we were both at the wall street journal my partner and i for many years, peter fritsch, and the news business went into a downturn in the late 2000s thanks to the internet. it started to evolve into a less fulfilling job for me. i was in my mid-40s and i decided what i really, really loved to do in journalism was investigate complex cases and that there was less market for that in the journalism world. the emphasis was on breaking news, and so i decided to try to see if i could do that sort of work in a private capacity, as a consultant. host: what kind of stories did you work on at the wall street journal ? guest: i started at coming american politics in washington in the late 1980s, early 1990s, and investigating politicians for possible corruption, writing stories about campaign-finance abuses, ethics in washington and government. over the years that evolved into different types of investigative journalism involving financial crime, fraud, corporate cases like enron
a jaw dropping sum to make it a race those stories plus pushing ahead, house democrats move forward this week with their impeachment case. they seem to be saying unless donald trump writes out i bribed ukraine, the evidence will be insufficient. how republicans are gearing up for battle. palace intrigue, did the queen call off a big birthday celebration for prince andrew after his disastrous jeffrey epstein interview. and swift and sure. the last year of my life has had some of the most amazing times and also some of the just like hardest things i have gone through in my life. an emotional night for the newly crowned artist of the decade as taylor swift sends a not so subtle message at the amas today monday, november 25th, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and hi everybody, good morning, welcome to today on a monday morning, the beginning of the holiday week, and boy, everybody
credibility with the iranian population given the travel ban and the decertification of that bill. the second thing they can do is put regime on notice, and put a regime notices that they re cracking down. like singling people out? singling people out. making sure that apps used to communicate in iran based in the u.s., not shutting them down. not shutting them down. what effect do you think that would have? as much as iranian leaders say they don t pay attention to what the u.s. administration says or western europe, they absolutely do, because the people do. the people look to it. they look to it for moral support. so, i think putting people on notice to say, listen, the world is watching you has a huge effect. is there a risk, that if the americans and this administration embrace these protests too much, that it kind of feeds the narrative that
you re hearing from senior leaders in iran that are starting to say this is western-driven? yes. foreign enemies are usin
stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his depleted regime inform him that i, too, have a nuclear button? it is a much bigger and powerful one than his and my button works. greg palkot is following this in london. tell us more about this hotline. it is very significant, sandra. it indicates a bit more thawing in relations between north and south korea. kim jong-un today via their state television, ordering the reopening of that hotline between the two countries located up along the dmz. hasn t been used since early 2016. both sides, officials from both sides spoke for 20 minutes a couple hours ago. technical stuff. even that is a landmark in these frigid days following an offer from kim jong-un on new year s day to discuss sending athletes to next month s south korean winter olympics. on tuesday south korea suggested a meeting between the two countries next week. indications today from pyongyang is that they re willing to do that and m
instance when this letter from the secretary of the navy, richard spencer, was released to the public. it is his resignation letter, although there had been some spin from the white house, from the administration, that he was fired, this letter makes clear that it was a resignation. the letter makes clear that the president s decision to intervene in the military justice system and the military chain of command to benefit a navy officer who s become a real cause celeb on the fox news channel, the navy secretary basically spells out in his letter that that was such an egregious decision from the president, it was such an egregious order from the president, that the navy secretary is choosing to resign in protest. he says, as secretary of the navy, one of the most important responsibilities i have to our people is to maintain good order and discipline throughout the ranks. i regard this as deadly serious business. the lives of our sailors, marines and civilian teammates quite