the "l.a. times" is reporting that rick gates intendtolead guilty. also according to the "l.a. times" to cooperate with the prosecution and testify against paul manafort. when you're at special counsel build tag case, what's your reaction to the news? >> all about paul manafort and about what he knows. apparently he is not cooperative with special counsel. he is exercising his constitutional right to go to trial at the end of the day. 95% of people charged with crimes end up pleading guilty. manafort looks like he needs a lot of pressure but mueller seems to think he's got the goods or someone higher up in the chain. this is a campaign manager and present at a lot of meetings and contact with russians p mueller wants to know what manafort knows and gates, his business partner, is key it manafort. >> let me ask you quickly, surprise that rick gates initially pleaded not guilty and then a couple since entering the plea, not guilty has changed and said he would plead guilty? >> it happens all the time. when you're charged, the defense attorney recommends to plead not guilty and see

according to "l.a. times" he will plead guilty.e will testify against paul manna for, his co-defendant in this case. it was a criminal case regarding financial crimes before he had anything to do with the presidential campaign. now, both of these men pleaded not guilty to those charges. so, you know, it is obviously a worrisome development for paul manafort, the fact his co-defendant in this case is willing to engage in this plea deal and testify against him. according to the "l.a. times" rick gates could spend about 18 months in prison. to give you context, the charges he was facing he could have faced upwards of ten years in prison if he had gone to trial and if he had been found guilty. this is a person who has a young family. he has four young children. he was facing personal pressure from his loved ones to kind of get this over with, but he was also facing financial pressure. it would have been very expensive for him to continue with this, to go to trial. now, if you are bob mueller, what does it mean for the grand scheme of t

the "l.a. times" and "newsweek." ne newsenomics.com. >> good to be with you. >> let's start with the sale of "l.a. times." patrick soon chung gets the paper. does he want to be the bezos of the west coast? >> the question will be is he going to follow the bezos playbook? it's higher people who know the business, and take that long-term view. a promised runaway, and he has delivered it five years ago, and there are others that have entered the business as billionaires and multimillionaires who haven't. >> ken, the "l.a. times" was once a powerhouse in journalism. it remains the fourth largest daily newspaper organization in the country. what is left of it? >> well, a lot is left. it's still the fourth biggest newsroom. it has 30 million people, and you compare that to someone like the "mercury news" in the bay area, and they are down to fewer than 50 in the newsroom. there is a lot to work with, but clearly the "l.a. times" has fallen five to ten years behind "the new york times" and "the washington post." >> if it wa

the l.a. times says this is already in play among conspiracy theorists.re already falsely portraying the victims as crisis actors, people who are being paid to act like victims to boost the gun control cause. the l.a. times debunks the videos and rumors, saying the right wing media is getting it wrong. that these are actual victims, and the times says the right-wing media has begun circulating such conspiracy theories. >> incredible. you've been looking at another tragic story that has been grabbing headlines. that is the government bombing of eastern ghouta in syria. --one of the many papers this says the west is powerless when faced with the syria tragedy. that sayse an op-ed the u.s. and eu are not putting they foot down, and until do so, russia and the regime will do what they want. they say vladimir putin have the last word in syria.. in a similar vein, the new york times says that it is a soft and and putin who have the most blood on their hands, but that the world powers have done nothing. they take issue with the u.n. in particular, saying they ha

l.a. times reports former trump campaign aide rick gates will quote, plead guilty to fraud related charges within days and has made clear to prosecutors he would testify against paul manafort the lawyer dash lobbyist who once managed the campaign. this according to people familiar with the case. gates is manafort's former long time business partner in the political consulting field. both pleaded not guilty back in october to a number of charges including money laundering that are unrelated to the trump campaign. and the l.a. times said a gates person familiar with the guilty plea would place a cherry on top of the government's already formidable case against manafort. the same individual said he believed gates did not have information to offer mueller's team that would turn the screws on trump. the president has repeatedly calls the russia investigation a witch hunt. michael bennett for the l.a. times and jack sharman, these days financial services during the white water investigation. he is now

and the "l.a. timesis reporting as part of the enron prosecution, weissmann named 114 people as unindicted coconspirators. why is that important? because defense lawyers argued that by threatening these 114 people prosecution, he was able to block testimony that could have helped the clients. so weissmann was once againts holding exculpatory evidence. it's hard to fathom how anybody is corrupt as weissmann could be considered to be a part of the special counsel team?ns he has so many red flags, yetn. mueller took him on. he is his pit bull and that ought to raise questions to his judgment. but maybe that's what mueller was going for all along. sara carter, civil rights defense attorney david chon, fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett. let's start with you, you know robert mueller well, did he pick weissmann by accident? did he not know about the atrocious record and backgrounda >> he knew everything about mr. weissmann, if you would read the 2011 "boston globe" article, you would see remarkable similarit

entrepreneurs investing in publications massive layoffs and changes in management have been plaguing the l.a. times as they face challenges in adapting to the digital age no word of will take notice of the new york times its strategy on thursday the company said it added one hundred fifty seven thousand net digital only subscriptions in the fourth quarter well this pushes the overall subscription revenue to more than one billion dollars for the year takeover will reportedly allow the paper to repay its debt sixty five year old son john was born to chinese parents in south africa he came to the u.s. in the one nine hundred seventy s. to do a surgical residency at u.c.l.a. soon shall reportedly made his fortune in the biotech industry developing a cancer fighting drug called a brac saying after selling two related businesses for nine point one billion he continued searching for a cancer cure in twenty fourteen he told sixty minutes he spent a billion in research he now also runs medical company mantell soon john is also part owner of the l.a. lakers and was often seen hugging kobe bryant before games

now as part of this deal, according to "the l.a. times," gates could serve about 18 months in prison. that's far shorter than what he could have served if he had gone to trial and been found guilty. but of course if you're paul manafort, if you're the co-defendant in this criminal case, this is worrisome news for you. it means gates can testify against him, but it also puts additional pressure on manafort to cooperate with bob mueller in the special counsel's probe. and as of right now, it's not clear what mueller could be building up to. is this just about paul manafort or could gates' cooperation be a building block towards something larger? could bit a building block to a potential case or potential charges against president trump or another trump ssociate? that is not clear yet. but from the white house perspective, they are downplaying any potential plea deal, essentially saying look, if gates wants to flip on paul manafort, that doesn't make a difference us to in the west wing. it has nothing to do with the president. it has nothin

and it's a situation in which the paper, the "l.a. timesch is the largest regional newspaper in the country, still with a staff of 400 people, has had three executive editors in a period of less than six months. and as you said, it's a place in which the publisher has been suspended without pay while charges, serious charges, allegations of sexual harassment are being investigated. so, as someone described it, it is a hot mess. and i think that's accurate. and i also think it's very difficult, a difficult situation for the journalists, some of the best journalists in the country, who are trying to do their jobs amid this, you know, real chaos. >> is there a link between behind-the-scenes chaos at a big publisher and the bankruptcies we're seeing at smaller newspapers? >> i mean, they're two signs of the crisis in local and regional news. certainly, the takeover of these ---ion, the "los angeles times" was owned for a long time by the chandler family and it has a sturdy, a really legendary history of great journalism and 44 pulitzer prizes.

the public report in "the l.a. times" is gates will be testifying predominately against manafort, not against trump. i am a little skeptical of that. one, gates was very much in the loop throughout the summer and two, because gates stayed on. he was still working in the transition team all the way through the inauguration. i suspect gates has more to tell the mueller team than the "l.a. times" he's makes out. --piece makes out. trump has even said as much a couple of weeks ago, said that he doesn't think manafort will flip on him so he thinks he is ok. but with gates flipping and cooperating with the mueller team, it makes it far more likely that manafort is going to be forced to do so. and that gets into things like that june 9 meeting. amy: marcy wheeler, i want to get your response to the intercept glenn greenwald who -- who wrote a piece "a consensus emerges: russia committed an "act of war" on par with pearl harbor and 9/11. should the u.s. response be similar?" he writes -- "all of this underscores the serious dang

"the l.a. times" is led by the indictment of russian nationals for interference in the 2016 elections. tribune" is led by mitt romney who yesterday lost his bid for the u.s. senate from utah where he now resides, calling him candidate romney. "the monitor" from a gallon, texas, talks about vice president mike pence touring the .order ellen is calling on our republican line from indiana. good morning. caller: good morning. when i call, i would like to give information that c-span and the listeners can check out for themselves that might help bring democrats and republicans together by looking at information they might not know. i recently ordered a small where anyone can get it inexpensively from grass fire.com.-- grass it has 20 chapters with what the president did in specific areas. it is very interesting. when they talk about russia involved in our elections, i am 85 years old. many years ago, before rush limbaugh had a talk show, a man named paul harvey had a talk show. i will never forget the wee

>> that has always been -- "l.a. timesranchise publication of tronc given all the other publications >> two brands, the ones that you have to buy, barons and wall street journal. >> first of all, it's the only newspaper in california. it is the newspaper of california it's been considered a trophy asset. >> did you read it this morning, andrew >> i did not. >> not a national newspaper. >> have you ever read it >> i read it sometimes for hollywood stories. >> you can debate whether he should have bought it for $500 million. >> who is he >> he was a board member of tronc. he's been trying to wrestle control of this company from tronc for some time. there's been a lot of back and forth between him and the board. at one point he was frozen out he got in, made an investment and then he was told effectively, talk to the hand. this has been his attempt to take control of this you asked what he had done he became a billionaire. he sold a brexit and american pharmaceutical partners for $9.1 billion. some people call it nant. >> tha

. >> the "l.a. timeseporting former trump aide rick gates is going to plead guilty and testify against manafort. what type of pressure will that put on manafort? >> i think incredible pressure. i think at some stage manafort's going to have to decide, is what i know about -- as chairman of the trump campaign more important than the idea of spending more time in jail? because only manafort knows what gates knows. gates' willingness to plea, as we understand from the "l.a. times," has got to be because there is something worth pleaing about, which is whether he has solely to do with manafort or something bigger at this stage. donald trump spend the weekend, i honestly believe it was the closest to dereliction of duty of any president in america's history, given what we now know happened to this country in 2016. so there will be ways in which donald trump will try to isolate himself from even manafort at this stage. but i think it's a really -- it's a really bad moment for manafort. he's going to have to mak

she is also the author of twentynine palms, out in l.a. times best book of the year which hundred thompson called a strange and brilliant story by an important americania writer. please give a warm welcome to dm stillman. >> thank you so much savannah. savannah book festival, c-span, trinity united, methodist church and my sponsors, it's great to be here. as you know, i am here to talk about my latest book blood brothers which is about the strange friendship between sitting and buffalo bill with kind of a corollary appearance from any oakley and i'm going to read a few excerpts and talk about my journey through the story and then take some questions from you "after words". first i want to talk to a bit about how i came to write this. it's a very strange story about a very strange friendship. some time ago while working on my book mustang, the saga of the wildhorse in the american west i learned about a strange and heartbreaking moment that had transpired outside sitting bull's cabin while he was being assassinated during an ambush. the horse was

in the l.a. times yesterday, that dynamic looked like this, quote, over and over again in the past several days various white house aids have buttonholed reporters to tell them they think kelly either lied to them or tried to get them to lie about what he knew when. in the "new york times", the uprising against kelly among b them, kirsten nielsen was not a fan. she sleleft the white house. nielsen blocked and tackled john kelly making herself the main line of approach to him. without her, officials often approach mr. kelly freely now and he sometimes does not remember what he said to different people. meow. and now this is what it looks like in the washington post in a story just posted tonight, quote, kelly, john kelly, white house chief of staff is a big, fat liar. says one white house official who demanded it. he would understand the handling of the porter scandal is duty. so white house officials who are willing to speak about john kelly that way to the l.a. times to the "new york times" to the was

the "l.a. timesis reporting that rick gates, a former trump campaign aide, agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with u.s. special counsel robert mueller. montig us for more, mario , italian senator for life and prime minister from 2011 to 2013. also with us, the nobel prize-winning economist, professor at the london school of economics. joining us now to talk specifically about donald trump is our senior writer, stephanie baker. thank you. good morning and welcome to the program. stephanie, thank you for keeping us up-to-date. tweets, 24 hours, none of them on russia as in they interfered in the election. >> that has been the narrative, how remarkable it is that trump has not said anything defending united states democracy against russian meddling. we are facing a november election and there seems to be no cohort needed response from the president on how to prevent russian meddling in that election. the indictment was significant for a number of reasons. it shows that special counsel robert mueller i

nbc news has not confirmed but over the weekend, the "l.a. timesported that manafort's deputy and business and deputy on the trump campaign rick gates will change his not guilty plea to guilty and "the times" is reporting rick gates agreed to testify against paul manafort. possibility was first reported by cnn. the "l.a. times" report put meat on the bones this weekend. that has been matched by cbs news. if that's about to happen, does it make sense rick gates flipping and becoming a cooperating witness explains why we're seeing allegations of new criminal conduct against paul manafort? if that's happening, what should we expect to see and if there is a new list of alleged criminal conduct against paul manafort, why is it the special counsel's describing these allegations in a filing like this? does this actually mean there are new charges ending up against him? if so, how serious are the charges? how do we tell? joining us is former u.s. barbara mcquade. thank you for being so patient with me and explaining these things that are very obvious to yo

the "l.a. times" said he could be changing his plea to guilty? >> so far that report is unconfirmed. the "l.a. times" is the only one that's been able to report that. if it's true, and there's really no reason at this point to think that it's not, there are other reports saying that he was going to change his plea soon. it's big trouble for manafort. this is someone that's worked with manafort, really close business associate for over a decade. and could spell trouble for the trump campaign because, of course, rick gates was manafort's deputy and the two of them essentially oversaw the entire campaign in the summer of june 2016. even after manafort left the campaign, rick gates stayed on and he was there through the transition period, through the end of the election and through the transition period. the white house campaign officials have said he was sidelined during that period, but ultimately he was still in very close contact with manafort throughout that time. so if you're the white house right now, you're starting to wonder what will gates

the "l.a. timesrick gates, the former trump campaign aide, has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with special counsel robert mueller. u.k. prime minister theresa may and her ministers gather on thursday as may seeks to unite the factions in the cabinet. the u.k. wants to stay very close to the european union in some areas while breaking free in others. employment numbers scheduled for wednesday and gdp due on thursday. we will watch for what they mean this year. japanese exports and imports both gained in january. overseas shipments rose 12.2% for the year while imports grew 7.9%. the increase resulted in the first trade deficit in eight months. finance ministers vote today to replace ecb vice president constancio. spain and ireland in the running. the head of c as central bank has been detained by the country's anticorruption bureau. there are calls for the governor to step aside. his lawyer said he considers the move against him clearly illegal. two of iran's foes have delivered warnings against

the l.a. timeseporting that former trump campaign aide, his deputy campaign manager, rick gates, will plead guilty on fraud related charges. that plea expected within the next few days. he and his co-defendant paul manafort both pleaded not guilty back in october, but now the times reporting that gates will testify against his former boss. i'm joined now by cnn political correspondent sara murray. do we know why this sudden reversal? >> well, jim, we first reported last week that rick gates was finalizing this plea deal with robert mueller. he appeared poised to cooperate. the l.a. times is flushing that out with new details. they say gates is likely to serve 18 months in prison. this is a guy under a lot of pressure, not just financially, but also personally. he has four young children, he has loved ones pressing him to kind of wrap this up. and so the big question, of course, what does this mean in the scheme of bob mueller's investigation. the russia probe more broadly. gates' cooperation will pu

now according to the "l.a. times," gates can serve about 18 months in prison. that's very different than the risk i would have taken if he had began to trial. fe had gone to trial and been found guilty he was facing upwards of ten years in prison. this is money under a lot of financial pressure. he has a young family. four young children. so obviously he is moving forward to try and strike this deal. if you are paul manafort, co-defendant in this criminal case, obviously this is worrisome news for you that your former business partner is willing to testify against you. it also puts additional pressure on manafort to cooperate with the special counsel in his probe. we don't have a great idea on where that probe is going to be going. getting gates' cooperation could be a building block for robert mueller. either to bring charges against donald trump or another trump associate. the white house has down plays any potential plea deal saying we think this has to do with their own finances, their own business, nothing to do with the campaign or transition. >> yet, gat

at the same time l.a. timesick gates who worked for paul manafort and stay on after manafort left, worked through the inauguration. where is it leading? >> well i think, again, it's hard to say without knowing what's going on in the investigation. one argument could be that gates can put pressure on manafort and manafort could then be encouraged to provide additional cooperation with respect to russian interference into possible collusion with russia within the trump campaign. that would be one possible way. the fact that these indictments came down. i would have been shocked if there wasn't these indictments given they have been universal in saying russia did meddle with the investigation. that's not surprising. i agree with your assessment this is not the end. this is simply a continuation of the very careful, methodical investigation by robert mueller and his team. >> mueller was director of the fbi when you were attorney general. why is the face of this right now rod rosenstein. bob mueller signed this indic

the l.a. times sent out this tweet today saying that it and the san diego union-tribune were sold for $500 million. the new owner is a man by the name of dr. patrick soon-shiong, one of l.a.'s wealthiest residents. there have been three editors in six months, a sexual harassment investigation and unionization vote as well. >>> why not treat yourself to a scoop of ben and jerry's ice cream without the guilt? they have lower calorie treats with 60% less fat and sugar than regular ice cream, and there's three flavors, chocolate milk and cookies, caramel cookie bits, and chocolate cookie dough. >>> get out your phones if you are traveling soon. southwest kicked off a two-day flash sale focused on california. the sale is flights to and from the golden states. they are in san francisco's lax, and some tickets as low as $29 one way. $58 round trip. you have to fry through february 22nd and may 3rd. the deals are only good today and tomorrow. you've been warned. >>> unusually warm weather means ski season e

the billionaire -- the l.a. timesone of california's leading news outlets and estimated to account for 30% to 40% of the revenue. tough times for the american newspaper. rochelle: thank you very much for our business roundup. time for our press review. ♪ what ise for a look at making news around the world. i am joined by --. good to have you. starting with this political crisis in the northeast. >> it's a political crisis. you might say there's trouble in paradise. with thes started supreme court ruling to free all political prisoners. that was overturned by the president, who moved to shut down parliament and arrested a key judge and political figure and the clarida state of emergency. what's interesting today is it is sort of being played out as a proxy in the geopolitical war between india and china. the opposition has called on china to intervene in the situation and they say the president may be acting under the influence of china. even more interesting is the island is crucial to china, which has a free trade ag

. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" the mystery billionaire who's buying the "l.a. timesd a retailer launches a fashion line for muslim women. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. they regained half their losses from monday's nosedive. gainers included tech companies, retailers, and banks. the dow rallied 567. the s&p 500 ended the day 46 points higher. the nasdaq jumped 148. >>> this morning in l.a. the news is the newspaper. biotech billionaire patrick soon-shiong is reportedly near a deal to buys the "los angeles times." the deal is worth $530 million. he'll also buy "the san diego union tribune." the "times" has suffered through cutbacks and leadership changes. >>> apple is considering offering refunds to customers who replaced their iphone batteries. since late december apple has been replacing batteries for 29 bucks. it was part of its apology for secretly slowing down its i phones. >>> and macy's is launching a women's clothing line aimed at muslim shoppers. macy's is the first major u.s. department store to sell hijabs. it plans to

"the l.a. times" says he'll change a not guilty plea to fraud-related charges to not guilty. reportedly ready to testify against paul manafort. both were indicted in october. at that time, gates pleaded not guilty. >>> overseas, crews in iran are being hampered by bad weather as they try to reach the seen of a deadly plane crash. all 65 people on board the flight were killed when their plane went down in southern iran the. weather in the mountainous area was described as severe. the plane was reportedly 14 miles from the airport when the pilot was last heard from. >>> time now for a look at your weather this monday morning. ♪ the nation's midsection is bracing for a winter whiplash. radar showing a new system that's been slamming the west is now moves east. an ice storm is bearing down on much of the midwest, threatening to blanket everything with up to half an inch of ice. a major warmup on the way to the east. by tomorrow, a warm weather system will h will make its way up the ohio valley and east coast, pushing temperatures well into the 70s and approaching the 80s in some

the sale comes amid a turbulent period for the l.a. times. from a multimillion dollar deal to free. weight watchers will be free this summer for teenagers. teens age 13 to 17 will receive free memberships. there has been criticism of the move but the company says the teens will be required to go to a meeting with a parent to provide consent >>> you know the phrase a good egg. tonight we will have the store behind the sculpture and debate over its future. >> real tribute to the respect that we have for our dreamers. >> minority leader nancy pelosi wraps up a record speech. find out whathe was trying to accomplish by speaking for eight hours straight. >> you can get the latest news any time with the upgraded abc7 news app. to get more . >> announcer: live where you live. this is abc7 news. >> she spoke, she read, she quoted for eight hours. minority leader nancy pelosi held the floor in the house. longest speech since 1909. >> one of the major issues of the government which is trying to avoid second shut down of the year. >> reporter: senate leaders on both sides of the aisle climbing

we should point out that the l.a. times is pretty much solely reporting this right now but it wouldn't be all that unexpected if you read the tealeaves in washington gates recently dumped his legal some of his lawyers and the reason why was under seal that led to broad speculation that he was going to make this plea deal obviously you don't need high powered attorneys if you've already done a deal it's a federal holiday here in the united states so i don't expect that we'll see anything in the courts today but if it is true in the next couple of days we should see rick gates come and plead guilty now the reason this could be important is he was not only part of the trump campaign but he stayed when man afford left and if you read the indictment it is very damning and the team has case after case of what they say proves money laundering they have bank accounts they have purchases they have the records so if someone does this makes a plea deal like this usually they're doing it because they're evil to provide evidence on some

"the l.a. timeshalf of those arrested between sunday and today are convicted criminals. >>> a heroic pooch is recovering at home after being shot several times to protect his teen owner. rex the dog was involved in a shooting during a home invasion. while his 16-year-old owner hid in a closet and called 911, rex was quick to jump in. the thieves opened fire shooting rex in the neck and legs. the german shepherd had surgery and is expected to make a full recovery there. >> aw, look at him there. bill karins is back with us with another check on the forecast. >> a big storm coming in thursday and friday. today that storm system is in the middle of the country. chances of some severe weather. threats through tennessee, arkansas, missouri. and then here is the storm on thursday. we're watching the blue. that's snow. somewhere in the southern great lakes, northern ohio valley, you're going to get a heavy wet snow out of this. also portions northern pennsylvania, right along the new york state border, some

the sale comes amid a turbulent period for the l.a. times. from a multimillion dollar deal to free.watchers will be free this summer for teenagers. teens age 13 to 17 will receive free memberships. there has been criticism of the move but the company says the teens will be required to go to a meeting with a parent to provide consent >>> you know the phrase a good egg. tonight we will have the store behind the sculpture and debate over its future. >> real tribute to the respect that we have for our dreamers. >> minority leader nancy pelosi wraps up a record speech. find out what she was trying to accomplish by speaking for eight hours straight. >> you can get the latest news any time with the upgraded abc7 news app. to get more ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special

seems as if momentum is building behind the moeller investigation now we should point out that the l.a. times is pretty much soley reporting this right now but it wouldn't be all that and unexpected if you read the tealeaves of washington gates recently dumped his legal some of his lawyers and the reason why was under seal that led to broad speculation that he was going to make this plea deal obviously you don't need high powered attorneys if you've already done a deal it's a federal holiday here in the united states i don't expect that we'll see anything in the courts today but if it is true in the next couple of days we should see rick gates come and plead guilty now the reason this could be important is he was not only part of the trump campaign but he stayed when manna for it left and if you read the indictment it is very damning and the team has case after case of what they say proves money laundering they have bank accounts they have purchases they have the records so if someone does this makes a plea deal like this usually they're doing it because they're able to provide evidence on so

rick gates has struck a deal with special counsel robert mueller according to the l.a. times, gates will plead guilty and testify against paul manafort in the criminal case they were charged in. this had to do with financial crimes unrelated to the campaign. they had both pleaded not guilty. apparently as part of the deal, according to the times, rick gates could serve 18 months in prison. that is shorter than what he would have served if he had gone to trial and found guilty. he was looking at up to ten years in prison. if you are paul manafort or the co-defendant in the case, this is worrisome news that your business partner is testifying against you. it could put more pressure on paul manafort to cooperate. it is not clear what robert mueller is building up to or if the cooperation could be a building block to something larger. if this is an effort to build a case against trump or other trump associates. the white house has downplayed the deal saying this all has to do with the activities prior to the campaign and transition. they don't believe it has anything to do with t

he has agreed to buy the l.a. times. he was a major shareholder in tronc. also getting "the san diego union-tribune" as part of the deal. ipo is exploring a possible and minority interest in directv's latin america unit. the company filed a registration statement. that is your latest bloomberg "business flash." merkel gets aela deal. european markets are in recovery mode on his germany -- news germany may soon have a new working government. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am vonnie quinn. mark: live from a bloomberg european headquarters in london, i am mark artan. this is -- mark barton. this is "bloomberg markets." european stocks gaining after that they drop where the stoxx 600 felt 2.4%. you can see it rebounded. up by 1.8%. we are not close to wiping away yesterday's declines. we have breaking news on crude oil inventories. we are seeing a build of 1.80 9 million barrels. we are looking -- we were looking for twice that, so not much of a build. still, that is two weeks now, the built in inventories followin

. >>> and a billionaire doctor has purchased the "l.a. times." he is paying $500 million for the deal. the journalists voeftd last month to unionize for the first time in its history. the obstacle to overcome. and - no returns? only on )today in the bay ) - e local woman )s retail fight - ad what to do if you face the same problem. that )s all tomorrow - 4:30 to 7. than a decade ago, egg freezing has become an increasingly popular option for women who want to preserve their fertility. but what about when it )s time o use those eggs? kristen dahlgren is here with more. >>> when should women use their frozen eggs? the headlines and ads often say freeze your eggs, freeze time. bridget adams was the cover girl for some of these ads after freezing her eggs in 2011. >> i was 39, single, really hoping i would have met someone at that point but i was happy to have the opportunity to use technology in the hopes of having a child someday when i was ready. >> did you think, i do this and that's it? i'll have a kid whenever i want? >> i felt like i've done th

anti-semite louis farrakhan and it was taken in -- according the photographer and don't forget the "l.a. timeshas been sitting on a 2003 videotape of an event attended by what national review called a racist terror mongers. he's a supporter of palestinian terrorist yasser arafat. now the "los angeles times" which admits it has a video of obama rubbing elbows with an apologist for palestinian terrorist cell thing imply that trump is enabling a wave of anti-semitism. anti-semitism. there is one word for that. anti-semitism. there is one word for that. you're still here? we're voya! we stay with you to and through retirement. i get that voya is with me through retirement, i'm just surprised it means in my kitchen. so, that means no breakfast? voya. helping you to and through retirement. >> laura: before we go, an update to a story we covered last night. isis erected more ice are arrested more than 150 individuals in northern california. despite the warnings by the oakland mayor of an impending raid. well done, you did a good job. didn't work. a lot of these people are criminal wreaking havoc on s

and according to the "l.a. times," rick gates could spend 18 months in prison. let me give you context here, for the charges he was facing, gates could have faced upwards of ten years in prison. this is someone who has four young children, a young family who is facing financial pressure. it would have been very expen expensive to go to trial, but he's facing personal pressure from his loved ones to wrap this up quickly. in terms of the investigation, this could potentially be a big deal in the russian probe. the fact that gates is willing to testify against paul manafort, that obviously is a coup for bob mueller. but it could also mean putting additional pressure on manafort to cooperate with this investigation. so rick gates cooperating could be a building block for bob mueller for something bigger, potentially for charges against president donald trump or against one of donald trump's other associates. we reported on friday that it was nearing a plea deal but he was not finished. he was cooperating with bob mueller. at that time, the white house downplayed the

now, the president is heading back to washington to headlines from the l.a. times reporting that the former campaign aide rick gates is expect to testify against paul manafort and will plead guilty to fraud-related charges within days, dave and alisyn. >> let's bring in kara cordero and john avlon. over the weekend he had a dozen tweets. the one we should talk about this he said i never said russia did not middle in the election. he doesn't know that we have videotape and long memories. i don't know which one to pick to prove that that's wrong. but here's a fun one. let's go with this. proof the president should play more golf. 20 tweets saturday and sunday, it was a hot mess. let's get back to the indictment. 13 russians indicted. three entities. what did it show? some call this the largest attack on our country since 9/11. >> well, this was a really big indictment. as you said, 13 russian nationals. it shows the special coup's team is willing to charge russian nationals, russian companies that were operating this against american democracy even if the team knows