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Has 48.1%. white house press secretary sean spicer briefed reporters on camera tuesday something he hasn't done in more than a we can. but there are still some questions spicer just won't answer. cnn jeff zeleny reports. >> reporter: the white house was hoping to change the subject today from the lingering cloud of the russia investigation. >> good afternoon. >> but during his first tfzed briefing in eight days sean spicer didn't help with this. >> just very plainly a yes or no answer. does president trump believe that the russian government interfered in the 2016 elections? >> i think i have ...

Speaks to the need for a greater focus on accountability, effective congressional oversight. >> this has been a long time gop strong hold. what does it say that the race is so tight at this point? >> this is a special election and you have been covering elections long enough to know that special elections are called special for a reason. this is a jump ball. >> it's a jump ball. steve kornacki, you have a president with a 38% approval rating and karen handel distanced herself from the president and john ossoff has 50 million bucks behind him. but he only went from having 48.1% to 48.8. stakes ...

Vote if he has $30 million behind him. >> well, that of course was republican candidate karen handel. she is one two congressional candidates in the national spotlight today as voters in the state of georgia choose which one of them they'll send to washington. her opponent is democrat jon ossoff. he joins me right now. jon, this is it, the big day. you've had quite the last year. you got 48.1% of the vote in the special election in april. the latest poll average from realclear politics has you at 48.8%. that is tight, and despite spending a load of money, there are a lot of voters dug in. what...

Election where you were at 48.1%, things have only moved to 48.8% with 50 million bucks under your belt. voters care about a lot. if you look back on this and things are that tight, wouldn't you say to youfrself, just get n apartment in the district, this race counts so much? >> well, if voters were raising that as a serious concern, steph, maybe i would. but voters care about how policy and how representation is going to impact their daily lives. they know i grew up here in the sixth district, they know why i'm a couple miles south of the line. it's not a major issue in the race. i'm focused ...

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 incident that happened last night, this all e alleged assault, is going to make a difference in this...