his name is abby lowell. he is one of the few criminal defense lawyers in america who i think counts as household name. he is most famous for having again democrats' top lawyer during the impeachment proceedings against bill clinton. he also represented the fabulously corrupt convicted republican super lobbyist, jack abram off. he alsoer represented john edwards quhefs charged with illegal i using campaign contributions to pay for the living expenses for his secret second family that nobody knew about. abby lowell has been the defense lawyer, he has been the defense lawyer in the middle of taunl of lurish d political scandals. jim wright who was the first speaker of the house to ever resign in scandal, he had he abby lowell as his lawyer. and the man who went straight from being the cheryl of the ways and means committee to serving 17 months this federal prison, abby lowell was his lawyer. and now he'll be the defense lawyer for jared kushner too. mr. kushner is keeping his existing lawyer, another washington

lowell is a storied criminal defense attorney. what does that say to you? >> well, again, you're in an area of uncharted territory. you're going to have to have a six-headed hydra to combat whatever may be coming up. it is a nebulous term that has left millennium pooh who may be target order may be a part of the investigation in some way grasping for straws and trying to figure out who they can use in order to address whatever is coming down the pipeline. you have a storied attorney who may be taking over in that criminal context you're seeing somebody being proactive what may be before them. remember, kushner has always said he would be forthcoming and be willing to speak to whoever investigates the actual collusion investigation. and you're seeing that when you lawyer up, maybe you're a little bit less forthcoming than you intended to be initially. >> matt, kushner is keeping jamie gorelick, who works for the same law firm that robert mueller comes from, as well as three people mueller hired to help him investigate the whole russia mess. some in the kushn

the names include abby lowell, whose previous clients include jack abramoff, the republican lobbyist who was embroiled in a corruption scandal back in 2005. and second of all, any change in attorney it's being signed off by kushner's current attorney jamie gorelick. she released this statement. she saidish "after the apoichlt our former partner robert mueller as special counsel we advised mr. kushner to obtain the independent advice of a lawyer with appropriate experience as to whether he should continue with us as counsel." so of course jamie gorelick was the law partner of bob mueller, who was named special counsel. so gorelick giving that advice to kushner to perhaps seek another opinion. anderson? >> it's not that unusual. these types of connections can be somewhat normal in washington legal circles, right? >> yeah, it's not uncommon. and if this situation does arise, there's sometimes an easy fix. jared kushner could easily acknowledge a possible conflict and then continue to retain jamie gorelick as his attorney. that is an open question right now as to when he'll do,

abbe lowell has been hired by jared kushner.ows how serious jared kushner is taking his defense. >> absolutely. this is a top flight criminal defense lawyer. this is a rational action if you want to stay out of prison. but the white house has not been telegraphing the importance of this. the fact that the president's son-in-law is lawyering up to this degree shows a real sense of concern. and you've got to assume that's a rationale concern. >> very serious. chris, your take? >> well, look, if you have the money to get the best money can buy or damn close to it, then you do it. and abbe lowell is up there no matter what you think of jared kushner. i think john is right that this is -- >> that abbe is the kind of guy that keeps you out of jail? >> no. donald trump has a tendency to pursue this as a sideshow or circus, his words. i think jared kushner is smart and i think any of us would do the same. you get the best possible lawyer to make sure your viewpoint is represented. it's a stark contrast to at least the public facing this

abby lowell, obviously, was a good choice for jared kushner. marc kasowitz actually has a good reputation in some areas, in some areas of law. it's an interesting, interesting group. and of course the last thing you want is to have your client contradicting what you're saying and to do so publicly is just not good for the investigation, not good for your credibility. >> david jolly, we've seen the client, as it were, the president contradicting all of his representatives. >> of course. >> whether it be sean spicer, anybody. what was interesting about this weekend's contradiction with his lawyer is that the president had e-contradicted him. the president had said, i'm under investigation a couple of times and then apparently sent him out to the sunday show with the order of, say i'm not under investigation. >> right. and that lawyer took an oath to the bar that he apparently violated this weekend. listen, why does jared kushner have better attorneys than donald trump? because jared kushner is smarter than his father-in-law. that's the bottom lin

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kushner's team reportedly rushed out to abby lowell, what does that say to you?is suggests that he is taking the investigation seriously as he certainly should. at the very least, we know that jared kushner is a witness and a very significant witness for at least a couple reasons. one reason is that he had some significant contacts with russian officials, a second reason is that media reports indicate that he was involved in the decision to fire jim comey. i think some of the academies will want to understand why the president fired jim comey and jared kushner can shed some light on that. i think it makes sense for jared kushner who can afford to hire the council and hire someone like abby lowell who is very experienced in these areas. >> where do you think the investigation is going if kushner is lawyering up so heavily? >> i agree with john. he is really taking this seriously, and that is probably a good thing for him. you know, the determination and dedication of bob mueller as prosecutor, as possibilities that this could lead to a grand jury testimony, to pos

so i think your paper reports that abbe lowell is someone under consideration.k about what's known about abbe lowell and i think you're talking about him as a possible candidate, someone with more trial experience. is that right? >> yes. that's exactly right. one of the reasons he has started to reach out to outside lawyers is i'm told by his team not because of any again dissatisfaction with jamie gorelick. but because she and robert mueller before he was appointed to the special counsel worked together at the same law firm and this is sort of standard operating procedure. she advised him you might want to seek the advice of outside counsel to see what to do. that's what they're doing. again they're likely to bring somebody else on who would work under gorelick, not replace her. at least not at this point. >> eli, it's hard to overstate the vastness of jared kushner's portfolio. he's ready to go engage in talks as the top diplomat for the president. i know he serves as someone that the secretary of state sort of plugs in to in terms of his own diplomacy. i mean

guest: don't listen to me, listen to lowell brainard in her address on tuesday, laid out up for sizeath for tightening. when i look at bloomberg financial conditions, which i have pulled out, it shows that since the fed has raised rates three times, financial conditions have actually eased quite a bit. this suggests they are falling behind. they stopped raising rates, they stopped qe because financial conditions have tightened. now that they are going the other way, -- it is not tightening. it's just less accommodating. guest: that's true. they have miles to go. if i was the fed, go to every other meeting until there is 2%. jonathan: if you look at financial conditions and he said the signal is there are not going quick enough, but then you say the signal is maybe they are going to fast. which one is it? guest: we are still short the front end. they still have this 3%. they look like they are adamant to hike rates. even brainard and some of these other dovish numbers look like they are getting cold feet. inflation is rolling over, didn't you look at city surprise, that's rolling over

meanwhile, jared kushner is lawyering up again, hiring abbe lowell and he may also come under scrutinyeal estate company secured with deutsche bank, who's also the primary banker, the one bank that does institutional business with the trump family, just one month before the election. former watergate assistant prosecutor jill winebanks and our panel, jason and elise. jill, five meetings and ten hours of questioning for carter page. that seems pretty thorough. what's extraordinary to me, ten hours of questioning and he did it without a lawyer. i wouldn't even instruct my child to sit down with the school principal for an hour. what does it tell you about carter page in this investigation? >> i would say that carter page is a brave and probably foolish man for having done that. ten hours is a lot of questioning. and with all the information that we're now getting about loans to trump and to jared, the involvement of russian banks as well as deutsche bank, everybody needs to be very careful and we need to be following the money. i think we're going to be seeing more and more financial cri

his name is abbe lowell.is one of the few criminal defense lawyers in america who i think counts as household name. he is most famous for having been the democrats' top lawyer during the impeachment proceedings against bill clinton. he also represented the fabulously corrupt convicted republican super lobbyist, jack abram off.

glen, "new york times" reporting abbe lowell said to have been recently contacted about joining jaredam. does that mn he could be expecting lit fwags? >> i don't think lawyering up necessarily means you're expecting litigation but it also means you're not expecting nothing, right? >> he's got a lawyer already. >> he has jeremy gorelick from the same firm that bob mueller worked for so, there is a feeling among kushner and his associates that's what's going on around the country connection will not sit very well with president trump. the other issue i think is abbe lowell is generally rared as the shark in the tank with the sharpest teeth. he has done a ton of these cases. he started off, first gained fame as being minority counsel during the impeachment hearing, sort of fighting for bill clinton. he's represented jack abramoff. if you're going to go for somebody, abilow sell the guy to go for. >> talk about everybody in the white house lawyering up, though. mark cass was telling them a while ago, you don't need to, now it seems they all do. what is going on and who pays these big bill

but i think -- >> who wants to hire abbe lowell? >> jared kushner is considering -- >> i thought he had jamie grilligril gorelick? >> he's considering adding him to the team or firining gorelic. >> i think they should have stuck to the nepotism law in the beginning. the reason for nepotism laws, you avoid problems like this. >> the other thing is, and phil can back me up on this, i don't think there's a significant enough appreciation especially at the mid- and lower levels in the white house what the investigation really means. i don't think the president is necessarily taking it all that serious, in terms of his legal team. >> and the president's treating it like a political campaign. the approach from the lawyers is not a legal response, it's a political response. it's to discredit the special counsel and the integrity of the investigation, but it'ses s als discredit the news media that are reporting details and news and scoops about the investigation by talking about anonymous sources. >> what about newt gingrich? who always see

russia but also we've been trying to speak to the fans as well myself about it with them some really lowell's the need found here and we talked to them about allegations of racism and who can is a buso want to speak to me about their passion for the guy. they stand town to which is not truthful we're going to go in a safe petersburg sick with the local fans are going to watch look and see the gang sedates tackle biggish. sees a real commodity real russia we asked awesome action di was. how big a deal like this was an eight russian full russian national sea boy the. he called this fake snow. sounds. for the british the american press this is called the world call platform foundation for all fans feel welcome in some place for commercial uses the in a was because it just. when you look at the spot that. you know singled out that whole said couple of years ago that every time he played there was an issue space race chance comments about. how considerate not just on your personal interest but then your families for example because you believe this much is too much of this to which you feel as tho

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especially if you're close to the centre of the lowell.d. those showers come into play across western england and wales. the best of the sunshine further east for the humber and down to central and southern england. but eventually begins across the south east. you're watching bbc news. i'm jane hill at westminster, where pressure mounts on theresa may. the bbc understands some conservative mps are demanding mrs may sack her two chief advisers or face a leadership challenge. to shore up her government the prime minister is expected to finalise her team of ministers and is preparing to hold talks with the democratic unionist party next week. the scottish conservatives leader is one of several to express reservations about mrs may doing a deal with the dup. labour took the conservative seat of kensington in west london — the final constituency declaration, after a third recount.

north kensington the mood of this country it's not a nation at ease with itself it's a question that lowell for we get on together. when they move them are they going to do something to the building to correct it and move them back well this news literally broke in the bust hour or so so none of those families knew that this was going to happen this whole country obviously watched the horrific world pictures from north kensington the poorest community in one of the richest areas on earth kensington and chelsea in london these households had no idea and that temporary accommodation is going to fix it well reporting at the moment says that the fed agree of chaos and the fire itself from the tower at the loss of life it's really. kind of taken the focus off a lot of other big stories that are out there one of them is bret's it isn't it and yet it is so much to do with economics it was very quickly taken a bone to be had emblem of neo liberalism the neo liberalism that brussels and europe has been responsible for government housing because i wanted all government housing regular not adequate fo

heads up over towards lowell area. this is the area to watch in effect until 4:45. another area of storms. through fairfax, you're going to get hit hard again. that's the same thing around here. farther south, look at this storm. a ton of lightning just after fredericksburg, this storm moving towards the northeast, and into southern maryland, another pretty good storm right here coming through parts of the county. this is all part of a line, a very long line of storm you can see it from maine all the way down towards the carolinas, severe thunderstorm watch where you've got a couple of more hours to go from this and keep you posted on everything. we'll hear them right here first. >> that's it here all evening, out there on the road, scanning for any damage or flooding out there and we'll let you know. >> you can stay ahead of the forecast with the nbc washington app. we'll send you any breaking weather alerts as we go through the afternoon and into the evening. >> late development in the murder of a fairfax county teen who was killed while walking. >> police now bel

this in turn caused the lowell institute of boston, a group of amateur people who would invite famous people to give lectures -- they invited henry halleck -- not to give one legally -- measly lecture, but to give 12, 1 night after the next, filling the hall every night. these lectures were later gathered together and published in his major book "elements of military art and science. that came out in 1846. keep in mind that when that book came out -- all these things that happened before, he is 31 years old. 31 years old. , stays in the army, the mexican war comes and he travels to california, and sherman is one of his bunk mates have,s terrible ride they waves going up and down, etc.. he said he did not waste any time. everyone else was playing cards and novels, but he is four novels about napoleon from french to english. he creates that four volume english version that you could spill -- still get, if you like. in the main part of the war, but he is in california, very important in the war. when he gets there, they are still fighting to be done -- ere is still fighting to be done, s

president president trump's son-in-law is hiring a big time criminal defense lawyer bringing abby lowellhis team. the president meanwhile upping his attacks on his predecessor tweeting president obama did nothing about russia's meddling accusing him of obstruction. joining me now is new york magazine. your comment is watergate didn't become watergate overnight either. why do you think that's where we're heading? >> because all the signs show he's making all the mistakes that nixon did. whatever the underlying crime is, if you obstruct justice you're obstructing justice. that's the way they're heading. >> do you think all of this may be all smoke and no fire? >> it's a hell of a lot of smoke. it's like a burning forest fire. i'm sure there are some things are being speculated really false. i'm also convinced there are other things don't know about that only robert mueller is going to know about because he'll have the power of subpoena especially about arrangement because jared kushner and the russians. >> he said there was no evidence of collusion. >> he also said the whole thing was a ho

we should warn you lowell mesler has the story. >> reporter: according to mta bus video, lane robert erb gets on a bus in dundalk at 2:53 p.m. on june 7. police say moments earlier he became a suspect in the armed robbery of two people in the nearby shopping center. just after that, two police officers stopped the bus and get on to talk to erb. that's when erb pulls a gun and fires a shot at an officer standing at the rear exit. he then tells everyone to get off the bus. erb is then seen with two guns, standing in the rear exit, firing in all directions. this goes on for about a minute and a half where he could stop and reload. at one point, he walks to the front of the bus and fires some shots and police fire back. erb eventually makes a run for it. meanwhile, outside, a police body camera captures the tense moments this officer switches from a shotgun to a >> reporter: erb goes down in a nearby lawn. the officer runs closer but erb does not listen to police. >> drop the gun right now! drop the gun! drop the gun. >> reporter: erb is killed and the gun battle is over. baltimore count

here's lowell lla. by 8:00 a.m., 64 degrees. very nice. sunny. by noon, 80 degrees. mid 80s.you're heading to the beach, cape may starting with that. late chance of rain looking good. sunday's looking pretty good. rehoboth beach looking at pretty nice weather today, tomorrow. chance of rain as we go into sunday and temperatures in the 80s. we'll talk more about the beach forecast. i'll show you more areas on that. let's check the roads with melissa mollet. >> good morning. metro lines between addison road and stadium armory. taking a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, you can see nice and clear here this morning. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, all of that earlier road work out of the way. top of the beltway into town and out of town. want to share something with you that i did yesterday afternoon. children's advocacy center at fairfax county at the westfield country club in vienna for a nice day. safespot helps children every year. we're gearing up for a big old fashion show and gala. great organization there. eun? >> thank you. we want to say a big congratulati

the times cites abby lowell, a prominent trial lawyer who represented jack abramoff.'m joined by jill banks. jill, did people back during watergate, did people get criminal defense attorneys early on and did individuals get them to defend them? >> yes. i would say of course our case started at a sort of later point when they were getting lawyers, but the staff got fired or resigned and immediately had their own lawyers. it's an important step. it's interesting what yo noted about the type of specialty. trial lawy means that you think there is going to end up being a need for a trial lawyer. the banking and financial crimes is certainly something that is of great concern, and it sounds like the parallel to watergate, which is follow the money. and when you meet with a sanctioned bank and don't report it, follow the money seems like a good way to go. >> well, the sanctioned bank. we should also say the secret meeting with the russian ambassador in which jared kushner having hired some of the best, most expensive lawyers in washington who would help him fill out his secu

we're looking at the timing for bart because if there is enough rain they'll lowell is the trains down for safety's sake but no delays, 46 trains on the rails. back to you. >> looks good. thank you, mike. >>> live to washington, d.c. this morning where it is expected to be a pivotal day in the russia investigation. >>> fired fbi director james comey will be testifying less than an hour from now and we at least know some of what he is going to say. you see him here minutes ago lying his house, getting into that suv and heading to the capital. scott mcgrew is live in the newsroom with the insight we're expected to learn. >> reporter: comey will detail three meetings, six phone calls with president trump that took place before he was fired. it's expected that he will address reports about his interactions with the president regarding the agency's probe into former national security adviser michael flynn as well. comey is expected to say that he considered it inappropriate for the president to pressure him into dropping the fbi investigation of flynn. the senate intelligence committee rele

trump's top aide, son-in-law jared kushner, hiring a big-time criminal defense lawyer, bringing in abby lowelllegal team as the russia investigation starts to heat up. the president upping his attacks on his predecessor tweeting president obama did nothing about russia's meddling, accusing him of corruption. i want to bring in philip mudd, former cia counterintelligence official. sergey kislyak heading home after nine years in the post. he's the man at the center of the trump/russia investigation. why would russia reca-call him now? >> it's a smart part on putin, of course, to premooufr the person in the center of this. he's not available to talk to. he's not going to make a mistake of talking to the media or talking to anybody in the trump administration who may then talk about what he said. >> yeah. so, phil, russia says this was planned in advance. with all these questions that surround kislyak, himself, and meetings with top members of the trump campaign, do you find the timing suspicious at all? >> i wouldn't say suspicious. it's a rare moment where i have to agree with my former colleagu

his name is abby lowell.ne of the few criminal defense lawyers in america who i think counts as household name. he is most famous for having again democrats' top lawyer during the impeachment proceedings against bill clinton. he also reprent

the people who were in the business in new jersey or boston, lowell mills, they wanted it to go away. let's not underestimate the abraham lincoln wing of the republican party. i take your point is a very good one. john: the only thing i would add to that is many people would have wanted things to go away. the perception that the people in both sections had during the 1850's was that the other section was being the aggressor. among people living in the north, the sense that slavery was not a good thing was fairly widespread. but there was a considerable difference among northern voters regarding race. buchanan did not succumb to the trope of many northern democrats of using race as a way of changing the conversation away from slavery, as stephen douglas often did. but a lot of northern voters still couldn't get away from because, as some contemporary sources note, slavery entered into everything during the 1850's, even if one went hundreds of miles away from it. >> buchanan strikes me as smart enough to understand that the duty of the president is to execute the constitution. in his fi

before you know it we will go down the rabbit hole of tread fred thompson and lowell and they'll talktestimony. chris matthew, we're happy is part of our coverage this morning. jeremy bash, former chief of staff at pentagon, cia, former counsel to house intel what's your on your mind as we head here in the closing minutes? >> what struck me and i'm sure counselor melber is focusing on this as well, the president required jim comey to reaudition for his job. and that is in direct conflict with the ten-year tenure of an fbi director. the reason we have that system so fbi director does not have to re-audition for his job. what that re-audition constituted was essentially a threat. if you don't shut down the mike flynn investigation, if you don't lift the cloud, if you don't clear me publicly, if you don't swear loyalty to me you're not going to have jur job. all of the interactions in and of themselves may or may not be obstruction of justice. when you add that with him carrying through with the threat, firing the fbi director, that i think at least makes a case that under the statute wh

patronized either families on bond street, the white elite with last names like ward, schermerhorn, lowell, et cetera. so these men were doing very well. wealth was not the only important thing for the black elite, as i said before. one was respect. another was respectability. you had to behave in respectable way, as well as character. so character is the formation, the moral formation, right, of and respectability is its outward manifestation. if you're an upright moral person come if you work hard, if you go to church, if you treat your family well and so forth, then it would automatically show on the outside in proper behavior, proper forms of dress, and so forth. so respectability was as important, probably more important than wealth in acquiring, in becoming part of the black unique. to give you a sense of -- let me see. i want to show you -- let me see. that's my great-grandfather, philip white. so he is, think of him as the image of respectability, ok? he has this drugstore, makes quite a bit of money. he promotes black education. he's the pillar of saint philips episcopal church. h

we cannot go on being a lowell waged economy, underspending on our public services, investing less than any other industrialized country in our future. i would much prefer that we develop a nationally investment bank regionally based to improve, rail, broadband, road communications, that we improve investment in our industry for the future. we have a lot -- low proportion of industry than germany. we have a low-level of productivity than germany. we have a lower skill base than germany. why is there a difference? because successful german governments almost irrespective of which party is of being prepared to informs in their infrastructure and their future. i think we should think about that and improve the economy of our own society. and you know what, that would lead to better economic growth. it would lead to better opportunities for everybody. and i think this is an offer that's important. and i think it's time that we actually invested in our future rather than presided over our decline. [applause] if i understood him he is saying businesses may scarper under the taxation. >> there

>> let me just readjust that statement is lowell i think had said he was open, like any ceo would be,think what he recently has said is we're organically focused on pushing the ball forward in terms of the integrations that we're doing at oath verizon has also acquired other businesses i'm sure verizon is going to be open to doing anything that made sense for the business overall but you know, our focus right now is getting really big digital scale, and we're working on a number of partnerships with big media companies. >> but when you look out at just the landscape of how this is all going to play out. how much of the model of what at&t and time warner are doing, or even what you are doing, was there going to be specific brands that to some degree may be tied to specific distributors how important do you think long-term that is going to be? >> well i think there's, you know, our objectives as a business are clear and related directly to business models. one is we want to build brand people up. that's number one, we want those brands to be distributed everywhere -- we would love to ha

following students were selected to attend the event which began sunday and concluded yesterday in lowell, massachusetts. novan brew break bakker, katherine, hannah, mckensy, and sarah. they were nominated by their teachers or the national academy of future physicians and medical scientists based on their academic excellence and aspiration to join the medical field. each of these dedicated students achieved a minimum 3.5 g.p.a. to be nominated for the honors only program. the event aims to encourage and guide the top students in our country who hope to become physicians or medical scientists. chosen delegates at the congress represent all 50 states, including puerto rico. i wish these students the best f luck in their future studies, to lead our country's medical profession. congratulations. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does studies, to from washington rise? >> i the gentlelady ask unanimous consen address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlel

all, with he could see a passing shower later this afternoon but highs will stay in the upper 70s, lowele back, now. 8:30 on this tuesday morning. it's the 27th day of june 2017. and we're out on the plaza with some really great people who have been gathered all morning long. thank you for being here. >> we're looking for -- we have a great wine segment coming up. you know that, right? so, hang on. i'm looking for -- i'm looking for someone who loves wine. i love wine. kathie lee loves wine. wait a minute. grandma? grandma loves wine? >> i love wine. she loves the "today" show. >> linda edwards. >> i think we should give linda something to take home. >> i think so. >> do we have anything here? hold on. hold on. >> are we technically allowed to do this? >> no. we're not. but i think grandma linda deserves a bottle. we will ship it to grandma linda. you're welcome. meantime, i'm bringing it with me. >> party favor from the "today" show. >> all right. who else is on the plaza? music superstar pharrell williams is here. he's an extremely busy guy. he has new music out for "despicable me 3" a

lowell has represented john edwards and currently represents the new jersey senator in his corruptionll of this. right now the briefing, no details about it. we're expected to learn more an it at 9:00 a.m. today according to public schedule. >> is there going to be a press briefing today, and what was the deal with the one yesterday with no cameras allowed no what's going on? >> it's a good question. in terms of today, the public schedule says more information about the briefing to come by 9:00 a.m. your guess is as good as mine. in terms of yesterday, no cameras were allowed. this is becoming the norm here at the white house. a lot of these briefings are off camera. sometimes we can use the audio. sometimes we can't. but this is a real break from tradition here at the white house. of course, these press briefings usually take place on a daily basis. they are usually on camera, and all on the record. and what has been so different about these briefings is they have been off camera. we can use the content and in some cases use the audio. president trump said he was going to be more tra