that happened and there are questions why would they have done it. those are some of the answers. and kasie hunt, let s talk about as we always do when something like this happens, republicans on capitol hill. it makes it much harder to say it s a democratic fishing expedition or witch-hunt when all the players are republicans and the man who pushed for this yesterday and conducted the raids was interviewed personally by donald trump, gave $5400 to donald trump s campaign and is a protege of rudy giuliani. joe, i don t think that many members of the republican party in congress believe fundamentally that this is a witch-hunt. when you asked about that they won t say that it s a witch-hunt. there are a handful and you know who those usual suspects are who are willing to defend the president to the nth degree on this mueller probe but most say, look, we need to see the end
a guy that gave donald trump $5400. so that was the conspiracy that donald trump was talking about. of democrats who just all happen to be republicans. now david ignatius, let s talk about something that actually i believe that has more concerning, that attack against facts and the rule of law, let s talk about the fact we have a temperamentally unfit man who is now having to make decisions on what may be a decision that not only impacts the future of syria, but the entire region, the entire middle eastern region. as well as a man who is juggling one of the most important summits this country has had in some time, the summit that has been proposed by kim jong un. what, where are we, as a country. what are your biggest concerns.
putting help wanted ads in the weekly paper. who wants to work at their own firing squad? if you re a lawyer and you re being recruited you know there is a good chance whether you are donald trump s legal team or on his cabinet or any other capacity in the white house, you get hired with great fanfare and hype, then you get summarily thrown over, under the bus, over the wall. who would want to do that? the problem that donald trump has i think this week, another week of legal problems, is the disclosure that there may have been a significant campaign finance violation in the payment of $130,000 to stormy daniels which absolutely exceeds and violates federal law. you can t contribute more than $5400. this is significantly above it. this may open up a whole new legal problem for donald trump and his people. so, just to jump off of that, i thought the white house statement saying that even though joe digenova and victoria toensing can t represent me in this matter, there is stuff they c
th you wait until you get all 4,000? that s right. they have to be downloaded on a disk and placed into the system. where is the outstanding vote in the county as far as the regular vote? we have 86%. i did not look. i can t answer. is there a specific pattern each election, or does it vary each time? i think generally, you know, the districts that are geographically further away from the reporting centers take longer to get there. good luck the rest of the night. we appreciate it. sure. we ll be around, jake and wolf, as the absentee ballots continue to come into this building. every vote counts. thanks very much. let s review right now, john. as we take a look at this 18th congressional district, 72% of the vote is now in. conor lamb, the democrat, he still maintains a 5,400 vote lead over rick saccone. three big pieces to this. the lead is because here, allegheny count, is a 13,000 vote here. 5,300 district-wide. 13,000 of it right here. as the final 15% comes
was not involved. the accident happening near the ronald reagan president library where justin trudeau discussed canada relations defending the north american free-trade agreement. a second white house official resigning after being accused of domestic violence. speech writer david sorenson s ex-wife claims he was abusive to him. he denies the accusations and this comes two days after staff secretary rob porter stepped down following abuse allegations president trump weighing in on porter s departure. president trump: obviously tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house. we absolutely wish him well. rachel: porter also denying those allegations. for the first time in five years , fewer americans are giving up their citizenship. this, according to the irs, just over 5100 people gave away their citizenship last year compared to a record 5400 in 2016.