David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Conflicting information from weekend to weekend about what the president may or may not do, david. Geoff, thank you very much. Appreciate it as always. Geoff bennett joining us from the white house. I want to turn to my panel. Joyce, let me start with you. Bearing in mind, youre not an expert on election law, but i want to stick with one point that geoff just raised there about the dangers, the legal dangers of taking a meeting with representatives of a foreign country to offer dirt here on an opposing candidate in a u. S. Election. Help us understand the legal consequences of that. Theres a very specific statute that prohibits this kind of conduct. It makes it illegal to accept or to solicit a donation or a contribution related to a u. S. Election from either a foreign citizen or a foreign government. So on its face, that prohibition would seem to apply pretty clearly. If, for instance, while run
o connor? will they be motivated for a democratic candidate. that s why danny owe c connor ho be careful in this race, not leaning too far to the left, but calling himself a danny-crat, saying he s going to focus on this race. they re putting a lot of money into this race. right. what does that tell you? their degree of investment in this, and also when you look at the republican party, governor john kasich endorsing provitroy balderson, on nbc this morning, hemming and hawing about that, in light of what the president said last night. how much ease is there with the republican party as a whole backing a candidate like troy balderson? on paper, he looks like a strong candidate. a member of the state senate. he fits the district very well, kind of a centrist. the fact, though, that the president has gotten involved, and as you know, kasich is pretty big critic of the president right now. he wants to keep some space from trump. so endorsing the same candidate means he has to kind