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We do know that the major funder of the washington free begin, the new york hedge fund paul singers, was that never trump leader and very much opposed at that time to donald trump. bill kristol, another never trump leader, was one of the founding board members of the leaders of the washington free begin. this comes out of the never trump feeling. remember to 2015 and donald trump has been leading the race and all the smart people in politics say he will implode and people will get tired of him a...

Lives. pete: you want to be like your parents? funny stuff. abby: i do want to bring you to other headlines, a multistate manhunt is intensifying, police say is armed and dangerous, the man you can see right there. took officials two days before realizing 43-year-old todd was missing from west virginia jail. somehow he was able to find different clothing and pose as civilian. he was, due, on friday after 20 years in prison of possession in stolen car. pete: they didnt do roll in two days. abby: ...

5% right away. we have an aging population. this is a problem all over the world. more people retiring. thats something -- thats a natural weight on economic growth, to get to 3% and sustain it i think would be a big accomplishment in itself. abby: that would be, jon hilsenrath, great to have you this morning. still coming on the show, president george washington was the first members of this historic church, why is it taking down a memorial in his honor in pete: washington, we will see. our nex...

Are now in the question of where do you draw the line and at what point do you say will live in a country where we have no history. we dont have statues to president anything from where we originate. >> robert e lee memorial is also coming down. pete: this is the logic goes. if christopher columbus isnt good enough for anyone who owned slaves, then our country had passed since and we know that but. abby: and it told us. we will continue to evolve as a nation. pete: but we appeal to those foundin...

And clinton campaign funding of the dossier, a publication in washington was the first to actually provide funding for that, theres a lot of -- >> but not for dossier. opposition. pete: opposition research to include president trump, that research stopped when donald trump became the presumptive nominee and ultimately the fusion gps went to democrats said, we have done all this research, would you be interested and thats the point where they continued the funding. >> thats when christopher steel...

Abby: if you dont, youre a bad campaign manager. pete: you create this massive slush fund that a powerful washington, d.c. lawyer is able to drawn, thats what they want us to believe and the washington post had a story about this, first of all talk about the pay-out, 12.4 million to represent the clinton campaign and dnc. i couldnt pronounce that, thats why i didnt say it. he drew from funds he was authorized to spend without oversight by the campaign officials and while the funding came from th...

Had heard that it started in the fall of 2015 when trump was leaving the republican primary race. i reported last night that it is you, did and the group that funded it was the washington free begin which is a conservative website, bills itself as practicing combat journalism and turns out they hired fusion gps to look for dirt on donald trump and they say other candidates, as well. pete: motivation matters. what was their motivation originally for hiring fusion gps to do opposition research on ...