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Controversy and the political environment, the republicans won another special election one day after their candidate was charged with misdemeanor assault. the democrat rob quist got 44% and a libertarian got 6%. it was only after he won and after polls closed that gianforte apologized for allegedly assaulting a reporter who tried to ask him about health care. >> i took an action that i can't take back. 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 forgiven. >> i should not have treated that report per way. and for that...

Election, they need to step down because this is beneath the dignity of the office, but to -- it is a fact that donald trump has contributed to the lack of civility in our current political climate. an absolute fact that donald trump has called the press the enemy of the people. >> okay. >> the absolute enemy. donald trump has contributed to this. >> all right. stand by, everyone. stand by. we got another segment. hold on, jack. hold on. i got to get the number up then i got to get to a break and we'll come back and continue our discussion. greg gianforte, 49.9%, rob quist, 44.2%. 56% of the v...

Last night i made a mistake. i should not have responded in the way that i did. for that, i'm sorry. >> an apology and a win for the montana republican accused of body slamming a reporter. what message does it send to elect greg gianforte hours after he's accused of a violent outburst? and the fbi taking a closer look at jared kushner as part of the russia investigation. so, what led authorities to focus on the president's top adviser and son-in-law? welcome back to "early start," everybody. i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour this friday morning. bre...

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...

If you look at yellowstone county, which has approximately one out of seven voters in the state. it's where billings is. absolutely, gianforte held the county when he ran for governor but he did very well here tonight. you can't win the county by -- or lose the county if you're rob quist by 20,000 votes and expect to pull off a statewide election. yellowstone county is just too big. i think it was a case if people got out it may have been on the conservative side. >> let me hear about what you're thoughts, the polls, the views of the media. is this something new, the whole fake news mantra tha...