sergeant la david johnson and throw others soldiers died in october.ergeant johnson's body was not recovered until two days later. there were media reports that he was shot at close range or had been taken prisoner. now the a.p. is reported he was not company toured alive but was killed by enemy rifle and machine gunfire. who spoke none newsly because the investigation is not final and the information not released publicly. >>> chris matthews was accused of inappropriate behavior by a a woman working on his show in 1999. >> the daily caller first said -- msnbc released a statement saying the matter was investigated at the time and matthews received a formal reprimand. the investigation found the comments were not a proposition. the woman received a payout. to leave the company. >>> the funeral for the kentucky state lawmaker who killed himself. representative dan johnson shot himself last week after accusations of sexual assault surfaced against him. a woman said she was 17 when johnson assaulted her at his home in 2013. before he died, johnson posted

la david johnson was not captured alive, according to a soon-to-be released investigation.ifle and machine gunfire and returned fire until he was killed. his body was recovered in thick brush where he most likely took cover. sergeant johnson's body was recovered two days after the initial ambush, which led to questions about rumors as to when and how he died. >>> heading now to the korean peninsula. at the beginning of last week, secretary of state rex tillerson said there are no preconditions for talks with north korea, so long as they get together face-to-face. they could discuss anything, such as the weather or the shape of the table. he addressed the possibility of talks friday at the united nations. >> north korea must earn its way back to the table. the pressure campaign must and will continue until denuclearization is achieved. with respect to the talks, we are not going to accept preconditions. you heard others have called for freeze for freeze. we do not accept that as a precondition to talks. we do not accept any relaxing of the sanctions for precondition for talk

two senior defense officials tell fox news sergeant la david johnson was not captured as previous reportsuggested. the 25-year-old was shot nearly 18 times, three other american soldiers including two green berets died in that attack. a fallen her remembered as loved ones line the street to say good-bye san diego firefighter iverson who died, covered 200 miles through ventura and orange county, iverson has been with the department since 2009 and leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter and pregnant wife. gofundme page for the family has already raised more than $400,000, the massive thomas fire has scorched more than 400 scare miles and it's about 45% contained. rob: huge fire. just days after allegations of workplace misconduct the embattled owner of carolina panthers is selling his team. in an issue statement on sunday, i believe that it is time to turn the franchise over to new ownership therefore i will put the team up for sale at the conclusion of this nfl season. rapper sean diddy combs says that he wants the buy the team and sign colin kaepernick. carley: all right. two dozen nfl player

la david johnson was not taptured alive by the -- captured alive by the enemy. he was killed by gunfire trying to escape militants. his body was found two days later and he was 25-year-old father of two. jonathan: terrorism is not suspected after a man tried to force his way to a british air force base used by the u.s. personnel. there is a lot of u.s. personnel on this base. the man suffered minor injuries after the guards did open fire on him in his car. there are conflicting reports to whether he refused to stop at a check point or he tried to ram a fence and get to a barrier. michelle: accused by sexual misconduct by a dozen women a federal judg 30 years on the bench. he denies the allegations but says he cannot do his job and defend himself at the same time. president reagan appointed him to the ninth circuit court of appeals in 1985. jonathan: politico is now reporting that four senators are now urging al franken to reconsider his upcoming resignation. they include west virginia senator joe manchin who says franken was railroaded before an ethics investiga

david k. johnson "it's an worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america." jennifer, i'll start with you. has the jones victory altered the calculations happening right now in regard to the tax about il? >> absolutely. they have no margin for error if this drags into january, they'll go to 51/49. secondly, i think there is a realization that what are they doing sticking with this president? he is not going to help them. if he can't help someone in alabama, he's not going to help them in other more competitive states. i think also a lot of these polls that are out recently, there's a whole batch of them this week showing just how unpopular this bill is. people have figured out it's a gift to the rich, it's a gift to corporations. who would have thunk. so i think at this point there are more reasons to vote against it than there are for it. and i would keep a very choice eye on susan collins, who is under tremendous pressure. remember, she was sold a bill of goods, some of us th

i'm joined by david kay johnson, journalist who founded d.c.ort.org and and also joining me john harwood of cnbc and veteran of many call interviews with ol tirns. i'm curious what john thinks from that perspective. first to you, david. your thoughts on this interview? >> well, i think this is an extraordinary interview that shows you a lot of things about donald. works in word salad because his mind is salad. there's no focusing on any issue and knowing anything in depth. it thoroughly establishes how donald makes things up. he doesn't know jack about taxes. his own account and told me that. i had lunch with donald. he couldn't follow the tax advice and giving him. he just makes stuff up. we did get one interesting detail out of this. donald throughout the campaign used what were massively inflated numbers to describe the trade deficit with china. the imbalance. and in this interview, he mentions $300 billion a year of intellectual property theft and seems to explain the made-up number he had and finally a notion that he is an absolute ruler.

sergeant la david johnson was hit as many as 18 times as he took cover. american personnel and for nigerian troops were also killed in that attack. police and demonstrators in buenos aires clashed over controversial pension reform measure outside argentina's congress. the country's largest union is staging a 24-hour general strike to protest that bill. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. times and b. ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. (avo) but you also have a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. non-insulin victoza® lowers a1c, and now reduces cardiovascular risk. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill. (avo) and for people with type 2 diabetes treating cardiovascular disease, victoza® is now approved to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. and while it isn't for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some wei

we have sergeant la david johnson's mom with us. lives, but sergeant johnson was missing for 48 hours. what is the pentagon telling his mom and his family of what happens to him. we have them here with that story. we also have exclusive reporting on how the president is feeling about robert mueller's probe and what might happen next. we have both of those exclusive things for you when chris and i see you at the top of the hour. >> thanks, allison. >>> 48-50 minutes past the hour. espionage bribery? they are not accusations against a foreign adversary, but against uber. details on cnn money stream, next. (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. but entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest heart failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can ca

charlottesville extremely poorly, managed ed td to botch think was a disgraceful botching of sergeant la david johnson to his soldier of color. you add these incidents, many more, together. the problem for the white house is not whether they deny this or whether people believe these specific quotes, brianna, is that people are prepared to believe this. you have people denying it, but you don't have anybody saying, oh, that doesn't sound like anything president trump would say. >> it plays into something. and in the same report, phil, it's interesting, because it talks about how the president's attitude towards immigrants and foreigners, how this predates what we've seen from him as a candidate. he's always been fearful where other cultures are concerned, and always had anxiety about food and safety when he travels, said michael deantonio, who interviewed him for the biography, the truth about trump. his objectification and demonization of people who are different has ferrstered for decades. but this is a big part of his job now. >> >> let me use the word the president said. when we had the president o

donald trump made a mess with a condolence phone call to the widow of sergeant la david johnson who wasr. today john kerry made just as much as a mess in his attempt to clean up donald trump's mess. all indications are that the president made that condolence call only after feeling the public pressure of a press conference where he was asked why he had been silent for almost two weeks about the death of sergeants johnson and three other army sergeants

. >> congresswoman frederica wilson from florida tells me the remains of the sergeant la david johnsonat the pentagon found were his teeth. >> what's that tell you? rosy? >> well, you might know this but i think a key that's been overlooked a little bit is the democrats did not run a candidate for the seat that's been won by doug jones. i think that shows you if you don't compete, you can't win. >> kimberley atkins, rosy gray. >>> let me finish with that wondrous picture we saw last night from alabama when we return. ♪ this holiday, the real gift isn't what's inside the box. it's what's inside the person who opens it. ♪ give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions- and open up a world of possibilities. ♪ save 30% for the holidays at ancestrydna.com i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. ltry align probiotic.n your digestive system? for a non-stop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. get 24/7 dig

this issue on the front burner and in everyone's mind until we know what happened to sergeantla david johnson. i field back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. without objection, the speaker or a designee and minority leader shall each name a total of 15 members delegates or resident commissioner of the respected party who are not members of the ethics to serve on subcommittees of that committee during the 115th pursuant to clause 5-a-4. pursuant to clause 5-a 4-a and the the following members of the house to serve on investigative subcommittees on the committee of ethics for the 115th congress. >> mrs. wagner of missouri, mrs. walorski, mrs. handel, mrs. walters of california, mr. paulsen of minnesota. the speaker pro tempore: the house lays before the chamber a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the order of december 13, a of nd clause 5-a-4 i've the house of representatives i designate the following members to serve as members of an investigative subcommittee established by the committee on ethics during the 115t

against michael gove, david davis, boris johnson, these hard brexiteers. until we have two. it is called the end estate discussion. what britain wa nts end estate discussion. what britain wants brexit to look like come march 200019. it's remarkable, 18 months since the referendum and they haven't got around to talking about what they want brexit to look like. we were told it would happen before the end of the year which means only one more cabinet before christmas, which is on tuesday. it's going to bea which is on tuesday. it's going to be a bit ofa which is on tuesday. it's going to be a bit of a ding—dong i would have thought. at the same time, they won't come to any conclusions. they'll be having a say because they can't agree. again i think this is entirely her mismanagement, she could have said, and this would have been... this is true of a 48—52 result referendum anyway but especially true after the election which quite clearly returned to parliament a mandate for a much softer version of withdrawal from the eu than she and her government has been p

is providing some new details about the death of an army green beret in niger. 24-year-old la david johnsonas killed by islamic militants in early october. according to "the associated press," an investigation of his death show that johnson fought to the end and died in a hail of gunfire. he reportedly was not captured alive or taken prisoner as peat where a reports officially suggested. johnson was reportedly hit as many as 18 times. his body recovered two days after the ambush that killed him. >>> hundreds of passengers are recovering after getting sick on a royal caribbean cruise. they were on a five-day cruise on board the independence of the sea, when a gastrointestinal bug took over the ship, quickly spreading. 332 cases were reported. but passengers said that number was probably higher, because some passengers were too sick to seek treatment. royal caribbean says the ship is getting an extensive deep cleaning before its next cruise. >>> and dozens of skiers had to be lowered from a chair lift in pennsylvania by rope. the lift malfunctioned, causing a chair to slip backwards into a ch

two senior defense officials tell fox news sergeant la david johnson was not executed or captured duringttack as previous reports suggested. the 25-year-old was shot nearly 18 times. three other american soldiers, including two green berets died also in that attack. vladimir putin praising president trump for providing the intel that prevented a terror attack in st. peters birg. the russian president calling our chief of staff after the cia tipped russian officials off. the white house says president trump was pleased to help adding quote: both leaders agreed this served as an example of the positive things that can occur when our countries work together. it is the second time the two leaders have spoken by phone since thursday. and those are your headlines. brian: nice job, ainsley. 13 minutes after the hour. jane fonda spending thousands to make sure republican congressman darrell issa is out of a job. his response? >> when hanoi jane puts $100,000 in to defeat you, i have so little respect for her after she betrayed our country. brian: most of america feels the same way. he wasn't don

johnson," director david france.turing the 8g band with anton fig. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that is wonderful to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. the houston astros beat the los angeles dodgers last night to win their first world series title in team history. sad news for dodgers fans, some of whom have been following the team since as far back as game three. [ laughter ] security researchers have reportedly discovered that recently indicted former trump campaign chairman paul manafort used bond007 as one of his computer passwords. [ laughter ] he also signed his checks, "from russia with love." [ laughter ] according to cnn, white house senior adviser jared kushner recently turned over documents to special counsel robert mueller about his role in the firing of fbi director, james comey. oh, man, i hope they don't put kushner in j

david le david johnson was not killed at close range. the associated press learned that johnson died in a hail of gunfire, hit as many as 18 times after fleeing militants. his body was discovered four days later. four soldiers were killed in that ambush. >>> making headlines, the fight against the historic wildfires in california. a break in the winds helped the crews over the weekend. but not before new evacuations and the destruction of multimillion-dollar homes. steve patterson in ventura, this morning, with the latest. hi, steve. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, this is a race against time. firefighters on the attack hoping to seize on that break in the weather before heavy winds return. this morning marks two weeks since the blaze broke out. more than 8,500 fire personnel now on the front lines. some working 24-hour shifts to stop the flames from spreading. the thomas fire scorching 270,000 acres is larger than the size of new york city. destroying more than 1,000 properties. it's killed two people, including 32-year-old

joining me for the hour is david kirkpatrick. also cory johnson.et's discuss what is going on in bitcoin this week. cory: i am working on a bloomberg news story coming soon to a terminal may argue here at check that out -- a lot of the point stocks. today was weird i kept looking at the price look like it was going up. and since this morning, since the trading, not a stock, bitcoin is up and it is up eight today since 9:30 this morning new york time. basically since i've been awake today, it has been rallying after a selloff. i think it highlights the enormous volatility that is still extant in the trade of bitcoin. add to that a lot of the equities that have informed around the idea of blockchain and bitcoin. yet, you still have the skeptics. the hedge fund manager had this to say about his bitcoin chairs. >> this is a bubble and there is a lot of fraud mixed in. there is a lot of froth and fraud in anything as exciting as this. >> i want the record to show i didn't say that. >> mostly because it's so global. emily: he also says he is shelving pla

an joining us now is david kay johnson and jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and a msnbcibutor. david, republicans are sinisting that the $18 a week for americans is real tax relief that's for the middle class. is this a middle class tax cut bill? >> well, majority of people in the middle class will get a few crumbs. wealthy people will get a cake and people like donald trump and wilbur ross get the most delicious tax cut cake you have ever seen and the idea that donald trump pays more taxes under this as big of a nonsense as the other things that he says. so on an individual level, and for people who own businesses like me, boy, this tax bill's terrific. but for working people, not at all. and remember, what you are going to see happen soon. orrin hatch said there just isn't money there for c.h.i.p. then pretty soon there's not money for social security, all sorts of other things because it's clear the republicans' agenda is the rich doesn't have enough and we have to get them more. >> jason, if you just look at the tax center policy put together a chart to explain who g

they have from the press is the distorted vision and they want to know the truth no as johnson early and folks know david davis normally thornberry and learn from corbin's benj do they just don't like you or they frightened to be around her just say to their visit with the brags that story but so we had we had the prince michael of kent who is the patron of the russian british jump of. first we had the . if you m.p.'s who are really heavily involved in the russian british relations and they wanted to send the messages to be to the people who gathered here so basically. we heard the messages but what is most important is that we have the bridges of business here those who are really doing this is not just the big one like us to seneca they just signed the new group with the tother stan but this is also the small business we see this context here which is to raise or may appear to be saying you're a dangerous country or a rogue country that is destroying elections all around the world and certainly that's going to inspire business confidence is a well you know britain is the country of the pluralism and if

the whole point, one assumes, that you appoint david davis, liam fox and boris johnson you appoint davidcause of three of them were brexiteers and if it is a complete failure, it is their fault. sidelining david davis should turn that on its head. absolutely but we have to remember that a lot of her plans back in the day have since proved not to have been the most successful approach so i think the way brexit negotiations have gone so far has clearly presented additional challenges that perhaps nobody factored in. who is to save what will happen in the next couple of months. indeed. in the mail. bobbies disappearing. 40% of people in this poll say they have not seen an officer on street patrolled in the last year. it is an independent police watchdog poll questioning 4000 people and they say that apparently 44% of not seen bobby on the beat in the last year, last year it was 36%, is they be declined by all the look of things. ——a steady decline. i wonder how we liable it is as an indicator because one thing we have to consider is how many lease officers out there are plainclothes and on

the body of la david johnson was found two days after an ambush that killed other soldiers. to the end after fleeing the attack by an off shoot of isis. he was not captured or executed as previously reported. >>> the "washington post" reports that celebrity chef mario batali apologize for sexual conduct but he infuriated many when he included a recipe at the end of the apology. oh, no. he's accused of sexually aha rasing women and groping them. in an e-mail letter to fans he says he takes full responsibility but ended with a quote, in case you're searching for a holiday inspired breakfast these pizza dough breakfast is really good. people are going, what are you thinking? touf approve that before you put it up. >> this is a serious matter. >> not funny. >> variety says star wars, the last jedi soared to a $220 million opening. >> the second best opening ever, only its predecessor "the force awakens" beat it. "the last jedi" brought in $200 million over seas. >> my kids went. they loved it. >>> the redwood forest that's now a social media sensation. oversees. >>> the redwood

joining us in new york david kirkpatrick. also, cory johnson.'s start with what is going on in bitcoin this week. >> i created a bitcoin monitor on my screen and i have been monitoring a bunch of stocks as well working on a bloomberg news story coming to a bloomberg terminal soon. check that out. emily: i will. >> today was weird. i cap noticing the price looked like it was up for me today. and since this morning, since the beginning of trading today, it is not a stock, bitcoin is up, and it is up it today, 24% comes since 9:30 this morning new or time. basically since i've been awake today, bitcoin has been rallying after a selloff. i think it highlights the enormous volatility that is still extant in the trade of bitcoin. added to that, a lot of equities that have been formed around the idea of blockchain and bitcoin. despite the futures contracts trading inside chicago. emily: yet, you still have the skeptics. the hedge fund manager had this to say about his bitcoin plans. take a listen. >> this is a bubble and there is a lot of fraud mixed i

david cay johnson, thank you for being with us pulitzer , prize-winning investigative reporter previouslyith "the new york times," now founder and edititor of f dcreport.org. his biography of donald trump is titled "the making of donald trump." his forthcoming book on trump is titled " "it's worse than you think" and will be out in january. when we come back, one of president trump's accusers speaks out. we will speak with jessica leeds about what happened to her in 1979 when a flight attendant went back to coach on the plane and invited her forward to sit in first class. she would be seated next to donald trump. find out what happened, next. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: emmanuel "manno" charlemagne, who died on sunday in a miami beach hospital at the age of 69. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we turn now to the mounting calls for donald trump to resign and the escalating war of wordsetetweenrumpmp a his accusersvever muiple clas ofof sexual hasassmenand d asult. this week, newew york senator kirsten g

johnson are protesting about. they are colleagues of yours. david davis seems to be coming into the real world faster than people likejohnson the real world faster than people like johnson and gove. the real world faster than people like johnson and govelj the real world faster than people like johnson and gove. i guess you we re like johnson and gove. i guess you were both remainers? correct. but a lot of tories were remainers, and thatis lot of tories were remainers, and that is not the point. as david davis says, the point is to get the best dealfor britain. davis says, the point is to get the best deal for britain. if we want to look after northern ireland and if we wa nt look after northern ireland and if we want to treat northern ireland as a full and equal part of the uk, you can't have different rules for them and us. the only way of having a frictionless border seems to me to stay in some kind of customs union, probably the one we are currently in. david davis is saying that we have to have regulatory alignment. the eu wants a level playing

sergeant will he david johnson was four americans killed by terrorist group that objection.xecuted at close range. now these findings come from a military investigation. the report says sergeant johnson was killed by enemy fire as he fled the attack. sergeant johnson's body was found several days after the other three victims about half mile away. >>> queue the music, the truth is out there. the pentagon knotted mitting the us military ran a secret ufo investigation for years. new york times -- thank you >> new york times report reveals the pentagon spent millions from 2007 to 2012 to check for science of ex tra teres tee ya'll live. program investigated incidents including navy jets chasing down a white tissue oval object, and a navy super hornet following an aircraft that emitted a glowing aura. while rotating and traveling at high speeds. good night. >> i'm out. >> the defense defendant says the program has since ended and costs about $22 million. but so i guess we just know it might be out -- well there's something we don't understand. >> they're living amongst us. >> th

joan walsh and david cay johnson, thank you for joining us. that is "all in" in this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thank you, my friend. big night in washington tonight. if you have late-night plans tonight, you might want to cancel them. you might be late for dinner. i know, just leave everything in the oven, i promise i will take the dogs out but i'm going to be late. here's an interesting thing, though, about what's going on tonight in washington. even though everybody knew in advance that this was going to be a big night in washington, a big consequential night when a very big decision who would be made, there is one person who really doesn't need to be there in washington tonight as this decision is happening. and it's this guy. and this is becoming a recurring theme of the mike pence vice presidency. time and time again we get explanations from his office for the vice president's behavior. explanations that everybody in washington and most people in the media just kind of go along with and they don't make too much of a splash. but time and time a

back with me is jason johnson and david frum. david, how does this whole thing work?nd why won't it go away? >> well, look, i'm a double target in the war on christmas because not only am i jewish and not a christian and not an observer of the christmas holiday, but i grew up in canada where people are as likely to say happy christmas as merry christm christmas. so it's a two-front war. your point about the president's need for congratulations is very powerful. the ugliest manifestation that of is what the president tweeted after the terrible slaughter in the pulse nightclub in orlando, where the president gave himself a pat on the back and said he appreciated all the congratulations he was getting from people. after that terrible, terrible slaughter. there is -- there is something terribly wrong with him. and in this case, i think it's not just a psychological need. it is, as you said, a political awareness that he rules by dividing, by insinuating that some of his predecessors like president obama, maybe they were not as imbued with the christmas spirit as he is. an