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In my desperation to be a good mother i talked myself into believing that all i was doing was giving my daughter a fair shot. i see the irony in that statement now because what i have done is the opposite of fair. she pleaded guilty in may to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and services fraud for paying $15,000 to a fake foundation created by rick singer, to help alter her daughters s.a.t. scores. prosecutors are asking that huffman receive a one month prison sentence when show appears before a ...

When she is writing her letter, i wanted to give my kid a fair shot. >> she says she recognizes the irony of that statement. thats the whole point of it. >> danny, always a pleasure. thank you. >> where did you get that coat by the way? >> this is from the closet. 42 long. need it? >> thanks, my friend. lets switch gears and a quick check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill -- >> pretty quiet, but not saying that in areas of wisconsin. getting soaked this morning. madison to green bay a...

Anita hill testimony that anita hill cross-examined and documents tossed in, affidavits of other people accusing her of things, not subject to cross-examination. its a free for all in the senate. the rules of evidence dont apply. so as an attorney for the accuser, she has to be very, very cautious about what she exposes her client to because the world in addition to the senate will be watching. >> if she does not get this fbi investigation before monday do you suspect that she will still show up...

Contingency plan because then you cut the legs out from under your nominee and the president implicitly suggested that if dr. blasey ford did come forward and sound credible then we have to make a decision, a decision to continue the nomination. but for the moment, anyway, i think they feel that her refusal or at least for the moment anyway to appear on monday worked in their favor and the odds of confirming judge kavanaugh gone up in 24 hours rather than done. >> danny, when you heard that dr. ...

About so its possible. something could be arranged between now and monday but for the moment theres no hearing i think without an accuser. >> danny, lets talk about the difference here. president trump here on the white house south lawn this morning talking about the fbi investigation. heres what he said. >> your reaction to ford calling for a fbi investigation? will you order one? >> it would seem that the fbi really doesnt do that. they have investigated -- >> they would if you asked them to, ...

It in the senates lap, danny, but who, in fact, can call for a fbi investigation here? is the president right? >> technically the president can do it but its important to understand there are a couple of kinds of investigations. on the one side, the fbi is a law enforcement agency. it conducts criminal investigations of federal crimes. so to the extent that this is an alleged crime, this is assault from 30-plus years ago, theres -- it likely no fbi jurisdiction. you might have a kidnapping argum...

Investigation beforehand. fast and furious reaction of both the left and right after christine blasey fords attorneys bombshell announcement about the professor wont testify without an investigation. her attorney writing in a letter, quote, as the judiciary committee recognized and done before, a fbi investigation of the incident should be the first step in addressing her allegations. committee republican chairman grassley tweeting in part, no other outside investigation is necessary for the com...