michael stone's confession has always been controversial. and found him guilty of murder. stone and his supporters have always said it cannot be relied upon. but michael stone is himself now pinning his own hopes of a fresh appeal on another alleged confession, said to have been made here, at frankland prison in durham. why should we believe this confession any more than the alleged false confession which you said was made by michael stone? knowing something in a confession that other people would not know goes to the core of the credibility of the confession. but it goes further. because of the way he takes the confession, the way that he writes it down. the fact that he is telling his solicitor the day that he hears it, "i have just heard this." so he's supporting it at the same time as he's writing it by telling someone what he has heard. it's corroborative. so we have a confession, we have parts of the confession that's not in the public domain, and we've got an eyewitness to say that it was bellfield that i saw there that day. in my view

levi bellfield and michael stone are in the same prison in durham. dmits he began offending as far back as the 1980s. the attack on the russells was in 1996 and some of those closest to him at the time had already become increasingly suspicious about him. this picture of me on my horse and levi was taken at the yateley horse show in hampshire. what's the significance of that? levi said he had never been to that area and obviously the picture puts him there but that's where milly dowler‘s body was found. johanna collings was bellfield's girlfriend in the mid—90s, living with her in her parents‘ house in south west london. she had become increasingly worried about bellfield's behaviour. i found a magazine once in a bin liner in a garage — a vogue/cosmopolitan kind of thing. and all the pictures of dark haired girls, nothing. all the blondes, he'd stabbed their faces, slashed them. did you ever challenge him? oh, yes, i did, cos my dad's donkey jacket was in there and he'd cut the inside of the pocket out and there was a balaclava and a big carving knife

stone: great to be here. host: joining us for the --stioning is michael is mr. stone, let me begin with the issue of robert mueller, do you suspect that he is preparing charges against the president? stone: i believe his inquiry is politically motivated. we've seen extraordinary evidence in the last couple weeks, tweets, e-mail records, the contributions that indicate his is a partisan hit squad. i think this is a political proceeding rather than a legal proceeding. i believe the president's lawyers are naive about mr. mueller's intentions. i think they misunderstand the committee the political establishment in both parties has for the president and their resolve to remove him on any pretext whatsoever. to me, a strategy of just turning over hundreds of -- relying on the innate fairness of robert mueller is a foolish strategy. i think we have to see what comes out of general flynn's plea deal. general flynn has said a senior member of the president's transition team directed him to contact the russian ambassador to set up a meeting. a perfectly legal action on ge

stone long term republican strategist. thank you very much for being with us. >> great to be here. us for the questioning is michael isikoff reporter andgative tom tobianco who covers politics andwashington d.c. mr. stone let me begin with the issue of robert mueller. that he isect preparing charges against the president? inquiry ise that his politically motivated. i think that we've seen in thedinary evidence last couple of weeks that tweets records the contributions to democrats that is a partisanhis head squad. i think this is a political proceeding rather than a legal proceeding. i have said that i believe that lawyers aret's mr. mueller's intentions. i think they misunderstand the politicaly that the establishment both party have for the president. on their resolve to remove any pretext. to me a strategy of turning over of thousands of documents waving executive relying on the is foolishler strategy. i think that we have to see what of general flynn's plea deal. general flynn said that a senior of the president's transition team directed him to contact the russian ambassador to set up a meeting. onerfectly leg

michael stone was convicted of the killing of lin russell and megan russell and his lawyers say you couldave a witness. you spent three years with levi bellfield, give us an insight into what your life was like? it was torture most of the time. when he was being nice you could not have asked for a nicer person. he was a real gentleman, spoiled rotten, took you everywhere. then he would just flip and the beatings, or the abuse, treated you worse than you would treated you worse than you would treat an animal. would be a trigger? sometimes. you had done something wrong, cooked something wrong, and taught him the wrong way or questioned him about something, but sometimes it wasn't anything. and what sort of physical abuse did you endure? you would get punched and kicked, strangled, burned with cigarettes. strangling was quite a good one of his. if you punch due, he would keep punching you in the one spot and keep punching you in that spot because he knew how much it would hurt. where there are moments where you thought you might end up killing you? there were a couple. but because i fought b

stone to get out here. >> that is 21-year-old michael sarpato, a volunteer with the hammondton fire department. he says crews are working a anywhere from 12 to 16-hour shifts at a time. >>> east goshen police arrested a couple for trying to put a cramp in christmas for local trash collectors. investigators tell us a resident saw this guy, joshua swaveely, searching new trash cans looking for gifts and tips that may have been left for collectors. they say police caught up with him in the upton circle neighborhood. and this woman identified as kimberly verde was with him. both were arrested. police say if you want to give something to your trash collector, hand it to them directly or send it to the company. >>> 5:17. jessica's been keeping her eye on the schuylkill and vine. both stretches have provided some problems. >>> jessica? >> the schuylkill is completely back open. there was earlier construction at the blue route and the vine street expressway eastbound. that's all open. now we're just waiting for the delays to come. watching cameras at cott moon toward center -- cottman toward center cit

stone to get out here. >> that's 21-year-old michael scarpeto, with the hammondton fire department. he says crews are working from 12 to 16-hour shifts at a time. >>> the season-ending injury to quarterback carson wentz is the talk of eagles nation and really beyond. >> yeah. still heartbroken over it. >> i know. >> it's sparking reaction among some players past and present. former player terrell owens tweeted, "my prayers are with you, carson wentz. you'll be back stronger than ever." #flyeagl #flyeaglesfly. and michael vick chimed in with his feeling on wentz's injury. >> i felt like a lost a teammate. i was so eager to see these guys in the post season. and what he would be able to do and for the city of philadelphia -- >> you love philadelphia. >> i love philly. >> and russell wilson tweeted -- >> carson, you've been a beast all year, man. playing for you, rooting for you, man. what god has for you man, can't no man stop. you'll be back better than ever. come back. >> wow, really classy remarks from those former players, right? >> yeah. >> and current player -- superstar like ru

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stone to get out here. >> that's 21-year-old michael scarpeo. he says crews are working from 12 to 16-hour shifts at a time. nchlt>>> beginning on new year', transgender people will be free to enlist in the military despite opposition from president trump. the pentagon says it's moving forward with the enlistment plan even though it's tied up in legal battles. two federal courts ruled against the president's demand to ban transgender people from the armed forces. the white house is asking those courts to put their decisions on hold while it appeals the case. >>> 6:17. couldn't remember whether not there as accident at 95 or just regular 6:00 a.m. volume. >> we've had issues on 95 and some other trouble spots throughout the area. jessica boyington is here to answer your questions. >>> yeah. it's an accident, all right. up ahead on 95, the southbound side, this is just after thebras bridge. one of our cameras at caster avenue. approaching allegheny and girard. it's southbound, the traffic we near-ly see heading toward center city -- normally see h

influencing is huge i had to write it done as pullman a for michael flynn cuts page jeff sessions general donald jr rex tillerson wilbur ross and roger stone and those are just the guys you're sitting there you're sitting there smiling joe but those are just the guys whose names of percolated into the international news arena if there was influence brackets allegedly what was put in trying to achieve because of the statements that had been made by mr trump during the campaign which were friendlier toward russia than certainly hillary clinton who is viewed as the prime enemy by mr putin and he had accused her of interfering with the russian elections herself that they were hoping at least to get a more favorable vote out for mr trump that seems quite clear and even if that wasn't true i think a secondary objective was through the media here in the united states or some kind of collusion to create a situation of chaos or conflict internally in the united states just like the united states intelligence agencies when we have enemy states we. tried to foment domestic controversy in acrimony themselves so those are the two angles i think that pu

michael douglas winning an oscar for his role as gordon gekko in the oliver stone-directed film about excess of capitalism in the 1980s gecko was later named to the top 100 villains in movies meant as a critique of the life-style taking place on wall street but oliver stone the movie inspired many to work in finance. of course, the movie's most famous quotes or misquotes is "greed is good." >> that's the paraphrase greed for the better good is good. >> less than two months after the crash of '87 and this whole movie was in production as the mania was cresting. >> you hear the quote all over wall street. boiler room, "wolf of wall street," and "glen garry glen ross." >> charlie sheen was in this move, foo. >> i just feel old. >> yeah. >> all right michelle, mike, thanks as always. that's going to do it for "squawk alley. let's toss it back to headquarters and "the half." >> and welcome to "the halftime report." i'm scott wapner our top trade this hour. high interest with the fed expected to raise interest rates this week. your money and the markets are front and center this hour our qu

oliver stone thank you very much i was right this they still dating and i'm still alive but they were think. michael flynn emits lying to the f.b.i. the reaction of russia gators and the liberal media is jubilation but one night when submission in fact deflates the now popular conspiracy theory. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be rich. but you do like to be prosperous what will befall three of them or can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of my college. first sit. gun some is not so is not that can put place is not a good country and. yes it is the bush administration to live bush among us well above the scum. visited this but at this a disco that is. the study of the culture. of the cult of the sugar from the secular serious. falling in trust with the embrace from the muslim of themselves to be the little. mostly helpless fossil. play almost anything for the members of the base the lot of their kind our better john for them based on our must hold as tight no one can i do not

stone and wikileaks. there is a whole series of information that michael flynn could talk about. and we are not going to know what that is until we see what additional charges are ultimately filed by the special counsel's office. >> here's the things that we are waiting on in the next maybe 10, 20, 30 minutes from now or at some point beyond that. number one is to see presumably michael flynn and his lawyers emerge from the doors you are looking at in federal court in washington. they may come out and talk. we'll find out soon. we are also waiting to find out reaction from the white house. that reaction we know will come fromty cobb in-house attorney put in place to specifically deal with questions about the special counsel and the investigations into russian interference with the election. that is the white house tasked to respond go to questions, to our questions about michael flynn and this plea agreement. michael flynn of course the former national security adviser to donald trump on the job just about 24 days. short lived but obviously quite memorable. somebody who is at the

and talk to georgetown university professor michael eric dyson on his book "tears we cannot stop: a sermon to white america." host: we interview robert stonereporters asked him during the members ofn about the administration trying to remove him from office. >> any evidence that anyone is actively plotting or laying the groundwork inside the administration to make that removal? be the mechanism for that to happen. but peopleolks inside the white house. >> like you, i have sources and i were those sources and i believe there are some who have had this discussion. this is outside the cabinet and even. i think it is the fallback plan for the establishment. that is why i am trying to sound the call. you will see an enormous uptick in the irresponsible stories pairing the president as not up to the job, and so on. particularly if robert mueller shoot and miss. so i am being realistic as to what is the result of many in the political establishment to remove the president under any means necessary. >> who are we talking about? secretary of state? the defense secretary? >> like you, i cannot reveal those sources. asking you to reveal sources. who

stone of what happens in markets. kit jocks will stick around. coming up later on the state of retail is michael ward. us at 5:30 a.m. in new york. a bit of christmas shopping is coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: 23 minutes past the hour. tom keene is in new york. good morning. let's talk about what is happening with the ecb. the finance minister says it's time the european central bank needs to rethink interest rates. speaking with -- we would definitely be positive if they would agrees to ease up on the policy. let's get back to kit juckes. that sounds great compared to the fact that the economies are running pretty fast. but we will get there next year, will we? kit: not unless someone puts pressure and the council shifts on its views. but if we get any uptick in inflation in some point, this will not be the last time we talk about it. they have torn around to tell us they are not doing anything with the program until september. and i bet that we have at least three conversations in january, february, march and april which could allow an earlier meeting or move or something else. this won't go a

stone gives his assessment of donald trump's first year and office. later, we give you look at the and treese decorations lighting ceremony's. next on "washington journal," we hear from georgetown university professor michaeleric dyson paid he will talk about race relations and his book, "tears we cannot stop: a sermon to white america." ♪ host: live this morning, the wreaths at washington's union station this christmas eve. merry christmas. happy holidays. welcome to "washington journal." holiday dinners and gatherings are often the place where political differences between family and friends comes out in the open pit we thought we would bring it out in the open this morning for our first hour. the political divide in the u.s. -- what is causing it, how can we fix it? here is how to join the conversation. for republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, call (202) 748-8000