[applause] mike braun is a job creator and his business right here in the state. he is a conservative who i have known for many years and i know he will bring again of values to our nations town and when you get elect some, i know i promised to stand up for hoosiers, and mike braun will stand with president donald trump. [applause] my fellow hoosiers, i want to say from my heart, on behalf of

mike braun. the vice president is a former governor of indiana. this is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> potus is in the house. fellow neighbors in north-central indiana. one in 2016,ident the first decision he made his who chooses his running mate. [applause] boy, did he make a great choice. [applause] he was looking for a man of courage and conviction, and we had one right here in indiana. he was looking for someone to serve congress and serve it well. was looking for a man when you -- a man who knew how to run a state and ran it well. the most important thing about the man i am about to bring up stage is he has a man of faith. [applause] mike pence has the courage to tell you he stands for god, always. [applause] today that takes courage, and he has that courage. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to welcome to our hometown, elkhart, indiana, the vice president of the united states and the second lady. [applause] ♪ [crowd chanting: u-s-a] vice pres. pence: hello, indiana. [applause]

[applause] mike braun is a job creator and his business right here in the state. he is a conservative who i have known for many years and i know he will bring again of values to -- bring indiana values to our and i know mike braun will stand with president donald trump. [applause] my fellow hoosiers, i want to say from my heart, on behalf of my wife and i, i thank you for the honor you have given us to serve this state and nation, as vice president of the united states. [applause] we will always be grateful. the support and prayers of the people of indiana, we see them every day. thinking at all of you tonight, i just know with your continued support and strong conservative leaders representing indiana, the house and the senate, president donald trump at the white house. [applause] we will make america prosperous again. we will make america safe again. and this man will make america great again. ladies and gentlemen, it is my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the 45th resident of the united states of america, president donald trump.

mike braun will be a great representative of the people of indiana. mike braun is a winner. great businessman. very successful businessman. mike braun will fight for the values that bind us together as americans. we support law and order and we support the hero in law enforcement. they are great. [applause] they will tell you, surplus military equipment, right? we have it by the hundreds of millions of dollars sitting in warehouses getting old. some of the best stuff someday somebody's going to explain why but it is not a good reason. it is a 1% reason. we have a 99%. that equipment is being transferred all over the united states to our police and our law enforcement. [applause] [applause] pres. trump: and we already have it. the other side said, but it is too good. it is too good. it is already paid for. we defend the second amendment. and do not kid yourself, it is under siege. we defend the right to self-defense. never believe that your second amendment is not under siege. we believe that a strong nation must have strong borders. we have pride in our history and respect f

he won handily and help mike braun oust joe donnelly. >> mike braun is a business man. he embraced donald trump, mark. he said after his victory tuesday night, he said this guy came in and wiped the field in 2016. i figure we need a few important people like him in the u.s. senate. he's aligned himself. and the patrick morrisey victory. he steps to the microphone. he said mr. president, thanks for the tweet. made a huge difference here in west virginia. when you think about the members of congress and the house side trying to recapture the primaries, two defeated in indiana, it's a very interesting development as to how people are feeling about their lawmakers in washington? >> very much so. this is trump country right now. juan is right. there's a lot of states that donald trump might not be welcome in. here's the problem. like republicans are going to have an uphill battle in the house. but in the senate, democrats defending ten states that donald trump won. republicans are defending one state that hillary clinton won. in the five states, indiana is 1 of them. he has

| the states senate, mike braun, united states senate, mike braun, that was a good race. get up here. how about we let mike interrupt my speech? is that 0k? come on! 0ne speech? is that 0k? come on! one of the neatest experiences of my life was spending 30 minutes riding with the president and you wouldn't believe the advice you get and its great advice and i'm going to incorporate it. you know, when i started thisjourney incorporate it. you know, when i started this journey almost a year ago, i travelled the state, spend a lot of time in the north and wanted to make sure this was going to end up to make sure this was going to end up witha to make sure this was going to end up with a good result. would not have done it if i wasn't inspired by what this man did in 2016. he cleared the field systematically and really, that was the inspiration for doing it. and i can guarantee you, when i get there, i'm doing it for the right reasons. i'm a businessman and an outsider, just like our president. and you can count on me to bea president. and you can count on me to be a true rei

does it play in case in indiana where you have mike braun who beat out the two congressmen trying to win that republican nomination? >> yeah. i think all three of the nominees in indiana would have been clearly electable. mike braun who won the primary ran a good race and he will be our nominee and i think he can win in november. we had a couple of cycles in 12010 and 2012 where we took a passive approach to primaries. a number of people nominated were clearly unelectable in november. we quit doing that in 2015 and we intervened in primaries when we needed to to make sure we had fully electable candidates on the ballot in november. that is why we took the majority in 2014 and kept it in 2016 and why we will keep it in 2018. >> dana: something i find confusing and maybe you can clear it up. it could just be the way it is. that the president talks about all the good things that are happening. a lot of it has to do with what he has been able to get through congress especially for the judicial confirmations which has been under your leadership. the president did respond to you. as i unde

mike braun, the businessman, he is self funding, arguing that he is the trump-like, this is outsider who is going to shake up washington. luke messer has been arguing that he has the best record as far as supporting trump's agenda in congress. todd rokita says he has the most trump-like attitude, he is the fighter, the one who is tough enough to beat joe donnelly and to help stop what he calls the witchhunt, the mueller investigation, and otherwise support trump in washington. host: have trump or vice president pence said who they like in this race? guest: they have not. that has been a little contentious, because todd rokita has been endorsed by the two men who ran trump's indiana campaign in 2016, but they made a point that they were endorsing for themselves, not on behalf of the white house or the trunk-pence campaign. when rokita put that on his yard signs, the trump campaign asked him to take us down because they thought it was implying that he had the endorsement of trump and pants, and he did not. luke messer has a lot of ties to the president. he competed in the congressional

mike braun will fight the values that bind us all together as americans. we support law and order and we support the heroes in law enforcement. they are great. and they will tell you, surplus military equipment. we have it by the hundreds of millions of dollars. sitting in warehouses, getting old. some of the best stuff. there is about a 1% rate reason. that equipment is being transferred gci’oss equipment is being transferred across the united states. we already have it. the other side said, it's too good, it's too good. it is paid for. we defend the second amendment, don't kid yourself. it is under siege. we defend the right to self confessed. don't believe your second amendment is not under siege. we have respect for our great american flag. and we put our large beautiful hands. and we proudly stand all the time we stand. we love that sam. we stamp our national anthem. but if we are going to defend our values, we need people in washington. we say one thing, and then they go to washington and vote for the radical liberal agenda, it never, washington an

mike braun will be a great, great representative of the people of indiana. mike braun is a winner. great businessman, by the way, very successful businessman. mike braun will fight for the values that bind us all together as americans. we support law and order and we support the heroes in law enforcement. they are great. they are great. and they will tell you surplus military equipment, right? we have it by the hundreds of millions of dollars sitting in warehouses getting old. some of the best stuff

mike braun will be a great, great representative of the people of indiana. mike braun is a winner. great businessman, by the way, very successful businessman. mike braun will fight for the values that bind us all together as americans. we support law and order and we support the heroes in law enforcement. they are great. they are great. and they will tell you surplus military equipment, right? we have it by the hundreds of millions of dollars sitting in warehouses getting old. some of the best stuff anywhere in the world. and past administrations said no we can't give that to law enforcement. some day somebody is going to explain why. but i sort of get it. but it's not a good reason. it's about a 1% reason. we have 99%. that equipment is being transferred all over the united states to our police and our law enforcement. and we already have it. the other side said but it's too good. it's too good. it's already paid for. we defend the second amendment. and don't kid yourself. it's under siege. we defend the right to self-defense. never believe that your second amendment is not under

we need mike braun in the senate, and that's going to happen. he's an incredible guy and ran an incredible race. if joe donnelly, sleeping joe, and the democrats get back into power, remember what i said, they will raise your taxes. they will destroy your jobs. and they are going to knock the hell out of your borders. we have the worst immigration laws in the history of mankind. we are slowly getting them changed. we want to make it quick. so give me some reinforcements, please. last week, as an example, the deputy chair of the democratic national committee, congressman keith ellison. do you know him? marched in a parade wearing a t-shirt that read, "i do in the believe in borders." [crowd boos] president trump: but i have a lot of respect for keith ellison. do you know why? when i announced on june 16, he was being interviewed by george stephanopoulos on abc. and in the interview -- this was a couple days after i announced. keith ellison said, you know he's going to win, don't you? right, mike? it's true. he said you know he's going to win. and

mike braun will fight for the values that bind us all together as americans. we support law and order and we support the heroes in law enforcement. they are great. they are great. and they will tell you surplus military equipment, right? we have it by the hundreds of millions of dollars sitting in warehouses getting old. some of the best stuff anywhere in the world. and past administrations said no we can't give that to law enforcement. some day somebody is going to explain why. but i sort of get it. but it's not a good reason. it's about a 1% reason. we have 99%. that equipment is being transferred all over the united states to our police and our law enforcement. and we already have it. the other side said but it's too good. it's too good. it's already paid for. we defend the second amendment. and don't kid yourself. it's under siege. we defend the right to self-defense. never believe that your second amendment is not under siege. we believe that a strong nation must have strong borders. we have pride in our history and respect for our great american flag. [c

we're going to listen in. >> mike braun will vote for the values that bind us as americans. we support law and order and support the heros in law enforcement. they're great. [cheers & applause] they're great. and they will tell you, surplus military equipment, right? we have it by the hundreds of millions of dollars. sitting in warehouses getting old. some of the best stuff anywhere in the world. past administrations said no, we can't give that to law enforcement. some day somebody is going to explain why, but i sort of get it. but it's not a good reason. it's about a 1% reason. we have a 99%. that equipment is being transferred all over the united states to our police and our law enforcement professionals. we already have it. the other side said but it's too good, it's too good. it's already paid for. we defend the second amendment. don't kid yourself. it is under siege. we defend the right to self-defense. never believe that your second amendment is not under siege. we believe that a strong nation must have strong borders. we have pride in our history and respect for our g

, giving a plug to businessman and gop senate candidate mike braun who won the primary there on tuesday. primary results in the hoosier state as well as ohio and west virginia seen as maybe boosting republican chances of holding the senate this november. we're back with dan henninger, kim strassel and allysia finley. what's the lesson for the senate here? did they improve their chances? >> i think they definitely did by nominating candidates that are more viable that can actually beat democrats in west virginia, you had the a.g. morrisey beat democratic congressman. >> paul: state attorney general. >> state attorney general, beat the coal baronner who was in prison for a year, blankenship. he probably stood no chance -- >> paul: blankenship, had he won. >> yeah, had he won, he had mo o chance of winning. >> paul: mike braun beat two congressman. the republican voters in indiana are looking for somebody to change things in washington. what about braun, though? he's a rookie. he hasn't done this before. i assume his record as a business man, ceo, is going to be exhumed in every detail by

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mike braun seems like he will run -- here is a prediction for you. this will be a fairly boring race. >> dana: indiana? >> in indiana. because braun and the incumbent joe donnelly are mild-mannered human beings and i doubt it will turn into the rottenness. >> dana: my last question in ohio. talk about the governor's race there. richard cordray who is running the consumer financial protection board under president obama went back to ohio. decides to run. wins against gorsuch for the democrats and -- wins against kucinich. and then there is dewine. that won't be boring. >> we'll see. dewine is pretty well situated. cordray needs a good year. dewine is well known and well liked and should be in a good position to hold on to the seat. we will find out soon how republican ohio is. they were trumpy last time. not much of a swing state. they went all in for trump. see if it carries over. you know what else we will see? one other thing we'll see is america celebrate you on your birthday. >> dana: nice try! >> no, no, no, no. it's all about to happen because

mike braun emerges as the winner there. we are still waiting on more indications on how things are going in west virginia and as soon as we get some information about the blankenship race against evan jenkins and patrick morrisey, which has been fascinating to watch, we will get some numbers there. we will bring them to you as soon as we do.o. >> tucker: martha maccallum, thank you for that. dennis kucinich. fox news alert, secretary of state mike pompeo has arrived in north korea for summit talks.ne amazingly one of his goals is to possibly secure the release of americans held captive by that regime.in we will follow the leads and bring you the latest. president trump has repudiated the iran deal today. will that help prevent or? or will it lead us closer to it? analysis next.t. ♪ ♪ some moments can change everything. you can't always predict them, but you can game plan for them. for 150 years, generations of families have chosen pacific life for retirement and life insurance solutions to help them reach their goals. b

mike braun has been poking fun at messer for being too hard to tell apart, and he does have a little bit of a point. nbc news projects tonight that mike braun, not the guy who looks just like the other guy, well, depending, has, in fact, won this primary in the indiana senate race tonight. that means rokita and messer gave up their seats in congress to run for senate instead and neither of them will be the republican candidate for senate this november. in ohio, republican governor john kasich is being term limited out. there was a primary race in both parties tonight to see who will vie in november to face him. there has been a brutal months-long campaign, and the lieutenant governor has lost. mike dewine is the projected winner. the former head of the consumer protection brur roe, who has elizabeth warren's powerful endorsement for that race, he was facing off against former u.s. congressman and presidential candidate dennis cue skucinic kucinich. he had tried to assert his progressive positions by calling for assault weapons ban in ohio, touting his f-rating from the nra. he endors

. >>> in indiana, a three-way race with todd rokeda and luke messer and mike braun. this is another seat republicans believe they can flip. >> in ohio, jim rennaci is considered the frontrunner running against michael gibbons. president trump endorsed rennaci. the winner faces democratic senator sherrod brown. >>> there are primaries to replace governor john kasich. it places richard cordray against former ohio congress member dennis cucinich. it is mike dewine against mary tayl taylor. >>> a senior white house official says the trump administration is backing jeff sessions as conservatives are threatening to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. affairs director mark short telling cnn i think we are supportive of our cabinet. although short did knowledge frustration with the doj over records. last week, the president was ripping the justice p department on -- justice department on this very issue. >>> paul ryan is not commenting on the chairman devin nunes threats to hold sessions in c contem contempt. he threatened to take action after he did not turno

nbc news projects tonight that mike braun, not the guy who looks like the other guys -- depending -- has won this primary in the indiana senate race. in ohio, john kasich is being trm li term limited out. there was a race to see who will vie to replace him. on the republican side, the governor and attorney general, former senator, they have been engaged in a brutal primary campaign. the lieutenant governor of ohio love. on the democratic side, richard cordray, who has elizabeth warren's powerful endorsement, he was facing off against presidential candidate dennis kusinich. he tried to assert his progressive positions by calling for an assault weapons ban in ohio, touting his f rating from nra. nbc news projects tonight that democrats have not picked him. they have chosen cordray. cordray against dewine. the big race we're watching in west virginia is the senate race. republicans are hoping to unseat democratic senator joe manchin. the republican primary for that senate race has been upstatedupy blankenship. he was the ceo of massey energy. in april, 2010 an explosion took the lives o

braun, to washington instead. >> this november indiana will face an important choice. you can send a really incredible swamp person back to the senate like joe donnelly, or you can send us republicans like mike braun to drain the swamp. >> melissa: let's bring in our political panel, mark lauder, a former press secretary for vice president pence. robin vero is a former obama campaign director and a democratic strategist. robin, let me start with you. judy was here yesterday. she's no fan of president trump. she says that you may not like his style, but whether you lock at minority and employment, the economy, what is going on with north korea, tax cuts, he has a lot of results to point to and that will be difficult. what do you think? >> a very good point. i try hard to recognize president trump's accomplishments. there's been many. and i'll try to offer constructive criticism. there's certain things that he can do better, specifically reaching a cross party lines. there's so many democrats that want to work with him to try to help bridge the divide. americans are so f

braun to drain the swamp. >> trish: though he is trying to energize the vase in indiana. one of rally that was in rota crowd there was. lots of enthusiasm. will this make it easier if he is able to get more republicans in these seats? i think so, so he's not confronting that challenge. i'm not going to go there with the democrats but there are some democrats as you said earlier in the program that might be willing to cross. >> kennedy: like joe donnelly, his campaign. at a statistic that he votes with the president 62% of the time. his campaign is saying he's a democrat. >> kennedy: if he wants another democrat to flip and vote for gina haspel, joe donnelly is a good person to go after considering the rally that they had last night, very enthusiastic rally. >> lisa: not even just the rally, the fact that mike braun is going to be a strong challenger to him so joe donnelly is now like oh shoot, i'm action going to have a really tough general election, same to be said for joe manchin. >> harris: didn't they all learned something from connor lam and central and sylvania. one

. >> which guy can distance themselves from joe donnelly and mike braun is the only one who can. it's time to get someone else in there, new blood, change things up a bit. get an outsider in there. joe donnelly is a career politician. >> you're running for office as a politician but you don't want to be one in this environment. >> you could say that he's just like trump, the way he bills himself, but you could also just say he is not an incumbent in a year when it's very difficult to be a republicanincumbent. if you're out there with all the voters, the environment is not good. they consider the incumbents to be part of the problem. what brought him to office, yes, mike braun is like him, but i believe if it's not in this particular state or race, they have to differentiate themselves in some way and many don't do that. >> you meet trump voters who aren't necessarily republican voters. people split their tickets out there. do they play in this race where joe donnelly, republicans really want that seat, they want to keep the senate majority. let's move to west virginia. the presid

braun. now, trump doesn't exactly have a great track record campaigning for republicans down ballot. mainly because trump's shtick only works for him. we saw that dynamic play out in pennsylvania where democrat conor lamb won in an overwhelmingly republican district when trump campaigned for the gop candidate there, rick saccone. saccone tried unsuccessfully to borrow some of trump's favorite talking points. >> i want to thank president trump. as i said before, if president trump's in your corner, how can you lose? he's the best man you could ask -- anyone could ask to be in your corner. as any good businessman knows, you work on a deal, you work on a deal, but there comes a time to close the deal. this is the time to close the deal. we've got two days left. are you going to help me on tuesday? let's close this deal! >> seth: whoa. [ laughter ] you better ramp into the scream, buddy. [ laughter ] i don't know if he won votes with that pitch, but if there are any birds in the rafters he defin

mike braun labeled himself an outsider and cast his two opponents as indistinguishable. one did rinne his primary but he wasn't able to crack 50% of the vote despite an endorsement from president trump. robert pit inker won the dubious distinction of being the first incumbent to tlooz a primary as he was blasted as quote washington swamp. ohio democrats weren't interested in dennis kucinich. he lost the primary by quite a bit. incumbents consider yourself notified. we will dive deeper into what happened in just a minute. we will be back with more "mtp daily" and those points in just a minute. let's do an ad of a man eating free waffles at comfort inn. they taste like victory because he always gets the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed, when he books direct at choicehotels.com. or just say, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com if you spit blood you may have gum problems,s and could be on the journey to much worse. try parodontax toothpaste. it's clinically proven to remove plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums. for healthy gums and strong teeth. leav

. >> luke messer, mike braun, and hydro kita all brand themselves as closest to the president. >> this is why i backed the trump agenda. >> i am a pro-life pro-second amendment conservative who supports president trump. >> i was working with the president to get him elected. against cricket hillary clinton, luke messer was on the clinton news network otherwise known as cnn disparaging the president. >> the president carried the hoosier state by 19 points in 2016, therefore the incumbent democrat senator joe donnelly may be vulnerable as he could be a valuable pickup for the grand old party in november. however democrat say with the nasty campaign the republicans are doing their opposition research for this. >> mike braun, raising the taxes 45 times. >> suggesting that republicans have done so much damage to each other the right-leaning state is now a toss-up. >> whoever the nominee is should beat donnelly, that's what i was troubling for the two of them when in the public poll, they were way off. >> all that is certain is that the white house use indiana as a place where republicans ca

in order to do that, mike braun has to beat the incumbent. a man the president dubbed sleeping joe donnelly. >> this november, indiana will face an important choice. you can send a really incredible swamp person back to the senate, like joe donnelly, or you can send us republicans like mike braun to drain the swamp. >> the president hit a lot of the usual topics, trade deals, took jabs at the fake news media. his warm up act was vice president of mike pence, who generated cheers that would rival the president, and they both tried to rally support behind a guy named greg pence, the vice president's brother, recently won reelection for the sixth congressional district. >> shannon: thank you very much. with the president in full on campaign mode, left-leaning political running with a sideline. "democrats just lost the senate." let's bring that down. fox news politics editor chris stirewalt, who writes headlines of his own. >> i do, quite so. whenever i am on with you. >> shannon: good to have you with us. that was full on campaign mode tonight f

there is a live look at mike braun's headquarters. he sort of the outsider businessman candidate. in this race he's poured millions of his own money into the campaign. he is enjoying an early lead but it is to soon to say was going to win era. the winner of this race will face off against democratic senator joe donnelly in november. minutes from now also polls will close in west virginia and this one has been a barn burner and a lot of fun to watch. republicans hope that the winner of this wild g.o.p. primary could perhaps defeat joe manchin, the democrat in west virginia. the wild card in that race, former coal baron and ex-con whose probation ends this evening a minute after midnight, don blankenship. what did he do today when others were campaigning? he went shopping for a new suit. >> what is the time there? >> i think the people made up their minds so we can get a few things done and get ready for the general. >> martha: very confident don blankenship in the suit store there. we are watching the polls close in just minutes from now in key places in ohio and north carolina. gr

voters rejected ex-convict don blankenship and in indiana mike braun will face joe donnelly. >>> utah became the first state to allow so-called free range parenting. it gives the parents latitude to raise their kids as they see fit. jamie yuccas has more. >> are you guys ready to go? >> yeah. >> reporter: when melissa butler sends her kids off to school, they walk alone. >> ultimately i decided my parenting decisions are not going to be based on fear. >> reporter: she's no longer concerned because utah's free range law prevents parents from being prosecuted for allowing kids to roam on their own. why would you need a law like this to be put into place? >> it's a good question. >> nobody wants to see a kid abducted but every kid wants to be a kid. >> reporter: it's something lenore skenazy report on ten years ago. >> if you're neglecting a child, that's awful. you will be prosecuted. if you're trusting your child and you've taught them to cross the street and look both ways and not go off with strangers, you're an old-fashioned parent, and that's not against the law. >> reporter: in 20

and in indiana trump supporter mike braun won what was called a bloody fight to face incumbent democratic senator joe donnelley. >>> more evacuations tonight in hawaii after two new fissures, outlets for lava and gases, opened up from the kilauea volcano. geologists expect more eruptions too. the hawaii civil defense says 35 buildings including at least 26 homes have been destroyed and a total of 12 fissures have formed since kilauea first erupted last thursday. >>> sky 7 was over 66th avenue and san leandro street in oakland where repairs to fix a water main break are expected to impact traffic through the morning. a contractor hit the 12-inch cast iron main around 4:30 p.m., knocking out water service to several businesses. warriors and a's fans headed to tonight's games were also affected since that main is not far from oracle arena and oakland coliseum. >>> and abc 7 sports director larry beil managed to make his way through that mess and is live from oracle arena tonight where the warriors closed out the new orleans pelicans in game 5, larry. >> yeah, we got here early, dan, so we di

and in indiana trump supporter mike braun won what was called a bloody fight to face incumbeato donnelley. >>> more evacuations tonight in hawaii after two new fissures, outlets for lava and gases, opened up from the kilauea volcano. geologists expect more eruptions too. the hawaii civil defense says 35 buildings including at least 26 homes have been destroyed and a total of 12 fissures have formed since kilauea first erupted last thursday. >>> sky 7 was over 66th avenue and san leandro street in oakland where repairs to fix a water main break are expected to impact traffic through the morning. a contractor hit the 12-inch cast iron main around 4:30 p.m., knocking out water service to several businesses. warriors and a's fans headed to tonight's games were also affected since that main is not far from oracle arena and oakland coliseum. >>> and abc 7 sports director larry beil managed to make his way through that mess and is live from oracle arena tonight where the warriors closed out the new orleans pelicans in game 5, larry. >> yeah, we got here early, dan, so we didn't have any trouble

he faces republican businessman mike braun, of course. he railed sleeping joe for opposing his signature tax cuts and his attempt to end the affordable care act and criticized him for supporting the iran nuclear deal forged by president obama and then withdrawn by president trump this week. how will this sit with undecided voters? especially after the week the president just had? >> i think the key here is the tax plan. i mean, remember, he went to elkhart, indiana and bill hemmer pointed out to me last night that barack obama went to elkhart, indiana for the same reason. to talk about economic issues so the heart of that right now is getting the president as well as other republicans to stay on message. i think steve will appreciate that as a former campaign manager. and the question is will the president have that message. the difficulty is in recent races, the tax cut has not proven to move the needle, so to speak for republicans. last night what you heard the president do is use a recent statement by nancy pelosi, the minority leader

. >>> mike braun easily defeated two members of congress to win the republican senate primary in indiana. braun will face-off against democrat incumbent joe donley. in north carolina the washington post headline says it all. the republican incumbent robert pettinger loses the primary for his own house seat. with baptist pastor mark harris now set to represent the gop taking on democrat dan mccreedy in the general election. >> hundreds of people finding it difficult to get the lifesaving device epipen after manufacturing issues. used during severe allergic reactions, many patients are saying they haven't been able to get a refill since may 2nd. the company says they told the u.s. food and drug administration months ago that it was experiencing supply constraints for the auto injector, but according to the fda's statement, at this time mylan is reporting adequate supplies of epipens for the united states and we will continue to monitor this situation closely. >> no good deed goes unpunished. john oliver bought a number of items during the actor's divorce auction to help a struggling block

guest: i think republicans are very happy with mike braun. you could do worse than having a businessman running in this environment. we saw three congressman lose last night. to have mike braun defeat two of them, i think they are in a good spot. i talked to republicans before the primary. they said they would be happy with any of them. they thought any of them could be joe donnelly. host: west virginia, democrats line. this is middleton. you are on. caller: good morning. you know, i hear you talking. all you want to talk about his republicans. i'm in west virginia. look at the vote count. look how many democrats voted compared to what the republicans voted. the democrats were ahead of the republicans on the vote count. don't compare like republicans are going to do anything. look at the vote count and how many democrats got out and voted compared to republicans. look at that. guest: there are still more democrats registered in west virginia then republicans. it is one of the states that has been changing over the last few years. s, in a -- s

mike braun got the gop not over two congressman, and jim renacci over mike gibbons in ohio. >> all of us in this room believe free enterprise, hard work and all the values that are important to us in the long run are what is most important. >> make ohio first again and make america great again. thank you all. >> he goes on to face sherrod brown. robert pinter voted out in the primary, mike harris getting the nod. he will take on democrat dan mccready. senate seats up for grabs, the most valuable and vulnerable, 51-49 edge. rob: donald trump will meet with military moms and spouses in honor of mother's day. mary next operations on the east wing of the white house, less your's event featured the army chorus and marine band. rob: sunday is mother's day. rob: we should probably plan something for that. jillian: fox news alert, overnight iran burning the american flag in retaliation of donald trump's withdrawal from the nuclear agreement. it is about time we stopped funneling money to terrorists, live next with wide donald trump's decision was dead on. rob: attempted carjacking caught on c

businessman mike braun, wh so fr has an early lead over two sitting congressmen. luke messer and todd rokita. joining me now to start the evenings festivities on the primaries and what to expect, the chairman of the national republican congressional committee fox business political analyst, great fof yo to have yh me. >> the most important thing about this is every single candidate in these states, republican candidate, ran on trump's coattails. nobody was saying i'm not a trump fight. i'm 100% for trump. and there's two businessmen in there. these are states that we have to win. we have to dominate indiana. that's our -- we have to win west virginia, we have to win these races. and the key thing is, we're not quite sure yet, but obviously the bottom line here is that the candidates, and we'll know pretty quickly, if we don' don'n these three, we don't hold the senate. braun is the one that's leading, a shelf-funded businessman, running the campaign -- lou: ro keita has been talking trump. >> i don't dispute that. i think the mood out there is the outer. if you're

trump will be in elk heart, indiana campaigning for mike braun along with mike pence. he's looking to unseat joe donnely, seen as vulnerable in november. a new poll shows the democrats lead in a generic ballot has been nearly wiped away in the latest generic congressional ballot to just 3-point lead within the poll's margin of error, dropping from a six-point lead in march, a 16-point advantage in february. zach, do you this for a living, what do you make of this? >> i think polls go up and down if you look for example. >> very good, very true. [laughing] >> down and down and down. >> in 2010 before the democrats got wiped out in the mid terms, this month's gallop had it in a -- gallup had it at a tie. cnn had democrats plus four in april. then november got wiped out. i think anybody paying attention to the polls and making predictions on them needs to look at history. but here's what i think we can look at, which is demonstrative of what is going to happen in november, special elections. an average of 12 point swing to the democrats in federal elections. nd then in ar

this is mike braun who defeated two sitting members of the house in indiana. he is a businessman. a quick clip on what he said the other night. >> when i saw him clear the field back in 2016, i thought well, maybe we can get more of us in the senate. >> bill: there is a businessman talking, doug. he meaning donald trump. go ahead. >> look, there are ten seats upheld by democrats where trump won, five of which where i think hillary was under 40%. 26 democrats are up. 9 republicans. so the field is really set for the republicans i think to hold the senate and mike braun is absolutely right among republican and republican-leading independents trump has a lot of sway. the butt is the electorate is broader than that. i think the republicans will hold the senate. everything i've seen in the house suggests that democrats have at least a 50% chance, if not a little better, bill, to win the house. so i'm predicting we'll have divided government. >> bill: could be. let me come back to that point. charlie, karl rove is writing today. tuesday was a bad night for congressmen looking for promot

. >> mike braun, they humiliated each other and themselves. a beautiful undertaking in a savage disgusting campaign that was horrible to watch. they hurt their party, hurt each other and let the other guy skate through while the two of them engaged in this conduct and that republicans in other states be warned. if you carry on like they did you're going to end up with outcomes like this and give democrats an opportunity to hold onto seats they might otherwise lose. >> candidates were not opposed by donald trump doing well tonight, that is true in ohio as well. >> sherrod brown is not in the kind of trouble joe manchin or donnelly are, he will be hard to beat for sure but there was the pres.'s candidate pulling through. donald trump got his way and two of the three races. in the third case we will see. who knows? shannon: take a nap, see you soon. what do executives from at&t and novartis have in common with a russian oligarch? the lawyer for an adult film star they have ties to donald trump's personal attorney michael cohen. the latest claim a

he brought indiana's newly nominated republican senate candidate mike braun and his special guest today. our special guest now is jason chaffetz. great to have you with us. the president making a. >> thankse thanks lou. >> -- a big show, let's get to 51 votes, forget the nonsense and is to be the obstructionism of the demance th dems and the . your thoughts. >> i think it's only worked successfully once. the senate under senator innsly. they're not argue to do a budget. you're supposed to pass a budget pi september. the senate rules, which are not etched on the side of mt. sinai somewhere are just rules. and i think the president brings up a good point. if you're going to pass appropriation bills, let's do it at 51 votes. that's the videotaper. lou: is there any truth to the suspicion that the reason mcconnell keeps things looked up and gives schumer 30 hours of debate and slows down legislation is to that the establishment, the business round table, the chamber of commerce get exactly what they bought and paid for in ryan and mcconnell? >> i don't know that it's a one for one. i don't

mike braun is running against joe donnelly in the midterm elections. vice president mike pence was there in his home state. this is just under an hour and a half. [cheering] boy did he make a great choice.