Im chris hayes. Some stunning breaking news tonight about a federal investigation into a bribery scheme in an effort to secure a president ial pardon. Court records unsealed in d. C. Today, they are heavily redacted. Weve been going over them. They reflect a sealed opinion made by a federal judge all the way back in august. They appear to reveal an investigation, an active investigation that involved a possible offer by some redacted individual to, quote, offer a substantial political contribution in exchange for a president ial pardon or reprieve of sentence. Now, that news, this unsealed document, this unsealed ruling comes after the president pardoned his First National security adviser Michael Flynn who, of course, twice pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and after reports from the New York Times that Rudy Giuliani has been discussing with the president the possibility of receiving a preemptive pardon before mr. Trump leaves office and after trump tv favorite sean hannity suggested
Its actually good news that the virus spreads widely and without high risk to the vast majority of people. That means that we have a better chance of developing population immunity. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Some stunning breaking news tonight about a federal investigation into a bribery scheme in an effort to secure a president ial pardon. Court records unsealed in d. C. Today, they are heavily redacted. Weve been going over them. They reflect a sealed opinion made by a federal judge all the way back in august. They appear to reveal an investigation, an active investigation that involved a possible offer by some redacted individual to, quote, offer a substantial political contribution in exchange for a president ial pardon or reprieve of sentence. Now, that news, this unsealed document, this unsealed ruling comes after the president pardoned his First National security adviser Michael Flynn who, of course, twice pleaded guilty to lying t
President obama created an Election Commission to reduce voting problems at polling places. After the release of their report the commission met with the president. I just want to say thank you publicly to all the wonderful people here who have served on the president ial commission on Election Administration. I think all of us would call recall in the last election in 2012 we had reports around the country up tremendously long lines with people when they tried to vote and in some cases for hours they were stuck. The day of the election i said we are going to need to do something about it, and i think all of us share the belief that regardless of Party Affiliation that our democracy demands that our citizens can participate in a smooth and effective way, and i called on congress to work with us but i also thought it was important for us to have bipartisan independent panel that could actually dig into the facts and try to determine what can we do to improve the situation. Unlike a lot
As he prepares to address World Leaders for the first time. Hes a destructor. He enjoys engaging on social media. They do represent a grave threat. Even as people try to recover from irma, there is more hurricane trouble on the way. Tracking two hurricanes in the atlantic. The storm is expected to strengthen as it gains more steam. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning, its monday september 18th, 8 00 in the east. Chris is off. John berman joins me. All eyes on President Trump at the United Nations as he prepares to address World Leaders for the first time on that stage. Much of the focus will be on how the president explains his America First agenda and his past skepticism of the u. N. North Koreas Nuclear threat looming large over the annual gathering. Officials warn pyongyang that time is running out for a peaceful solution. U. S. Bombers and fighter jets again today conducting drills over the korean principle. Whi peninsula. Lets begin with the meetings
Equivalent, who talks about and treats women like theyre pieces of meat, that persons not fit to be president of the United States on moral grounds. Mission accomplished . The president celebrates what he calls a perfectly executed missile strike in syria. But u. N. Chief Nikki Haley Says it is not over, warning russia new sanctions are imminent. Our goal was to send a very strong message to assad and his friends that we are not going to watch them continue to use chemical weapons on their people. And fullcourt press. The president s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, heads to federal court, trying to stop prosecutors from using materials seized in last weeks raid. As the president s lawyer claims its Attorney Client privilege. He seems to think it means if you have a lawyer in the room, you can do anything you want and you cant be held responsible for their actions and thats not the case. We begin this morning with the former fbi director jim comey attacking the president on moral ground