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January 1, 2018
Russian connection. >> we have no dealings in russia. no projects in russia. we have nothing to do with russia. >> this conversations never happened. >> theres no collusion between me and my campaign and the russians. >> we have been going on this russia trump hoax for the better part of a year now, with no evidence of anything. >> there is absolutely no collusion. that has been proven. >> rich lowry, hes not getting the benefit of doubt on all this, seems to me, for one big reason. he seems to ...
December 31, 2017
>> rich lowry, hes not getting the benefit of doubt on all of this is it seems for one big reason. he seems to want nothing more than to cozy up with vladimir putin. if he were willing to be tough on putin the way the rest of the republican party wants to be, he might get more benefit out of it. >> or say the meddling was an outrage and ill never stand for it and it wont happen again on my watch. he wont say that. its a bit of a mystery. my theory, which i cant prove is he considers the russian ...
December 27, 2017
To stand down. >> he has testified before congress, this happened earlier this month, where he was asked about the presidents attacks on his agencies. here is how he responded to that. >> there is no shortage of opinions out there. what i can tell you is that the fbi that i see is tens of thousands of agents and analysts and staff working their tails off to keep americans safe -- >> so you say he needs to defend his agency. did he go far enough there? >> well, he went some of the way. but since ...
December 25, 2017
A letter to the citys mayor demanding the removal of several monuments including a statue of former president theodore roosevelt, accusing him of being linked to the eugenics movement. they also want a statue of christopher columbus saying that he played a role in historical genocide of indigenous people. the letter says "for far too long, they have generated harm and a sense as expressions of white supremacy. these monuments are an affront in a city whose officials preach tollerance." this all ...
December 22, 2017
Away from bitcoin not everyone is listening. its almost a minor affront just one street away from singapores financial story t. an opponent of digital money a cafe has opened where customers pay with crypto currency. we just want to make sure that people understand that crypto currency to stay i dont think it is a question the way technology develops and goals right now is no doubt about that development record. and the governments maybe have a little bit of an issue to to to follow through so f...
December 22, 2017
On the senate floral tonight. congressman adam schiff has been sounding the alarm about his own committee and about the possibility for firing not just mueller, but potentially rosenstein as something that would be an affront. elijah cummings pleaded with america to guard democracy on this front. clearly a lot of democrats that are intensely involved in the investigations, including yourself, are fired up and very much alert. is there something going on among either republican colleagues in cong...
December 20, 2017
Theyre going to vote in the senate tonight, revote in the house. whats your reaction to what happened today? >> thanks, chris. its an ugly day for democracy. not only are these republicans undermining the entire national health care system, taking away health care from people who need it, taking money out of the pockets of middle class and working class families and sending them up to real estate developers like donald trump jr., hedge fund managers, but maybe worst of all, theyre totally underm...
December 20, 2017
Health care from people who need it, taking money out of the pockets of middle class and working class families and sending them up to real estate developers like donald trump jr., hedge fund managers, but maybe worst of all, theyre totally undermining our democracy. the process has been a sham. our voices have been excluded. this is an affront to the institution of the congress and affront to american democracy. and so its a sad day. and we have to mourn it. and we have to be outraged. and tomo...
December 16, 2017
His surrogates, its not just about the investigation against him thats being conducted by the special counsel thats problematic. its about everything else that were trying to do in the field. i bheen, in terms of the amount of public trust thats being undermined right now, it really makes it difficult to do this job. but yeah, you know, what youre seeing is, and i have seen it hundreds of times in all kinds of investigations, is an individual who is fearful that the door is about to shut on him....
December 15, 2017
According to another former high-ranking trump administration official there is an unspoken understanding within the national security council that to raise the matter is to acknowledge its validity, which the president would see as an affront. its confirmed president trump spoke with vladimir putin today, according to the kremlin the white house initiated the call. national security analyst, former deputy secretary, youve got rob gold stone, intermediary between those wealthy oligarchs, and the...