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thank you for joining me this saturday. im fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with officials in new york city announcing plans to address the influx of asylum seekers arriving from texas. new york expects at least 1,000 children will enter the citys school system this year. they are among the thousands sent there by bus from the lone star state at the direction of governor greg abbott. but this week the governor doubled down on his decision. >> before we begin busing illegal imm...

stand in a federal courtroom in manhattan today testifying in his own defense. a $250 million civil trial that legal experts have said technically have no victims. everybody got paid. he said that over and over again and consistent with the facts. new yorks attorney general letitia james claim trump and his sons committed fraud by inflating assets to get cheaper loans and insurance policies. the former president denying those allegations. >> so while israel is being attacked, while ukr...

first tonight, hunter bidens gun trial begins. the first trial of a child of a sitting president. the first lady there in that courtroom. also developing, president biden preparing a new executive order, a crackdown on the mexico border. it would shut down the border immediately to asylum seekers if daily migrant numbers hit 2,500. and what were learning about this. in new york city tonight, those two nypd officers shot and wounded. chasing a robbery suspect. one shot in the chest,...

first tonight, hunter bidens gun trial begins. the first trial of a child of a sitting president. the first lady there in that courtroom. also developing, president biden preparing a new executive order, a crackdown on the mexico border. it would shut down the border immediately to asylum seekers if daily migrant numbers hit 2,500. and what were learning about this. in new york city tonight, those two nypd officers shot and wounded. chasing a robbery suspect. one shot in the chest,...

Indictment, the u.s. attorney in boston is now speaking out on behalf of the families of bulgers victims. she put out a statement standing in solidarity with them in light of the recent news, and also added this to the statement. she writes in the truest of ironies, bulgers family has experienced the excruciating pain and trauma their relative inflicted on far too many and the justice system is now coming to their aid. back to you. >> alexandra field, thanks so much. lets bring in john red she...

"whitey" bulger, of course, the infamous mob boss led bostons winter hill gang in the 70s and 80s. he was on the run from authorities for nearly 16 years appearing on the fbis most wanted list before he was captured in 2011 and sentenced to two life terms. in light of the federal indictment, the u.s. attorney in boston is now speaking out on behalf of the families of bulgers victims. she put out a statement standing in solidarity with them in light of the recent news and also added this to the s...

Of the tweet-induced controversy with china. the nba commissioner doing damage control in shanghai today. how are you doing, what is your feeling on this as of today how the nba has reacted? >> well, adam silver is in china doing damage control. he is walking a tight rope but thats because the nba has for a long time now taken certain marching orders from beijing and trying to please the chinese communist party. when you had daryl morey voice his support for the protests in hong kong and then th...

Discussions between white house lawyers have been advising the administration to release the transcripts of president trumps july phone call with the ukrainian president since last week. on twitter today the president says he wants transparency that he is, quote, authorized the release tomorrow of the complete full and declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with president zelensky of ukraine. you will see it was a friendly and appropriate call. no pressure unlike joe bid...

Accurate. buzzfeed issued a statement standing by its reporting, and then issued a second statement, asking the special prosecutor to specify what is not accurate in their reporting. buzzfeeds report last night was attributed to two unnamed, quote, federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of this matter, end quote. now, that certainly sounds like a description of two people working on robert muellers team. that would be one way to describe people working on robert muellers ...