Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Will not be counted. If it is received tomorrow, lost in the mail, if that ballot gets in, it will be counted. So some are going to be counted terms of Absentee Ballots favored oconnor. You would expect that whatever comes out of this would give him a little boost. And there are going to be a couple hundred, we would think, a small number of military ballots. It may be a bigger wedge the provisions and all of that math im talking about does have the potential. I dont think to etrace 1750 for. But to get it inside half a percent. To cut it in half. It seems to have potential. So we have to wait. And again, state law saying they
have to wait ten days before they can even look at counting these provisional ballots. Just a terminology question. Our viewers have heard us talk about provisional ballots all night. Remind folks what that means . Yeah. Theres a question about the status of the ballot. May
David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Conflicting information from weekend to weekend about what the president may or may not do, david. Geoff, thank you very much. Appreciate it as always. Geoff bennett joining us from the white house. I want to turn to my panel. Joyce, let me start with you. Bearing in mind, youre not an expert on election law, but i want to stick with one point that geoff just raised there about the dangers, the legal dangers of taking a meeting with representatives of a foreign country to offer dirt here on an opposing candidate in a u. S. Election. Help us understand the legal consequences of that. Theres a very specific statute that prohibits this kind of conduct. It makes it illegal to accept or to solicit a donation or a contribution related to a u. S. Election from either a foreign citizen or a foreign government. So on its face, that prohibition would seem to apply pretty clearly. If, for instance, while run
A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Have Breaking News about President Trumps former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. His righthand man rick gates face a grueling crossx admitting to an afarks a secret life, and lie after lie about money. And the question now is who will jurors believe, the acued liar Paul Manafort or the admitted Liar Rick Gates . Cara scan nell is outside the courthouse. How did it go for manafort . Well, manafort was really trying to put Rick Gates On Trial today. His Defense Lawyers were Hammering Gates about his lies about his admitted lies to the special counsels office, about false filings and Bank Accounts that gate had done in his own personal life, and really they were putting the focus on whether he embezzled from Paul Manafort. And there was a bit of a jockeying between gates and manaforts Defense Lawyer about where the money came from. Gates was not making many admissions. At various times he said he couldnt recall things whereas on dir
Rights, people should be allowed to do this. I would say that by Banning Jones and by shadow banning many others, facebook and others are now effectively becoming a publisher, and that means because they are taking editorial decisions come they should be open to being sued as other Media Organizations are. Tammy now i would argue, we are all trying to find some balance here because we clearly see its unfair and it ranges from congressman being shadow band, we are trying to find a free market, especially with the Mainstream Media being 85 liberal. We see that push. But we are the content and social media which gives us an edge. We would suggest though that some of the argument by twitter, they are saying that some of these comments violate standards. If we open it up to lawsuits for libel, wouldnt that make it even more difficult to have speech . Wouldnt more people be banned
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Jumped in. First responders came. He is a hero. Mostwatched, most trusted, most grateful you spend your evening with us. Good night from washington. I amoa shannon bream. Mark good evening, welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight, i am mark steyn in for tucker this evening. Right now, congressman Chris Collins is speaking after being arrested for insider trading. Lets go there live. Outside of the courtroom. As i fight to clear my name, rest assured i will continue to work hard for the people and constituents of the 27th Congressional District of new york and i will remain on the Ballot Running for reelection this november. Thank you very much, and have a great night. Mark that is Chris Collins speaking after being arrested for insider trading. In other legal news, President Trumps legal team says that it is a negotiation over the terms of any interview with robert mueller. Lets go live now to ed henry to break that down. Good to see you, mark. The president s legal team is saying that this