Links to the russian government reached out to the Trump Campaign to telegraph the kremlins preference for mr. Trump. Joseph masud a london based malt east professor told george pap pop dops topz who told him the russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton including thousands of emails. Papadopoulos was informed that the russian government could assist the campaign through the anonymous release of stole be material. At the time mr. Papadopoulos was given this extraordinary information, the American Public was unaware that the dnc and Clinton Campaign had been hacked, let alone russia was behind the attack and planned to weaponize the data it stole. In july of 2016, the russian government began dumping the stolen emails in precisely the same fashion it had previewed for mr. Papadopoulos. It was informed of the russian outreach to papadopoulos and ware wire eaware that the russians medding through the aanonymous release of information gnat fbi opened up its investigation. But as james comey wou
Trump administration. Also coming up wall street celebrates of very happy new year that as the dow jones hits a record high of twenty five thousand just four days and twenty eighteen. And south korea says it will hold talks with the north next week these are the first high level negotiations between the two neighbors in more than two years. Also on the show when is germany getting another government is on the macro tries her hand again i creating a new coalition this weekend a new poll shows most germans do not want another government of merkels conservatives and her old social democrat partners. Plus egypts mohamed sala is african footballer of the year the liverpool forward takes on his over the Top Players Like dortmunds pierre im. Our brian todd has a warm welcome to the show lawyers for President Donald Trump are continuing their push to hold the release of an explosive new book that scrutinises the inner workings of his administration the president has ripped into the work of jou
He worked in some of the administrations in this time. Have but was asked to run. He seemed to have a political interest and every time at the end, right before, he said no. What happened in 2004 he runs for governor. Hed been living in dc and his daughters finally want to go home so leave washington and run for office. He does have a golden name in the state and he was aware jon huntsman senior if you think about what it takes to create a Business Empire you have to be a pretty passionate person. That is the influence there that makes him a little bit more capable of handling some of this stuff that happens in politics. Theyve both been exposed to politics and both have a commitment to Public Service so why dont they get along . What is the story . Lets talk about the Winter Olympics in 2002. It wasnt a risk at all before that. The olympics are coming from 1999, they can do some trouble and bribery scandal and they need the White Knights to sit so they reach out to mitt romney. He can
Now to the redwood fire in mendocino county. A family died in the fire, the parents burned and still in the hospital. And in Sonoma County many families are starting to see what their new normal is. Today all santa rosa Public Schools will be open for the First Time Since the fire broke out three weeks ago. The Mark West Union district and schools in geyserville will be cleaning today, contaminating classrooms and offices to keep students and staff safe. Two school, schaefer and another Elementary School will not open get but those students will be sent to other schools in their district. The latest report has the nuns, tubs and pocket fires all tubbs and pocket fires all contained in the next three days. The combined fires destroyed almost 9,000 buildings and burned almost 250 square miles and the cause for the fires are still under investigation. Investigation. , last night in with are more police than usual at the closing night of greater halloween haunt because thieves targeted the
Ruled russia, as president or Prime Minister, he hasnt done it alone. Hes been backed by a coterie of trusted associates, connected through past ties in St Petersburg, or in the kgb or in business. One of mr putins inner circle is my guest today. Vladimir yakunin ran Russian Railways for a decade and was a close putin adviser. So much so the us made him a target of sanctions after the invasion of crimea. He left the railway two years ago. Is he still a true believer in the putin project . Vladimiryakunin, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. I think its fair to say, you, for a decade more, were one of Vladimir Putins closest associates and advisers. In general terms, as you look at putins impact upon russia, would you say that you believe he is taking russia in a very positive direction . Thank you for your introduction. Listen, to tell the truth, i never considered myself a voice to be in the position to be considered an adviser of mr putin. I was doing my business, i was ceo, i was the head o