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Me see rising wages at the bottom end of the u.s. labor market, then ill believe we have a shortage. right now weve got to draw all those people back in who are sitting on the sidelines. >> some people would say youre heartless. some say do the math. thank you for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. >> president trump speaking out on missing columnist jamal khashoggi amid growing questions of how the u.s. should respond if its found out the saudis were responsible for his killing. ben car...

Started in the food business. they say that he was involved in raising money and directing the hacking operations then. today, they charged a woman who is an accountant for that company concord. and said that she was involved in setting up false social media memes, phony internet accounts, phony websites this year. so the mueller charges were about the 2016 election. this is the first charges from any federal prosecutor about this years election. an enthat and thats why they werent filed by muel...

Ele elena kushnanova charged with this project, fund bid concord management, that was indicted earlier this year for sowing discord in the 2016 election by the special counsel, robert mueller. now, this was brought out of the eastern district of virginia, and what it shows is just the depths of the hot-button issues the russians are trying to target. everything from immigration to the nfl national anthem. i want to show some of the ads that they were posting on social media up there. some of the...

Of future presidents in these kind of cases, right? >> reporter: sure is, wolf. experts say if president trump wins these lawsuits against him for violating the constitution, then future presidents might try to profit from the presidency, and that could really undermine the constitution, put the country in a very bad place internationally. >> interesting. thank you, brian. brian todd reporting. a russian woman is charged with conspiracy to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections. federal authori...

It all has to do with the same type of creating fake media accounts in particular and trying to disrupt and sow discord, particularly on issues that affect minority communities. i want to read a little bit from the complained and how it was described. it sis begays beginning around december 2016 and may 2018, members of the conspiracy used social media and other internet platforms to inflame passions on a wide variety of topics including immigration, gun control and the second amendment, the con...

Really a concept also when it comes to the german social safety net right i mean this is one of the reasons why germany has such a strong social safety net in order to you know have have have a strong electorate that the people dont feel this sense of disenfranchisement you actually gauge the mood of the country and i know you went around the country in a van for a month ahead of the federal elections. what do you see as the main sort of hot button issues that voters are voting on right now in t...

Senators. he knew some of his people knew that in order to thread the needle here and maybe win back some people who were concerned with his judicial temperament, that he had to put his voice out there in a way of saying dont worry. its going to be all right, and one last thing, keep in mind, this is a titanic shift were looking at in the supreme court if kavanaugh is confirmed. hes taking the seat, if it works, to justice anthony kennedy. kennedy was so key on the hot button issues. really a bi...

Kavanaugh. thats the school that now said in fact he is severing ties with harvard law school right now. elena kagan might have mixed feelings about this confirmation process and about this nominee, but when it comes, she will also join in closing ranks. wolf? >> good explanation. thank you very much. if brett kavanaugh is confirmed in a final senate vote tomorrow, how could that affect the composition of the supreme court? lets bring back the analyst. it will be dramatic, i assume, if its a 5-4...

House control a reopening of a background investigation to this degree. this seems to be an attempt to unusually control not only the interviews that could be done, but the investigative steps the bureau could take. >> the fbi cannot force anyone to answer questions. cooperation is voluntary. the supreme court itself remains above the fray opening its new term. the remaining justices took their place this morning, leaving a spot for whoevers confirmed to take the empty place. no cases with hot b...

But we shouldnt place arbitrary limits on them when you talk about an appointment to the highest court in the nation. >> talk about the calendar. the president, congressional republicans wanted judge kavanaugh on the court by start of the term, thats monday, october 1st. that obviously is not going to happen now. is that problematic for the cases that will be argued for the rest of the justices? what does it mean that if he is confirmed, it wont be the start of the term. >> youre right. this del...