politicsnation and tonight s lead, bracing fo impact we re getting ready for firs indications of how forme president donald trump wil conduct himself on the day o historic arrangements two days from now before he left for an afternoo of golf, the former presiden announcing today the wil deliver primetime remarks from mar-a-lago tuesday night after his court appearance trump will begin his arraignment date in hi manhattan penthouse. he isn t expected to b handcuffs are held in a cell before he answers to as many a 30 criminal charges. and then he will fly on hi private jet to his florida estate yet, trump and his republica allies continue to tell anyone who will listen he is th target of unprecedente political persecution. meanwhile, manhattan s distric attorney alvin bragg and his - have been the recipient of hundreds of death threats. as have many other figures i the case, such as former trump attorney michael cohen who appeared on this program yesterday. residents of new yo
Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. Plus, first, the elite still dont get it. That is the focus of tonights angle. Over the weekend, the libertarianleaning coke network hosted a Rocky Mountain retreatd political leaders. They use the occasion not to amplify and hear the president s policies, but to decry them. 82yearold charles koch has taken the reins of the network. He released this video in advance of the retreat. Now he claims opportunities in the global marketplace are creating anxiety and the loss of jobs at home. In response, we are seeing the rise in protectionists, for countries, organizations, and individuals are trying to protect themselves from these changes. They are doing whatever they can to close themselves off from the new, hold onto the past, and
facilitating the outsourcing of jobs, even through really lame policies, like regulation, or through poorly nego
they are not appearing it is a good question. some of it, i believe, reveren al, is because they are in criminal proceedings that ar not able to be in both places. but we had was a ex partisan hearing which means that it ca proceed without the presence o the defendants, because they were not in appearance because they defaulted, which is the technical legal term so we were on good ground goin forth in their absence they had so many things coming at them. but again, their lack of being present will not excuse them from whatever it is that the law says, and whatever it is that the judge rules reverend william lamar, thank you for being with us. up next, my final thoughts stay with us
s tit sragi tragic. c. laura: well, what can republicans now that you guys w, whatare go caning to republicak that youe co guysnt arerol goie control of the house. yeah. laura: we had mitch the hous? if wemcco wennel hadl, l mitchook they re backing up, trying to , looks like maybe pu they re backing up, trying to push ansha omnibus which would fundn the militaryomnibus which wouldd the military the next ten months and the addition foral the next 10 months. then you appr the additional appropriations for the national auth authorization defense fund. or well,iz whatatio cann defet to stop this can you do to stop this crap, sorry, from being funded. , sorry, from being funded in y my presence o, my preference? my preference is a short cr. a c.r. , laura: a shortcont c.r.inul puts us inut whichio givesn which gives you guys leverage. that s exactly right, you s leverage? that s exactly right. can westar cant wi startth wita new budget, get that done. a new budget and get th
trump tower meeting with russian nationals. there was another meeting that has been leaked, but hasn t been public yet. there was a meeting, an alleged meeting, three days before. according to cohen or according to the leak, may be koch withdrew this, i don t know, he said it was a meeting with donald, jr., jared kushner, with paul manafort, with gates and possibly to others, and which they come out of the presence o, discussed the meeting with the russians. we checked with their lawyers. that meeting never, ever took place. it didn t happen. it s a figment of his imagination or he s lying. laura: what to make of that? here to discuss, john solomon, pinion contributor at the hill. in general charles mccalla, a former inspector general who was targeted in the past four is passed into hillary clinton s