number one, michael capuano, you say ten terms. think of it this way, in 1998 when he was elected he won a ten-way democratic primary with 22% of the vote. never faced a serious challenge after that. and then this year lo and behold, city councilor from boston, ayana pressley runs against him. there were not huge ideological differences in this case. she certainly positioned herself as being more aggressively anti-trump than capuano but a lot of this too had to do with the changing demographic character, the changing political character of this district. how about this? the history of this seat, this is a historic seat in congress that capuano has held. here is the lineage. james michael curley, john f. kennedy, tip o'neill, joe kennedy ii, michael capuano, and now this will be the first african-american woman ever to represent massachusetts in congress. ayanna pressley. this is an overwhelmingly democratic district. by winning this primary she is as good as elected in november. from tip o'neill and james michael curley, the democr

michael capuano could not have been more gracious in his concession speech. the ten-term incumbent had never faced a serious challenge since first winning the seat in 1998. he took that stunning defeat in stride, calling it a sign of the times. >> clearly, the district wanted a lot of change. and apparently, the district just is very upset with lots of things that are going on. i don't blame them. i'm just as upset as they are. but so be it. this is the way life goes. >> capuano praised ayanna pressley, saying she will serve massachusetts well. >>> tropical storm gordon making landfall late last night west of the alabama/mississippi border, and it has already turned deadly. a child killed in pensacola, florida, when a tree fell on top of a mobile home. strong winds from the storm also knocking out power in the florida panhandle and southern alabama, leaving thousands in the dark. the system tracking to the northwest, leaving emergency officials in mississippi worried about potential flooding. >> one of our concerns is that storm surge, so we're watching the w

pressley running against michael capuano. more now from cnn's miguel marquez. >> reporter: christine and dave, a lot of people are watching this race because of the insurgency from the left. long time congress member michael capuano has been here for ten terms in a blue district and part of the area he represented here was represented by jfk. ayanna pressley is making a run here after being elected to city council. although she has been involved in politics and doesn't fit, she is an african-american and the first african-american female elected to the boston city council. she is trying to capitalize on the energy. the far left energy. we caught up with both on the last day of campaigning. >> i believe there is a paradigm shift that is occurring. there are winds of change afoot. >> democratic party like all party, is no different. we also have the issues internally. that's what families do. it is always a struggle for the hearts and minds of the party. >> reporter: the polls have shown the incumbent michael capuano up by at l

this time it is massachusetts, boston city council person ayanna pressley defeating michael capuano in the primary for his u.s. house seat. this is a very big deal. we will talk to ayanna pressley as soon as she can get to a camera, so stick around. as soon as she gets there, she will be here. we will discuss everything and ask her about everything. we also have breaking news on the mueller investigation to tell you about. here is what a source is telling cnn. that mueller and his team and team trump team -- tum trump, they're continuing to discuss a possible interview with the president of the united states. sources say those discussions are now focusing more on written questions for the president, written questions. "the new york times" is reporting tonight that mueller will accept written answers from president trump on russia's election interference, but did not ask for written answers on obstruction. okay. so we're going to have more on that in a moment. as i said, it is a busy night. all of this is coming. in the wake of this blockbuster, these blockbuster revelations from the ne

michael capuano was the mayor of summerville before he went to congress. he got elected to congress 20 years ago. the reason he won that democratic primary in 1998, he won the city of summerville that year by 45 points over his nearest competitor. how much has summerville right outside boston, used to be half young professionals, half working class, that was always sort of the mix, it's been changing through the years. tonight summerville is 50-50, between ayanna pressley and mike capuano. why did he concede so early? he saw those numbers out of summerville and said it's not going to get any better for me in boston, another parts of this district. you see pressley running away with it. just in terms of the history, whatwhat this means, we talked about this last hour, but the lineage of this seat, kennedy, tip o'neill, another kennedy, capuano, and now the first african-american female who will ever represent massachusetts in congress. >> and steve, even on her -- the night she won here in new york, alexandria ocasio-cortez actually mentioned ayanna pressle

i'm going to give you a chance to amend michael capuano for being a progressive champion in the congress. on the financial services committee. champion for affordable health, transportation, for job creation, and building infrastructure of our country and being a champion for ethics reform in the congress. we welcome the new member of congress, and he -- his concession speech was done with great respect. massachusetts will do just fine. so we look forward to welcoming her. that's a district like mine. it's a liberal district. the district in queens, the district that joe crowley represents, is also a district like mine. progressive winning in those districts, the votes won't be -- excuse me, so drastic. everybody brings their own why. why they are running, what they want to focus on, how they are going to get the job done. that's the meaning of the congress. in terms of where we're winning in the rest of the country, i think you see an array of candidates who, again, know their whies. they have a vision about our country. they know their subject matter. they plan to communicate, listen,

boston city council member ayanna presley beat the incumbent michael capuano. he served ten terms and is the second democrat and fourth house incumbent to lose the primary. since there is no republican candidate in the race, pressley is set to become the first black woman elected to the house from massachusetts. >> with our rights under assault, with our freedoms under siege, that it's not just good enough to see the democrats back in power, but it matters who those democrats are. >> massachusetts's seventh district includes much of boston and is the only massachusetts congressional district home to more nonwhites than whites. >>> it's important to note that the company theranos is dissolving. theranos allegedly made people believe they could test from a few drops of blood when it couldn't. "the wall street journal" reports in an email to shareholders yesterday, theranos will pay creditors its remaining cash. >>> yesterday timothy piazza's family reached a settlement with the fraternity. he died from hazing due to drinking in 2017. he was heavily intoxicated an

progressive ayanna pressley upset ten term representative michael capuano. th long-time congressman conceded overnight and voiced his support for she is now set to become the first black woman to represent the state in congress. her surprise win is thees l blow for the democratic establishment. s essley's path to d.c. cleared. there is no republican on the ballot for the state's 7th which wasnal district once represented by john f. kennedy. >> the contentious confirmatio ttle over supreme court nominee brett kavanagh will pickup again in just hours. d in the first of hearings, democrats showed up ready for a fight. they were trying to throw a wrench in the proceedings by immediately calling for a ve to adjourn. and interruption from dozens of protesters only added to the chs as nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson tells us more fireworks are expected in the coming day >> reporter: no delaying the drama as democrats demanded one econds into the hearing. >> we cannot possibly move forward, mr. chairman, with this hearing -- >> i extend a wm wel

michael capuano, a ten-term incumbent, has lost to boston city counselor ayanna presley who promised change for the deep blue district once represented by john f. kennedy. cameras here capturing the moment presley found out she won. she is the latest black candidate to win a primary this year in a district where minorities are the majority. >>> president trump was up late tweeting overnight responding to claims in the new bombshell book from veteran reporter bob woodward. the book describes a white house in chaos and a, quote, nervous breakdown within the administration along with a string of insults reportedly hurled at the president by his own staffers. this morning, president trump is firing back at bob woodward's explosive book "fear" that paints a picture of top aides ridiculing the president behind his back. in a series of new tweets, trump calls the book a con on the public and suggests woodward may be a democratic operative. but during a recorded phone call before the book was released, the president told woodward this. >> you know i'm very open to you. i think you've always

. >> and to you, former member of congress jolly, michael capuano, ten-year incumbent representing the district that was jfk's and tip o'neill's tonight. upset doesn't. >> ayanna presley. >> the change is very real. here's what's important about what happened in massachusetts. fundamentally, in the united states government, the house of representatives is the only elected office in the federal government where your community has to elect you. you can be president of the united states or vice president gerald ford without being elected a united states senator can be appointed. we saw it today with jon kyl. kavanaugh can be appointed to the supreme court, cabinet officials. but communities get to the elect their representatives in the people's house. tonight they chose miss pressley over an capuano. change is real. >> eugene robinson, how much of what you just said in answer to the first question falls under the in plain sight theory that people kind of lose sight of and dismiss? >> all of it basically because we do lose sight of it. you know, with good reason we want to know what has ha

in the seventh district of massachusetts, the incumbent michael capuano, who is endorsed by john lewis and maxine waters. not exactly moderate democrats endorsing him, was beaten by an alexandria ocasio-cortez endorsy ianna pressley. she is far left, and is an at-large member that came out of nowhere. the democrats are losing control of this party, even their gold standards of liberals like john lewis and maxine waters, they can't push someone through in massachusetts and capuano is a liberal's liberal. he is liberal but not liberal enough. >> yeah, yeah. it bodes poorly for nancy pelosi in case democrats take back the house. just like joe crowley. this guy was considered to be a shoe in. the party is going far left, so i say, you go girl. take the party further left and for the left. nobody is buying the socialism and nobody wants to see america turn into venezuela. >> laura: it doesn't work. it doesn't work. where has socialism worked. or democratic socialism -- it's not work. mark, weigh in on that. >> i think the party is saying they want a new generation. they realize that their l

. >> well, another thing that's harder to bring home the bacon these days, michael capuano have sat in the old school appropriator back in day used to be close ally of nancy pelosi were able to use the relationship to bring money back in the relationship. with that said, he's got -- i think what you are seeing is a question of whether you need new stylistic means of going to republican opponents. >> susan, as a republican having seen this happen in the republican party, it has happened over decades in both parties. as jonathan says, some of it is stylistic and some of it is past approach, this is what i am going to commit to and verses an older style to politics and still remember the possibility of compromise and guys like joe crowley and capuano is so out of touch. >> i hope so. i would like to be an optimistic. if you want new fresh blood in the presidential, you have to grow a foreign change. look at the leadership and democrats and republican party with the exception of ryan. it is all white folks. that's not he willalthy for our government and either party. i understand the wanti

capuano. is this somehow the future of the democratic party? the turnout is amazing and the newness, the energy and the passion bodes well for our party even though the incumbent was a fine man with a good record. the kinds of turnout we saw i think are a positive sign. >> senator richard blumenthal, thank you for the preview of what to expect today and beyond. great to talk to you. >> thank you. >> we have breaking news, british authorities believe russian spies carried out that nerve agent attack in the united kingdom. who are these people? we have new details next. to look at me now, you don't see psoriasis. you see clear skin. you see me. but if you saw me before cosentyx... ♪ i was covered. it was awful. but i didn't give up. i kept fighting. i got clear skin with cosentyx. 3 years and counting. clear skin can last. see if cosentyx could make a difference for you. cosentyx is proven to help people with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis find clear skin that can last. don't use if you'r

incumbent congressman michael cap will michael capuano. >> a better use the word wicked and they like i'm from boston. her authenticity. >> while this gives you some credit. but this is a dash of this is another big name that has been knocked off. >> this is and we saw with joe crowley in new york, the one who alexandria ocasio-cortez took out, this is a guy who has been since -- this guy has been in congress. he's an institution. at the other thing about it is, he is hugely liberal. he's enormously liberal. it's not like she ran to his left, as she ran she basically had to say, we will vote the same way. i am as liberal as him. what you see here though, and i think this is also true, what we saw with ocasio-cortez in the bronx, this is demographic shift. so i'm sure once upon a time this district was represented by somebody with an irish last name and then it was represented by somebody within its high and last name and now it's represented by a woman of color, an african-american woman. in these neighborhoods especially in the city areas, immigrant patterns and demographics change a

capuano. she's now slated to be massachusetts first-ever african american congressperson. pressley was endorsed by new york congressional candidate alexandria ocasio-cortez and other progressives. she ran on a platform of abolishing ice -- that's immigration and customs enforcement agency -- and speaking for prisoners behind bars. she's also been outspoken about being a rape and sexual assault survivor. she solidly defeated capuano, despite his long progressive record, including voting against the iraq war and supporting medicare-for-all. this is ayanna pressley in her ctctory eeeech tsday n nht. >> while o president is a truly, misogynistic, empay-y-bankpt man, the conditions which hav made this one of theost t unual l in americ was cementeted throug polieses long bebeforee ever dissted the calator trump tower. amy: shead workefor .gressmeer joe kendy shalso word forenator jn key. in anoer upsetemergencroom doct jon sanago defeed democrat progresve statlegislat byron rhing. and rachl rollinwo

ayanna presley crushing michael capuano in the democratic primary there. many drawing comparisons to another victory. "out front" now, andrea cortez joining me now. thank you for coming in. >> of course. thank you for having me. >> there's a lot of talk tonight about parallels between your win and ayanna presley's win. do you think there are? >> yeah. you know, especially because i have a personal connection to ayanna. even the weekend before my own primary ayanna presley herself sent her own team of organizers down in the bronx in queens to help support me in my win. right after my election one of the things we did is help support her campaign. there are a lot of parallels. we were out spent, three to one in her case, ten to one in my race. we were both really championing an intersectional message of economic and social dignity. we also rejected corporate funds which i think was extremely important with building the trust with voters. >> i want to ask you about this extraordinary anonymously written piece in "the new york times" tonight. a senior administ

progressive iona presley upset michael capuano, the long-time congressman conceded last night and voiced his support for presley. with no republican on the ballot in the direct, sstrict, she is become the first black woman to represent the state in congress. >>> 30 people have been reported ill in the outbreak of salmonella related to honey smacks for the time being no one should be buying or selling the cereal. 130 people have been sickened and dozens o s hospitalized back to you. >>> two college students had the whole internet buzzing after pulling a super sized joke at their local mcdonald's you have to see thisvestment it takes someone with experience and knowledge who can help me build a complete plan. brian, my certified financial planner™ professional, is committed to working in my best interest. i call it my "comfortable future plan," and it's all possible with a cfp® professional. find your certified financial planner™ professional at letsmakeaplan.org. find your certified financial planner™ professional you're still here? we're voya! we stay with you to and through retir

a ten-term democratic congressman named michael capuano has just conceded to ayanna pressley. she's the firm woman of color to serve on the boston city council in its 100-year history. now, what does this mean for the party? is this another progressive upsetting some kind of more centrist? no. capuano is a very progressive democrat, but he just conceded, saying pressley will make a great member of congress. we have miguel marquez at the pressley headquarters. this is shocking. >> reporter: it's only been an hour and a half that polls have closed and this is the pressley headquarters right now. it went absolutely bananas when mike capuano, the ten-term congressman from the seventh district, a very deep blue district in massachusetts, conceded. the votes have only started to come it, but clearly he saw the writing on the wall. this is not like it was the far left versus the center. he was progressive. she was also very much into boston politics. he was a councilperson. she worked for john kerry. she worked in democratic politics her entire life. for her and for her constituents

"the new york times" said michael capuano is in the political fight of his life as he takes on insurgent candidate aiyana presley. the outcome could swing the 7th district farther left. ally va ti vitali is there. for people outside of that district, what's this fight about? >> reporter: this fight is what many people on the ground have talked to me about as a family fight. they are two democrats, both of whom are running for this very democratic seat. capuano hasn't had a primary challenger in i guess 20 some-odd years so for folks running in this race, yes, it's about turnout but it's also difficult to model and predict what turnout looks like because you don't have very much to compare it to from capuano's last elections. both teams out here today canvassing, trying to get out the vote because at the end of the day it's going to be a question of turnout. when i talked to presley a little while ago, she said she feels like the wind is at her back, but capuano feels the same way. we asked him what it says about the democratic party that these two are going up against each other. here's

that was herfinding out she had beaten veteran michael capuano to the democratic nomination for the house of representatives seat in november's mid—term election. i once did her to japan. —— i want to turn tojapan. there's been a powerful earthquake in the north ofjapan. it was deep but strong, a magnitude seven. this is where it struck. at this stage, no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning. but we're keeping an eye on that. and while we're watching that the north. meanwhile in the country's south, the people there are trying to recover from typhoon jebi. the storm's moved north now, but it killed at least 11 people, injured 400. at one stage, 240 million households were without power. these are some of the pictures. kansai airport is off the mainland. around 3,000 people have had to be evacuated. some were bussed out. others were taken in a fleet of speed boats. to explain why that is necessary, i should say the airport is on a man—made island. to get off it, you need to take a bridge. a tanker was blown into the bridge. the runway was also flooded, the airport los

in last week's massachusetts primary, she beat ten-term congressman michael capuano. her reaction when she realized she won that race? it's priceless. >> we won? we won. >> yes. >> we won? we won? >> yes. >> that wasn't you going oooh. that was you going, we won, we won. ayanna pressley, i'm talking to you. she joins me now. thank you very much. how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. i'm happy to be here. i'm sorry we missed your primary night, don. >> that's okay. we wanted to have you, but we understand. you were busy talking to the people who made this victory possible. so we certainly understand that. we're just happy that you're here now. you pulled off a stunning upset against a ten-term congressman. the seventh district is the only district in massachusetts where the majority of residents are people of color. do you think that had an impact obviously on this race? >> i think the impact is that we made it a point to ignite this electorate and to expand it. every constituency that conventional wisdom would tell you is unreliable and would not turn out, turned out

. >> and michael capuano. >> and delaware senate, carper ain't sleeping well tonight. i've got to let you guys go. hand the baton off here in a minute. big thanks to shane, ruth, hugh, michael beschloss. we'll be back with more tomorrow. that breaking news coverage continues. "the beat" with ari melber, you were like me, two hours ago, thinking you were about to d dissect, blummenthal versus -- >> speak with me for a minute, as a student of washington, to use your political the saur us. dan rather says ca boom, i've never seen anything like this anonymous op-ed. beschl

flight attendants thanks to michael capuano of massachusetts they'll get a 10-hour rest period. the current rules sometimes only give them four or five hours a night on certain routes. that's not right. that's long overdue. we have to see whether or not we can actually meet the standard that cram ng a plane more seats in and less pitch. can we still meet the standards? we'll find out whether we can or not. and a provision later in the bill inserted by another of my colleagues, steve cohen, will require the f.a.a., particularly if instructed by this study, to set minimum pitch, width, and length requirements for passenger seat. the droughns, we have 100 reports of drone sightings by pilots in controlled airspace being illegally operated every month. sooner or later one of those things will take down a jetliner with passengers onboard. until now congress has been prohibited -- has prohibited the f.a.a. from regulating these droughns because the model aircraft people think think they are going to be grounded. they are not going to be grounded. the f.a.a. is not going after responsi

she defeated michael capuano who represented the district with a nonwhite majority for 20 years. ed o'keefe is on capitol hill with the latest shake-up for establishment democrats. ed, this is big. good morning. >> reporter: big news in boston a. surpris to vtually everyone and including the candidate herself. video by taking a staffer showed reaction to the news last night. many drawing comparisons of pressley's win and cortez who back in june defeated another long time democratic congressman and while cortez ran to the left of the opponent, pressley and capuano didn't have too many differences. he's a reliable liberal over the 20 years in congress and pressley put it recently, it is not good enough for democrats in power. it matters who those democrats are. pressley is one of a handful of mostly female minority liberals winning races across the country. connecticut, for example, has probably going to elect the first black female congresswoman in november. stacy abrams running for governor. gillum won a primary in florida and pressley running unopposing but others may struggle.

>> boston city counselor i pressley won over michael capuano. the results were what they were. republican on the ballot in the fall. pressley is almost assured are becoming the state's first black congresswoman, turning back to mr. roker's forecast. what do you have for us? >> a quick look. gordon, our tropical system pushing through. the "today" map shows strong storms making their way through the upper midwest. looking at sunshine through the western plains out into the west and, of course, heavy rain through the southern gulf. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. forecast, coming up in the next 30 seconds. anything. even "vengeful vermin." not so cute when they're angry. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> good wednesday morning. that warming trend gets underway at the end of the week. 94 degrees on friday and hot on saturday. it does cool off early next week. san francisco more clouds than fog. drizzle for a little while to

. >> iona presley is running unopposed and had a classy speech last night when she thanked michael capuano who served the community for 10 terms and she said nice things about him. >> she also worked with john kerry, she was his political director, she is no newbie to politics, she knows what she's doing and she won last night. >> republicans have got to be worried, they are trailing by 15 points. men, women who are republicans, run on the record, we have a good life story to tell and fund the wall and speaker ryan going to the white house today. >> breaking news to jillian. >> news coming out right now, this video is just in after a man rammed a pickup truck repeatedly into the size -- let's take a look at this. this is a video being released, police say it was intentional, the driver got out of the truck and started ranting. k-9 units did a sweep of the area after the man left behind a suspicious bag which turned out to be safe. most of the people inside evacuated by police. but a few people were trying to get this broadcast. we will keep you updated on that. donald trump firing back, th