Now, before the brd to sell mcd to the National Enquirer for a million dollars. At one point, prosecutors revealed the Text Exchange between davidson and the tabloids editor where davidson joked, throw in an ambassadorship for me. Im thinking aisle of man. When asked whoi he made the joke, he said it was a reference to trumps candidacy, that if the tabloid bought the story, it would help trump. I want to bring back in vaughn hillyard. Kimberly is a boston globe columnist and msnbc political analyst and jeremy is still with me. Criminal Defense Attorney and former prosecutor with the manhattan d. A. s office. If you were Donald Trumps Defense Attorney, what about this mornings testimony worries you most . Well, i think its established that not everyone had an agenda. You have farro whos connecting the dots. You have the sense of urgency. Establishing intent or basis. That court of texting you just referenced, im saving the future of potential president s backside. Everything is really s
that s how much they want. this has been a bizarre process in iran, and no doubt a difficult one for sarah shourd and her family to go through, of course. initially iranian officials came out last week and said sarah shourd would be released. then they said she wouldn t be released. and now today, again, they re saying she c be released, in exchange for half a million dollars in bail money. the latest twist came today at a news conference by tehran s revolutionary court prosecutor. the prosecutor saying today that shourd s f sarah medical condition, iran is offering to release her for that ba ail money. i don t think there is any doubt that her famy is somehow going to come up with thatmoney. it is not clear at this point when that s going to happen and when she will be allowed to leave the country. as far as the other two hikers go, shane bauer and joshua fattal, the prosecutor said today they re not going anywhere, they regoing to remain behind bars. the prosecutor saying their cases
our plan is to oppose it and go to the american people and say the democrats need to work with us to fund our national security and our intelligence systemand ensure our military isprepared in case of an emergency. going to the american people and making the case that democrats are being irresponsible, shutting down the government and doing the things they pledged not to do only a few years ago will be effective. that s the section of that strategy. democrats , their only leverage it to try to get daca in these funding talks with that on friday, they are under the gun with that court to get this done. they regoing to drag it out. the democrats i spoke to , they said they re pushing this week to get it done in those four days to hammer out some type of deal.