Of chris cuomo because this is cnn tonight. And imhe in for don lemon and we begin with breaking news. Because on this eve of Christmas Eve the ghosts of criminals past have their slates wiped clean with president ial pardons. That smell you smell, that wafting, its not Holiday Cheer and evergreen boughs. It is the stren. Of the swamp. Rotten to the core. Another blizzard of pardons tonight. 26 in total. And the big names on tonights list . A rogues gallery of convicted criminals. Paul manafort trumps former Campaign Manager convicted of bank and tax fraud and witness tampering and Robert Muellers russia investigation. He admitted his crimes and he initially agreed to cooperate with mueller then lied to prosecutors. Manafort was serving a sentence in home confinement. Roger stone a long time trump ally and selfdescribed political trickster convicted of lying to congress and threatening a witness. Trump had already commuted his sentence. And keeping it in the family. Trump pardons Charl
In the past two months, it was revised upward. So it takes the last year average of jobs created at 180,000 a month, a much better number. And it comes in contrast to that contraction we saw in gdp in the fourth quarter. So calms people down a little bit about where this economy is headed. If we look over the trends that are going, and we look back over the Unemployment Rate, and we have from august to january, we can see where we have been going, and, you know, flirting, going down and in the right direction. But why are people looking at this and being optimistic about Something Big thats on the hill thats coming ahead of us . During periods of economic expansion, typically these numbers get revised upward as we go true a recovery. And thats whats been happening. Each month is being revised upward as december and november were. So now were seeing a likelihood this 157 can be revised upward as well. Were going in the right direction. The Unemployment Rate is always a bit of statistica
Fiance and her father. All told, the congressman and his family avoided over 768,000 in losses according to the document. And the big question we are asking today is, what does the arrest of Congressman Collins mean for the midterms . Joining me nbc news political director and moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. Nbc news investigations reporter tom winter, New York Times chief metro Political Correspondent shane gold macher and former s. E. C. Enforcement attorney seth waxman. Tom, you have been following this. You were downtown a little bit earlier today. Here is a statement from collins lawyer saying we will answer the charges filed in court and will mount a defense to clear his good name. It is notable the government does not allege that Congressman Collins traded a single chair of Innate Immunotherapeuticss stock. We are confident he will be
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Tonight, as we come on the air, several developing stories. The president responding to robert mueller. The special counsel wants to interview the president about obstruction of justice, and tonight, what the president is now saying. Also tonight, the major arrest. The sitting congressman charged with Insider Trading. Prosecutors say he learned a drug for ms had failed during testing and that he then warned family and friends to dump the stock. Tonight, the alleged phone calls. The urgent manhunt tonight, two Police Officers shot while sitting in their unmarked car. Their conditions tonight. The wildfires exploding in size, and this evening, the arrest. The suspect who reportedly warned, this place is going to burn. The tornado of fire you and the major threat tonight to
communications towers. Could cell phones and Internet Connections go dark . In the northeast tonight, bracing for storms yet again. Ginger zee is standing by. The chilling new video tonight. The parkland shooter and wh
This is bbc news. The Headlines Police are treating the fatal stabbing of three people in a park in reading on saturday as terror related. Intelligence Service Sources say officials were made aware of concerns about the 25 year old libyan refugee last year but an investigation found there was no immediate threat. He is currently in custody. Germany has seen another sharp increase in the coronavirus reproduction number. However, Health Officials say the rise is largely due to specific localised outbreaks. In the town of goettingen, extra police have been sent to a housing block where a number of residents have been resisting quarantine restrictions. President trumps re Election Team has rejected claims that a social Media Campaign reduced the turnout for saturdays rally in the city of tulsa. The local Fire Department had said just over 6,000 people attended. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. President trump hasjust strengthened us sanctions against