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If you want a little peek behind the curtain here as to how those of us in the nbc news family read scoops from our own shop like this, you should know, like i said, mark caputo an unparalleled reporter in terms of florida politics. but pete williams being a contributing reporter on this as well, pete williams is like the emperor of the kingdom of understatement. when everybody else has their hair on fire about something going on in the criminal justice system or in the courts, it is pete willia...

Mandates from being implemented into the state. florida democrats are criticizing governor ron desantis for going mia has the covid cases and hospitalizations in florida are skyrocketing again. over the weekend florida broke its single day record with nearly 76,000 cases. florida residents and u.s. lawmakers slammed desantis for being missing for weeks. as the state faces a massive covid spike. desantis made an appearance yesterday saying he was caring for his sick wife who is undergoing cancer ...

Prostitution. when this broke, the ex-girlfriend was talking to another woman who was talking to prosecutors that felt woman may have recorded the call and may have patched in matt gaetz at the time and prosecutors suspect he tried to illicit or entice or suborn obstruction of justice and his ex-girlfriend may have participated in that. that was the basis of her getting an immunity deal. dont charge me for this and ill tell you the things you want to know. exactly what she told them is key but w...

>> thats a good question. ill answer it a little differently, which is this. sex trafficking a minor, the underlying big serious charge that everyones talking about, thats usually not applied in cases like this. this might be a more novel type of prosecution. so, in that regard, gaetz might argue -- now you cant argue in court that you are being selectively prosecuted but if gaetz does take the stand if he gets indicted, he may find a way to do that. hes going to argue, like, look, this is not a...

In-wash scent boosters. shop online for downy unstopables, including our new, lighter scent. this morning a new development into the investigation into congressman matt gaetz. his ex-girlfriend testifying before a federal grand jury yesterday behind closed doors. part of the investigation into whether or not gaetz paid to have sex with a 17-year-old girl. gaetz has not been charged and denying any wrongdoing saying he never paid for sex and never had sex with a minor when he was an adult. lets...

Ex-girlfriend declined comment about the case when he was spotted by an nbc news reporter entering the federal courthouse in orlando with his client. a department of justice spokesman declined comment. gaetz did not respond to a request for comment. but legal sources familiar with the case say congressman gaetz is being investigated for three distinct crimes. sex trafficking a minor, violating the man act, which prohibits taking women across state lines for prostitution, and obstructing justice....

. >> youre the person who received the call. you showed up that day. how did you receive the call that day? >> you are welcome to talk to them about this. >> do you know how you arrived at this? do you really not? now >> have a great day. >> a reporter from the arizona republic there. richard rail us. catching up with that man who signed the forged documents. again the camerawork from ppe next, the nbc affiliate in phoenix. he said calling the party chair to ask her to know how you got there. ho...

And today, mr. caputo is the sole line on nbc news. i should mention, the legendary nbc justice correspondent contributed reporting to this as well. and if you want just a little peek behind the curtain here as to how those of us sort of in the nbc news family sort of read scoops from our own shop like this, you should know, like i said, mark caputo is unparalleled reporter in terms of florida politics. but pete williams being a contributing reported on this as well, pete williams is the emperor...

Today mr. caputo is the sole by line on this scoop. the nbc justice correspondent pete williams contributed reporting to this as well. if you want a little peek behind the curtain here as to how those of us in the nbc news family read scoops from our own shop like this, you should know, like i said, mark caputo an unparalleled reporter in terms of florida politics. but pete williams being a contributing reporter on this as well, pete williams is like the emperor of the kingdom of understatement....

Mcconnells adviser josh holmes. hes a subsidiary of mcconnell world. there is no way you can tell me this was all a coincidence. those sentiment were echoed by four others who spoke on the condition of anonymity. although minority trump nor desantis have announced 2024 campaigns, the governor has seen his political prospect rise since the pandemic began. the subject of trump, one ex adviser says "i dont think he likes people being more popular than him. thats part of it. joining us now senior na...