it's at their campaign headquarters in bozeman, which isn sort of this office park in bozeman. it's just a lot ofunteer sitting and making calls. >> they're sitting there makes calls. the side room that he goes into is a side room which a local tv network had set up, a short of shoot for an interview. when ben went in that room, was in just ben and gianforte in there or were a bunch of other people in that room? >> i believe the tv crew was in there. they were in there when i saw before. >> so people saw this? >> ben sort of -- it was sort of like a -- you know, we all do this when tv crews interview a candidate. you sort of like stand there if -- so you can get the audio as well. they tend not to want to give endless interviews on the same thing. the door was wide open. so -- >> he doesn't even duck in to like go ask a bunch of questions. he's there to lurking to listen to the interview? >> i saw him duck in. >> not that asking questions would mean that he deserved what happened, but just to clarify -- >> i can't speak for what happened in the room because i -- i didn't try an

it's at their campaign headquarters in bozeman, which is in sort of this office park in bozeman. it's just a lot of volunteers sitting and making calls. >> they're sitting there makes calls. the side room that he goes into is a side room which a local tv network had set up, a short of shoot for an interview. when ben went in that room, was in just ben and gianforte in there or were a bunch of other people in that room? >> i believe the tv crew was in there. they were in there when i saw before. >> so people saw this? >> ben sort of -- it was sort of like a -- you know, we all do this when tv crews interview a candidate. you sort of like stand there if you c -- so you can get the audio as well. they tend not to want to give endless interviews on the same thing. the door was wide open. so -- >> he doesn't even duck in to like go ask a bunch of questions. he's there to lurking to listen to the interview? >> i saw him duck in. >> not that asking questions would mean that he deserved what happened, but just to clarify -- >> i can't speak for what happened in the room because i -- i di

we started talking and introduced himself and chitchat about bozeman in general when ben jacobson placed his recorder right up to him about here and started asking him questions about the cbo report on the republican healthcare bill and you heard what happened from there. i myself was standing about two feet d jacobs when it happened. there was a table in between. i saw the whole thing when he grabbed him by the neck both hands, slid him to the side. body slammed him and got on top of him and started punching and yelling at him and ben jacobs scrambled to his knees, grabbed his glasses and you heard him talk about his glasses being

abc's clayton sandell is in bozeman. republican greg gianforte, the frontrunner in montana's special election, was about to do an interview with fox news. that's when ben jacobs, a reporter for "the guardian", tried asking a question. >> in terms of the cbo score -- because, you know, you were waiting to make your decision about healthcare until you saw the bill, and it just came out. >> we'll talk to you about that later. >> yeah, but there's not going to be time. >> reporter: the reporter recording it all. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here did the same thing. >> get the hell out of here. >> the last guy did the same thing. are you with "the guardian"? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> he grabbed the recorder, and the next thing i knew i went from being vertical to horizontal on the floor. >> reporter: the campaign insisting he was just grabbing the phone pushed

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abc's clayton sandell is in bozeman. republican greg gianforte, the frontrunner in montana's special election, was about to do an interview with fox news. that's when ben jacobs, a reporter for "the guardian", tried asking a question. >> in terms of the cbo score -- because, you know, you were waiting to make your decision about healthcare until you saw the bill, and it just came out. >> we'll talk to you about that later. >> yeah, but there's not going to be time. >> reporter: the reporter recording it all. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here did the same thing. >> get the hell out of here. >> the last guy did the same thing. are you with "the guardian"? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> he grabbed the recorder, and the next thing i knew i went from being vertical to horizontal on the floor. >> reporter: the campaign insisting he was just grabbing the phone that he

he knows how to win. >> and clayton sandell with us live in bozeman. regardless if he's elected to congress, the speaker of the house paul ryan now saying this candidate owes an apology? >> yes, he did. paul ryan today said that gianforte should apologize to voters but he also said that voters here in montana should decide his fate. david. >> okay, clayton, thank you. >>> next this evening to the breaking headline late today involving president trump's second try at a travel ban. tonight, an appeals court deciding the ban will remain on hold. at issue was this question -- should donald trump's words as a candidate matter now that he's president? abc's mary bruce on the hill tonight. the courts deciding those words matter. it doesn't change when you become president. >> reporter: david, this all comes down to the president's own words. his call during the campaign for a muslim ban now seems to be coming back to haunt him. today, the 4th circuit ruled that the president's order to limit travel from six muslim majority countries will remain on hold. in a

after the incident at his campaign office in bozeman on wednesday. many in the media had not heard from gianforte, save for a statement put out shortly after it happened. but not long after, he was declared the winner in the special election, he took the stage to thank his supporters. but also apologize to voters. mpbs that's not the person that i am. >> that's not the person that i am and not the way i'll lead in this state. rest assured our work is just beginning. but it does begin with me taking responsibility for my own actions. you deserve a congressman who stays out of the limelight and just gets the job done. >> on the eve of the special election for montana's sole seat in the u.s. house, gianforte threw a reporter for the guardian, ben jacobs, to the ground at his bozeman campaign headquarters office. our fox crew, which was setting up for an interview, witnessed the whole thing. even with the incident, gianforte beat the democrat, rob quist, the montana folk singer who drew big democratic money from of the of stooid state and had the support

and joining us by phone from bozeman, own garrick hake. talk about the contours of this race and if and how they might have changed tonight. >> well, brian, the politics in a second. but first, the weirdness of this moment. we were 200 miles away in missoula with the democrat rob quist's campaign when this news broke. i saw it on my phone and showed the original ben jacobs tweet to a staffer for quist. everyone in the room sort of thought it was some kind of bizarre joke. and then as the night progressed, it became increasingly clear that this was real. we took advantage of the 80 miles an hour speed limits on the highways here in montana to get to bozeman. the story doesn't seem to have sunk in here broadly. we stopped at a gas station on the way. i told a clerk about this. she said to me, well, maybe that sounds to me like my kind of politics. that gets maybe to the political heart of this. at best a huge embarrassment for gianforte. and the opening question does this actually really hurt him tomorrow? he was by most accounts probably go

she joins us live tonight from bozeman, montana. this is some story. >> it is. and i wasn't there just by myself. i was also there with fox news talker for as well as fox news producer faith mangan. we were in the room setting up for a prescheduled interview with greg gianforte. we are in the middle of setting up. he walked into the room, and we just introduced ourselves, exchange pleasantries, talk about food and bozeman. very nice, and about 2 minutes into the conversation, ben jacobs with the guardian walked in and started asking questions about the congressional budget office score on the republican health care bill. and as you just heard, greg gianforte said that he would get to him later. jacobs persisted and greg gianforte then again told him to talk to shane who was his press guy and then at that point, that's when the three of us saw greg gianforte take his hands and put them up on either side of his neck, grabbed him, push him, throw him onto the ground, kind of jump on him on the side and start punching him. he punched him about two to three times, sa

we started talking about restaurants and things in bozeman specifically. about two minutes in, ben jacobs came in, said he was with the guardian. put his recorder up here, about standard location and started asking about the cbo score, the congressional budget office score. his reaction. gianforte said he would get to him later. jacobs persisted. then gianforte said, you know, talk to shane, his press guy. at that point -- i was looking at the two men -- at that point that's when gianforte put both hands on either side of his neck, grabbed him, threw him to the ground against this wall on the ground, got on top of him, just over him, punched him about two or three times and said i'm really sick and tired of this, something to that effect. we saw jacobs -- i saw him -- he scrambled away. he was on his knees. his glasses were broken. he said you broke my glasses. you body-slammed me. i was in shock. so were keith and faith. we could not believe this just happened. it went from a very calm, cordial discussion to just this craziness. >> shepard: so first, he b

joining us in bozeman, month month, good morning to you, good night, whatever it is. interesting, because it's not apparent if this assault on the reporter hurt or maybe even in some cases helped gianforte, what do you sense? >> reporter: well, good morning, dave, i can tell you sometimes it helped in this situation. we went inside where some of his reporters are just leaving as we speak, it's about 2:00 a.m. in the morning here. people were energized by this, they thought he was a good man who made a bad decision. in some cases they thought the reporter never should have gone in that room. despite all that, greg gianforte stepped to the mike and made an apology and talked about what he felt happened the night before. >> sometimes hard work is borne out of hard republicans. last night i learned a lesson. last night i made a mistake. and i took an action that i can't take back. and 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 reporter that way. and fo

we are waiting for them to see if he's going to be here at headquarters at bozeman. this is the watch party where he was scheduled to speak. we haven't been able to confirm that he will be here. >> kimberly: where do we stand in terms of election results coming in? there was early voting in those votes stanford results and returns are coming in now at this hour as well. >> they have the associated press next to me or they have 25% of the precincts reporting. 169 out of 681. right now they are within two points. right now greg gianforte is ahead to democrat rob quist, at 46%. before i came on with you i was talking to the director of elections for the secretary of state office for montana and he explained we are very early in the process. he is hoping to have some sort of finality by midnight mountain time tonight if not sooner. we have a long way to go. however i must tell you that going into the event that happened yesterday, the general consensus was, and a lot of analysts were saying they expected gianforte to win. that he was going to hold on to the republican se

let's go first to cnn's ryan young in bozeman, montana. you assault a reporter one night and the one the election the next. ryan. >> reporter: john, what a 24 hours. body slamming and charges fired and three newspapers pull endorsement and you still win an election. >> thank you, montana. >> reporter: just 24 hours after charged with assaulting a reporter, greg gianforte heading to washington after winning a special election for montana's open house seat. gianforte directly addressed the shocking incident at his victory rally. >> sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here you did the same thing. get the hell out of here! >> reporter: apologizing both to supporters and to the reporter that he allegedly body slammed. >> last night i made a mistake and i took an action that i can't take back. and i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way i did. and for that i'm sorry. i should not have treated that reporter that way. and for that, i'm sorry, mr. ben jacobs. >> reporter: the gianforte an policy comi

is it senators burr, flake, bozeman, any of those members? >> i would rule out nobody in the republican caucus at this point as potentially siding with us, as there are more and more -- just this afternoon there was a report, seems to be credible, that director comey went to the deputy attorney general, then rob rosenstein very recently, and asked for more funds and resources for this investigation, indicating that it was expanding. and that is part of the evidentiary trail that leads us to think that our colleagues will conclude we need to stop any effort to stifle or stop this investigation or cover it up. >> senator, the doj is flatly denying that. i spoke twice today to sara flores who works there who said that absolutely is not true. still, our reporting says that members of congress, c congressional staffers, said that is the case, he did ask for more resources. when you have this where one side says one thing and the other side says another, who does the american public believe? and has it come to a point where everything no matter wha

. >> pelley: the trustworthy barry petersen in bozeman, montana tonight. thank you, barry. tonight, the u.s. senate has completed its investigation of the wounded warrior project. the senate probe began after a t,ries of reports on the "cbs veening news" questioned how much of the donations were actually going to wounded vets. chip reid has this. >> reporter: last year, we met erick millette, one of dozens of former employees who shared with cbs news concerns about the charity's spending and programs for veterans. >> they're using our injuries, our darkest days, our hardships, to make money. so you can have these big parties? >> reporter: senator chuck grassley led an inquiry into the allegations. >> you want to make sure that people that contribute money, that it's used for what it was meant to be used for. >> reporter: the charity had said it spent 80 cents of each donor dollar on programs for veterans, but grassley says that included donated media, advertisements and educational fundraising solicitations to reach that number. and, grassley's nearly 500-page report to the

the alleged attack took place at gianforte headquarters in bozeman. >> so far the candidate has yet to take a stance on the republican health care bill, waiting for the congressional budget office to weigh in on its effects. guardian reporter ben jacobs, he tried to press gianforte for his stance and now that the cbo has released its score, so now listen to what happened. >> to the cbo score, you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it came out -- >> i'll talk to you about that later. >> just curious -- >> speak with shane, please. just -- sick and tired of you guys. the last guy came in here did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. are you with the guardian? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> you would like me to get the hell out of here. i also would like to call the police. could i get your guys' names? he just body slammed me. >> you got to leave.

. >> let's get to our nbc reporters mike viqueira on capitol hill, garret hake in bozeman, montana, where that incident occurred and peter alexander on capitol hill with breaking news of sorts on the fbi search and steve kornacki is here to break down that special election and the implications nationally. vick, let me start with you. republicans on the hill, they seem to be rejecting the violence, not so much the candidate, though. >> well, that's right, craig. i think the thing that shocks people on the hill, whether members, staff or the journalistic community that reporter was asking mr. gianforte the candidate for the house of representatives about his opinion on of all things a congressal budget office report. wasn't asking about malfeasance or misbehavior in any way, shape, or form. i have spent the morning speaking with republicans started the day speaking to each other behind closed doors and meeting of all things the budget, outside reporters only wanted to talk about this interaction or this incident that happened in bozeman, montana, last night. to a man and woman all of them c

nbc is in bozeman with the latest developments. garrett, gianforte has been sited with dismirren assaumisde. what is he saying about this. >> ben jacobs did call the police after that incident. he and gianforte and the independent witnesses from fox news were interviewed by the sheri sheriff's department here. sounds like gianforte's legal problems will end with the citation for misdemeanor assault in this case. the sheriff said the events don't meet what would be a felony assault case. talking about a fine, court appearance and possibly, possibly some jail time later. that'd be much further down the line. the political fallout is much worse for gianforte. right now, his campaign is standing by what's been their only comment on this really all together since last night. a statement they put out, which i'll read in a second. you'll notice other than the very beginning, bears little resemblance to the stories that were told by jacobs and the fox news reporter. the statement from the gianforte campaign reads, tonight as greg was givin

let's go first to cnn's ryan young in bozeman, montana. you assault a reporter one night and the one the election the next. ryan. >> reporter: john, what a 24 hours. body slamming and charges fired

msnbc's garret hake is live in bozeman. what is the candidate saying and how are people reacting? >> hey, saftephanie. it didn't just happen in america but in this campaign office last night. this is the last place, the last time greg gianforte has been seen in public after this event. he was taken in and questioned by police about this. he has not spoken publicly about it, but his campaign issued a statement shortly after this happened in which they basically placed the entire blame for this incident on the reporter ben jacobs. i would like to read you a portion of what the gianforte campaign says today. or last night. they wrote and i quote, tonight, as greg was giving a separate interview in a private office, the guardian's ben jacobs entered the office without permission, aggressively shoved a recorder in greg's face and began asking badgering questions. jacobs grabbed greg's wrist and pun away from greg pushing them both to the ground. it's unfortunate this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our campaign barbecue. that's not what we hear on th

. >> reporter: we met gianforte last month in bozeman. >> people have lost faith in washington. we've got federal agencies that are way outside their sand bok. we need to reign them back in. >> reporter: gianforte faces a misdemeanor assault charge and has to appear in court in june. meg oliver cbs news new york. >> well, a document that reached the top levels of the fbi including former director james comey appears to have been based on faulty intelligence possibly planted by the russians. the document reportedly showed that then attorney general loretta lynch colluded with the clinton campaign to squash the e-mail server investigation. the fbi later deemed the document "unreliable" but not before comey used it as a justification to publically discuss the investigation. sources say comey feared that if lynch announced no charges and then the document leaked, the legitimacy of the case would be questioned. >> meanwhile president trump addressed world leaders today at the nato summit in brussells and as correspondent weijia jiang shows us differences remain. >> reporter:. >> all

what i can tell you is right around 5:00 here just outside of bozeman in gallatin county, there was mr. gianforte was at his campaign headquarters. there were people there. then we received a report of an alleged assault. our deputies responded, did the initial investigation. from there, it was my understanding that the victim went up to the hospital and after that, we're continuing the investigation. >> okay. so you have spoken to him, correct? and all of the witnesses? >> we're -- i think we are -- we're actually currently with the victim still interviewing him. zb >> you're still interviewing him? >> the alleged victim, yes. >> do you know about his health. does he have any injuries? any physical injuries that you know of? >> i don't know the specifics, but i do know that he was up at the hospital and i actually saw that on the news and then we had our deputies go up there and from there, our detectives brought him back to the law and justice center and that where's we have him now. so i don't know specifics on any injuries. >> so as i understand, you have taken the audio into evide

for now, i'm alicia acuna in bozeman, montana. fox news. >> both sides are talking about this. a lot of people are saying if he should lose then the republicans are going to say well it's because this incident happened. >> yeah. >> and if he won they're saying all right it doesn't matter what he does, he can get away with anything so it's going to be interesting to see how this all plays out. >> i want to point out two things here. first of all greg gianforte ran for governor last year in montana. montana only has one congressional seat. he lost to a democrat last time so he's not won statewide before. i'm want to point something out. in the campaign they put out very quick to call ben jacobs a liberal reporter. take the parties off it, take the ideology off it. you listen to it right there. and if greg gianforte can't handle a reporter putting a tape recorder or a phone in his face, you're not going to like washington, dude. >> right. >> simple as that. so, in the end i mean you'll let the legal system sort it out but have a right to put your hands on anybody else. he wasn't p

we're in bozeman with the victory celebration that included an apology. >>> president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is under bi scrutiny as the russia investigation reaches into the white house. investigators want to know about his meetings with russia's ambassador and a russian banker. >>> plus, the largest wetlands in north america under assault from human activity. we're in the florida everglades with the massive proposal to save this river of grass. >>> we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> i need to share something from my heart. when you make a mistake, you have to own up to it. that's the montana way. >> greg gianforte wins election despite body slamming a reporter. >> gianforte will face fierce criticism from democrats once he gets to town. >> he has the moniker now as the body slam congressman. he has to prove he can work pour the people of montana. >> the president's son-in-law under scrutiny in the fbi probe of russian meddling. >> i think it's nepotism run wild. i think it's the reason we have nepotism. >>

fox news correspondent alicia was there, and witnessed that confrontation, she has our report from bozeman, montana. >> i am sick and tired of you guys, get the hell out of here. reporter: greg gianforte looked like a safe bet until he threw to the ground a reporter, the night before the elections, police charge greg gianforte is misdemeanor assault that carries a possible 6 month jail sentence. 37% of absentee ballots had already been submitted. >> how you run your election. reporter: he is facing rob quiftz quist, a bernie sanders supporter. democrats capitalize on last minute campaign gift with a web ad saying that greg gianforte has no business being in congress. and 3 biggest newspapers quickly retracked their endorsement. and as they voted, greg gianforte stayed away from cameras, on capitol hill, republicans and democrats were quick to condemn the violence. >> there never a call for physical altercation. >> come on, behave. >> we need more people in dc to help my father. >> big nape se. >> quist brought in bernie sanders, both ran on outsider platforms, but even before political wat

chairman. >> thank you, senator bozeman. >> let me thank our witnesses. i think this hearing points out the importance for us, general, to take a look earlier in the process at the next word a bill. senator markey is correct come in 2014 we passed the water resources bill which was the first time -- it was seven years earlier with pastor last one. we made a commitment to pass one every two years. we barely did that in 2016 when the last bill was passed in congress. because weallenge had to do with the rules on how we direct spending and it was not as easy to figure out all the different nuances. one thing is clear -- we are going to see different rules coming down from this administration, and i think it is going to be important for us to try to figure this out as a congress earlier rather than later, which may require some legislative authorization in order to make sure that projects like mid-bay are not inadvertently jeopardized because of the budgetary scheduling that is being followed on these projects. i would urge us to take an earlier look at just

fox news correspondent alicia was there, and witnessed that confrontation, she has our report from bozeman, montana. >> i am sick and tired of you guys, get the hell out of here. reporter: greg gianforte looked like a safe bet until he threw to the ground a reporter, the night before the elections, police charge greg gianforte is misdemeanor assault that carries a possible 6 month jail sentence. 37% of absentee ballots had already been submitted. >> how you run your election. reporter: he is facing rob quiftz quist, a bernie sanders supporter. democrats capitalize on last minute campaign gift with a web ad saying that greg gianforte has no business being in congress. and 3 biggest newspapers quickly retracked their endorsement. and as they voted, greg gianforte stayed away from cameras, on capitol hill, republicans and democrats were quick to condemn the violence. >> there never a call for physical altercation. >> come on, behave. >> we need more people in dc to help my father. >> big nape se >> qst brought in bernie sanders, both ran on outsider platforms, but even before political watche

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fox news correspondent alicia was there, and witnessed that confrontation, she has our report from bozeman, montana. >> i am sick and tired of you guys, get the hell out of here. reporter: greg gianforte looked like a safe bet until he threw to the ground a reporter, the night before the elections, police charge greg gianforte is assault that carries a possible 6 month jail sentence. 37% of absentee ballots had already been submitted. >> how you run your election. reporter: he is facing rob quiftz quist, a bernie sanders supporter. democrats capitalize on last minute campaign gift with a web ad saying that greg gianforte has no business being in congress. and 3 biggest newspapers quickly retracked their endorsement. and as they voted, greg gianforte stayed away from cameras, on capitol hill, republicans and democrats were quick to condemn the violence. >> there never a call for physical altercation. >> come on, behave. >> we need more people in dc to help my father. >> big nape se. >> quist brought in bernie sanders, both ran on outsider platforms, but even before political watchers here t

fox news correspondent alicia was there, and witnessed that confrontation, she has our report from bozeman, montana. >> i am sick and tired of you guys, get the hell out of here. reporter: greg gianforte looked like a safe bet until he threw to the ground a reporter, the night before the elections, police charge greg gianforte is misdemeanor assault that carries a poible 6 month jail sentence. 37% of absentee ballots had already been submitted. >> how you run your election. reporter: he is facing rob quiftz quist, a bernie sanders supporter. democrats capitalize on last minute campaign gift with a web ad saying that greg gianforte has no business being in congress. and 3 biggest newspapers quickly retracked their endorsement. and as they voted, greg gianforte stayed away from cameras, on capitol hill, republicans and democrats were quick to condemn the violence. >> there never a call for physical altercation. >> come on, behave. >> we need more people in dc to help my father. >> big nape se. >> quist brought in bernie sanders, both ran on outsider platforms, but even before political watch

we were setting up for interview we scheduled for greg gianforte in bozeman. we were in a room where they were holding volunteer barbecue, i was standing two, three feet from gee an forte. having a conversation when ben jacobs from the guardian walked in and in with a audio recorder. asked about the cbo report. he pushed back, would ghetto him later. jacobs same back said would get something now. tell him talk to his press guy, shane. then immediately after grabbed him with both hands, top of bottomeddy, both sides of the neck, pulled him in and slammed him to the ground, got on top of him, started punching him two or three times, started screaming i'm sick and tired of this, that kind thing. ben jacobs goat away from him, scrambled away from him, was on his knees. heard on tape you broke my grasses. that is where it happened from there. i was right there. i don't know if the part played where he says can i get your names? he was talking to faith, keith and myself. so. neil: do you know, alicia, had there been something else going on in the candidate's life, s

we're live the bozeman, montana. >> it was a nail biter as results came in. the republican greg gianforte pulled away and hold onto his party's seat in the u.s. house. a hard fought win and seemed suddenly out of reach after a confrontation between he and a reporter that sent the journalist to the hospital with minor injuries. >> when you make a mistake, you have to own up to it. that's the montana way. i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way that i did. and for that i'm sorry. i should not have treated that reporter that way. and for that i am sorry, mr. ben jacobs. >> we watched gianforte as he threw ben jacobs to the ground after jacobs asked him question about the gop healthcare plan. >> that altercation not keeping the republican from the win at some speculated. gianforte beating democrat robquist by six points. he drew big democratic money from out of state and had the support of senator bernie sanders galvanized his party base but not able to pull off an upset. today president trump said this from italy. >> bill, the inve

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. >> this is how it looks in bozeman, montana. >>> folks saw snow up to 4 inches. in the valley 8 inches expected in the mountains. but a warmup coming soon. not the 90s. but maybe the 50s or the 60s. hopefully it will kbgive them something to look forward to. >> i was seeing a bunch of friends in denver were saying, what the heck. >> the high country in the real high country could get 36 inches of snow. >> whoo! >> crazy amounts of snow. >> it is piling up out there. they -- usually when it's east -- tends to be cold in the west. high country out there. there is a big time severe weather outbreak expected across oklahoma and kansas. keeping an media feeds for that. i saw you had the marine corps marathon folks mere a second ago. if you plan to run the 13.1 miles this coming sunday morning in fredericksburg, virginia, i ran the race a couple years ago, i'll be down there this saturday morning with the expo. it will be good running weather. temperatures won't be in the 90s at all. race time at 7:00 a.m. sunday morning around 61 degrees. it will be in mostly cloudy.

we're in bozeman with the victory celebration that included an apology. >>> president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is under bi scrutiny as the russia investigation reaches into the white house. investigators want to know about his meetings with russia's ambassador and a russian banker. >>> plus, the largest wetlands in north america under assault from human activity. we're in the florida everglades with the massive proposal to

ameriprise >> greg: it was the battle in bozeman, montana. house g.o.p. candidate greg gianforte has been cited for misdemeanor assault after attacking a reporter, ben jacobs who had put a recorder up to his face and started asking questions. double g said not right now the jacobs present to team acting back% said. sounds like jesse. alert your ears. >> we will talk to about that later. it's because there's not going to be time. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys! get the hill out of here ! >> greg: it sounds kind of bad. how bad? there is probable cause to issue a citation but the injuries didn't meet felony assault. normally you would blame the g.o.p. candidate for his actions, that's what adults do. we assign blame to those responsible. we are not babies. or belgians. you know who they are going to blame? trump. >> a guy assault a reporter which would be surprising in an age of trump where he calls the press the enemy of the people. these reckless words have consequences. >> there is a cost to continually prorating the media. you create an atmosphere in

let's start with cnn's ryan young in bozeman, montana with a new congress member just elected. >> reporter: absolutely, john. how tough is the question? we saw it may lead to physical altercation. of course that did not stop anything from happening. 24 hours later, despite charges, a new congress member in town. greg gianforte. >> thank you, montana. >> reporter: just 24 hours after charged with assaulting a reporter, republican greg gianforte heading to washington after winning a special election from montana's open house seat. gianforte addressing the shocking incident at the victory rally. >> sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. >> reporter: apologizing to supporters and to the reporter that he allegedly body slammed. >> last night i made a mistake and i took an action that i cannot take back. i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way i did. for that, i'm sorry. i should not have treated that reporter that way. and for that, i'm sorry, mr. ben jacobs. >> reporter: g

. >> greg: it was the battle in bozeman, montana. house g.o.p. candidate greg gianforte has been cited for misdemeanor assault after attacking a reporter, ben jacobs who had put a recorder up to his face and started asking questions. double g said not right now the jacobs persisted. sounds like jesse. alert your ears... >> greg: it sounds kind of bad. how bad? there is probable cause to issue a citation but the injuries didn't meet felonyau assault. normally you would blame the g.o.p. candidate for his actions, that's what adults do. we assign blame to those responsible. we are not babies. or belgians. but the media... you know who they are going to blame? trump. >> a guy assaulting a reporter -- which wouldn't be surprising in an age of trump, where he calls the press the enemy of the people.ld these reckless words have consequences. >> there is a cost to continually berating the media. you create an atmosphere in which these people are not treated like human beings. although i'm sure the president did not intend for this particular candidate to

alicia acuna joins us from bozeman, montana. >> now with 43% of the precincts reporting, it looks like republican greg gianforte is ahead by six points. however, i should note that in talking to the director of elections for the secretary of state's office for montana, he said it was still very early in the night. we have a number of counties that are still delivering the results and they divvied up different ways. some of the counties hand-deliver their results. some upload them into the electronic reporting system and then the website is updated every 5 minutes. you are seeing some results coming in in big chunks. then you get a little bit of a slow down as we have to wait for more. i did just hear, we all heard a cheer go up when it came out. 6% is the farthest those two candidates have been this evening. of course, the gianforte campaign is hoping it continues on the trend, especially when you consider he is facing an assault charge with the incident yesterday. we still don't know, haven't been able to confirm whether or not gianforte is scheduled to appear tonight and he was origi

she witnessed the attack and joins us from bozeman. hi, alicia. >> hi, eric. a couple of minutes in his victory speech, gianforte told supporters that he made a mistake and apologized for an action he couldn't take back. here's more. >> i'm sorry, mr. ben jacobs. i also want to apologize to the fox news team that was there. and i'm sorry to each one of you that we had to go through this. that's not the person i am. it's not the way i'll lead in this state. >> gianforte is facing a misdemeanor assault charge for the incident in which his response to a journalist turned violent when he grabbed reporter ben jacobs and threw him on the ground. president trump, while in italy, expre expressed his pleasure with the outcome. >> a great win in montana. >> and eric, according to the sheriff's office, gianforte must appear in court by june 7. eric? >> eric: meanwhile, he's headed to capitol hill. once he's sworn in as a congressman, could he face any punishment in the house? >> still a big question. the u.s. congress has the power to decide whether or not to seat him. o

she joins us from bozeman, montana. >> hi. campaign volunteers for greg gianforte continued to set up for a watch party here. we are still trying to confirm whether the candidate plans to be here tonight. as his assault case is in the hands of the county attorney. >> sick and tired of you guys. the last time you came here, you did the same thing. >> greg gianforte looked like a safe bet for montana's house seat until he threw to the ground a reporter the night before polls opened. >> you body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> he was charged with misdemeanor assault. the question, will it matter? in a rural state where nearly half the population votes early, 30 30 -- 37% of absentee ballots had been submitted. gianforte is facing a bernie sanders supporter and a popular local musician who lacks big money but has fired up liberals. democrats capitalized on the last-minute campaign gift with a web ad saying gianforte has no business being in congress by the state three biggest newspapers quickly retracted their endorsement of t

. >> reporter: bozeman is another town benefiting from the high- tech boom. >> the internet was causing the biggest discontinuity of business we have seen in decades. >> reporter: greg started a tech company here with $5,000. that was 1997. in 2011, oracle bought it for $1.8 billion. >> now we have 80 to 100 technology firms here. >> reporter: firms that are attracting not only montanans looking to stay but out of staters looking for quality of life. >> walk five minutes that way and i get to be on the edge of wilderness. the access to outdoors is unparalleled. >> reporter: it's a wide-open frontier for high paying high- tech jobs. and a river runs through it. meg olive, cbs news, missoula, montana. >> now, today there are more than 500 high-tech manufacturing companies in montana and it's still growing. >>> fly fishing is good there, too. >> not bad. >> for news throughout the evening the latest is always on our website, cbssf.com. >> join us at 10:00 and 11:00. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: how y'all?

. >> garrett haake is there for uus in bozeman, montana. what can we expect? >> no word on that news schedule. they put out a notice on their facebook page about two hours ago saying they would have an update on this case and that hasn't happened yet. last night they told us as a misdemeanor assault case, they may not be saying anything more on it at all. we've all been sort of waiting for that to happen. i've been at a polling place a few blocks from the sheriff's office. and we've heard from a lot of voters that say if this incident didn't change their mind, it has juiced the whole thing a ltle bit. i talked to one supporter of rob quist who said he wished he could have voted 12 times. another one said he's embarrassed this is a view of montana that the rest of the country is getting because of this incident. but i also talked to supporters of gian fforte who said they're not bothered by this, they still pulled the knob for him, and they think reporters can be too aggressive. that's not really how ben jacobs described what happened to him when he spoke to ou

. >> nbc's gator haake is live in bows m bozeman, montana. earlier i said kelly o'donnell had the best background. i have to restate. you have the best background despite the highway running through it. gianforte apologized but he didn't say anything about the campaign statement that was released that didn't apologize, blamed ben jacobs. what do you make of that? and secondly, is this going to follow him to the halls of congress? he's going to have a lot of people putting microphones in his face. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. those are very much related questions. they are hoping to leave this question behind in montana. the cal daern sort of helps him do that. the earlier gianforte could be seated in congress is june 6. that's what congress comes back from this recess they've started. by law he has to appear in front of a judge in montana by june 7. ere is a cnce he can get this all behind him before he ever goes to washington. about that apology, katy, that was probably aimed just as much at paul ryan and republicans in washington a

guardian's ben jacobs tried to ask gianforte about the cbo score of the gop health care bill at an event in bozeman. >> -- the cbo score because, you know, you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. >> we'll talk to you about that later. >> there's not going to be time. >> speak with shane, please. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here, you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. are you with the guard dwraian? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> you'd like me to get the hell out of here. i'd like to also call the police. can i get you guys' names? >> you've got to leave. >> he just body slammed me. >> jacobs ended up at the hospital where he got kpx-rays his elbow. thankfully they were negative. gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault. soon after the incident, gianforte's spokesman released a statement utterly at odds

guardian's ben jacobs tried to ask gianforte about the cbo score of the gop health care bill at an event in bozeman. >> -- the cbo score because, you know, you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. >> we'll talk to you about that later. >> there's not going to be time. >> speak with shane, please. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here, you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. are you with the guardian? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> you'd like me to get the hell out of here. i'd like to also call the police. can i get you guys' names? >> you've got to leave. >> he just body slammed me. >> jacobs ended up at the hospital where he got x-rays on his elbow. thankfully they were negative. gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault. soon after the incident, gianforte's spokesman released a statement utterly at odds wit

bless montana and this great united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] >> that is the scene in bozeman, montana. you are looking at greg gianforte. he is now congressman-elect, greg gianforte, the republican candidate for the at large seat in montana. he has been declared the winner by the the associated press. you heard him declaring victory. a couple of pieces of news to tell you about from what we just heard. number one, this was the first public statement from greg gianforte since that controversy yesterday, the reporter from the guardian newspaper ben jacobs trying to interview him. there was an altercation. jacobs says he was body slammed by greg gianforte. he had audio of it, no video. the audio certainly seemed to under cut the original version of events that was presented by greg gianforte. now 24 hours later in victory and having been a call to apologize by the speaker of the house, republican paul ryan, greg gianforte did address that altercation and said when you make a mistake you have to own up to it. he said that is the montana way. he said i should not have treated that

but i'm sorry, john bozeman is no one who wants to bash his own president. rob portman is uncomfortable. you're creeping into the not just the anti-trumpers. tipping the point? >> no. the leader mcconnell went to the floor and said there will be no special counsel if i have anything to say about it. they realize the special counsel takes us deep into 2018 and makes russia an issue in the next election cycle. they don't believe there is anything there but if there is, they want the boil sliced. they want all the prosecutions done. >> shawn whitehouse was drawing a distinction. he is not for a special prosecutor. he would rather an independent investigation. saying if you bring in a special prosecutor, you start from scratch. it was an interesting argument and one of the few democrats arguing against it. >> and it is one of the things congress can get done on their own as opposed to a special prosecutor which would need to be appointed by the ag. the republicans may say they're disturb in the various e-mail statements. they're going to get pinned down by repor