Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Primary, Cnn Projects State Attorney General Bill Schuette will be the republican candidate in november. Former state legislative leader Gretchen Whitmer will be the democratic candidate. And cnn projects john james has captured the gop nomination for u. S. Senate in michigan. James, an africanamerican iraq war vet endorsed by President Trump. He will face off with democrat Debbie Stabenow in november. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manaforts longtime righthand man back on the witness stand today. Manaforts Defense Lawyers expected to pick up where they left off yesterday, trying to undermine rick gates credibility in the eyes of the jury. Gates admitted to a host of transgressions. So far, manaforts defense team has not done much to pin the bank and tax fraud their client is charged with on gates alone. That part of their Cross Examination may come later today. More now from cnns jessica schneider. Reporter christ
journalists and massive allegations there massive allegations and indeed i mean huge business heavyweights who now say that they all reviewing their business ties sarah with saudi arabia in the wake of that case of the missing journalist. the head of the ride sharing company has pulled out of an investor conference in the saudi capital riyadh this month british billionaire richard branson says he s suspending two directorships linked to tourism projects in saudi arabia brunson is also putting discussions on hold i have a plan to invest a billion dollars in a saudi space program. now a senior u.s. official has told voices that major u.s. defense contractors have expressed concern to the trumpet ministration the new make his would block further deals with saudi arabia over the disappearance of a come out just shoki donald trump had this to say yesterday. that spending one
with this tweet kudos hgtv. i know you will do the right thing with the house. that was always my biggest worry. i can smile again. speaking of smiling, while you were sleeping, the late-night shows made light of the president s dinner with some of america s business heavyweights. the president is still on vacation at his new jersey golf club and i saw that tonight he had dinner with a group of ceos. he didn t want their input. he wanted their network because he might need a new job soon. and one of the other ceos at the dinner was from fedex. at first, trump was nervous because those are the two things that cause him the most stress, the feds and his exes. no, no, please, don t. actually, this is very interesting. i read this. most of the ceos arrived in limos, while the ceo of fedex was just tossed over the fence. president trump had dinner with the ceos of several large companies tonight at his private golf club in new jersey. and when bernie sanders heard about it, the re
first to our brand new cnn orc polls. this is issue number one, the economy. and a surprising jump in the number of americans who believe the economy will eventually get better. take a look at this. when asked about what economic conditions will be like next year, 60% now say they believe they will be good compared to only 39% who say conditions will be poorer. last fall when we asked the same question, those numbers were very different indeed. only 39% saying things would get better in the year to come. we sent our own joe johns to the key battleground state of ohio for a closer look at these new numbers. joe is joining us now from his old hometown of columbus, ohio. what s going on there, joe? reporter: that s right, wolf. well, things are starting to look better here in the buckeye state, but i have to tell you that cnn orc poll indicates that nationwide one thing is clear, the number one issue on voters minds happens to be jobs and the economy. the november election ma