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Fully cooperating with investigators, however, the allegations certainly raise questions about just how cooperative theyve been. if convicted, penny faces up to ten years behind bars. >> all right, linsey davis tonight. linsey, thank you. we have also learned tonight that federal authorities are now investigating the sexual abuse of minors by catholic clergy in pennsylvania. the department of justice has subpoenaed at least seven of the eight catholic diocese in that state. it comes after that...

There is more heavy rain on the way. every drop is bad news for people here and in flood-prone areas. a flash flood watch remains in effect through tomorrow morning. david? >> all right, victor oquendo in austin. thank you, victor. a major new arrest in the usa gymnastics scandal tonight. the organizations former president was arrested at a cabin in tennessee overnight, more than a year after he resigned. tonight, months after he pleaded the fifth in front of congress and the country, what hes...

Law that would allow the deal to go through. now despite heated opposition the deal is widely expected to be improved. joining me now, media analyst, social correspondent for vanity fair. how do people know whether they are watching a sinclair station? how do they know? >> the truth is, they dont. sinclair owns affiliates all over the country affiliated with big networks. if you are watching local abc, nbc or fox affiliate in a market you may have no idea that corporate owner of this network has...

A $3.9 billion deal would give sinclair another 42 stations and ability to reach 72% of u.s. households. that level of dominance opt air waves bay single company is supposed to be outside the bounds of the law. but this spring president trumps very pro business fcc chairman republican pie invoked controversial loophole in the law that would allow the deal to go through. now despite heated opposition the deal is widely expected to be improved. joining me now, media analyst, social correspondent f...

We are like fox news would say, we are a conservative network. viewers would know that. sinclair does. market itself as owner of the networks. >> there is a difference between local affiliates, when i grew up in new york i think of the network as the association, right? >> yeah. >> outside of major market you could watch abc in one market that sinclair owned and nbc in another own cbs is another. those letters dont mean anything in terms of the news program. >> of course. thats why this is such ...

>> is there anything that i can ask you that you would answer differe differently? >> i stand by my statement and i apologize. >> that was mike coffman of colorado, obviously, he stands by his statement that he misspoke and he apologizes. is that clear? right around the same time period earlier this year, yeah, i love it. a republican candidate for congress in arizona, jesse kelly, earned his place in the childs treasury of politicians refusing to answer questions about himself and he did so in ...

>> that was mike coffman of colorado, obviously, he stands by his statement that he misspoke and he apologizes. is that clear? right around the same time period earlier this year, yeah, i love it. a republican candidate for congress in arizona, jesse kelly, earned his place in the childs treasury of politicians refusing to answer questions about himself and he did so in a way that was so amazing that it made onlookers at the time, his own supporters, made his own supporters laugh along audibly a...

Colorado, obviously, he stands by his statement that he misspoke and he apologizes. is that clear? right around the same time period earlier this year, yeah, i love it. a republican candidate for congress in arizona, jesse kelly, earned his place in the childs treasury of politicians refusing to answer questions about himself and he did so in a way that was so amazing that it made onlookers at the time, his own supporters, made his own supporters laugh along audibly as it was happening. a great ...