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Catastrophic for his 2016 campaign where that come out before voters went to the budds. But did Michael Cohen convinced the jury that trump himself directed him to pay off daniels to protect from election. Im going to ask a Criminal Defense Attorney who was in the courtroom for todays testimony. And live images right now from baltimore, where a major demolition is just minutes away, engineers plan to use explosives to remove parts of the Francis Scott key bridge that collapsed back in march. And...

Always good news somewhere and we think good news rules. the marshal project say nonprofit that reports on the criminal justice system and calls attention to instances of injustice. their most recent reporting was on a man named bernard noble. he was freed from prison last week after seven years behind bars. joining me now, nicole lewis, the marshal project reporter who met noble at his release. tell me about the case of bernard. >> so bernard was sentenced in 2011 for the possession of less tha...

Companies associated with joe kennedy. >> my goodness. >> what you make of that by todays standards -- i think winston probably saw it as a friendly stock tip. gratui gratuity. its actual, the stock sales are framed around the meeting. a little bit just before and a lot right after. >> how much money are we talking about? >> by todays standards were talking about back and forth of about $900,000. >> was that one of the biggest gold mines he ever had? >> it was surprising to me. winston lost his ...

Midterm election could bring real change to the senate where the democrats are now in the majority. some new stats show it could be tough for them to hang onto control there. the president, of course, has a lot to do with this. some vulnerable dems like alaskas mark begich now working to distance themselves from the president. ahead of a meeting he had yesterday with him begich said, quote, i want him up in alaska so i can show him where his policies havent worked. ill drag him through that to s...

Begich, senator hagan from north carolina less than two weeks ago saying she didnt want to show up with the president. >> let me show you vulnerable democrats who, by the way, have voted with the president. jeanne shaheen, mark, mary landrieu 97 and so forth. so bernard, how do you get away, if youre a dem, in a so-called red state, how do you get away from obamacare and the president himself. >> i think south dakota, montana will go. i think we may pick up mcconnells seat in kentucky. ill tell ...

Youre not going to be able to change it for our kids going forward. >> bernard, another big battle ahead, the debt ceiling. secretary geithner saying the u.s. will reach the debt limit no later than may 16th and we could start defaulting on our debt. how quickly does this need to be taken up and will this be the toughest fight yet to come? >> i think as soon as we get a budget deal, that is what we have to deal with. as terrible as our budget deficit is, the one thing that would be worse is if w...

The thing that was most important to them was run away government spending, out of control government spending. republicans are trying to do something about that. this is a real proposal. >> so bernard, i want to get your thoughts on this republican and democratic leadership. on the hill theres all the partisan griping. they take the hit politically and publicly and president obama comes out ahead here, shut down or no shut down? >> i think both sides are playing politics and the american people...

Frankly about race. yesterday he talked frankly about race again and how it relates to the immigration law in arizona. lets listen to this. >> i dont think its racist in its motivation and i think the concern i have is how it will be perceived and how it, perhaps, could be -- how it could be carried out. i think its -- you could potentially get on a slippery slope where people will be picked on because of how they look, as opposed to what they have done and that is, i think, something we have to...

That we have a lot of -- >> it would take months. >> it would take months. >> do the individuals that are here. >> it would take months. >> go by quickly. >> bernard is right, we need a comprehensive solution. not just one thing. >> its the one thing you can do. >> you have to understand that such an emotional issue and i think thats why theres such a response in arizona. youre talking about families and talking really about generations. >> right. but jay, when i was in the reagan administration...

Lot of countries and people come after us. now thats changed. now its not just that they were lone wolves and bad guys, all these guys had connections back to pakistan and terror organizations, its a worldwide war and not just an overseas contingency operation. >> so bernard, could it be that suddenly, the obama administration has realized that the 18 months of talking nice to the muslim world didnt change the fact that there are people out there that want to kill us. >> i think thats a vast ove...