june, where democrat jon ossoff faces karen handel. the vote in the solidly republican district is seen as a predictor of midterm elections next year. in other news, the white house defending the phone call congratulating turkey's president after their controversial referendum. president trump is the only western leader to congratulate president erdogan. u.s. officials say donald trump is just trying to strengthen the alliance with turkey, but critics say mr. trump has a conflict of interest with his trump towers in istanbul. >> well, president erdogan won by a very thin margin and the opposition is challenging the outcome. up to two and a half million votes may have been manipulated. >> any irregularity could complicate turkey's bid to join the eu. turkey said the findings are