counsel, advice, friendship or some other help from the sex flown. those include former clinton secretary and harvard president larry summers apparently more than a dozen meetings scheduled with epstein from 2013-2016. apparently even requesting donate to his wife's poetry project. film director woody allen, according to the journal he and epstein were scheduled to get together nearly every month in both 2014 and 2015. and then there were at least three dozen meetings between epstein and former israeli prime minister a hued barack between 2013 and 2017. but perhaps the most interest aring epstein pal of all was billionaire venture capitalist and linked co-founder reed hoffman. he visited epstein's private island in the caribbean and was scheduled to stay over at that creepy manhattan town house in
threatening because the calculus we've heard from the white house, from the pentagon over the last several weeks is that russia might want to use this again as some sort of pretext. so putin will be able to say as he has said repeatedly even using the word genocide he needs to move his troops into eastern ukraine in order to protect the russian-speaking population there is and this as you mentioned we're starting to see more and more u.s. troops moving into the region. we haven't heard a shift from the white house on that critical question of whether american troops will fight against russian troops here in ukraine. so far, the white house has hued that line saying they will only be sending u.s. troops to nato allies neighboring ukraine. of course ukraine not a nato ally, that's one of the major points of contention here, whether or not it would join nato, so this is something that, while we're seeing more and more u.s. troops moving into the region, it's a very, very delicate situation. it seems extremely unlikely they
was based in moscow in the '90s because what we saw in the buildup in the last month or so, we've been receiving unprecedented levels of declassified intelligence decision, strategic decision by the u.s. and the nato allies to declassify the intelligence to outline putin's plan which has pretty much hued very closely to what they anticipated. putin's encountered some troubles along the way, but basically the plan was laid out for us. and then we were able to, as reporters, to guide viewers, sho toe -- to show them how putin was trying to use misinformation, disinformation. so it was really a very interesting time to be a reporter, something i've never experienced before in terms of having that level of detail in intelligence shared with us. howard: there was some skepticism as well. what do you say to create ins who kept insisting the media were hyping it and being spoofed from sources that might have been flawed as the nonexistent
significant exodus from the president, are you? is there any evidence of that? >> yeah, that's exactly right. and the president knows that. he knows that he has high ratings among his republican base. and he's used that somewhat as a cudgel against republicans to try to keep them in line. but what you are seeing is republicans who normally have defended the president and rushed to his defense and hued very close to him on other issues. on this, they're just staying silent. and this is something the president is noticing as well. that the republicans aren't necessarily coming out and, you know, saying the president was wrong or that he should be impeached or saying that they're thinking about impeachment. we're seeing a handful of republicans in that camp. but what we're seeing more regularly are republicans who are avoiding reporters or just staying silent. not giving the president that kind of robust defense that he is seeking. and he even said on twitter earlier this morning that republicans should get together and fight. he wants a tougher republican caucus that's more unified in fighting against impeachment. and he hasn't gotten that. and one of the reasons is that
keeping it real. >> harris: let's get back to the facts. that speculating. here we go. [new questions about a potential 22 a bid for joe biden after hued the former vp gives a speech to a right-leaning group in price as a republican congressman. biden's spokesperson. some democrats may have a doubts. today biden himself weighed in. we'll talk about it. >> i read in "the new york times" today that one of my problems is if i have a run for president, i like republicans. well, bless me father, for i have sinned. [laughter] ♪ if you're a veteran homeowner and need money for your family, call newday usa. a newday va home loan lets you refinance your home and take out 54,000 dollars or more to pay credit card debt, or just put money in the bank. it even lowers your payments by over 600 dollars a month. as a veteran, you've earned the powerful va home loan benefit that lets you refinance up to 100 percent of your home's value.
matter, in the john tower defense -- whenever there have been late-raised allegations in a confirmation process, and this is a nominee for whom there is a background investigation, the background investigation gets reopened. they insist that must not happen here. and newly today, that the fbi investigation is no big deal. it's hard to argue both of those simultaneously. judge kavanagh himself, though, hued close to those republican arguments today to the point of bewhich will derment from one democratic senator. >> i'm sure that the chairman at that point will understand that that is a reasonable request to finally put to rest these charges, if they are false, or to prove them if they are not. you spent two years in the white house office that approved judicial nominees. you turned to the fbi over and over and over again for their work. let's bring them in here and now. turn to don mcgahn and tell him it's time to get this done, an fbi investigation is the only
kind of language. you know, trump is a strength president. we're used to kind of -- you know, he's a rhetorical sledgehammer and this was him in more emotional tones that are -- you know, we hear him in those kinds of terms far less often. but it's true. i think one of the most surprising things to me about the trump presidency is how faithful and closely he's hued to the promises he made to evangelicals who were tremendously important in getting him elected. it's one of the strangest pairings, i think, in modern politics we've ever seen. the new york federal liberal manhattanite who paid off a porn star for $130,000. but he has returned on their investment. >> you can ask ted cruz about how surprising it is. when you think back to the primaries when ted cruz had the map laid out and donald trump took the nomination away from him, essentially, in his view. >> the other quick thing i would
president instead, she would be facing the same lousy options that donald trump is facing. and her national security team would be struggling with the same difficult circumstances. and this is not an easy thing. we've had multiple administrations, democrat and republican, have not been able to stop the march. so i don't think we should be too quick to criticize the totality and policy. you're right, that the sanctions voted, the security council was a significant step forward. there's a difference between, that saying they're trying hard. they're taking some good steps. they're looking at all the options. and crediting donald trump for making it even worse. more broadly, i don't think that the trump administration has hued to the line the obama administration was on and in many cases, hillary clinton would have continued. he pulled out of the paris climate agreement. he is now making active noises about pulling out of iran nuclear deal of he has loosened
would be struggling with the same difficult circumstances. and this is not an easy thing. we've had multiple administrations, democrat and republican, have not been able to stop the march. so i don't think we should be too quick to criticize the totality and policy. you're right, that the sanctions voted, the security council was a significant step forward. there's a difference between, that saying they're trying hard. they're taking some good steps. they're looking at all the options. and crediting donald trump for making it even worse. more broadly, i don't think that the trump administration has hued to the line the obama administration was on and in many cases, hillary clinton would have continued. he pulled out of the paris climate agreement. he is now making active noises about pulling out of iran nuclear deal of he has loosened the rules of engagement so there are civilian casualties in the middle east. he's flirted with the possibility of restoring torture.
tell you that his appeal is slightly different, and, clearly, he's trying to broaden the gop tent. rubio would want to do that as well, but he's hued more closely to the conservative way of thinking. that right there is one thing. youth with rubio, guy who's a little older in bush and there's real contrast. the big plus for both of them and probably for the gop, they both speak spanish beautifully, have ties to the hispanic community, they can definitely make an appeal to latino voters and increase the amount latinos might support a republican presidential candidate. >> what do you expect tonight at the freedom tower? >> i think this stands to be the most dramatic announcement yet. at least 3,200 people have asked for tickets. the building can only hold about 800 to 1,000, so the rest outside. miami heat game going across the street later, so you're promised a street festival atmosphere. that's exactly what they are looking for, but expected to be a very emotional night for him.