the pennsylvania delegation. so the first woman to be elected from the house. they think plus four, maybe plus five, just from pennsylvania alone. if you need 24, 23, to take back the house, that's a nice way to start the basket. >> yeah, it is. and one of the things we've also

. >> new york, pennsylvania, new jersey. korea, the summit is still on. >> nothing has changed after they claim they won't participate in a 1-sided discussion to give up their nukes. in washington dc the developing details. >> good morning, we have seen a real threat, the foreign ministry urging this statement saying if the us is trying to drive us into a corner to force nuclear abandonment we will no longer be interested in such a dialogue and canopy consider proceeding to the us summit after the north canceled a key meeting with south korea over what they called provocative military ruckus if the us and south korea maintain military drills for maximums under exercises for routine annual training at the state berman says they have been notified to the contrary. >> we have not heard anything from the government of south korea to indicate we would not conduct these exercises or that we would not continue planning meetings from donald trump and kim jong un next month. >> surprise developments from cia director john brennan who

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donald trump could not win in pennsylvania. pennsylvania took donald trump to the white house. i was told i would never be made her. i was mayor for three terms. they told me we would never be and incompetently beat an incumbent and they said i won't beat bob casey and we are going to beat bob casey. >> reporter: casey has been in office 12 years and is the son of former governor robert pk, one largest critics of the pres. and urged him to resign over sexual misconduct. his campaign issued a statement that said in part this will be a choice between a candidate who fights for corporate interests, stacked the deck against them and the candidate who made it his mission to protect social security, medicare and medicaid and spent years working to privatize or cut those programs. a choice between a candidate who stands up to donald trump when he is strong and who believes donald trump can do no wrong. from franklin and marshall college, at least for now, casey has the edge. >> kept the connection to the working-class unlike a lot of

earlier in the cycle i think it was california, but now it's here largely because of the pennsylvania redistricting. and in those three states the democrats need to net a gain of five seats. now they can do that now all in pennsylvania, but a lot of those seats there, they've got four seats that are toss-ups including one democratic seat. so that's not a given, but when you add new york, new jersey and pennsylvania together, the democrats need a net of five. they actually need to do a little bit better than that and i think they're very realistic they could get there, but they got to have at least five. once they come down we go to virginia. they have to beat barbara comstock in the virginia suburbs here. she won by four points, but president trump lost that district by 10. that's not an easy out. then north carolina, they have to win one of their two targets there, florida one out of two. then in the following states democrats have to net one seat in every state that i'm going to list and we'll start in texas and move on. so they need one out of texas, kansas, nebraska, iowa, illinoi

because of the seat in pennsylvania, it is still technically 24. that one special election see they were talking about earlier today in pennsylvania that democrats picked up is coming back to republicans this week because connor lamb is not running in that see in the new redistricting. , it is 24.lly but there will be two seats that will flip almost assuredly. so the working numbers probably 22. >> because of a court decision in pennsylvania, their map was thrown out of whack and was redrawn this year so that new districts that members are running in this year in pennsylvania are different than the ones currently in place. >> correct. that changes the picture tremendously. so let's talk about the senate real quick here we will spend the preponderance amount of time on house. the senate is pretty easy this year. the democrats have an insurmountable problem. the have to protect 20 and republicans will have to protect nine. there are 13 seats in play, 10 held by democrats in states that president trump won where they democratic senator joe donnelly, w

they can do that now all in pennsylvania. a lot of those seats there, they have four seats that are tossups, including one democratic. that's not a given. when you add new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania together, the democrats need a net of five. they actually need to do better than that, and i think very realistic they could get there, but they have to have five. once they come down we go to virginia. they have to beat barbara comstock in the virginia speshes here. she won by four points. president trump won that district by 10. that's not an easy out. then north carolina, they have to win one of their two targets there. florida, one out of two. then in the following state, the democrats have to net one seat in every one of these states that i'm going to list. we'll start in texas and move up. they need one in texas, kansas, nebraska, iowa, illinois, colorado, nnesota, new mexico, arizona, and washington. so they need a gain of one seat in all of those states. then they come down to california and there are seven targets

as the great lady said from alabama, i'm from pennsylvania. being from pennsylvania, our governor, he wrote a letter, this is what he said. i write today to express my concerns regarding the text of the act -- the agriculture act of 2018, farm bill released last week. the importance of the farm bill to pennsylvanians cannot be overstated. as you know, pennsylvania farmers are facing some challenges impacting the ag industry throughout the country. we're trending toward low farm income and the recent market loss, pennsylvania dairy farmers. the farm bill should be an opportunity to support our commonwealth's most vulnerable agriculture industry. unfortunately the house ag committee has released a partisan bill that will punish struggling pennsylvanians, especially seniors, individuals with disabilities and working families in all our congressional districts. the farm bill has always been a bipartisan effort because hunger is not a political issue. for more than 40 years, pennsylvanians have relied on the snap program to help put food on the tab

he was beaten in western pennsylvania. >>> a big night for democratic women, seven are leading pennsylvania races with others too close to call. one republican woman also with a win. pennsylvania's congressional delegation all men with two women set to face off in november. that's certain to change. this is the first set of election contests with new boundaries created by a pennsylvania supreme court ruling on gerrymandering. >>> the senate intelligence committee votes this morning in a closed session on gina haspel's nomination for cia director. she is expected to be confirmed now that several announced they'll back here including heitkamp and nelson. they are both up for re-election. virginia senator mark warner the committee's ranking member also supporting haspel. a final vote could take place by tomorrow. >>> president trump floated the idea on twitter and now a source says that mitch mcconnell is taking the cue and considering scrapping some or all of the august recess. senate republicans under mounting pressure to pass a series of spending bills ahead of the summer break in order to

in pennsylvania sent donald trump to the white house. i was also told that i would never be mayor and i was mayor for three terms. they also told me i would never beat a 26 are in common and would be to 26 year and come in and in and out there saying that i'm not going to be bob casey we are going to be bob casey. >> casey is a three term incumbent. he's been in office for 12 years. the son of story to former governor robert p casey. happens to be one of the harshest critics of the president, has urged him to resign over those allegations of sexual misconduct. his campaign issued a statement that set apart this election will be a choice for a candidate that fights for interests that stack the deck against them. to protect social security, medicare and medicaid and a candidate who has spent years to undermine, privatize or/those programs. it will be a choice between a candidate who stands up to president trump when is wrong and a candidate who believes president trump can do no wrong. from franklin and marshall college says at least for n

looking like in pennsylvania. what you see here are five republican incumbents who were in districts in pennsylvania that either hillary clinton won or tied or where trump won but the margin was within single digits. you think if there was a wave election year, these are sort of the seats that would come into play. democrats were looking before they changed the map, look, in a great year, we can contest five and pick off a couple. knock down that 23 nationally. republicans were looking at it and saying, we can hold all or most of these seats in a really good year, too. that's what the playing field looked like, too, before they redrew the map. this is what you had, this is what you have now. notice a couple things. some of the names are a little different. you have, first of all, six names instead of five. now six republican incumbents are in districts that either clinton won or trump won by single digits. meehan that was a clinton by two districts and redrew it and became a district of 29. he has resigned and tha

pennsylvania could be a snapshot of what is to come in november. battleground states could be a sign of whether the democrats are ready to take control of the house. president erdogan says sanctions are not the path stability in the middle east. more from that exclusive interview ahead. gearing up for round two, china has dispatched a delegation led by the top economic advisor to xi jinping. as the nation's ramp up their deal, u.s.reach a businesses have lined up to oppose the trump administration's tariffs. apple ceo tim cook shared what he told president trump at the white house meeting. tim: i talked about trade and the importance of trade and how o felt to countries -- tw countries trading together making the pie larger. it is true, i think undoubtedly true, that not everyone has been advantaged from that in either country. we have got to work on that, but i have felt that ta riffs were not the right approach. ennis,we welcome erin senior vice president at the u.s. china business council in washington. thank you for being with us. we have alrea

♪ >> john: braddock, pennsylvania, sustained a real traumatic unraveling, that was common in rust belt communities and towns. but ours was a particularly severe example of that. >> anthony: average income? >> john: we are around $20,000, so we're --. >> anthony: which is? >> john: which is substantially below the pennsylvania average. >> gisele: i'll have mothers that will call me on a monday and, you know by friday they are going to be out of food to feed their three kids. and this happens quite regularly. >> anthony: john fetterman does not look like your typical mayor; and he isn't. he came to braddock in 2001 to help at-risk youth get their geds. and ran for office here in one of the most depressed towns in the state four years later. his wife, gisele, is from rio, and she runs a non-profit that provides food and essential supplies for more than 1,500 families each month. >> anthony: a lot of people in this country are angry. they feel that their anger has not been acknowledged in any way. and frankly, i think they're right. >> john: yup. >> anthony: there is a sense, particularly

. >>> and pennsylvania pennsylvania murphys just issued a statement to abc 7 news which reads the healthy and safety of customers is high priority and we strive to take every precaution to ensure the products meet strict safety and quality standards. immediately upon hearing the announcement by the cdc on april 13th out of abundance of caution we directed our system to remove product from our stores and inventory. unfortunately we can't comment on any pending legal matters. >>> president trump took another shot at oakland mayor libby schaff during a summit with several california leaders who oppose the state sanctuary policies process. the president urged jeff sessions to investigate oakland mayor libby schaff for strikeouting justice for alerting her community about looming immigration raids. one california leertd at the event says the problem of illegal immigration is the result of pliks not humanitarian concerns. >> our people are the ones hurting. sacramento is because they lost an election for god sakes get

the pennsylvania delegation. so the first woman to be elected from the house. they think plus four, maybe plus five, just from pennsylvania alone. if you need 24, 23, to take back the house, that's a nice way to start the basket. >> yeah, it is. and one of the things we've also seen is that these people who are emerging from the democratic side are sort of bernie sanders' democrats. they're progressives that are embracing the decriminalization of marijuana and medicare for all. so that's one of the things that, in some ways, is spooking some democrats who really want to have more moderate cl clintonnian, obama style. >> democrats thought they might have a chance. we'll see what happens. but to that point, this is the weekly standard's take. the president's numbers are up, the so-called generic ballot has gotten tighter. the weekly standard writing this, if the economy continues to improve, republicans keep ashoeing irresponsible zell lots and democrats keep pushing left, republicans might still avoid the debacle

pennsylvania voters also have to pick a g.o.p. nominee to take on democrat senator bob casey for the fall. eric shawn is live in hazelton, pennsylvania, with more. eric? >> hi, melissa. we are in hazelton city hall where the folks have been voting since the polls opened this morning. when they get to voting booth they will not see president trump's name on the ballot but for some, it almost might as well be. that is because the best known name that is running in this senate race today is that of congressman lou barletta. the president endorsed barletta. he was an early backer of the president's came -- call pain. the major issue they share is immigration. barletta thrust in the headlines in 2006 when he was the mayor of hazelton. back then he targeted the issue of illegal immigration. this morning we sat down with him and mayor barletta told us that when he took office the city was bankrupt, there was not enough revenue and there was such an influx that drained the services completely so the city passed ball to deny business permi

lawrence is a 22-year-old from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. he was put in the foster care system from the time he was 10 years old until the time he was 20 and that's when he aged out of the system. during those 10 years, he shuffled between 19 different homes and placements. despite moving so often, lawrence was able to stay involved in programs he enshould such as theater and church activity -- he enjoyed such as theater and church activities. he said it kept him grounded or as he puts it, i was fortunate enough to be humble and beat the odds, end quote. mr. speaker, the experiences of youth that transition out of the foster care system without a permanent home place them at a high risk of unemployment, prior educational outcomes -- poor educational outcomes, health issues, early parenthood, long-term dependency on public assistance, increased risks of incarceration. but as lawrence said, he beat the odds. he graduated from high school and went to university. he works with young people in the foster care system. he currently attends a state

and pennsylvania's getting the most attention. because there are 84 candidates running in 18 districts after the courts ordered the state to redraw its congressional maps. five of pa's 13 republican house members have either quit or aren't running again. in allentown, pennsylvania, with a look at one of the major races, that is up for grabs. so, jacob, tell us about this and why it's a district to watch. >> yes, we made our way to bethlehem, actually, the abe corridor, easton being the "e," chris. this new seventh district here in pennsylvania is key for democrats nationwide because it's almost a microcosm of what's going on at a national leave. it's not just the candidates, it's the district lines themselves. they've been redrawn and they may end up being as important as the candidates themselves. watch this. how critical is this road going to be to the primary election on tuesday night? >> people on this side of the road going to be voting for a new congressional member in the ninth congressional district. on that side, the lehi

. >> let's focus on pennsylvania. today on election night in november, we're going to spend a lot of time looking at this day. already democrats, the magic number nationally is 23. they were looking at pennsylvania. more opportunities for them now. >>> and any moment president trump will deliver remarks at the national peace officer's memorial service. here's a live look. this year alone 42 officers have been killed on the job. president trump has called for flags to be flown at half staff in cities and towns across the nation. we'll bring you the remarks live when it begins. right now in the gaza strip, no protests on the border with israel as palestinians mark the catastrophe day commemorating the removal of hundreds of thousands from their homes during the state of israel's creation. it coincides with israel's 70th anniversary celebration of the country's founding in 1948. adding to the palestinian anger, the opening, of course, of the u.s. embassy in jerusalem. the first country to do so in a move that some fear c

costello of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 900, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. costello, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. costello: thank you, madam speaker. we care a great deal supporting the next generation of farmers. my amendment would expedite the food and drug administration's lone application process -- -- food ng farmers promotion program and extend the beginning farmer and rancher development program. which awards grants for education and mentoring purposes through a competitive grant process. a constituent of mine, frank, the chapter organizer at the young farmers coalition of southeastern pennsylvania and co-owner of a community supported agriculture -- kimberton c.s.a. in my district said it best. without support of this amendment we risk losing our future farms and farmers. 100 million acres of u.s. farmland is expected to change ownership in the next five years. we need to be able to conne

this is the entire congressional delegation from pennsylvania. both u.s. senators on the left plus all 18 members of congress from pennsylvania, including two who just resigned. notice anything particular about everyone? how about now? this is the entire pennsylvania congressional delegation and all the statewide elected officials in the state, including their senators. if you look closely, you'll notice no women. all dudes. the entire representative corps of represented officials in pennsylvania all men. that might be about to change there is a bunch of women in pennsylvania who ran in primary elections tonight. three of them ran unopposed in their primary race and will go on to the general election. we'll wait to see in terms of what happens in the general election. a lot of these victors tonight were just in the primaries. but regardless, what has been basically a fraternity in pennsylvania statewide elections has just been crashed by at least some women. hope that doesn't make pennsylvania dudes too uncomfortable. that does it for us tonight. we'll see

>> if you go to the right places, it's always ladies night in pennsylvania. but yes, i think you will see quite a number of women, not just in pennsylvania but in races across the country tonight. kennedy: what are some of the prevailing themes? have democrats internalized that conor lamb lesson and are they running better candidates with more local issues? disbl>> i think local issues ara part of it. the big thing they're coming off republicans arrepublicans for i. them up with health insurance. kennedy: we're going to discuss that later in the show. >> you are a wrecking shop. kennedy: i ain't doing nothing like it. >> pennsylvania is a great place for that. a great place for that message because you have a lot of economically insecure voters, a lot of older voters thinking about the issues. democrats need to be the party of entitlements and preserving entitlements and preserving -- kennedy: with formaldehyde. let's talk about the democrats needing the house seat pickup in nebraska. do they have a shot there? >> they've got a great shot. this someone of the

zero in pennsylvania. first this is democratic primary in the first district, philadelphia district bucks county republican brian fitzpatrick is the congressman one of the most closely watched in the country. scott wallace lots of money. spent millions of dollars in this race. defeated rachael reddick a navy vet and former republican. the idea of being in the suburbs and led by women is some feld reddick may be in better position to tap into that in the general election. democrats going with wallace, we'll see if that gamble pays off. again this is against ryan fitzpatrick. also in pennsylvania. this is the district charlie dent republican vacating. democratic side susan wild, democratic party breathing huge sigh of relief. she's going to bet democratic nominee in denton district. this here a bit of a surprise. republicans if this holds will breathe a sigh of relief. this is candidate establishment wanted, looks like he will. so that looks like it will be the match up there. this is very close. republicans

, are the changes in the playing field in pennsylvania. if you're looking inhe philly area, three things happened. one, there is a surge of activity among progressive democrats. a lot of them women who ran for offeto and contributed candidates. second, this is a seismic shift, the state supreme court retrue all of the congressional undaries, regarded them as gerrymandered in favor of republicans and the new boundaries drawn by a court ofr justices gely elected as democrats in partisan races created districtsre favorable to democrats. third thihr, up republicans representative decided not to run again, so you had more democrat-friendly districts and no republican incumbents. that was attractive to a lot of democratic women, in particular, d at a got in and really performed yesterday. >> desjardins: trying to get to a nate,ional summary her democrats are hoping that those open seats in pennsylvania are one of the ways they're going to take over the house. but yet ifore progressive candidates as we saw last night are winning, what is your tak

in pennsylvania, the president won in pennsylvania on that issue. there's no reason you can't win the senate race. >> thank you. you all in your own way know what you're talking about. let me finish tonight with trump watch. you're watching "hardball." (burke) vengeful vermin. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> trump watch thursday, may 17th, 2018. the giuliani trump strategy is now out in the open. worried that robert mueller produce evidence of criminal action by the president and his associates, the plan is to shift the country's attention to another question. not whether the president has been shown to be guilty or colluded with the russians or obstructed justice. nothing on the substance of what mule ter ultimately reports. what trump and his troubadour and giuliani want the country thinking about is the totally different question of whose side are you on. >> are you for the democrats and mueller in the deep state or the side of the man who has t

erie pennsylvania is in the middle of america's dying manufacturing region. joseph is hoping to find work in a place where jobs are disappearing. i think he believes that those are the. order from the president. he said. you still hear that perfect. credit for job. once again shows it is prepared to take a chance. oh oh. aneta hasn't seen her little brother since she immigrated to the u.s. in two thousand and four. she came here after liberia's civil war as a political refugee from. the u.s. government set her up in erie in her job as a caregiver has provided a good life for her family her children now see more american in liberia and. new moon is my favorite scene is when the anyone doing it will tear at me she would say and where you she told you she's nothing that you maybe don't you if you continue to think and they say grazie advice i was. ok i don't know. that you know the only a. few. of her but the fourth of july marks america's independence day and then it brings the family to a public picnic and its juice its first real look at middle america and yo

. >> greg, in pittsburgh, pennsylvania pennsylvania, go ahead, sir. >> thank you, i was a nine-year-old on the tracks in baltimore and as you can tell i'm welling up just thinking about it, but my question is this: as, looking forward and i hope this isn't too far off track but what was the trajectory in the democratic party after 1968 that made them incapable of mounting such a fractured challenge to richard nixon four years later? can you summarize what was going on in the party that they were not able to put together a reasonable challenge to nixon in 1972. thank you. >> thank you. well, i would say, i mean, the problem is the party is hoplessly divided. it was divided not just on the war but the establishment activityist winning. several of the unions refused to endorse him, a lot of democrats that didn't support mack golf mack govern. cgovern. you have civil rights, mcgovern was much more liberal on civil rights issues, and that ended up creating huge divisions within the party. i do think what is worth if humphrey wins, those divisions are not as severe. he was in a better positio

the orange being pennsylvania and the blue being mission bay. with a station in it somewhere in the vicinity of the mission rock development. the second was to look at the railyard itself. it is 20 acres of land in the middle of the city. it is an important part here that many people don't realize. the railyard is actually privately owned. it is owned by a large industrial developer that is based in san francisco but it is, and actually -- actuality, the largest industrial property owner in the world. bait air rights are under the control of that company. if the trains were to go away, they would have the rights to develop that property with the change in zoning. we looked at possibilities. what if we separated the actual operations that they do on that site from the storage and maintenance and staging creeks two separate functions that happen on that sight? we looked at locations and we believe that there are some locations a railyard could locate to. they are within the ten minute travel time to the terminus which is the requirement that the c

in pennsylvania that's no longer the case. we find out today what happens. >> and to pick up on this, i want to bring in chrissy running in the sixth congressional district in pennsylvania. thank you for being with us. you're running unopposed in the primary, i believe, although we know the democrats around the state are not. you have said i saw in an interview recently, that it's draining if you have a bunch of democrats fighting among themselves. what's the solution? should dems pushing resistance take a more moderate message? >> i think the democratic process needs to work. that's something democrats do well. this is a democracy and anybody who would like to run should be able to. and anybody's message should be able to resonate. i think the best person will win in the end. >>> we heard from kevin mccarthy talking about the democratic message. i want to play it and then talk about it. >> if nancy wants to obstruct everything with the hopes of winning the majority where she says she would become pespeaker and impeach the pre

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. mr. fitzpatrick: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize approximately 60 firefighters in bucks county, pennsylvania, who recently graduated from the national certification program. these brave men and women satisfyly completed the firefighter one training program offered by the bucks county public safety training center. i'd like to commend these firefighters for the work they do to protect and serve our community. selflessly putting their lives on the line on a regular basis. recently firefighter tim ran into a burning house in lower southampton to look for victims. and with the compromised structure of the house, the second floor collapsed and tim fell through. despite the odds, tim suffered no injuries thankfully and he's back serving on the force. mr. speaker, it's crucial that we honor our firefighters like tim for the brave work they do in protecting the lives of our loved ones and our own. we truly owe them a debt of gratitude. mr. speaker, i rise

back in your home state of pennsylvania especially in south eastern pennsylvania in those five congressional districts, it was a breakthrough for women almost everywhere. >> reporter: a real breakthrough. pennsylvania has been one of the largest congressional delegations without a woman member for the past few years. the headlines in the local pennsylvania papers are saying we have chance to have a woman be part of our congressional delegation in the fall. there's a host of districts. i think we have a list of four in particularly. that last one is the new charlie dent district that is a narrowly democrat district. husba his district was redrawn to be a hillary clinton voting district. we've been watching carefully to see if this trend that we know that numbers of women candidates are up. the question has been, okay, are they going to be able to win first in the primaries and the general election. it looks as though they have taken a significant step forward. >> there are some set backs for the national party in nebraska in a congressional district they were hoping to pick up where obama had

first we want to start in pennsylvania. the results coming in. again the back drop here, you remember trump's president because of pennsylvania. at the same time a lot of republican house seats, democrats trying to flip. we had primaries today. what happened in the some of the marquise primaries in pennsylvania, a state where democrats say if they're going to win back the house, going to be ground zero florida pennsylvania. first this is democratic primary in the first district, philadelphia district bucks county republican brian fitzpatrick is the congressman this will be one of the most closely watched races in had the country this fall. the democrats have chosen scott wallace, a bit of a controversial choice for democrats. spent millions of dollars in this race. defeated rachael reddick a navy vet and former republican. the idea of the resistance to trump in the suburbs being led by women some felt reddick may be in better position to tap into that in the general election. democrats going with wallace, we'll see if that gamble pays off. again,

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a lot at stake in pennsylvania. this primary day is a the focal point issues candidates will be running on to win the primary in their party but also in the general election. i'm here with jim and mary kay voters voting on primary day. jim, you are a mechanical engineer. >> yes. >> you saw all the issues and all the talk out there in the news media. what are the issues that really matter to you when you go to the ballot box? >> i guess at this point still, i think, the resolution of the affordable care act is still at the forefront for me personally. i'm a self-ploifd engineer and my wife and i pay for our insurance out of our own pocket. we have seen our costs escalate again this year. i know that the president has repealed the mandate and he has talked about the associations which i'm interested in learning more about. but, i still think congress needs to address that in the near term. pete: thankfully we will be talking to a congressman here in a second and see if he can address it for you. >> thank you. pet pete

, but donald trump won pennsylvania. the national media is saying he could never beat buck casey, but we will see what happens here because he hasn't resisted, objective and obstructed every single thing that president trump has wanted to do on his agenda. >> also vying for the g.o.p. nod is state representative jim christiana. he's banking on his legislative experience in harrisburg saying he can bring a bipartisan spirit to washington. he told us he's not at all bothered that the president is backing his opponent. >> i understand that the president rewards loyalty, and i can appreciate that. there is no hard feelings. if you listen to the message, it's not based on merit. and i think that my record comes from and speaks for themselves. >> whoever wins tonight could have a tough row against the incumbent senator. casey is a three term incumbent and the son of storied former governor robert pkc. we reached out to the casey campaign and they have not reached out. the polls close in less than two hours and the results toni

second, michael paul stewart iii of the pennsylvania state police. these fallen heroes gave what president lincoln called, quote, the last full measure of devotion to their country. we have a solemn obligation to pay tribute to these fallen law enforcement officers and to have their families' backs. paying tribute is not enough, though. we must honor those in law enforcement and the families of the fallen in word and in deed. one of our top priorities should be fighting for policies and programs that make law enforcement officers safe. that includes working to secure funding for the cops hiring program, burn justice assistance grants known as byrne jag and the bulletproof vest partnership program, just to name a if you. some around here wanted to cut these programs or limit the increase. fortunately, in the latest spending agreement, there were increases in all three. i want to thank colleagues on both sides of the aisle for ensuring that these programs are well funded in the bill that we passed in march. in addition to fighting for law enforcement d

pennsylvania are in rural communities. more than 58% of those hospitals in rural areas have mounting financial pressure resulting in break even or negative operating margins. we began to look far solution. after having worked on the maryland payer model and seeing the impressive results we decided to design a similar model for rural hospitals in pennsylvania. we worked collaboratively with cmmi on designing the model. i would also like to acknowledge senator casey and his office's support as we designed this model. the design period was launched in january of 2017. the objective of the -- the objective of the model are to provide a path to improving health and health care delivery in rural communities. the model changes the way participating hospitals will be reimbursed. the model replaces the current fee for service system with a multipayer global budget tpwhinesd hospital's historic net revenue. like maryland, the payment mod nell pennsylvania is designed to include all payers. however, it was necessary to develop a new

this set up in pennsylvania. the fifth district thanks to the redraw is a republican seat, the democrats are virtually certain to take. the sixth, that's a district now that hillary clinton won by 10 points. you got a big battle ground here. this is the suburban, philadelphia, the seventh district. potentially the tenth district in the middle of the state. two incumbents are going against each other. we'll show you from pennsylvania here, a couple of the surprises last night. this is a race we are going to talk about in awful lot in the fall. this was the establishment choice on the democratic side. lots of main, scott wallace spent. rachel reddick was an upstart. a lot of people said she's a suburban woman mobilized by the tre trump era. navy veteran. reddick did not win the primary. wallace did. running against fitzpatrick in the district outside of philadelphia. a lot of competitive races in philadelphia. the first district one, we'll spend a lot of time on this fall. they could get a net gain of five seats in

let's focus on pennsylvania. because today it really, on election night in november, we're going to spend a lot of time looking at this state. let's set this up. in 2016, we all remember donald trump by a 46,000-vote margin won pennsylvania, won the presidency. look a little bit below that on the ballot, republicans won the lion's share of house seats. that was the court case. democrats say it's gerrymandering. they're drawing these lines to give themselves an unfair advantage. a court weighed in. let's show you what that's meant looking into november. to draw a map where your party can get 13 states even though its candidate is barely winning the state that means there were already, even before this court ordered redrawing, there were already a lot of vulnerable republican seats in this state. these are republican incombants who were elected in 2017. some of them yet a single-digit trump margin. even before this court case, democrats were saying we got opportunities in pennsylvania. then they draw the map. whoa,

he's been there for the people of pennsylvania. and if you look at the results of the last primary election, both on the democratic side and the republican side, i mean, all signs show that, you know, bob casey is in a strong position. he's not taking anything for granted. the dfcc is not making any assumptions at this point. but what i'm saying is these things evolve. these races evolve. and to the extent that races that were sort of, you know, on the list to keep an eye on, come off the list and obviously freeze up resources for other races. but we are determined to take advantage of every opportunity that's out there. >> scott detro from npr. go ahead. >> so given the way on the democratic side and going back to early in the trump administration when democratic senators were being heckled for not voting against every single trum nominee, i think we would have been surprised to see the lack of primary challenges this cycle. i'm curious did the dfcc do anything? work to try to tamp down on those challenges or do you think senate d

and he turned pennsylvania red for the first time since '88. and did it so without about a margin of 44,000 people, a lot of whom you as you referenced, are disaffected democrats. somebody phrased it to me where it's like, if the economy is not going to work for me then i don't want it to work for anybody. >> anthony: how does that manifest itself on a local basis for you? >> john: it's an honor to be involved, and i hope that whoever it is that is next realizes that you need to go outside your communities' borders to bring help in, and that's what i've tried to do. >> anthony: that means people like 4-time super bowl champion franco harris. and if you're wondering how he could help, you might be surprised by the answer. >> john: franco and i hope to be growing medical marijuana about a block from here. we put in an application for a large grow facility here in our community which would be a real economic shot in the arm, and it's been a real honor to partner with someone like franco. >> anthony: why is this a cause for you? >> franco: i'm a be