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. rick: montana's only congressional seat is up for grabs after it was left empty by now interior secretary greg zinke, greg gianforte and rob quist televised in the only debate. several hot button topics ahead of the special election in may. bryan llenas has more on the story. i understand this race has real significance? >> reporter: yeah, this is all about the midterms in 2018. the democrat want to win back the u.s. house of representatives and to do so they'll have to win 24 seats that were won by republican in 2016, with democrats desperate to generate political momentum, there is lots of...

Visit montana to rally voters to the polls for quist. democrats do have one u.s. senator and the governorship in montana. the republican candidate is expected to win. experts say it comes down to voter turnout which could be low given the special election is happening right before memorial day weekend. rick? rick: i understand, bryan, that russia made its way into the election? >> reporter: right, the candidates went back and forth on taxes, guns and north korea. russia looms large here. the democrat quist attacking republican gianforte for investing in russian companies. >> i was really distu...

Terrorism. >> reporter: taylor's parents hope the bill would discourage acts of terrorism. >> it's so important that the taylor force act passes so that other sons and daughters, brothers and sisters aren't lost in this way. >> reporter: senator graham says president trump will sign the taylor force act, but passage remains uncertain because not one democrat supports it. in new york, eric shawn, fox news. rick: political unrest mounting in venezuela as calls for president nicolas maduro grows wider. it's the third pay raise this year and comes as the economic crisis continues to worsen. this p...

Four of the five special elections are for seats that were held by republicans like in montana. representative ryan zinke resigned to become the secretary of interior. democrat rob quist is now taking on republican greg gianforte for the seat. the candidates are representative of the countries divisive politics. quist is a banjo player and a rancher, gianforte is a millionaire businessman who ran for governor of montana and lost. donald trump, jr. spent a couple days campaigning with gianforte earlier this month, national republican groups are buying up tv ads, republicans are likely to win th...

Congress has stepped up over the first 100 days. >> i think congress is trying to figure out how to work with president trump as well. early growing pains, you have a new president who's trying to figure that out. they will ultimately find way to coexist and work together to tackle big problems in america. if they don't, sure enough in 2018 we'll get kicked out of office. rick: do you i'm surprised you gave such a good grade on immigration, when he had a chance to rework the travel ban from seven muslim nations. >> i've read the travel ban, i'm a trained lawyer, he has the right to do it. i th...