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Politically inconvenient news. That is true of weekends in general. Holiday weekends, all the more so. So i do hope you get some time off for the Holiday Weekend. I hope you enjoy your weekend in general. But just keep in mind, this is one of those times to sort of just keep eyes open. All politicians, all public figurers to a certain except have to manage the art of diverting peoples attention at times. Changing the subject. Creating deliberate distractions and, you know, some politicians are b...

Rinat akmetshin, the former soviet Intelligence Officer suspected by some u. S. Officials of having ongoing ties to intelligence. He denies any current ties to russian spy agencies. However, senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee and a republican noted back in april, quote, that mr. Rinat akmetshin has been accused of acting as an unregistered agent for russian interests and apparently has ties to russian intelligence. This brings the total number of participant i...

Counterintelligence officer was also there. The controversial meeting taking place at trump tower, june of last year, just days after thencandidate donald trump clinched the gop nomination. Also present, Jared Kushner and thenCampaign Chairman Paul Manafort and a reminder here, this revelation comes just two days after don junior himself declared complete transparency and that there was nothing else to see here. Watch. So as far as you know, as far as this incidents concerned, this is all of it....

The grand jury. Also this afternoon, the wall street journal report thad mueller is quote examining what role, if any, former National Security advisor mike flynn may have played in a private effort to obtain Hillary Clintons emails from russian hackers. That effort to work with hackers was led by a longtime republican activist who described flynn as an allie, according to journal. Then there was this Washington Post report today about concern within the cia. According to post, cia director mike...

Wife really did in kentucky and surprise, there is no plan. Our tax reform and tax plan is coming along very well. It will be submitted in the not too distant future. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Tonight, the gulf coast is bracing for impact from hurricane harvey, which was just upgraded to a major category 4 storm. Its expect ed to make laund in eastern texas sometime in the next two to six hours. Mandatory evacuations are in effect. Over a dozen counties of whats the mo...

Not words, its the actions. And in the age of weinstein, oreilly, and trump, an exclusive interview with jane fonda and gloria stein m when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. As the white house and allies furiously spend counternarratives about the russia scandal, wikileaks confirmed today that what was previously just conjecture. The Trump Campaign itself was soliciting stolen clinton emails. In the last few days, the president and associates and conservative m...

Before those four tours in vietnam, before that remarkable tour in korea David Hackworth also served at the very tail end of world war ii. And the reason his career was able to span that distance, to span all those different conflicts over those decades is in part because he started really, really young. He used a fake i. D. To sign up in the first place when he was 15 years old. According to his New York Times obituary he, quote, paid a wineo to pose as his father to certify he was old enough t...

Them, that this one, on this one thing, they will actually get it done. They did not get it done. I should have known. The hype started last saturday morning when they announced they were going to go ahead with the last remaining files from the Jfk Assassination. Then on wednesday, yesterday, the president tweeted about it again. He clearly wants to keep people focused on this. He seems personally excited about it. And then there was this interesting spectacle yesterday afternoon, where the day ...

Back to immigration real quick. Yesterday i guess a group of House Republicans put out an immigration plan that would deal with daca but would also do a whole lot of things that werent kind of under the umbrella of the four things that you outlined in the meeting yesterday. Was that helpful . Was that not helpful to getting to a deal . Ultimately does the president wish they take that off the table so you can focus on what might be happening with senator flake or others in the senate . How does ...

The National Weather service says large areas of south texas may be uninhabitable for weeks or even months. The Texas Governor is already asking for the state to be declared a major disaster area to trigger additional help from the federal government. As the First National disaster on his watch is about to hit a natural disaster, President Trump is over at camp david. The white house says hes been actively engaged with emergency officials and is planning to travel to texas early next week. We ar...