we re going through a similar dance right now after the president s son pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges drawing a chorus of conservative criticism for a sweet settlement that includes only probation, but now we come to the irs whistleblowers who have been all but ignored by the press and, of course, we have to be cautious about unproven claims. but the new york times, to its credit, broke with the pack by saying it confirmed independently based on a source that a second unnamed irs official claims david weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware, asked, the oj for special powers to the doj for special powers to pursue the case outside the state and was turned down. whistleblower gary shapley has said he was not the sole decision maker in the case and that he was constrained in the probe. you convinced looking back at this now that this was an effort to protect president biden and his family? there were definitely hindrances that aye never seen before in my 14
for alex. we re just a few point feet apart, getting ready for my own show, and all of a sudden you re swearing on television. [laughter] just to be clear, i m quoting. i m a journalist. people say it. i quote it, i let you decide whether it s appropriate. they re not my words. the use mentioned distinction is what we used to say in linguistic philosophy in my college years, important year. you re reporting marjorie taylor. i remember when we are talking about donald trump having sworn in at some point you just had to say the words that he said on tv. there are a lot of firsts for me for the last few years, but that was fun. don t you always i have not arrived at a consistent policy on this, because it is ludicrous either way. it is ludicrous when you actually say it, because it s silly. it is also ludicrous where you re like, he called her a b word. every part of this is a little surreal. you woke me, up you got me ready for the show. thank, you my friend, have a
we have got ten hours, ten hours is about how much breathable air time the u.s. coast guard estimates is live for the five men aboard the missing submersible which is named the titan, to begin its a descent to the wreckage of the titanic on sunday morning. the clock is tipping rapidly, as the coast guard has an incredibly complex search and rescue operation too find them in an area that is twice the size of connecticut in two and a half miles below sea level. multiple countries and government agencies are involved in the canadian effort, a bohemian research vessel, a french research vessel. a u.s. navy, and the air national guard. remote operated vessels are also being deployed in the search, and more ships are expected to be arriving in the next 24 hours. that is where things stand right now. as you can see the moving on is tracking map, as many as 11 ships were spotted today heading towards the location of the titanic wreckage in a remote part of the north atlantic ocean.
courthouse. and it is friday night, so you know what that means? our friday night cap is here. breaking down all of the biggest stories of the week. then, it has been nearly 15 years since the miracle on the hudson. i sat down with captain sully sullenberger as the 11th hour gets underway on this jam-packed friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, our nightcap is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that
minister. this has multiple implications and curious to see how this plays out as wagner appears to be moving slowly toward moscow. neil: welcome back, everybody. moving slowly toward moscow in a surreal situation where the country would be under siege right now and its capital could be the next target. this of course, courtesy of the wagner group, a group of mercenary soldiers, paid by russia to do russia s bidding in countries all over the world and sometimes russia itself to put down protests and that sort of thing. and i say paid by russia, no longer as this group turns on russia. this happened about 18 hours ago when a fed-op, and prigozhin, the leader this have group often fought and criticized with generals and leaders back home at the defense ministry said enough is enough and making his fight in eastern ukraine in particular around the area that the russians on and off have control of, that might be in doubt given this craziness, but in part of the real nature of thi