and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that would endorse the us government s interpretation of the espionage act and its consistency with the first amendment. first amendment being the right to free speech, just to remind everybody. yes, that s exactly right. freedom of speech, freedom of the press and a handful of other freedoms as well. but those are the ones at issue here. on the other hand, this plea deal really does cast a long shadow over press freedom in the united states. it s not a formal precedent in the sense that a judicial ruling would have been, but it does, i think, set a practical precedent for the possibility of future prosecutions ofjournalists who engage in very similar activities to the activities thatjulian assange has pleaded guilty to. and by that, i m referring to the solicitation of information from sources, the actual r
at the knight first amendment institute at columbia university. i think this plea deal is significant in two respects. i mean, in the first instance, it must be an enormous relief, of course, forjulian assange and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that would endorse the us government s interpretation of the espionage act and its consistency with the first amendment. first amendment being the right to free speech, just to remind everybody. yes, that s exactly right. freedom of speech, freedom of the press and a handful of other freedoms as well. but those are the ones at issue here. on the other hand, this plea deal really does cast a long shadow over press freedom in the united states. it s not a formal precedent in the sense that a judicial ruling would have been, but it does, i think, set a practical precedent for the possibility of future pro
Donald trump just wrapped up his rally in vegas. Sunlen serfaty is there. Joining me now, donald trump did seize on the investigation but what else . Reporter thats right. He did, fred. It seems as if donald trump is campaigning with a new spring in his step and capitalizing on the email server scandal. Hes been relentless and today is no exception. He almost joked to this crowd, i never thought wed be thanking Anthony Weiner nine days out. Heres what he had to say. Her cell action was willful, deliberate, intentional and purposeful. Hillary set up an illegal server for the obvious purpose of
shielding her criminal conduct from Public Disclosure and exposure. She set up this illegal server knowing full well that her actions put our National Security at risk and put the safety and security of your children at risk. Now, Trump Campaign officials feel this is an opening that theyve been given in this final nine days. Also, Something Else from donald trump, going after obamacare premiums,
Often out of Pure Petulanc yeah. But he also lashes out at people to send a message to other people, do not cross me. That is a thing that can work if youre six months out and trying to get people in line. But 30 days out . And if youre on the rise . Not if youre flailing. 30 days out, all hes doing is making more enemies, all hes doing is sending the message of disarray. I totally agree, and not getting back the republicans you were talking about. And another thing people are still talking about, on this very topic, is House Speaker paul ryans telling House Republicans yesterday that they should feel free to flee from donald trump, if that is whats necessary to save their skins and thereby help their party retain its majority in the lower chamber. We are told that ryan, despite what he said yesterday, still hasnt ruled out rescinding his endorsement of trump at some point in the future, but ryan so far has shied away from public spats with his partys nominee. Donald trump has not. Tod
A look at the days top news and headlines. What the government is saying is that that is not really true. Rights, and there is a lot of shuffling. So together, sort of shuffling the numbers, and when it was convenient, they reported income, and it didnt when it wasnt, he said he was making Rental Income on some of his properties. That was good because it could lessen his taxes, but when he wanted to get along, that Wasnt The Case anymore because he was able to get more money in loans with a private property instead of a rental. So he just short sort of shuffe numbers around a little bit. But it is a dense trial. There is a lot of paperwork. Dana another thing that was very intriguing that you tweeted earlier today. Something regarding the russians or the oligarchs that you are not allowed to use. The oligarchs and manafort, what is that . I think it is very interesting. At two elements that will not be
trial. Dana you were on yesterday, right after the administration put out all of its