campaign funds illegally for personal expenses. he did admit to some missteps in his campaign. my campaign did make mistakes. there was money spent on things not by me but by the campaign and i paid that back before my last election. i paid back $60,000 after i did an objective audit. this is pure politics. and the prosecutors can make an indictment read like a scandalous novel if they want to. they have had a year and a half to do this. there is no way for me now to go out and be able to talk to my people or get this done in court before my election. sandra: hunter and his wife are accused of using $250,000 in campaign funds for things like lavish vacations and school tuition. during that interview the congressman also said his wife handled the finances and that he, personally, did not do anything illegal. jon: second round of tearful reunions in north korea. a group of south and north korean families separated for decades met for just a couple of hours as part of the three-day
their own efforts to try to counter vladimir putin s ruthless acto come crazy. they wanted to be part of russia. that s an old argument if we look back at history hitler made when he illegally from the check slovac i can t. if we applied that rationale vladimir putin baltic states as well. that s just a violation of international law. and we need to stand up for ukraine and help them to defend their territorial integrity. jon: all right. daniel hough hoffman former station chief. daniel, thanks for sharing i expertise today. thank you. sandra: remember the devastation from hurricane harvey. one year later, the monster storm slamming into texas last august killing dozens of people and causing billions of dollars in damage. we re getting a new look at the recovery efforts in
mollie has been permanently separated from her family. he was criticized for using that language. your response? but it s true. you know, we hear the left stating, you know, we can t separate these parents the illegal aliens that come over here. those parents from their children. but, yet, we don t care about us american citizens that have been permanently separated from our loved ones, our children. i never get to reunite with sarah in a day, an hour, 10 months, a year, never, until i die and go up to heaven will i be reunited with my daughter. sandra: michelle root incredibly brave for you to come on and share your thoughts. thank you so much. thank you. jon: in hawaii, folks continue feeling the wrath of hurricane rain drenching rain and floods forcing evacuations on the big
doorstep. more trips to target. you heard what the target ceo best retail climate ever. sandra: to hear walmart and target saying they are seeing a stronger presence from the u.s. consumer than they have seen ever in the case of target? deregulation on the part of businesses, higher wages starting to come that helps the consumer. and, yeah, they are feeling more confident. i also noticed something and the wall street journal was reporting about this. that the consumer with poor credit, since the financial crisis, largely left out of banking. but now we re starting to see banks lend to that sort of consumer. yes, it s risky. but it shows there is new vigor in the economy. and then they can get a loan to fix up the house or whatever it is they want to do. jon: a lot of people just given up looking for a job are back in the job market. yeah, that euphoria that kind of just extends itself and trickles down a little bit. and we still have the tax incentives, now the critics
jon: hurricane lane is barreling close to hawaii s main islands after dumping more than two feet of rain on the big islands. adam clots wit klotz with an upe from the weather center. very big storm. lane is sitting at 115 miles per hour. weakening. at the border. category 3 storm at 111 miles per hour it would fall down to a category 2 storm. just below that it s a weakening system. do you notice it s sitting off to the west of the islands. that means everything to its north here that is where the heavy rain continues to fall and it s been a slow move, look at this moving only about 5 miles per hour. because of that, a lot of areas being hit with some very heavy rain. that continues to be a problem special on hawaii s big island. so far spots already seeing as much as 2 feet of precipitation. could be topping off 2 inches. island chain still spots you could see widespread 10 to