Updates of the days news. Good morning, everybody, it is wednesday, august 8th. A lot to talk about this morning. Lets begin with that closely watched Special Election in ohio in a district that has been in gop hands for three decades, Republican Troy Balderson leads Danny Oconnor by less than 1 of all votes cast, making it too close to call. The official outcome may not be known until all the ballots are counted in the coming weeks the race could be coming to a recount as the final results are actually certified. Still despite the razor thin margin, Troy Balderson has claimed victory and Daniel Oconnor has not yet conceded. Listen to this. Its time to get to work. Over the next three months, i will do everything i can to keep America Great again so that when we come back here in november, get ready, we got to come back here in november i have earned your vote for a second time. Can you believe how close this is . We, we are in a tie ball game. We went doortodoor. We went housetohouse.
Yeah, and they already made their money back, including the market and everything. That was j tonight, breaking news as we come on the air in the west. The alleged terror plot here in the u. S. In california. A u. S. Military vet accused of plotting an attack. A driveby shooting using a modified ak47. And at other points, an ied. Authorities in los angeles just a short time ago revealing his alleged motive. Also tonight, that deadly attack on a synagogue, and now we learn the fbi received a tip just five minutes before the shooting. And what authorities have now revealed about the young suspect, a straighta student, a pianist. What happened . The images coming in now, the Tour Helicopter that went down a short time ago, crashing into a neighborhood. Multiple people killed, and calls tonight for some Tour Helicopters to be grounded. Former Vice President Joe Biden On Stage just moments ago. What he said, who he needs to beat President Trump. Robin roberts with the
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who also had a romantic relationship with hunter. she described how he introduced her to crack cocaine and how she disposed of a gun. hunters gun in a grocery store, garbage can president biden also says, he ll respect the verdict in his son s trial. altering an abc interview from france let me ask you, will you accept the jury s outcome, their verdict no matter what it is? yes. and have you ruled out a pardon for your son? yes. you have right. joining me now, national politics report for axios. alex thompson, who has been in the courtroom covering this trial. alex. good morning to you. this is i will admit headline grabbing salacious testimony from hallie biden. now she got up there and said that hunter biden had introduced her to drugs. she said it was a terrible experience. i went through i m embarrassed and i m ashamed and i regret that period of my life take us
have been there for some period of time. but it is why we re also seeing cross examination, some of these text messages about even though hunter biden may have been saying things about using drugs on those particular days, no one was with him to be able to confirm whether that was true. so, i think it is an uphill battle. that seems to be the strategy that the defense is pursuing here. yeah, barbara, has there been talk on why the gun was thrown away in the first place? well, i think we had testimony from hallie biden, who was at the time involved in a romantic relationship with hunter biden, that she discovered it in the his vehicle and was concerned that he would use it to hurt someone else or himself and so she took it to a garbage can at the grocery store and got rid of it, where it was later found by someone who was just sort of rummaging through garbage cans looking for bottles that were returnable. and so, i think he acknowledged
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