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>> well, we'll be posting that audio clip soon on the l.a. timesing on getting that file unloaded soon. but, you know, trump, as he does, comes in the room, a small gathering of officials, people who work for the u.s. mission to the united nations and he takes the stage and immediately starts riffing. we've all seen it a million times, stream of consciousness, similar to what he does out by the helicopter in the oval office, on the stage at a rally, sort of free associating and the very first thing on his mind it seemed was the whistleblower and that -- the impeachment saga and so trump starts in with all of that and he starts talking about and questioning the voracity of the whistleblower's report because as we've heard from other republicans, using the same talking points, that they're trying to say even though the whistleblower report corroborates much of what the white house transcript is, they say it's a secondhand account, based on conversations this person had and so the president points out this guy just heard something, this person. we don

. >> the l.a. times retained that recording when president trump was at a private event. it also describes rudy giuliani, the president's lawyer , as a central figure in the misconduct. he met with advisors to the president of ukraine. >> they called me, i did call them. they asked me if i would take a call and meet with them. and i did. and i reported it back to the. and the conversa and there was no bribery, there was no extortion. >> rudy giuliani says he is the whistleblower for spotlighting corruption by joe biden. >>> reaction to the whistleblower complaints highlights the wide gap in opinions between democrats and republicans. members of the gop gathered at san francisco's north beach for the annual lincoln-reagan dinner. many shared the president's reaction that the allegations have no merit. others want more information. >> i would like to read the whole thing in order to get an idea. there is politics on both sides. strong opinions on both sides. outlandish things are said. >> donald trump is widely popular with republicans. he risks losing any support within th

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the attorney who made the filing told the l.a. timesrecords prove the existence of a university-wide program at usc where past donations, pledges of tuch donations, or expectation of future donations based on the university's belief in a parent's resources deeply affects the chances for a perspective student's admission. now, a spokeswoman for usc who had the most people tied up in the college scam said it's no secret that certain students could get flagged for special attention but that alone doesn't decide who's gets admitted and called this a fishing expedition. this is giving a peek into how they're going to fight these charges. >> i think that's important. we've all always suspected this is how it works behind the scenes but to see it in black and white is different. thank you very much. >>> we have breaking news from hong kong. a big victory for the protesters that have been taking to the streets there for months. the chief executive announced she will fully withdraw that extradition bill that sparked 13 weeks of often violent pro

. >> today in an audio recording obtained by "the l.a. times-blower and officials who helped him as, quote, close to a spy. abc7 news reporter rachel scott has the story from capitol hill. >> the nation's top intelligence official in the hot seat and on the defensive. >> if the inspector general had not brought this complaint to our attention, you and the trump administration might have gotten away with this unprecedented action. >> just because it was not forwarded to this committee does not mean that it went unanswered. >> the acting director of national intelligence, joseph maguire pitted between lawmakers and the white house at the heart of that complaint from someone in the intelligence community, a july phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine where trump repeatedly urged him to investigate his potential 2020 rival joe biden and his son. in this redacted version, the whistle-blower says white house officials were deeply disturbed by that call and reported hearing that officials were directed to remove the electronic

appealed the university's decision according to the confidential investigation first reported by the l.a. times, even though her daughter didn't play water polo, the mother stated she was still willing to pay and that she understood from singer that she was expected to donate $100,000 to the program for the admission of her daughter through athletics. it is a striking similarity in the pay to play scheme that led to 51 arrests this year. ucla saying it's implemented a new policy adding there were no allegations of singer's criminal activity at that time. >> payment in some form or another, a wink and a nod to get into college has always been part of the super competitive us de what they knew, tomorrow, huffman becomes the first parent to be sentenced after pleading guilty to fraud the stage now set for this actress to face justice. >> miguel joins us right now this week the probation department weighed in on the charges that felicity huffman is facing. what do they say >> the probation department said there was no actual or intended loss from huffman's crime. that could set the stage for no pri

the recording came out for which he was banned came out in the middle of the night l.a. time i was in new york and did not hear it until saturday morning. he was banned on tuesday. nba-style due process, but in most walks of life, to think that from beginning to end -- i think he paid less than $100 million when he bought the team. adam: i know that is the way you look at it, that he made a big profit. [laughter] david: no, my view is -- adam: i don't think from his standpoint, i don't think his reaction was not, money i just made. the team was worse that regardless. david: they did not call you up and say thank you for doing that? adam: no, but i understand that is how you look at it. [laughter] david: one of the controversial things in college basketball, the so-called one and done situation, where highs go players go to college for one year, then they get drafted in the nba, argue in favor of contending that one and done policy? and what would you change it to if you did change it? adam: when i became commissioner five years ago, i announced i thought the minimum age for e

people may remember that before he was banned, it came out in the middle of the night l.a. timend i was in new york so i didn't hear about it until saturday morning. and he was banned on tuesday. he received nba-style due process, but in most walks of life, people think from beginning to end that that was four days was remarkable. david: i think he paid less than $100 million when he bought the team many years earlier. it was in san diego then. alan: i know that is the way you look at it, that he made a big profit. [laughter] he's an extraordinarily wealthy guy and i don't think his reaction was, look how much money i just made. the team was worth that regardless. david: so he didn't call you and say, thank you for doing that. ok. alan: but i understand that is how you look at it. [laughter] david: one of the biggest controversies in college basketball is the one and done, where college players play one year and get drafted into the nba. what would you change it to if you did change it? alan: when i first became commissioner five years ago, i announced i thought the minimum age

the day after the election, the "l.a. times reports that president obama was absolutely shocked by the loss of 2010 so he got together the best minds of facebook, the best minds of google. the best minds of microsoft he got together a team of people who developed an incredible marketing machine. probably the most advanced marketing machine ever put together by anyone running for president. it excelled everything. he put this together and gather the data on what people believed and divided it between how does get republicans not to vote how to get his face of democrats out to vote and how to persuade the persuadable. he knew what their top issues were and he did advanced digital marketing, what now would be legal on facebook in a variety of different things in the los angeles times reported that there are 400,000+ phone calls that my consultants would say, don't worry about those those are just quick calls. they were intense calls 10 to 15 minutes of data. he had an army of people all over the united states, thousands of people

that came outcome of the recording that he was banned for , it came out in the middle of the night l.a. times. i was in new york so i did not hear it until saturday morning. he was banned on tuesday. if he were -- he received nba style due process but in most walks of life people would think that from beginning to end, four days is -- david: he bought the team when it was in san diego. mr. silver: i know that story when you look at it he made a big profit. [laughter] i don't think from his standpoint he is a next ordinary -- he is an extra ordinarily wealthy guy, the team was worth that regardless. david: the family didn't call you up and thank you? [laughter] mr. silver: i understand that's how you look at it. david: one of the controversial things in college basketball has been the one and done situation where high school players go to college for one year and then they get drafted into the nba. are you in favor of continuing that one and done policy and what would you change it to if you did change it? i first becamen commissioner five years ago i announced that i thought the minimum age f

"l.a. times" reports the crew member says that the fire began where cell phones and cameras had been charging overnight. of course, ntsb investigators are looking into the cause of the fire that destroyed the boat and killed 34 people onboard, including a father and daughter from los altos. one body has yet to be recovered. meantime, there is a public vigil planned for tomorrow night in santa barbara. >>ap southern california, a wildfire continues to spread in riverside county. mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect in murietta, about 70 miles north of san diego. the fire started yesterday in a matter of just a few hours grew to torch a thousand acres. right now, 1400 acres have burned so far. the fire is only 7% contained. >>> well, turning to your microclimate weather forecast, and this weekend, it's almost here. >> that's right. taking a live look outside from the east bay walnut creek, meteorologist kari hall tracking the weather as we head into the weekend. >> a lot of sunshine out the

in the meantime, the l.a. times update reporting of what president trump said about the whistleblower. distracting all at the reaction to all of this and joins us live from washington. >> reporter: good morning. that new york times report saying this whistleblower is a cia employee who was assigne white or those o the whistleblower information, just take a listen to the audio clip you referenced in los angeles times with the president yesterday. >> yesterday the president's acting director of national intelligence, mcguire, testified in front of congress with a different message. >> this is unprecedented and this is a unique situation. i want to stress that i believe the whistleblower and the inspector general have acted in good faith throughout. i have every reason to believe that they have done everything by the book and followed the law. >> president trump said there was nothing wrong with his july 5 25th conversation with ukrainian president and thinks congress is investigating the >> an absolutely perfect phone

the l.a. timeseports the changes include newsom's proposal to grandfather in medical exemptions before january 1st. a policy critics say would create a rush on exemptions. the bill in its original state passed legislature and awaits newsom's signature. the chains in the bill will need to be finalized by next friday. >>> in the east bay, crowds rallied in two cities today in support of a guatemalan immigrant who has been receiving life-saving medical treatments here but is now facing deportation. >> abc7 news anchor eric thomas is live in hayward to explain exactly what is going on. eric? >> reporter: this is the second of the two rallies you were just talking about. we're outside hayward city hall. this is an advanced party for a group of students from cal state east bay. that's where the young lady you were talking about got her degree. and today, even with a life-threatening illness, yes, she could be sent to a country where there's no treatment for it. >> there's no words to describe how grateful

that came out, the recording came out for which he was banned came out in the middle of the night, l.a. time, so i was in new york and did not hear it until saturday morning. and he was banned on tuesday. so he received nba-style due process, but i think in most walks of life, people would, you know, to think that from beginning to end, that was four days, that's remarkable. david: i think he paid probably less than $100 million when he bought the team many, many years earlier. it was in san diego then. adam: i know that is the way you look at it, that he made a big profit. [laughter] david: i know, my view is -- adam: i don't think from his standpoint -- he is an extraordinarily wealthy guy, i don't think his reaction was, "look how much money i just made." the team was worth that regardless whether he sold it or not. david: the family did not call you up and say, "thank you for doing that"? adam: no, but i understand that is how you look at it. [laughter] david: private equity. so one of the controversial things in college basketball, the so-called one and done situation, where high school

. >> reporter: the l.a. times obtained audio of what the president is saying behind closed doors about that whistle-blower. >> you know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart? with spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now. >> reporter: now, tonight congresswoman spear says she expects to attend another hearing next week. she says the committee is hoping to hear from as many as 20 people in this case. reporting live in san francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> jean, thank you. >>> during his call with that ukrainian leader, president trump mentioned a sunnyvale-based cyber security company called cloud strike. mr. trump told the ukrainian president to look into crowd strike. this is a few years ago when democrats used cloud strike to determine who hacked into the president trump hinted that the server is now being held in the ukraine. something that has been repeatedly disproven. >> in d.c. today, members of more than a dozen progressive groups showed their su

. >> reporter: in audio obtained by the "l.a. timesthe president suggested whoever spoke to the whistleblower about his phone call with the president of ukraine might be a traitor, even though the whistleblower claims they received the information through the course of official busines punishments, such as imprisonment or execution. he reporter: so far, the white louse is treating the fallout from the whistleblower complaint as a p.r. battle. sources say there is no war room or army of lawyers. >> it's another witch hunt. here we go again. >> reporter: the white house plans to discredit the whistleblower by seizing on the fact that he had no firsthand knowledge of the call. cbs news has learned there was disagreement inside the white house about releasing the call summary, but ultimatel he's done nothing wrong. >> my call was perfect. the president yesterday of ukraine said there was no pressure put on him whatsoever, none whatsoever. >> reporter: but the white house is not responding to theteouse s intervened to lock down all records

i'm with the l.a. times can you talk about the mechanism of the rate cuts and the economy and also the effects of trade uncertainty? >> in terms of how rate cuts will affect the economy first we think monetary policy is a variable lag so the real effect over time but we think lower interest rates will reduce interest burden for borrowers like housing and durable goods and that supports purchases of those to be broadly more conditions and the data show that's another powerful channel. uc household business confidence turn up when financial conditions become more informative. it isn't precisely the right tool for every possible negative thing in the economy but it broadly works. if it comes to it we will use all of the tools. that's how we think it is working. >> [inaudible] >> it is very hard to say it is tough to say we will use the tools as that's the job of monetary policy. with things that drive us away from maximum employment. >> so the low interest rates are creating a bubble of consumer and corporate d

. >> it was a time of racial strife in america. especially in l.a.son blended that information somehow with the book of revelation. he called it helter skelter after one of the songs on the beatles "white" album. his followers believed it. but did he? roger smith isn't so sure. >> i think it was basically used to keep them focused and maybe even divert attention from the fact that he was not doing well, if terms of realizing his dream. >> time to move, he told his family, gather money, cars. get to the desert to wait out the war between the races. where again, the manson story might have disappeared from history, without a ripple or a trace. except -- >> coming up -- a day in the life of the manson family. >> every day, he would gather everyone together and dose them with lsd. >> and the killing begins. when "dateline" continues. from the couldn't be prouders to the wait did we just win-ners. everyone uses their phone differently. that's why xfinity mobile let's you design your own data. now you can share it between lines. mix with unlimited, and swi

. >> "l.a. times." ow much can you talk about the mechanism which the two rate cuts will affect the economy and to what extent will it offset the negative affects of trade uncertainty? mr. powell: in terms of how our rate cuts will affect the real economy. monetary policy works with long and variable lags. the real effects will be felt over time. but, you know, we think that lower interest rates will reduce interest burdens for borrowers and housing and durable goods and other things like cars, supports purchases of those. and higher asset prices, that's the models and the data shows that is another powerful channel. and there is a confidence channel. you see household and business confidence turn up when financial conditions become more acome dative. it isn't precisely the right tool for every single possible negative thing that can happen to the economy. but nonetheless, it broadly works and we are going to use the tool we have. and that's how we think it works and how we think it's working. reporter:

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the "l.a. timeswrites, impeachment, the first step in ousting a president is a political sanction and provocation like no other. in a country already blazing with animosities, the mere prospect is like adding matches to several buckets of gasoline. joining us, the pastor of the first baptist church of dallas. let's start with prayer, about we may, before and after football games. freedom from religion. is that the way the first amendment reads? >> there is nothing about a freedom from religion but there is everybody about the freedom of religious expression. for the first 150 years of our nation's history, prayer in public, bible reading in school, all these things were encouraged by the courts. but starting in 1962 there was a rabid move to remove prayer and bible reading and faith display from the public schools and the public square. did the constitution change and nobody tell us? no, what changed is we allowed liberal judges to pervert the constitution and first amendment into something the found

. >> reporter: in audio obtained by "the l.a. timeshe president suggested whoever spoke to the whistle-blower about his phone call with the president of ukraine might be a traitor, even though the whistle-blower claims they received the information through the course of official business. the president alluded to punishments such as imprisonment or execution. >> you know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right? the spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now. >> reporter: so far the white house is treating the fallout from the whistle-blower complaint as a pr battle. sources say there is no war room or army of lawyers. >> it's another witch hunt. here we go again. >> reporter: the white house plans to discredit the whistle-blower by seizing on the fact that he had no firsthand knowledge of the call. cbs news has learned there was disagreement inside the white house about releasing the call summary, but ultimately president trump felt it shows he's done nothing wrong. >> my call was p

, here is that audio reporting the l.a. times put online.video clip] >> basically that person never saw the report, never saw the call, heard something and decided -- i want up -- i want to know the person who gave the whistleblower -- who is the person who gave the whistleblower information? that is close to a spy. we used to do in the old days when we were smart, with spies and treason -- we used to handle them a little bit differently to them. host: that is the new york times with president trump speaking at that private event with members of the u.s. diplomatic corps. the person who provided that audio recording attended the event -- the event was arranged so the president could think the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, kelly kraft and her 4aff as he wound up the -- games of meeting. a lot of moving parts, we are trying to keep you on top of all of them. debbie in new york, you are next, independent. caller: how are you? host: doing well. caller: my comment is if this is thever-up where they moved transcript to another server or c

remember, according to the "l.a. times," they stop crimes and save lives more than 67,000 times a year. just this week, a houston woman lachelle hujins, she used her handgun to fend off multiple men who tried to rob her. >> i see this guy, like, pointing something at me and telling me, like, open the door. i couldn't do anything but keep screaming and at one point someone told me to stop screaming and shut up. he reached his hand inside my car. si had my gun and i shot ui couldn't shoot any more. i was alone. you know, like, i'm literally screaming in the middle of the street. >> laura: she was terrified. she defended herself. that is what i call the great equalizer. all these feminists talk about girl power, that is girl power. hudgins story, by the way, moved congressman and disabled worth war bet dan crenshaw who later tweeted "situations like this story or why we protect the second amendment." side note, with universal background checks, i would not be able to let my friends borrow my handgun when they travel alone lik

. >> what was your response when you heard "the new york times" reporting, which cnn and the l.a. timesalso confirmed? l. archlts times has a recording of it, of president trump talking about how those in his administration who provided information to this whistleblower were close to a spy and in the old days, spies would be dealt with differently, which seems to be a clear illusion to execution. >> well, you know, again it shows how uninformed he is about the process. the people who get on to the national security council. this is keerly not his staff but the national security council staff that's involved in all of this. you can tell from the knowledge and how they approach these issues. that have been so closely vetted that there is no way one of them could be a spy. these people have had to fill out forms that are massive and attack a long time to form out, fill out. it's standard operating procedure. it's the form that trump's children had trouble filling out and didn't fill all the blanks in. these are not spies. these are people who are offended by his abuse of the process. >> i

"the l.a. timesme up? san francisco, you don't have better things to worry about? you have human poop on the streets. you have dirty needles, garbage, rodents typhoid, this board of supervisorses will decide to say the nra is terrorist organization as if they have had the power to designate it as such. i have guns. i'm not a terrorist, all right? i'm exercising my second amendment right to have a gun. and i can talk about it in my first amendment right be a part of the nra, as part of my first amendment right. who are you to tell me in your condescending ways whether or not i can exercise my constitutional rights to protect myself, protect my family, have one just because i damn well please? [applause] brian: these social media organizations are under a lot of scrutiny now, not only in france where they want to tax them, not only the president says they have a point of view, now states are say i will take you to task, google, facebook, and others. do these antitrust suits put out by states have a cha

about donald trump from donald trump, from his tweeting, than they do from new york times, the l.a. times, the "wall street journal," combined, and the washington post. he's the first president ever that has the ability to speak directly to the country. howard: in fact he has his own channel. >> his own channel, his own way of communicating. people get the news straight from the source. they don't have to get the interpretation. that's been a trump strength. however, there are times when those tweets have not done him a good service. whether he wants to admit it or not, there are times where he's caused himself some public relations problems. the challenge for him is to use that as effectively as you can by saying what needs to be said and not with all this other stuff that goes on. howard: obviously he would say he counterpunches, loves to pick fights. you have an example new york times columnist, he is personally zapped by trump exhaustion. i'm tuckered out. trump takes up too much emotional space. national view even trump supporters getting tired of his daily draw dra ma -- drama. i'm

. >> that is audio obtained by "the l.a. timesent where the president spoke to staff and diplomats at the u.s. mission to the united nations. the whistle-blower didn't listen to the phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine but cited multiple government officials who said the president is using the power of this office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 election. >>> the acting director of national cleanse testified before congress today facing questions about that whistle-blower complaint? >> jackie speier and eric swalwell were asking tough questions. >> did the president of the united states ask you to find out the identity of the whistle-blower? has anyone else within the white house or the department of justice asked you? >> are you responsible for preventing election interference? >> election interference -- >> by a foreign government. >> congressman, election interference. >> i hope you know this answer is yes or no. >> abc news reporter rachel scott has more from washington wit

it was obtained by the "l.a. times."ower, lawmakers will keep the identity secret if he or she chooses to testify. >>> california has never been a pro-trump state but a poll suggests support for the president has slipped more. this poll predates the whistleblower controversy. president trump facing a record-high disapproval rating, you see the numbers here, among 69% of registered voters. among gop voters, 60% say it would be a bad thing to have other republicans challenge president trump in the primary. >> okay. testing over, decision made. b.a.r.t. about to get new gates but they may look pretty familiar. b.a.r.t. stole a swing style plexiglass gate. the decision comes after months of testing other designs. fare evaders cost the agency about $25 million a year. some riders we talk to question e this will actually solve the it'll -- people will have a harder time getting around it. but, you know, necessity is the mother of invention, so i wouldn't put it past people to figure out a way to get around it. >> how much is i

but, "l.a. times" got a audio from a private event, trump told the crowd what he really thinks of that whistleblower. >> who is the person that gave the whistleblower that information. is that close to a spy. you know what we used to do in old days, when we were smart with -- spies, we handled things differently than we do now. kennedy: well the whole story is more than just concern about a phone call now, now there are also accusations of a cover-up, so are walls closing in on our dear leader or are the democrats those getting backed into a corner and learned? with me tonight, associate editor, ab toedard -- stodard, what is most childre important o come out of the hearing with maguire. >> that did not go any places, saying that whistle-blower acted in good paying, and intelligence community ig, deemed the complaints urgent and credible, he never would agree with chairman schiff that anything deserves to be investigated. he was cautious, very good at filibustering, he is a good man who served this co

the "l.a. timesports researchers at uc davis have been trying to figure out what's polluting the water. the shrimp were brought in during the 1960s for trout to feast on, but the shrimp have exploded in population to the point where researchers say they could affect clarity. the solution, use trawlers to remove them and sell the omega 3 fatty acids. the projects could pay for itself. >>> planning environmental protection projects can cost a lot of money not to mention time and other resources. a south bay water district is aiming to make it easier for people to make a difference in their own communities. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has more on the nils grants they hope to award. >> reporter: in downtown san jose an urban oasis awaits those who visit the children's discovery museum. >> there's succulence, a garden for them to grow a little magic and hidden treasure in every corner. >> reporter: thanks to a wildlife restoration grant the museum was able to eliminate all grass and put in native pla