for peace and prosperity, daniel mccarthy says the us is the one spreading this information in the those of us to follow the duma a parent or suppose that chemical attacks know that the final report was riddled with errors. it was plenty wrong with it. the very, very seasoned investigators were concerned about the final product that were whistleblower saying the investigation wasn't done, right. all of these things led to a very, very tainted report. you know, there have been great investigative journals like aramark pay that have looked at it. so there are huge questions, but for political reasons, the u. s. and the u. k. having already bombed syria because of the so called attack, they needed to have a report that came to the conclusions that they wanted. and that's why they exerted all the pressure they did on the o. p. c, w, and really compromise the integrity of the organization. well, i read the statement of john kelly, i'm not sure who he is. he's probably just a regular state department bureaucrat, diplomat. it really seemed like an exercise in projection basically everything tha

mccarthy ready to take on new york city's district attorney alvin bragg. he is going after former president trump over alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels. at mccarthy's direction now, the house judiciary committee and other committees are demanding alvin bragg testify about a possible indictment against trump. chairman jim jordan was in "focus" yesterday here with his thoughts on why even alvin bragg himself and the justice department all passed on this very same case initially. >> mr. bragg himself didn't want to bring the case. he got pressured i think from the left. i would say this, the one thing that changed that i think changed his mind is president trump announced he was going to run for president again and suddenly here they go. now they come after him for some alleged bookkeeping error. you have to be kidding me. if this isn't going after political opponents and using the government to do so, i don't know what is. >> harris: it got their attention. moments ago district attorney bragg responded to republicans request he testify on capitol hill. a spokesperson told fox digital this. we will not be intimidated by attempts to underm

under investigation of alleged hush money paid to adult films, da, stormy daniels for the 2016 election us house b. kevin mccarthy is tweeted that he'll direct relevant committees to investigate where the federal funds have been used to interfere in elections by what he described as trumps. politically motivated prosecution, al mike, henry's falling this story for us in washington, and he says that trump is now facing a number of cases. and that this latest statement might be part of a bigger plan. why does he choose this particular one to deny without any evidence whatsoever? well, many experts are indicating that he wants to get people out into the streets. he is going to campaign again for the presidency in the next election. this time pain has been stumbling at this particular point. it would appear that the intention of this is to get people out into the streets to protest. there's a parallel to the sum events of january, the 6th, when he called on people to protest outside the capital, which resulted in that particular insurrection, but also trump using the word the arrest. now that is just a clear indicati

investigation over alleged hush money pay to adult them. star stormy daniels before the 2016 election us house because kevin mccarthy as tweeted that he'll direct relevant committees to investigate whether federal funds are being used to interfere in elections by what he described as trumps. politically motivated prosecution. mike, hannah has more from washington compass, referring to a case that has been ongoing in new york. there has been a grand jury hearing into hush money paid to $2.00 women, one a former porn star. this money was allegedly paid by trump through an intermediary to get them to keep quiet about having had sexual relations with him. in the past. now tramps then attorney michael cohen has appeared before the grand jury and although grand jury proceedings, our secret code has stated publicly that he orchestrated the payment to, to women in order to keep them quiet about having had sexual relations with trump. now the significance of the timing, because the payments were made during the campaign period before the 2016 election . and what the grand jury has been deciding on is whether this was in fact

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morgan: his team saying he on paid daniels to protect his family from extortion. house speaker kevin mccarthy.a., weaponizing our sacred system of justice against donald trump. the manhattan das office is also investigating a second alleged trump payment to former playboy model karen mcdougal. there are other federal and state criminal investigations into trump underway, but as for this case -- >> at the heart of this charge is filing false business records with the intent to defraud. that is a misdemeanor typically, but it can become a felony if it is done to cover up another crime. morgan: former president trump posted the other day on social media, calling on his supporters to prote hincted manhattan police on high alert for any protests that could happen this weekend. these heightened security measures will be in place for years to come, including at trump tower. kumasi:esk with that. jobi we have heard from many experts, including a usc law professor who says the indictment could set up a legal battle, and get florida governor ron desantis involved. ron desantis tweeted that florida will

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charges would relate to hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election. andy mccarthy with this a bit earlier. >> i think it is clearly a misdemeanor. one that shouldn't be brought. the attack on bragg here shouldn't be a defense of trump. it looks like it is a falsification of records. but the attack on bragg ought to be that no one who was not donald trump would conceivably be charged with this. >> harris: house speaker kevin mccarthy tweeted this over the weekend. i'm directing relevant committees to immediately investigate if federal funds are being used to subvert our democracy with prosecutions and you head up one of those committees that would be talked about by mccarthy. we're now ending for you the embargo on this. tell me about this letter and what you are seeking. >> this letter comes at the direction of the speaker for the house administration and oversight committee chairman and judiciary committee sending it to mr. bragg saying we want to talk to you and know what's going on and see the communications that have taken place between the federal justice depa

. >> so we are talking about payments made to porn star stormy daniels and the and referred to as personal money, and as mccarthy would say mike pence says it feels like a politically-charged prosecution. so why didn't we hear any of these complaints, do you think, when michael cohen went to prison for the same hush money payment? i don't want people to lose sight of this. all this talk of, oh my god, they're coming after trump. somebody has already gone to jail for the very thing that prosecutors are looking at trump for. so what do you see playing out here? >> again, it looks to me that this payment was made to protect donald trump from suffering and electoral consequence, which, the real issue is if it's not disclosed, as you know, then it's a political benefit. to me, the bigger issue here is, will we choose community or chaos? and community means that we believe that the rule of law and independent prosecutor is how we try these cases in the public view. we don't try, we don't undermine them, because our guy, who wears the same jersey as us, is being charged or investigated, so we're going to go and try to

investigation over alleged hush, money paid to the adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 election us house b who gavin mccarthy is tweeted that he'll direct relevant committees to investigate why the federal funds are being used to interfere in elections by what he describes as trumps politically motivated prosecution. now my counter is following the story force and washington it, and he says that trump is facing a number of cases and this latest statement may be part of a bigger plan. why does he choose this particular one to deny without any evidence whatsoever? well, many experts are indicating that he wants to get people out into the streets. he is going to campaign again for the presidency in the next election. these time pain has been stumbling at this particular point. it would appear that the intention of this is to get people out into the streets to protest. there's a parallel to this and the events of january, the 6th, when he called on people to protest outside the capital, which resulted in that particular insurrection, but also trump using the word the arrest. now that is just a clear indication t

republican house speaker kevin mccarthy earlier trying to defend and downplay the disgraced ex-president's legal case related to hush money payments made to stormy danielse didn't play was the part where mccarthy also tried to in his words defend equal justice by complaining again about, wait for it, hillary clinton. it comes as the speaker and his caucus were at their annual retreat where three years out of office and possibly just ahead of a widely expected indictment, the ex-president still dominates the gop and still dominates that party's agenda. joining me now former two-term ohio republican governor john kasich now an miss -- msnbc political analyst and kim atkins stohr. as a republican, what should house republicans be focused on right now? i mean, you have three committee heads all trying to get alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney, to testify. trump is dominating the conversation at the house gop retreat this week and i want to read you this from "the new york times" today. there isn't a need that everything has to be partisan. mr. mccarthy said that. why had he not invited two prominent florida republicans mr. trump or governor ron de

donald trump today but because, it was kevin mccarthy, he then defended donald trump's hush money payment to stephanie clifford, the actress nonna stormy danielsney no it wasn't. the money came from the trump business and the business records that were falsified to label that money which is a crime, according to new york law. kevin mccarthy then, tried to insult the attorney alvin bragg, this way. >> what we see before us is a political game being played by levels this isn't just new york city, this is manhattan, a borough da yes right. alvin bragg is not the district attorney for the entire city of new york, because the biggest city in america, actually, has five different district attorneys. unlike say, fresno, the biggest city and kevin mccarthy's congressional district. alvin bragg is a district attorney for 1.6 million people. that is more than double the number of people that speaker of the house kevin mccarthy represents in his central california district. and it is more people then live in nine states in the united states of america. joining us now democratic congresswoman adam schiff serving on the january 6th select committee. he was

to making the illegal payment to stormy daniels and has met numerous times with the prosecutors that are bringing this case. meanwhile, house speaker kevin mccarthy is distancing himself from mr. trump's call for protest. but decrying the investigation as politically motivated he had this to say on sunday >> i don't think people should protest this, no and i think president trump, if you talk to him, he doesn't believe that either. >> meanwhile, manhattan d.a. alvin bragg will not -- is not commenting publicly, but sent an internal message to a staff on saturday in response to the words of the former president. the message said "safety is their top priority," and declared that "we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in new york trump adding overnight on truth social that bragg should be held accountable for the crime of interference in a presidential election trump has denied any wrongdoing, as well as an affair -- denying an affair with daniels meanwhile, two senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news that there are interagency police and security meetings planned for today in case an indictment is h

names he used to refer to trump and daniels were david dennison and peggy peterson so kinds of sounds like somebody was trying to hide something. if speaker mccarthy was being sly in his defense of the former president senator rand paul was not. he went full bore at his attack over the manhattan district attorney tweeting, quote, a trump indictment would be a disgusting abuse of power. the d.a. should be put in jail. jail, really? he must have some serious evidence to say something like that. right? wrong. here's was his response, i think we'll stick with just what we tweeted out if you want to report that. no evidence. alabama senator tommy tuberville weighed in too on alvin bragg. >> i think he should be accountable what he's doing. nobody's ever done this. this is unprecedented going after a former president of the united states that is running for president. >> what if he broke the law. >> if you break the law, you got to pay the price, but, i mean, i haven't looked into it enough. >> got it. this is unprecedented, but i haven't looked into it enough. that about sums it up. hammer the talking point, fact be damned or distant. we don't know wha

daniels prosecutors call hush money. my next guest, former u.s. assistant attorney to the southern district in new york says this, andy mccarthy in national review.rogressive prosecutorsal village brs, alvinbragg. we shouldn't lose sight that it's good for democratic political fortunes in the long run. andy, surprised we are at this point even though there is no confirmation of it? where do we go from here. >> it's not easy to be surprised because of all the reporting we have seen the last couple weeks and the d.a. seems to do the things you would do when you are serious about wrapping up a case. it hasn't happened yet, but i imagine early next week we'll see it. brian require understand you do not think much of this case. it took place in 201 in 2007, ae payments in 2011. alvin bralg walked away from this case. what happened? >> it hinges not only on the testimony of the porn star, stormy daniels who -- look, i think it's credible for her to claim this happened way back when. but at the same time she is on record a couple of times saying it didn't happen. oeer crucithe other crucia michael cohen. and he has a credibility problem. you are not in

coming acros reggie: house speaker kevin mccarthy asking people not to protest if president -- former president trump is arrested relation to the payments to stormy daniels. jobina: former president said he will be arrested tomorrow into the alleged hush money paid to adult film actress stormy daniels before the election. officials are looking into whether he falsified records but the da could increase the charge to a felony if campaign finance laws were broken. news sources say the grand jury will hear from an additional witness today named bob costello, an attorney and longtime ally who at one point represented michael cohen. >> it is impossible to know what this means for the timing of a possible indictment there the white house said it is on alert for any potential violence. >> lawyer after lawyer after lawyer. this is the weakest case out there and doing it after a person for political purposes. jobina: manhattan da is not saying whether they will charge trump but emailed the staff over the weekend saying we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office here trump acknowledges paying stormy daniels but said he did nothing wrong. reggie: two peop

mccarthy saying americans should not protest if there is any arrest. prosecutors are not commenting tonight. the potential charges involve hush money paid to porn star stormy daniels, days before the 2016 election. was it to conceal any connection to daniels from the voters? trump's lawyer and fixer, one-time lawyer, michael cohen admitting to arranging that payment. he's testified before the grand jury several times. and tonight here, news on one more witness, at the request of the former president. testimony from a lawyer named robert costello, who said he was once michael cohen's lawyer. so, tonight here, what could all of this look like? here's our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl leading us off tonight. >> reporter: police in new york city are setting up barricades in downtown manhattan ahead of former president trump's possible indictment by the manhattan district attorney. the former president said over the weekend he'd be arrested on tuesday, telling his supporters to, quote, "protest, take our nation back." but trump's own spokesman said he had not received any notice of an impending arrest, and the d.a. alvin bragg has not commented. >> and i

daniels to a protect his family from extortion. his lawyers, now vowing to fight the indictment as republicans rallied to his expense -- his defense, including kevin mccarthy. according to sources close the matter, the manhattan d.a.'s office is also investigating a second alleged payment to former playboy model karen mcdougal. there were also federal and criminal investigations into trump underway. it has for this case -- >>ofhisne ror winte to defraud. that can become a felony if it is done in furtherance of another crime. morgan: remember, last week trump: his supporters to protest if he were indicted. that brings us to today. nypd, on heightened alert. they told all of their officers to come in at 7:00 with their uniforms on, ready to deploy across the city. we are told the security measures will be in place for weeks. that includes at trump tower. i'm morgan norwood, abc 7 news. kumasi: we are hearing local reaction to the indictment. jobina is at the live desk but that part of the story. jobina: we have heard from many experts, including auc law professor -- a uc law professor. he says this can set up quite a legal battle and get ron desantis involve

daniels and progressive district attorney alvin bragg. here on the hill house republicans led by judiciary chair jim jordan and at the direction of house speaker kevin mccarthyre also targeting bragg, they say the indictment is politically motivated and they want bragg to testify before congress and they are looking whether the da used federal money for that investigation. >> it's not here that we are coming to defend president trump. what we are coming to defend is equal justice in america and i think every american believes in that. >> so what you heard there is house speaker kevin mccarthy defending against democrats, liz, who say that the republicans especially on the house side are trying to protect the former president. that's their argument. liz: grady trimble, always great reporting. look who is back with us. former assistant u.s. attorney, andy mccarthy, look who is here attorney general tom depri, thank you for joining us tonight. andrew, first to you, what's your reaction to what's going on on what grady trimble just reported? >> well, i don't think it's surprising that there's widespread criticism of what alvin bragg is doing because the simplest

daniel's. they were david dennison and peggy peterson. so it kind of sounds like somebody was trying to hide something. and if speaker mccarthy was being a little sly in his defense of the former president, senator rand paul was not. he went full borat, his attack of the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, tweeting quote. trump indictment would be a disgusting abuse of power. the d a should be put in jail jail. really he must have some serious evidence or something to say something like that, right? wrong cnn asked him about that tweet today. here was his response. quote i think we'll stick with just what we tweeted out if you want to report that no evidence alabama senator tommy tuberville wade into on manhattan, d a. alvin bragg. thank you should be accountable what he's doing. i mean, nobody's ever done this. this is unprecedented going after a former president of united states that uh, is running for president? what if he broke the law? broke the law. you gotta you gotta pay the price. ah, but i mean, i haven't looked into it enough. got it. this is unprecedented, but i haven't looked into it enough. that about sums

daniels and the progressive district attorney, alvin bragg. here on the hill house republicans led by judiciary chair jim jordan direct canned by house speaker kevin mccarthy the indictment is politically motivated, and is they want bragg to testify before congress. they're also looking into whether the d.a. used federal money for the investigation. >> it's not here that we're coming to defend president trump, but what we're coming to defend is equal justice in the america. and i think every american believes in that. >> reporter: so house peeker mccarthy there -- speaker mccarthy there defending against democrats who say hat house republicans, stu, are just protecting the former president. stuart: got it. grady trimble, thank you very much, indeed. dan ives is with me for the next one minute, that that's all we've got. he's been with me for the hour. is a.i. the most important technological development of, what, the last generation? is it that big? >> i think decades. stuart: really in. >> and, look, that's why this game of thrones is plague out in big tech between -- playing out in big tech between amazon, microsoft. it's because of what this is going to

daniels that trump denies. the former president declined to testify before a grand jury this month. as numerous republicans claim the investigation is politically motivated. house speaker kevin mccarthytweeted saturday quote . here we go again, and outrageous abuse of power by a radical d a who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against president trump. congressman jeff jackson thinks the evidence may implicate the former president. not only do we have evidence that michael cohen was reimbursed for that we have trump's signature on the checks , but that the reimbursement happened in phases in order to prove the fella do you have to improve intent to conceal the fact that the reimbursement was structured? may indicate the intent to conceal that trump sort of knew what he was doing was wrong and was trying to hide it. trump would be the first u. s president ever to face criminal charges. he says he'll continue campaigning, no matter what happens in new york native oy fox news. masks guns and fear . another smash and grab jewelry robbery in the bay area. and a sit in to save seats coming up the protest over hanges to how does mint mobile afford to give you pre

speaking of mccarthy, he is, of course, one of the leading voices among republicans, attacking the manhattan d.a. alvin bragg over the investigation into donald trump, hush money payments, stormy danielsand testimony into his investigation. what happens next? what is the gop plotting as the next move there? >> their main focus is to try to politicize this event. we've heard reports that bragg's donors are leaning left and he is motivated not by the likelihood that the president committed things that are illegal but his political motivations. so he actually has written the house republicans, saying all of this, you know, fuss agent trump being arrested on tuesday actually wasn't true based on any type of information that he had made public. just the expectations of the former president. >> just to recap what we said earlier in the show, grand jury expected to next meet on monday. that'd be the earliest we can get an indictment. unclear whether it'd be then, next week or if at all. senior politics reporter for "ax "axios," and co-author of "hill leaders," congrats on that. >> thanks. >> thank you for getting up "way too early" with us this friday morning and all week long. "morning joe"

mccarthy is concluding remarks and you spoke with him, and what did he tell you? >> well, he is defending the investigation into the prosecutor looking into the alleged hush money payments to silence stormy daniel and this alleged extramarital affair that donald trump had with her, and he is also defending the investigation and downplaying those payments. i asked him directly about whether or not he has any concerns s about these charges that come up against the former president, and he doesn't. he called it personal money that the president gave to stormy daniels. listen. >> this is personal money, and not trying to hide, and seven years ago and statue of limitation, and i know that you know in the heart of hearts that it is political, but i am concerned when i look out there and i see justice not equal to others and with a local d.a. playing in president politic, and that starts right there, and if you think that it starts right there, don't you think it is going to happen across the country. >> he called it the statue of limitation, and saying it is not going to apply in this case, and extends to people living outside of the state, and the pandemic extended the statue of limitation, and we w

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mccarthy says that bragg will be held to account sources say. trump is expected to be accused of falsifying business records to cover up 2016 payments to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep quiet allegations of an extramarital affair, but no one has seen the evidence prosecutors have uncovered president that didn't stop one congressman to claim the prosecutor could have indicted the hand sandwiches he was handing out on capitol hill to spot a pile of garbage. and this thing looks like a pile of garbage. even without seeing the evidence. you're certainly is innocent. i'm not certain of anything. except this. this is the first time in the history of the country we've indicted president and the fact that you know he's just now announced and they rolled this thing out. it smells pretty fishy. republicans agree despite not seeing the charges. aren't you jumping to conclusions? i mean, he might have broken the law. is that concern you? we don't think we don't think president trump broke the law at all, but there has been silenced from senate gop leader mitch mcconnell and his number two john thune, who told cnn earlier there were legitimate questions about brad . he wo

daniels that trump denied. the former president declined to testify before a grand jury this month as numerous republicans claim the investigation is politically motivated. house speaker kevin mccarthyurday quote . here we go again, and outrageous abuse of power by a radical d a who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against president trump. congressman jeff jackson thinks the evidence may implicate the former president. not only do we have evidence that michael cohen was reimbursed for that we have trump's signature on the checks. but that the reimbursement happened in phases. in order to prove the felony. you have to improve intent to conceal the fact that the reimbursement was structured. may indicate the intent to conceal that trump sort of knew what he was doing was wrong and was trying to hide it. trump would be the first u. s president ever to face criminal charges. he says he'll continue campaigning, no matter what happens in new york for fox news. former house speaker nancy pelosi posted several tweets. they included these statements quote he cannot hide from his violations of the law, disrespect for our elections and incitements to violence, what

mccarthy among those calling for call. the former president could be charged in connection with the accounting of a payment made to porn star stormy daniels allegedly had an affair with trump back in 2006 something he denies. some democrats say it's about time someone like trump, who has been able to avoid consequences for misdeeds for his entire life. may actually find out at long last that there is an end of the road. this is a politically motivated prosecution. trump attorney is firing back to make a case stick against trump controversial manhattan district attorney alvin bragg will have to argue that a charge that is typically a misdemeanor should be elevated to a felony. and some legal analysts say that will not be easy even with a new york jury, so it's possible that this could go to trial. this is just one of a number of pending investigations involving the former president, but it may be the first to result in actual charges in washington. i'm douglas aider for ktvu, fox two news. sonoma county supervisors say they hope to open a new emergency homeless shelter on county owned land sometime this week. there have long been complaint