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Welcome back. we are following developing news from the east coast of sicily where world leaders are gathering for the annual g-7 summit. president trump is meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo abe and at any moment expected to arrive at greek theatre. >> standing in stark contrast to what we saw days ago in saudi arabia. we'll go to kristen welsher to talk more about that. first, a look at the morning's other top stories. in montana greg gianforte has been elected to congress, easily beating democrat rob quist. gianforte was apologetic. steve kornacki helps us break down the numbers ...

[ applause ] >> that's not the person that i am. and it's not the way i'll lead in this state. >> we know! >> rest assured, our work is just beginning. but it does begin with me taking responsibility for my own actions. >> so, most political analysts expected him to win but it was closer than the recent presidential election. steve kornacki has more on how the election actually played out. pretty interesting stuff. >> all right. well, republicans, the bottom line is, they get the win that they wanted. the result they wanted out of montana. greg gianforte will go to congress now. he defeats rob...

Abandoning donald trump? certainly no evidence of that here. he racked up massive margins. small counties, but massive margins does make a difference. meanwhile, what about the western part of the state here? a couple things. first of all, look at missoula, the university of montana, the home of the grizzlies. this is the heart of the democratic base in montana rob quist was looking to get two-thirds of the vote, 67, 68 on a good day. 70% of the vote. they're still counting them here. it looks like he's going to be in the lower 60s. so, again, a strong performance for the democrats, not as str...

Both candidates were extremely flawed. that's why you see gianforte in a republican state getting 50%. it's not something to write home about. quist, on the other hand, was also a mess. he had a stack of opposition research that reached to my shoulders. interesting take away for me, sanders campaigned for quist. >> right. >> and quist lost. now, sanders is not campaigning for ossoff in georgia, and ossoff looks like he's going to win. >> that's an interesting -- what do you make of that? >> i just point out you can't get two more different districts than montana and suburban atlanta. >> the co...

Interior secretary ryan zinke. it should be an easy win. the seat represents the entirety of the state of montana which trump won by 20 points. outside groups have spent $5.6 million on gianforte's behalf. vice president pence travelled to montana to campaign with him as did the president's son, donald trump jr. president trump himself even recorded a get out the vote robocall. >> you have to get to the polls tomorrow to vote for my friend, republican greg gianforte for congress. he's a wonderful guy. he knows how to win. he's going to win for you. and i'll tell you what, the people of montana...