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Seat. quist focused his campaign on health care and economic issues but he ultimately lost. the dnc is facing pressure from another voting bloc it's come to rely on african-american women. group of black women write "organizing without the engage. of black women will prove to be a losing strategy and there's much too much at stake to ignore black women." joining me political strategist l. joy williams and crystal ball author of "reversing the apocalypse." l. joy, i start with you and talk to you about the letter you wrote. i want to read one more clip of that letter written by you and dozens, ...

She means tied into the donor communities and i'm not even talking about whether that's true or not. that's the brand -- >> but -- glhold on, when we fos on a party picking candidates based on their connections to the donor class rather than their connections to the community, that's how we get this national brand. it's not going to take one race to fix it. it takes a whole re-branding of the party. >> okay, we're out of time but i will make the point and i think it's an important point, nancy pelosi actually manages to win elections. people down her and sort of tie her of what's wrong with th...

A republican candidate wins the montana special election 24 hours after he was charged with assaulting a news reporter. greg gianforte defeated rob quist in the race for montana hope house of representatives seat. during his victory speech gianforte apologized for his awful behavior. >> i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way that i did. and for that i'm sorry. >> and you're i should not have treated that reporter that way. and for that, i'm sorry, mr. ben

It's possible this story will metastasize over time and have paul manafort involved in something, you have jared kushner. he could even just lie to the fbi about something that has nothing to do with the original charge and that in and of itself would bring down, i mean, pure sticklati speculation, we have no idea what's going to happen. these things take on a life of their own. >> i need to interrupt. david chalian, i hope you're looking. we have the first in from montana. we believe these are absentee votes. rob quist, 47.8%, the republican, greg gianforte, the one now charged with misdemean...

Adviser and son-in-law? we'll tell you. welcome back to "early start," everybody. i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. it is 31 minutes after the hour this friday morning. it is important to note it is a friday morning. >> it is friday. and breaking news, montana has a new congressman less than 24 hours after being charged with assault for apparently body slamming a reporter. republican greg gianforte with the win over rob quist. >> his celebration subdued. he took a contrite tone, owning up to making a mistake. cnn's ryan young is in bozeman, montana, where it is 3:32 in the mornin...