David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Much. I want to dig into this more. Josh and lynn is joining me. Lynn, let me start with you. Geoff bennett mentioning the 27 district in new york and this is a district that sort of hugs buffalo, it is in upstate new york. And donald trump won that district by almost 25 points back in 2016. You look at the electoral record for the congressman who has announced he is suspending his campaign. Chris collins won that district 67 of the vote back in 2016. Let me put the same question to you as i put to jeff, what is the import of this as you look ahead to the midterms . It depends if he gets his name off the ballot. That is the next question we have to ask. Local authority determine the rules for elections. If his name stays on the ballot, then it might make it improbable that a democrat would be elected. After all, a long time ago when
release of the book. What do you make of the white house approach
reassert his control over that wider network of wagner operations and the various shell companies that are connected to him and to wagner. and that s going to potentially be another stress point with moscow because russia has relied so much on wagner to be able to spread its different geopolitical and check goals in africa. there potentially could be some competition if prigozhin can continue to control those operations or if we see those operations become under a broader state umbrella, if we see someone else step in to replace prigozhin, and then the potential fallout of a replacement stepping out. i don t know the contract structure. i know they were offering them deals. there was a report that wagner forces would be able to sign contracts with the russian army and continue to fight in
legal representation, s livelihood, and a chance at a pardon if trump is reelected. but, what if walt now era is not facing the prospect of years in jail? there is no mandatory minimum sentences for what he has been charged with. he could, not possibly, have a more sympathetic judge. not a, and his lawyer, have strong reason to bet that even if found guilty in judge cannon s courtroom, there is a strong likelihood that his sentence, if any, would not include any prison time. back with us, barbara mcquade, and harry litman. barbara, there seems to be a stress point in this particular notion of putting pressure on walter nauta. the pressure that you are always putting is the prospect of a prison term you won t want to serve, versus no time, if
and he could not possibly have a more sympathetic judge. walt nauta and his lawyer have strong reason to bet that even if found guilty in judge cannon s courtroom there is a strong likelihood that his sentence, if any. would not include any prison time. back with us barbara mcquade and harry lippman. barbara there seems to be a stress point in this particular notion of putting pressure on walt nauta because the pressure you are always putting is the prospect of a prison term that you will not want to serve, versus no time if you cooperate with the prosecutor. but he could end up with no time even if he is found guilty. yes, it is a bit of a wildcard with judge cannon here. the charges he is facing is very serious. the obstruction of justice alone carries statutory maximum
to decide if we are going to digitise in a way that is ethical, that is inclusive, that is sustainable, or whether we re going to just let it take over and we re going to sit there being grumpy. i m not that person, i want to try to keep suggesting we should put frameworks around this stuff, that companies should think carefully about the use of it, and they should think about the unintended consequences. do you think there are concerns around how it is being used in some scenarios and, specifically, chatgpt and gpt ii, or is it an opportunity? both. if you look at any impact of transformative technology, you have a stress point and everybody is wrestling with what that s going to look like. of course, some jobs go and that is profoundly difficult for the communities those jobs effect. i m not diminishing that in any way. but you also look at the opportunities for newjobs and newjob creation, and that s also always, through time, been shown to be true as well. so you can have both aspe