financial regulation law of 2010. follow the senate over on c-span2.

. >> joe, if donald trump hadn't been pregnant, if hillary clinton were president and tim murphy won, would that district have stayed red? >> i don't think it would have. conor lamb ran as a republican. he had an ad showing him shooting an ar-15. he's pro life. he wants to drill for natural gas. he wants to raise the minimum wage only to $10. he ran to the center as opposed to where the democratic party is going. rick saccone was the worst candidate we have ever seen -- well, ever, since december, roy moore. >> the worst in 2018 by a long shot. >> so the irony is he brought in voters in 2016 that never voted before. now people who never voted before now are because of personal animas to the president. >> i think we're going to get killed. >> that district is why trump won. getting voters in a district like that to go for him in overwhelming numbers, up three percentage points more than romney in 2012. that's the margin of victory in those three states, pennsylvania, ohio. that's where he won. and if the district shifts 20 points in the other direction, that is what we call a harbinger

both are vying to replace tim murphy who resigned in scandal. lamb running as a sell terrorist democrat with support from labor unions. >> we really could not ask for a better position than we're in right now. >> reporter: saccone embracing the trump agenda. >> he's done such great job and just starting to get the credit. >> reporter: in 2016, president trump won by 20 points in this conservative-leaning stretch of western pennsylvania. polling shows the special election is neck and neck. lamb supporters hope a win will put washington on notice. how much this is election did the two candidates and how much of it is about donald trump? >> i would say it's a lot about donald trump because if we can get lamb to win that will send a very clear message. >> reporter: with so much on the line, it's thought that the president even timed the rollout of those tough new steel tariffs to gave saccone a boost with the district's blue collar voters. >> i think we need a man like saccone in there to support president trump and many of the things that he wants

the two candidates in the race are filling the space of congressman tim murphy, who resigned last year. you can watch both rallies tomorrow night starting at 10:00 eastern on c-span. we will also hear from former white house communications director anthony scaramucci, who recently talked about the trump presidential campaign, and his experience inside the white house. that is from the university of southern california sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. on "q&a" aight former u.s. border patrol agent line about his book "the becomes a river," a memoir of his experiences and what he is learned about the world since leaving border patrol. line becomes a river," a>> they weree days. they were drinking filthy water from cattle tanks. they made it to the village. border patrol got called. i was the agent that was supposed to take them. i started talking with them. it turned out this pregnant woman had grown up in iowa and she spoke perfect english, and she was a schoolteacher in iowa. her husband saw we had a connection, and he sort of leaned over at one point and said, hey man, can

this is to fill the seat republican congressman tim murphy left vacant.sident trump a supporting republican rick saccone. he's also holding a rally for him over the weekend. latest polls show he's trailing his democratic opponent conor lamb. >>> live now to capitol hill, house republicans investigating foreign interference in the 2016 election say that they have found no evidence that russians excluded with any member of the trump campaign. happening today republicans plan to share a 150 page draft of their investigation. republicans are also disputing a key finding from the intelligence community that russia had developed a preference for then candidate donald trump during the election. it could be at least a month before a report on house intel committee's investigation is publicly released. >>> coming up on today in the bay, a bay area city tops the list of the most happiest cities in the country. is it your city? we will explain and tell you where coming up. >>> first contractor disputes commonly cross the desk of our response team. >> consumer invest

the seat in play was held by tim murphy until he resigned after he encouraged his mistress to have an> people agree we have to do the job, get the job done. >> reporter: democrat conor lamb is challenged saccone. should lamb win, it could indicate what lies in store for republicans in this year's midterm elections. >> we are the united states of america. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden came to the district to campaign for lam. >> he believes in hard work. he believes in labor. >> reporter: with thousands of steelworkers living in the 18th district, recent tariffs on steel and aluminum have played a major part in both campaigns. lamb and caccone support the tariffs. >> i don't think everybody can say they support everybody's values, but by and large, i'm with the president and i'm with rick saccone. >> reporter: tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up, image manipulation may be creating a false reality. we'll look at what's pop and how some experts are trying to control it. >>> plus arianna huffington joins us in the studio on strategies to get enough sleep so you

pennsylvania's 18th congressional district to fill the seat left vacant by republican representative tim murphyho resigned last year. earlier this week, former vice president joe biden campaign supported the democratic candidate, former u.s. assistant attorney and marine corps captain. the two appeared together at an event near pittsburgh. it is 35 minutes. [applause] mr. lamb: i am just soaking this in for a second. i'm sorry. it's so amazing. [applause] mr. lamb: it is such a great thing for me to be able to introduce to you vice president biden. if you will bear with me for a second, i see so many friends in the room, so many people who have been with me for the last six months in the cold, in the snow, knocking on doors. it has been an unbelievable journey. i could not have asked for better friends than those who are in the room right now. thank you so much for what you have done. [applause] our guest tonight, vice president biden was previously known as pennsylvania's third senator. he earned that title. he earned it through many years of good work on behalf of our state. he is deeply appr

special election being held in westernod pennsylvania to fill the seat vey wait kated by republican tim murphy who refagned last . the district voted republican in recent elections and is home to a large numberf steelworkers. john harwooded is in scott a wnship pennsylva the. good to see you. how has the president's decision on steel tariffs possibly exacted this race? >> n sign of i so far, sue. both candidates have embraced the tariffs. land, the democrat, with a little more equivocatio than his republican rival, si cone. but it does not appear to have changed the late momentum in the race that landpeas deve si cone, as you noted in this republican area, had built a i large leadthe polls early in the race. land has been coming back. in the last surveys we've seen, land is slightly ahead. if he wins this race tonight it will be huge upset that will send shock waves through the rest of the chain for congress this fall. >> there is tariffs. cuts.about if other t, tax does that necessarily benefit the republic, si cone. >> republicans have been counting bill for tax cuts to save their majorities

the seat in play was previously held by republican tim murphy until he had resigned last year after allegations that the anti-abortion congressman encouraged his mistress to have one. now the race is a battleground. >> people agree that we have to do the job. we have to get the job done. j reporter: democrat conor lamb, a retired marine and former federal prosecutor challenging saccone. should lamb win it could uldicate what could lie ahead for republicans in this year's mid-term elections. >> we are the united states of america! >> reporter: former vice president joe biden came to the district earlier this week to campaign for lamb. >> he believes in hard work. he believes in labor. >> reporter: with thousands of steel workers living in the 18th district, recent tariffs on steel and aluminum have played a major role in both campaigns. both saccone and lamb are in favor of the tariffs. >> i don't think anybody can say that they support everybody's values. but you know, by and large i'm with the president and i'm with rick saccone. >> reporter: the republican party has spent over $9 million on s

reporter: whoever wins will hold the seat for just about half the year, the remainder of republican tim murphy's term who resigned last year over allegations he encouraged his mistress to have an abortion. in another unique twist, the winner will have to run for re-election in a new district. the pennsylvania supreme court recently redrew the congressional map. as a result, come november, the district will cease to exist in its current form. anne-marie? >> hena doba here in new york. thank you. >>> stormy daniels, the adult film actress who claims that she had an affair with donald trump, says that she'll return the hush money she received as long as she can tell her story. the offer is good until noon today. daniels received the money from mr. trump's personal attorney, michael cohen. she wants to publish text messages and video relating to the president that she may have. >> if he does not accept it, it's yet another instance of mr. trump and mr. cohen trying to silence this woman and keep the american people from hearing her story. >> president trump denies the affair. daniels' attorney says

he is running against democrat conor lamb for the seat in districtnia's 18th held by tim murphy who resignedoctober after initial marital affair. he held a rally at the pittsburgh international airport. this is one hour and a half. ♪

lamb want to special election to fill the house seat vacated by disgraced republican congressman tim murphy lab one by only hundreds of votes and opponent rick's a cone who has yet to concede. is already considering a november run in a different district pennsylvania fourteen in a wall street journal op ed former george w. bush chief political strategist karl rove wrote the only certainty about the twenty eight team house elections is that republicans will lose seats historically the party of a first term president tends to in midterm elections democrats took a sixty three seat hit in two thousand and ten barack obama's first midterm two years into bill clinton's presidency his party lost fifty four seats and house control back in ninety nine eighty two one thousand nine hundred eighty two two years into the reagan administration the g.o.p. lost twenty six seats all it would take to flip the house this time twenty four and forty eight house republicans are retiring or seeking other office and what about the united states senate let's ask our t. america's edge schultz and on the right conser

won by 28%. 2010, tim murphy won this district by 35%. donald trump, of course, won it by 20. mitt romney won it by 17. we're not supposed to be here tonight, steve, talking about a real competition in the a district like this. >>. >> right there. are two things we can say. first of all, the story of this district, it brings us tonight to put this in some kind of context. this is going way back, a generation or two. this was is not one of the dists we talked about in 2016 that just flipped because of trump. it was for trump by about 20. it was for romney by basically the same margin in 2012. the big turn happened about the turn of the century. it's really become increasingly republican since then. this would not be just a drop-off from trump's levels. this would be a drop-off if there republican levels in the 21st century. the other thing, as we wait for the final votes that we can say with certainty right now since basically almost all the votes are in is that this continues a trend and a pattern that we've been seeing in these special e

republican candidate rick saccone is in a tight race against democrat for the house seat vacated by tim murphy. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. "bloomberg technology" is next. ♪ emily: i am emily chang and this is number technology. the buckham bombshell went all the way -- the broadcom bombshell went all the way to the white house and why it failed. advocate forstrong diplomacy and what the surprise firing means for the intellectual property fight between beijing and washington. details on the company's new islet program that allows owners to rent out cars. but first to our lead. was supposed to be the largest tech deal ever but now it is dead. but comes hostile takeover of rival qualcomm has been blocked by president trump over concerns of national security, saying there is credible evidence that leads me to believe that outcome acquiring qualcomm might take action that threatens national security of the united states. . what happens now? i welcome ian king who is following thi

the seat in republican hands became vacant after tim murphy resigned amid a personal scandal. >> sacconeim. >> the rally originally scheduled for mid february was postponed after the school shooting in parkland, florida. >> such as staffing issues and the russia investigation. linda lopez, "abc 7 news," new york. >> coming up this morning, former obama national security adviser will discuss president trump's plan to meet with north korean leader. it will be the first time where a sitting president and korean -- right here on abc 7. >> hundreds of residents and elected officials gather in baltimore for a special ceremony to honor harriet two statutes were there for decades. last year the mayor of baltimore ordered the removal of all four of the stooch chews and yesterday marked the 105 anniversary of tubman's death also known as harriet tubman day. and the wake of the north bay wildfires. napa county expanding the emergency e alert system. the county adding a larger phone option. it will install a disaster warning sigh ren. the county sends push alerts to cellphones and e-mails. residents

the seat in republicans hands the past 15 years became vacant after tim murphy resigned amid a personall. >> it has to be saccone. you have to have him. >> the rally originally scheduled for mid february was postponed after the shooting in parkland florida. >> president trump didn't address the controversies surrounding the white house. the staffing issues and the russia investigation allegation. linda lopez, "abc 7 news" new york. >> ben rose will discuss president trump plan to meet with north korean kim n kim n kk you can watch the full interview at 8:00 on abc 7. hundreds of residents and elected officials gathered in baltimore for a special ceremony to honor under ground railroad harriet tubman. a statue of two generals stood for decades was rededicated as harriet tubman grove. the mayor of baltimore removed, or ordered it for the stat tus and marks the 105 anniversary of her death known as harriet tubman day. >>> napa county is expanding the emergency alert system. the register reports the county adding a wider reaching cellphone alert option. similar to amber alerts. it will inst

tim murphy,cceed who resigned in october over a sex scandal. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 analysts in more than 120 countries. i am paul allen. this is bloomberg. haidi: still ahead, petrochina is set to report results later today. the firm taking a $4 billion hit to earnings. rishaad: analysts in more next, tense and nearly doubling its profit in the fourth quarter. it is the social giant -- is it still invincible? the troubles that may be lying ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: we are back. this is bloomberg markets. i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. i am haidi lun in sydney. another blowout results from tencent, but this time, it comes with something of a warning. at get it over to stephen engle. us, ling, for our conversation. i want to start off with you. profit almost doubling, but that is not the whole story. seeing this play out in the share price reaction. stephen: that is not the whole story. results did beat expectations for the fourth quarter, almost doubling, but it was the revenue number in the margin

in a tight race against democrat conor lamb for the house seat vacated by -- former congressman tim murphy. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. "bloomberg technology" is next. ♪ emily: i am emily chang and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, the broadcom blom shout -- broadcom bombshell. why it went all the way to the white house and why it failed. coming up, the broadcom blom plus, tillerson's out at the white house, and tech loses a strong advocate for diplomacy. what the firing means between the property fight -- intellectual property fight between beijing and washington. the gig -- caps economy, allowing owners to rent out their cars. it was supposed to be the biggest tech takeover ever, but now it is dead. the hostile takeover of qualcomm has been blocked by president over, citing concerns security. saying there is credible evidence that leads me to believe that outcome acquiring qualcomm might take action that threatens national security of the united states. what happ

you mentioned tim murphy. last time he ran unopposed byron. you look at the presidential results of 2016. i mean, here is, in a word, how you are able to win the white house. 68,200 votes in the state of pennsylvania for president trump. but even history for this district in '18, mccain won it by 11, romney by 17, donald trump won it by 19, byron. >> republicans would have you believe that this is kind of a perfect storm of bad because of the circumstances of tim murphy's resignation. because of the quality differential between rick saccone and conor lamb who is a very telegenic former marine and former prosecutor. kind of a dream candidate, who is presenting himself as a centrist candidate. said he won't vote for nancy pelosi. very pro 2nd amendment. republicans would tell you, try to tell you it doesn't mean a lot, but the fact is this is a district that a republican should have easily won. still might win it. but if he does, it will be really close. >> bill: we have it lean republican. kelly anne con way was there on thursday. donald trump

say it's a republican area, yes it votes republican in national elections and yes it voted for tim murphyre and he is a democrat they can vote for. >> a democrat to vote for republicans though. it's misleading i think to say that. because the last time there was a democrat in that seat was 15 years ago or something. i mean, it's not -- you can't really compare those things. this wasn't even on the radar for the democratic party. this was not a place they even saw as being in play. >> we've got to take a quick break. we're tracking the votes in pennsylvania. conor lamb with his largest lead yet. 13% of the votes in. we'll check with john king when we come back. ♪ ♪ next chapter ♪ your new brother-in-law. you like him. he's one of those guys who always smells good. his 5 o'clock shadow is always at 5 o'clock. you like him. your mom says he's done really well for himself. he has stocks and bonds your dad wants to go fishing with him. your dad doesn't even like fishing. you like your brother-in-law. but you'd like him better if you made more money than he does. don't get mad at your brother-i

number two, the scandal involving the resignation of tim murphy. to mention there's a lot of perception that lamb is the better candidate. let's go to vaughn, joining us from cannonsburg where donald trump jr. will be examining every where. vaughan you're in a candy shop i understand. >> reporter: yes. donald trump jr. is joining on the campaign trail. it's a lot of steel eun workers, coal miner workers. here's at now don junior will add his name to that. i want to play you a bit of sound from some of the voters who have been here for multiple days on the ground. determining where this is going. it's tough. we talked to a lot of democrats on the ground who said they voted for trump and they're sticking with saccone. i want to play this sound. >> you just met conor lamb. >> i think he's pretty dedicated. it was nice to meet for him. >> would you vote democrat on tuesday? >> i'm voting for conor lamb. >> the democrat? >> the democrat. >> i don't think the labels are all that important. you vote for the best man. >> he's straight as an arrow. he is ev

seatare running for the left by tim murphy. that is 6:30 eastern on c-span. trump dined with members of the media at the annual gridiron dinner in washington as a long-standing tradition. it included your jugs on the president that were directed at the media and his own administration. the president says the gridiron dinner last night was great fun. i am a publishing a lot in washington and have never had a better time doing something

tim murphy was very, very good with union voter. so was trump. the problem for saccone is he is a right to work candidate. that makes the union vote swing more toward lamb because they believe he has their backs. i don't think as many voters as i talked to who are union voters, they still love trump and vote for him again. because of saccone's right to work stance, they are leaning toward lamb because they see him as someone that is independent. >> it is clear here the trump victory in 2016 has told both parties they can no longer take the working american for granted. both parties for years did that. that is why the trade stuff, l salena, the democrats and republicans see nostalgia for living wage and decent job zero in on that. >> again, both lamb and saccone support the president's trade stance. support the tariffs. saccone doesn't stand a chance. young, charming, great resume. saccone is not young. even though he has an incredible resume, he served in military for 18 years. intelligence agency. he was the last diplomat in north korea. that st

could they take a turn against the republican party in that area because of the way tim murphy left office if conor lamb wins this race he can't win it alone by just making in roads with the working class. there aren't sufficient numbers of them. he has to do it by running well in allegheny county, the southern portion of that county and the western part of it, and that's where you have a fair number of these republican college educated women voters that if he does well among them, and that's one of the reasons why this race is a toss-up, as we speak now. and back to your point, what ciccone wants to do is to nationalize it and to use trump and to say that lamb is not -- oh, he's really not what he projects to be. he's really not what he says he is. he's really the nancy pelosi liberal. in fact, one of the commercials has the picture of the two of them together in it, trying to link lamb to the liberal democrats. each has a different strategy. >> arthel: lamb, you to your po, he's keeping his politics local and he already said he wouldn't vote for nancy pelosi. he thinks there needs to be

there will be an attempt by republicans to say this was not about anything other than tim murphy, theresenting that district resigned amid a sex scandal. conor lamb was a young veteran who raised a bunch of money. that's part of it. but that's not all of it. this is a national environment, even with all of that that i just said, rick saccone in a neutral environment wins this race by 8 to 10 points. even if he loses 10 points of what donald trump performed, there's a fair amount of national environment here and it's dangerous, i think, for republicans to whistle past that assuming saccone loses. 2% of the district's population is black, 1% is hispanic, the rest is white. this is not a district where you should see a sort of down-the-line, safe republican. maybe he's not all that charismatic but he's been a state legislator. he's not even in a close race. that comes back to donald trump. >> the alarm bells for republicans have been ringing now on so many special elections. it's not just the ones that we saw in virginia, the one in alabama. it's been all over when it comes to state legi

tim murphy, republican, forced to resign from office. you think about the republican strength in this part of pennsylvania. the last time he ran he was unopposed. lot of democrats live and work in this area, blue collar democrats who typically vote republican. we're about to find out whether or not congressional district 18 is as competitive as some of the polls would suggest so far that we've been watching over the past week or so. trying to figure out which way this will go. rick saccone the republican. rick is 60, conor is 33. we've got what they call a pretty tight race. >> dana: we have an exciting race. the monmoth poll shows different scenarios with conor lamb looking like he could be in the lead. big republican district. here's another thing that's different. come november, this district the way it's drawn up right now will cease to exist. what happens then? >> who ever wins in this race will run in a different district the way they're redrawing the maps. this will give us an indication of what people are feeling 18 months after

democrat conor lamb hoping to flip the seat left vacant by republican tim murphy who resigned in octoberis a district president trump won candidly in 2016. he was in the state stumping for republican rick saccone this weekend. lamb was pulling ahead going into today's election. let's bring in bret baier. no matter what happens tonight, i don't think either party is going to be able to say this is a harbinger of what's to come in november. especially because the district they are running in, not only is it a special, lost after a republican had a sex scandal, which is never good for the republicans. this district is not going to exist in november. they have redistricting. >> unless the supreme court steps in and change that, this district evaporates. this seat will eventually not exist. however, it's being seen as a moment to test whether one, president trump has the juice to bring a candidate who was a little underwhelming according to most republicans. whether he can get him across the finish line. and whether democrats would use this as a momentum builder. you are right to say it's ear

they voted for tim murphy, the incumbent who had a lead. what he's been able to do is to take those elements and combine them together, both union leaders and the workers. the workers really moved away from the democratic party and helped these other republicans carry the district. >> melissa: so for democrats there's a lot to learn from this race and how it's been run. on the republican side, you see the republican candidate making himself very close to president trump. and even stealing some of his tactics with brand were or name-calling, depending how you look at it. connor the chameleon. lamb the sham. he's taking everything from president trump's playbook, right? >> and it doesn't seem to have he's going to this event and that event linking himself very closely to the president. and typically you might think that would work. but the difference is not so much what he's done. the difference has been what lamb has done as we've been articulating with the grass roots effort. here's something critical. lamb is not your urban liberal democra

this is a seat that was once held by a republican congressman named tim murphy, a famously anti-abortionan who resigned his seat after he tried to convince the woman he was having an affair with that she should get an abortion. this is a solidly republican district. donald trump won this district by 20 minutes to 2016 so this should be an easy seat for republicans to hold onto. they're not acting like it, though. early on they dispatched vice president mike pence to go rally. this weekend they sent president trump to the district that seemed drunk if you were sober and a horror movie if you were tipsy. then today donald trump jr. was on the ground. republicans spent over $10 million to hold onto this seat. trump won it by 20 points. now the state's republican party chairman is trying to play off this race as taking place in a democrat district. a democrat district that trump won by 20. there is optimism by democrats they could have a shot at taking the seat, according to the latest poll from monmouth university. depending on the turnout if it matches what other election turnouts have loo

there is a special election on the district left vacant by tim murphy re-signed in october of last year the candidates in the race are a democrat and former assistant u.s. attorney. and the republican state representative the former vice president in support of carter lam by repealing at an event near pittsburgh. ♪

and tim murphy, first elected in 2002 easily elected to wins. the president a's son, don jr., hit the trail with rick saccone. >> they say that the other side is energized. let me tell you, they're energized for hate for our president. i've talked to so many of these on the left and they have a hatred for our president. i tell you, many of them have a hatred for our country. and i'll tell you some more, my wife and i saw it again today, they have a hatred for if god. it's amazing. you see it when i'm talking to them. it's disturbing to me. >> hatred for god. >> strong words there. >> i had to listen to that. >> i was pretty surprised by that there at the end. vaughn hilliard is joining us now. i feel like it's alabama 2.0 minus the roy moore controversy, to say the least. good to see you this morning, vaughn. i understand that you spoke to don trump jr. yesterday hitting the campaign trail. do you think that his appearance there along with, of course, his father's appearance, the president, is helping rick saccone to resinate with republican vot

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alabama obviously extenuating cirques and the reason it is a special election is because congressman tim murphy add sex scandal. yes, extenuating circumstances. but you aren't talking about areas that are even marginal. alabama is one of the five most conservative state in the country. this area. unopposed in 2014 by democrat, unimposed in 2016 by democrat. there is a reason for that. there's just not that many democrats in that area any more. the area that the fact that saccone is in trouble, and donald trump no matter what he says about rick saccone, bad candidate, went way down to almost winning. i don't know if it is primarily. but donald trump is a factor in this race that it is even close. >> i think the alarming prospect is what he he raised p not only does trump not lift your candidate, he invigorates the other side. we saw that in alabama. where not only did trump not succeed in getting the republican base out to vote for roy moore, but he energized a lot of democrats to, they accept their democrats in alabama. they turned out and it was part of it was because they saw how much trump w