Glor and, some hospitals turned them away. Six months later, an inspiring update on baby ivy. There really arent any words to describe how thankful we are that we have her. Glor good evening. Im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. Well begin tonight with a whistleblower at the white house. A longtime employee of the White House Personnel Security Office claims 25 people denied clearances because of disqualifying issues in their backgrounds were granted access anyway. The head of a Congressional Committee sent a letter asking why some aides were given security clearances. The group in question includes the president s daughter and soninlaw. Major garrett is at the white house with more. Reporter the memo ou Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings said a white house whistleblower named Tricia Newbold complained that 25 officials were granted security clearances despite disqualifying issues raised by herself and other career officials. In an interview with Committee Staff nin
He tweeted this morning, as i predicted, 16 states led mostly by open border democrats and the radical left have filed a lawsuit and, of course, the ninth circuit. California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their outofcontrol fast train with no hope of completion, seems in charge chief White House Correspondent john roberts is left outside the white house with more. John . Melissa, good afternoon to you. This lawsuit filed by california and 15 other states is actually the second one that was filed. The first was filed here in washington, d. C. , yesterday by public citizens. The d. C. Circuit court of appeals often is unfriendly to President Trump, but filing in california you are probably guaranteed a more favorable ruling against the president then he would be in just about any of the court in the land. But this is something the president predicted what happen on friday when he unveiled the Emergency Declaration and he predicted that the battle would be fought all t
And those workers did more than improve their own lives. They changed america. Within weeks, more than a quarter of a million textile workers throughout new england got raises. Within months, massachusetts became the first state in the nation to pass a minimum wage law. And today, there are no children working in factories. We have a National Minimum wage and National Worker safety laws. Workers get paid overtime and we now have a 40hour week. Thats right. Thats right. Because of the workers right here in lawrence and all across the country, we have weekends. The story of lawrence is a story about how real change happens in america. It is a story about power, our power. When when we fight together. Today, millions and millions and millions of American Families are also struggling to survive in a system thats been rigged. Rigged by the wealthy and the well connected. Hard working people are up against a small group that holds far too much power. Not just in our economy, but also in our
Late tonight my Trace Gallagher is on the case from l. A. Newsroom, good evening, mikes weeks after the patriots won six super bowl, 77yearold robert kraft accused of paying for acts at baseball in jupiter, florida. This ball was part of monthlong sex trafficking investigation but we should note robert kraft is not involved with sex trafficking. That the police say they do have him on video receiving acts. The patriots spokesperson denied the allegations and today President Trump said this. It is very sad and i was surprised to see it. He has pleaded his innocence but im very surprised to see it. Trace kraft is facing misdemeanors with jail time but r b singer r. Kelly could be looking at 70 years in prison. Kelly, his real name robert kelly charged today with ten counts of aggravated Sexual Abuse Involving four victims, three of them between the ages of 13 and 17. Attorney Michael Avenatti with star Stormy Daniels said he gave chicago prosecutors Video Evidence of kelly having sex wit
Africanamerican women at a big conference in new orleans. And if youre castro, you work iowa and build support one group at a time. I just want to tell people i read your book. It is wonderful. Please go to a library, go to costco. Buy the book, whatever. We begin the hour with a big legal deadline today and an intriguing question it presents. How much is Robert Mueller ready to tell us . A midnight filing deadline for russias special counsel in what could be muellers last public act before he delivers his report to the justice department. Todays sentencing for manafort gives prosecutors a big opportunity. That opportunity is to put meat on the bones buried between other Court Filings and the chance to answer the biggest question. Was there collusion and did it reach into the heart of the Trump Campaign . The president with a morning twitter reminder, quote, no collusion, and the president says, the witch hunt must end. The collusion question, of course, central to muellers big investi