and the legislation the congress passed continued resolution to do that, is that right? so the remainder that we re in the process excuse me, the remainder. because of the provision in the continuing resolution. right. but for literally an act of congress you couldn t spend all of the money? if we had not received the provision in the continuing resolution, we would have obligated 88%, but not the full amount. right, which of course would be a violation of law to not spend money that congress appropriated. sir, i am not a lawyer, but that is my understanding. sure. thank you. secretary hale, where were you born? ann arbor, michigan. and is your family from ireland, am i right about that? no, sir. i m sorry. strike it. another question, with respect
the congress passed continuing resolution to do that. is that right? so the remainder we re in the process of obligating right now excuse me, the remainder. but for literally an act of congress you couldn t have spent all the money? if we did not receive the provision in the continuing resolution, we would have obligated 88% but not the full amount. right, which of course would be a violation of law to not spend money that congress appropriated? sir, i m not a lawyer but that is my understanding. sure. thank you. secretary hale, where were you born? an arbor, michigan. and your family s from ireland? no, sir. i m sorry. strike it.
is conflicted. peter, we move on to mr. manafort. first of all, what do you make of the story in chief as it came out tonight? second, i have to point this out. manafort s spokesman released a revised version of his statement. so twice today they have put out a statement, but the second one bleed this line. mr. manafort is not indebted to former clients today, nor was he at the time he began working for the trump campaign. so that sentence that you re seeing on the screen as judges say strike it from your memory. it no longer exists as part of the formal statement that manafort s communications director put out. with that kind of a wind up, peter, what do you make of it? well, that s obviously significant. they don t take that out of the statement without cause, and it s interesting that they would initially have that in there and obviously have to be corrected at some pointed. somebody told them that their understanding of the circumstances was not what they originally thought. so
when you see lawrence o donnell calling him a liar. as we know in journalism and political discourse. never make the hitler comparison. strike it off your list. but i think alan dershowitz made a comment. howie: there was one mention of this on martha maccallum s show. was it newsworthy? marie: absolutely. i know how hard it is to be in the briefing room. but sean spicer has shown not just in this case, although this is definitely the most egregious, but throughout the
when you see lawrence o donnell calling him a liar. as we know in journalism and political discourse. never make the hitler comparison. strike it off your list. but i think alan dershowitz made a comment. howie: there was one mention of this on martha maccallum s show. was it newsworthy? marie: absolutely. i know how hard it is to be in the briefing room. but sean spicer has shown not just in this case, although this is definitely the most egregious, but throughout the