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Much more difficult and more hostile voirmt for all reporters especially for those of us who work at cnn, john. >> now we should note youre at the campaign headquarters for the democrat rob quist for the supporters of the republican gianforte are they not troubled by the alleged assault? in some cases are they cheering him because of what he has done. >> you know the vicing ning is that both the democrats and the republicans because we spent a good deal of time going from polling place to polls ...

Hello everyone youre watching cnn newsroom live from los angeles. >> isha sesay. >> john vause. 9:33 on the west coast. republican greg gianforte is opening a sizable leafed in the special election in montana. right now he is leading democrat rob quist 50.1% to 44%. 73% of the vote is in. >> a bit of context gianforte was the overwhelming favor. he is there on the right. the screen. on wednesday night gianforte allegedly assaulted a reporter from "the guardian" fup .the democrat is a popular he ...

Combined with the most wifi hotspots. its a new kind of network. xfinity mobile. were back now with our breaking news. votes are being counted right now in montanas special election tonight. my panel is back. i want to put them up before we discuss this and other things. gianforte opening up a wider lead there. 49.4% to rob quists 44.8%. that is 56% of the votes counted. and the votes that are in. so well continue to follow this breaking news story. lets get back to the other breaking news s...

Beginning. but it does begin with me taking responsibility for my own actions. you deserve a congressman who stays out of the limelight and just gets the job done. >> on the eve of the special election for montanas sole seat in the u.s. house, gianforte threw a reporter for the guardian, ben jacobs, to the ground at his bozeman campaign headquarters office. our fox crew, which was setting up for an interview, witnessed the whole thing. even with the incident, gianforte beat the democrat, rob qui...

Welcome back everybody watching cnn newsroom live from los angeles john vause. >> isha sesay following the breaking news out of montana where fine fort is widening the lead in the check out the numbers on the screen gianforte has a -- 50% of the vote. democrat rob quist, 44.1%. with that thats 72% of the vote counted. >> it looks like its narrowed that lead a little bit but well see. >> 17618 votes ahead. >> the election took a busy czar twist. listen to the audio recorder that came from ben jak...

Controversy and the political environment, the republicans won another special election one day after their candidate was charged with misdemeanor assault. the democrat rob quist got 44% and a libertarian got 6%. it was only after he won and after polls closed that gianforte apologized for allegedly assaulting a reporter who tried to ask him about health care. >> i took an action that i cant take back. im not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way that i did. and for that...

Election, they need to step down because this is beneath the dignity of the office, but to -- it is a fact that donald trump has contributed to the lack of civility in our current political climate. an absolute fact that donald trump has called the press the enemy of the people. >> okay. >> the absolute enemy. donald trump has contributed to this. >> all right. stand by, everyone. stand by. we got another segment. hold on, jack. hold on. i got to get the number up then i got to get to a break an...

Last night i made a mistake. i should not have responded in the way that i did. for that, im sorry. >> an apology and a win for the montana republican accused of body slamming a reporter. what message does it send to elect greg gianforte hours after hes accused of a violent outburst? and the fbi taking a closer look at jared kushner as part of the russia investigation. so, what led authorities to focus on the presidents top adviser and son-in-law? welcome back to "early start," everybody. im d...

Montana. that much anticipated election. all eyes are on montana tonight in this special election there. there you see, the votes are in. 38% of the vote is in right now and you see the democrat, rob quist, 48.1% of the vote. greg gianforte, 46.3% of the vote. that is a 2,785 vote margin for quist at this point. as we have been hearing from political folks in washington, gloria borger among them, this is supposed to be a runaway for the republican candidate. this race closed up. i wonder if the ...

If you look at yellowstone county, which has approximately one out of seven voters in the state. its where billings is. absolutely, gianforte held the county when he ran for governor but he did very well here tonight. you cant win the county by -- or lose the county if youre rob quist by 20,000 votes and expect to pull off a statewide election. yellowstone county is just too big. i think it was a case if people got out it may have been on the conservative side. >> let me hear about what youre th...