officer director of russia s vicious security police, the fsb. and, again, i think what threatens his regime security the most is democracy, especially when it s practiced in the former soviet space, the baltic states, ukraine. remember that russia invaded georgia in 2008 and then in ukraine in 2014 when they illegally annexed crimea. both of those decisions, i think, were made after georgia and ukraine were considered in the spring of 2008 aspiring nato members. that really scared vladimir putin and it should. jon: he stunt want nato on its doorstep. right. he will conflate the threat. he will make it appear as though it s a military threat. again, i think what really scares putin is that democratic ideals will make their way inside russia and the beacon of inspiration to vladimir putin s opponents who will see that they could look to ukraine and other nations inside the former soviet space as a model for
see a domino affect stemming from michael cohen s guilty plea on federal charges this week. as we have reported the president s former personal attorney pleaded guilty to eight federal charges including breaking campaign finance laws with payments to women who claim they had affairs with the president before he took office. the new york times is reporting the manhattan district attorney is considering criminal charges on that front against the trump organization and senior company officials in connection with to michael cohen s hush money payments. the associated press also reporting that new york s attorney general has requested a criminal referral from the state tax department, which the subpoenaed cohen the day after he admitted to evading federal taxes. the question now whether cohen misstated on income on his state tax returns as well, jon. jon: and there are also reports that the national enquirer has a safe containing documents on hush money payments involving the president?
double standard. okay. you and i have talked about this. the president gets on a twitter rant. that is his right. that s what the platform is for. but the attorney general pushed back yesterday. let me share part of his statement. he said while i am attorney general, the actions of the departments of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. i demand the highest standards and where they re not met, i take action. as you also saw here on fox news, there are some lawmakers on capitol hill who believe change could be in the offing. you don t have to be dr. phil to understand that the president or the attorney general do not have a good working relationship. every president deserves an attorney general they have confidence. in. all right. so you saw lindsey graham right there. he sort of made the suggestion that maybe after the mid terms jeff sessions could go. there is a school of thought here, however, jon, at this back and forth is actually good for the
the list goes on and on. that s the power of &. & when her patient s blood pressure drops, she can share the information with. sandra: fox news alert. hurricane lane is drenching hawaii and battering the islands with winds up to 120 miles per hour. the dangerous storm downgraded to a category 3 hurricane as it heads closer to hawaii s main islands after soaking the big island with nearly three feet of rain. a live update from the fox weather center just ahead. first another fox news alert. and war of words between president trump and attorney general jeff sessions now spilling over into a second day. welcome to a brand new hour of america s newsroom. i m sandra smith. jon: i m jon scott in for bill hemmer. the president firing off a flurry of tweets for not investigating alleged corruption among democrats. and that brings us to the newsroom news feed. today s top story from the
were already dead. so, tragic stories but also heart felt stories. the oldest south korean in these reunions is 101. that also a poignant reminder that time is running out for more families to be reunited, jon? jon: obviously good news for relations between north and south korea but what about north korea and the u.s.? yeah. you are right. you can t overestimate the confidence-building that this plays between the two koreas. farce relations in the u.s. stalled on key issue of denuclearization. however, secretary of state mike pompeo will be going back to north korea for his fourth trip next week and while the state department said there are currently no plans for a meeting with kim jong un, they do hope so. it s also been reported that the u.s. has presented north korea with a plan and a time line for denuclearization, which the north koreans have rejected saying that the u.s. is acting in a gangster like way. so next week s meeting in north korea with secretary of state pompeo wil