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How much of a template there is for a rescue like this. over the last few days, we have heard what they have been weighing, how they might go n how difficult this might be. is there a template for a cave rescue like this one? >> well, from a flooding standpoint, there is a template. from the length and difficulty of the rescue and the technical resources necessary, no there really is no template. this is pretty much set the new bar. >> i want to read here from "the washington post" writing about...

Template in both agreements. also, both women happen to have been represented by the same lawyer, akeith davidson, which is also extremely weird. similarities prompted investigation of whats going on here. now theres a new twist. the "wall street journal" reported yesterday that broidy has decided to stop the hush money payments after only two of a promised eight installments of $200,000 each. joining me now to explain what is going on with broidy is the co-author of that story, "wall street jou...

Was pregnant. she alone decided that she did not want to continue with the pregnancy and i offered her financial help during this difficult period." more on that stage stramt in a moment. broidy stepped down from his post at the rnc. the story did not go way in large part because there are some striking similarities between the story of elliott broidy the hush money agreement with the playboy playmate in his own words and donald trumps agreement with the former adult actress stormy daniels. espe...

The sense of urgency this white house has about making this decision, in part because they do want to force the hand of the senate to get this done along with a slew of other priorities before the fall, when the supreme court goes back into session. but youre right that this list that theyre starting from, a list of 25 potential justices, makes it much easier. and even within that list, the short list is even shorter than that. and already, the president has started to talk to lawmakers about th...

Nominees not saying whether brown v. board is correctly decided. there will be a high bar. if they put an ideological bar -- >> with whom? there wont be. >> absolutely, there will be. >> which senators? >> collins, murkowski, the people you just mentioned. >> gorsuch. >> gorsuch too. gorsuch was nowhere near the extreme example. >> on the issues of roe and gay rights, on the issues of affirmative action, neil gorsuch is the perfect template to look for going forward. we dont have to guess here. ...

Page. think about this. virtually every major accomplishment that we have had in the congress since president trump took office was 51 vote. supreme court, circuit judges, tax breaks, roll back of regulation. its all done with 51 votes. the irony we have the debate on the next justice of the supreme court. its a simple majority to put the next justice on the supreme court. life-time appointment and probably 30 years, god willing, they will be on the court and to try to pass the immigration bill ...

But i think this will do it for him. too bad. there were other people being considered. but, you know, be fair to kennedy. he voted conservative more often than not. the issue is he voted -- he didnt vote pro life on two critical cases. the casey case, and the recent one on gay marriage. and those are obviously third rail hot issues. that is what got him in a bad rep with conservatives. >> melissa: so as somebody who has looked at picking somebody before and put someone up, as you look at the li...

Reporting on this, have you seen an influx in national resources from anywhere in terms of people trying to get down there and provide effective advocacy. is this existing local groups that are trying to pick up the slack and upscale to meet this big new need from this big new policy or are they getting new resources there to try to help. >> its an interesting question. its hard to tell what the national scope of all of this attention has allowed local advocates to do. theres obviously a handful...

National scope of all of this attention has allowed local advocates to do. theres obviously a handful of local advocates who are in the trenches. there are a number of national organizations, you mentioned one earlier, the womens refugee commission, then there are groups like las americas or the florence project in arizona that have done more local work. these groups have done this work for a while. theyve been toiling pretty much in obscurity until the current moment and i think the -- all of t...

When the new country managed to inaugurate their first democratically elected leader, patrice lamumba, the cia and the british working through the belgians, had him killed. we helped to install this miserable bastard in his place -- joseph mobutu. he stole billions of dollars from his people and pretty much became the template for despotism in africa. needless to say, this deteriorated over the next 30 years. by the time he was done, the congo was mired in a series of civil wars, the government ...