And we begin with new reaction from House Speaker paul ryan about the next steps to unifying the party. And heres what he told reporters at the wisconsin Gop Convention last night while praising Donald Trumps campaign. Our teams are meeting next week to go over the deeper meaning of the policies that weve been talking about which come from the principles that we universally share as republicans. Donald trump should be given a ton of credit for advancing and widening the playing field. He is bringing new voters to the Republican Party by the millions and thats very impressive. The Washington Post reports on new efforts by a group of republicans to draft an independent candidate for november. Sources tell the post that mitt romney has personally reached out to Governor John Kasich and nebraska governor ben sasse in recent days. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is ramping up his own attacks against trump. Sheldon adelson is jumping into the race at a tune of 100 million. He has announced that he
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House counsel at the time, don mcgahn. The times reports that don mcgahn, quote, rebuffed the president , telling trump that he had no authority to order a prosecution. Mr. Mcgahn said that while he could request an investigation, that, too, could prompt accusations of abuse of power. To underscore his point, macon, georgia began had a white house lawyers write a memo for mr. Trump warning that if he asked Law Enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of consequence including possible impeachment. Now, its not clear if President Trump read that memo, but according to the times, he has continued to privately suggest investigations of both comey and clinton, including the possible appointment of a Second Special counsel. To be clear, these ideas have been on the president s mind for a long time, since before the 2016 election. Its just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. Because youd be in jail. The
Safety net is gone . Thats what were asking tonight following a major report at the New York Times. The president last spring wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his biggest political adversaries, Hillary Clinton and former fbi director james comey. Thats according to two people familiar with the conversation. Trump told this to his white House Counsel at the time, don mcgahn. The times reports that don mcgahn, quote, rebuffed the president , telling trump that he had no authority to order a prosecution. Mr. Mcgahn said that while he could request an investigation, that, too, could prompt accusations of abuse of power. To underscore his point, macon, georgia began had a white house lawyers write a memo for mr. Trump warning that if he asked Law Enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of consequence including possible impeachment. Now, its not clear if President Trump read that memo, but according to the times, he has continued to privately su
Squirrel hill neighborhood of pittsburgh, they typically start their services for shabbat on saturday, which is the busiest day of any synagogue around 9 45. And it was shortly after 10 20 we got our first reports of an active shooter. Initial reports brought to us by Shimon Prokupecz, our crime and justice reporter, indicated as many as 12 people shot, that included at least four dead. But a short time ago, last hour, from the Public Safety director, we heard at a press conference, we not confirm the number of those killed, only saying there were multiple casualties. Adding that this was a horrific crime scene, perhaps one of the worst that he has ever seen. He did say there were six injuries. And of those injuries, included four Police Officers. He said three officers had nonlifethreatening injuries. Three others were in critical condition. He called this a federal violation, this act, being investigated as a hate crime. The feds now in charge of this investigation. That safety direc