at this time he s probably not buying any long-term and civil bonds. if you are his investment visor you were telling today trey. yet tony fauci is still working. in fact is on the longest serving employees in the entire federal government, almost certainly the highest paid. why is that? is tony fauci is that good. the term national treasure comes to mind. decent people understand that. drive through any neighborhood with high concentrations of college educated professionals with desperately unhappy personal lives and you will see the yard sign shines erected in his honor. thank you, dr. fauci, they read, tapped with a perky little axle mission point at the dash with a heart at the bottom, thank you for being you and you can often understand the gratitude. as the men who got us through the pandemic. as the coronavirus wafted from a chinese military biolab in wuhan and settled over the united states, tony fauci was the man americans looked to for guidance. he was are sherpa, a
Stand. Been there all day. Nearing the end of just his first day of testimony. Michael cohen revealing what it was like to work for donald trump and made sure the boss looked good in the public eye. Work that trump would praise him for when he did that. Cohen testified that it would make him feel, quote, like i was on top of the world. Cohen was a guard dog protecting his boss at all costs. Trumps former pit bull today corroborated all of the interactions this jury has heard about over the past few weeks. That includes the allimportant meeting at trump tower in 2015. Thats the one with david pecker of the National Enquirer and donald trump where the catchandkill scheme was originally hatched. Michael cohen testified to conversations about keeping the story of Donald Trumps affair with playboy model Karen Mcdougal quiet. He testified to how he arranged with pecker the 150,000 Payment Mcdougal to bury the story. The jury then heard the only Conversation Cohen had with trump that he taped
to back starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. cases on abortion and free speech are still undecided and then there is the biggest case of all on whether former president donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution. we could get one or all of those in our second hour. we will bring you that live as soon as we begin. but first this. dana: the deadly consequences of an unchecked border, a 12-year-old girl found strangled to death in houston, two illegal immigrants now in custody. good morning everyone, i m sandra smith and a big welcome to you, bill and dana are off. jackie, great. always a pleasure, this is america s newsroom. the suspects illegally immigrated from venezuela, the first in march, the second in may, both caught by border patrol and released in to the u.s. jocelyn nungaray on monday she was found strangled to death in a creek. it is just the latest, in a string of violent crimes linked to illegal immigrants, police say they are overwhelm
chris jansing reports follows with ana cabrera right now. hello on this busy friday. i m ana cabrera in for chris jansing, and it appears to be down to two. a senator from ohio and the governor of north dakota emerging as the front runners as donald trump inches closer to making one of the most consequential choices of his campaign, picking a running mate. but could there still be another name on the list? plus, turning to trump s legal woes, the former president may be the one charged with mishandling secret documents, but in a hearing in florida today, special counsel jack smith appears to be the one with the most to lose. in an unusual decision, the judge is hearing arguments about whether jack smith should have been appointed in the first places and whether he has the authority to prosecute trump going forward. and rain bringing some relief to central new mexico where massive wildfires have destroyed hundreds of homes, forced thousands to flee, and left at leas
being, well, all those things. a brad new ad, part of a $50 million ad buy set to air in key battleground states starting immediately says americans face a clear choice in november, watch. in the courtroom, we see donald trump for who he is. he s been convicted of 34 felonies, found liable for sexual assault, and he committed financial fraud. meanwhile, joe biden s been working, lowering health care costs and making big corporations pay their fair share. this election is between a convicted criminal who s only out for himself and a president who s fighting for your family. i m joe biden and i approved this message. so the message comes at a time when there are some signs out there that as much as trump would like us to believe that he wears his convicted felon status as some sort of badge of honor, a pretty vital slice of the electorate, the one that still resides here on earth one with the rest of us, sees his conviction for what it is. a poll of adults says that 53% o