The Maine Event, Vance Calls for Fraud Probe, Sam Bankman-Fried’s Appeal and more
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🗓️ 9 June 2026
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Rind with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, June 9th. |
| 0:06.0 | It's another midterm primary day. |
| 0:08.0 | Voters are going to the polls in South Carolina, Nevada, North Dakota, but the main story is in |
| 0:13.0 | Maine. |
| 0:14.0 | That's where Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner will look to lock up the nomination |
| 0:18.0 | ahead of a general election against incumbent Republican Susan Collins. |
| 0:21.8 | Now, Platner doesn't have much serious competition, but all eyes will be on if he loses any support |
| 0:26.2 | in the wake of recent reporting about him sending sexually explicit messages to women who |
| 0:31.2 | weren't his wife and allegations of unsettling and in at least one case physically threatening |
| 0:36.3 | behavior towards former partners. |
| 0:38.3 | He has denied ever being physically intimidating with women, and he has also remained steadfast |
| 0:43.3 | that he was not aware a skull and crossbones tattoo he had on his chest was a Nazi symbol. |
| 0:48.3 | He has since covered it up. |
| 0:49.3 | CNN's Arlette's signs has been out in Maine talking to voters. |
| 0:52.3 | Arlette, what are they telling you? |
| 0:55.0 | Well, David, here in Portland, many of the Democratic primary voters that I spoke with said |
| 0:59.0 | that they're sticking behind Graham Platner, despite the controversies around his campaign. |
| 1:03.0 | Do any of the allegations make you uneasy at all? |
| 1:06.0 | I just want to beat Susan Collins and get her out of the Senate. |
| 1:10.0 | They said, yes, they're uneasy with these scandals, but they think Plattner still presents |
| 1:14.6 | the best opportunity to beat Senator Susan Collins. |
| 1:17.5 | I think he's changed, and I think he's a real person, and I'm proud of him for standing |
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