Process closed at midday. The party was like secretary then confirmed Thatjohn Swinney is the party leader. Mr swinney has also posted on social media, saying he feels deeply honoured to be elected leader of the party, adding that he will give his all to serve the party and scotland. Of course with mr swinney being unopposed in this context, it means the snp has avoided extending the uncertainty at the top of scottish politics. Had there been another contender in this contest, it would have meant a Leadership Battle going on for the next three weeks, untiljuly 27. There had been talk of a late bid over the weekend. Activist Graeme Mccormick has said that he had gathered enough support to enter the contest. But in a statement late last night, he announced he decided not to run after having a conversation with john swinney. They had agreed on a number of topics and issues, he said he was going to Supportjohn Swinney instead. It he was going to support john swinney instead. , ,. , instead
Signing off, from this special hour. Thank you for joining us. Keep it right here on msnbc. Prosecutors generally like to send the jury into the weekend a powerful testimony to chew over and it sure seems like the manhattan d. A. S office managed to do that with hope hicks. The law firm is standing by and im guessing that they have thoughts. And a donor event, donald trump took another page out of the authoritarian play with and compared Bidens Administration to nazi germany. We will speak with congressman raskin. Campus protest worries about the economic trajectory, its clear jens he will be central to this campaign. We have a conversation about this moment for young people in america. Okay, my first interaction with some of Donald Trumps senior aides was in november of 2016, two days after the election and it is still a clear memory of that time. Today trump visited the white house, met with President Obama in the oval office and while that was happening, his sonin law took a walk wi
At a donor event last night donald trump took another page out of the authoritarian playbook. I will get the congressmans reaction when he joins me here in studio. Later. It is clear that general z is going to be central to this campaign. A professor is here for a conversation about this moment for young people in america. My first interaction with some of his senior aides was in November 2016 two days after the election and it is still one of my clearest memories from that point of time. The day he visited the white house. He met with President Obama in the oval office. Well that was happening his son in law took a walk with them around the grounds. The Press Secretary at the time pointed out in the Briefing Room that day he brought someone else along to that day. The spokeswoman was here. He i had an opportunity to meet her while the President Elect was meeting with President Obama. Noted that she also had longer meetings with some of the members of the colleagues in the communicatio
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