this morning. as the u.s. navy moves in aircraft carrier strike group in the waters off the korean peninsula. and one woman is killed in zaporizhzhia after a russian missile strike as intel believes someone in ukrainian government authorized the assassination of a moscow official s daughter. and the white house slamming opec s plan to slash oil production as officials fear it will send gas prices soaring. let s begin this hour with rising tensions offer the korean peninsula. we re following all of the developments from seoul, south korea. we have seen a lot happen here around the korean peninsula in just the last 24 hours. north korea started the day with those two short-range ballistic moi missiles and then we saw the usa ronald reagan off the east coast and carrying out another naval drill. now we ve also heard just this evening from the joints chiefs of staff here in south korea that north korea carried out its own drill this afternoon. now this was with 12 north korean
Thats the combining of the denial with the collusion is not a crime narrative. The president was focusing on just the straight up no collusion point. You see it in all the tweets. Now it is roaring back because of the thursday Night Bombshell that the president s own former lawyer and fixer cohen is claiming despite all the denials, the president did know about the russia Trump Tower Meeting in advance. When that report drop, you know what happens next, they picked it up and whipped it around and began running with it again. Its hard to see the point of all of this hysteria. What would the crime be . It is not illegal to talk to foreigners. Nobody is claiming that any information changed hands. Even if did it, so what . I dont think it is bad if campaigns are turning to foreign governments for dirt. Its not collusion. It is not something thats impeachable. As they today . Hacking. Donald trump famously doesnt pay his own contractors and his own long time lawyers . Even if his opponents
Meeting. That trumps own son took it explicitly being promised damaging information on clinton and then the times gave the actual information. The meeting, if it is what you say, i love it. If you did that, you might need a wider defense than denial. In october came the multiple denials. October 30, the Special Counsel announcing the indictments against Paul Manafort who goes on trial tomorrow, plus his deputy, Campaign Manager rick gates. Mueller also announced guilty pleas of George Papadopoulos who admitted contacts with who . Russian nationals. Who he thought were tied to the russian government. Who offered him what . Yes. Information about the possible release of Hillary Clintons emails. So following those indictments we then saw allies of the president including now and this is key, the president s own lawyers, picking up the argument like Go Pro Camera, collusion is
it went away for a few months. The president was focusing on just the straight up no collusion point. You see it i
himself on his own. he s been talking over the judge, repeatedly asking relevant questions refusing to follow directions regarding picking the jury. let me play a small example of how these interactions have gone. mr. brooks, i need to move on to the jury instructions. are you willing to participate in this process right now? no, i am not. and i don t give consent without me being present in the courtroom like i said before i was brought over here. would you like to come back over? so why would you ask me that. why would you ask me that? mr. brooks, you were put over in that courtroom because it of your disruptive behavior. if you could agree to abide by the rules of decorum and decency thenally bring you over here at any point in time. i m not going to did you hear me advise of that, sir. no, i did not. so we were supposed to have
it seems to be, again, about nine out of ten. so the the 87, is closer now to 90%. so as scotland carries on and goes forward, i would also see thenally. and one question raised does the good news of this being less severe outweigh the bad news of how contagious this variant is? how do you see it? well, again, you know, 53 years in private practice for me the far spread thing virus is less of a concern because of the fact that the overall clinical