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Politically inconvenient news. That is true of weekends in general. Holiday weekends, all the more so. So i do hope you get some time off for the Holiday Weekend. I hope you enjoy your weekend in general. But just keep in mind, this is one of those times to sort of just keep eyes open. All politicians, all public figurers to a certain except have to manage the art of diverting peoples attention at times. Changing the subject. Creating deliberate distractions and, you know, some politicians are better at it than others but all good politicians have to be able to do it to a certain degree. Our c...

Rinat akmetshin, the former soviet Intelligence Officer suspected by some u. S. Officials of having ongoing ties to intelligence. He denies any current ties to russian spy agencies. However, senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee and a republican noted back in april, quote, that mr. Rinat akmetshin has been accused of acting as an unregistered agent for russian interests and apparently has ties to russian intelligence. This brings the total number of participant in that meeting to at least six. According to the New York Times. The sixth person was a translator. ...

Counterintelligence officer was also there. The controversial meeting taking place at trump tower, june of last year, just days after thencandidate donald trump clinched the gop nomination. Also present, Jared Kushner and thenCampaign Chairman Paul Manafort and a reminder here, this revelation comes just two days after don junior himself declared complete transparency and that there was nothing else to see here. Watch. So as far as you know, as far as this incidents concerned, this is all of it. This is everything. This is everything. I want to bring in cnns crime and justice reporter. What mo...

The grand jury. Also this afternoon, the wall street journal report thad mueller is quote examining what role, if any, former National Security advisor mike flynn may have played in a private effort to obtain Hillary Clintons emails from russian hackers. That effort to work with hackers was led by a longtime republican activist who described flynn as an allie, according to journal. Then there was this Washington Post report today about concern within the cia. According to post, cia director mike pompeo has taken a special interest in an agency unit that is closely tied to the investigation int...

Wife really did in kentucky and surprise, there is no plan. Our tax reform and tax plan is coming along very well. It will be submitted in the not too distant future. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Tonight, the gulf coast is bracing for impact from hurricane harvey, which was just upgraded to a major category 4 storm. Its expect ed to make laund in eastern texas sometime in the next two to six hours. Mandatory evacuations are in effect. Over a dozen counties of whats the most powerful storm to hit the u. S. In over a decade, bringing winds up to 125 miles per hour, possib...