speaker dennis hastert could testifyld at his sentencing next month.ober hastert pledastd guilty to violating bank laws bn when he tried to pay $3.5 million in hush money ton u keep someone quiet about past misconduct.. the misconduct dates backac decades around the time t hastert was a high school sch wrestling coach.g c >>> president obama touching down in buenos aires for anes fa official state visit to argentina.ina. mr. obama's two day visits twda comes after his historic trip t to cuba. last night he spoke at a statete dinner hosted by argentina's arn president and later the commander-in-chief hit the hit dance floor for a little bitfl of a tango.oo a not bad mr. president.re he did it with a female dance intera shimmering gold dress. d that is a check of some of other top stories. holly back up to you. >> i'm with you.y he d>>id pretty well there. i like that. when in argentina, right. rig >>> still ahead this morning thi looking for a good place to pce eat? well, just make suree you're in maryland.aryl find out which local eateryal ey was named

a man who says he was sexually abused by hastert could testify about his emotional trauma. the sister of another alleged victim also says she wants to speak in court. violating banking laws for paying for more than $3 million to ensure an alleged victim's silence. he's due back in court for sentencing next month. >>> joe garagiola is being remembered as a decent baseball player who left his lasting mark on the world nearly 60 years of broadcasting. he played nine years in the majors winning a world series with the cardinals in 1946. after baseball, he went to the broadcast booth and stayed on tv well into his 80s. he retired about three years ago after a spell as an analyst for the diamondbacks. jair joe la died yesterday after being ill. he was 90 years old. >> speak of baseball, yankee slugger alex rodriguez set out his path to retirement. a-rod says he will leave baseball after next season when his $275 million contract with the yankees expires. he enters this season fourth on the all-time home run list and babe ruth. he will be 42 at the end of his contract. he says at

hastert pleaded guilty in the hush money case but sentencing has been delayed because of hastert's poor health. michelle: back to metro now. there are plenty of ways to get around d.c. without the subway. we haven't had to count on them or think about them for four decades. jonathan: a long time. horace holmes takes us now on a first-person commute. >> it's horace: i think everybody stayed home. >> real nice day. a good day to stay home and play hookie, right? >> what do you think of metro? >> i stopped using it. i stopped using it after riding it for 20 years. it's basically unbearable in the rush hour. >> thank you. horace: thank you. have a great day. >> got to wait for the bus. several buses. a bus. catch the 32. going to d.w. now. i get on the green line. transfer to the orange line to take me straight to the hospital. not today. horace: so instead of 15 minutes. >> on my commute, yeah. i was okay. horace: do metro? >> i usually do. horace: what do you think of it being shut down? >> i mean it's very inconvenient but we were able to get in. jonathan: some people couldn't. in vienna

. >>> when dennis hastert is sentenced next month in his hush money case, an alleged sex abuse victim might take the stand. according to a court transcript, the alleged victim was revealed when prosecutors asked the judge to change hastert's sentencing day. he was indicted on charge that's made illegal bank withdrawals for an unidentified person. sources say the modern was used to hide sexual allegations by hastert. >>> we're working for you to help you figure out the confusing tax rules. one miss that can catch you is if you tifile for an extension, does that also mean an extension to pay? the answer sadly no. an extension to file still means that you have to pay all or at least some of what you owe by the deadline. most parents know they can claim for their children, but did you know that you may also be able to claim your grandparents? >> they can't make over $4,000 not have to live with you and you have to provide over half of their support. >> you get three extra day this is year here in the district because of emancipation day which is normally celebrated on april 16th. but sinc

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hastert pleaded guilty to violating federal banking laws.mitted he paid former hush money to a student who accused him of abusing him. >>> a measure overturns the law in the city of charlotte that allows people to use restaurants based on gender identity. the new law passed overwhelmingly. gay rights groups call the measure discriminatory and stigmati stigmatizing. >>> boulder, colorado has gotten hit particularly hard with more than two feet of snow in less than 24 hours. at the airport in denver travelers were stranded more than 1300 flights were stranded. nickel mitchell has the rest of the forecast for us. >> yes, so the same snow that hit colorado being measured in feet has moved through northern parts of the midwest, still dealing with some of that, and we started this yesterday. and now more has been fun ling into portions of new england. it's the 24-hour forecast, but the different winter storm warnings are up, especially in places like michigan. we could see ice accumulation, so watch for slick roads and power lines that could come

the hastert rule, the biden rule. it becomes cemented into history, because somebody said something. >> well, the hastert rule was actually employed. i don't think the biden rule has actually ever been employed. at least since he enunciated it in 1992. >> now it's been voiced as if it's part of the bible. thank you for coming on today. >> you bet. >> with the battle lines already drawn, there's no question it will be a struggle for president obama to get this senate to vote on and improve its nomination of merrick garland. joining me now is another veteran covering the supreme court, nbc's kelly o'donnell. kelly, this is fraught with so much effort at finding precedent. first of all, there's the biden rule. the first time the republicans have ever taken joe biden's voice as the rule of the day, but they certainly have here. i think we lost -- i guess we lost kelly. this is going to be tough tonight, or today, actually. and so we have a situation here, politico -- now kelly o'donnell rejoins us with greatness. thank yo

an alleged sexual abuse victim of dennis hastert could testify next month.eaded guilty in october to violating bank laws when he allegedly tried to pay $3.5 million to a person to stay quiet about past misconduct which is alleged to have occurred when he was a high school wrestling coach. that sentencing hearing is scheduled for april 27. opposition to free trade is a unifying concept, even in a deeply divided electorate. americans thirds of favor more restrictions on imported goods. large majorities favored policies protecting domestic jobs over lower prices. many described in nafta as being bad for the united states. global news 20 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. back to you in london. mark: still ahead, stocks falling around the world. our markets signaling a global markets -- are signaling a global slowdown? ♪ alix: live from london and new york, i'm alix steel. scarlet fu and mark barton across the pond. european shares have fallen every day this week. i guessed guest says the markets could be

million to a person to stay quiet about the past misconduct which is alleged to have occurred when hastert was a high school wrestling coach. the sentencing is scheduled for april 27. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2,400 journalists in 150 news bureaus around the world, i'm mark crumpton, david, back to you. david: on this, the last trading day before the easter holiday, global stocks have had a case of deja vu. the all country world index is charting an almost identical path that it did in the final months of 2015. the global benchmarks since november is the blue line. rob leery who managed $854 billion at t.i.a. told bloomberg tv earlier that that they are well set. >> we have a lot of uncertainty in the markets. the u.s. market is strong. there will be strong g.d.p. numbers overall for the us economy. even though there may be a pause here after what has been a really nice lift in the first quarter, after mid-february or so, we think the u.s. markets still have a good amount of room to go in the equity markets. david: joining is bell with $1.7 million assets under management.

if he wins, he's a deal maker, we're deal makers and you see the former spokesmen for dennis hastert people come on, get along with trump. we'll see how well it works. i don't know. >> thanks very much for sticking with us throughout the show. >>> in today's installment of america's debt and the economy, foreign governments are dumping u.s. debt like never before. figures just released show foreign governments sold close to $60 billion of u.s. treasury debt and other notes in january. the highest monthly tally on record going back to 1978. and china, which happens to be the largest owner of u.s. debt, is leading the way. analysts say it's all an effort by nations to raise cash of their own and keep their economies afloat during this global economic slowdown. >>> for the first time in more than 80 years, a sitting american president will visit cuba. cnn got a behind-the-scenes look at what life is really like on the island nation ahead of obama's historic visit. that's right after this break. with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always o

. >>> and new information involving next month's sentencing of dennis hastert. he plead guilty to violating bank laws as he tried to pay more than $3 million to hush money and someone identified as individual a. and he reportedly wanted the hi -- claims he sexually modested someone. the alleged abuse victim is deciding whether to testify at hastert's sentencing. >> and we today is holy thursday, the commemoration of the last supper of jesus. the central observance is the re-enactment of the last supper at mass. falls on the thursday before easter and is part of holy week. >>> and the jewish holiday purim began last night in mon. they celebrate the time when the jewish people were saved from annihilation in ancient persia and read from the bible's book and it ends on sundown tonight. >>> and coming face-to-face with a thief. he want know it. meet thema know who said someone showed up at the home to pick up a delivery under his name. >> and also, rusted metal is raising questions about safety should drivers be concerned on the old tappan zee bridge. >> and good ne

an alleged sexual abuse victim of former house speaker dennis hastert could testify next month at hising in a hush money case. he pleaded guilty in october 2 violating bank laws when he tried to pay $3.5 million to a person to stay quiet about his past misconduct which allegedly a wrestlingn he was coach at high school. a new hearing is scheduled for april 27. news 24 hours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news peers around the world. vonnie: we have some vertex for theut from thehague former bosnian serb leader. he has been found lt of contributive to the killings of the massacre of 8000 muslim men and his boys. they say he intended murder in sarajevo. mark: stocks are falling for the fourth consecutive day of the longest losing stretch in a month since february 9. energy companies are falling as the dollar rises. the stoxx 600 is on track for a second weekly drop. in currencies, sterling is falling for a fifth day against the dollar. that's the longest losing stretch since january 8. the euro is lower against the pound and money is moving into safer assets tod

abuse case against former house speakerical be allowed to testify when he is sentenced next month, hastertleading guilty to violating federal banking laws, he admitted that he paid hush money to a former male student who accused him of abuse. >>> a bill overturns a law that allows people to use restrooms based on gender identity. this new law passed the republican controlled let me later. gay rights groups call it discriminatory and stigmatizing. the latest battle over the affordable care act is in the supreme court. the justice heard arguments over the birth control mandate. religious groups vital that invites their beliefs. >> that may be left unresolved. >> it's certainly an unusual sight, nuns demonstrating outside the scout. they say they can not in good faith follow the map dates of the contraceptive requirements in the affordable care act. >> the government is requiring us to make changes in our health care, our religious health care plans to include services that really violate our deepest held religious beliefs. >> under federal law, the government does have to accommodate religio

also, this story -- alleged hastert's testify at hearing.entencing in the hush money case, according to the unannounced court hearing this week. it is the first time the court has officially linked the case of the sex abuse accusations against the illinois republican. it says that it doesn't plan on challenging accusations made by the individual but urges the court to consider taking his account in writing rather than having him testify. he said it was important that the judge show how the abuse affected him. what youing to you, think about the speaker of the house saying that political discourse in this country needs to improve? caller: ma'am, i am having a field day looking at this. i never thought i would see this in my life. especially with paul ryan and donald trump. i never thought that i would see the discrimination against women , you can talk to them anyway that you want them. but i've never seen that before in my 60 years. with the concerned republican party because the main thing they are talking about is taking the country back.