Represented by Jared Kushner, ivanka trump, and a couple of very controversial christian pastors. Well have more on all of that later in the show. Including a live report from Nbcs Richard Engel whos on the ground in jerusalem. Also today, Melania Trump underwent a medical procedure for what the white house called a, quote, benign kidney condition. And were told the procedure was successful and the president tweeted this afternoon that the first lady is in good spirits. Weve been watching this week for the criminal trial of the republican governor of missouri. Eric greitens. Greitens was accused of felony invasion of privacy stemming from his allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman he had an affair with back in 2015. Out of the blue today the local prosecutor announced her office was dropping the invasion of privacy charge against the governor. Theyre asking the judge to appoint a special prosecutor and start the case again. Governor greitens still faces a felony count of comp
Very controversial christian pastors. Well have more on all of that later in the show. Including a live report from Nbcs Richard Engel whos on the ground in jerusalem. Also today, Melania Trump underwent a medical procedure for what the white house called a, quote, benign kidney condition. And were told the procedure was successful and the president tweeted this afternoon that the first lady is in good spirits. Weve been watching this week for the criminal trial of the republican governor of missouri. Eric greitens. Greitens was accused of felony invasion of privacy stemming from his allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman he had an affair with back in 2015. Out of the blue today the local prosecutor announced her office was dropping the invasion of privacy charge against the governor. Theyre asking the judge to appoint a special prosecutor and start the case again. Governor greitens still faces a felony count of computer tampering related to campaign fundraising. And he could
on january 29th the new yorker published this bombshell. the title alone hit like a thunderbolt. jared kushner is china s trump card: how the president s son-in-law despite his inexperience in diplomacy became beijing s primary point of interest. it read like a spy thriller and opened up a whole new rabbit hole of questions about jared kushner. it was the work of the new yorker s powerhouse reporters adam entus and evan osnos. tonight evan osnos is back with another must-read page turner. this time he takes us inside the white house drama, below the water line. invisible to ordinary situations with echoes of watergate to boot. during the nixon administration white house aides craft aid secret 80-page manual on how to purge undesirable careerists. it included a grading system for civil servants, measuring their dependability. in order, their loyalty to nixon. the troublesome ones were assigned to an apparently meaningful but essentially meaningless new activity. nixon s secret
on january 29th the new yorker published this bombshell. the title alone hit like a thunderbolt. jared kushner is china s trump card: how the president s son-in-law despite his inexperience in diplomacy became beijing s primary point of interest. it read like a spy thriller and opened up a whole new rabbit hole of questions about jared kushner. it was the work of the new yorker s powerhouse reporters adam entus and evan oznus. tonight evan oznus is back with another must-read page turner. this time he takes us inside the white house drama, below the water line. invisible to ordinary situations with echoes of watergate to boot. during the nixon administration white house aides craft aid secret 80-page manual on how to purge undesirable careerists. it included a grading system for civil servants, measuring their dependability. in order, their loyalty to nixon. the troublesome ones were assigned to an apparently
do you still have confidence in the president? 100%. adam, is it a joke? does it sound like a joke when you listen to the recording? did people react to it like b.s, kibi kibitzing, throwing this stuff around? would a person listening to this tape, hear a person actually accuse of being on the payroll of moscow? if you heard the tape, what you would hear is a very serious conversation taking place in which basically everybody is denouncing russia s role in meddling in politics in europe. and then mccarthy brings the conversation home and points out that the day before, there was news that the dnc was hacked by the russians. and, you know, he then there s a brief laughter that he puts out there when he describes