A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Said yes. We expect more detail. Shepard its my understanding there was testimony about a time when Paul Manafort essentially ran out of money. He did. Theyre saying in 2014, when his former top client, who the mueller team described as manaforts golden goose, ukrainian president victor yanukovych. Gates testified when he left it decreased the Income Stream. Heres how much the Income Stream was down. Gates testified that in 2016, manafort paid between 200,000 and 225,000 for yankees season tickets. But then, manafort asked gates to write a letter to the yankees saying that gates actually just borrowed manaforts credit card to make that huge purchase. This case that started with a lot of testimony and a lot of exhibits and ed showing that manafort lived a lavish lifestyle for several years has now evolved into a case about a former lobbyist and campaign
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Tolerate Sanctuary Cities pete what a morning. Abby guess who is back from vaca. Ed i was off for a couple weeks. Abby you look so refreshed. Ed italy will do that for you. Abby were you even vacationing. Ed i missed you guys. Pete Nothing Happened while you were on vacation. Abby big news we will talk about tomorrow. This is our last weekend together. So well make the most of it. Pete we have Sound Effects for you. We have a Big Celebration Tomorrow as well. But we have a lot of news breaking this morning. In fact, we begin with a Fox News Alert. Terrifying moments as a stolen plane flew aimlessly in the air before crashing in seattle. Abby take a look at this video. Alaska airlines employee i dont want to hurt no one. I just want you to whisper Sweet Nothings into my ear. I have a lot of people that care about me. And its going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. Air Traffic Control tried to get the man to land the plane on water. The fighter jets did not shoot the plane dow
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Question, will any of these claims stick without providing tangible evidence . I think thats the question everyone is asking. Its interesting because shes kind of going back and forth. She says well, i heard the tape, but i dont have the tape and i think thats the issue. I mean, shes going back to, you know, president trumps days working on the aparen tigs and you know, we remember his days when he was on the apprentice, that infamous access Hollywood Tape that had such a huge impact on the campaign. This probably wont stick unless something is released but i think something i want to really stress is omarosa is not the First White House aide to turn on a president. We had Scott Mcclellan with bush and i think the difference here is how, you know, how people have how sources have said that she was treated so poorly when she left the white house and even during her time at the white house. Her role was considered n
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Magazine which typically showcases male celebrities. The males chief ref new officer and Content Officer have told some employees that they unsuccessfully appealed to david pecker, the ceo of america magazine, who reportedly ordered the cover. They asked him to consider replacing her on the cover. The executives said they argued that would it hurt the reputation making it tougher to attract top talent for future covers and potentially alienating hardwon advertisers. Nevertheless, there she is. Get her workout. Guys. It says it right there in the fine print. Four days before the president ial election in 2016 the Wall Street Journal published the first report that this company, American Media, most famous for owning the national enquirer, reported
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Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. Completely debunked the campaignrelated charges. Lets take a look. The general counsel for the clinton mob family, lanny davis, he had his client pleaded to two counts of criminality that dont exist. These Campaign Finance violations all over tv saying implicates the president directly. Re first, lets back up. It is a guilty plea. It is a plea bargain between ale prosecutor and a criminal. A criminal who doesnt want to spend the rest of his life in prison. That is not precedent. That applies only to that specific case. Nobody cites Plea Bargains for precedent. Thats number one. Number two, just because a Prosecutor Says that somebody violated a campaign law, doesnt make it so. Hes not the judge, hes not the jury. We didnt adjudicate anything. It never went to court. Thats number two. A Campaign Expenditure under our
federal Campaign Laws is an expenditure solely for campaign