He grew up in west texas. Texa required Wall Street firms to be largely bailed out and george w. Bush didnt like that idea but he did not have a better plan and the plan did work It Was something george W Bush might have fueled more populism because people did not think It Was a good idea to help out the bankers in new york. Had we not done so, the Economy Wouldve had a much bigger problem. Most people did not focus on that. David rubenstein, you are ind your element with this book, the highest calling. Let me plug again i love your podcasts for the ages. Thank you so much for your time. A lot happened with Donald Trump and his Media Stock on friday, The Ups And Downs and why they have trump angry. That is ahead in the next hour. Circle good day to you from World Headquarters in new york. Welcome Tos Alex Witt reports. We begin with the race for the white House. 52 days ceto Election Day. Kamala harris is attending events in washington, d. C. Today while former president Donald Trump i
Welcome to prime time weekend i m nicole wallace let s get to the top stories. We witnessed a political bombshell in the making, liz cheney, vice chairman of the committee and the most conservative republican dynasty in america who earlier this weekend dorsed endorsed harris, she and her father will do something if you are casually follower you might think hell is frozen over. Dick cheney is voting for democrat, he is voting for harris. Here she is in conversation with the atlantic s mark levovich making the news in austin, texas. Dick cheney, your father, a beloved figure among democrats for many, many years [ laughter ] do you, do you, if you know who he will be supporting or who he will be voting for do you care to share with us who he might be voting for dick cheney will be voting for kamala harris. [ cheers and applause ] okay. Wow. Words i never expected to hear yeah. You know. If you, if you think about the moment that we are in and you think about how serious this moment is. Yo
Former congresswoman Liz Cheney, Vice Chairman of the January 6th Committee And Face of the republican dynasty in america who earlier this weekend dorised Vice President Kamala Harris has gone even further. This time saying that she and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, will do something that, if you are a casual follower of American Politics might mean hell has frozen over. Dick cheney is voting for the democratic nominee for president. Dick cheney is voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. Here she is in conversation with the atlantics Mark Leibovitz making this news in austin, texas. Dick cheney, a beloved figure among democrats for many, many years. Do you if you know who he will be supporting or who hell be voting for, do you care to share with us who he might be voting for . Dick cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris. [ applause ] wow. Words i never expected to hear. Yeah. Yeah. You know, if you think about the moment that were in, and you think about how serious
it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trump s lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been brought. its inadequacy there is that word again as a legal claim was evident from the start. no reasonable lawyer would have filed it. the judge then makes it crystal clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. he goes on, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following
ruling after another. appeal upon appeal. and even a trip to the knighted state supreme court. but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump as so doggedly sought to conceal. his tax returns. six years worth. and an unprecedented window and steube s financial picture. this public release, which, among other things, shows the don trump paid relatively little in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and needs committee. after securing their returns, which cover the years 2015 to 2020, that panel voted along party lengths to hand redacted versions of the returns to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way those who are who are not accountants can understand, it s worth noting how the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. is the end result of its investigation into an irs policy that mandates audits of returns file