Samsungs group leader offers an apology before he takes the hot seat asa apology before he takes the hot seat as a suspect in south korea corruption scandal. It is a 3 billion industry, as parents spend big time for high tech smart toys sales are growing fast. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. It is thursday. Lagutin during us for this edition of Asia Business report. We start with samsung and the group leader lee jae yong has arrived at short time ago with the south Korean Prosecutor Office for questioning over bribery suspicion is, it is pa rt over bribery suspicion is, it is part of a scandal that may permanently unseat the president. Samsung is accused of giving donations to non profit foundations toa donations to non profit foundations to a confidant of the president in return for assistance in a business transaction. Mr lee apologised. Translation i am very sorry to the south korean people. Samsung has denied any wrongdoing, so what do prosecutors hope to find . I put the questio
Structure structures in our political system, as envisioned by the founders, that sometimes theyre going to disadvantage democrats, but the truth of the matter is, is that if we have a strong message, if were speaking to what the American People care about, typically you know, the popular vote and the Electoral College vote will align, and i guess part of my overall message here as i leave for the holidays is that if we looked for one explanation or one silver bullet, or one easy fix for our politics, then were probably
initiative and School Nutrition program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if theyre issuing a story we dont like. I mean thats an issue that i think weve got to wrestle with. And we will. People asked me how do you feel after the election . I say well, look, this is a clarifying moment. Its a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the President Elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what
Senator Lindsey Graham whether or not there is an investigation ongoing into the Donald Trump Campaign and those contacts that allegedly occurred with russian officials during the president ial election. Since they have not confirmed the existence of an investigation, they have not even confirmed with senators, so in a private meeting between graham and whitehouse on march 2nd, james comey would not tell these two senators whether or not there was an investigation ongoing, even though they sit on a judiciary subcommittee investigating the issue of russia. Comey according to Sheldon Whitehouse said he would confirm whether or not that investigation is occurring by this hearing that theyre having tomorrow in this Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee exploring russias meddling in the election. Eastern yoeuropean elections as
committee and the top democrat mark warner told me going into the briefing theres no evidence whatsoever even though he met with james comey last week. One other s
If the press were not fake and if it was honest, the press would have said what i said was very nice. Wait a minute. Im not finished. Im not finished, fake news. The press honestly is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control. The public doesnt believe you people anymore. Now, maybe i had something to do with that, i dont know. As you know i have a running war with the media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. The media. In other words, the fake news. Any media that dislikes what hes done. Today, the president received a Double Rebuke from members of his own party. In a column for the Washington Post senator john mccain said President Trump is sending a dangerous message to the world. He wrote the while Administration Officials often condemn violence against reporters abroad trump continues his attacks on the Integrity Of American Journalists and news outlets providing cover for repressive regimes to follow suit. On the senate floor this
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Of something, hes guilty of Helping Donald Trump win. And by the way, tucker, some of the same Process Crimes and suspicious Activity Mueller has accused manafort of, ironically enough, democrats accused of the same thing of people connected to democrats seem to have gotten up to this point a relativelyy free legal pass. Tucker even as a matter of appearances, would you, if youte were robert mueller, appoint as the lead prosecutor in a case against Donald Trumps former campaign manager, a hillary partisan who went to her Victory Party on Election Night . [laughs] tucker, this is a joke. Theyre not even hiding it. Can i double down on you . How about this. Andrew weissmann, yes, attended hillarys party. Jeannie rhee, one of his lead prosecutors in the case represented the clinton foundation. Aaron zebley, another. Prosecutr in the case who is friendly with the Whole Mueller crew, represented one of the clinton
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