is some text message from paul manafort allowing someone to contact an administration official. a trump official official on his behalf. was that just normal play back and forth between the lawyers or something else going on that opens the door to object destruction of justice? you have to wonder why paul manafort and his people were talking to the administration? why, pete? pete: i say we keep the special counsel going for nor year keep digging for anything we can i didn t hear a word about collusion from what you said. i didn t hear a word about conspiracy and i didn t hear a word about obstruction of justice. that s what the social media jumping on what he did. pete: we don t know where the money came from. this had nothing to do with russia. this had to do with two women stormy daniels and all that stormy daniels has nothing to do with russia. there is hunting for a crime because they want to undo the election of donald trump. ed: that may be true. alan dershowitz says there ar
then puts up the cost of filling up your car or van for those on lower incomes. he just looks so detected and, remember the history of fans. you know, they had a revolution. they brought down the royal family. and in 1968 there was a big student protest that brought down the great president general degull. there is a history of this in france. this is now the fourth week in a row and it s spreading in intensity. goodness knows where this ends. ed: nigel just to underscore everything you are saying. i took my family to lop done you and i sat down for an adult beverage. you warned me as i was getting on the train with my family in paris you told me you said be careful. paris is not what it was a few years ago. i thought you were exaggerating. you said there was more violence and macron s leadership spinning out of control. when you talk about lofty
steele s dossier and he goes to process he doesn t defend the dossier. nicole: done in a thoughtful way. pete: i followed the process. what if the poison pill of the process was never looked into or revealed within the process. process doesn t matter if ultimately unbelievable. ed: he emerged and spinning what happened behind closed doors. the transcript we are told of what james comey was asked and what he said is allegedly going to come out as early as today. we have that tomorrow morning. nicole: we have the transcript tomorrow morning for sure. pete: pressed pretty hard. also with us is carley shimkus like a two for one. great to have you. carley: i m so happy to be here. anna: important story to get to right now. a u.s. appeals court denies the trump administration s request to reinstate its asylum ban. in a two to one decision overnight the ninth district court claims the ban is inconsistent with an existing u.s. law.
not only seen me but i m enjoying his work constantly. ed: why do you love this restaurant and meal. nicole: babbo i can go to any day of the week. special time of year i have to go and this is my favorite dish which i m going to let robert tell us about because he knows a lot more about it. super simple pappardelli. pete: type of pasta. ribbon shaped noodle. nicole: white truffle why is that special? very rare and seasonal. expensive. they have incredible aroma. it s extremely luxury. nicole: have it usually from october to janish. februaryish. it s coming almost white truffle season. really expensive? yes. rick: this plate right here of white truffles how much? probably almost $151,500.
that ship is going down. hit an iceberg and it is going down. ratings are down 40% from four years ago. it s because it s an overblown, over congratulatory performance that nobody is really watching. who cares? i mean, honestly, most people don t care because most people are not watching. ed: the ratings have been going down. raychel, what s your take on all of this. you know ed and chris, i feel if the academy is going to make kevin hart apologize for what people consider homophobic comments made him apologize for the incentive remarks he made about black women of a darker skin tone. he made those comments in 2010 on twitter. but am i surprised that they didn t make him apologize for it; absolutely not considering that the academy is rooted in discrimination and so it s seems like unless you offend a certain demographic of people in this country, an apology is not warranted. and the academy just showed their hypocrisy. ed: christopher, on that point as i recall a few months ago kevi