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we start tonight with that very important breaking news. one of the things that was almost most surprising about the former senate majority leader harry reid was just how quiet he was. in fact, during interviews, it was not uncommon to be almost unable to hear him. that s how soft-spoken he actually was. but there was another side to harry reid in all of this. in fact, in the late 1970s, harry reid was the chair of the nevada gaming commission, overseeing the state s very important casinos. this is the story of a man who tried to bribe him from a new yorker profile back in 2005. , in part, it reads, in july of 1978, a man named jack gordon, who was later married to latoya jackson, offered reid $12,000 to approve new gaming devices for casino use. reid reported the attempted bribe to the fbi and arranged a meeting with gordon in his office. by agreement fbi agents burst in to arrest gordon at the point where reid asked, is this the money? although he was taking part in a ....
in part, it reads in july of 1978, a man named jack gordon who was later married to latoya jackson offered reid $12,000 to approve two new gaming devices for casino use. reid reported the attempted bribe to the fbi and arranged a meeting with gordon in his office. by agreement, fbi agents burst in to arrest gordon at the point where reid asked is this the money? although he was taking part in a sting, reid was unable to control his temper. the videotape shows him getting up from his chair and saying you son of a bleep, you tried to bribe me. and attempting to choke gordon, before startled agents pulled him off. i was so angry with him for thinking he could bribe me reid said at the time. nevada democratic senator harry reid he was quiet, except when he wasn t. senator reid died today at the age of 82. he spent 30 years in the u.s. senate, eight of them as majority leader. spent another five years in the house, before that. and he earned a reputation as a gritty, det ....
continues russia would retail united states are any sort of aggression. brian: brave enough to stand up to china is enes kanter have you felt the backlash. of course. this is my freedom of speech. you go tell your boss about that. throws he has it. touchdown! are you listening in the lane snow is glistening a beautiful night brian: tuesday night football, what else is new in america? everything that is unusual is usual now in this country. but one thing is for sure, christmas is trait straight ahead. we have got to do the best we can everyone, to have the best christmas possible after the oddest one last year there will be uniquely challenging. we are in three different locations because of some of these rules in new york. we are going to do a comprehensive show because judging by our package steve and carley, we still have a lot of news to cover. steve: lots. carley: we have been talking about it all week that usually the week of christmas is a dead new ....
merry christmas to you and your family. you, too. merry christmas to you. this is don lemon tonight and i need everybody to pay close attention. okay? this is serious. don t you think we ve seen this movie before? i keep reporting the same thing i ve been reporting for almost two years now. we re devoting a lot of attention to the growing covid crisis because it s really, really important. we want to help save lives and to make sure people don t become infected if you don t have to. what is so sad is those are almost the same words we were saying two years ago when the pandemic first took hold in the country, growing covid crisis. i thought i finished saying that. growing covid crisis. here we are again. we should be over this pandemic by now or have it somewhat under control. aren t you tired and fatigued? i know you ve got to be. the numbers don t lie. the average daily number of new cases was just under 120,000. today, the tracking data shows from john s hopkin ....
please join me tomorrow morning and every saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern for smerconish right here on cnn. don lemon starts right now. hey, don. you certainly had a week, my friend. is this your oldest son? i forget his name but who was a baby when i you yeah, i know, man. they have all grown. like, none none are babies, anymore. i wish they were. nice full head of hair. good-looking, young man. obviously, he looks like your wife. that is the one i am talking about. i forget his name. that is true. the crew is laughing over here. michael, have a good show tomorrow, have a great weekend and i won t wont be here next week so have a merry christmas to you and your family. merry christmas to you. thank you. this is don lemon tonight and i need everybody to pay, um, close attention. okay? this is serious. because we don t you think that we have seen this movie before? right? i feel like i am i am just i keep reporting the same thing that ....