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December 17, 2019
The speaker appoints the nine members of the majority. its also a committee where every member gets to have their say. as you said, craig, this will probably be a very long hearing because any member of the house can show up and be heard at that committee. the time limits arent the way were used to be seeing, like on the house floor where the members are very quick. these members can go on and filibuster as senators do in the upper chamber. this is an odd day for the rules committee. even though...
December 15, 2019
Chris wallace. clearly something that the fbi will need to address that will address going forward. jon: seventeen significant accuracies and omissions, all of this went against the kit presidents campaign and carter page in particular. thank you. jon: with a 2020 election year, now only weeks away, social media tech giants are cracking down on political at why others see, is just not their job to censor such assets. kristin fisher has the details. >> is the part of our digital department. sue i...
December 15, 2019
To state prison. [ yeah im proud of that, you know what i mean? im proud of that for one because [ bleep ], [ bleep ] went to the hospital. >> if he dies? >> if he dies, [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. whats loco doing life for? because he killed a cho-mo. probably walk the yard with that. >> i see our fine friend mr. nava didnt make it very far. did he? >> no, he didnt. >> nava was just released from segregation a week earlier for another fighting incident. sergeant colette runs the unit and approved his...
December 15, 2019
Wasnt going to let the homie go by hisself. i ran up and started kicking and hitting the dude in his face. the dude was on the ground, but still, we sat there and stompedd for a cool little second until he was like, all right, thats enough. >> deany nava, who joined gonzalez in the attack on olson, is awaiting transfer to prison. he was sentenced for eight years with assault with a deadly weapon, robbery with a firearm, and false impersonation. both men may face criminal charges. >> this is a fe...
December 15, 2019
>> so, he got beat up for what? jailhouse lore, rumor that just spiraled. those are the facts of the case. >> man. >> this is what ive been trying to get you to do. be your own man. keep your head down, take care of your case. dont get caught up in none of this drama trauma crap going on in these pods. because it will lead you astray. >> yeah. its crazy. >> yeah. thats an understatement. >> mr. colette, its all [ bleep ] up. big time. >> yeah. >> did that guy turn out all right? >> hes back out ...
December 13, 2019
Officials are pleading with the white house to accept a shorter trial in senate and discussions are that the president may be listening to that advice. he is hearing from his lawyers advising him at this point that a shorter trial is the way to go as that source said, you just dont know what will erupt. that might be the understatement of the day. >> jim acosta. joining us now one of the house democrats on the judiciary committee to approve the two articles against the president, congresswoman...
December 13, 2019
Washington that this is not a good thing. corresponded kristin fisher shows us tonight. >> this is part of our digital department... >> to say that trump campaign manager brad parscale is frustrated by googles political ad policy is an understatement. >> its a removal of free speech, suppression of >> its not about attracting eyeballs online. to do that, all campaigns have been using a tactic called "micro-targeting," which allows them to aim as a very specific groups of people based on politica...
December 13, 2019
Today it will hear three cases in which the manhattan district attorney and three congressional committees are seeking financial information and years of tax returns from the president. the president has been fighting to keep these tax returns private. he lost in federal district court and lost as well in the second courage circuit. but the supreme court will take up this important test of presidential power to refuse the sort of subpoenas. oral arguments will be in march and we expect a decisio...
December 13, 2019
Understatement to say republicans were angry, right? they were democrats are trying to put these proceedings in the light of day to get better press coverage. democrats say this is too important to do in the dark. do you think this bitterness will spill over to this morning? >> reporter: i think so, hallie. as you know a lot of times the anger and outrage that you see from members during these impeachment proceedings, its perform afternoo performative, right? that outrage that you saw from congr...
December 12, 2019
Being the royal we. she read the sentence the way you guys tried to portray the sentence, she said it said i would like you to do me a favor though. thats not what it says. it says i would like you to do us a favor though because -- and guess what the next two words are. it says because our country, not i. he doesnt say i want you to do me a favor because ive been through a lot. very clear, i would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and that is the unders...