You often do not hear this Attorney General pushing back against the president. Sessions may not be the only loyalist that the president is concerned about. Nbc news has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that federal prosecutors have granted immunity to this guy youre looking at, david pecker. The Chief Executive and chairman of American Media, which publishes the national enquirer. Hes a longtime friend of President Trump. Joining me now is nbc news investigations reporter, tom winter. Also with us by phone is msnbc contributor and vanity fair special correspondent, gabe sherman, whos out with a new piece, Trumps National enquirer allies are the latest to defect. Gabe, let me start with you. What do we know about the immunity for david pecker and what that means . Well, ali, you know, two things on an legal level, this shows that prosecutors had enough to put pressure on david pecker and American Media for their role in essentially becoming a de facto arm of
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the great recession is now officially the longest one in history. it s been 3,454 days and counting since the markets hit their bottom after the financial crisis of 2008. all three major indices have seen huge gains since the end of the recession. the tech-heavy nasdaq is up more than 500% since 2009 thanks to the performance of tech and internet giants like facebook, amazon, apple, netflix and google. the s&p 500 a broad index featuring the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the united states is up more than 300% since march of 2009. in fact, the index hit an all-time high on tuesday. and the dow has made really 30 large publicly owned companies. it s risen 300% during that period. it is down from the record high earlier this year. as the closing bell starts to ring on wall street, the dow is down today on worries about the trade war with china and
broader index hit their highest levels in several years. ambulance consumer confidence in their economy. the dow surged 115 points to a three year high. the nasdaq gaining 22 closing just 12 points off a 10 year best. the s&p up a dozen. reached highest level since june of 2008. libyan rebels claiming a victory over qaddafi forces tonight after a dramatic fire fight in the not war there but now we re hearing one rebel leader good time at guantanamo bay. live team fox coverage bottom of the hour. i m personally looking forward to my wife congresswoman gabriel giffords getting here pretty soon to be here in time for our launch on friday. shepard: commander mark kelly arriving at the kennedy sportscenter in florida to
the nasdaq down just under 12 points. a good sign, however, for the labor market. the institute of supply management says the service sector grew more than expected in july. the index hit 54.. up from 53.8 in houston. amendment ho and home buyers seem to be respo responding to low mortgage rates. applications to refinance are up. mortgage rates have been near record lows since april. that s from it cnbc, first in business worldwide. cenk, back to you. welcome back. a week before the start of ramadan, there s now an appeal plan to stop the construction of an islamic center near ground zero. the american center for law and justice says it will file legal action to ensure the mosque cannot be built so close to the