putin pays trump. when kevin mccarthy reportedly told that to his republican colleagues in the house, in 2016, that is when trump was running for president. speaker the house at the time as republican paul ryan, kevin mccarthy was the number two republican in the house, right under the speaker, he is a majority later, he s the one who reportedly said i think putin pays trump. now, at the time, mr. mccarthy reportedly made those comments, donald trump wasn t just one of the 17 different republicans who is running in the presidential primary that year. he wasn t just a random candidate among them all, it was clear, by the time those comments were made by mr. mccarthy, that trump was going to win the nomination. by the time mccarthy said that, i think putin pays trump, trump had basically cleared the field of the other competitors. he was just a month away from formerly clinching the nomination. for that reason alone, this headline was kind of a double take thing. stunning that
headlines that makes you, go wet? very meant memorable headline from the washington post. house majority leader told colleagues in 2016, i think putin pays trump. i think putin pays trump. when kevin mccarthy reportedly told that to his republican colleagues in the house, in 2016, that is when trump was running for president. speaker of the house of the time was paul ryan, kevin mccarthy was the number two republican, under the speaker, he was majority leader. he s the one who reportedly said, i think putin pays trump. now, at the time, mr. mccarthy reportedly made those comments, donald trump wasn t just one of the 17 different republicans who is running in the presidential primary that year. he wasn t just a random candidate among them all, it was clear, by the time those comments were made by mr. mccarthy, that trump was going to win the nomination. by the time mccarthy said that, i think putin pays trump, trump had basically cleared the field of the other competitors. he
brand-new blockbuster reporting in the new york times pulls the curtain back on this new push by the stop the steal movement, which is based on the completely baseless idea that the 2020 election, which of course took place more than 15 months ago now, can be in the words of that movement s leaders, desert fied. quote, allies of mr. trump including the lawyer john eastman are pressing for states to pass resolutions rescinding electoral college votes for president biden and to bring lawsuits that seek to bring baseless claims of large scale voter fraud. some of those allies are casting their work as a precursor to reinstating the former president and even though there is no chance, zero chance, that the election will be decertified, this election has the potential for seeding more chaos, especially as the ex-president plots another run from the white house in mmxxiv. democrats an somes have raised concerns about the efforts. they warn of unintended consequences including the
tonight including me. a man tells a joke about two dogs and a squirrel, to million dollar fine and could be headed to prison? what is happening? utah mom accused of killing her husband and then writing a children s book about her grief, punching a sister-in-law on the face while trying to get into her husband safe. i am you erin burnett, upfront tonight, strike on a russian base, new video of a fiery blast on a russian base, you will see the explosion there, the ball of fire you see there is inside the russian occupied city of mary a pole, according to ukrainian officials. it is home to at least 150 russian soldiers, mariupol is been an important staging area for russian fork it forces, it has been safe from attack for months, but things to powerful new missiles from the uk it is now in ukraine s crosshairs, ukraine s military posted a video, a drone they said only cost about $1000, showing it taking out a russian tank, valued at more than $1 million. what could be a
at the australian open but defending champion rafael nadal heads home after his dramatic second round exit. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in ukraine where the government says it s suffered its biggest loss of the war, when the three principal figures in the interior ministry were killed after their helicopter crashed in kyiv. interior minister denys monastyrskiy died with his deputy, and the department s state secretary along with the crew when the aircraft came down in bad weather in brovary, a suburb of the capital. the crash set fire to a kindergarten. at least 1a people died, including one child. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse sent this report from the scene and a warning, you may find some of his report distressing. sobbing even with the backdrop of war, it s been one of ukraine s bleakest days. in the mist of the morning, a helicopter came down next to a childre