john edwards was prosecuted in 2012 for what happened in 2008. utors accusing him of getting almost $1 million in illegal campaign contributions to keep his mistress, rielle hunter, silent during the 2008 campaign. edwards was prosecuted but not convicted. i believe the jury found him not guilty on one count and deadlocked on the other five counts. so proving that may be tough. but common cause is going to try to bring that case, trying to get investigation whether this was an illegal campaign contribution since the payment was made in the weeks before the 2016 election. common cause arguing that it may not have been an illegal contribution if it was donald trump's own money, but there may have been a reporting violation since they apparently reported it to no one. so that could be part of the litigation as well. >> let's talk about that. brian todd, thank you very much. i want to bring in vice president of policy and litigation for common cause, paul s. ryan. thank you so much for joining us on cnn. did donald trump's lawyer michael cohen break c

trump than the john edwards case. >> john edwards payment looked like a child support payment, but inow you're stretching to get this into the campaign box. but we'll be covering your story and covering your case. >>> ahead our special report on the fbi official trump fryitryio push out. >>> and why a trump appointee at d.o.j. is putting devin nunes on blast and calling him extraordinarily reckless. it's an important story and it relates to the secret society. >>> and later, how does this help explain the memos? i'll explain that tonight on the beat. efore dawn. sweating it out. driving ourselves to do more. be more. tough to make time for it all. but we can always find time to listen. to great thinkers, and fearless explorers. whose stories fuel our minds... and imaginations. stories that take us places our hamstrings alone can't. all we have to do is listen. open your ears to the largest selection of audiobooks from the world's most inspiring voices. download audible today. this time, it's his turn. you have 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. philadelphi

can i get back the $25 i gave to john edwards? i feel cheated. my second question is, was there evidence that paul loved her at any point? or was she just convenient? >> it was interesting. one of the people i got spend time with was a woman name nancy collins, who was paul's nurse and then bunny's nurse. she worked for them for close to 20 years me and talk about toward the end of paul's life, they had a -- a little anniversary party and at the end paul turned to nancy to say i'm so glad i stayed married to bunny. think they cared about each other deeply but they were both from a repressed what happens world so many things they didn't really deal with to some extent. and they had different interests and background. think that paul loved his mistress, very close to her, but they had different emotional things they gave him. as for the job edwards -- john edward, kept help you with that but i understand your feelings. >> can you tell us a little about stacy lloyd after the divorce. did he just disappear from view or did they keep a friendship goin

john edwards was prosecuted in 2012. for what happened in 2008. prosecutors accusing him-over getting a million dollars in illegal campaign contributions to keep his mistress silent during the 2008 campaign. now edwards was prosecuted but not convicted. i believe the jury found him not guilty on one count. and deadlocked on the other. five counts. so proving that maybe tough. but common cause is going to try to bring the case and get to investigate. whether this was an illegal campaign contribution. since the payment was made in the weeks just before the 2016 election. common cause arguing that it may not have been an illegal contribution. if it was donald trumps own money. but there may have been a reporting violation since they reported it to no one. so that could be part of the litigation. >> let's talk about that. brian todd, thank you very much. i want to bring in the vice president of the policy and litigation. paul s. ryan. did donald trumps lawyer michael cohen break campaign finance law by paying stormy daniels $130,000? >> it certainly lo

john edwards was acquitted. and the prosecution was derided at the time as political.ct, the prosecutor who brought the case is now the republican congressman for the second district in north carolina. it was thought the political ambition is what led him to bring the case and that was why it got so much criticism. >> paul, to go back over what you're asking for. you're asking the fec to investigate this contribution or whether it was a contribution. they are -- they have been very slow about this kind of thing. they can take years, even, to look into this stuff. >> they sure have been slow. i'd use the word dysfunctional. that's one of the reasons we sent it to the department of justice as well. they both share authority when it comes to our campaign finance laws. they both have a job to do it. and stormy daniels, whose real name is being protected on this show because who wants to live the rest of their life with this story with donald trump. she was in south carolina entertaining voters in a club in south carolina which voted overwhelmingly for donald trump. and thi

. >> did you think it was an outrageous time for john edwards when there were reports about john edwards did use campaign money, allison. >> and aren't we trying to find out whether donald trump did the same? >> i watch your show. it's not like you don't have enough material to talk about on the public policy question. >> so why don't you want to talk about this one, matt? >> no matter who commits wrongdoing in the country, i think law enforcement should go after it. >> they're looking into it which is why this non-profit group wants to look into it. >> but allison, don't try to box us into this idea that we're hypocrites just because -- >> why not? >> because we want to focus on the issues of the day. >> and you said the issue of the day was john edwards you were happy to talk about it, but not now. that's all i'm pointing out. >> i wasn't invited on your show to talk about it. >> after a year of everything that we see at the fbi and all of this question and special counsel on. >> can i tell you? >> when you -- [ indiscernible ] >> you don't want to talk about it. >> you've wasted four

. >>> you remember john edwards, the 2004 democratic vice presidential nominee, two-time presidential candidate? he was prosecuted and almost went to jail for a long time because he used campaign money to pay off the woman he secretly had an affair with. and there's a good reason i'm bringing this up. last week, thanks to amazing reporting from the "wall street journal," might even call it dogged, we learned trump lawyer michael cohen arranged a $130,000 payment for adult film storstormy daniels' silence shortly before the 2016 presidential election. daniels, allegedly had a sexual encounter with trump in 2006, not long after trump married melania. at the time, barron trump was 4 month old. both michael cohen and a white house official denied trump had a sexual encounter with stormy daniels. they did not deny the payment, though cohen presented a recent letter denying the encounter and rumors of hush money. but long before the 2016 election, daniels gave an interview to in touch magazine published in full today, describing the encounter with trump in lengthy and indeed excruciating de

there was a similar case involving another prominent politician, john edwards. >> reporter: that was.n 2012, he was prosecuted for secret donations made to his mistress. but edwards was not convicted. the jury found the money spent for a candidate is not necessarily money spent for a campaign and not regulated by campaign finance law. people are giving this case against president trump a long shot because of that precedent with john edwards. >> brian, thank you very much. brian todd reporting. much more on this story in the next hour. also coming up, the breaking news. the special counsel's russia probe closes in on the president and his inner circle. robert mueller is seeking to talk to the president in the weeks ahead, as cnn learns his team has already met with the attorney general, jeff sessions, and the fired fbi director james comey. day's senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. and there's never been an easier way to get great advice. a

john edwards was acquitted. so, you know, i do think legally it's probably a long shot, but you know, the question of who -- where this money came from and why is certainly one that i would imagine would be of interest to voters and the public. whether it's a crime, it's hard for me to say. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> counselor -- >> we got through a lot there. >>> so this morning the government is open, so now what? >> the president just wrote the last hour, nobody knows for sure that the republicans and democrats will be able to reach a deal on daca by february 8th, but everybody will be trying with a big additional focus put on military strength and border security. the dems have just learned that a shutdown is not the answer. cnn's suzanne malveaux is live on capitol hill to take the temperature of where things are. suzanne? >> reporter: good morning, john and poppy. there are negotiations taking place on the budget side as well as immigration reform and what's going to happen on the budget

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legally, the good news for trump comes from the john edwards' case, where the jury rejected a theoryayments to a relationship should be rell great -- relegated to a campaign matter. a prosecutorial probe of these issues would put this whole story and these alleged payments and alleged gag orders under subpoenas and under way more scrutiny. now i turn to shelby holiday and a staff writer at the atlantic. natasha, the last time we talked about this, it was the dossier angle. somebody who's covered that case, a lot of legal questions, your view of what it would mean if there was an fec investigation. >> this would open up a whole new realm of scrutiny into what the trump campaign did during the election to cover up potential misdeeds. we saw that michael cohen set up this llc. did he set up llcs for other issues that the trump campaign wanted to go away. was this a pattern of behavior that mueller or anyone else would want to go back and investigate as to whether they were trying to cover up a money trail between the trump campaign and the russians. this is a significant development. >>

so i think that precedent probably would say these are really hard cases to prove. >> the john edwardsrd. it is so interesting, not a very high one, obviously, as you point out. if the case can be made that this is not a campaign finance violation, then this complaint to the doj, you would expect that would go nowhere. >> i would think it is going to be a real uphill battle on it. if you look at the way corporations have functioned in the united states for a long time, in sexual harassment cases, they constantly negotiate confident agreements and settlements with women and men who bring sexual harassment complaints. so confidentiality agreement, hush money, the same thing. it has been going on in corporate america for many, many years. and what trump's lawyers are going to say is this is no different than confidentiality agreements in any kind of civil litigation. nothing criminal about it. >> legally, okay, it seems like legally probably president trump, those around him are okay. but how does this change just the equation in general? how does this -- you said this is going to be a he

been overshadowed by political tension by the way and now i hope that qatar will be hosting the john edwards in two years time right now it's not clear whether the trophy won't be defended with unity and they've been restored and the golf conahan was on their way. this is al jazeera these are our top stories the united nations security council has held a special session on the recent protests in iran but the u.s. accusing tehran of stifling the voice of its people all the members including russia and france objected to the meeting insisting the council was not the place to discuss a country's internal affairs. rex tillerson has also been talking about iran specifically the nuclear deal he says the trump administration is looking for ways to keep the u.s. in the agreement i want to suggest it will fulfill islam of the others what the president does not make the final decision was the slaughter by the twelfth but if we're just talking about its numbers with a chance for thirty five will see that is the first this is the most. u.s. president donald trump has gone on a twitter tirade calling the

former presidential candidate john edwards was brought to trial in 2012 on similar charges. he was acquitted. >>> president trump expected to invite french president macron to washington this year. the invitation could be extended this week while the president an attends the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. donald trump is the first president in decades to not host a state visit in the first year of office. >>> change of plans for melania trump. the first lady will not join the president on his trip to switzerland. east wing communications director citing scheduling and logistical issues. last week, cnn was told that mrs. trump would travel with her husband in show of support. melania has not made a public statement since january 12th. >>> the president is ramping up the trade policy. tariffs on washing machines to protect u.s. manufacturers. a 30% tax on solar panels and 50s% on washing machines. and a top trade official said the president's action makes it clear that the trump administration will defend american workers. the taxes mainly aimed at asian manufactu

. >> that argument was made by former attorney john edwards when he was indicted for a similar activity. the problem with that is this is not money being paid over a year. it was a history a somebody paying. the allegations of her having an affair with him had been known for ten years. all of a sudden before the election he allegedly decides to pay to get a nondisclosure agreement. that made it looks like it was specifically for the election, not for another purpose. >> how important is it to determine where the $130,000 came from? we know michael cohen, the attorney, set up this fictitious account in delaware with fictitious names to it avoid seeing where it came from, but how important is it to find out for the campaign finance laws to find out where that money came from? >> it's very important. what you would have is a reporting violation. if it came from donald trump himself, then it should be reported as an in-kind contribution from the campaign and an expenditure should be reported. if it came from an individual, then you have a contribution. if it's from his corporation, it's a p

. >> john edwards, real hunter? >> and scuttled his campaign. >> yes. >> this is the dichs, the different world we're now in? the legal dynamic. >> look. let's pursue this by any means necessary. as bill kristol tweeted who among us hasn't paid off an llc right before a presidential election. >> to add to john's point, look. mike pence yesterday abroad said this is a false -- >> baseless. >> -- there was never any sexual relationship between the two of them. why did $130,000 go from president trump to stormy daniels in around llc that was set up to disguise both of their entities? presumably donald trump didn't get rich by giving out $30,000. what is that for? i think you have to have an explanation. if the common cause is getting an explanation -- why was his lawyer giving out six-figure amounts to a porn star. >> i feel bad for the vice president who on higgs world tour is forced to say it's a baseless claim because the payoff itself is evidence that it's real folks, whatever you want to deny it. >> thank you very

jared kushner's lawyer is abby lowell, who represented john edwards finance contribution in paying offtress. so, he's well aware of separate llc, routed the money $130,000. by the way, the $130,000 makes some sense. the reason that rings true to me is my guess is that she said i want 100,000 net into my pocket and her lawyer took the 30,000. >> mark geragos, i wish we had more time. >> i'm your designated adult film star expert. >> add a new job title for you, my friend. we are out of time. i'm going to move on and just leave it there. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. this is breaking news. sources tell cnn that special counsel robert mueller's team interviewed james comey as first reported by "the new york times," the fbi director whom trump fired back in may.

john edwards was prosecuted on a theory like that. he wasn't convicted.t you don't know what kind of case prosecutors could make. >> we've had communication with michael cohen about the story where he's given repeated denials about the underlying substance of the story. he hasn't denied anything about the payment. does that remain the same for you. >> same with us. >> michael rothfeld. thank you for the story. congratulations on your story thus far. leave the sex part aside. i'm telling you, the money part, it's a big deal. we'll be right back. [ gasps, laughs ] you ever feel like... cliché foil characters scheming against a top insurer for no reason? nah. so, why don't we like flo? she has the name your price tool, and we want it. but why? why don't we actually do any work? why do you only own one suit? it's just the way it is, underdeveloped office character. you're right. thanks, bill. no, you're bill. i'm tom. you know what? no one cares. and sometimes, i don't eat the way i should. so, i drink boost. boost high protein nutritional drink has 15 grams

ep john edwards was prosecuted on a theorily like thy like tha. he wasn't convicted.ut you don't know what kind of case prosecutors could make. >> we've had communication with michael cohen about the story where he's given repeated denials about the underlying story, hasn't denied the payment. does that remain the same for you. >> same with us. >> michael rothfeld. thank you for the story. leave the sex part aside. i'm telling you, the money part, it's a big deal. we'll be right back. in my freezer here. so check back for that follow-up vid. this is my cashew guy bruno. holler at 'em, brun. kicking it live and direct here at the fountain. should i go habanero or maui onion? should i buy a chinchilla? comment below. did i mention i save people $620 for switching? chinchilla update -- got that chinchilla after all. say what up, rocco. ♪ say what up, rocco. one laugh, and hello so i tried always discreet. i didn't think protection this thin could work. but the super absorbent core turns liquid to gel. snap! so it's out of sight... ...and out of mind. always discreet. for

of the idea of her becoming a legal problem for president trump point to the previous case of john edwardsuted in 2012 for a similar claim of hush money. two donors supplied almost $2 million for his mistress and a baby. he was charge d with accepting illegal campaign contribution, but the hung jury did notd convict him. >> the jury basically said these transactions and payments were personal. that motivation in large part was to hide things from mrs. edwards. the senator's wife. it had nothing to do with the campaign and we don't think that senator edwards committed a crime. >> legal experts say if there's any federal investigation into the reported payment of daniels, tracking the source of that money will be crucial. we have pressed trump's attorney repeatedly about where that money came from. he has not answers the question. on the prospect of the payment to daniels being investigated to mueller or any federal entity, cohn sent us a one word text today. baseless. >> what are you hearing about the chances of the federal election commission will investigate the payment as common cause th

. >> john edwards has a secret baby. >> it reminds me of that a little bit. i don't foe in is going to make a difference to the regular person who liked or disliked trump is bannon is out. i think it's a good thing that he was gone. but as you were saying with breitbart, matt was tweeting out some stuff today, is he out at breitbart as well? is mercer group interested in him anymore? >> that's the going gossip. >> fresh start. >> -- who invested a lot of money into breitbart news conglomerate. hasn't spoken with him since november. she's pulling all of her funding. kennedy: hang on, they're going to be back in a little bit. but now the president is looking to have the publication of the book halted but the toothpaste is out of the cap. the president claims the book is libl louse, quote, mr. trump demands that you immediately cease and deset from release or of the book or excerpts to any person or entity and that you issue a full and complete apology to my client as to all statements made about his and the article that lack evidentiary support. let me go to ju

to "national enquirer" because the "national enquirer" occasionally got things right, like the john edwardsry. the "national enquirer" -- let me tell you the inside story. here's what is really going on and here's why the media needs this book to be true. the democrats are panicking right now, sean, and i know you feel the same way about this. the tax kits have been running from the hill. they thought it would flameout like obamacare and a and pray that how the failure from the tax cuts would end the trumps political bank account, and once his political account was empty, they would move to impeach. now the economy is turning around and they are panicking and that is where the book provides a basis for around two, the 25th amendment, he is mentally unstable, which is quite possibly the dumbest narrative i've ever heard. >> sean: you write a lot about this in your book, "the new american revolution" ," i see ts president, i have not changed my views since i supported reagan. a little before the time. you are the next generation. the next point is, he has never wavered on his promises. we had

and that was one of the issues in the john edwards case, who was paying the money to keep that quiet. and that was investigated as an fec violation, which is what you were getting at tonight. >> yeah. whatever you think about, you know, the president and his, you know, pants and stuff, the issue of money here matters. particularly when one of these alleged payments happened a month before the election. another one around that same time. these are both very credibly reported payments, $130,000 payment, $150,000 payment. if the "national enquirer" made that as an inkind to the trump campaign, that has implications. the $130,000 that hasn't been denied, we have no idea of the source. but a month before the election, there's potential criminal campaign finance implications there. so again you don't have to care about the sex part of it to know this could be a serious story for the president. >> i think it's one of the stories because there's a sex part of it we're distracted from the strike zone of the story you found, which is where the focus should be. >> i put on like as me to bag and

. >> tony perkins said something different in 2007 when it involved john edwards having an adulterousidents in particular, social conservatives think character is an issue. as harry truman once said, a man that will lie to his wife will lie to me and a man who will break his marriage oath will break his oath of office. >> i don't know what happened to that tony perkins. what's happened is, exactly to ben's point, these pastors and these men called to be leaders, their leadership should be to their flock first and to biblical principles. as christians we're supposed to be the lights of the world. i don't understand how any of this is furthering the message that the christian church is called to do which is supposed to be converting lives to christ. they're not setting that example, by being hypocrites which is what ben wouldn't say. but i'll say it. these evangelical leaders are hypocrites, based on what you just read of what tony perkins says. trump is getting a mulligan because he's doing what we want they're putting politics over christian biblical principle. >> which christian bibl

and of course john edwards got involved, wilbur mills, richard nixon, they all had some element of shamecks to it the side. >> there is something to the side that if you don't give in, you'll survive. david visittter and his own scandals. >> her had home and away games. >> i do think it matters. we say he is teflon. but mid-30s popularity rating. we're in an economy. >> 39. >> well, generously. we're in an economy that is doing quite well. the stock market is doing quite well. >> why don't the conservative christian people care? barack obama given this song many times. it's true. he lives a clean life. he has never done anything wrong in terms of his marriage. he raise his kids properly. he uses good language. he does everything that very christian conservative people believe net. got no point. remember, that there are a lot of people that are voting on one issue, and that issue is abortion. there is that issue. >> so as long as he gives voice vois to oppositional abortion, just voice to it. >> but his background is a reality tv star which means his viewers expect less. >> women should b

we saw this before in the case of john edwards, a very similar kind of case which was actually, it madeto trial and charges were dismissed. however, the idea that the only benefit was that people, that stormy daniels wouldn't tell all, that might be a bit of a crowbar getting that into federal election law. again, it's very broadly drafted but there still needs to be a nexus between the benefit conferred to trump as the candidate and the benefit to stormy daniels which is very clear, under these allegations. >> call me a prude. the naive woman that i am somehow believed people might not feel good about someone running for president who had an affair with a porn star with a new baby at home and that might affect how they thought of that person in terms of being a world leader. >> all true. those are all true. i can't deny that part. but whether it fits into federal election law, at least the canon of federal election law, remains to be seen as a public policy issue. >> i guess i'm just a prude. thank you so much. i have never been called that before. >>> president trump is slapping new t

joe worked on the presidential campaigns of ted kennedy and walter mondale and john edwards. howard dean, when i met him, just to name a few. he was also the campaign manager for dean in 2004. but most recently, advising newly sworn-in senator doug jones from alabama with that unbelievable historic victory. joe, welcome. thanks for being here tonight. >> a great night to start. >> we really, really appreciate it. joining us, of course, also, mary katherine hamm senior writer for "the federalist" and jackie kucinich, washington bureau chief for "the daily beast." let me start off with a picture of tomorrow's "new york post" cover. there you see the president and bannon in togas. and it says et tu bannon? joe, i don't think that president trump is necessarily wrong if he feels a bit betrayed. >> no, he's not wrong, but this is exactly the kind of chaos division and sort of bitterness that's been flowing throughout the administration. and now it's flying out in the open in a way -- one of the things we saw in alabama in that race was republicans in trump's base were starting to

has been shadowed by political tension by the way and now i know that qatar will be hosting the john edwards in two years time right now it's not clear yet whether the trophy won't be defended with unity i mean restored in the golf front i was there on the way. but some of amman's fans will be feeling sore after the celebrations took an unexpected turn a barrier at the stadium collapsed during celebrations and around twenty fans were injured when they fell to the pitch site below now some of them were taken to hospital but their injuries not to be serious. liverpool have put their place in the fourth round of the english f.a. cup after beating local rivals everton at anfield liverpool went in front when james milner scored from the penalty spot after adam lallana was brought down in the box the sigurdsson equalized for their merseyside rivals midway through the second half but van dyck made the perfect debut for his new club scoring the winner as it finished two one elsewhere just sealing guard and lukaku scored for manchester united as they beat darby county to plenty of games two on saturd

there was an indictment of john edwards for hush money, but the prosecutors were unsuccessful in thatere may or may not have been crimes committed here. but the theme throughout is president trump's use of money to get what he wants, when he wants it. that is not a theme that's consistent with our presidency. >> then just stay with us on this. i want to pull a piece from the "wall street journal." it says, mr. cohen initially planned to make the $130,000 payment using an entity called resolution consultants llc. on the morning of october 17th, 2016, he created essential consultants, according to state records. two minutes later, he dissolved resolution consultants, the records show. what does activity like that tell you? >> well, they should just call it hush money consultants. i guess they didn't want to do that. you know, we have all these set up by trump lawyers, and that's been a theme we've heard about since before the election. he entities he has a financial interest in. he alleges they shield him from financial conflicts of interest under the ethics rules. it is his use of corp

you might argue john humphrys should not get £600,000 of public money and hugh edwards, i hope he isent to hear after! you can argue about things like that you can argue about pay parity, but at the end of the date is public money and it is how you spend it. i would have thought this was a perfect time for the bbc to look at itself and say, do we need to do everything? do we need to have so many expensive light entertainment programmes on? isn't it part of the bbc to be producing television that would not be available elsewhere ? television that would not be available elsewhere? how does this compare to the commercial side?” available elsewhere? how does this compare to the commercial side? i do think with the bbc, and particularly with radio presenters, like you were talking thatjohn humphrys, the bbc in the past has talked about other commercial pressures and part of me thinks, you are not supposed to be competing in that way so therefore, don't offer huge salaries because somebody will do it because they wa nt to somebody will do it because they want to do it. you don't need to of

the details are still being worked out, but the six arejeremy vine, nicky campbell, john humphrys, hugh edwardse emerged when the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie stepped down in protest at being paid much less than other world editors. football, and there was no giant killing down in the west country tonight — manchester united beat league two minnows yeovil 4—0 in the fa cup fourth round. alexis sanchez made his debut but was substituted in the second half as united took control. jesse lingard scored perhaps the pick of the goals — running straight through the yeovil defence. they will still remember it fondly, eventually. that is it from the bbc news channel. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news it's time for newsnight with krsty wark. of course he's going to reoffend, but i think the one thing that's worrying me and possibly other people, is the fact that he knows where we lived. tonight, one of the women fighting to keep the black cab rapist injail talks at length for the first time about her own ordeal and her determination to keep john worboys b

as john edwards, the former v.p. for the democratic party used to have in his speech, two americas.the field you got. the state of the union by the president and two americas, two different views of the same america based on patriotism and values, hitting words that both of them hit on in much different ways. >> he talked about the forgotten men and women of the country and said that russia is knee deep in hour democracy. the only mention of russia, all night, from joe kennedy. let's get more from brit hume who joins us. good evening, brit. >> hi, martha. i thought young mr. kennedy gave a get account of himself. he's a good speaker. he's a good looking guy. as you and bret said, his speech was dark. reminded me of the state of the union responses we heard in the regan years where the economy was booming and america had started to move forward and everybody noticed it. the democrats would come on after a reagan sunny speech and say how bad everything is. there's a danger in that. i think people are feeling the benefits of the tax cuts and the new business climate. but nonetheless, i

edward john o'brien is expected to be charged this evening with aggravated assault, dui, driving withended license and other charges. the house is damaged inside, police say they do not expect it to be condemned. it is still structurally sound and the couple is expected to be okay. reporting live in levittown, trish hartman. >>> still to come, some mark the start of a new year a little early. we'll take you to some cozy family celebrations. plus, eagles dropped a car cowb. good thing it didn't matter. we have details next in sports. those stories and much more when action news on new year's eve comes back. >>> there were plenty of family friendly events taking place across the delaware valley. many of them included an early count down to new year's eve for the children to enjoy. they took place in center city. families rode the carousel and enjoyed warm drinks. there was family fun along the river front. people came out for skating, vendors and games. they had a great view of the 9:00 fireworks show. the fun night was so popular in 2016, it returned for this year. it was a fun night i

just ask gary hart or john edwards or bill clinton.begs the question, have attitudes really changed or is it just a case of what my friend rachel maddow calls it's okay if you're a republican. i'll throw it out to you guys. have we matured as >>> my view is this is the first thing trump that has done in terms of sexual misconduct. >> at least it's consensual. >> if republicans didn't care when more than a dozen women accused him of various forms of sexual assault why would they care about this? on f it hif it had been reporte 2016 i'm not sure it would have made any difference. >> the american people didn't care that bill clinton was having affairs. all of the polls at the time soft scandal showed that america didn't care. why doesn't that same rule apply to trump? >> on two levels it should apply to trump. the moerl outriej and also the internation internation international security threats that come with other potential women. these are two wildly concerns thichks. i think the religious right which would be chomping at the bit to com

jeremy vine, nick robinson, john humphrys, huw edwards, jon sopel and nicky campbell have all agreed,china editor, in protest at the unequal pay between male and female international editors. here's our media correspondent david sillito. arriving at work this morning wasjeremy vine, one of the bbc‘s highest—paid presenters. however, he has now agreed that his pay, more than £700,000, should be cut. i think it all needs to be sorted out. and i support my female colleagues who have rightly said that they should be paid the same when they are doing the same job. it is just a no—brainer. it wasn't a problem for me to accept one. it is all part of the fallout from this, the moment the bbc was forced to reveal the pay of its highest—paid presenters. not only were there questions of the size of the deal, there is a big gap between male and female presenters. the bbc says it has agreed a series of pay cuts, among them are the today programme's john humphrys, jeremy vine, nicky campbell, huw edwards, along withjon sopel and nick robinson, alljust before a meeting with mp5 next week to discuss

jeremy vine, nick robinson, john humphrys, huw edwards, jon sopel and nicky campbell have all agreed,eir salary. it follows carrie gracie's resignation as china editor, in protest at the unequal pay between male and female international editors. here's our media correspondent david sillito. arriving at work this morning wasjeremy vine, one of the bbc‘s highest—paid presenters. however, he has now agreed that his pay, more than £700,000, should be cut. i think it all needs to be sorted out. and i support my female colleagues who have rightly said that they should be paid the same when they are doing the same job. it is just a no—brainer. so it wasn't a problem for me to accept one. it is all part of the fallout from this, the moment the bbc was forced to reveal the pay of its highest—paid presenters. and it is not the end of it. a bbc review of star pay is due out in the next few days, along with a face—to—face meeting with mp5. a 15—year—old has been detained for more than four years — after five passengers of the stolen car he was driving in leeds, were killed. the teenager, who can'

. >> you don't want to be the national enquirer unless it was the john edwards story >> have you everragraph that i have written. >> no wrrks but ut don't want to make it -- you don't want to make it so gossipy and sensationalistic that people doubt the underlying facts. >> if you want to call my tabloid, actually, that's probably good for me zoom what do you do next >> i'm sure another show in about -- >> another project after this or is it too hard to see past this? >> i have no -- i mean, this has been it for me a kind of, you know,ic approximated up as of last wednesday and i don't know if this is -- this is probably not life-changing. i have to go back and write another paragraph. >> trump would say you can embue huge ratings -- remember scare muchy. he goes on "the view." they get record ratings. you are probably as recognizable as anyone right now, would guess from this. that's one of the side he was effects. >> it's so -- it's extraordinary. this trump thing is -- >> are you getting stopped on the street now >> indeed. i mean, people follow me with cameras and they say you're

. >> reporter: police say the driver who crashed into the house, edward john o'brian of philadelphiaarges of dui and aggravated assault, driving with a suspended license and other charges and while the house is damaged inside, it is still structural sound and it will not be condemned. they say the couple is expected to be okay. reporting in levittown, trish hartman, channel 6 "action news." >> your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 1,300 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already took out ben

the details are still being worked out, but the six are huw edwards, nicky campbell, john humphrys, jons this evening confirmed that he'd agreed to a substantial reduction in his pay. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, reports. so now it's official — at least six of the bbc‘s most high—profile male journalists will take a pay cut, though some haven't yet signed on the dotted line. last summer, when the salaries of those earning over £150,000 were revealed, the bbc argued the move would be inflationary and a poacher‘s charter. but precious little poaching has taken place, and if anything, this transparency is proving deflationary. on his way into work this morning, radio 2'sjeremy vine said he applauded the changes. i think it all needs to be sorted out, and i support my female colleagues, who've rightly said that they should be paid the same when they're doing the same job. it's just a no—brainer, so it wasn't a problem for me to accept one. it's friday morning... on his breakfast show on radio 5 live this morning, nicky campbell revealed that he is one of those taking a cut. and i am also o

the details are still being worked out, but the six are huw edwards, nicky campbell, john humphrys, jonne. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports. so now it's official — at least six of the bbc‘s most high—profile male journalists will take a pay cut, though some haven't yet signed on the dotted line. last summer, when the salaries of those earning over £150,000 were revealed, the bbc argued the move would be inflationary and a poacher‘s charter. but precious little poaching has taken place, and, if anything, this transparency is proving deflationary. on his way into work this morning, radio 2'sjeremy vine said he applauded the changes. i think it all needs to be sorted out, and i support my female colleagues, who've rightly said that they should be paid the same when they're doing the same job. it's just a no—brainer, so it wasn't a problem for me to accept one. it's friday morning... on his breakfast show on radio 5 live this morning, nicky campbell revealed that he is one of those taking a cut. and i am also on that list. radio 4'sjohn humphrys has taken a substantial pay cut. the bbc u

the details are still being worked out but the six are huw edwards, nicky campbell, john humphrys, jonvine. 0ur media editor, amol rajan is with me now. will this go some way to sorting out the row over unequal pay? frankly, not so much. the move is significant, probably inevitable and driven by short and long—term factors. short—term factors, next week the most senior people at the bbc and carrie gracie, who resigned as china editor of equal pay, will be in front of a select committee and this was an attempt to get ahead of that story. the longer term, the economics of television. many of the people signed their salaries in an earlier era when there was more money washing around and the market was more bubbly and people were able to get the deals. that era has vanished and the big money is now in entertainment rather than news, and people getting jobs in news know they will not get the same sort of salaries as previously. does it equal eyes pay much? i don't think it does. for lots of the ball equal pay is not about big disparities right now but about historic injustices, accumulated

now, her colleagues, jon sopel, john humphrys, hugh edwards, and jeremy vine, have all agreed eitheriple to have their salaries reduced. ms gracie is due to appear before a select committee of mps next wednesday shortly before the director—general, his deputy, and the director of news and current affairs also appear. whereas competition in the entertainment industry has intensified, the opposite has happened in news. many of those now taking paycuts secured generous deals years ago. that world has disappeared, and these presenters now accept that a chunk of their salaries will have to disappear with it. amol rajan, bbc news. downing street has distanced itself from comments made by the chancellor, philip hammond, after he said any future change to the uk's relations with the eu could be "very modest". his remarks — during a speech at the world economic forum — were seized upon by tory leave campaigners, and criticised by a number of cabinet ministers. today, the brexit secretary, david davis, will give details of the government's plans for the transition phase after the uk leaves the

we have john bell edwards, a democratic governor and a new democratic mayor of new orleans. it's because there's a resistance morally in the long run to just being outright racist. you just can't justify it to your neighbors and yourself, and it may work short term politically, but it's not going to be sustainable. >> walter, you know what's so fascinating and why i don't understand why donald trump can't grasp this. perhaps he has trouble these days grasping basic concepts, but the southern strategy? it didn't even work in alabama a month ago. alabama elected the first democrat in a quarter century to go to the senate, and they did it against a man who wanted to get rid of the 13th and the 14th amendment, wanted to get rid of women's rights to vote, and in the state of alabama, a place -- you know, we used to put it on the license plates, the heart of dixie. even in the heart of dixie the southern strategy just didn't work, and it doesn't work anymore. >> well, yeah. and the problem with what i think what you said was that he should know that politically it wasn't a smart m

john hiel. former democratic congresswoman donna edwards, now a senior fellow at the brennan department of justice. mark, let me start with you, you had some blockbuster reporting over the holidays that we're going to get to in a moment. this ongoing war against his own justice department is the thing that he has done that i have heard the most consternation from some of the most conservative figures in sort of the republican legal circles, people like ted olsen, former solicitor general, i think congressman pete king from new york, worried about the politics of that, that the republican party could ultimately unbrand itself as a party that's aligned itself in law enforcement. does your reporting about this hot war against the justice department reveil aal any consternation of any of the apintees at the department department at this point? >> it's unclear whether there's among the political appointees, whether they feel embattled or they feel that the president is after them, you know, certainly the rank and file at doj and the fbi, people who are the career employees would i think probably take i