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“Sheldon built an incredible life and career,” McConnell said in a statement. “He climbed from sleeping on tenement floors during the Great Depression as a young boy to literally towering over Las Vegas and beyond. He created countless jobs in the process. And he poured his success into philanthropy – from drug abuse treatment to research into cancer and other diseases to the countless Jewish causes around the world that were especially close to his heart.” Adelson’s spending went far beyond politics. He and his wife contributed millions of dollars to medical research and educatio...

He was 96 years old. His health declined fairly quickly after his wife, Virginia, died on Oct. 10, said his daughter Katherine “Kitty” Zuckerman, one of the couple’s six children. “They would have celebrated their 73rd anniversary on Jan. 10, so it’s not a surprise that she left a huge void in his heart,” she said. As news of Zuckerman’s death spread, friends and family remembered not only his long political career — he served on City Council for more than a decade, then eight years as mayor — but his love of family and community. “He understo...

>> it's never too late to do the right thing. i don't want to be critical of anyone who comes forward. >> reporter: unlike others who have testified, sondland is not a career public servant. he is a trump mega-donor who's loyalty was rewarded with an ambassadorship. and he has been quick to defend the president. shortly after sondland laid out that quid pro quo to ukraine, he received a text message from that american diplomat, bill taylor, who said it was "crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign." sondland responded, "the president has been crystal clear. no q...

Tonight about what she said about ambassador sondland, who is expected to testify tomorrow? >> reporter: well, david, we learned that the president's former top russia adviser fiona hill believed that ambassador sondland was a potential national security risk, because he was so unprepared for the job. sondland was a former trump mega-donor with no diplomatic experience. hill testified this week that sondland would frequently use his personal cell phone for diplomatic affairs, to potentia leaving him vulnerable and took it upon himself to invite foreign officials to the white house. david, hill...

Vladimir putin, yes. rob: cohen said he heard that it was of interest to investigators. >> on the speakerphone, mister stone told mister trump he had just gotten off the phone with julian assange and mister assange told mister stone within a couple days there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage hillary clinton's campaign. >> reporter: mister stone rejected that characterization but the ranking member of the oversight committee, jim jordan, said this was about one thing and that is democrats setting things up. >> this was the first step in the democrats crazy impeachment plan. a...