Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. In the white house. The first lady if President Trump would hammer his successes and tweet less about lebron and this off stuff, it would allow people to focus on what hes done and his administration have done well. Thats called an unforced error. The president is once again putting focus on that Trump Tower Meeting, potentially complicating legal matters for his son over the high level sitdown donald trump junior, jared kushner, and then Campaign Chair in his second week of his trial, Paul Manafort had with a kremlin linked lawyer and alleged Russian Intelligence Agency an oligarchs representative and an interpreter. Whats wrong with that . Well, lets look at the shifting story from the white house and the campaign. The New York Times first broke the news of the Trump Tower Meeting more than a year after it happened. Donald trump then released a
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Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. You need a recount. If that is correct and get what it is, the other thing we know is they have apparently under state law until august 24th to certify this election. Were sitting here on august 7th, weve got 17 days, more than two weeks until this has to be certified. If you have that tenday waiting period and then it comes under 0. 5, you know, youre short of that certification. So the law isnt putting a real lot of pressure on them here to get this certified. The law as we understand it is saying its going to be ten days before they can open these. Again, if im a betting man, if you come out here and say, kornacki, your life is on the line, who is going to win this thing, i would tell you balderson, he looks in much better position than oconnor to win this thing. Are you telling me are you sure hes going to win it by more than 0. 45 points and therefore avoid a recount, oh, no, i wouldnt tell
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Million, which means theres about 16 million unaccounted for. That was unreported to the irs, so hes not paying taxes on that. A lot of that was money that he made from his work for ukraine overseas, and then funneled that through Bank Accounts in cyprus. We know that he used a lot of those funds to pay for that lavish lifestyle we heard about last week and early this week. Things like his Ostrich Jacket that has gotten so much attention in this trial. Who doesnt want an Ostrich Jacket . Ashley parker, as this case moves forward, the question of whether President Trump is going to be talking to bob mueller, it seems to be stuck in the mud. This is the president s tweet today. This is an illegal brought rigged witch hunt run by people who are totally corrupt and are conflicted. It was started and paid for by Crooked Hillary and democrats. Phon
David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Opportunity for a politicians challenger. In this case it is a democrat named nate mcmurray. I reached out to him a couple of hours ago and got this statement. He says this. It is absolutely true that Chris Collins should not be running for this or any other seat, a fact that the local Republican Party knew full well when they endorsed and celebrated him while he was under investigation for securities fraud. So the question now is, if this seat, this safe republican seat is now in jeopardy, can the democrat, nate mcmurray, raise enough money, secure enough outside support, and then win over enough rightleaning voters to pick up this seat and unseat any republican challenger, if it is Chris Collins or someone else . We have to see if that will be the case. One thing we know for sure is that democrats know all too well they only have to flip about two dozen seats to take back control of the house, d
Case. Also, arming teachers. The Department Of Education weighing whether to let states use federal funding to arm teachers. Were going to hear from a student and a parent from parkland, florida. And unsportsmanlike conduct. One of College Footballs most decaded coaches, ohio states urban meyers, suspended for his response to Domestic Abuse allegations. A lot of critics are saying it was a slap on the wrist. Is there a double standard at play . Well dig into that. But we start with that breaking news. Nbc news has just confirmed one of President Trumps longtime friends, a man who may know his secrets better than just about anyone, was granted immunity in the Michael Cohen case. His name is michael pecker. He is the ceo of the company that published the national inquir inquirer. Lets start with tom winter. Hans nichols is standing by for us at the white house. Tom, tell us all that you know. And somebody who either decided to cooperate and capitulate and pleaded guilty. Do we know wheth