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25%. so -- >> how about the governors campaign manager elias sanchez, anything to do with getting this contract to whitefish? >> i have no information whatsoever that elias sanchez is involved in that. >> maybe you can get back to us on it. how about the second company called cobra energy, also received a $200 million no bid contract. the contract is to design and build a new electrical grid. but this companys expertise is in drilling and fracing. howd they get this deal? >> again, here, what im...

To assess the damage caused by hurricane maria. one day after president trump signed an emergency bill that secured billions of dollars to help the island rebuild. his questions intensify about a $300 million no bid contract with tiny utility company to help with that rebuilding effort. nbcs gabe gutierrez is live in san juan. gabe, are we getting some answers about how that contract came to be? >> hi stephanie, good morning. well, the questions are mounting. were hearing from the head of prepa,...

Instead be done by a for profit enterprise. in the case of blackwater, that for profit enterprise just happened to be run by a mega rich super hard line crusading activist who was born a billionaire before he ever got his first no bid contract during the iraq war. ever since blackwater contractors were convicted of killing 17 unarmed iraqi civilians and the name blackwater disappeared and the country reinvented itself several times with increasingly hard to google obscure names and since he left...

Much more than i gave to them. >> now, because byrd-bennett cooperated with investigators and agreed to plead guilty, prosecutors dropped 19 of the 20 charges against her and agreed to recommend a sentence of only seven nafts -- and a half years. thats out of 20 max. two of soups were in court today they have pleaded not guilty. we can learn a lot more about this case when they eventually go to trial, greta. >> where is is the mayor on this. i read a chicago tribune editorial today asked for pee...

Of rand paul in the early days of campaigning for his u.s. senate seat. and in the clips rand paul is talking about his own party and what he thought the republican party should move away from. watch. >> we need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they could actually be directing policy. when the iraq story started halliburton had a billion dollar no bid contract. they shouldnt be so powerful they direct even policy. theres a great youtube of dick cheney in 1995 defending bush number...

Of rand paul in the early days of campaigning for his u.s. senate seat. and in the clips rand paul is talking about his own party and what he thought the republican party should move away from. watch. >> we need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they could actually be directing policy. when the iraq story started halliburton had a billion dollar no bid contract. they shouldnt be so powerful they direct even policy. theres a great youtube of dick cheney in 1995 defending bush number...

She was asked to comment on reporting from david korn at mother jones who got these clips of rand paul in the early days of campaigning for his u.s. senate seat. and in the clips rand paul is talking about his own party and what he thought the republican party should move away from. watch. >> we need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they could actually be directing policy. when the iraq story started halliburton had a billion dollar no bid contract. they shouldnt be so powerful th...

That. >> white house. >> i didnt see the article im not aware of those statements. >> not aware of those statements. didnt see the article. were back with our panel. steve hayes. army water and the hills a.b. stoddard. he is not aware of. this he ought to be aware of those statements. they are pretty striking. you have the administration confirming what critics have been saying since the launch of obamacare since october 1st, in effect saying that the web site problems are so significant particu...

That. >> white house. >> i didnt see the article im not aware of those statements. >> not aware of those statements. didnt see the article. were back with our panel. steve hayes. army water and the hills a.b. stoddard. he is not aware of. this he ought to be aware of those statements. they are pretty striking. you have the administration confirming what critics have been saying since the launch of obamacare since october 1st, in effect saying that the web site problems are so significant particu...

System once they had already exposed him to other folks in north carolina. >> senator, there is an article in the atlantic with three guys who built the website better than this one that work with the capacity to take on all the people that wanted to sign up. they did it in 30 days. how does government justify spending hundreds of millions in taxpayer money for a failure like this in the year 2013? >> it is unjustifiable. you now know what you get. you get a $400 million website. you can get t...