Im phil mattingly. In for dave briggs. It is thursday, august 9th. Congratulations, you are on the back half of the week. Representative Chris Collins refusing to step down after indictment on Insider Trading charges. Federal prosecutors in manhattan accused the new York Congress member, his son and another man of securities and wire fraud. Charged with exploiting secret Drug Trial Information from the australian pharmaceutical company. Collins vowed last night he will continue his run for reelection in november. The charges that have been levied against me are meritless. I will mount a vigorous defense in court to clear my name. I look forward to being fully vindicated and exonerated ending any and all questions relating to my affiliation with innate. The company where collins was on the board of directors. He was the first sitting Congress Member to endorse donald trump for the white house. Collins indictment turns another safe republican seat into a battleground. The White House Leg
agents to advise them, but no financial respect. if the player enters the nba draft and goes undrafted, that player can return to school. the responsibility of who determines who is a quote elite player has been put on usa basketball. according to espn, they were blind sided by the announcement and want no part of ranking young players. both of the rules won t matter much if the nba gets rid of the one-and-done rule. they are discussing, but not expected to happen until 2022 at the earliest. lebron james the last great high school player to make the jump to the nba. yesterday, he gave us the first look of women wearing the new lakers uniform. a picture of him doing a photo shoot. he is rocking kobe bryant s shoe. we know where and when lebron makes his lakers debut. lakers open the season october 18th in portland. that game on tnt. lebron s first home game in l.a.