Washington post focusing on economics. Its a treat to have you with us. Thank you for having me back. Its a somber week, im from south florida and heading back in a few days for various reasons, including to cover this. Happy to be here for now and to talk about the news of the week. And there is a lot to talk about. Besides the controversy swirling in the white house, much of the talk in washington was in fact about budgets, about spending, about debt and deficits, until americas unfortunate record with gun violence reared its ugly head again. Residents in broward county, florida, continue to reel, days after a lone gunman targeted students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman douglas high school. Nikolas cruz, on the left there, is charged with 17 counts of murder. Authorities say he used an ar15 semiautomatic rifle during his rampa rampage. He did attend douglas last year until the school expelled him. Local authorities have commented on his disturbing social media posts and things that
Tracking the latest harvey developments. Meteorologist bill karins is in the Weather Center and Kerry Sanders are on the ground along the texas coastline. Bill, i want to start with you. Were due to get an update from the Hurricane Center less than an hour from now. What are you watching . With this next update, were waiting to see if it is a major category 3 or not. Winds at 110 Miles Per Hour. This is kind of a general, broad, doesnt give you that finite definition. This does. This is our new satellite up in space. This gives us imagery every 30 seconds, every one minute. You can see, literally. Look at the eye. You can see the clearing in the eye and the outflow blowing and often very healthylooking storm. It is still intensifying and looks like a category 3 and adds the pressure of a category 3. Were waiting for the winds lagging behind a little bit to increase a little bit more. One reason why we havent gotten up to category 3 is that the eyewall doesnt have storms wrapping all th
We have confirmed that former rnc chairman, former white house chief of staff Reince Priebus met with muellers team today. Hes the highest ranking official to meet with the special council so far. He is seen as a key player in understanding the president s actions, because he was brent for many meetings, including discussions on firing former fbi director james comey, and white house meetings with russian officials. He was also privy to have white house internal documents. Priebus, you may recall, left his chief of staff post back in july and on another front tonight, in an nbc news exclusive, there are new details on the money trail having do with russia and former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort. The investigation reveals that 26 million changed hands in the form of a loan between a company linked to manafort and the o oligarch, a billionaire with a close ties to the kremlin. The loan brings the total of their known business dealings to around 60 billion over the past decades. O
In understanding the president s actions because he was present for many meetings, including discussions on firing former fbi director james comey and white house meetings with russian officials. He was also privy to white house internal documents. Priebus, you may recall, left his chief of staff post back in july. And on another front tonight, in an nbc news exclusive, there are new details on the money trail having to do with russia and former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The investigation, quote, reveals that 26 million changed hands in the form of a loan between a company linked to manafort and the oligarch oh leg dar i positives ka, a billionaire with close ties to the kremlin. The loan brings the total of their known business dealings to around 60 million over the past decade. Oh leg dar apass ka is the same man as the Washington Post reported last month that manafort offered to give private briefings to during the campaign. A spokesman for manafort responded with this
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