Night last week we were talking on the show about the Siberian Energy group on the right and we accidentally showed the website of the Siberian Energy group on the left. Im sorry about that. You can understand why we might mix those up. The live Siberian Energy group versus the dead Siberian Energy group. Interesting. The reason we even know we made that mistake and put up the website is this article on politico. Com concerning the murky origins of half a Million Dollars paid to former security advisor mike flynn. The Siberian Group is the only publicly traded gas and Exploration Company in the u. S. That has 100 of its assets in russia. Siberian energy group. Part of what politico talked
about last week and we told you on the show, there is a link between the ceo of that now defunct Siberian Energy group and the guy who paid mike flynn more than half a Million Dollars mike flynn did not disclose on his Security Clearance application in washington. This is the money that was paid to fl
D. C. , we are here of course to cover the lead up to the president s start of the second term, will he be able to deal with congress better, as we face another fiscal crisis, more on that but first, the headlines. Inauguration activities have started in washington, Michelle Obama is expected to attend a kids concert. Katy perry, and usher, members of the glee class are performing. The president will take the oath of office in front of hundreds of thousands. You if you attend, the temperatures will be in the mid 30s, bundle up. Its expected to be a little breezy as well. Meanwhile the problem break through on the debt ceiling. The house gop said they are considering raising the debt limit for three months, a vote is scheduled next week, more details on that in a bit. Today, of course is the last full day of president obamas first term and its the national day of service. Day for giving back. Earlier today the president and first lady volunteered at a school in the washington, d. C. Are
Thursday, may 3rd. We will go live to seoul shortly. We start with this bombshell. Damage control does not begin to describe what is going on at the white house this morning. Aides already trying to clean up after the new addition of the Trump Legal Team Rudy Giuliani said last night. The president did pay back his personal Attorney Michael Cohen for the 130,000 in hush money cohen delivered to porn star Stormy Daniels 11 days before the election. That directly contradicts something the president himself claimed. On fox news, giuliani claimed the payment as legal and went further. Political correspondent sara murray has more from washington. Reporter good morning. Rudy giuliani may be a new addition to the legal team, but entering with a flash. On fox news, he divulged that e trump reimbursed Michael Cohen for the 130,000 that he paid to silence Stormy Daniels. That was not campaign money. Im giving you a fact you dont know. It is not campaign money. No Campaign Finance violation. They
Been a series of episodes. One of the people we want to talk to is is lester holt on the phone. He was in santa monica, california, in a Movie Theater which i cant imagine being in a more scary place when Something Like that hit. Lester, hello, thank you for being with us. Take us through it, please. Well, you know, weve all been highly sensitized since the quake yesterday, that 6. 4 one. The expectation that there might be further aftershocks we would feel here in the los angeles area. So it was on my mind. In the theater, sitting there and suddenly it began. And there was no trying to secondguess what it might be immediately. I understood it was an earthquake. My wife and i looked at each other. We said were fine and we were at that moment. Then it seemed to intensify. And thats the point i think that it became more concerning. And we and some other folks got up, made our way to an exit, went down several flights and exited on the street level. We didnt know what to expect when we go
Winning the 2018 midterm elections with the largest margin of victory since 1974. Donald trumps dream to build a border wall with mexico ended with his complete venture on the trump government shut down to the new democratic majority in the house of representatives. The new house put Donald Trumps former personal lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, under oath. Donald trump is now the subject of 11 congressional investigations. Donald trumps former Accounting Firm and Deutsche Bank are in the process of compiling records to comply with subpoenas from documents from the house of representatives. In two weeks, special Counsel Robert Mueller will testify to the House Judiciary Committee and the house intelligence committee. At last count, 85 house members have called for impeachment, including some of the democratic freshmen stars who won back the speakers gavel for nancy pelosi. Tonight you will hear from some of those freshmen stars. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley of massachusetts and member