blindfolded and her hands were bound if she spoke publicly about the fair. he was arrested by st. louis city deputies and rained today. republican state representative nate walker an early supporter told the star i called for him to step down three weeks ago because i thought this was going to happen. my understanding was he was led off in handcuffs and that s not a good sign for the executive of missouri. jason hancock from the kansas cities star joining me. what is going on down there? it s definitely been a busy day for us in the missouri state house press corps. we know the allegations, right? this came forward that there was an affair and the woman in question that he had taken pictures of her. did anyone see this coming today? there was some murmers of it early in the day. you can imagine how many rumors and wild speculation we ve been dealing with. it wasn t till late afternoon in this started to really feel real. and close to the end of the day
regime launched yet another intercontinental ballistic missile t. test whatballistic. the test was the first missile launch. the trip was aimed at building international pressure on the north korean regime to put an end to its missile program. the other issue on the president s agenda is tax overhaul. the senate is pushing to pass the gop tax plan in the upper chamber. later today, president trump heads to missouri to a st. louis suburb, where he will deliver an address to the nation on what he describes as the urgent need for tax cuts and reform. it s all a part of a concerted effort to get the gop tax legislation across the finish line by the end of the year. thanks for that report. meanwhile, the congressional black caucus is set to meet this afternoon, where john conyers is expected to be the topic. they are among democratic voices
should point out is herself african-american, had been giving him chances throughout the years. decided she had had enough. he ll do the time and then be done. but a lot of his supporters feel he s emblematic of the situation of young black men in america. here s a quick summary of had is arrest record in 2008 at the age of 18 he was caught carrying a gun and drugs while shopping at a local grocery store. he spent eight months in prison and was placed on probation for five years. in 2014 mill served six months in jail for traveling to perform without permission from the judge. after a similar trip in 2016, he was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest. those most recent probation violations both from earlier this year, they include a minor scuffle, at a st. louis airport with a fan who wanted a picture. and riding a dirt bike on an empty street in harlem during a music video shoot. neither the d.a. nor his probation officer thought the incidents were prison-worthy.
political knowledge to target these ads in a place like ferguson and baltimore, because there s a specificity there that requires some knowledge. this microtargeting required sophistication, knowledge, and a great deal of data and research. and the real question, as you ve just asked it, is how did they know how to microtarget? did they know have that information on their own, because this is the key question. or did they have help? and if they had help from americans, who was helping them? there is speculation, to be absolutely blunt, that they received that help from the trump campaign, which had a great deal of digital information to enable its own targeting. so the question is, was there collusion between this russian internet research agency, a st. petersburg firm of trolls, and the trump campaign. who in the trump campaign do you suspect was helping them? well, wiagain, the public
republican president, the leader of the united states of america at a time when we ve got a great opportunity to use this moment in history, when peace is breaking out all over, he will divide the nation again. that s what he is doing. not rallying americans to respect the flag. not rallying americans to respect freedom, but by using it as a political issue to divide america in which he gains a marginal political advantage and loses a great deal as well. we re joined now by richard allen smith, contributor for esquire who is also an afghanistan war veteran. back with us jason johnson. and richard, the words bob kerrey was using about this kind of use of the flag for divisiveness, political divisiveness, you could take some of those lines and they sound perfectly appropriate to what we re watching today. they absolutely do. that s exactly what trump is trying to do. this players protest is not about the flag. it s not about the an them. it s about anthony lamar smith who was killed