make sure you have downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters. well, tonight, we ve got some newly-released video from the august deposition of the former president donald trump as part of the new york attorney generals civil investigation into fraudulent practices at the trump organization. trump taking the fifth more than 400 times and his deposition, saying in the released video that, well, he d be a fool not to take the fifth. anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool. one statement or answer that is ever so slightly off, just ever so slightly, by accident, by mistake, such as it was a sunny, beautiful day, when actually was slightly overcast, would be met by law enforcement. but this is frankly just one piece of the broader investigation surrounding trump as he s trying to jump-start his 2024 campaign. i want to bring in cnn political commentators charlie dent and ashley allison, back with us also is cnn legal analyst elli
so we re hard at work, helping them achieve financial freedom. we re investing for our clients in the projects that power our economy. from the plains to the coasts, we help americans invest for their future. and help communities thrive. well, tonight we ve got some newly released video from august deposition of former president donald trump as part of new york attorney general s investigation into fraudulent practices at the trump organization. trump taking the fifth more than 400 times in his deposition. saying in the released video that well, he d be a fool not to take the fifth. anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool. one statement that is ever so slightly off, just ever so slightly, by accident, by mistake, such as it was a sunny beautiful day when actually it was slightly overcast would be met by law enforcement. but this is, frankly, just one piece of the broader investigation surrounding trump as he is trying to ju
here from our nbc team, with the department of justice saying to republicans on the hill, hey, bring it on. the new letter to house oversight. and what it said about any possible cooperate on new congressional investigations. plus the white house going public against a private group who they are now labelling a transnational criminal organization, we ll talk about the sanctions imposed today. and i m hallie jackson and i want to bring in senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell joining us live from outside of the white house. i want to start with you here. and what we ve just heard now, from president biden, as he is casting his eye toward 2024, although with no formal announcement. at least toward the next two years of his presidency. while also having to manage the political footballs that he s got on his plate right now. to mix a metaphor and i m sorry about that. the white house has just released a clip of a conversation between the president and his vp. i want
of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right of his party to back him, with a little help from a friend. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there and he was all in. it was donald trump s supporters who were all in with the storming of the capitol two years ago to the day and that will overshadow kevin mccarthy s speakership. he will probably be the weakest speaker in the modern history of the country and he will be held hostage to these 2021 radical republicans. the divisions may be resolved for the moment, but the next two years will be a rocky ride for the new speaker, as he resides over
the newly elected speaker of the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has said former president trump helped him finally secure his position, after 15 rounds of voting and sometimes acrimonious exchanges with fellow republicans. he said i don t think anybody should doubt mr trump s influence. president biden congratulated mr mccarthy for his win and said he looked forward to co operating with this party. our washington correspondent gary o donoghue reports. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right o