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Happening. one thing that happened today karen mcdougal was released from her settlement with ami, american media inc .basically saying you can tell your story. do you see that as having effect on everything happening in the lane of michael cohen and robert mueller, harry. >> totally. its quite a story really. everyone has been focused to date on mueller. understandably. hes got the big guns. he can really bring the biggest charges against trump. in the meantime, trump is fighting and losing on ...

>> nbcs andrea mitchell is joining us now, live from houston. you have covered the bush family for many years. do we know anything more? i want to talk to you about mrs. bushs legacy, her wisdom shes imparted. but do we know anything more about her decision to end medical treatment? sounds like the bush family is being tight lipped about it. >> reporter: well, understandably. they did put out a statement to clarify that shes not going to go back into the hospital. shes had multiple hospital visi...

About bob menendez, he would never consider hiring someone on the basis of relevant qualifications. recently we told you on this program about the wave ofre demographic change that has transformed the city of hazleton, pennsylvania. in the year 2000, hazleton was less than 2% hispanic. today thanks to mass immigration, hazleton is majority hispanic. more than half of the residents there speak a language other than english at home. we got those numbers from a recent piece in "national geographic"...

To be leaker. joining me now, editor in chief of "the hill" bob kusack. you have some strong thoughts about this, too. what are they? >> i think john bolton deserves his own team. if theyre mcmaster holdouts or obama holdouts, they have to go. in all likelihood the leakers are probably from people who dont agree with the president. we saw that recently with the call to putin. that upset the president. understandably. now, bolton is no shrinking violet. at the same time, how is he going to work w...

The island still struggling from wide-spread destruction and despair. understandably, many saying life will never be the same. leyla santiago joins us with more from san juan. >> reporter: today we are in san juan and the situation here has improved quite a bit since hurricane maria struck the island six months ago. here is majority of the people have power. the majority of the people have water. i mean, were talking about in the 90% zone. and the goal is that by the end of march the u.s. army c...

Place was ransacked, but, quick relief, as they looked around there were no new victims. the blood smears theyd noted appeared to be from the crime scene next door. >> that means you have somebody that is brave enough, or just -- or just cruel enough to just -- just beat this woman so severely, and then is going to go next door and commit another burglary? >> reporter: becky had been at work that morning with her 19-year old son christopher. the two of them raced home to the scene and met up wit...

People he may have talked to their fodder? this doesnt seem like the kind of context that is going to ingratiate him with his boss. >> right. we know the president calls friends late at night, they say things and it leaks into the media. again, i was not at that off the record. if i was at that off the record, i could not share what i heard. in general, this is one of the frustrations the president does have with his chief of staff, which his chief of staff in private situations and in public si...

Staff changes. this doesnt surprise me as a fact, it surprises me as a leak. why reveal and blame the president for being responsible for giving some of those 19 people he may have talked to their fodder? this doesnt seem like the kind of context that is going to ingratiate him with his boss. >> right. we know the president calls friends late at night, they say things and it leaks into the media. again, i was not at that off the record. if i was at that off the reported, i couldnt share what i h...

The use of enhanced interrogation, torture. so that is an issue certain to come up at our confirmation hearing, but also one of substance and one that not all but many intelligence professionals take issue with. because theyre not happy with that period in the cias history and understandably so. the other point i would make is every other day we talk about instability, changes of personnel in the white house. so that is -- it is an interesting story, a question. lets talk about the substance of ...

Idea that the federal government was gonna come and commandeer state officials to do things was one of the things that brought about our federal system. you dont have to go out of your way to help the feds and provide them with nonpublic information. it doesnt talk about obstruction but understandably thats how the department of justice feels about it. >> you also have to wonder, potential lawsuits going down the road for victims of violent illegal immigrants who happen to be criminals because i...