of english premier league team newcastle united, effectively making the club one of the richest in the world. the move was described by amnesty international as a blatant example of saudi sportswashing . fast forwa rd a year, and football superstar cristiano ronaldo leaves his english team manchester united to sign with the saudi club al nassr for a reported salary of around £177 million a year that s around $226 million. at the time, it became the highest paying contract in sports history. since then, saudi clubs have been poaching more and more players and manchester city manager pep guardiola recently lost one of his star players, riyad mahrez, to a team in the saudi pro league. he said over the weekend that he expects more players to move there in the future. and it s notjust football last year the pif bought 17% of formula one franchise
last year 2020 governor gavin newsom on his behalf, got $226 million in behested payments. that was from paramount, netflix, facebook. i mean, the list goes on, pfizer, blue shield and of course no bid contracts which a lot of these companies did get some of those so it s not surprising to me, right? i honestly am very, very worried about him staying in office and it feels almost like the hunger games. it s like the little person against the machine. so $226 million was given to him by these companies to help the homeless and to help people like myself and people that were unemployed and can t pay their rent and 1/3 of the restaurants are permanently closed and we are struggling. i predict by the end of the
winds of 120 miles per hour. tossing this billboard 20 miles. the twister pounded georgia and south carolina. to the commune of lee county we grieve by your side and we pledge our unwavering support to help you rebuild from the very depths of this horrible tragedy. reporter: this is where you crowded into? this is where my two boys and i crowded into. reporter: miles tatum said he huddled with his two sons in a closet. the only reason this part of the barn is here is because the lord saved us and my kids. reporter: anthony franklin is remembering the life he once had. our thanks to gabe gutierrez. let s get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist michele grossman. good morning. layers is the name of the game today. 226 million of us will be facing freezing temperatures today.
the campaign, problem is making good on that claim. of late today the new york times reports president s inaugural committee paid almost $0226 million to an event planning firm started by an adviser to the first lady milania trump. and the inspector general found that veterans a affairs chief of staff changed e-mails so his wife could join him on an official trip to europe at taxpayer expense. he was an obama holdover, he also accepted gifts of tickets to a wimbledon s tennis match. a day earlier epa administrator scott pruitt revealed authority concerns forced him to fly first class or on military jets at taxpayer events. it cost at least $90,000 during
we remember that phrase from the campaign, problem is making good on that claim. of late today the new york times reports president s inaugural committee paid almost $0226 million to an event planning firm started by an adviser to the first lady milania trump. and the inspector general found that veterans a affairs chief of staff changed e-mails so his wife could join him on an official trip to europe at taxpayer expense. he was an obama holdover, he also accepted gifts of tickets to a wimbledon s tennis match. a day earlier epa administrator scott pruitt revealed authority concerns forced him to fly first class or on military jets at taxpayer events. it cost at least $90,000 during a stretch in early june, according to the washington post. let s talk about this, with us is our national political correspondent and a former undersecretary of state for