there's not, in my read of judge leon's opinion, a sweeping rejection of the government's theories. economists and antitrust lawyers have known for some time vertical mergers are more often than not co-competitive. they result in benefits for consumers by doing things like reducing costs or combining content and dwricks that allow the -- distribution that allow offers for consumers but we know sometimes they can do the types of things that the government argued. the case for antitrust is, when can we identify those bad instances and separate them out from the good ones? we want them to benefit from the good vertical mergers but enforce and prosecute against the bad ones. i don't read this case as being a referendum on the theories. the government had an opportunity to go in front of judge leon and prove using documents, using economic evidence, all that it could muster to convince the judge that this was one of those instances in which any of the benefits to consumers from the merger were outweighed by cost. they did not do that. i read the opinion is largely about, fact specific fa

how important were those and judge leon's decision? >> well, i think is what we call the leverage theory or the bargaining. and all of that is really fancy economics talk for how the companies incentives change when they are operating standalone companies before the merger to operating as a single entity after the merger. that would be time warner content and the government argued it was must-have content and to remain viable and competitive would have to get access to the time warner content. as a new combined entity with significant market power, there would be greater incentives to deny or frustrate access to time warner content by denying or raising prices through this bargaining leverage to their rival distributors. it's really very simple. very intuitive, easy to understand. as josh was describing, the judge's opinion focuses primarily on refuting the theory by discounting the evidence provided, by discounting the economics. the economic analysis performed by government experts. they really hinged on specific facts, very specific

how important are those in judge leon's decision? is what weink it call the leverage theory, or the bargaining theory. and all that is, is fancy economics talk. or, how the companies incentives change when they are operating as standalone companies before the merger into operating as a single entity after the merger. that would be that time warner content is very valuable, and the government argued that it must have content, and rival distributors to remain viable and competitive cap to the time warner content. but as a new combined entity with significant market power, there would be greater incentives to deny or frustrate byess to time warner content denying or raising prices through this bargaing leverage to their rival's jupiters. a very simple theory. it is very intuitive and easy to understand. as josh was describing, the 's opinion was focused on refuting and discounting the evidence provided. ,y discounting the economics the economic analysis performed by the government's experts. it focused on specific findings, and they did

w'sunfr so kevin de leon is a the left. i mean, dianne feinstein has created kind of what's perceived as arettyerate democratic record, and there is a lot of naldressive energy following mp win lastye, also following bernie sanders' performance in the democratic presidential primary, so there was a lot of talk about whether or not we'd see this insurgencet you'd see in, you know, the tea party a few cycles back. but we're just not seeing evidence of that this cycle. there is not enough money on that kind of far left kind of candidates, and it's just unclear if those kind of insurgent left candidates are going to make a difference here. >> just to give you a sense of the numbers, 1,048,000-plus votes for dianne feinstein, 284,158 for kevin de leon. >> right, and you'll hear that voters are looking for a sense of stability. feinstein has been there sin the 1990s, and especially in a prey volatile political climate, she's kinof the candidate that a lot of votersa >> n only in california, but these other primaries, was this abo

struggling with the effects of climate change sierra leone's dry season is on forgiving but compounded by corruption and its wet season mudslides that are claiming most lives i don't remember even the wall when if i think one thousand wound up who died in two minutes people in power investigates the effects of deforestation and illegal building and asks what the future holds if those in authority fail to act the mountain will fall on al-jazeera. you're watching our dessert time to recap our headlines now donald trump has asked us representatives not to endorse the joint communique on trade by g seven leaders in canada all members had signed the deal but the u.s. president changed his mind following comments by canada's prime minister. don trump has left those talks and is on his way to singapore ahead of tuesday's landmark summit with north korea's leader kim jong un the u.s. president says the meeting will be a one time shot for kim to end his nuclear program and achieve what he calls peace and prosperity. leaders from saudi arabia the united arab emirates and say they'll look at how

struggling with the effects of climate change sierra leone's dry season is on forgiving but compounded by corruption season months lights that are claiming my story i don't remember even the wall when if i think one thousand one hundred people died in two minutes people in power investigates the effects of deforestation and illegal building and asks what the future holds if there is an all current he failed to act the mountain will fall on al jazeera. and i get a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera and u.s. president donald trump has left the g. seven summit with a call for the free world he said talks with fellow leaders have been extremely productive but that the united states must be treated fairly. to singapore for tuesday's highly anticipated meeting with king john it will be the first time a serving us president and the north korean leader ever come face to face. and the afghan taliban has announced a three day ceasefire to mark the end of ramadan the first such truth since the group was toppled by the u.s. led invasion in two thousand and. three years of war in yemen

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how has kevin de leon changed the tenor of this race? >> i think she's been pushed to the left, although she would dispute that. she's come out in favor of recreational marijuana and medical she's really i think moved to the left on some of these issues that previously s been a more moderate democrat. so i think phe recenll friday morning is interesting, she's only at 36%. that's onlyag 6 perce points more than where gavin newsom is polling. she's been in office 25 years. she's well-known. the question is can kevin de leon get into the top two. i don't think he can win against her. it will make it a differenta rae keep pushing dianne feinstein towards the left. >> christine, from your vantage point at "thean loles utmes," how is the senate race playing >> i think that it is really notable tat she is polling at that low of a number, having been in office, an incumbent foo long. one thing you're going to have to watch is that dianne feinstein has a lot of money in if the bank, almost $7 million difference between her and kevin de leon. she

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judge richard leon is expected to announce his decision any moment now.et's bring you more on what to .xpect great to have you with us. let's begin with you -- there are three options here. they say yes to at&t, yes to department of justice, or yes to at&t but with conditions. which do you think it is? >> if you've been paying attention to the trial, the judge has to rule in favor of at&t. the justice department put up a very weak case. thereaid competition, and is no competition. they only leveraged -- the only leverage at&t and time warner will with other distributors. they will make them take all the other time warner material and that does not impact the consumer. they have a billion dollar loss that the government's expert economist came on with. it's not going to cost them five cents. it might actually save them money, as at&t argued in their case. scarlet: the government said this would be harmful to consumers. maybe the government's argument was weak, but is it that at&t made a better argument? did they make the case that the merger should go ahea

the government in real litigation in front of judge leon conceded hundreds of millions of dollars of benefits arising from the merger. what judge leon is engaging in -- in the real decision before him litigated before the party, the doj can needed hundreds of millions of dollars of consumer benefit. judge leon put upon the parties the question, "can you show me specific arms greater than those benefits to consumers that you have conceded?" the government expert put on evidence that says i have a model that maybe there will be a 27 said cost increase per subscriber per year. you look at the footnotes and many of them are not -- not veryy significant. surprisingink it was when the doj concedes hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits. it argued the harms were greater than the benefits, but when the judge hoped and probed at the government expert testimony to quantify some of that, to see if it was larger than those actual conceded benefits, i think the story of the opinion is that the evidence that the government put forward in this particular case -- they may be -- bring a better c

sierra leone is ill equipped to deal with natural disasters on such a scale. even with the help of the international community the government has struggled to bring aid to those affected. due to still. you. know we. grieve. well. as a few that is. the the truth is we all committed. even with this difficulty. cyril you raise a. plans to rehire as displaced people in new communities outside the city are costly and still in the early stages but what about prevention and enforcing the existing law. six months after the disaster it's business as usual a stone's throw from the landslide site multi-story highs are still going up wealthy and influential people live in the area on property prices are high i'd side tuku gama a two story house a sprung up it's inside the by entry of the national park and the forest rangers had a to investigate the. nuclear. code working with other companies. see visible command sure. didn't hear their ideas go from the ministry of lettuce and in this deduct gives or three to two people. who didn't work and. we don't have to push them off

in august twenty seventh seeing a devastating landslide in sierra leone killed over a thousand peoplea terrible blow to a country that still bears the scars of the civil war and be a potent force initially three grains pulls on by climate change was felt to be the colts but then other stories emerged of corruption greed and environment that. we've been to all sports talk warnings of catastrophe or ignore. the. the past decade has seen a rise in the number of catastrophic weather events around the world. be it freak storms or drives or unprecedented rainfall extreme weather is becoming the new normal a no where are the effects felt more keenly than in developing nations. from bangladesh to peru and sierra leone to the dior sea record breaking rains have triggered devastating floods and lethal landslides. among them the landslide that struck sierra leone in august two thousand and seventeen it was one of the deadliest with over a thousand people killed or missing. but was this disaster all it seems one more portent of the havoc that climate change will be sending our way. or was it comp

>> reporter: that's right, leon.n perspective this thing actually went very, very smoothly. it was really wl done. metro expects about 150,000 more trips on the rails today compared to a normal weekday, but right now a lot of that s r is all gone and we are getting a post work crowd, soa the and the rails they are keeping up. >> the l'enfant plaza packed with a sea o red, even though it's not on the red line. the celebration continuing to the train,etro says they expect about 150,000 more riders todayompared to a normal weekday. we caught up with perhaps metro's most famous rider right now, capslayer t.j. oshie. >> how are you doing, man? you've been metro's hero. what do you think about that? >> it's great. >> do you like the met? system >> made it easy for meit as great. >> reporter: traffic downtown moving smoothly for the most part andeh certainles got priority. there was one vehicle that didn't have any problem getting around today and that was the vehicle carrying alex ovechkin and the stanley ugp. we even ca u

at the live desk, leon harris, news 4. doreen, back to you. >> leon, thank you. 9 tensions over immigration led to this protest in downtown baltimore tonight. it happened during the height of rush hour outside immigration and customs enforcement offices. it was planned before president trump signed that order today. protesters blocked streets of some of them brought their children along. couplehad to shutdown a of roads. >> back in the district tonigha refugee run and vigil. it was all part of world refugee day. community membersnd some oklahoma at fitness clubs joined the cause tonight. the run and cane light vigil ended here at the lincoln memorial reflecting pool. donaseons r will help four refugee focus groups including s d.c.-base the children. >> children and reuniting them with their parents is the focus back at the border. we want to show you video of a shelter in texas. families at least together tonight as their asylum cases are decided. not the same night ahead for more than300 other ildren. a woman who helped m

leon panetta told him to go out and buy a big bottle of scotch right at the beginning it's a thankless tough twenty four seven job even in the best of circumstances this is a difficult challenge for any chief of staff in fairness to kelly but i do think he's failed not only to manage up with donald trump but to some extent he's failed to manage down you know in a in a functioning white house with an empowered white house chief of staff who really acts as an honest broker people within the west wing feel that their voices are heard they feel that they're there they're vested they're invested in decision making and you have an happier shop. stay right there we'll have more politicking right after this break. climax keyser with more of my guide to financial survival this is a fun it's a device used by professional scallywags to earn money. that's right this has flaws are simply not accountable and we're just getting more and more into them. totally destabilize the global economy you need to protect yourself and get in for a while because we've put. that. her mother. was. an engine. dancer

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i can use sierra leone as an example eighteen thousand men to replace what two hundred men did at an astronomical budget quote don't think that he's really looking at the interest the best because but i do think that africa has a large amount of responsibility for the problems it finds itself in as the continent's leaders have allowed themselves to be. mis advised and in many instances this missed this message by as custom very seriously. but i do believe that many of these foreign forces if you go north you to solve problems but to ensure that the problems continue. therefore i believe that i knew we can solve a problem. thank you very much for this and for a topical to even barlow the founder of executive outcomes private company officer of executive outcomes against all odds talking about the truth behind the mercenary wars that is it for this edition of surfing call i will say next. f.o.c. . in the heart of the swiss alps this is a place probably more secretive than the pentagon more mysterious than the cia guarded them for knox. is controlled by the monday impose the opening tim

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and only de león fought for universal, medicare for all.rat kevin de león the only true progressive for senate. change california now is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> thanks for staying with us. still following a breaking news story. "new york times" reporting it has obtained a copy of a confidential memo. extensive, as you can tell here is their response to mueller's request to interview the president on questions related to alleged obstruction and collusion. trump's attorneys take the position that while the president has cooperated fully by providing documents, he cannot be compelled to testify and that he could, if he wished, shut down the investigation. for more, let's bring in harvard law professor lawrence tribe, co-author of the new book "to tend a presidency, the power of impeachment." as you know, we have the 20-page memo to get to. broadly speaking, as you've looked through it, what is your assessment, and if the arguments that you see in it regarding obstruction of justice, as well as the subpoena to be in

el presidente del senado kevin de leÓn estuvo en san josÉ.otra congresista comparÓ la polÍtica trump con la de los nazis. jaime de lujo tienes la informaciÓn. jaime: fueron palabras fuertes contra esta prÁctica que consideran inmoral. es una estrategia que pasÓ de idea a prÁctica en cuestiÓn de meses. ahora tiene activistas y lÍderes políticos indignados. la administraciÓn trump empezó a separar familias de las fronteras para desalentar a otros inmigrantes a venir. >> categÓricamente rechazar y repudiar las acciones inhumanas, las acciones cobardes, las acciones grotescas de este presidente. jaime: el presidente del senado estatal kevin de leÓn y otros lÍderes se reunieron junto a una organizaciÓn estÁ maÑana para repudiar la prÁctica. >> [habla en inglÉs] jaime: esta colorista y que investigÓ el tema y que solamente otros regÍmenes como los nazis en alemania separaban a los niÑos de sus padres, asÍ como los fascistas de chile. dice que quedÓ en shock cuando el presidente dijo que no era su decisiÓn. >> separarnos en de sus padres, con cuÁl j

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richard leon could go a few different ways. allow the merger to go through, could disallow it but there could be a middle ground, right? >> true, basically three options that the judge can take. he can allow the merger to move forward without conditions. he can flatly reject it which i'm going out on a limb and say it's not going to happen in that manner or float in the middle and have it approved with certain conditions. i think it's likely that at&t is going to win this case. may be without conditions, but you are absolutely right. the judge has a number of options here and particularly interesting and historic case. this is a vertical merger, the justice department has not fought a case like this since the early 70s. this is a rarity not only in terms of the issue but a road map for what's happening next in the world of digital media. connell: no doubt, i want james to weigh in on that. seth, give me what a condition could be, if it comes to that. >> one of the conditions is the judge say i will allow this provider within a

judge leon was hin this.e have a few signs early on that he was relentless with the government ls thatere calling this antitrust, anti-competitive. he would put them through the drills and the motions, prove it, prove it. some say he has a libertarian bend here. but do you think the government failed to make their case that this was unfair? >> i don't think the government failed. this was a violation of antitrust law. it could be considered predatory for customers if you think about it. at&t controls the pipeline for distribution and now potentially the content, too, that they're putting out. you think about hbo. i'm not a game of thrones fans. but if theyay we'll give you hbo for free if you sign up for cell service -- >> neil: so they get preferential treatment. charlie gasparino, are you with us? >> yeah, i'm here. >> neil: lovely. so you've had a chance to digest a little bit about this. play this outs from here. >> we hear there's no conditions or no significant conditions. we want to see the decision. i

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and time warner merger that was approved late yesterday judge richard leone of the u.s. district court here in washington approved the eighty five point four billion dollar merger between eighty and t. and time warner having a major defeat to the u.s. department of justice the decision allows the birth of a media giant with massive and law to let the coal capacity in creation and distribution of content from sesame street to westworld the president also throws wide open the door to murder more murder media is that a moment when the corporate media landscape is already shifting rapidly and i trust lawyers from the justice department had demanded that both eighty and time warner divest certain assets before merging and soon when the parties barak the chief of the n i trust division now says the office is reviewing the decision in detail before deciding whether to ask for a stay or pursue appeals and here to help us delve more into the issue and what it might mean for consumers and margot's professor. a lecturer at american university and andre barlow a partner at doyle bar

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and only de león fought for universal, medicare for all.ocrat kevin de león the only true progressive for senate. change california now is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> he made a recommendation and regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it, and in fact when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> oh, here we go. you probably heard that sound bite a lot lately, many have pointed to that comment, this russia thing from the nbc news interview with lester holt as proof the president fired jim comey to stop the russia probe. yesterday "the new york times" reporting on a confidential memo trump's lawyers sent to special counsel. his legal team claiming the president's words in that nbc interview were, quote, mischaracterized and it is, quote, important to present the exchange in its entirety. they say the full exchange made it clear that he was willing and even expecting to let the investi

liz: and didn't judge leon warn the department of justice to back off and say enough already. you've already put at&t and time-warner through a lot it's a waste of time and money. charlie: well that's the whole thing that's what he did, but, they don't work for judge leon. they work for nominally, donald trump and -- liz: and he doesn't like this merger. charlie: and they don't like this merger and they don't like comcast and they don't want comcast to get any bigger so all i'm saying is this. this can go on until sunday night i understand. if you see the doj appealing this decision, i'm telling you, it throws a monkey wrench into the bidding war that could go on for our assets and other assets. this is a big big thing if this happens. liz: indeed but now let's get to the actual three players. bob iger of disney, rupert murdoch of 21st century fox, and brian roberts so to me it looks like bob iger has to somehow with this deal. charlie: as we reported a couple weeks ago, 21st century fox is going to entertain any higher bid. they almost have to and people thought they always w

and only de león fought for universal, medicare for all.t kevin de león the only true progressive for senate. change california now is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> special counsel bob mueller now looking into a close friend of jared kushner. this is all about the investigation of potential foreign influence or broken laws that relate to trump's presidential campaign. now, rick gerson according to nbc news was in the seychelles and had a meeting with the crown prince of abu dhabi. the meeting happened to be around the same time trump associate erik prince was also in the seychelles for that secret meeting with russian and ramadi officials, including the crown prince. mueller has gathered evidence that the meeting was an effort to establish a, quote, back channel between the incoming administration and the kremlin, according to "the washington post." gerson's spokesperson says, no, mr. gerson was on vacation prior to the meeting that was referenced. he knew nothing about the meeting. joining us now is ken dilanian, int

democrat kevin de león thonlyruprogressive for senate.sponsible for the content of this advertising. >>> back now with "end game" and joining us for this segment is ben rose. ben was president obama's national deputy security advisor and he's written a new book, the world as it is, a memoir of the obama white house. we're also pleased to announce that ben is going to be joining nbc news and msnbc as a political and national security contributor. ben, welcome to nbc and welcome back to "meet the press." this is a week where the culture wars popped up yet again between the roseanne situation, the samantha bee situation, and of course, race is intertwined in all of this. i want to pull up the first excerpt of your book i want to talk about, you write, racism was a constant presence and absence in the obama white house. we didn't need to talk about it. it was there like white noise. when was there when a reality star built the idea on the idea obama wasn't born in the united states, and is still believed by a majority of republicans. what poi

and only de león fought for universal, medicare for all.emocrat kevin de león the only true progressive for senate. change california now is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> hey, everybody, i'm david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. the 20 page secret memo from president trump's lawyers to robert mueller, revelations therein about their strategy, and the president's perspective on his own powe here's his new lawyer weighing in on it today. >> i look at the obstruction part of the argument this way. he didn't on strobstruobstruct. we can win it on the facts, can't be indicted, can't be questioned because it interfears with the presidency. >> diplomacy or propaganda, some u.s. officials say president trump is giving north korea exactly what the country wants, a grand display this week with kim jong-un's right-hand man. >>> sessions and the terrible, horrible, no good very bad week. attorney general jeff sessions enduring attack after attack from the president. for recusing himself from the russia investigation. >>>

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antitrust institute, what do you think of judge leon's legal arguments? ofthere are some portions diana's description that i agree with but let me start at the high level which is, i think the right way to think about the case is one that is not about theories of harm, it is not .bout the state of the law for example, we might agree that the implications be on this case are not particularly broad sweeping. this specificbout analysis of the doj's theory. opinion of this pleasing rejection of the governments. spirit antitrust lawyers have known for some time that vertical mergers are more often theynot, the competitive result in benefits for consumers by doing things like reducing cost or combining content and distribution that will allow the new companies to offer new innovative services for consumers. we have also known that they can sometimes do the is a of things that the government has argued. when can we identify those bad instances and separate them out from the good? they want to be able to enforce them prosecute against the bed once. -- bad ones. i

hey, leon. >> hey, doreen.d feel the excitement, you could fill it building around this crowd, th the parade ended at this spot on the national mall and the players went and tookhat stage and they spoke both with a from theirhearts. >> there has been a lot of chants, there hasn b let's go caps. there's been we want the cup. we've heard in the streets we've got the cup. we've got a new one for you tonight. today. back to back. back to back. back to back. back to back. >> i mean,hi this is --is something we've dreamed of since we were kids and to see you guys out there today celebrating with us, we're absolutely nothing without you guys. so thank you very much. finally, we stalaying hockey ake we can party so that good thing. >> we're the stanley cup champions. yeah! whoo! yeah! >> reporter: how could you not like go into battle with a man with that much passion? it was so much fun to watch. and the people that did come out here to wat it they're telling us this was a day unlike any they ever thoht they would see

necessarily that we don't have educated women in sierra leone. today, i am very privileged to listen to this. lawyersealized that the , especially the women in law, are very, very much instrumental, right, in empowering their advocacy in participation. but unfortunately what is happening in sierra leone is the female lawyers are not very much strong in the advocacy for women participation. we have women that are doing that. you have different groups. so this will be the take-home after my humphrey fellowship program. that is going to be one of my agenda items, to see how best i get to these female lawyers and tell them, you guys have a role to play. it is not just about going to the court, talking about the issues regarding law. it is about how you empower the young girls coming up, giving them the confidence that they can do better. other people are promoting stem, especially for young girls, encouraging them to go into the sciences. nowi have just learned here , it is my personal conviction that the more women we have in better the participatio

. >>> kevin de leon has ground to make up in the race for senate. the democratic state senator has represented los angeles for a decade, but he lost his own district to dianne feinstein.

. >> estar atrapado en una jaula con leones: >> es el testimonio de un menor que vivían un centro delace. >> . >> este dramático vídeo muestra a un oficial tratando de rescatar a una mujer de un edificio que se acababa de derrumbar en ohio. ocurrió una explosión a la estructura que se pensaba estaba vacante. se desconoce que quede cáusole estallido. >> esta historia le sorprenderá . un pequeño cuenta todo lo que vivió mientras estuvo en un centro de detención. >> adán asegura que tenía siete años cuando emprendió la primera travesía de cruzar la frontera entre guatemala y méxico, fue detenido durante tres meses por la inmigración mexicana. >> sentía muchísima tristeza, angustia. >> adán fue regresado al salvador donde su madre lo dejo cuando tenía menos de un año. con la ayuda de sus tías volvió a cruzar la frontera a los ocho años. >> su madre intentó traerlo nuevamente a los nueve años y fue detenido en el río bravo en una balsa. >> la comida que nos daban eran santrich de jamón, nada más. >> el trato dice que no fue el mejor.abíaventanas. >> tras ocho días el menor fue liberado y

. >> do you agree with judge leon's legal arguments in the at&t time warner merger case why or why not? >> we think this is a poorly framed opinion. it is obviously a big loss for the government. we disagree on a number of grounds, including the rejection, the judge's rejection of the government's theory. it's a very fact specific, fact-driven case. and it raises any number of issues regarding how antitrust cases are litigated and what the important competition issues are and what the important consumer issues are. at the same time, we think it is a pretty isolated case. not going to set a lot of precedent for other cases. it's one district court judge's decision. other judges are not bound by that. so we don't see a whole lot of implications, drawbacks for future merger -- >> what is the government theory that he rejected that you think is valid? >> yeah. so in a vertical merger, it's interesting because, you know, we think a lot about horizontal mergers which eliminate head-to-head rivals, for example. vertical merger does something different. it pairs up inputs with distribution. so

nos vamos a enlazar con gilberto leÓn, quien habló con la supervisora cindy chÁvez, sobre el plan pararontar la crisis de estudiantes sin vivienda. >> asÍ es, palmira y buenas noches.la escasez de vivienda es un problema muy serio aquÍ, en el condado de santa clara. por esto, la supervisora cindy chÁvez está proponiendo construir vivienda a bajo costo para estudiantes y familias desamparadas en colegios comunitarios. una de las tetas, segÚn la supervisora, no sÓlo es una responsabilidad moral para con los residentes, tambiÉn es un buen plan financiero para las arcas del condado. >> [habla en inglÉs] desamparado nosotros gastamos mÁs de 90 mi dÓlares al aÑo y cuidado de salas de emergencia, cÁrceles y programas de apoyo para problemas de halcÓn y drogas.

hot believed to have belonged to the prince emperor napoleon bonaparte has gone up for auction in leone the military dress hat was purportedly plucked off the battlefield after napoleon's nineteen fifteen eighteen fifteen defeat at waterloo it sold for three hundred fifty thousand euros as to who actually vault the imperial headwear well the auction house was keeping that detail under its. forgive the pun you're watching news sumi will be with you at the top the next two hours another full bulletin thanks for watching. the world for information they provide to the paintings they want to express their t.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and to touch.

in in sierra leone what the government was told by a foreign advise it would take six weeks to do come to in two days. and it's not necessarily always the enemy with the threat that struck me it's just being able to think it out maneuver him and then to destroy him on the battlefield. now you said that you were often given minimal reins to accomplish your mission what is minimal means a couple of guns and mortars how is it possible to get that results in a short time with minimal minimal minutes it sounds like at recipe for disaster to me actually well it's very difficult to work with the many of the means. if i can just take you back in a more recent situation where you were in nigeria we had two gunship helicopters that were modified they were really second and helicopters and we had one dedicated gunship very few states we didn't have enough vehicles we didn't have enough in direct fire support such as motors although everyone at small arms and there were some machine guns. it then becomes a matter of being able to utilize a unique doctrine and to rely on speed i think the enemy and

and only de león fought for univers, medicare for all.california now is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> welcome back to "kacie d.c." it has been eight months since hurricane maria devastated puerto rico. and there's still no definitive death toll. this week, harvard university released a stunning new report which estimates thousands more people died after hurricane maria than the island's government previously acknowledged. the official estimate was that 64 people died as a result of the storm. but by comparing the overall death rate on the island to the same period to the year before, the harvard study found as many as 4,645 people died last year. joining me from puerto rico is the mayor of san juan, thank you for being with us tonight. i very much appreciate your time. i want to start with this new death toll. this has to be incredibly frustrating for you, for the residents of the island to still all of this time later not have the toll officially acknowledged. >> not only is it frustrating, but it's something that

leon panetta told him to go out and buy a big bottle of scotch right at the beginning it's a thankless tough twenty four seven job even in the best of circumstances this is a difficult challenge for any chief of staff in fairness to kelly but i do think he's failed not only to manage up with donald trump but to some extent he's failed to manage down you know in a in a functioning white house with an empowered white house chief of staff who really acts as an honest broker people within the west wing feel that their voices are heard they feel that they're there they're vested they're invested in decision making and you have an happier shop. stay right there we'll have more politicking right after this break. when you also see that action the u.s. agrees on paris the us weekly's on iran and paws all over as if i'm kinda little from north korea i will think five times before signing up something was wrong because i don't know if the guy's going to keep his ball as in the first place. yes. and no the whole lot of congo the kids think compensate oh boy tonight nobody on the ball and people k

thought this is what the judge was go going to do why are you so certain of that i think you know judge leon. he was really impressed by the fact that the government's own witness in the government conceded that there was going to be cost savings from this vertical merger and that those cost savings would be passed on to directv consumers so basically you know these cost savings passed on to directv consumers which is about twenty five million subscribers out there they're all going to see reduced prices so that was a concession by the government and its star economic witness professor shapiro besides that in terms of this case we're talking about is not a vertical for closure case which is your traditional vertical case meaning that eighteen thousand. would withhold that turner content from distributors rather this case was about raising the cost to these other distributors and when i say distributors talking about the cable companies we're talking about dish and we're talking about the virtual players like sony and you tube live t.v. and sling so you know that was the issue would they have

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