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were going through a similar dance right now after the presidents son pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges drawing a chorus of conservative criticism for a sweet settlement that includes only probation, but now we come to the irs whistleblowers who have been all but ignored by the press and, of course, we have to be cautious about unproven claims. but "the new york times," to its credit, broke with the pack by saying it confirmed independently based on a source that a second u...

weissmann who will join us in a few minutes, but we begin with the news that has made today one of those days that we will simply never forget around here. a global outpouring of grief after queen elizabeth ii passed away earlier today at the age of 96. the queen, who has reigned over the united kingdom and 15 other countries all over the world for 70 years die at balmoral castle, thats her summer home in scotland. all four of the queens children were by her side in her final moments. ...

and president trump said he wasnt given any heads up that the search was happening. >> how much advance notice did you have of the fbi plan to search mar-a-lago? >> i didnt have any advanced notice. none zero. not one single bit. >> sources have now confirmed to cnn that trump era records were not returned to the government even though a white house lawyer had determined that they should be, accordinged according to a may 21 email from the chief council to trumps attorneys. lets bring ...

And then the ncaa says canceling $10,000 is like pouring a a bucket of ice water on a forest fire and that biden must recognize and regard student debt as a racial issue. is that valid criticism? >> sure, and that is why it is such a difficult problem. tremendous cross pressures on the white house here, youve got strong constituents saying that we need more help and then you have the larger economic concerns as you said. the inflation ground has moved under the feet of the administration since t...

Id say the journey that we have come on i have definitely proved myself and my worth to the group, so i think we have achieved so much over the last few years. and what i would say about nepotism is mike would never put me up to a job which he didnt think that i could excel in, because i dont think it would be very popular around the dinner table. is he still pulling the strings? no, mike is not pulling the strings. from the day i became ceo, the final decision lies with me. what cross pressures...

What their policies are at the time. its just the tides of history. joe biden was facing that to begin with, and then weve had these complications of the emergence from the pandemic where you both have a strong economy, but you also have high inflation. those are cross-pressures, and biden took office believing he was going to surf the back of a recovering economy with the pandemic. it hasnt turned out that way and thats why its going to be a difficult election for democrats. the war in ukraine ...

Aides subpoenaed -- youre right, not a lot of political fallout for them not cooperating. i guess they could go on steve bannons internet show and pound their chest. but there is a consequence it would appear if -- liz cheney has said kevin ccarthy should be subpoenaed. are you picking up anything cross pressures for them to cooperate with a bipartisan congressional investigation should they be asked to? >> the thing that is most interesting about that whole line is mccarthy, if he doesnt -- let...

Either. big game and is known sfofb this is a white house that really wants to build a drum called off a strike isnt lost beat to war with iran. >> and were talking about saudi on the iranians. on the world stage, what, if arabia who not that long ago any, leverage do we have at this with jamal khashoggi, a writer moment? >> the thing about president trump when hes confronted in for "the washington post," these kinds of moments is you see this inner kind of tug murdered by our reporting the saud...

The crime boss turned his back as the suspect opened fire. the authorities are eyeing late gambino boss gene who is six months out of prison. police saying the murder is was not sanctioned by new yorks five mafia families. new york city mayor bill de blasio implies jeff base zoes affair may have impacted the decision to pull their deal. >> unusual things were happening within the amazon family at that moment in time. >> you believe jeff bezos affair is somehow. >> i didnt say that unusual enviro...

Might be the one republican who could possibly win a write-in vote against doug jones in alabama. so he would make sense on a lot of levels but it is -- there is a lot of -- there are a lot of machinations around expulsion. that assumes roy moore gets elected. you sg through the process of trying to get him out to begin with. just a lot to consider here. in addition to getting another attorney general through, if the sessions options is ever exercised. so, wow, whats great is no one knows how th...