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the meeting was, so get information on hillary clinton. the original trump lie about this meeting was that the meeting was about russian adoptions. but the president s lawyers were forced to admit in a letter to the special prosecutor that president trump dictated a false statement to the new york times about that meeting knowing it was false, a statement saying the meeting was about russian adoptions. the legal implications of the president s tweet are gravely threatening to the president s son. this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics. but it is not done all the time in politics, and it s totally, totally illegal. if it is a meeting with foreign citizens trying to help the trump campaign. federal law makes it a crime for a foreign national to, quote, directly or indirectly help an american campaign with financial contributio
be asking themselves regardless of the nuclear deal, why do you want to do business with the world s largest financer of international terrorism? bill: benjamin hall has more. that story live in london. good morning, bill. what these sanctions do are give companies two options. one to deal with the multi-trillion economy of the u.s. or to deal with iran. what we ve seen overnight is companies choosing to deal with the u.s. despite european countries trying to force them in other directions. president trump tweeted this morning saying the iran sanctions have officially been cast. these are the most biting sanctions ever imposed and in november they ratchet up to yet another level. anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. i m asking for world peace, nothing less. and the response was quick. just in the last few hours the french oil giant has said it will quit its multi-billion
the door was open for negotiations. iranians refused. bill. b
i discovered the potential with ozempic®. oh! oh! oh! ozempic®! (vo) ask your healthcare provider if ozempic® is right for you. good afternoon, you do business with iran, you re not doing business with united states. president trump placed on the law and do sanctions on iran after scrapping the nuclear deal. suspending the operations there. other companies follow suit? would be enough to get iran back to the bargaining table? good morning, good afternoon everyone. i m in this afternoon for neil cavuto. gillian. good afternoon, just moments ago here at the state department briefing, united states administration is seeking a new deal with iran, one that does not get started on the nuclear development program, but all of
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he is being asked about russia right now. in terms of iran, do you think that other countries are going to follow the u.s. lead? already, we have heard from europe, and they are pushing back. they are wanting to into the iran d
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day.
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day.
disapprove. the numbers are shifting for the president? talked about it for a long time. a bit of narrow casting. but this is about as narrow casting as it gets. willie, all i can say for donald trump and republicans who are hoping, like a special election in ohio tonight, the republicans hoping that he s somehow going to get them over the finish line, even in strongly republican districts lie this ohio 12. they better hope that their small slice of the electorate comes out, because, i mean, donald trump is sacrificing just about every other group in america for this one group of white, non-college educated voters that, again, just there just aren t enough to get him over the top or to get his candidates over t
Analysis and discussion of the day s top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence O Donnell.
Analysis and discussion of the day s top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence O Donnell.
Analysis and discussion of the day s top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence O Donnell.
Analysis and discussion of the day s top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence O Donnell.
Analysis and discussion of the day s top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence O Donnell.
Analysis and discussion of the day s top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence O Donnell.
everybody has gone home. a few hours ago, this was a pretty bumping party. democrats really felt like they had a shot here tonight. it the last 48 hours of this race, everything seemed to be breaking their way. the republican candidate stumbled into a gaffe about franklin county the night before the election started. their candidate had been all over the place in national and local media. they felt like they were
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unfolding in the same district, there are a lot of legal issues these are all people, you say people all in the president s circle. it s congressman collins, his son and the son s soon to be father-in-law. there are a lot of references to coconspirators not named as defendants. yes. so are those folks who if you re a prosecutor, are these other family members who are cooperating or might they be indicted down the road. they could be indicted down the road. at this point they re not being indicted but they participated in criminal conspiracy according to the indictment. the most famous coconspirator in an indictment probably was richard nixon in the watergate affair. he was never indicted but he was clearly listed as a coconspirator with respect to some of the charges that were brought. so, this is something they do in the early stages of a case.
the case may name others later. might you have other family
congress. i have also spent many years volunteering to give back to my community. whether it was a member of the federal reserve bank, small business advisory council, member of the board of trustees at kenmore mercy hospital, or as a long-time mentor good evening, welcome to tucker carlson tonight, i am in for tucker this evening. right now, congressman chris collins is speaking after being arrested for insider trading. let s go there live. outside of the courtroom. as i fight to clear my name cannot rest assured i will continue to work hard for the peeper and constituents of the 27th can snow make congressional district of new york and i will remain on the ballot, running for reelection this november. thank you very much, and have a great night. mark: that is chris collins speaking after being arrested for insider trading. in other legal news, president trump s legal team says that it is a negotiation over the terms of any interview with robert mueller. let s go live now
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there in alexandria, virginia. joe, bring me up to speed on the trial at this moment. reporter: so, our question, of course, as you said at the top, brooke, is when will cross-examination begin? the assumption is it s pretty close. what we do know is that the prosecution has asked a lot of questions and there was a break around, what, 2:30 p.m. eastern time that was supposed to go until about 2:45 eastern time. the judge told the defense to keep questions and cross-examination sharply focussed. sort of telegraphing the things to come. now, let s talk a little bit about the last testimony we heard from rick gates. hugely important, almost anything he says about the case. i think one of the most interesting points that was brought out by the judge at the very end of that direct
defense? because can t the defense just say this guy is an admitted liar. this is the guy who should be on trial. and really attacking his cred
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that s 1,754 votes ahead in a sdlact h district that has been in gop hands for three decades. the official outcome way not be known until other ballots are tallied and the race could be headed to a recount if the k candidates end up within 1% of each other once the votes are certified. this morning, balderson is claiming victory. o connor has not conceded. regardless, we ll see a rematch when they compete for full term in congress. welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, august 8th. with joe, willie and me, we have associate editor of commentary magazine noah raufman. former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst steve rattner and national political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc news, is he still away, steve kornacki.
but you see this same thing happening. they re bleeding. republicans are bleeding so badly right now in subu
weather, to understand fuels better. so there are things that can be done at the federal level. but you know what, when you look at what happened at redding, when you look at what happened at santa rosa, when you look at what happened in ventura, where fires have gone from the wild land/urban interface right into the suburbs, right into towns, that s at the state level. we have to look at our zoning. we have to look at our construction materials. we basically have to look at where we have people on the land and how we protect them. right now we just have to thank those 14,000 firefighters that are on the ground. incredible. glen, thank you. thank you for watching this hour of velshi & ruhle. i ll see you tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. i turn you over to andrea mitchell for andrea mitchell reports. former paul manafort deputy rick gates back on the witness
stand. reporter: they re going to say he s damaged goods, he comes to court as a convicted felon. he was convicted of lyin