a billionaire dr based out of los angeles closes in on a five hundred million dollar deal purchasing a los angeles times and a sister paper the san diego union tribune archies the toss a sweet has more from los angeles biotech billionaire patrick still song brings local ownership back to the los angeles times and officially now some five hundred million dollars outsider say there are some big changes to come now soon shawn worth an estimated seven point eight billion dollars according to forbes joins a list of other wealthy investing and publications massive layoffs and changes in management have been plaguing the l.a. times as they face challenges in adapting to the digital age no word of will take notice of the new york times a strategy on thursday the company said it added one hundred fifty seven thousand net digital only subscriptions in the fourth quarter well this pushes the overall subscription revenue to more than one billion dollars for the year takeover will reportedly allow the paper to repay its debt sixty five year old son john was born to chinese parents in south africa he came to the u.s.

the los angeles time is reporting former trump deputy rick gates has agreed to plead guilty to fraud.t makes him the third person we know of to cooperate with special counsellor robert mueller. i want to bring in sara murray with more on breaking news. what is involved in this plea deal? what are you learning? >> reporter: we thought it was coming. on friday we reported that rick gates was close to finalizing a plea deal with special counsel bob mueller and was poised to cooperate. according to "l.a. times" he will plead guilty. he will testify against paul manna for, his co-defendant in this case. it was a criminal case regarding financial crimes before he had anything to do with the presidential campaign. now, both of these men pleaded not guilty to those charges. so, you know, it is obviously a worrisome development for paul manafort, the fact his co-defendant in this case is willing to engage in this plea deal and testify against him. according to the "l.a. times" rick gates could spend about 18 months in prison. to give you context, the charges he was facing he could have faced u

and now the "los angeles times" is reporting that manafort's associate, rick gates, a former top aideboth paul manafort in his business and at the trump campaign has reached an agreement with the special prosecutor to plead guilty and become a cooperating witness in the investigation. the indictment of paul manafort and rick gates says that both men for years were unregistered agents of the ukrainian government and hid millions of dollars of ukraine based payments from u.s. authorities. according to a person familiar with those talks, gates a long-time political consultant can expect, quote, a substantial reduction in his sentence if he cooperates. he said gates is likely to serve about 18 months in prison. joining us now david willman a reporter for the "los angeles times" and also with us is maika oyang. tell us how it's different from the manafort case, and how helpful gates can be if he welco becomes a cooperating witness. >> sure. rick gates was a top aid to paul manafort for at least a decade in their consulting business and that carried over to when paul manafort was hired by d

certainly, the takeover of these ---ion, the "los angeles times" was owned for a long time by the chandlery and it has a sturdy, a really legendary history of great journalism and 44 pulitzer prizes. i think the thing that ties these two situations together is that the ownership of newspapers in cities has gone to big corporations. in some cases, to, you know, equity funds. in some cases to big chains. that doesn't mean that every chain is evil, but it does mean that in general, newspapers are not owned by people in their own communities any longer. and that's a bad thing. >> and meanwhile, digital is gobbling up the ad dollars, google and facebook are taking over more and more power. it means that print is continuing to decline. and you say this is the biggest story in journalism today. the decline of these local papers. what do we do? >> well, i do. i think this is the biggest crisis we have in journalism right now. it might not be the most visible crisis, because you're not really seeing papers go out of business. you're seeing papers be diminished. and that is where most of the local r

well, right about that time i was interviewed by the los angeles times for a story on father serra and my work in the mission. that then launched a series of involvement. i was involved with the canonization as one of the scholars who was invited to rome to speak at augustinian. and while there, i spoke with three other scholars, monsignor weber, who has written for some time about father serra, and then rosemary --and robert sienkiewicz. we did in overview on the strengthen the merits of the canonization. the media entered the picture. we dealt with that. two days later, we basically participated in the second half, in which vatican scholars and friars and others were instrumental. and we then conducted mass with the pope. that was an incredible experience. so i was kind of on the ground floor to see a lot of that, but at the same time i was aware, that as i was there testifying to the merits of the canonization, there were people in california who were less than happy about it. but what i have seen is that there has been a significant amount of misrepresentation and even hate speech

headed to texas for the san antonio book festival and will be live once s once again at the "los angeles times" festival of books. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to politics and prose and thank you for coming out on this rather chilly evening. i am th the co-owner along withy

los angeles. "the los angeles times" oforting this "weird babel ongues," so what is this be willed her dream for it are talking about? pentecostal leaders had been traveling the country for a few years at this point when an african-american hotel later, a guy named william seymour, picked up this message of the radical power of the holy spirit to work in you and through you. from agotten this revivalist. he heard teachings in houston. he traveled to los angeles and brought it with him. he probably wouldn't have been most people take for likeliest evangelist to ignite a worldwide revival, although that's when he came to do. he was the son of former slaves, born in louisiana and impoverished circumstances, raised as a roman catholic. but as a young man, he had fallen in with the holiness movement and he felt called to preach. like many early pentecostal evangelists, there was a near-death experience that did it. he'll most night of smallpox and lost -- he almost died of eye, but he lost an believed that god told him from the brink. here is seymour. orcame to l.a. with no money followers, but he start

we're headed to texas for the san antonio book festival, and we'll be live once again at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information about up coming book -- upcoming book fairs and test values, click -- festivals, click the book fairs tabben our web site, booktv.org. >> let's dive in a little bit more. who is eric garnersome. >> eric garner -- >> excuse me, who was eric garner. >> yeah. the reason i wrote this book, let my back up for a moment, is because on the day that the grand jury decided not to indict the police officer responsible for or his killing -- and i'll use a different word, but i can't legally -- but i went over to staten island, and i started talking to people in the street asking, you know, what was he like. and i immediately found that everybody had a story about this guy, and he was, he was just interesting and funny and complicated and flawed, and i thought he, he was a person whose story would be really powerful to tell if i could somehow do it. everyone had seen the video, everyone had already had this emotional reaction to the video, but i pretty quick

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in reporting their findings, the "los angeles times" could not help but suggest that the president trumpf all people was to blame. the times didn't directly accuse the president of encouraging anti-semitism but the paper might as well have because it selected background material that strongly implied it was the case. the times reported that civil rights groups say that trump contributed to an atmosphere in which people feel freer to express hate. hate groups and white supremacists feel emboldened and they are not just coming out online but are also getting involved in political campaigns. can you guess who he is talking about? forget insinuation and innuendo, let's look at some actual facts. the last four copresidents vowed to fulfill one of the jewish state's fondest wishes but only one did it. >> president trump: it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. i am also directing the state's to begin preparation to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. >> laura: is really leaders have heard the slanderous accusations that trump is anti-semitic. bu

here's a tweet september out moments ago from the los angeles times. l was in the works for a while. but it becomes official this hour. so who is this billionaire? he's one of los angeles' wealthiest residents. he works in biotech. the sale comes amid a turbulent time for the l.a. times. there has been three editors in just the last six months. sexual harassment investigation as well as a unionization vote. back to you. >> thank you, jessica. it's official. santa clara county superior court judge aaron persky is going to face a recall on june 5th. he sparked nationwide outrage. after sentencing stanford swimmer brock turner for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. many say he was too lenient. the county board of supervisors approved the special election triggering strong rae action from both sides of this debate. >> nearly 95,000 voters signed the petition and it's just very clear that the voters of this county have lost confidence in judge persky's ability to be fair. if it succeeds, judges are not going to be willing to exercise their discretion

a los angeles biotech billionaire buying the local newspaper. he has agreed to buy the los angeles times0 million and is getting the san diego union tribune as part of the deal. the biggest private employer in the u.k. is facing an equal pay case that could cost billions, a law firm claims tesco under pays it's mostly female shopfloor staff, and that more than 200,000 workers could be entitled to compensation. the company says it has not seen the complaint yet. isnie: coming up, bitcoin going for a second day of gains after regulators took it easy and comments about cryptocurrency. a deeper look at the cryptocurrency in a new segment, charting features. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ you are watching bloomberg markets. --e for charting features, futures. higher at bitcoin, going , up for a second day in a row. the first time it has happened this month after comments on tuesday from u.s. security regulators, calling for greater oversight of cryptocurrencies without proposing industry killing measures. a relief to bitcoin investors. a longer-term chart and look at , all-time high last year of 19,5

bill spend over 36 years as an investigative reporter for "the los angeles times." he has reported he he columbian drug lords and his book, "at the devil's table" and that book became a tell la -- telanovella and it was the basis of narcoanother netflix. bill as investigated a number of other major stories in his career, including the exxon valdez oil spoil, the corrupt federal unanimous --ford unanimous marcos regime and a.l. quite. i think kerkorian's success shows that no matter where you start in life in the united states, anything is possible. so i really loved reading the book. i read it in three days. he encourage you to buy a copy today. a portion of the proceed goes to the library. let's think laura as well. [applause] so, bill is going to -- the plan is bill will make some -- make a presentation, i'll do a moderate he q & a with hem and then to keep it cleaner there are questions cards. so if you have a question after the relatively 20-25 minute session we'll ask questions that they audience put and thankful that c-span is here today for those who were not

and then the los angeles times. and then usa today. >> how much of your focus will be -- how much does the alabama win plan and what message we delivered to people of color in particular on this issue? >> yeah, i mean, that is one of the areas in which we are going to give particular focus. we have listed our targets and watchlist. there are a variety of techniques that we can use. i did not mention use of the voting rights act. to come up with ways in which we make districts more fair or make representation more fair. and in the south, there are i think voting rights cases that we can bring even under the voting rights act that was harmed by the shelby county decision, there are voting rights cases that we can bring in we are considering bringing litigation in at least three states, three southern states. i do not think we are in a position to share but we will have that soon. >> i wonder if you can comment on your thoughts about the controversy surrounding the department know when it comes to the fisa process. in

i would like to turn the mic to a reporter for the los angeles times, who has done a ton of coverageork and health care. as i said to him earlier, he's a colleague of many well-known people. sort of the best and most comprehensive overview of how we got into this terrible place. thank you for being with us. >> thank you governor baker. thek you very much for participation today. i had some trepidation about accepting the job of moderating this discussion. i have 26-year-old daughter's and they would tell you i do a terrible job of listening to their input. hopefully you won't call me a dummy if i don't let you voice your opinion. as the title of today's discussion indicates, the focus really here is on specifics, and on specific strategies, lessons learned. i know many of you are doing amazing things to take on the many challenges that are inherent in this public health crisis. i have a few questions to get us started. i'm sure there will be many comments from you. , from a housey keeping perspective, i will make a plea that our time is limited. please try to keep your comments pleas

now the los angeles times reports rick gates will take a plea deal, though nbc has yet to confirm thatjoining us tonight, to get smart, republican strategist and political analyst rick tyler. staff writer for the atlantic julia. ken dilanian and political reporter for "the new york times," ken vogel. thank you all for joining us on what has been really an off the wall news weekend quite frankly. rick tyler, i want to start with you. can you put the president in context here? i mean, this indictment comes out -- [ laughter ] >> you know, there are 13 -- >> sure. >> please. but in seriousness, this is an indictment that outlines a foreign power attempting to fundamentally change what is the most important central tenet of our system of government, and the president is focused instead on his own political campaign. >> yeah, he's doing two things at once. one, by saying there's no collusion, which this indictment doesn't prove there's collusion or no collusion. what he's doing is validating the investigation because if he's hanging his hat on there's no collusion, he means he believes this

the los angeles times reports a revised plea deal will be presented in federal court. robert mueller is heading the prosecutions of gates and manafort as part of his investigation to the russian meddling in the 2016 election. the newspaper reports gate it is expect a lighter sentence if he fully cooperates with the investigation. >>> meantime, president trump was active on twitter over the weekend taking aim at former president obama. after the mueller indictment revealed russian election infiltration began during president obama's second term. the actions alleged in this indictment began in 2014. the white house and the president are arguing that the dates prove the trump campaign did not cloud with russia. and that the obama administration deserves most of the blame for russian meddling because they failed to act in 2014. >> i thought the obama administration should have done more indeed when we discovered and could a tribute to the conduct of russia. >> as for the recent indictment in great detail it accuses 13 russian citizens and 3 russian companies of trying to i

the los angeles times reports that a revised plea deal will be presented in federal court within the next few days. special counsel robert mueller is heading the prosecution as part of his investigation into russian meddling in the election.>>> now, to florida. three more victims from last week's mass shooting were laid to rest today. 17 people were killed at the school in parkland, florida after a teenage gunman stormed the school and began shooting. andre senior has more. >> reporter: among the three people who were laid to rest today, scott beigel. he is the stoneman douglas high school teacher you heard so much about, using his last few moments to save the lives of students. during his memorial, his fiancie dropped a stunning and sober revelation that highlights how normal school shootings have become.>> in parkland on sunday, sheriff's deputies escort the hearse carrying the body of stoneman douglas high school victim jamie guttenberg. >> [ crying ] it is really hard.>> reporter: the other 14- year-old victim laid to rest, alex shatner, a member of the school's marching band. bo

and wrapping up i look at some of the books from the los angeles times nonfiction bestseller list isthe dangerous case of critical look at the mental health of the president. many of these authors have appeared on book tv. you can and it when we were where the gods of the sky because what was important and so the way that was through those aspects of and most the moon is often seen as sun is most definitely a sky is a male kitty. when we transition our focus went from the sky to the earth as opposed to the sky is life. we that way in a way. but then something very interesting happened. which is organized was in constant movement. but when we stopped moving and we settled down and we began to and a place the gods and here is the thing about temples is that the second someone who is in charge of idea of the humanity and god fell to men with the ways that you head of goddesses who were extra nearly powerful when a patriarchal thing that the goddess is a woman and so it requires the other gods those are is the organized it becomes ten or that can really go back to the very first civiliza

. >>> and the "los angeles times" says there's a renewed interest in the death of natalie wood. robert wagner is a person of interest. he and christopher wokalken on board. two witnesses claim they saw a fight. >> saw figures in the back of the "splendor," a male and a female, whose voices they recognized as being robert wagner and natalie wood. >> wagner has long said wood's death was an accident. >>> the he's considered a top contender to replace orrin hatch. romney has been a vocal critic of president trump. he offers visitor as forum to sign up and join, quote, team mitt. >>> "billboard" are calling for academy president kneel poneil resign. he said on sunday during the grammys women need to step up in order to be recognized. there was a posted letter called port part of the problem. there's also an online petition seeking port's resignation. it's received more than 13,000 supporters. >>> and the canadian broadcast casting company says they signed a letter to make their "national anthem" equal gender. it must now be approved by canada's governor general before becoming law.

breaking news out of the los angeles times. rick gates, former top aide to donald trump's presidential campaign will accept a plea deal, pleading guilty to fraud charges. and has said he is willing to testify against his former boss, paul manafort. just to emphasize, that is again being reported by the "l.a. times" this afternoon. let's bring in the panel. first off, paul butler. former federal prosecutor even professor at georgetown school of law. former fbi double agent and author of the book "how to catch a russian spy." natasha bertran covering national security and intelligence. curt bridle, from "the huffington post." curt, let me stt with you. the "l.a. times" is reporting that rick gates intendtolead guilty. also according to the "l.a. times" to cooperate with the prosecution and testify against paul manafort. when you're at special counsel build tag case, what's your reaction to the news? >> all about paul manafort and about what he knows. apparently he is not cooperative with special counsel. he is exercising his cons

biotech billionaire patrick soon-shiong is reportedly near a deal to buys the "los angeles times." deal is worth $530 million. he'll also buy "the san diego union tribune." the "times" has suffered through cutbacks and leadership changes. >>> apple is considering offering refunds to customers who replaced their iphone batteries. since late december apple has been replacing batteries for 29 bucks. it was part of its apology for secretly slowing down its i phones. >>> and macy's is launching a women's clothing line aimed at muslim shoppers. macy's is the first major u.s. department store to sell hijabs. it plans to sell cardigans, hijabs, and dresses. it plans to sell the modest yet stylish dresses. the clothing line will launching on macy's website on february 15th. anne-marie. >> that's pretty cool. i just checked out macy's website. there's a nike hijab with a swoosh on the side specifically for working out. >> that's amazing. >> i know. >> i love that. >> it's neat. diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thanks so much, diane. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, high times for

a publisher said it was selling the los angeles times and other assets to a billionaire investor who is also the ceo. nant hetrth. k says the deal will allow it to finally and fully pay down debt, imprite its cash pn and expand digital offerings. secondly, they cleared ross levenson ofrongdoing following an investigation into his connect involving sexual harass ant allegationsinst him. levenson will become the head of tronk's newly created digital division. tronk shares up 19% to $21.55. >>> despite cutting back on promotions michael kors said sales picked up momentum during the holidays and the latest results showed just that. earnings were well ahead of estimates and the handbag and shoemaker now are expecting full year profits td exc expectations. shares rose 1% to 66. $1 snum humana reported profits better than expected as higher premiums in the medicare business helped results. the company quicked its quartly dividend to 50 cents a hair and gave guidance that was ahead o estimates. shares off 1.5% to 64.90. hasbro said weaker sales for toys based on the movies frozen and star wa

. -- is reportedly selling the los angeles times. the billionaire -- the l.a.es is one of california's leading news outlets and estimated to account for 30% to 40% of the revenue. tough times for the american newspaper. rochelle: thank you very much for our business roundup. time for our press review. ♪ what ise for a look at making news around the world. i am joined by --. good to have you. starting with this political crisis in the northeast. >> it's a political crisis. you might say there's trouble in paradise. with thes started supreme court ruling to free all political prisoners. that was overturned by the president, who moved to shut down parliament and arrested a key judge and political figure and the clarida state of emergency. what's interesting today is it is sort of being played out as a proxy in the geopolitical war between india and china. the opposition has called on china to intervene in the situation and they say the president may be acting under the influence of china. even more interesting is the island is crucial to china, which has a free tr

that's according to the los angeles times. as of yesterday, 19,141 students applied for aid under the california dream act which provides state based financial aid to some undocumented students. nearly 17,000 fewer students have applied compared to last year. the application deadline is march 2. >>> don't look now but it's nearly brush fire season. and experts say it could be a bad one. >> everything changes really quickly. >> the battle to make sure that wildfire season isn't too wild. >>> mild ore today, but we are in for some changes, i'll have your valentine's day forecast coming up. >>> and the benefits of marriage, things you might not have thought of when you decided to tie the north. >>> and the ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, michaela deprince could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while performing a grand jetÉ between two grand pianos. she could... in a commercial. in real life she uses it to pay her sister, from her couch, for that sweater she stained. what sweater? (phone buzzes) life, lived michaela's way.

he's interviewed by los angeles time supreme court correspondent david savage. "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guest host interviewing a top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> host: christopher scalia, your father antonin scalia was one of the most powerful writers of the supreme court opinion and he wrote a lot of defense with real zingers, great for people like me quoting him but this is not a book about court opinions but a book about speeches so why speeches? you well, yeah, and he said his court opinions are memorable and i'm often told by law students and reporters that they went to his opinions first for that reason because they were so crisply written and evocative and powerful.

another of president don't transform a campaign aides plans to currently changes please the los angeles times is reporting that richard gates who pleaded not guilty to charges of toba is actually expected to change his plea here is patty culhane in washington d.c. with the latest on this one patty how credible is this report to be thing. i think it's probably pretty credible no unlikely anything's going to happen today it's a federal holiday president's day uniquely in the united states so probably no court action today but we sort of saw the signs that this could be coming down the pike a couple of weeks ago that has some of his high powered lawyers said that they were quitting this case the reason why was under seal of course that led everyone to speculate that he of course had flipped it was going to make a deal so los angeles times a very reputable paper so they're saying in the next couple of days he's going to make a plea they're saying that he could serve as much as eighteen months in prison so that's still a sizable sentence but if you look at exactly who rick gates is and why this ma

. >>> the "los angeles times" says officers confiscated meth burritos during a routine traffic stop. police say they discovered 14 packages wrapped in foil to look like burritos, but they contained methamphetamine. and they also found a handgun and cash and the driver was arrested. >>> "usa today" says 87-year-old pat robertson is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a stroke. the christian broadcasting network said robertson was rushed to a stroke center on friday after a family member recognized the symptoms. the network said within minutes of receiving clot-busting drugs, he was awake and responsive. >>> and npr looks at a study on why schools fail to teach history on slavery. they say they need to stop avoiding to teach about slavery. a study of high school seniors found they know little about slavery origins. slavery is the only reason south seceded from the union. >>> still ahead, super bowl glitch. why millions of viewers yesterday saw the broadcast briefly go dark. >>> here's look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" w

ashley banks looks at gun manufacturer earnings and the toughest week reports on the iconic los angeles times and it's due on or plus we have the second part of my interview with indian minister katie rem a row and what he has to say about renewable energy for the future but first let's get to some have. kentucky fried chicken has close to five hundred fifty of their nine hundred restaurants in the united kingdom due to what the company called operator issues which has to do with actually getting the chicken and other menu items to the stores via the delivery company d.h.l. k.f.c. in the contract to do business with the h l only a week ago but the incomplete or delayed deliveries has become one of the worst logistical failures in recent memory the owner of k.f.c. yum brands can reconfigured the u.k. supply chain last november and is now using three delivery services including a bid that's quick service logistics and d.h.l. d.h.l. actually boasted that their engagement would quote rewrite the rule book and set a new benchmark. for delivering fresh products to k.f.c. in a sustainable way talk a

headed to texas for the san antonio book festival and will be live once s once again at the "los angeles times" festival of books. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to politics and prose and thank you for coming out on this rather chilly evening. i am th the co-owner along withy wife. on behalf of the entire staff, i would like to thank you for coming. we are delighted to have roxanne dunbar with us who has led a life devoted to social justice activism starting in the 1960s when she belonged to an armed underground group through to her efforts for the women's liberation and over several decades now the advocacy for the rights and recognition. along the way, roxanne taught at california state university and has written or edited a number of books including several on native americans and other indigenous people and a couple of memoirs. earlier this week the foundation awarded the freedom prize lifetime achievement. [applause] roxanne's latest work examines the culture in the united states and looks at what is described as the racist roots. the conventional view of the amendment

earlier, i spoke to anh do, a reporter who covers asian—american issues for the los angeles times.e will say both. the kids get a portion because it is their gift and the parents, who provide all the other necessities during the year, want to have something else. you know, to save. you are vietnamese, ahn, and during yourtime when you were a kid and when you are still a single adult, how much did you receive in terms of lucky money in a red packet? several hundred dollars every season, especially when it is a time for big family reunions. you have all of your relatives and cousins and you can get $300, $500. so that is a lot of money to get all at once, especially if you are ten years old or eight or 11. so, at which age do you think that all of this money should be transferred to the child? what i see in a lot of families is when they get to the college years, they keep the whole loot. the whole loot? so, right now, i have three red packages with me, just taking a look inside, i don't think it adds up to $500. maybe you could give us some explanation, why did tradition of red pack

am joined by a reporterfor the los tell us more about this, i am joined by a reporter for the los angeles timess us now. thank you so much tojoining us on newsday. in your view, who should be holding the money? should it be the kids or their parents? i think a lot of people will say both. the kids get a portion because it is their gift and the parents, who provide all the other necessities during the year, wa nt to other necessities during the year, want to have something else. you are vietnamese and during your time when you were a kid and when you are still a single adult, how much did you receive in terms of lucky money ina red you receive in terms of lucky money in a red packet? several100 you receive in terms of lucky money in a red packet? several 100 dollars every season, in a red packet? several 100 dollars every season, especially when it is a time for big family reunions. you have all of your relatives and cousins and you can get 300, $500. that is what the money to get all at once, especially if you are ten yea rs old once, especially if you are ten years old or eight or 11. so at wh

the "los angeles times" summarizing these new details and just another ho-hum day in his presidency.ing alexi and julia. julia, is there something different with karen mcdougal's story that could change the ho-hum nature of these allegations against president trump? >> well, i think that karen mcdougal essentially came out and gave quite a bit of details about the alleged affair. but it's interesting, because it will be interesting to see how the evangelical and conservative right responds to this. they've stood by president trump in the face of a lot of these allegations. they keep piling up. >> alexi, republicans, are they willing to look the other way, because despite the access hollywood tape and previous allegations president trump still won the election. so what's their argument going to be during the midterms when they're faced with questions of moral responsibility and the me too movement? >> i think the me too movement is significant in this time. but as you mentioned, trump won the presidency despite being accused by dozens of women of sexual assault and harassment, after t

it will will be live once again at the los angeles time festival of books. some authors recently featured. black lives matter cofounder discussed her lives a birth and growth of the movement. it is damaging democracy. they reported on that grassroots populist movements in the u.s. in the coming weeks on afterwards former u.s. well look at improving workplaces through gender equality. and they have the thoughts on person ship. i will accept the view. maybe i will move left. politics was supposed to be able to find through some of those extended discussions. it wasn't supposed to be about one party winning on their own. the times as you know maybe 1933 and 34. sixty-four and 65. but even lbj reached out to republicans. when mitch mcconnell it will probably come back to him a couple times. started doing healthcare in trying to get 50 of his my reaction was that should work in the could it work. you are supposed to be looking for some people on the other side to get 65 or 70 votes. of course he would say none of them would vote against trump et cetera. this noti

investigation into russian interference in a twenty sixteen presidential election according to a los angeles times chomps former deputy campaign manager richard gates who pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud in october is expected to change his plea gates would become the third leading aide to plead guilty. still ahead on the program. thousands of people turned out to pay their respects to zimbabwe's deceased opposition leader morgan tsvangirai. threats bullying and intimidation and the latest scandal surrounding the british charity john oxfam. and i that we've got plenty of clown swirling around in the middle east of the moment here it is on the satellite picture around through parts of iraq and moving across into iran now the wettest weather out of that system as we had to choose day is going to be in the east so there's likely to be substantial were parts of afghanistan probably rain forest in kabul and also some wet weather fatah as well i must say for now in the dryer weather bot that will change and as we head into wednesday we'll see that weather system work its way across us is likely to

and then the los angeles times. usa today. >> how much will the focus be on the red states in the deep south? how much does the alabama wood play in that in the message that you will deliver to people in particular on this issue. >> yeah, it's interesting you say ththat. it is one of the areas in which we will give particular focus. we have listed our targets and watch lists. a variety of techniques that we can use. among these i did not mention perhaps was the use of the voting rights act. to come up with ways in which we make districts more fair or make representation more fair. and in the south, there are i think voting rights cases that we can bring. even under the voting rights act that was harmed by the shelby county decision. there are voting rights cases that we can bring anywhere considering bringing litigation in at least three states. [inaudible] >> i do not think we are in a position to show that we will have something pretty soon. >> fox. >> i wonder if you can comment on your thoughts about the controv

investigation into russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election according to the los angeles times drums former deputy campaign manager richard gates who pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud in october is expected to change his plea gates would become the third leading trump to plead guilty. oxfam has apologized to haiti's government over allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its staff during a mission its former director for haiti has admitted to using prostitutes during rebuilding efforts after the twenty ten earthquake the charity's also released an internal report revealing three of its workers threatened witnesses during an investigation into the sexual misconduct oxfam published the report after being criticised for a lack of transparency over those allegations will barnaby phillips reports from outside the haitian embassy in london. the report has been presented to the haitian embassy here in london and to the haitian government with apologies from oxfam for what it says are its mistakes it's a revealing insight into a pretty dysfunctional operation of oxfam's in hai

los angeles. the los angeles times reporting this weird babble of tongues. a new sect of fanatics was breaking loose. wild scene last night, a gurgle of words talked by a sister. what is this reporter -- this bewildered reporter, talking about? pentecostal leaders had been traveling the country for a few years at this point when an african-american hotel waiter, a guy named william seymour, picked up this message of the radical power of the holy spirit to work in you and through you. he had gotten this from a revivalist he heard teaching in houston and he traveled to los angeles and brought it with him. now, he probably would not have been most people's pick for most likely evangelist to ignite a worldwide revival although that is what he would come to do. he was a son of former slaves. he was born in louisiana in pretty impoverished circumstances. he was raised as a roman catholic. as a young man, he had fallen in with the holiness movement and he felt called to preach. and like many early pentecostal evangelists, it was a near death experience that did it.