i would have to do an optimistic story. and then what. thanks, my. friend as always. thanks to you at home for being here this evening. it was four days before the 2016 election, when the wall street journal published this report national enquirer shielded donald trump from playboy model s affair allegation. the journal was the first to report that the national enquirer paid a woman named karen mcdougal $150,000 in august of 2016, and what is known as a catch and kill. basically, the enquirer bought macdougalls story, about a romantic relationship with donald trump in 2006, and then the acquirer killed it. it never went to press. in any other news cycle, this story would ve been a bombshell. in the last week, of a wild campaign, the mcdougal story got very little attention. first of all, the country was still reeling from the release of trump s access hollywood tape, which had happened a month earlier. just days before, fbi director james comey had announced the fbi was
all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. of tomorrow it was four days before the 2016 election when the wall street journal published this report national enquirer shielded donald trump from playboy model s affair allegation. the journal was the first to report that the national enquirer paid a woman named karen mcdougal $150,000 in august of 2016, and what is known as a catch and kill. basically, the enquirer bought macdougalls story, about a romantic relationship with donald trump in 2006, and then the acquirer killed it. it never went to press. in any other news cycle, this story would ve been a bombshell. in the last week, of a wild campaign, the mcdougal story got very little attention. first of all, the country was still reeling from the release of trump s access hollywood tape, which had happened a month earlier. just days before, fbi director james comey had anno
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. a busy news day for us. fox network and its highest rated anchor tucker carlson sever ties. this will no doubt raise eyebrows as it happens one week or so after a nearly $800 million settlement for election lies. plus waiting on the word go. the president s team rushes to lock in key pieces of a would be 2024 campaign. an announcement video taped. campaign manager chosen. top advisers settled. a green light from joe biden to turn the re-elect on? still not assured. and a world tour for ron desantis, the florida governor trying to look the part of commander-in-chief in japan while playing coy about if or when he will challenge donald trump. more on the president s coming soon campaign in a moment. first the stunning and sudden end to tucker carlson s tenure at fox the network revealing minutes ago carlson hosted his last show this past friday. carlson had been a network staple since 2009. almost seven
i hope mike is gonna do the right thing, i hope so i hope so. if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election mike pence gets another chance to do the right thing this is big, we have just learned and are able to confirm, mike pence testified before th grand jury today tonight, what we know about the former vice president participation and the criminal investigation of his forme boss then, the explosive scen inside a new york courtroom, where e. jean carroll s rape allegation faced cross-examination from donal trump s lawyer a eventually, she just sort of lost it and said, you don t get to beat me up for no screaming. some women scream, some wome don t. he raped me. whether or not i screamed. plus, michael schmidt of th new york times, on what we actually know about the firing of tucker carlson. they literally fired hi because they came to the wok mob. senator bernie sanders on why he s endorsing a secon term for president biden when all in starts rig
we moved out of the city so our little sophie could appreciate nature. but then he got us t-mobile home internet. i was just trying to improve our signal, so some of the trees had to go. i might ve taken it a step too far. (chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let s pretend for a second that you didn t let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would ve gotten us xfinity. and we d have a better view. do you need mulch? you ve probably seen donald what, we have a ton of mulch. trump s lawyer, joe tacopina, quite a bit lately, he s a one on tv trying to defend trump on the various indictment and investigations. the ex president is facing. today, that guy, joe tacopina, was the trump lawyer in the courtroom lawyering. cross-examined a woman who says that donald trump raped her. tacopina intensely pressed e. jean carroll repeatedly, asking why she did not scream for help during the assault.