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There we go, it is 48% of the vote, gtianforte opening up a wider lead against rob quist, 48 preside .3% to 45.9%. your newspaper pulled your endorsement of greg gianforte. this was not an easy decision for you i would imagine. >> no, it was -- but it was the right decision and it was one that we felt very strongly ab t about, we posted it last night, put it in the paper on election day. >> yeah. it was thought all along, though, he was going to win and he had the lead. i believe it is around, according to our david chalian and correct me if i'm wrong, several out of ten votes have already bee...

Development later in the hours. first to montana right now greg gianforte is opening aup lead over exact rob quist on the jean. gianforte with 49.9% on rob quist with 44.2%. 56% of the vote counted >> this election has taken on a life of its own and after a reporter accused gianforte of body slamming. the republican was heavily favored to win and now facing misdemeanor assault charges we have a full house for newsroom from missoula montana. and here in los angeles senior reporter for media and plkts be cnn political reporter and form los angeles city council william. cnn political comment an...

Will they -- how will they deal with this? i think if i were them, i'd be rooting hard for quist to make a rally here. >> interesting. okay. so, david, i want you to stick around. we're going to continue to talk about this and montana. you see, 45% of the vote. 47% -- 45% of the vote in. 47% of that is for gianforte who's the republican candidate and 46%, almost 47%, pretty close, is for rob quist. gianforte has taken the lead there. we're going to continue to talk about that. also want to get david axelrod's reaction to the fbi now, sources saying that jared kushner now the fbi wanting to int...

Charged with body slamming a reporter. greg gianforte's message to his constituents. >> reporter: we know the body slamming incident not enough to deter montana, greg gianforte topping rob quist, almost 44%. greg gianforte had to begin celebrating by apologizing, stayed out of the public eye in the final 24 hours. this was his first comment when charged with assault. >> when you make a mistake you have to own up to it. that is the montana way. i am not proud of what happens. this should not have responded in a way that i did. for that i am sorry. i should not have treated that reporter that wa...

The website. i am hearing that maybe he was walking in here. bear with us for a second. it looks like there might be some sort of announcement. we thought it was going to be a little bit longer tonight. we were told by -- the election in the state of montana that this could go as long as 9:00 mountain time, but that is not the case as you know because he has been declared the winner here on this bus special election. >> i realize that it doesn't sound like all of the returns are quite than being counted yet. what is the thread team expert at this point? >> the spread at this point is 51% for g...