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Reporter melissa, today when the president held a joint press conference with the secretary general of nato, he began walking back some controversial comments he made on the campaign trail criticizing the institution as outdated, irrelevant and obsolete. Heres what the president said. The secretary general and i had a productive discussion about what more nato can do in the fight against terrorism. I complained about that a long time ago and they made a change. And now they do fight terrorism. I said it was obsolete. Its no longer obsolete. Reporter the secretary general though said something had changed. He said the institution turned a corner financially with Member States pledging more money, more cash commitments towards the alliance. Of course, there is a tenyear window for them to reach 2 of gdp in terms of defense spending. Some are taking their time. He cited some da they we brought from you earlier from natos annual report ....
In the courtroom, he said that d. C. Mayor vincent gray knew of the plan to fund a Shadow Campaign before he was running. Gray says that he personally asked him for an an additional 400,000 in the campaign, and then helped thompsons company to receive a settlement when his office was won. And so they agreed to refer to thompson only as uncle earl a code name. Jeffrey thompson admitted to illegally financing multiple campaigns, including 6,870 to a president ial candidate, and 250,000 to 13 candidates for federal office. And also here in d. C. , 100,000, to 2008 Council Candidate, and 20,000 to 2007 ward 4 council, and the list of d. C. Money goes on. 13 federal candidates and 15 local d. C. Candidates total. For nearly 3 million in Illegal Campaign funds over six years. Jeffrey thompson just walked out of the court ....
Out a way to fight this injustice and this oppression. and thank you very much, gloria brown, and todd marshall thom thompson. and now, fresh out of prison, meek mill is going to talk about the revelations he discovered from behind bar, and what he would say to president trum fp he had a chance to meet him. if you had a summons to talk to president trump, and forget how we feel about him, and what would you tell him? i would tell him, let s go to the neighborhood, and you have bulletproof cars, let s bring them to the neighborhood, and get out the bulletproof cars and see if you will feel comfortable sitting near this area, and you feel like you need a gun here, and would you be feeling comfortable on to he area where the neighborhood is plagued with drugs everywhere. and you can see the rest of the interview with reverend sharpton with meek mill tomorrow. ssistance helped him to fix his flat ....