the publication of thousands of e-mails stolen from senior figures in the democratic national committee was enthusiastically embraced by candidate donald trump. now as president, trump has flipped. his administration is coming after assange, but is it just about national security, or is it also part of a broader attack on media freedom? ♪♪♪ pj crowley: it mostly likely changed the course of american politics and the american presidency, and here again, this is a delicious irony, you know, he, the president that he helped to elect now wants to prosecute him. michael: tonight on "4 corners," "the united states versus julian assange." ♪♪♪ michael: in june 2012, julian assange was a man under pressure, wanted for questioning in sweden over allegations of sexual assault and the subject of an ongoing investigation in the united states over the publication of huge tranches of classified information. on a spring day, he made his way here to the ecuadorian embassy in london, seeking asylum. jennifer: julian sought asylum in 2012, in the ecuadorian embassy, because he didn't have assu

but we, the democratic national committee, are here to reassure you that we will get through this. we have a plan democrats are going to show up in record numbers this upcoming election and vote, vote, vote. >> seth: oh, wow, i mean, that really makes me breathe easier so you really think we have a chance in stopping this? >> [bleep] no! what the [bleep] are you talking about? >> seth: i thought you said you had a plan >> we don't have a plan! >> we're democrats, we can barely tie our own [bleep] shoes. >> this guy thinks we have a plan >> what plan >> seth: but we need you to, i don't know, maybe provide some guidance here. >> okay, okay, you're right. it's not over. we hold the majority in congress, we can pass legislation that will keep abortion legal >> yes, there's still hope >> seth: see that's what i'm talking about. so you really think there's still hope >> [bleep] no! >> can you even hear yourself? >> you sound insane right now. >> the legislative branch? have you heard of joe manchin? we can't get anything through there! >> seth: but you said -- >> [ mocking tone ] bu-bu-

i got an email last night from the democratic national committee, new democratic logo at the top, a message, for president joe biden. i wonder if that is where we need to be hearing about how he is fed up with this, the letterhead of the democratic national committee over the disclaimer. paul: the point of baidoa or rourke, in order to interrupt a governing event press conference he must think there's great political advantage for him and that is why he did it. is it a political advantage for democrats? >> the genius wandering around the countryside for 3 or 4 weeks, that is a winning gambit and his thought about endorsing medicare for all, universal basic income, abolition of private health insurance and a variety of other things, to become a united states center in 2018, this continues brilliant genius insights of robert francis o'rourke, the call of the man to be standing there wagging his finger in this moment saying this is on you pointing to the governor of texas strikes me as beyond the pale. paul: chuck schumer wants to have a vote, have a suspicion that negotiations fail so democra

national committee recently suggested a change to the early primary and schedule for the 2024 presidential election. this is about 25 minutes. >> good morning everyone and thank you for joining us. i'm the chair of the iowa democratic party and i'm joined by scott brennan who is our member on the bylaws committee. we are going to make three statements and then open up for questions. this morning the iowa democratic party submitted a letter of intent to the rules and bylaws committee to begin the application process in our fight to keep iowa first in the nation. a copy of the letter will be e-mailed to all of the journalists on the call as soon as possible ability is finished. let me be clear the layer of intent is just the first step in a robust application process. in addition to the application, we are also planning to engage with numerous stakeholders all over iowa to explore substantive changes to the caucuses that would make them more straightforward and accessible. it's important to us to continue to have all of the caucuses so that as many people as possible can participate in this

but it is a very small organization it's mostly unlike a big grassroots read the democratic national committee, latest primarily made up of politicians themselves. it's really only about a couple thousand people. but they come to really reshape the o party. i think the other piece of the power is that bill clinton select al gore to be his running mate who isnd it another member solidifies this idea this is a new direction of the party. onset of the usual approach of picking a vice president how will represent another wing of the party to try to win over voters, they actually double down. clinton tries it double down on the message to get elected. >> a professor, when you espouse some of their principles it sounds like republicans in aoo sense of it. >> yes that is one thing i actually in my book think lots of people think of the dlc as a republicans write about what democrats called them. i don't think of that i think there is extra critical between the dlc style of an democrat and republican party. they didup not support reagan ty thought a lot about reagan was doing was horrible. e

national committee, said the biden administration has taken a number of steps, like providing funding for black owned businesses, and historically black colleges and universities what do you say to black voters who say president biden hasn't delivered on the promises he made on the campaign trail >> i like to tell folks, rome wasn't build in a way we want to do more, but we have to have more votes in the united states senate to do it >> reporter: maya campbell agrees. the philadelphia resident is eager to to her student loans forgiven forgiven >> i think he needs more time to make change i love that he's putting a lot of african american women in positions >> reporter: still, black voters like will mega say democrats need to get much more aggressive what would you say to president biden if you could speak to him >> i would say, mr. president, we delivered for you. it's time for you to deliver for us >> reporter: a direct message from the voters that democrats will have to win back before the midterms. >>> coming up next, the summer travel season is already off to a rocky start are all

in the presidential caucuses after the democratic national committee suggested a change to the early primary and caucus scheduled for the 2024presidential election . this is about 25 minutes. >> the morning and thank you for joining us. i am ross wilburn, chair of the iowa democratic party joined vice scott running our member on the dnc rule and bylaws committee. scott and i will the restatements and open it up for questions . this morning the iowa democratic party submitted our letter of intent to the dnc rule and bylaws committee to begin the application process and are quite the iowa first in the nation. a copy of the letter will be emailed to all the journalists on the call as soon as our availability is . maybe clear, the letter of intent is just the first step in a robust application process. in addition to our application we're also planning to engage with stakeholders all over iowa to explore substantive changes to the causes that would make them more straightforward and accessible. it is important to us to continue to evolve iowa's caucuses tso as many people as possible can

national committee recently suggested a change to the early primary and schedule for the 2024 presidential election. this is about 25 minutes. >> good morning everyone and thank you for joining us. i'm the chair of the iowa democratic party and i'm joined by scott brennan who is our member on the bylaws committee. we are going to make three statements a

so it's mostly unlike a kind of big grassroots or even like the democratic national committee. it's it's primarily made up of politicians themselves. and so it's it's really only about a couple thousand people but at its height, but they come to hold to really reshape the party and i think the other piece of the dlc's power is that bill clinton in 1982 selects al gore to be his running mate. who's another dl founding dlc member and so that really solidifies this idea of like this is the new direction of the party. so instead of taking the the usual approach of picking a vice president who will represent another wing of the party to try to win over voters. they actually double down on the dlc booklet is a double down the kind of dlc message such to get elected. professor geisberg when you espouse some of their principles it sounds like republicans in a sense. yeah, and that was one thing i actually in my book. so i think often people think of the dlc as just other as republicans light as often what other other democrats called them. i don't think that that's i think there is act

national committee emails, fuelling the perception that the organisation," that is wikileaks, "was costing up with the political circles of donald trump and vladimir putin." well, nothing could be further from the truth, because those publications, what they, in fact, revealed were that the democratic national party was rigging the primaries against bernie sanders, and bernie sanders was the more competitive candidate against donald trump. the polls at the time were showing that if clinton ran against trump, trump would win. but if sanders ran against trump, sanders would win. and as i said, you know, the new york times, dean baquet, the editor of the new york times, said that if he had received the information, the same leaks, he would have published. so it's just an attack. what about the allegation thatjulian assange also was presented with information, a cache of documents which related to the russian government? interesting information, secret information about the russian government? and, according to chat messages and a source who was involved in the exchanges, julian assange chose

the democratic national committee, they are putting some of their muscle behind this. the president telling those democrats at the fund-raiser last night that money is being directed to sort of amplify this contrast. the president is also personally trying to demonstrate the accomplishments he says he and his administration have had to this point. most notely, the red and blue states to rebuild the infrastructure. he recognizes inflation is one of the biggest issues for americans at home. that's one that's still dogging his presidency. >> the biggest issue, in fact. thanks to both of you. >>> joining me now is former u.s. attorney general eric holder, the chair of the national democratic are districting committee. his new book is "our unfinished march, the violent past and imperialed feature of the vote." good to see you. let's talk about this supreme court leaked draft. how unprecedented, first of all, is the leak? the way they came down in terms of breaking precedent, and deciding to completely overrule roe v. wade after 49 years. >> yeah. i think the leak is unprece

also ahead, chairman of the democratic national committee, jaime harson tells michelle martin that today's republican party is tougher on mickey mouse than on putin. >>> finally, new orders. talk about why it's so important for young men to talk about their

so it's mostly unlike a kind of big grassroots or even like the democratic national committee. it's it's primarily made up of politicians themselves. and so it's it's really only about a couple thousand people but at its height, but they come to hold to really reshape the party and i think the other piece of the dlc's power is that bill clinton in 1982 selects al gore to be his running mate. who's another dl founding dlc member and so that really solidifies this idea of like this is the new >> instead of thinking the usual of picking up vice presidents who will represent another wing of the party and try to win over other voters date double down on that dlc method to get elected. >> professor for, when you espouse some of their principles it sounds like republicans in a sense that tu was one thing in my book, people think of the dlc as republicans like. i think there is actually a critical difference between the dlc style of democrats and the republican party. it they do not support reagan . they got a lot of what reagan was doing was horrible, especially the way it was affecti

the democratic national committee released a short statement saying quote, make no mistake, reproductive rights will be on the ballot. and this midterm election is more important now than ever before. democratic senator amy klobuchar said this to don lemon. >> if this opinion is issued, it will be against the wishes of 80% of americans. who believe that women should have the right to make that their own healthcare system. it would trigger the laws in over 20 states that have already said they will out law abortion in their state. it will create a patch work of laws across the country and my prediction is that it will drive women to the polls and men. anyone that 80% of the public who believes healthcare decisions should be made by a woman and her doctor and not by ted cruz. >> pennsylvania governor tweeted abortion is and will remain legal in that state. and he vowed to veto what he called any antichoice legislation that lands on his desk. >>> a warrant has been issued for an alabama corrections officer after she and an inmate went missing from a detention center friday. a man hunt is un

national committee's press arm. we need to see a reckoning in this profession with these stories, it can never be allowed to happen again and we can't count on politicians to just not be corrupt. kennedy: you can't take your hatred of a candidate and use that to take journalistic objectivity and throw it out the window and that's exactly what happened. it's so disturbing because if people like lester holt who said we don't need to be objective, we can have feelings and opinions, you can when you are an opinion journalist but when you are supposed to be presenting facts after you've weighed and vetted them, it's disgusting and brad is right. >> yes, i absolutely -- i think they are all opinion journalist, they just have not told us that yet. we should treat them like opinion journalist because they are giving us their opinion. i don't think there's any legitimate journalist out there anymore, i don't think it exists anymore and we should all stop pretending it does. kennedy: i think we should treat them like children

the democratic national committee funded the anti-trump dossier. it will begin at 9 a.m. eastern. >> carley: let's bring in tom fenton, president of judicial watch. tom, i think some trump supporters may be disappointed by this trial. it is not about whether or not the clinton campaign crafted this lie tying trump to russia and fed the lie to the fbi and media. it is about whether or not michael sussmann lied to the fbi about him working for the clinton campaign. it is being called narrow in scope. where do things go from here? >> well, you know, as has been discussed, there is evidence that has come up in the run-up to this trial in case that highlight hillary clinton's involvement in the lies and spy og trump in the white house potentially. that is pretty dramatic and this is her top lawyer, there were two top lawyers for her campaign, one is testifying and the other on trial. it is hard for hillary clinton to escape accountability, however limited as you highlight in this case for the criminality targeting president trump. to me, the irony is that the fbi is coming off

the democratic national committee says make no mistake, reproductive rights will be on the ballot and this midterm election is more important now than ever before. a former democratic presidential candidate had this to say to our don lemon. >> if this opinion is issued, it will be against the wishes of 80% of americans who believe that women should have the right to make their own health care system. it would trigger the laws in over 20 states that have already said that they will outlaw abortion in their states. it will create a patchwork of laws across the country and my prediction, don, is that it will drive women to the polls and men, anyone, that 80% of the public who believes that health care decisions should be made by a woman and her doctor and not by ted cruz. >> pennsylvania governor tom wolfe tweeted abortion is and will remain legal in that state. and he vowed to veto what he called any anti-choice legislation that lands on his desk. we'll keep following that for you. let's get back to isa in lviv for the latest on ukraine. >>> we have an update on the evacuation from mari

in the nation presidential caucuses after the democratic national committee recently suggested a change to the early primary and caucus schedule to the 2024 presidential election. this is about 25 minutes. nd thank you for joining us. i'm the chair of the iowa democratic party and i'm joined by scott brennan who is our member on the bylaws committee. we are going to make three statements and then open up for questions. this morning the iowa democratic party submitted a letter of intent to the rules and bylaws committee to begin the application process in our fight to keep iowa first i

as former chairman of the democratic national committee, watching this investigation accelerate while midterm elections loom, do you think these explosive revelations that have been alluded to by committee members, if they are as explosive as your colleague jamie raskin says they will be? will they have the potential to drive democratic turnout, similar to the drive to oust president trump two years ago? and if they are damning enough, does that sway republican voters in any substantial way? >> reverend al, i think we are going to see in june, when the eight hearings that are held by the january six collect -- select committee demonstrate to the world, the depth of the coordination and the disturbing determination from the top of the trump administration all the way down, through many, layers to keep him in office and overturn the results of a legitimate election, are not going to only show a contrast between joe biden and congressional democrats who helped literally, pull our economy out of a ditch. help me make sure we could be back the covid-19 pandemic, and that fought to make sur

the democratic national committee understands roosevelt desperately does not want wallace to be the vice president. so they sprang into action. they sent someone up to cut power to the organ, it cuts off the music. they battle at the convention attendees no, we have exceeded the building occupancy limit, and now it is a fire hazard. we have to leave, the fire marshal is telling us we are breaking the law. that is not true. they have to stop the momentum. they resume the next day, wallace and truman are neck and neck in the first ballot. wallace has 429 votes, truman has 319. in the second ballot, they get into states calling their votes. the state of maryland is all their delegates to truman. that will create a landslide, truman will have 1176 votes for his nomination to be the vice president. he only needs 589. what's interesting, truman and most everyone in the democratic party, most senior members of government understand that the vice presidential nominee in 1944 will be the president. it is interesting, after the inauguration on january 20th, there is really no concerted efforts to

national committee and just as the democrats have treated this issue politically in the past, maybe chuck schumer's actions in the last couple of days, what does he have against increasing school safety by allowing schools to have officers with guns? if there had been -- if the school safety officer had been on the job yesterday and we have to find out why he wasn't, this might not have happened either. if the teacher had followed the rules and the procedures set in place in texas to have kept that door closed and locked, maybe this wouldn't have played out like it did. and schumer's unwillingness to allow this vote is a sign he would rather use this for politics than to find practical solutions that everybody can get behind. >> john: in addition to the door and the school resource officer, why did the person who was the incident commander before vortac got there say you know what, the active shooter part of this is over, barricaded subject, let's wait. i mean who knows how many children bled out in that time. >> absolutely. and steve mccraw, the commander of the texas department of

national committee front of the anti-trump dossier for the same law firm. no opening arguments are said to begin here in washington, d.c., at 9:00 a.m. eastern. todd, carly? >> all right thanks more to come in that story for sure. fox news special alert authorities have identified the man killed in the shooting at the laguna woods church on sunday. 52-year-old dr. john chang died when he charged the shooter, who opened fired on the congregation of 40 people. chang's bravery gave time for the average church goers to hog-tie the suspect before police arrived. chang leaves behind a wife and two children. police said the suspected shooter, his name is charles, his hate for filmic hatred for the town's people think he was upset about political tensions between china and taiwan. >> presidential biden meets with victim's family in buffalo following the horrific shooting on saturday the left ten people dead. her family speaking out on the tragic loss. >> my sister survived breast cancer and three aneurysm surgeries to go to the grocery store. >> he's my most langle

and so that was the chairman of the democrat national committee. accusing the republican party of fascism. does kevin mccarthy look like mussolini to you? he is a soft-spoken guy from sunny california. someone needs to do a welfare check on the left. i mean i'm honestly worried about these people. they don't look healthy. they don't look like they are sleeping well. they kind of seem like they might have stopped showering. i know joe is your guy and it hurts that he is not the man you thought he was, but, don't take it out on the rest of us. find yourself another guy because it's time to move on. the rest of the country already has. glenn greenwald, the piewltser prize winning investigative journalist who writes for substack joins me now. how do you think the media is grappling with the rough shape of the country and joe biden's deterioration? >> you know, i think you have to go back to 2016, i know it seems like several life times ago to understand the context where democrats lost an election they never expected to lose. they basically lost to a r

. >> juan democratic national committee allies are calling on the white house to do more. your thoughts. >> juan: i think what morgan said is on target. i'm a granddad and i can tell you in our family they are feeling it. it's a pinch. the thing about it is when you look at it, it has to do with the contamination, the abbott labs crisis. at some point you have to say wait a second. this is a private sector failure and why was the private sector so slow to respond? you can ask the government. can you ask our political leadership to get involved, but, you know, ultimately, this is a failure of the private sector. in terms of government, under the new u.s. mexico canadian trade pac, the canadians cannot sell baby formula in the united states. and, again, that is something that we need to reverse. it was put in place as part of that deal that replaced nafta. >> mike: give byron a shot before we move on to next topic. >> i think this whole thing just increases what the supports the sense that the biden white house really can't messed up the border messed up the inflation and th

essentially the democratic national committee that is troubling. a more bad details are going to come out about that unfortunately who at the fbi was aware of that? we are still determining that. >> welcome back that was then congressman john ratcliff was among the ute truth tellers back in 2018 and 2019. on this program revealing what he calls a direct pipeline into the d.o.j. it made up opposition research about then donald trump which was used to spy on and investigate and then president trump unlawfully bred join me of the two that broke open the scale, wide open back in 2017. way before durham got involved. now ahead of the first trial special counsel investigation against mount devon do know is former chairman of the house and told is now the sea of trump technology group and cash patel former deputy assistant to president trump and author of the new children's book the plot against the king. gentlemen strayed to see her this morning, thanks about her being here. thank you and congratulations on the book on the welcome back to that coming up.

. >> joining us is senior democratic national committee advisor fresh from the white house cedric richmond. what does this look like now? does congresswoman johnson's backing help the progressive candidate? you have democrat versus democrat in this very hot texas race. >> the dnc policy is we don't weigh in on the primaries, but i would remind you it's an exchange of ideas and a contest of ideas. i think both candidates are pushing a message about helping the american people, helping the family unit, which is the same thing that democrats around the country are pushing. so however you phrase it, the result is the same. you have two candidates who are very qualified, but they're working on behalf of the biden agenda and trying to make this a better country and to address the challenges that we face. so we're proud as a dnc of all of the candidates and we wish them the best. >> you've got to be proud of your incumbents but you've got a mess in new york. the final redistricting map pits two of the most powerful democratic congress members and you've got these two democrats who have worked tog

the democratic national committee understands roosevelt desperately does not want wallets to be the vice president. and so they spring into action. they send someone up to cut power to the organ and cuts off the music. they then let the convention attendees know we've exceeded the building occupancy. limit and now it's a fire hazard. we have to leave the fire marshals telling us we're breaking the law. that's not true. but they have to stop the momentum. of the wallace campaign they resume the next day. and wallace and truman are neck and neck in the first ballot wallace has 429 votes truman has 319. and the second ballot is they get into states calling their votes the state of maryland gives all of their delegate votes to truman. and that's going to create a landslide where truman is going to have 1,176 votes for his nomination to be the vice president and he only needs 589. what's interesting is truman and most everyone in the democratic party and most senior members of government understand that the vice presidential nominee in 1944. will be the president. and so it's interesting is a

it was a direct pipeline into the doj essentially from the if democratic national committee and fusion gps -- maria: right. >> -- that is troubling. more bad details are going to come out about that, unfortunately. who at the fbi was aware of that, we're still determining that. maria: welcome back. that was then-congressman john ratcliffe who was among the few truth-tellers back in 2018 and 2019 on this program revealing what he called a direct pipeline into the doj of made-up opposition is research about then-donald trump which was then used to spy on and investigate candidate and then president trump unlawfully. joining me right now is the two who broke open the scandal back in 2017 way before durham and mueller got involved. now ahead of the first trial of the special counsel's investigation beginning tomorrow, devin nuÑes, former chairman of the house intelligence committee, and kash patel, former deputy assistant to president trump and author of the new children's book, "the plot against the king." gentlemen, it's great to see you this morning. thank you so much for being here. k

here with us now is cedric richmond, the senior advisor to the democratic national committee. previously a top aid to the president. great to see you. i know you haven't had much sleep. some celebrating. some not. first of all, pennsylvania. when do you think we'll know? they have to count the mail in ballots. it would be within the margin of error for a recount. you know the suspiciouses among the maga people. what it could entail on the republican side, of course. it's on the republican side. you have john as the democratic candidate. what are you seeing looking at the republican side? >> well, i'm seeing a united democratic party of pennsylvania. i see a candidate who has enthusiasm and we're excited about him. we're going to push on the republican side. it's to be expected. but whoever prevails in that primary will be extreme. i don't believe the people of pennsylvania are that extreme. i think people see what is on the line this november. i'm looking toward to a contest of ideas. i'm convinced that fetterman and the biden agenda will prevail in november. >> pennsylvania h

also ahead, chairman of the democratic national committee, jaime harrison tells michelle martin that today's republican party is tougher on mickey mse than on putin. >>> finally, new orders. talk about why it's so important for young men to talk about their menl

national committee telling them it's time to join the caravan and make the trek toward america. "alright, everybody, pack up your stuff i just got the call from joe biden. we're replacing the andersons. and good news, we're getting their blockbuster membership." prominent figures on the right have been parroting this depraved and deeply racist ideology for years now and on top of being bigoted, dehumanizing, and dangerous, it's also just breathtakingly dumb it's so dumb, even they can't actually explain the logic they just toss out racist bull[bleep] and say. >> does everybody know what this means? >> seth: this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause we'll be right back with our friend, miley cyrus, everybody ♪ >> announcer: for more of seth's "closer looks", be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube. (vo) when it comes to safety, who has more iihs top safety pick plus awards— the highest level of safety you can earn? subaru. when it comes to longevity, who has the highest percentage of its vehicles still on the road after ten years? subaru. and when it co

national committee back in 2017. >> dnc chairman. >> i asked tom perez, i said, what does do the democrats stand for? and he sort of talked about values we. have good organization. you know, but i said that's not really telling me what the democrats down for. >> stand on our principles. >> whereas republicans, whether former president trump or others usually i have a much easier time saying that. and this is not because democrats are not very smart or not good politics it's because it's more difficult to democrats to say what they stand for because they are such a heterogeneous party. >> it's difficult to keep those types of coalitions together when you have people who say they disagree on social groups to issues like abortion but they see eye to eye on labor issues or other issues now about jackson diffidence avery, one of the major arguments in your book are competing tendencies, i want to get to this, will get results. the comedian tendencies in the history of this. bodies that the idea of liberty for african american sports this read to his ambition, that would be jackson's, of creatin

it was the result of the break-in at the democratic national committee office inside the watergate hotel and was later revealed that the criminal attempt to cover up the break-in went all the way to the white house, seeing the writing on the wall, nixon became the first u.s. president to resign the office before he could be impeached and removed from office. and today in 1960, marked a breakthrough in birth control and family planning as the fda legalized the pill. it was the first commercially produced birth control pill giving american women greater reproductive freedom. and today in 1914, president woodrow wilson officially established the first national mother's day. the idea for mother's day is credited by some anyway to julia ward howe. but others are giving the credit to anna jarvis in his first mother's day proclamation, wilson stated that the holiday offered a chance to, quote, publicly express our love and reverence for the mothers of our country. wuhan. take a look at this. there has been another sighting of a rare, deep sea dragon fish living in what's called the twilight zon

national committee back in 2017 dncj and i asked i asked tom paris i said, what does democrat stand for? he sort of talked about values we have good organization, you know i said, but that's not really telling me what the democrats stands those aren't principles. where's republicans whether under former president trump or others. usually have much easier time saying that and this is not because democrats are not very smart or not good at politics. it's because it's more difficult for democrats to say what they stand for because they are such a heterogeneous point. it's difficult to keep those types of coalitions together when you have people who say may disagree on social issues like abortion, but they may see eye to eye on labor issues or other issues about jackson and jefferson and slavery. well one of the major arguments in your book are these competing tendencies i want to get to this get to it now these competing tendencies that tell the story of the history of this party. you said the idea of liberty for african americans posed threat to his ambition. that would be jackson's o

democratic national committee last week launched a seven figure national ad campaign to try to tout the president's successes. >> dana: thank for being there. greg gutfeld used to live in allentown. >> real issues and that's the reason why i'm surging and doing so well is because throughout this entire time i've kept the main thing the main thing and that's pennsylvania. >> bill: that is republican senate candidate kathy barnette on what she believes is driving her recent surge. three-way race, 24 hours until the polls open on primary day. barnette battling the frontrunners oz and mccormick for the republican nomination. david mccormick joins us now. thank you for coming back here. i want you to respond to barnette but this is what she says as to why you and oz are upset with her, watch. >> we spent less than $2 million and they are mad. they are mad because i didn't ask for permission to be in that space. i just walked in because this is my country and our country is in trouble. i don't believe we have any more room to elect warm bodies with an r next to their name and say hey, check r

national committee conspired to inject into our political system a complete lie which was the trump colluded with russia to win the election or to steal the election and what this trial is showing is they funneled the information through multiple ways, they lied about who they were to enable this information to be funneled into the fbi and our corporate media and it was a dangerous thing what happened to the country and getting some people admitted under oath high levels of involvement, hillary clinton and other top people in her campaign to create and promulgate this lie. of the one how much further does it go? what happens to hillary? >> of the cases that are in play right now we will learn much more about this complicated plot and conspiracy to spread what was going on. whether she will ever be held accountable for what she did is another question entirely but we have another trial that will be coming up with the guy who wrote the made up dossier alleging wrongdoing by trump so we can expect to have much more coming out there but nothing near what needs to happen given the trauma

. >> former democratic national committee chairman howard dean with that comparison of democrats and republicans. hope versus fear is playing out within the republican party as well. where today another test of trumpism plays out, this time in west virginia. >> alex moony. alex is in a big race. that is one of the races that they keep saying is moony going to win because mooney is being backed by trump and he has an opponent but i think he's going to do real well. >> you're running against somebody that you should easily. and they better beat her bad other wise they're saying trump has lost it. >> ahead of today's gop house primary in the mountain state. that is where we find nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard outside of a polling center in the home town of mooney's opponent. and yousy it is pitting bipartisanship against trumpism. explain. >> reporter: you know, mika, i was talking to a long time gop party hand here and he said if we looked at this race the old school way, on political paper here, mckinley would run away with this. his family has been a house hold name here for

he started a group in 2016, the national democrat redistricting committee to help the party redraw congressional lines. and he has a new book out called: "our unfinished march." good morning to you. >> good morning. >> brennan: glad to have you here. in the book, you write both parties have embraced gerrymandering when they were in control of state governments. but you say democrats were caught asleep at the wheel when r republicans started investing in some of the races. how do you respond to that? >> ours was fight for fairness. we brought a lot -- successfully brought a lot of lawsuits in order to make sure that the process is done in a fair way and so that the american people actually pick their representatives, as opposed to politicians picking their politicians. sue to blue is what we're doing. >> brennan: you think democrats have an advantage going into the mid-terms versus where you started out? wire>> we certainly stopped the republicans based on the redistricting they wanted to do. we have more fair maps than we did coming out of the last redistricting cycle. the thing that really worr