from our trade desk. ♪ >>> the last hour we brought you part one of the interview surrounding jerry fallwellcki. he talked about his relationship with them. key points of which the fallwells dispute. here now is the second part, the final part of that interview. >> they bought a youth hostile in miami. and you were offered -- you were offered a 25% share in the deal. why did you get offered 25% of a deal? you didn't put up any money for it, did you? >> no, i did not? >> so when i met them at the fountain blue, there were a couple trips, we went to a resort in the keys, and then there's another trip in new york. we stayed at the hotel on park avenue. there i was telling jerry about this pastor project of mine to help people, before you can ever help anyone, you need to make a lot of money yourself. and he's like, my background is in real estate. how about you go pick a property in miami beach, get a handful of them, and i'll give you 25% equity. he's the one that offered -- >> why do you think he was doing that? >> i believed him at the time, he wanted to help. that's how he always pitched it

. >> did jerry fallwell participate? watch and he enjoyed watching me and becky have sex. >> he was sexually involved but not actually participating with you? >> right, he would sit in the corner and -- he was enjoying watching us. >> jerry fallwell has accused you of lying. while you did have an affair with his wife, he was not involved in anyway? >> that's right. that was the game plan from the beginning. it's to throw his wife under the bus. i think that tells you exactly who they are. he's willing to throw his wife under the bus and then call me the predator. the 20-year-old. again, age of a liberty university student is the one that targeted them and preyed on them. this power couple who has all the money in the world. it's ridiculous and disgusting. >> how soon did you see them again? >> that encounter ended, the next day, they called me through a blocked number again. they said, hey, come back. all right, i went back, that was the second day. and then after that, then we exchanged numbers and they told me, hey, we

his father founded under a cloud of scandal >> reporter: jerry fallwell jr.over the largest evangelical schools ore a decade ago. now he he thes a group of self-righteous people are in a position to remove him he has accepted the resignation. reuters reported that the falwells became entangled over eight years ago after meeting the then 20-year-old in a hotel. he denies the ak scission telling reuters that jerry knew about the affair and would sometimes watch him and becky together >> it's like telling me every time he hooks up with people like i don't have feeling or something. >> all of this less than a month after fallwell posted and then deleted this photo on instagram. it was all good fun, liberty university put the girl on indefinite lee the stool said additional matters say it will not be the best for the university for him to return from lee they instructed his attorneys not to send his resignation. >>> in an interview he said he would indeed step down acknowledging that some of his posts on social media as embarrassed the schoolschool >> when we come

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jerry fallwell jr., one of the most prominent evangelical christians here in the united states is resigningt of liberty university founded by his father. the move comes after falwell acknowledged what he calls an inappropriate relationship between his wife and a miami man who says he had a years-long affair with her with falwell's knowledge. falwell alleges the man tried to blackmail him with the information. he has denied that with an interview with reuters. >>> other news we are following here in "the situation room." doctors at a berlin hospital where the russian dissident alexei navalny is being treated. testing indicate does in fact he was poisoned. that's what supporters of his have feared while on a trip from siberia. he was flown by private jet to germany over the weekend. cnn's matthew chance is in moscow for us tonight. update our viewers on the latest information. what can you tell us, matthew? >> before he was evacuated to germany from russia, russian doctors said they found no traces of toxin in the blood or the urine. that's been contradicted though now in berlin where he's be

lou: breaking news now, jerry fallwell jr. has resigned as president of liberty university.on comes after falwelled had said he and his wife were being blackmailed by their former pool boy and family friend identified as john carlo e branda. falwell's wife apparently had an affair with him and the falwell's invested in a gay-friendly hostel that he ranch falwell claims the man tried to extort them, asking for large amounts of money to keep their activities secret, an allegation that granda denies. falwell out. >>> also break tonight, the radical left teaching our children is changing curricula in response to black lives matter. one black superintendent near fort worth, texas, says, quote: we can't control what happens with the police, but we can control what happens in our school systems. i guess parents and school boards have nothing to do about that. a recent education week survey found 81% of teachers support the black lives matter movement. the marxist movement, black lives matter. by the way, 70% of u.s. teachers are in teachers' unions. well, writer georgia mel hill sa

most recently, jerry fallwell, one of the big evangelical backers, because of a scandal he was involvedhis is the republicanpresident that republican members have come to accept and whose behavior they have excused. so, you know, he has been able to, all of those many years blame the deep state and all sorts of other people in say, this is not really having anything to do with him. and in training his fire on departments. very successfully, so he has been able to really, i had think, rally republicans around him. you have seen some frain among rank and file voters and you saw them trying to play it out by bringing colin powell forward and talking about biden's relationship with mccain and more represent are can -- and now, more republicans are coming back and saying they are backing donald trump. but this is the president that republicans have rallied around no matter what people say about him or what controversies he is involved in. this is the person that will lead the party and tonight, they will try to sort of -- you get a sense of what the post-donald trump presidency or the post r

donald trump is as qualified to talk about law and order as jerry fallwell jr.lk about family values. donald trump pursued a strategy during this entire tragic crisis to exploit divisions in our country and encourage violence, whether it's his racist tweets he put out or defense of the confederate flag or for that matter defending right wing groups that are labeled as potential domestic terror threats like q anon, saying they seem to love our country because they seem to like him. he is engaged in a strategy dividing our country and, in fact, fanning the flames of violence and the american people aren't going to visit. they're not going to accept it because they know the message of unity and healing and addressing systemic issues of injustice and racism in our country is long past due. >> alice? >> victor, look, we can all agree that we do need to address racial tensions in this country, but it's a sad day when we have democrats that are more concerned about the president's political fallout of this as opposed to the actual lawlessness and looting and violence a

surfacing of his sister delivering blistering personal criticism and steve bannon arrested and jerry fallwell jr., a lot going on that is not great in the president's world. >> reporter: yeah, it is not exactly how an incumbent wants to kick off a convention so the president will try to rewrite that narrative. there will be a lot of trump over the next few days because rarely do candidates appear every single day of the convention. usually just in small ways. but the president will make an appearance every single day of the convention in some way. we saw that with the speech in charlotte earlier. but he does have the headlines hanging over him. it is not the weekend you want to have where your sister is recorded on audio saying your a liar with no principles and a top strategist with the president since his last campaign, kellyanne conway, now announcing she's leaving next week. and one of her last appearances as a white house official will be at the convention when she's scheduled to speak on wednesday. >> kaitlan collins, thanks so much. >>> the republican national convention is underway. a

increasing ic so right now, jerry fallwell jr.ce from his role as president and chancellor of liberty university at the request of the school's board of trustees. he's under fire for an image he posted to instagram standing with a young woman, both of their pants unzipped. falwell later said it was his wife's assistant and the racy photo was from a costume party on a yacht, and it was, quote, in good fun. >>> authorities are calling a drug tunnel discovered near yuma, arizona and stretching into mexico, they're calling this the most sophisticated in s u. hry l rou equipped with ventilation, water, power lines, even a rail system. >>> we start this half-hour with the new developments in the death of angels pitcher tyler skaggs. a former team employee now looking at charges in connection with the pitcher's accidental overdose. abc's zohreen shah joins us now with the details. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. skaggs' death shook the sports world. now investigators are pointing fingers at a former angels employe

. >>> jerry fallwell jr. has officially resigned as president of the largest christian university in the country. he submitted his resignation letter late last night after an alleged sex scandal. the business partner revealed details of a seven-year affair that involved him and his wife. he said that grenada did have an affair with his wife but said he wasn't involved and accusing of blackmail. >>> california attorney general is stepping up to protect wildfire victims from price gouging. the ag's office issued a consumer alert. now, most price increases on things like food, gas and medical supplies are limited to no more than 10% above what was being charged before. santa cruz county's district attorney said many complaints are coming in about hotels. price gouging rules are meant to keep hotel prices in check when demand goes up because evacuees need rooms. michael finney recommends keeping your receipts in case you need to contest a charge. >>> tracking how the economy is changing during the coronavirus pan

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here's what's happening at this hour jerry fallwell jr.esigned as president of liberty university. the move comes following his wife's involvement with a younger business partner the sefrns package called for in his contract has not been changed. >>> in galveston, texas, buses are lined up to help people get out of the way of hurricane laura. hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate parts of coastal texas and louisiana. >>> and soccer great messi says he wants to throw-in the towel with the barcelona team he captains and for whom he has played his entire professional career the move comes after barcelona suffered a humiliating 8-2 loss to byron munich in the quarterfinals. the if he is able to depart, it will spark a bidding war among top teams though it remains unclear which would be able to afford his very lucrative salary you're up to date. that's the news update this hour david, i'll send it back to you. >> thank you, sue. >>> still ahead here, weighing the pros and cons, new york state allowing gyms to reopen in s