judge blocks the fda approval of a key abortion medication. how the biden administration is planning to respond and china simulating strikes against taiwan after the nation s president visited the us we re live in beijing as tensions escalate. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start this morning. justice department officials are racing to find out how top secret u. s military documents were leaked online. the information is intended only for those with the highest levels of us security clearance documents cover a wide range of topics from assessments of ukraine s military strength and casualty figures to intelligence on american allies like israel and south korea. the documents will reportedly first posted on obscure internet gaming sites. but have now turned up on twitter and youtube in recent weeks, democratic congressman ruben gallego, raising concerns that this leak could jeopardize sources and
We will see you back here in an hour. Outnumbered search right now sandra a big test for republicans on capitol hill today where the house right now is debating. The revamped bill to repeal and replace obamacare, i have a vote, expected in the next hour. This may be a nailbiter, but republicans believe they can pull out a win and deliver on a top priority for President Trump. This is outnumbered. Im sandra smith. Here today, harris faulkner, meghan mccain, former deputy spokesperson for the State Department under President Obama, marie harper, and todays oneluckyguy, the Opinion Page Editor for the washington times, charlie hurt is here and he is outnumbered on a seriously busy news day. Lets get started. The magic number, 216. Thats how many votes republicans need to send the replacement for obamacare to the
yes, its gone through. That doesnt mean when the bill gets to the senate its going to be complete they gutted. Sandra republicans could claim victory here. You have the 8 billions
A news show featuring the top headlines of the day from pop culture to politics, which are discussed by a rotating panel of four women and one man. Witness. The judge in this case did once back in may accused special counsel of reaching with these charges and using financial obligations to pressure Paul Manafort into spilling secrets i could have hurt the president. He seemed at the time to be challenging the scope of the special counsels mission since these charges have nothing to do with alleged election interference, but he allowed the child to go on anyway. So fastforward to today, jurors just heard that all the 18 charges against Paul Manafort are financial including allegations of filing false tax returns, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit tax fraud. They allege that minna fort never the irs about 60 million he was paid that were backed by russia for lobbying work and consulting that he did long before he was ever associated with the Trump Campaign. Manafort was initially brou
Tomorrow. You can reach out to me any time on social media. Hardball with Chris Matthews starts right now. Up all night. Le lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Dont do the crime if you cant do the time. Didnt people around donald trump Pay Attention to crime show warning. If you committed federal crimes you could be squeezed by federal prosecutors to rat. Didnt donald trump know if he did business with such people he would be the fall guy. Which gets us to the president s predicament this thursday evening. No man is an island. No man except increasingly now President Trump. The acceleration of his own legal exposure is leaving him isolated. Paul manafort is now convicted
of financial crimes. Former fixer lawyer Michael Cohen has pled guilty to tax fraud and Campaign Violation which is he says were directed by the president himself and now would appear the water around trumps island are rising fast. That sentiment is evident in the new cover of Time Magazi