it is getting closer. it should not be a surprise if the republican wins but we want to see by how much. what could happen here in light of what happened in that 2018 earlier midterm wave. now, in that district, remember why the 9th district matters right now, why we have to have a special election. there were allegations of voter fraud. mccready lost by hundreds of votes or something. very small the last time. the person he was running against is out, they needed a new election. so let s bring in john king to give us the state of play. what is the latest, my friend? the latest is dan mccready, the democrat, continuing to lead in this race. i want to emphasize we re still counting. 38% reporting in the 9th district. as you noted, we shouldn t be having this conversation tonight. this should be a rock solid republican district. they ve held it since 1963. president trump carried it by 12 points. but will 2018 carry over? will the republican party s problems in the suburbs carry over?
the russia investigation, the key aspect of it, the russia troll indictment, it s now being turned into when opportunity for the russian intelligence to go in and demand evidence for what they have on intelligence operations, mainly intervention in order election. the president has been victimized through all of this. evidently there s nothing to justify an investigation of him requiring justice department resources. tucker: i thought correct me if i m wrong, the whole point of the independent counsel is to ensure the rest of us that the investigation is on the level, not tainted by potential conflicts. given that, why didn t mueller try harder to at least seen by part of bipartisan, maybe hiring one register of republican as investigator, he didn t bother to do that. the arrogance of the deep state. they think they can do no wrong.