chris collins is a large shareholder of this company.e then went on to possibly tell his son about the failed drug trial. his son also a shareholder told his father-in-law, also a shareholder. all three potentially saved over $760,000 of losses once the announcement was made public that the drug trial failed and the stock dropped. excellent example of insider trading should it be proven accurate. what we hear now is that there's eight charges against representative chris collins. he could be facing examples of wire and security fraud. he's expected to walk up the stairs right behind me. the judge, though, will have to look at the plea agreement which is between chris collins as well as the government. that's sealed at the moment. they will also have to look at probation. the probation department will be looking through his financials, gathering evidence. that could take weeks. then the third part ofhat that the judge has to look at is just sentencing guidelines. is the representative guilty? did he act alone? is he involved in any other

any moment we are expecting the new york republican congressman chris collins to plead guilty in an insider trading case this comes hours after the house made the republican lawmakers resignation official. we are live on scene. details ahead. first the president's lawyer, lawyering up. a cabinet secretary fighting back and the powerful republican lawmaker coming to the defense of the whistle-blower whose complaint is at the center of the whole controversy. along with new word today of when and how lawmakers could hear from that whistle-blower, and it's not on capitol hill. first today the secretary of state mike pompeo says five of his employees will not show up for depositions over the next two weeks with the house democrats because it's, as he put it, not feasible. this is we are learning that pompeii was on that july 25 phone call with the ukrainian president. the call during which president trump asked for an investigation into a political opponent, namely joe biden. our nation's top diplomat ignored reporters questions today. >> mr. secretary, do you have comment on reports that you ar

congressman chris collins resigned from congress today. the congressman part of this story is over.ut we do still have donald trump, the real donald trump on the record with one of his most brazen attacks on the rule of law, attacking the indictment of those two republican members of congress, one of whom has now resigned is reportedly about to plead guilty. it's not the first time donald trump revealed how he feels about how the law should be applied while he's president and for what purpose. it was one of the bluntest and most shocking and it will come to an end tomorrow when congressman collins walks into court and pleads guilty. that's going to do it for us tonight. again, thanks to everybody for being so nice about my new book which comes out in a couple hours. it's caught "blowout." i'll be book touring starting later this week. there is one location on the book tour for which tickets are still available and that's atlanta. if you're within reaching distance of laptop, hope to see you there i'll talk more about what's in the book over the course of this week. i'm so freaking e

chris collins of new york and duncan hunter of california.out in support of donald trump for president on the same day, on february 24th, 2016. they were first. even so, they were not exactly profiles in courage. they signed on for trump only after trump had already won three of the first four primaries and caucuses. still, though, they were the first members of congress. and being first makes you stand out. so does being indicted. chris collins and duncan hunter, the first members of congress to proclaim themselves trump supporters, were both criminally indicted on -- in august 2018, in two unrelated felony schemes. duncan hunter was charged for allegedly using more than a quarter million dollars in campaign funds on his personal expenses. in some cases, very personal expenses. his trial starts next year. congressman collins was indicted for alleged insider trading. he used his position as an early investor in an australian biotech firm to tip off his son and other family members about a failed drug trial in order to help them avoid over thr

in the us, republican new york congressman chris collins resigned from congress amid reports he plansd guilty to charges of insider trading. according to the charges, mr collins gave confidential information about an australian biotechnology firm to his son. he had called the charges meritless and pleaded not guilty, but will reportedly change his plea. a recent report released by cisco, us networking and telecommunications firm, found that more organisations in the asia—pacific ‘s struggle to recover from cyber attacks. almost in the asia—pacific ‘s struggle to recoverfrom cyber attacks. almost a quarter of companies in this region suffered downtime longer than 24—hour is, as opposed to the global percentage of 4%. so why is that? let's bring in our next guest today. stephen is cisco's managing director in cyber security for the asia—pacific. welcome to the programme. first up, explained to us why this region, asia—pacific, is experiencing a longer downtime than most. well, we see a significant number of technology offenders chosen within the organisations in asia—pacific compared to

>> reporter: jake, well chris collins just left the courthouse and jumped into a van.word. this is a man who adamantly denied any wrongdoing for the last year. this morning he became a former congressman, by this afternoon he became a convicted felon pleading guilty to two charges, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and making false statements each carrying a five-year penalty. remember he admitted now to making a call on the white house lawn at the congressional picnic to his son telling him about a failed drug trial which he served on the board of the drug company allowing his son and associate to dump stock, saving money. he's now going to face sentencing for that in january. >> brynn gingras, thank you so much. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to a special edition of "the lead." the white house in crisis. i'm jake tapper. and we begin this hour with breaking news. three top house democrats are accusing secretary of state mike pompeo of intimidating witnesses in an effort to protect himself and president trump. secretary of state pompeo said h

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bryan llenas has the latest for us. >> on tuesday, former new york republican congressman chris collinsesigned and became a felon. he pleaded guilty to insider trading charges after striking a plea deal with prosecutors. moments ago, his 26-year-old son cameron collins pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. the government is now suggesting that he get anywhere between three and four years in prison. prosecutors claim cameron avoided nearly $571,000 in stock losses thanks to an insider tiptee received from his father. his father was on the board of directors. he got to that a drug for multiple sclerosis had failed trials. once the information went public, the stock plummeted 92% but collins had already illegally tipped off his son was able to avoid the stock losses. >> dana: bryan llenas, thank you. robert de niro seems to be starring in his own real-life legal drama. an expletive-filled voice mail taking center stage. >> [bleep]. how dare you? [indistinct] [bleep]. how dare you? the things that you know. >> dana: the actor was talking to what she's claimin

talk to your doctor about chantix. >>> new york congressman chris collins is pleading not guilty.said he made phone calls about a stock in question at a white house congressional picnic in the summer of 2017. in fact, we found video of him at that picnic where he was on the phone. politico also reported collins was overheard in the capitol talking loudly into the found off the house floor bragging about how many millionaires he made in buffalo. collins was the first congressman in congress to support trump's bid. when he was charged he took a page from president trump's playbook and called the allegation as witch hunt and call called his opponent a despicable human being. he won but just barely. yesterday he resigned and he's due in court in minutes where he's expected to change his plea from not guilty to guilty. >> i know what you mean. it is something that we have seen, and we see even if it's not a politician, we see a lot when there are pot tishtish -- politicians that it's a -- >> witch hunt. >> -- that i'm not guilty. paul manafort as well. the information we talked about d

. >> that was the resignation letter for congressman chris collins being read on the house floor justour. it comes as the new york republican is expected to plead guilty today in federal court to insider trading related charges. that brings us to what our sources are saying. nbc's tom winter is joining me now. what are you sources saying about this case involving collins? >> bottom line is, chris collins who said he looked forward to clearing his name, he'll clear his name in front of a manhattan federal judge and say he's guilty of the charges he faces tied to this insider trading scheme here, hallie. he didn't move any of his own shares because they were locked up in australia where this pharmaceutical company was based out of that he was on the board of. what he did make sure to know and what he did make sure to do is to call his son from the white house where he was there for a congressional picnic and tell him a critical drug trial had failed and to dump his slaers. according to the charging documents and additional change of plea hearings, it sounds like collins' son and other c

. >>> republican congressman chris collins is resigning and expected to plead guilty of charges tipping off his son and several others that an australian biotech company where he was on the board of directors failed an important drug test. that tip allows investors to sell stock before the price plummeted. congressman cod his resignation congress yesterday. >>> former yahoo software engineer that faces prison for hacking into 6000 yahoo accounts had a court date where he admitted he mostly targeted the accounts of younger women including personal friends and work colleagues. he said he was looking for sexual photos and videos. prosecutors said he would gain access to their yahoo account and then hack into icloud, facebook and gmail and search private images. he will be sentenced next february. >>> today, a jury continues deliberations of the trial of a former dallas police officer charged with shooting and killing her neighbor. the defendant, and said she tho in her own apartment but instead went to the apartment unit upstairs and she claims she yelled at the intruder to show his hands

'lw york republican congressman chris collins is resigning his seat in the house. llins is expected to plead guilty in an insider trading case tomorrow. he's accused of revealing non- n-blic information that allowed his son and another man to avoid nearly $800,000 in stock losses. now a game changer for college athletes. california's governor signed a tew law today that would let college kids earn big paychecks for endorsement deals just like je pros. california could be just the first state to do this, and that has the n.c.a.a. fighting back. here's jamie yuccas. >> i understand what those kids are going through. gofeel for those kids. >> reporter: n.b.a. star lebron james invited california governor gavin newsom on his show to sign the historic bill allowing the state's college athletes to be paid for their name, image, and likeness. (applause). >> it's going to change college sports for the better. >> reporter: james skipped epllege to go straight to the n.b.a. today outside lakers practice, he said it just didn't make sense growing up in an underprivileged hous

republican members of congress to endorse donald trump for the presidency and now new york congressman chris collins has resigned collins is expected to plead guilty today to charges related to insider trading he allegedly used his position as an early investor in an australian biotech son to tip off his son and other family members about a failed drug trial to help them avoid over $750,000 in losses >>> speaking of gop exodus, congressman matt thornberry announcing his retirement, making him the 6th republican to retire ahead of the 2020 national election. he served in the 13th district of texas for 25 years. >> overseas, beijing is marking 07 years of communist rule as hong kong braces for a day of mass protests. police there say they anticipate hard core violence as the city enters 13 consecutive weeks of mass demonstrations. the protests started in june sparked by a extradition bill. the fight for democracy continues. today the chinese president celebrates 70 years since the founding of the peopleless republic with a massive parade showcasing china's military. >> california governor gavin newsom

also targeting a convoy of italian peacekeepers >>> here at home tonight, republican congressman chris collins from new york is stepping down ahead of an expected guilty plea in an insider trading case tomorrow. collins is accused of sharing information, inside information, in fact, from a bio-tech company that he served as a board member for, and then selling his own stock before it tanked. collins won reaction despite the scandal, calling initial reports of insider trading fake news. >>> there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the deadly pla crash. the rescue efforts right after. the plane going down in the woods, erupting into flames and foot rushing to the scene, trying to save the passengers. the officer struggling with an armed suspect. authorities today revealed it might have been friendly fire after several officers opened f. >>> and tonight, the confusion and new concern over zantac., td cvs pulled zantac off the shelves? the fears over a possible carcinogen, and what you need to know. a lot more news ahead here tonight. stay tuned. (amber jaggers) students that

new york republican congressman chris collins is resigning his seat in the ho llins is expected to plead guilty in an insider trading case tomorrow. he's accused of revealing non- public information that allowed his son and another man to avoid nearly $800,000 in stock losses. now a game changer for college athletes. california's governor signed a new law today that would let college kids earn big paychecks for endorsement deals just like the pros. california could be just the first state to do this, and that has the n.c.a.a. fighting back. here's jamie yuccas. >> i understand what those kids are going through. i feel for those kids. n.b. sta james invited california governor gavin newsom on his show to sign the historic bill allowing the state's college athletes to be paid for their name, image, and likeness. (applause). >> it's going to change college sports for the better. >> reporter: james skipped college to go straight to the n.b.a. today outside lakers practice, he said it just didn't make sense growing up in an underprivileged household. >> me and my mom, we didn't have anything.

in the us, republican new york congressman chris collins has resigned from congress amid reports he plansrges of insider trading. according to prosecutors, mr collins gave confidential information about an australian biotechnology firm to his son. he had called the charges "meritless" and pleaded not guilty, but will reportedly change his plea. household appliances will become easier to repair thanks to new standards being adopted across the european union. from 2021, firms will have to make appliances longer—lasting, and they will have to supply spare parts for machines for up to 10 years. the rules apply to lighting, washing machines, dishwashers and fridges. australia has cut interest rates to a record low of 0.75%. it's the third reduction in five months amid fears the outlook for the australian economy is not good. phil mercer is in sydney. had this been anticipated?” had this been anticipated? i think many economists had looked into the tea leaves and seen this coming. this is, for the very first time, the reserve bank of australia tipping interest rates below 1% for the very first

chris collins resigned from congress yesterday. he's accused of helping family members avoid hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock losses. prosecutors allege he called his son during a picnic to tell him. >>> california is becoming the first state to allow college athletes to make muff off of deals like professional sports stars. governor gavin newsome signed the bill on a program called "the shop." they'll be able to hire agents and get money for jersey sales and game linsing. jamie, how is the ncaa prespo d preresponding to this news. >> some of the biggest names in sports disagree saying the law is needed and overdue. >> it is time for change, and i think this is a step in the right direction. >> draymond green, a star, says the new law is a win for more that man just california's players. >> you know, the better chance we'll get a change in the laws. >> l.a. lakers star lebron james agrees. he says many star college athletes struggle to make ends meet. >> i understand what they're going through. >> james says he was proud t

congressman from new york is resigning ahead of his guilty for insider trading, representative chris collins nation resignation letter today. given insider tip to his son after the company failed a key drug trial. collins is a republican among the first members of congress to endorse president donald trump for president, his resignation takes effect tomorrow. >>> the fate of a dallas police officer charged in the shooting death of her neighbor inside his own apartment is now in the hands of a jury. both sides have rested their case in the trial of amber geiger. >>> closing arguments in the amber geiger trout, the former officer charged in the shooting death of her neighbor one year ago she lives one floor below and thought she was entering her own apartment she says, instead she entered is mistaking him for an intruder. she fired her weapon and killed him only afterwards realizing her fatal mistake the issue is whether he was justified in shooting someone she thought had broken into her home. prosecutors argued he was unarmed and eating ice cream on the couch, they are urging the jury to loo

host: i think a majority for anything, they would lose one today because chris collins has resigned. it is around 218 in the house. with the full majority, 218. , and maryland, on the republican line. caller: there is a big difference, as you know, between inappropriate and illegal. i do not think what trump did was illegal. what i saw biden do, by his own admission and implicating obama as well. you need to look that up. he did. he implicated obama. that seems to me illegal, holding $1 billion of funds for a private prosecutor fired in ukraine. you being a loyal -- a lawyer, that is more criminal than inappropriate. host: we have not talked about that end of the equation. guest: there are things that are illegal and violate federal or state law. and, things that are inappropriate and people might not be happy about the president doing, other it is this or the prior president. the question for the house in the senate is not is it per se illegal under federal statutory law, but doesn't reached the level of high crimes and misdemeanors, again, an undefined term. if you look to the orig

chris collins sent a resignation letter to nancy pelosi earlier today.ead guilty to insider training. he was indicted last year. he is accused of tipping off family members to sell stock in a drug company before it tanked. he built a charge of lying to the fbi to cover up the scheme. he is the first member of congress to endorse president trump for the presidency in 2016. >>> we told you the governor signed a new law, fair pay to play, allowing college athletes to make money from their name, image, or likeness. the ncaa is seething tonight, but many athletes are cheering. nbc bay area's robert handa is here to tell us why college sports may never be the same. >> reporter: the rules of the game do appear to be changing. that's going to make a big difference for the athletes who play the game. one day soon college players could earn money for their on field image. star football player noah short and athletic director joe have new things to discuss. the 17-year-old junior is having a stand out here and has division one college recruiters calling. today's ne

any moment we are expecting the new york republican congressman chris collins to plead guilty in an insidercomes hours after the house made the republican lawmakers resignation official. we are live on scene. details ahead. first the president's lawyer, lawyering up. a cabinet secretary fighting back and the powerful republican lawmaker coming to the defense of the whistle-blower whose complaint is at the center of the whole controversy. along with new word today of when and how lawmakers could hear from that whistle-blower, and it's not on capitol hill. first today

. >>> new york republican congressman, chris collins, has already resigned and is expected to plead guiltyto insider trading. he's accused of kicking off for his son that a biotech firm failed an important drug test and the tip allowed investors to sell their stock before the price plummeted. he admitted his letter of resignation to congress yesterday. >>> a former yahoo software engineer faces five years in prison for hacking into 6000 yahoo accounts. the attorney's office said ray is daniel ruiz of tracy admitted he mostly targeted the accounts of younger women including personal friends and work colleagues. he said he was looking for sexual photos and videos. prosecutors said he would get into their accounts and then hack into icloud, facebook and email and search private images. he will be sentenced next february. >>> juul has backed out of the vaping battle and they say he is still influencing voters. >>> democrats are ramping up efforts to impeach president trump and coming up, the new details we are finding out about. >>> from ktvu fox news, this is mornings on 2. >>> thank you for

>> guest: i think the majority of the house in anything, they lost one today because chris collins has resigned from the house but it's around 218 in the house so with a full majority about 218 . >> host: let's go to jd in maryland on the republican line. >> caller: i want to say there's a big difference as you know being an attorney and all there's a big difference between inappropriate and illegal . i don't think what trump did was illegal but what i saw biden do his own admission and implicating obama as well , you need to look that up. he implicated obama. that seems to be illegal holding $1 billion of funds to have a prosecutor fire in ukraine. you being a lawyer should understand that's more criminal and inappropriate. >> guest: we haven't talked about that end of theequation . >> guest: the caller is right that there are things that are illegal and violate federal law or state law and in this case were talking about federal law and things that are inappropriate and things that you might not be happy about the president doing whether it's this president for the prior president an

me ask quickly because it broke last hour or so, former congressman from new york, republican chris collinsder trading charges. seems like they had him dead to rights on the case. he resigned his seat. you don't have to do legally. >> if he stays he would be expelled with a very small group of members of congress are expelled. this is unusual crime. it was committed at the white house and it was on tape. he learned from something the president said to him, the government was about to do. the president did not know that he and his family were major shareholders in this company. he picked up his cell phone on television, called his son, sell everything right now. which the son did. he is being punished at the high-end of what you get punished for doing this because it was such a public crime. not only is this political career ruined he is probably going to see north of 4, four 1/2 years in federal prison. connell: a lot for that -- >> it's a lot. connell: nice to see you, sir. melissa: ballooning price tags on the 2020 stage. virtually every major candidate has a proposal that would cost at l

cheryl: chris collins resigning from congress ahead of his expected guilty plea in an insider tradingpeaker nancy pelosi's office says that collins sent a letter of resignation that will take effect when congres meets . it -- when congress meets today. lauren: bernie sanders releasing his tax plan, set to target big business. sanders' income inequality tax plan would put a tax increase on companies where the ceo makes 50 times or more the average worker in the company. the tax would apply to any company with an annual revenue of over $100 million. cheryl: following in the foot steps of bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, congresswoman ilhan omar is joining the ranks of democrats who want to wipe out the nation's student debt and she wants wall street to pay for it. even for the wealthy. she's proposing to tax stock trades at half a percent. all stock trades, bonds and derivatives also would be taxed at a slightly lower rate. she's claiming it would raise $2.4 trillion over a decade. lauren: a federal judge hands the trump administration a win, dismissing a lawsuit from states with hi

here's what's happening at this hour republican congressman chris collins had his regular i guess nation read and accepted on the house floor this morning he resigned from congress ahead of an expected guilty plea to insider trading later today. >>> charles squab is dropping commissions for stocks and funds. it is the latest slash in an industry bat thal has drastically cut the cost of investing. it will go into effect on mon y monday the news sent the brokerage shares plummeting. >>> and britain's duchess of sussex says empowering women through education could be transformational for communities. she made the comments during a visit to south africa. >> it's a really exciting day. i'm thrilled given the context of what's been happening in south africa universities, which i have been following very closely, that we are able to do our small part through the acu and support so many people who are just eager to learn. >> you are up to date. back to you. >> sue, thank you. >>> up next, over two hours of mark zuckerberg audio leaking online the reporter behind that scoop is going to join us ne

former new york republican congressman chris collins pleaded guilty today in an insider trading case. move came one day after he resigned from congress. collins tipped off his son about a bad report on biotechnology company enabling him to avoid almost $600,000 in losses before a public announcement. collins has agreed not to appeal and sent sitting up to 57 months. in america in has a lecturing headquarters tonight, a new call for social justice from a democratic freshman lawmaker is being supported tonight by one of the leading democratic presidential hopefuls. correspondent kristin fisher tells us what's in the proposal and why it is top candidate >> first it was medicare for all, then the green new deal, now congressman alexandria ocasio cortez who is putting her weight behind the new plan to fight poverty. >> we are calling it -- >> the plan calls for capping annual rent increases pressuring federal contractors to offer better wages and benefits in obtaining the national poverty guidelines to take into account access to health insurance, hot child care, and the new necessities li

. >>> now, to this, this afternoon, new york congressman chris collins who you will remember as the firstp well, he's expected to lead guilt to insider trading charges. cnn's brynn gingras is here. what have you learned? >> it's going to be addressed on the house floor. and it's a turn of events for a man who adamantly denied any wrongdoing, multiple times, even though he battled to his house seat last year. the congressman will plead guilty this afternoon, to what charges is unclear. but last august, federal prosecutors accused him of giving insider trading information to a company. collins served on the board of that company and eventually gave a heads-up to his son when the drug failed an important drug tile allowing them to dump stock. collins pleaded not guilty to the original indictment and again when the charges were revised. and he won re-election in 2018, even with this hanging over his head. collins represents a historically red district. of course, it was also said that he was the first congressman to endorse donald trump for president. and collins' son and an associate who wer

moments ago, now-former congressman chris collins pleaded guilty in an insider trading case in a federalroom in manhattan. pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one count of making false statements. each count comes with a maximum sentence of five years plus three years supervised release and up to $250,000 in fines. the new york republican was accused of leaking confidential information about a biopharmaceutical company immunotherapeutics limited which enabled his son and another individual to avoid hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock losses. according to court documents collins received a tip from the company's top executive that a new drug developed by the company turned out to be a clinical failure. the very next morning, collins' son, cameron, began selling his shares ahead of the public announcement about the drug trial's failure and he shared the same information with his fiancee's father. this news comes just one day after collins aanouns announced resignation from congress. andrew cuomo will have to set up a special election to fill his seat

former republican congressman chris collins of new york pled guilty today in an insider trading case, a day after resigning. he appeared in federal court in new york and admitted to conspi and making false prosecutors said that he leaked information about a drug company, and then lied to investigators. harvard university has scored a big wiin a legal fight over its admissions process.a federad today that the sch ool does not hold asian american applicants to a higher standard, as a u.s. supremeourt. mewhile, a federal appeals court in washington upheld theso repeal of thalled "net neutrality" rules. but, it allowed states to enact their own standards.re the federalations had omrred internet providers favoring some services over others the federal communications commission scrapped them in 2017. on wall street today, stocks sankn ha o ts.wst ma second straight month.jo the dos industrial average lost 343 points to close at 26,573. the nasdaq fell 90s&oints, and th500 slipped 36. yand, former president ji carter turned 95 today, making him the first american president to reach that mile

republican congressman chris collins of new york resigned today, ahead of pleading guilty in an insiderding case. federal court records said collins will enter the plea morrow. he is accused of tipping confidential information about a bio-pharmaceutical company to his son and then lying to the f.b.i. texas congressman mac thornberry is now t 19th house republican to announce he is leaving office. he said today he will not seek reelection in 2020. thornberry was first elected in 1994. he is the ranking member on the house armed services committee.c on wall street, stocks closed the dow jones industrial average gained 96 points to close above 26,916. the nasdaq rose more than 59 points. and the s&p 500 added 15. opera great jessey norman died today in new york after complications from a spinal injure. she made her international debut in 1969, and her vibrant so brano made her a worldwide star and a winner of four grammys. here she is in concert singing the spiritual "grspeat day." (singing) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: jes jessey norman s 74 years old. still to come on the "newshour," presidentia

new york republican congressman chris collins has resigned. he and his son are expected to plead guilty today to accusations of insider trading involving an australian biotech company on which collins served on the board. collins was the first republican congressmembers to suppoport donald trump's run for the white house. in campaign news, bernie sanders has announced he raised a massive $25 million in the third quarter, the biggest fundraising quarter for any democratic candidate so far this year. sanders now received donations from 1.4 million individuals, more than any other democratic candidate. in news from missouri, lawyers for a death row prisoner scheduled to be executed tonight are urging the missouri governor to halt the execution. lawyers warn the execution of russell bucklew may be "especially gruesome." bucklew has a rare condition which causes unstable, blood-filled tumors to grow in his head, neck, and throat. his lawyers say the tumors may burst during the execution, causing him to possibly suffocate. in seattle, washington cli

. >>> conservative congressman chris collins of new york is resigning ahead of a guilty plea in an insiderollins was one of president trump's earliest supporters in congress. he won re-election last year, even after he was accused of sharing inside information from a bio-tech company. collins served on the company's board of directors. he and his son dumped their stocks before they tanked, avoiding hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses. >>> four inmates who escaped from an ohio county jail are back in custody this morning. three were captured in north carolina. the fourth escapee was caught in durham. they escaped from gallia county jail on sunday by overpowering two guards with a shank. they're being held pending extradition to ohio. >>> police say the fatal shooting of an nypd officer was caused by friendly fire. the officer and the armed suspect were in a violent struggle when the responding officers fired in their direction. investigators say the two bullets that killed the seven-year member of the force were fired by nypd weapons. the suspect was shot and killed by police. >>> th

host: i think a majority for anything, they would lose one today because chris collins has resigned. around 218 in the house. with the full majority, 218. , and maryland, on the republican line. caller: there is a big difference, as you know, between inappropriate and illegal. i do not think what trump did was illegal. what i saw biden do, by his own admission and implicating obama as well. you need to look that up. he did. he implicated obama. that seems to me illegal, holding $1 billion of funds for a private prosecutor fired in ukraine. you being a loyal -- a lawyer, that is more criminal than inappropriate. host: we have not talked about that end of the equation. guest: there are things that are illegal and violate federal or state law. and, things that are inappropriate and people might not be happy about the president doing, other it is this or the prior president. the question for the house in the senate is not is it per se illegal under federal statutory law, but doesn't reached the level of high crimes and misdemeanors, again, an undefined term. if you look to the original m

. >>> former new york congressman chris collins leaving a new york city courthouse after pleading guiltylse statements in an insider trading case he faces up to ten years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines. sentencing is set for january 17th >>> virginia and new jersey reporting their first deaths by vaping, bringing the death toll to 16 in 13 states overall, the cdc reporting 805 vaping cases and illnesses in 46 states >>> and a federal judge ruling that harvard's undergraduate admissions program is constitutional he rejected a challenge accusing the school of discrimination against asian american applicants they claimed they were being held to a higher standard than students of other races. >> you are up to date. that's the news update this hour guys, i'll send it back downtown to you, morgan >> sue herrera, thank you. >>> ism data coming in at its worst read since june 2009 this morning, sending markets tumbling on renewed recession fears. here to discuss is jim paulison, and lakshmanan that is number certainly seemed to drive the action today. the sell-off we saw, warranted >> i t

new york republican chris collins resigning from he's congress. cheryl casone with details. stepping down ahead of an expected guilty plea stemming from an insider trading case involving his son and an australian biotech company. he sent a letter of resignation that takes effect today. it is up to andrew cuomo to set a special election to fill collins' seat. well, southwest airlines pilots saying boeing's 737 max may not fly again until march, that is much later than current forecasts from southwest and boeing themselves. the airline's pilots union says new training requirements and possible changes to safety checklists are blamed for the delay. southwest is the largest operator of the 737 max. there is the boeing stock on your screen. that's the year-to-date chart, dow component. and millennials have plenty of financial confidence, 66% believe they will be rich one day. that's according to a survey from magnify money. that is more than any other generation but they've got a long way to go. according to a deloitte study, millennials are less wealthy than previous generations

former republican congressman chris collins pleaded guilty to two charges in an insider trading caseover a year after proclaiming his innocence to allegations he schemed with his son to avoid losses on a biotechnology investment. collins pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit fraud and making false statements answering the judge's questions on count 1 and 11 on the indictment. at some video of him headed to the courthouse. connie in california. caller: good morning. ever sinceay president trump got elected, it has been hatred all over. them, waters, if you see tell them they are not wanted. the other people get so frustrated and they just follow her like -- i don't know, like leeches. instead of saying, we are going to do this or that, let's unite. no, our country is so divided with all this hatred going around. democrats, you have heard the theng you withoutsin cast first stone, they -- saying you t the first cas stone, they think they are it. let's not be so hateful. host: thank you, connie. to new york city, good morning. caller: i would like to go back to something -- this guy ca

new york republican congressman chris collins sent a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi yesterday statingmes ahead of his expected guilty plea. later today two charges related insider trading according to documents filed in federal court on monday. collins was charged with insider trading in august 2018 along with his son and the father of his son's fiance. the three men were also charged with lying to the fbi to profit on insider knowledge about a buyer tech firm. the congressman's resignation will become effective once his letter is read on the house floor during today's pro forma session. >>> texas congressman mack thornberry, the top republican onnen the house armed services committee announced yesterday he will not be running for re-election in 2020. thornberry, a 13--term long maker who represents a heavily ksh district in texas is the sixth member of the house gop caucus from his state to announce his retirement this year. in a statement released yesterday thornberry said, quote, for everything there is a season and i believe that the time has come for a change. >>> and the manhatt

we will have more on this story with damian collins and also chris curtis from broadcast. growing of a humanitarian crisis in northern syria. tens of thousands of people have fled their homes after turkey began attacking kurdish forces. there's been international condemnation of the military action, but turkey says it's trying to create a "safe zone" for syrian refugees. let's go live now to our correspondent martin patience who's on the turkey/syria border. what signs are you seeing of the intensification of this fighting? what we are seeing in the past half an hourorso is what we are seeing in the past half an hour or so is continued turkish shelling into syria with the bourdy area behind me. iwas speaking shelling into syria with the bourdy area behind me. i was speaking to one woman who was inside syria in one woman who was inside syria in one of the towns that has been targeted, not far from where i am, and she described absolutely chaotic scenes. she said the shelling started yesterday, her and 20 members of their family were forced to run for their lives. extraordin

collins is running again. he is still raising a fair amount of money. chris jacobs is from the area.also been fundraising at a strong clip. the environment right there right now is so unclear, i think democrats believe they had a better shot at winning that seat if they were running against punishment collins. it is a very republican district. it's the district that president trump one by the widest margin and all of new york state. a less controversial republican on the ballot, republicans have a better shot at holding that seat. >> burning is a democratic color from maryland. -- caller from maryland. >> my comment is about the fundraising. if someone is raising money from a corporation, there's only one reason a corporation is giving the money. that's because they want influence so that they can get favors later. if someone is raising money from the actual voters themselves, and small donors, they are working for the people. there are so many other issues. the gerrymandering that's going on, the voter suppression. feel just like they are actually not being represented. there are ju

collins last time is running again, nate mcmurray. he's still raising a fair amount of money. state senator chris jacobs from the area has also been fundraising at a strong clip. the political environment right there right now is so unclear, i think democrats kind of believe they had a better shot at winning those seats if they were running against congressman collins. it is a very republican district. it's the district that president trump won by the widest margin in all of new york state. kind of a regular, more -- less controversial republican on the ballot. it seems like republicans have a better shot at holding that seat. host: baldwin, maryland. democratic caller. caller: hi. my comment is about the fundraising first of all. if someone's raising money from a corporation, there is only one reason that a corporation is giving them money, that is because they want influence so that they can get favors later. if someone's raising money from the actual voters themselves and small donors, then they are working for the people. then there are so many other issues it's like the gerrymandering going

chris hayes is with us. joining us in the studio claire mccaskill former democratic senator from the state of missouri. just don't mention baseball. eugene collins, pulitzer prize-winning columnist. >> you can talk to him about with baseball. >> yes. and we are so happy to welcome to our fair table, alicia mendes, a veteran of pbs and fusion and huffington post but most importantly the new host of her soon to be named weekend broadcast on this very network. and at the big board for us tonight as usual our national correspondent steve kornacki. welcome, gang. alicia, you get to go first. your view of the lead story and the debate you that watched tonight. >> there is a big question in this field and i think it's very easy to make it krld jikal and say it's the moderates versus the progressives but i think it's this bigger question of approach and whether or not change can be made inside the system or whether or not there needs to be radical change made outside of the system. one of the things that i think looking back to 2016 is we would do these focus groups in the general election and there were so many voters who were really just brought to th

collins last time is running again, nate mcmurray. he is still raising a fair amount of money. state senator chrishas been fundraising at a strong clip. the political environment right now is so unclear. emme kratz believe they have a -- democrats believe they have a better shot. it is a very republican district. it is district president trump won by the widest margin in new york state. controversial republican on the bout, it seems republicans have a better chance of holding the seat. host: we will go to both amor marilyn. bernie is a democratic caller. caller: my, is on the fundraising. if someone is raising money from a corporation, there is only one reason a corporation is giving them money. that is they went influence so they can get influence later. if someone is raising money from the voters themselves and small donors, they are working for the people. there are so many other issues. the gerrymandering that is going on. the voter suppression. just really -- voters feel like they are not being represented. -- there are too few people running who do not take corporate money. guest: think we s

but chris, politico meanwhile is putting out a report saying "wow of impeachment silence sprez in senate," talking about how republican senators like lamar alexander and susan collinshey're pointing in their potential roles as jurors when asked about their views on impeachment. should democrats interpret that silence as meaning that their votes are up for grabs or not? >> you know, look, in this trump era, it's hard to find many examples of republicans exercising political courage and standing up against the president. i would say what the president really should be concerned about, probably susan collins, but really, lamar alexander and other republicans that are retiring, not only in the senate and the house, because for them, they don't have to fear the wrath of trump and his base. and as you see this increasing number of house republicans, most recently congressman francis rooney, who's been critical of president trump as well, saying he's not running -- this is kind of a wild card group of people who both either in the house or the senate could potentially vote on impeachment charges, but again, the past record of republicans defying the president hasn't been