even questioning how this came to light. merrick garland was getting creamed in the pr war as trump repeatedly slammed the search as a break-in, but the attorney general felt he couldn t publicly respond. so justice department officials made hair case through leaks their case through leaks which violate the rights of a potential defendant who hasn t been charged with anything and may not be. they made garland s case from a behind a curtain of anonymity. a poll-up piece in the washington post cited people with direct information. as an ethical matter, the leaks are indefensible. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, we ll question senior white house adviser gene sperling on the fierce debate over the president forgiving college debt for millions. that new york times story triggered a media explosion, especially the part about donald trump repeatedly holding on to documents so sensitive they could only be seen in a secure government room and a deep s
the police were summonedded lee years ago by a family member who said the high school dropout had lettenned to kill everyone. threatened to kill everyone. the officers seized 16 knives, a cager and a sword, and that s about it. how is that possible? they could have arrested them for the threat, they can have slapped his name on a no-gun purchase list. instead, he was able to to legally buy 5 guns, a glock pistol and without that failure those seven people in a parade on independence day would still be alived today. what s more, the mass shooter posted violent rhetoric and images online that apparently went undetected by the cops and social media companies. look, the police have a tough job. no law is going to stop is every crazed shooter, but combined with what smells like an unraveling police cover-up of the school massacre in you value uvalde uvalde, everyone s got to do a better job of spotting these potentially heinous killers. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz
if you, don t, you lose. now that may sound unfair, but we did not make the rules nature did. ignore t we can choose to ignore them,he but those rules will never change. sorry wil. thankfully for americans, we live in a country that is remarkably abundant in all three of those things. the u.s. has the most fertile farmland in the world. we ve got more potable freshwater than virtually any other place and critically, first of all, america has the largest recoverable oil reserves on the planet. we are no one in that category and that matters maybe more than anything. now, let me be telling you on cnn that so-called renewable energy windmills and solar panels are about to power the world s. but that s absurd and no one corrects them and somebody should because a lot is at stake.e.at if your nine year old sta startt telling you i m like superman, you have to correct him before he jumps off the garage.ect the the stakesbe are high. so it is incumbent on the rest of us to point out
Welcome to primetime weekend. I am nicolle wallace. Lets get to the top stories. Did you know about the 130 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels . That will be the Name Of The Game on monday when the ex president s former attorney and fixer, the man who made the 130,00 hush money payment, Michael Cohen, takes the witness stand. It is the moment the criminal trial that President Donald Trump has been building toward. Michael cohen will be the star witness as the recipient of the reimbursement that President Donald Trump was indicted for. However, Michael Cohen is a star witness who comes with some baggage. A convicted felon himself, Michael Cohen has spent time in prison and has admitted to lying under oath, which is why we have seen the prosecution tackle this case in the way it has, methodically. They are Reverse Engineering all of the evidence, setting up the timeline and the documents and the fact pattern with other witnesses, corroborating every bit of Michael Cohens story before he e
Ended up getting indicted. Newly released Court Transcripts show his outbursts earned him a stern rebuke from judge juan merchan. Judge merchan saying to trumps attorney, todd blanchethis, i understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually, and thats contemptuous and has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that. Trumps attorney, mr. Blanche, quote, i will talk to him. Judge mer shonn speaking to the court, so i am speaking at the bench because i dont want to embarrass him. Mr. Blanche, i will talk to him. The judge, you need to speak to him. I wont tolerate that. Mr. Blanche, i will talk to him. Now, one of the moments that inspired that and angered trump so much was Stormy Daniels description of part of their encounter in a hotel room in 2006. For reference heres how she described it on camera for 60 minutes in all its cringeworthy glory. It started off all about him, just talking about himself