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when he was a hedge fund manager at a hedge fund known as msnb capital and then at a company he foundedalled retrophin. he's being accused of seven counts of securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy and wire frayed conspiracy. the department of justice saying he defrauded his hedge fund investors and misappropriated more than $11 million from retrophin which has since distanced itself from him, saying "he's using it as his personal piggy bank." has from the department of justice. he's facing a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and the fbi investigation is continuing. >> it was a big amount of bail. $5 million xwobond there. what does this mean if anything, meg, for the drug turing makes, the one the price was raised on so precipitously? >> reporter: it's an interesting question, tyler. he is out on $5 million bail now. his travel is restricted to this area in new york, but he's not allowed to talk to any current or former employees of retrophin or msnb unless they happen to work at turing. so it does appear at least that he will continue to run turing and efg he said so far is

print press in the lincoln era -- is the all news stations of 2022 fox on one end of the spectrum msnbother even though they don'tit admit their partisan thy show they're partisan and you know, probably so. they do it. so that's the analog in the lincoln era, i would say every small town up had two newspapers. i heard were you the journal register so he was -- he worked for the democratic newspaper. in lincoln's day and hometown the register was the democratic paper. the state journal was the republican paper. in st. louis the republican was the democratic paper. and the democrat was the republican paper that's a relic of the era, "new york times" was the not only the republican paper from 1851 on it was the closest to into the lincoln administration. the new york tribune was a republican paper but kind of off of lincoln's beat on occasion. quick and material. so the difference is -- from today's precinct papers which allege to be nonpartisan is that the precinct press was openly partisan every small medium and large had at least and i'm leaving out the whig era democrat and republican

much patience will it take to wait for the da when the trump lawyer who' defending donald trump on msnb tonight will be the trum lawyer who is accusing donal trump of something criminal in the future thereby, suggest subjectin tonight trump lawyer to bein attacked by the next trump lawyer, and will the cycle g on for the rest of donal trump's life the cycle of trump lawye defends trump vehemently on tv followed by trump loyal turn against trump, followed by tha trump lawyer is attacked by new trump lawyer, who then eventually turns against trump and so on and so on and so the astonishing thing, about the trump lawyer tonight o msnbc attacking the former trump lawyer, is that now, bot of those lawyers have publicly defended donald trump in the stormy daniels case. here is michael cohen, vehemently defending donal trump against the accusation that donald trump had a very brief sexual encounter wit stormy daniels, which then became the subject of $130,000 in hush money payment from donald trump to stormy deals here is michael cohen' statement about that neither the trump organization nor t

(cheers and applause) (laughter) so if fox was high, msnbc must be msnb-sad. >> to say i'm shocked and stunned is pretty much an understatement. >> jon: shocked and stund is an understatement. no, it feels tonight more like my heart was (bleep)ed by the devil. (laughter) no, wait, that's an overstatement. (laughter) to want i feel between... somewhere between shocked, stunned and devil heart (bleep)ed. (laughter) this is ed schultes. indeed, msnbc passed through all the stages of grief last night. stage one, denial. >> you know, nbc is calling it for walker, okay, i think it's awful close and there's a lot of absentee ballots yet that are still out. >> jon: yeah, no. (laughter) stage two, denial. >> this will not be a massive win for scott walker. >> jon: yeah. (laughter) finally stage three just really massive amounts of industrial-grade denial. >> tonight the really big winner the wisconsin recall election is president obama. (laughter) >> jon: just like obama drew it up on the chalk board, hey, guys, i gotten a idea. what if we should figure out a way to have the core of what we bel

this is fir"first look" on msnb. >>> we begin this morning with decision day. the pressure is on for washington lawmakers to get a budget deal done before tonight's midnight deadline that will shut down the federal government. despite government calls for fiscal responsibility after days of failed negotiations, some of the main sticking points remain, the party stances on planned parenthood and the environment. for the very latest, let's go to tracie potts. good morning. >> reporter: paige, good morning. good morning, veveryone. no more extensions. that's the word from the white house today. president obama says he's not wildly optimistic that lawmakers can strike a budget deal and avoid a government shutdown tonight. after a second night of failed negotiations, president obama made it clear. >> i expect an answer in the morning. >> reporter: just hours from now, he will have to notify federal workers to stay home monday. the hangup, we're told, are republican demands. >> thank you so much for being here. >> reporter: to limit abortions, cut funding for public

bill, let'shear your msnb the plae for politics. >> i don't really ve that -- unless i have a cod, i don't really have thateep voice. >> you don't really sound like ted williams. >> he has a graed great voice. >>> this comes to us from wluv t6 in marquette, michigan. one hh school udent's determination has ma his an inspiration. codyas been wheelcir bound since he was 5, but his disabity doesn't stand in his way from playing high school football. heis not only an set tthe tea but an inspiration to his community. now inspiring the nation, he is the only player from michigan's upper peninsula nominated for a national athletic award. i love stories like that. we report bad news all the time, it's so nice to hear some good news. >>vercoming obstacles. t makes me not wanto colain. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz and this is "early today," justyour first stop of the day tay on your nbc station. d.a. our time right n is 4:28, 35 degrees here in the naon's capital. a live lk over the whington scene right now. we'r scanning the sky for snow. is falling in some areas. we're going to take a liveook

on msnb. >>> here's a look at some of the stories also in the news today. >>> producers and crew on the film set of "transformers 3" got some unscripted action when the bumblebee got side swiped by a real police vehicle. some thought it was a scene from the movie. the wreck temporary halted production, but shooting will continue all week. >>> a florida woman is going to get some help from a problem that's been buzzing over her. a company that specializes in africanized bee also remove a huge beehive 30 feet high in her tree, after several others said they couldn't help. even the city refused because it was on private property. until it's down, she warns neighbors to stay inside. >>> the largest pumpkins are still rolling in. at a competition in california a gorgeous gourd tipped the scales at 1,435 pounds. this is the first time in 11 years that a home-grown pumpkin has taken the title. the winner's secret, you wonder? pumpkin seeds donated by a previous win perpendicular. >>> back in florida, ten little crocodiles cracked through their eggs one after another after another. they may be

stern time, "andrea mitchell reports right here on msnb >>> the cros gathered on the west lawn of the.spitol for the annual capitol fourth ncert. d.c. cros re treated to performaes from arena franklin and barry manilow. 1 milln spectators in new york city and new jersey linin up on both sides of the hudson river to watch the macy's fireworks spectacular. wi more than 22 tons ofyro chniques themacy'sisplay is e country's largest. >>> a barge used in the macy's fireworks dispy caught fire. rescue cruise extinguied the flames. the use is under investigation. >>> president obama parts for russia ts evening and when we fz he could be in for a re reserved greeting. mick viqueira joins us live washington. the president wants to reset relations with russia. how does he intend to do that? >> reporter:here are problems that theresident has to ercome. firs there's a mind-set this administration and the president lieve is on the part of the russians who, think th because america might be strng that russ necessarily has to be weak and vice versa anded al adversarl relationsp they'll try ercome. the

i'm glad you are up with us watching on msnb or listening to us on xm radio. shoot us an e-mail or treat me @williegeist 1. or do what justin verlander will be doing tonight text the word awake by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes is your cram session for this monday, october 3rd. a lot going on today including john mccain's warning to chris christie about getting into the presidential race. plus 92-year-old andy rooney says good-bye to the "60 minutes" audience. and he goes out with one final sentiment to his viewers. leave me alone. cranky to the end, andy. we'll show you that clip later. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. >>> the state department is issuing a worldwide travel alert for possible anti-american attacks after friday's deadly drone strike in al qaeda linked terrorists in yemen. significant blow to the terrorist organization. the attack killed anwar al awlaki, the u.s.-born chief of external operations for al qaeda's yemen branch. he had been tied to the deadly

pictures on nbc "nightly news" and here on msnb last night as he wroed along with the last combat brigade. richard, terrific reporting. >> thank you very much. and i'm glad we gave time to really experience this moment, which has been so important for american families, for the troops themselves. we are here in kuwait, those strikers behind me were among those last strikers that crossed from iraq and are now here in kuwait. the soldiers themselves are just waiting to go home. they know they took part in something historic and they feel that they have achieved a great deal and are proud of what they have done. on a windless morning, already near 100 degrees before sunrise, the 30-ton strikers cross into kuwait. 440 soldiers in 68 stryker the last american combat troops leave iraq. >> good job, guys. good job. good job. >> reporter: just two american soldiers greet them as they cross the border an understated arrival. although the soldiers have been driving all night, some cheer. >> we're going home! >> reporter: or light cigars. we accompanied the strikers out of iraq, code name the last p

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want to go straight out now to msnb miguel, he's live in anchorage. miguel, good morning. >> thomas, good morning. with survivors brought to local hospitals, the shift of the investigation is now focused on how and why that plane went down. investigators tell us it could take days, if not weeks, though, for them to reach the crash site because it is so remote and so very isolated. shrouded in fog, we are seeing the 1957 otter plane that carried all nine people aboard for the first time, although it slam under to the ground with tremendous force, the plane remains mostly in tact. as you know, five passengers including former senator ted stevens are among the dead and close friend sean o'keefe and his teenage son. the wreckage was first spotted late monday, some three plus hours after it took off bound for a fishing expedition. the amphibious ape went down south of dillingham. a group of responders responded but because of bad weather they had to wait 12 hours overnight for survivors to arrive the next morning. we spoke to am of those rescuers just a sh

noon eastern stay right here, alex witt reports begins right now thanks again >> a very good day from msnbx wit reports. developing this, our the battl over abortion pills heading fo a dramatic showdown in the supreme court. i court breaking restriction on the drug mifepristone, bu having access to at leas wednesday as it reviews courts ruling. other, today democrati congressman barboli told msnbc what is at stake >> these decisions place government

this is fir"first look" on msnb. stay tuned.early" starts right now. >>> newt gingrich is a man on fire. double digits in iowa and showing leads of more than 20 points in south carolina and florida. will the lu romney crisis shadow cut into those numbers in the early conservative states? house republicans strike back on the payroll tax cut saying they will vote for it if the president includes the pipeline in the bill. the question is, what is president obama's answer to that offer? we'll tell you. >>> and just think, republicans. you could have had moments like this on the national stage if new jersey's governor would have responded to your love

kicking us off tonight, msnb contributor miss summary she is greystone's professor o law and back - leadership network at nyu. melissa, what would it loo like for the supreme court t take the abortion pill cases and how soon can that happen >> i think this is on a fast rocket to the supreme court. there is no way this doesn't g to the supreme court eventually right now, the judge's rulin is going to appeal to the fift circuit. it's a famously conservative court but that court doesn't have to do anything. judge casts a mare issued seven-day stay seven days before his stat goes into effect the fifth circuit set on thi for seven days and that woul really put this in the questio of whether goes to the supreme court. i think the fda would have t seek approval at the supreme court. they could ask which - has happened before. get the supreme court to tak this up to resolve the conflic between the washington injunction and this texa decision again issued by a single judge in texas, but a nationwide decision that would basically imperil all of mifepristone accessibility across the country >> the compos

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joining me now, former federal prosecutor paul butler, msnb legal analysts and georgetow law professor new at the new yorker.com. paul, i will start with you. what do you make of trump bein so comparatively talkative during's latest deposition wit the new york a.g.? >> alicia, in civil cases, i the amendment pleads the fifth the jury can make an inference that he is something to hide and that could hurt trump a bi time in the new york attorne general civil case remember, she is going after him for $250 million in damage for the judge to basically run trump's business out of th state, if you found liable but the problem for trump is that taking the fifth woul have offered him som protection in his criminal case, but let's t-shirt james -- the testimony with the distric attorney alicia, with t-shirt james, sh keeps beating trump by out strategizing him >> something that strikes me about all of this, david rohde this is like one case of man that we're talking about >> yes >> given the, i want to pull u to headlines they're both on the politica rampage at the same time i did the fact that

this is fir"first look" on msnb. today we begin with a major gop victory. at a time when president obama can least afford it, republicans have scored an upset in a house race being called a referendum on the president's handling of the economy. last night retired media executive and political newcomer, bob turner, narrowly defeated david weprin, according to the associated press. democrats outnumber republicans three to one in new york's ninth congressional district, which hasn't sent a republican to congress in nearly 90 years. turner replaces congressman anthony weiner, a seven-term democrat who resigned in the wake of a sexting scandal in june. in nevada, former republican state senator mark amodei coasted to a victory in a district that's never elected a democrat. >>> meanwhile, as lawmakers on capitol hill spar over how to pay for president obama's american jobs act, the president is on the road working hard to sell his plan to the american people. tracie potts joins us more from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. while the president'

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glad you are watching us on msnb or listening live on xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me at williegoeiswilliegeist1 or d k. does and text your response to 622639. a lot to get to today, including a bloody week in syria, as the world considers what to do with the assad regime. and hillary clinton decides what to do about a streaker who photo bombed her shot. the reaction is priceless. >>> live at 30 rock in new york city, the center of the occupy wall street movement looks different this morning. new york city clamped down on months of live-in protests in manhattan sending police early in yesterday morning to tear down tents and temporarily evict the protesters while the park was cleaned. now a judge is siding with mayor michael bloomberg who argued camping in the park was not protected by the first amendment right to fee speech, still the court decision did not deter demonstrators. here is the latest from zuccotti park. >> reporter: the protesters remain here at zuccotti park. some are standing up, others are sitting down, a few laying down

kicking us off tonight, msnb contributor mick bliss murray. she is a - of law and faculty director -- at nyu melissa, what would it loo like for the supreme court t take up the abortion cases and how soon could that happen >> well, alicia, i think thi is on a staff rocker to th supreme court. i think there's no way thi couldn't go to the supreme court eventually right now, judge kacsmaryk's ruling it has been an appeal t the fifth circuit. it is a famously conservativ court. but that court doesn't actuall have to do anything. judge has merrick issued a seven-day stay, so it is seven days before his state actually goes into effect the circuit just sit on this for seven days, and that would really put this in the questio of whether it goes to th supreme court. i think the fda would have t seek approval at the supreme court. they could ask for - which this happened before basically get the supreme cour to take this up to resolve a conflict between the washingto injunction and this toxic' decision again issued by a single judge in texas. but natio

. >>> we want to turn to an msnb contributor but he also happened to be at that brussels airport at the time of this attack. steve, good morning. we spoke to you earlier. wae know you're doing wellica y physically and let us just ask what you saw, what you heard. >> i mean, basically, i was at the airport to get back to washington. i've come up from the train. i left the brussels train station this morning on to the airport. and was there literally minutes, minutes or within a minute or so after the blast. saw the smoke and saw some of the chaos but i wasn't able to get any closer than i had. i'm actually sitting next to gentlemen on the train. yeah, that's mine. sorry. and, yeah, and i'm right now there is a lot of tension on the train that i'm on my bag was right here. there's tension everywhere. i saw a lot of chaos this morning and went back to brussels north station and at that point we began to hear about the subway station. so, things tensed up. security got very tight and i was able to get what seems to have been and i was told by the conductor the last train out of belgium. >>

this is fir"first look" on msnb. today, we begin with fear over the economy. a slew of recent reports have renewed concerns on both wall street and main street over the state of the u.s. recovery. today, the nation awaits what could be a crucial monthly jobs report from the government. all this as the country's stellar credit rating may be in jeopardy. tracie potts joins us from washington with more on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: hi there, lynn. good morning, everyone. economists are predicting 100,000 jobs created last month. that's less than half the growth we saw from the month before. it raises the question is this temporary or is this the beginning of weakening of this recovery? home sales are down. manufacturing is sluggish. consumer spending is weak. car sales are down. president obama will be visiting a chrysler plant today in ohio and then summer is coming with thousands of pink slips for teachers. here in washington, critics, mainly republicans, say the increases in food prices and energy prices are making it much worse for americans. but

bush and msnb analyst and a former progressive media for the clinton campaign. welcome to all of you. selena, was this a hot mic moment or do you think this was an intentional play by schumer? >> i doubt it was an intentional play. i doubt he wants the president to change his relationship with the democrats because he feels upsaid that his base is now burning hats and learning that, you know, he likes the camera and gets along with cluck and nancy. but i think it's important to look at the facts that and understand that working together across the aisle is what our government is about. so i think it's important, particularly on an issue like daca, when we are talking about human beings who don't have the right paperwork that they should not be ripped apart from their family members and september back to a country they don't know. so i think democrats are serious about governing. i think donald trump has shown that on this issue, he can treat come and reach common ground on an issue that's important. >> that is a good thing. >> well, look, let's face it the most

i'm glad you are up watching us on msnb or listening to us life on sirius radio. text the word awake by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes is your cram session for this friday, november 5th. a lot going on today including new jersey governor chris christy talking about his 2012 presidential prospects in suicidal terms. plus president obama is knocked from his perch as the most powerful man in the world. we'll tell you who slid the leader of the free world into second place. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> world markets are climbing higher again this morning after u.s. stocks surged to their highest levels in two years on the federal reserve's decision to buy more government securities to stimulate the economy. the dow jumped 219 points yesterday reaching levels not seen since september of 2008, just before the collapse of lehman brothers. just under three hours the government also expected to report u.s. employers added jobs last month, but at such a slu

the legal issues that have dominated 2022, we have glenn kershaw, a former federal prosecutor, and msnbal analyst. and kimberly atkins store, a columnist for the boston globe and coast of the sisters in la podcast. and greetings to you both. okay, i want to start firs reminding everyone of the four biggest criminal investigation into donald trump, as we close out the year we mentioned the mar-a-lag case, right? there's also the justice department's january 6th investigation, that is looking into whether donald trump no only incited insurrection, but also possibly committe election fraud, or fraudulentl raised fronts in the run up to january six. then you have that georgia election investigation int whether trump wrote a la trying to overturn his 202 election loss in that state. remember, that - you remember that was called also can't forget about ne york's vegetation into the trump organization new york attorney general, letitia james, has spent the better part of three years looking into whether trump o his organization committed financial crimes kimberly, that is a lot. what do you ma

only on msnb, the place fmsnb. >>> on capitol hill last night, senate lawmakers watched a bill aimed at lowering prices at the pump by doing away in billions of dollars of tax breaks for the nation's five largest oil companies. three democrats joined all by two senate republicans to vote against bringing the repeal up for debate in a test vote that came up eight yeas shy of a total 60 needed to advance. republicans said the legislation would raise gas prices and increase dependent on foreign oil. while opponents believe oil companies believe it is wrong to subsidize gas companies when they are making record profits. >>> meanwhile, there are small but significant steps towards normalcy for long suffering residents of the flooded mississippi region. after shutting down a 15-mile stretch of the swollen river in natchez, mississippi, yesterday, the coast guard is now allowing vessels to pass through slowly, one at a time. traffic is being limited in an effort to minimize strain on the river's already stressed levees. >>> now here's your "first look" at other news making news today. a gay

david rohde is executive edito and new yorker.com, and a msnb contributor, he's also the author in deepthe fbi, the cia and the truth about americ deep state quote, the institutions of our democracy and law are unde vicious, on sustainable and on endurable attack and a quote that is the warning from judge michael looting, former judg on the u.s. court of appea he joins me next t safelite. we'll replace your windshield, and recalibrate your advanced safety system. so automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning work properly. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ no, no, no, no, no, no, no. there's a problem with my paycheck. it's short. someone messed it up? i'm in the middle of nowhere. ♪ unnecessary action hero ♪ was that necessary? nope. neither are paycheck problems. with paycom, employees do their own payroll. no problems, no surprises. [narrator] schedule a demo at paycom.com and make the unnecessary, unnecessary. next on behind the series... that run with the champ was magical. i mean the tender chicken, the peppercorn ranch... i love my rings but i'll cher

charlotte's mayor spoke to msnb msnbc. >> i have seen video and met with the family, the family has seen the video also, it is ambiguous. there is not a clear picture. the body camera, of course, moving and the viewer is obscured at certain points. the dash camera is only partial view. i think it is a challenge. i think it is ambiguous. this is one reason why we want to have time for the investigation to continue to gather all the pieces of the puzzle. >> charlotte's police chief said the video did not provide absolute video evidence prior to shutting stop shooting. he wants the video made public. >> what i see in that video is an individual sitting in a car, who gets out in a calm, peaceful manner, he never appears to be aggress off. it seems like he's attached to a news, i don't know if he's yelled at from too many directions. his hands appear to be down. there appears to be an object in his hands, at the moment he is shot. he is actually stepping back waerlds. the family wants the police department to release both of the videos that we saw today and we want the public to see it, let t

. >> i'm veronica de la cruz this is "first look" on msnb. "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. have a great monday. >>> two debates within seven days. the first tomorrow as we come up now on three weeks until election day in a race that is as tight as a drum. the question is, can mitt romney get a winning electoral map if he loses the state of ohio? >>> felix baum ggarner goes to space but comes down on his own power

guest so he will have more flexibility, perhaps as pundit at msnb or referring to a stretch class. is saying if he wins you will see the real obama, the one who isn't as keen on american interest as being the world's most progressive action figure. he is right. the national security is a nonissue once the american public is out of the way. it makes you wonder what else he will give up now that accountability is gone. ultimately how will america take president obama's betrayal? well, to quote george michael, "i should have known better than to cheat a friend. waste a chance that i've been given. so i'm never going to dance again, the way i danced with you." serious -- >> kimberly: boo-hoo. >> eric: for the record, i have never been picked by a hot mike. >> greg: i don't know. i have pictures. dana, this is weird, right? he used a public forum to deliver a message through a puppet. to putin. isn't that -- >> dana: i'm totally baffleed. i don't understand, they had been in a private meeting. if you wanted to deliver some sort of message, he could have done it in private. even when you

>>> this is "first look" on msnbs. "way too early" starts right now. >>> i think we've had good conversations. but ultimately, it's a matter of the house and the senate, both caucuses, getting together and everybody being willing to compromise. we'll see if we can do that. >> president obama shows a little optimism on capitol hill after meeting with both parties. light at the end of the tunnel, perhaps. this is "way too early" about to make a compromise this weekend. compromise our livers, that is. st. patty's day, not far away. glad you're with us on this friday. we have a lot to talk about, including a heated exchange between ted cruz and veteran dianne feinstein, over gun control that was described as patronizing. >>> and a terrible day for jpmorgan, as a senate report accuses ceo jamie dimon of hiding the bank's loss. >>> according to the national journal, the 2016 republican presidential primaries are officially -- unofficially, under way. rising gop stars marco rubio and rand paul kicked things off at the first d

now is kathry christian, the former assistant, former assistant distric attorney in manhattan and msnb legal analyst and a partner at least in abrams and i will pay catherine, thank you for being with us. >> happy to be here. happy easter >> thank you, and you. i'm trying to put some meat on the bones of all of the things that are happening with donald trump. everybody watched hi indictment, his arrest, hi arraignment in new york. and then the next hearing in that case isn't december a some point what happens with that case an everything else i describe between now and the next tim donald trump is scheduled to b in court >> you're right, he is swirlin in legal issues around him civil and criminal on the manhattan case, the nex date is december 4th but in between that, there might be litigation, in fact there will be litigation i know the arrangements, the prosecutors said that they wanted to protect order, under new york state law, the defens is entitled to almos everything that's in the prosecutors file that is the law. this prosecutor said, you know what there is some sense but have