Law and i thought i would make this easy. I wrote up a release and all that mayor bloomberg has to do is download it, ill text it, sign it and then the women or men will be free to speak and tell their own stories. It was a big moment, big moment for her last night. Shes carrying it over tonight. What do you think . Yeah, well exactly that, right . She obviously felt that the debate worked so well for her last night where she was taking on bloomberg especially on this issue that she decided to sort of do a stunt by bringing that crafted contract, a release form for Michael Bloomberg to sign. Obviously she doesnt believe Michael Bloomberg has any intention to sign it, but she wanted to extend that moment from 24 hours ago to now and keep it going because she thinks it was really successful for her. I would note, don, she went onto say that due to some of the things that bloomberg has said about women or things that in lawsuits as alleged to have said to women and the environment in the workplace, she said if he doesnt correct this course, it disqualifies him for the presidency. And yet when aaron pressed her, you said youre going to support the democratic nominee, what fz Michael Bloomberg, she still said she would support him over donald trump even though she made the point he would be disqualified for the presidency. I remember when Kamala Harris hit joe biden really hard in one of those earliest debates and she came back and tried it again and her poll numbers went down. Does she have to be careful to not look like some sort of grudge if shes leaning hard into this particular issue . Its a good question, but i think look at elizabeth warrens position in this race right now. I dont think careful can be any part of her calculation at this point. She had a disappointing finish in iowa and New Hampshire for her. She is trying to reignite energy in her campaign as Bernie Sanders has sort of consolidated the progressive wing of the party. She saw last night as a huge step forward in that reenergizing process, and so i think shes less concerned about potential backlash than she is about trying to take a leap here, and i think the cost benefit analysis to her, she believes to press forward with this that this is a way towards rebuilding some support shes lost. Well certainly see in the upcoming polls and the polls that will follow. Lets talk about the former Vice President joe biden. You pointed out he tried to take on senator Bernie Sanders on the issue of guns. Watch this. Its not so much what you say you believe now. Its what did you do and when did you do it . And the fact is bernie has had a very different record than me for a long time. He said it was a tough state to run it. He voted against it five times in the house of representatives. Guess what . Weve kept over 5 Million People from being able to get weapons that they should not have been able to get. So hes trying to slow down sanders momentum. Do you think it was effective . Well, well see. You know, the biden folks feel better about their chances here in nevada on saturday, in two days than they did necessarily about the way iowa and New Hampshire was going to play out. As you know theyve been promising a long time to say, hey, watch us when we get to a state with more diverse electorate, one representative of the Democratic Party overall. This is their first proving ground on that, and youre right. He sees the sanders momentum and sees the issue of guns. And sanders passed support from protecting gun manufacturers of being sued as a way in, a way to blunt some of that growth weve seen for sanders. I would note you heard the comparison he made. The former Vice President made the case to everyone saying think about pharmaceutical companies and if you would block them from being sued after what many of them have done with the opioid addiction in america, and he used that as a direct parallel to sort of get into a frame of mind for folks. Even though Bernie Sanders has changed his position hes trying to hang his old record around his head on that issue. No one does better analysis than david chalian. Thank you, david. Well see you soon. Doing a great job there in las vegas. Listen as democrats are vying for the chance to run against President Trump we are learning tonight that Vladimir Putin is stepping up his election interference. Warning congress the Intelligence Community already believes russia is already taking steps to interfere in the next election with the goal of helping the president win. Thats according to three sources. The intelligence also mentions to throw the integrity of the election itself into doubt. Putin doing it again. And how is the president of the United States reacting to all of of this . How is he responding to russia doubling down attacks on our agree and Fair Election snz he is angry about russias interference was even included in the briefing. Hes angry house intel chairman adam schiff who he thinks is as one of his impeachment foes was even in that briefing. Angry because he believed schiff would use that information to try to undermine him as he runs for reelection. Blaming the outgoing acting dni Joseph Maguire for doing his squab, doing his duty to his country. And replacing maguire with an entirely unqualified ambassador and trump loyalist, Richard Grenell, to head up the nations Intelligence Community. Reportedly on a temporary basis with a threat from russia looming. Not at some point in the distant future but right now. The president is attempting to suppress the truth of what Vladimir Putin is doing because all he cares about is his fair that it calls into question the legitimacy of his own election. A former intelligence official telling cnn this, what the icc is reporting the truth, simple statements and facts without judgment the president sees as undermining his legitimacy. What else would you expect from a president who stood side by side with putin in helsinki and took his word over that of his own Intelligence Community . My people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others and said they think its russia. I have president putin, he just said its not russia. I will say this. I dont see any reason why it would be. What else would you expect from the president who just a few months ago joked about putin interfering in 2020 . So as bad as it is that the russians are back at it trying to help trump get reelected, its far worse that the president of the United States is hes trying to cover it up. And lets not forget russia has been trying to hack burisma, the Ukrainian Gas Company that had joe bidens son on its board. Is that a coincidence or another attempt to hurt bidens campaign and help trump . So are we in more danger now if our Intelligence Community cant even speak the truth, if an angry president responds to a warning from intel officials doing their jobs by replacing the intel chief with an unqualified loyalist . Its all part of his battle against the rule of law, a battle that took a turn in a d. C. Courtroom today with a good day for justice and a bad day for the president. Im talking about roger stone, infamous dirty trickster, long time trump crony sentenced today to 40 months in prison for lying to congress and threatening a witness over a case that revealed the president s interest in wikileaks during the campaign. Dont miss the significance of all of this. A u. S. District court judge and the dojs own prosecutors opposing the president today after the four original prosecutors quit the case in protest of attorney general william barr undercut them. So while barr is apparently willing to give the president exactly what he wants, the judge and those prosecutors are standing up for whats right. Standing up for the rule of law. Judge Amy Berman Jackson sending a very clear message not just with stones sentence but with her statement in the court today insisting on truth and the rule of law. In the face of the president s repeated claims stone was being treated unfairly the judge saying this and i quote, this case did not arise because roger stone was being pursued by his political enemies, it arose because roger stone charactericly injected himself smack into the middle one of the most significant issues of the day. And then going on bluntly to say he was not prosecuted as some have complained for standing up for the president. He was prosecuted for covering up for the president. And then theres her response to stones threats against the witness and his dog. Stone wrote in 2018 and im quoting here, you are a rat, you back stab your friends, run your mouth. Going onto say prepare to die. His lawyer arguing it was just stone being stone. Well, judge Amy Berman Jackson saying this, the defendant lied about a matter of Great National and international significance. This is not campaign hijinx. This is not just roger stone being roger. He lied to congress. He lied to our elective representatives. And theres this, quote, sure the defense is free to say so what, who cares but ill say this, congress cared. The United States department of justice and the United StatesAttorneys Office for the district of columbia that prosecuted the case and is still prosecuting the case cared. The jurors who served with integrity under difficult circumstances cared. The American People cared and i care. And how is the president responding to all of this . Im not going to do anything in terms of the great powers bestowed upon a president of the United States. I want the process to play out. I think thats the best thing to do. Because id love to see roger exonerated, and id love to see it happen because i personally think he was treated very unfairly. Theres a lot more than that. The fact is roger stone has the right to appeal, but the president sure seems to be suggesting he intervene if things dont go the way he wants them to go. The forewoman of the jury, the woman who was in charge of the jury is totally tainted when you take a look. How can you have a person like this . She was a antitrump activist. Can you imagine this . So if roger stones attorneys had any question at all whether t the forewoman could be fair they could have rejected her during selection. They didnt and that says it all. The president of the United States sees fit to attack a juror who was doing her civic duty. The duty at the heart of the way our Justice System is supposed to work. I want you to compare that to bill barr intervening in it case to recommend a lighter sentence overruling four of his own prosecutors who then quit the case. So lets not forget that happened after the president tweeted about how unfair he thought stones treatment was. And lets not forget he congratulated barr for stepping in. 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Theres news tonight the Intel Community believes russia is taking steps to interfere in the 2020 election with the goal of getting President Trump reelected. Sources are telling cnn the top election official briefed and the president became irate at the outgoing acting dni once he learned about the briefing. So lets discuss now. Dana bash is here, evan perez and john harwood as well. So good to have all of you on. Dana, lets start with you. By all accounts, this briefing was contentious, the president was irate. What are your sources telling you . Just that. Exactly what i said . One of the sources i spoke to, im going to keep it clean even though were in the nighttime. It was a blank show. It was apparently really, really contentious. The contentious part of it came when the intelligence official came to brief broadly on the attempts to disrupt the election in 2020. But then when she got specific, talking about what she thought was an attempt to help the president get elected, thats when the republicans on the committee went nuts, and they were very, very upset about that. And then it kind of devolved from there. Why would they be nuts about a statement of fact . Well, thats a good question. Because well, the answer is this. The answer is some of my colleagues have reporting that the feeling among an intelligence official in the administration was the intelligence that they saw wasnt that cut and dry, that it wasnt that clear how the meddling was intended to go forward, whether it was just intended to disrupt and sow chaos or intended to help the president. But the other answer, as you know because weve been talking about this since the president was sworn in, don, was that any mention of russia meddling to help the president is seen through his eyes as people saying, my election is illegitimate and he doesnt want to hear it. Youre right about that. Here we are again, evan. Russia trying to interfere in our election, apparently to benefit President Trump. But and now hes the president , he consistently attacked the Intel Community, attacks them all the time. What is the danger here . Look, the danger is real because it means that if the intelligence professionals dont feel comfortable telling the president the bad news, then they may not, and then that could have some really bad consequence for the National Security of this country. To what dana just pointed out, you know, people went through this right after he was elected in 2016. There were people close to him, including Jared Kushner who tried to explain to the president that, look, just because the russians had a preference for you doesnt mean that your election was illegitimate. You know, the two things can be true. You are a legitimate president , but the president is so thin skinned that he just would just would reject any suggestion that that was the case. And so thats whats happening here again, don. I think its the same thing that happened in 2016. The president is refusing to hear what the intelligence professionals are telling him plain and straight. Hes trying to create and live in his own reality instead of facts. John, the New York Times reports that this president , President Trump berated the dni Joseph Mcguire over this briefing. Now he is hes out. Hes got his loyalist Richard Grenell in now. He has a job. Is this another example of the president punishing his enemies and rewarding his friends . Don, i think its, most of all, an example of the president acting to protect himself. He has shown us by his words and actions hes not guided by abstract concepts, is it right, is it wrong, is it true, is it false, is it legal, is it not legal. Hes got it by whether an individual event or action helps him right now. And so when you hear that the intelligence officials are saying russia is trying to help him, he doesnt like hearing that. By the way, its not just a matter, in my view, of his feelings. Its also the fact that being reelected as president is pretty important to him because he loses the immunity from prosecution that hes enjoyed as president if he doesnt win the election. So thats very important. Secondly, the idea that adam schiff has this information is also bad news for the president. He says, as the reporting has shown, that schiff would weapon ize the information against him. Again, not dealing with the question whether its appropriate or not appropriate for a Foreign Government to interfere. Its that it could be used against me. So then we have mcguire out. We have grenell in. Grenell is somebody who is much closer as a political ally to the president. And what weve seen from republicans is theyre sending a message to the president of whatever you want to do, thats fine. Were in it. Were with you. And so thats going to leave it to the voters to decide whether this is the kind of behavior by the president that theyre going to tolerate. John, i have another quick question for you. Everything, considering everything you said, then, does it appear this president tried to suppress this intelligence . Is this a cover up . I dont know if youd call it a cover up exactly. He certainly suppression possibly, right . Yeah. I mean, the information the Intel Community has the information. Its been passed to the relevant officials in congress. So the information is there, but this is a chilling message that is sent to the Intel Community. Maybe it makes it more difficult for them to disseminate this information next time. Got you. Dana, we talked about the president s behavior about his mindset post impeachment. What does it say about his mindset . To bounce off what you were talking about with john, the way this is supposed to work this isnt deep state stuff. This is checks and balances. Protocol. Protocol, and even beyond that. Its making sure that something as very, very fundamental and scary as Foreign Governments interfering in american elections, that people who need to know are aware of it, that the fact that the president was apparently so upset, not necessarily that the congress was told, as they should be, but it was adam schiff, who is the chairman of the intelligence committee. If hes not going to be told about it, who is . And its just a reminder hes upset that adam schiff was told the information, youre right. Its a reminder of how toxic and how completely dysfunctional things already were. But especially post impeachment given the fact that adam schiff was the manager, was the leader in the prosecution of the president in the impeachment trial. Yeah. That rile brings it home when you speak about the dysfunction. Listen, an election year, its always madness, right . Everybodys schedules are crazy. This should be a nonpartisan thing. But this shows you the chaos, as you said, and the turmoil in this administration. One thing can i point out quickly . Yeah. I just remember post 2016 how upset republicans and some democrats were, but mostly republicans with president obama because they thought that he didnt do enough to prevent election interference in 2016 because he was afraid it would look political. Now look where we are, similar place. Evan, ill give you the final word. It was just a few weeks ago the russians tried to hack into burisma, right . Why would they do that if not to hurt joe biden, but help trump . Theyre all over ukraine, so its not surprising. Im sure its not the first time they went into burisma or any ukrainian company. Look, it is one of those things. The intelligence has been there. There are all these signs including the fact that Rudy Giuliani has been running around with what everyone in the Intelligence Community believes is russian disinformation. So all the signs have been there. All it takes is for the president of the United States and for our leaders in congress to recognize whats happening and to tell the people of the United States what is going on so people can be smarter about it when they see whats happening in the later this year in the elections. All right. I promised you the last word, but ill give it to john, so sue me. How much do you think the president will protect this political process . The president doesnt care about the integrity of the political process. Again, the president judges events by whether they help him or not. So if you have a Legal Process that goes against him, that was an unfair process. If you have an election that goes against him, he is likely to say that there was cheating, there was vote fraud or whatever. He signalled that before he was elected he might not accept the results of the election. This is these are the kind of judgments that the president makes. And i think one thing we have to be clear on, the president is allied with Vladimir Putin. He was in 2016. He spoke favorably of putin throughout the campaign. He had longstanding business relationships with russians funding his businesses. He hired a campaign manager, paul manafort, who was allied with the kremlin with his work in ukraine. Paul manafort, of course, is now in jail. And the despite some republicans point to, well, hes been tougher than barack obama in terms of giving lethal weapons to ukraine. That was thats true in a narrow sense, but that was in a different moment, a different time after the 2016 election. The largest goal that Vladimir Putin has is to weaken western alliance, weaken nato and divide the United States for the purpose of strengthening russia. And actions that the president has taken are consistent with those objectives by Vladimir Putin. So its not surprising Vladimir Putin would want to continue that and help President Trump be reelected. Thank you all. Appreciate your time. Thanks so much. Former dni James Clapper warned me last night that not being able to speak the truth speak truth to power undermines the safety and security of this country. Im sure hell have a lot to say about the president s irate response to the russian interference briefing and were going to hear from him. Thats next. Ever since we moved here, ive been noticing it. I think the house is changing him. [ gasps ] up and at em . Into his father. [ eerie music plays ] is it scary . [ gasps ] its in eco mode. So dont touch it. Mmhmm. I cant stop this from swinging. Must be a draft in here. But he did save a bunch of money bundling our home and auto with progressive. 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When the president makes it known that he cant countenance facts that dont comport with his facts that dont comport with his world view, the result will be shooting the messenger, in essence in this case, losing their jobs. Intelligence community and joe mcguire was doing what they are supposed to do. Thats their they take an oath to do that. And the fact that the committees probably asked for a briefing on what are the prospects in 2020 for the russians interference. It shouldnt come as a shock to anybody that the russians are going to continue to do what they did in 2016, given the success they enjoyed. The problem is its going to be a lot harder for us to detect what theyre doing because the russians have gone to school on all the revelations, notably in volume one of the mueller report. So this is a bad situation. Its not good for the Intelligence Community, its not good for the country. Im glad you said that because what happens i imagine you still have contacts here. What happens inside the Intelligence Community for folks part of the community when Something Like what happened yesterday, when Richard Grenell or someone who has they feel doesnt have the experience is appointed . Well, in the first instance, it is really tough, particularly on the odni staff when you have the turbulence, this constant turnover of leaders who are right now acting had one with joe mcguire, now Ambassador Grenell will be another acting. It appears there may be one after him. I dont know. Theres no stability. So this the lack of stability, the lack of continuity, you have to start all over with a new order of business is very disruptive and is a terrible distraction from what the Intelligence Community should be doing, which is focusing on threats. Intelligence business is tough enough without all this drama. Yeah. I just want to read something the former cia director john brennan tweeted out in response to the New York Times report. He says, we are now in a fullblown National Security crisis by trying to prevent the flow of information to congress, trump is a bettsing a russia covert operation to keep him in office for moscows interests, not americas. Listen, brennan is an outspoken critic of this president. Do you agree trying to keep this information from congress amounts to helping the russians . I do. I agree with john on this. We are playing to putins, putins objectives here. He wants to drive a wedge among the countries in europe. Hes succeeded in doing that. He wants to drive a wedge between us and europe, he wants to drive a wedge between us and ukraine. So why wouldnt he want a continuation of the leadership in this country that allows him to do that . And thats his way of compensating for the many other weaknesses that russia has, notably, their economy. So, yeah, i agree with john. He said, we are now in a fullblown National Security crisis. Listen, i dont want to be hyperbolic. Those are his words and im sure you dont either, but what is the truth here . Are we in the middle of a fullblown National Security crisis . Well, this is kind of a, you know, saturday night massacre on a mini scale by the Intelligence Community in slow motion. And, you know, this falls on the heels, for example, of the apparent attempt by odni to avoid a public version of the annual worldwide threat briefing. Well, that is not good that the Intelligence Community is so intimidated and so reluctant to speak publicly about the true facts on what the real threats are, that is not good. Its not good for the president or his presidency, and certainly not good for the safety and security of the country. Director, thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks, don. Roger stone sentenced today to 40 months in prison and the judge isnt holding back. What shes saying about stones lies and the conspiracy that President Trump has promoted. Whoa, this is awful, try it. Oh no, that looks gross what is that . 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So the judge in roger stones case, Amy Berman Jackson, sentencing him to 40 months in prison today, taking a stand for truth and the rule of law saying this about stone. She said, he was not prosecuted as some have complained for standing up for the president. He was prosecuted for covering up for the president. Lets discuss now. Cnn crime and justice reporter is here and the former sdny assistant u. S. Attorney joins us as well. Shimone, lets start with you. She said the dismay and disgust to interfere with attempts of members of the judiciary to fulfill their duty should transcend party. Sure, the defense is free to say, so what, who cares. But ill say this. Congress cared. The United States department of justice and the United StatesAttorneys Office for the district of columbia that prosecuted the case and is still prosecuting the case cared. The jurors who served with integrity under difficult circumstances cared. The American People cared. And i care. So i mean thats pretty intense. How was that in the courtroom . It was an extraordinary moment. It really encompassed everything that this case has been about, what weve seen. Really, the last few years from the president attacking investigators, attacking the judiciary system, attacking fbi agents, attacking judges, and really attacking this entire case of the roger stone during the trial and now during the sentencing phase. And it was her moment to show some emotion. Shes been in some ways affected by this. She herself has been threatened. Shes repeatedly attacked by the president. So it was her moment to explain to the public, to the American People why they should care about cases like this. And it was definitely a moment where you saw some emotion from her. There were other moments similar to this, but this in particular was a very extraordinary moment, especially because of the way she ended that, by saying, i care. I care, yeah. That was a very significant moment, don. Yeah. Something else. This is for you, alex. The truth still exists, the truth still matters. Roger stones insistence it doesnt, his belligerence, his pride and his own lies are a threat to our most fundamental institutions, to the foundations of our democracy. Who do you think this message was intended for . Bravo to judge berman jackson, first. I think she was intending this for donald trump, the American Public and roger stone. There has been a tendency primarily coming from roger stone and President Trump to downplay it, to make it sound like its silly, roger stone doing his usual thing, he slings some here, slings some there. The judge said this is a big deal. This is what our democracy and institutions are about. Truth still matters. I think that was an important and bold statement. If you Pay Attention to seeing some of the websites and the things that pop up when you get alerts, right, some of the right wing fringe, they all say, its a big deal and justice for roger stone. Its like, what are you talking about . And this whole idea of sort of lying to congress, lying to prosecutors not a big deal, yeah. This is the thread that ties together a lot of these cases, whether its michael flynn, paul manafort. All these michael cohen. Lying to congress, lying to investigators, preventing law enforcement, congress and the American Public from learning the truth. Listen, you can have a conversation about whether you think roger stone was the recommendation was too harsh or not. Its ultimately left to the judge and the judge decided what she wanted to do. But it was the fact that the attorney general stepped in, right . The judge can take the recommendation or not. Right . What i thought was interesting is the judge went out of her way today and i think shimon has quoted this piece of the transcript to say that second letter had essentially no bearing on me, made no difference. Thats the whole point. That was about the attorney general, and not about the judge, right . Yes. What the attorney general did here that will not be forgiven or will not be repaired is he undermined his own prosecutors publicly in the justice department. Ive never seen it happen like that. He undercut his own leadership ability and his own credibility by that. Cant do that. To that she said, any suggestion the prosecutors in this case did anything untoward or improper is incorrect. Let me ask you about another quote. She said this case had nothing to do with stones political enemies. She said stone lied and sought to impede production of information to whom, not to some secret entity trump or cabal, but to congress, elected representatives of both parties who were confronted with a matter of Grave National intelligence. Importance, excuse me. Go on, shimone. This was her again trying to tell the American People, certainly people who sat through this case and people who havent sat through this case, who have been reading things or seeing things on websites, that what this case was all about, it was a very important case. It was an important case for the department of justice. It was important case for her. It was important case for jurors. The whole point of this she pointed out the conspiracy theories. Shes shooting down conspiracy theories. This idea you shouldnt care about this or it Means Nothing or theres some other motive here. Its very clear as day she said this, that this is being done to protect the president. Roger stone lied to member of congress, he obstructed justice all because he wanted to protect the president. And she made a strong point of that during the sentencing. Were going to talk more about this president and his folks like the attorney general versus the rule of law right after this break. Dont go anywhere, guys. 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Id love to see roger exonerated, and id love to see it happen because i personally think he was treated very unfairly. Im going to watch the process, im going to watch it very closely, and at some point ill make a determination. But roger stone and everybody has to be treated fairly. And this has not been a fair process, okay . Sorry. Essentially hes setting us up, right . Hes getting us ready, everyone ready for the stone pardon. Maybe after the election. I think more likely before the election. Before. Because whats going to happen is that at some point roger stone is going to be facing a prison day, hes going to have to report to prison. Hes waiting for a motion for the judge to decide on a motion for a new trial. That could happen in the next week or two, two weeks after that hes going to have to report if she doesnt grant it. Thats why i was wondering. Why did he walk out a free man but go on, explain. The other thing is, this entire week when you look at the pardons and the clemencies that occurred this week, everyone feels that that is was in preparation for what hes going to do for roger stone. The idea that somehow roger stone has been treated unfairly here, i think the department of justice today, the new prosecutors that came into the case because the other four had to step down because of what the attorney general did and what we heard from the judge all have basically said that justice was done here, that things were done right, the judge stood up for the prosecutors, the former prosecutors, the current prosecutors. She said that this was a righteous case. The prosecutors i should say said it was a righteous case. The fact that the president is continuing to rail against this investigation, against the way roger stone was treated just isnt right, when you listen to what the prosecutors said today in court and what the judge has said, and youre exactly right, he is preparing people for the likelihood, i think everyone close to roger feels that way and people close to the president feel its just a matter of time before he pardons roger stone. Elie, does roger stone does he have a shot . No, based on whats in the public record. Heres the argument, that the one juror was unfairly biased. She was asked and said straight up, i ran for congress as a democrat, i know about donald trump, i know about generally you mean in jury selection . Exactly. Voir dire, latin for picking a jury. Thats not an exact translation, but heres the thing. The people on your jury are human beings. Theyre not robots. They dont have to come into the process with zero preconceived notions. Given all that, can you judge this case based on the evidence and the facts and the juror said yi. Heres the thing, roger stones lawyers could have thrown her out and said shes fine. Unless she lied in the written form, this motion is going nowhere fast. Interesting. Thank you, gentlemen, appreciate it. Intelligence Officials Say russia is looking to help President Trump win in 2020, is this a reaction over lawmakers being briefed on this putting the country in danger . It took plenty of work to get here. But its still important to be prepared for whats next. At fidelity, we can help you build a clear plan for retirement without the unnecessary fees you might expect from so many financial firms. Well make sure you can cover the essentials, as well as all the things you want to do. Because when you have a retirement partner who gives you clarity at every step, theres nothing to stop you from moving forward. 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Intelligence Officials Say russia is taking steps to interfere in the 2020 election to help President Trump get reelected. Thats what multiple sources are telling cnn. House lawmakers briefed about it last week, and that set off President Trump who believes that democrats will use the information to undermine his run for