never had the, let's call it, the below the belt selfie of bezos that was included in the "national enquirer's" bombshell report. just to remind viewers of what happened in this story, jeff bezos announced he was going to get a divorce from his longtime wife and a couple of days later, the "national enquirer" publishes this expose on his affair is a nice way of putting

national enquirer now that's a top lloyd now it was plain that the two of them were having an affair even though they were both married and just last month face also accused the newspaper's owner of trying to blackmail him by threatening to publish intimate photographs of the two of them together and less he said publicly that the story was not politically motivated no he refused to do that and what has security advisor said this week and it's changed things well gavin de becker who's what for the imus emboss for more than twenty years has published his own piece today in another year on another us a website called the daily beast and he claims his own investigation proves that the sound government. and how to game to access to bases his phone a pretty ass and he's unsure to what degree of any of the parent company of the national enquirer american media was aware of the details but what he does say is that the lawyers for the company had approached both him and abase else to say that they had to say this story had not relied upon electronic eavesdropping or king and again both men r

he told curt he cooperated with the national "enquirer," but to protect bezos and his sister.emi spencer, counselor at law joins us. i was reading explosive new detailing by howard kurtz. michael sanchez is basically saying he was not paid 200 grand. why would he need it when he was protecting a billionaire who is the richest man on the planet? >> that's right. howard kurtz broke this within the last hour that michael sanchez is now for the very first time acknowledging that he, as he put it, made a deal with the devil by cooperating with "the national enquirer." now he is not admitting that he accepted $200,000 which is what was reported earlier today for the first time. he is saying that his efforts were done to try to protect his sister and jeff bezos, but his story may or may not check out. right now it seems hard to believe that he would be cooperating with "the national enquirer" to try to protect his sister, yet his sister was unaware of that. susan: right. we're looking through this journal article, and are there elements present from what you've read and what you hear

published in the national enquirer now that is a tabloid a u.s. top lloyd and they claim that the two were having an affair even though they were married now back in february of accuse the newspaper's owner of trying to blackmail him after threatening to publish more intimate photos and less he said the paper's reporting on him was not politically motivated or he refused to do that ok and if so what has bezos a security adviser saved this weekend where gavin de becker who's worked for the amazon no no for more than twenty years has written a piece in another on another u.s. website the daily beast and he claims that his own investigation proves that the saudi arabian government had gained access to bases over his phone of but he asked that he's on shore to want to grieve any the parent company of the national enquirer american media inc was aware of the details but what he does say is that both he and bezos demaio hasta say publicly that the original story had not relied on electronic eavesdropping or on hucking and again both men refused to do th

he suspected the national enquirer had come after him for political reasons and bezos wanted to know w they got ahold of his personal texts. >> the amazon boss said he opened his own private investigation. that's when the enquirer and it's parent company threatened to publish more photos unless the investigation was dropped. >> several of them appear to be innocuous but three he apparently took selfies of his own genetiles and those were the ones that the national inquirer thought he'd never want to see the light of day. >> but he was ready to fight back. >> a stunner from the richest man in the world. dropping a bombshell against the national enquirer accusing the parent company of trying to blackmail him with nude photos. >> they're used to people buckling and folding and not battling back. in a surprise move, he posted the e-mails he said were from the parent company ami for the world to see in a blog post. >> trying to deweaponize the photos as he hunts down the source. >> the ceo writing of course i don't want personal photos published but i also won't participate in their well-k

and really the head of the national enquirer as david becker. the second hand man is a man called dylan howard david pecker has an established relationship with the saudis going back to twenty seventeen i believe and it kind of escalated twenty eighteen so there is that that that relationship is well established and there is also evidence. you know pointing to an exchange you know there's there it was it was a financially beneficial arrangement with state court and the investigator the chief and best against it has passed on the findings to the u.s. federal officials i'm hopeful that they will investigate this. what absolutely i mean that was the end game i would save when it comes to gavin de becker and his team of course i i would like to mention that i was one source i wasn't the only source he spoke to a lot of people and of course he had his own experts and he has his own access to different different sources of course. so really it's this is what they're hoping they're hoping to make this a legal problem in the end for both my of course th

he then went on to throw out some series of how he thought the "national enquirer" got its hands on all plan that he said might have been in the hands of a state actor, some had hypothesized that was saudi arabia. tha all of this goes back to what is a grudge match between donald trump and jeff bezos over "the washington post." as you know, jeff bezos runs "the washington post." many hypothesizing that it was the "national enquirer" owned by david pecker, good friend of donald trump, going after his ed a v-- adversary. none of that is corroborated, but certainly had a lot of people talking at the time. >> so where does this go next, steph? what's the next shoe to drop here? >> you have to wonder really how these texts and photos were obtained? and if they were obtained in a way that was potentially illegal. and there is not a good explanation of how that happened. although the "national enquirer" has come out and said that this was the result of what they called solid reporting. so you've got some conflicting story lines here and you have to wonder if it's going to shake out. also worth

this morning including the trump organization, the trump foundation, the white house and the "national enquirer." president trump with another democratic challenger. former colorado governor john hickenlooper announced the hickenlooper on the list of candidates. i said this in the past. i won't dedicate a lot of time to democratic candidates until they sort themselves out.

one of those could possibly sold or otherwise provided this to to the "national enquirer."will not sell out the my sister for $200,000. if the world's richest man becomes my brother-in-law, i make money off deals and production deals and helping him find a house. a lot to clear up. now for the first time michael sanchez says he played some role helping "the national enquirer." we need to find out if he was amply compensated for role. susan: thank you, howard. connell: crazy stuff. we're watching brexit as well. united kingdom on edge. the clock is ticking as britain looks for a pathway towards brexit. theresa may expected to speak shortly. breaking headlines shortly. don't go away. ♪ (bird chirping) lots to do, hope you fuelled up. sure did. that storm sure ripped through. yep, we gotta fix that fence and herd the cattle back in. let's get at it. (whistle) (dog barking) (♪) connell: stay with breaking news from the uk, we're still waiting for comments to come in from theresa may, european union's donald tusk leaving the door open for three-month extension for brexit, only i

after racy texts between him and his mistress were leaked to the national enquirer.ther after the source of the leak. gavin de becker writes this. our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the saudis had access to bezos' phone and gained private information. for more, i'm joined by oliver darcie. let's back up for a second. de becker is bringing the saudis back into this. remind us where they fit into this story. >> the story is incredibly confusing and getting more confusing by the minute. so you'll remember back when jeff bezos posted that medium post a couple months ago, he hinted the saudi arabian government might be involved in leaking that information about his affair to the national enquirer. people are looking into it and figuring out what that meant. now a security consultant is writing in the daily beast that the saudi government had access to his phone and the implication is that they may have leaked this information or tipped off the national enquirer about jeff bezos' affair. why would they do that? he's the owner of the w

saudi ministers have previously denied any length to the national enquirer leak facebook. wants new rules to govern the internet and says government should share responsibility for policing what we click on and a newspaper article he wrote that is not for companies to define and monitor harmful content he's pushing for common global framework to police privacy and. to stop the spread of hate speech well those are the headlines on our to zero one zero one is coming up next. they are young vulnerable girls from rural villages desperately poor they sold a vision of money and adventure all they have to do is sign up to become maids in singapore but for many the reality is badaracco. one o one east investigates why girls who are too young to work continue to be trafficked to asia's most prosperous nation. in may two thousand and seventeen a young domestic worker from miramar had a terrifying fall from the night floor of this block of flats in singapore. her employer whom we will call john can still remember that day. a bounce that touches ona lesson she told told us how low us

starting at $32,500. >>> we're learning more about the battle between amazon's jeff bezos and the national enquirerl street journal" is reporting that michael sanchez, the brother of lauren sanchez sold the billionaire's secrets to the enquirer for $200,000 that material includes the racy texts and the photos that bezos sent to his girlfriend the report also details a blowup in a restaurant between david pecker and his general counsel for media. that led to the lawyer leaving the company immediately. it shows what a tangled mess this has been. there's been a huge investigation that bezos hired an investigator to look into for all of these issues. there had been suspicions that it was saudi arabia, that it was some hacking, some cyberattack that had led to these things turns out it's really just the easiest answer when you look for some of these answers. it was a person who actually was close to lauren sanchez who sold all of this. >> yeah, but he was a trump guy. >> he's a trump supporter. >> or had made positive tweets on trump >> and he tweeted about this the day it came out. >> and david pecker

on top of it, bezos in that editorial that he writes at medium, he accuses the "national enquirer" ofs in cahoots with a foreign government of illegally tapping phones. and this is clearly -- this reporting out of "the wall street journal" suggests that that was not the case, but there are lots of lingering questions, including the fact that michael sanchez says he never obtained what we've been euphemistically describing as the below-the-belt selfie himself. if he wasn't the one who got it, who did? how did they get it? some of those questions still out there to be answered. >> stephanie gosk, interesting story you're covering today. >> for sure. that was a very diplomatic comment. >> that's going to do it for us on this edition of driandrea mitchell reports. remember to follow the show online, on facebook, and on twitter @mitchellreports and make sure to tune in for kasie d.c. every sunday right here on msnbc. but now here's ali velshi and stephanie ruhle coming up for "velshi & ruhle". >> hello, everyone. i'm ali velshi. kbl and i'm stephanie ruhle. it's tuesday, march 19th, let's

at that point, the "national enquirer" had a circulation of 5 million. and that's how he grew his populist base. and then when he got "the apprentice," he had a mass audience, and that's when the populist artist grew. without those two things, he never would have been elected president of the united states. >> knowing what you now know about him, what do you think is his biggest challenge as being president? >> well, the book suggests that he learned, he took on in palm beach what he considered entrenched, corrupt establishment. he fought to be able to have his club. and he fought them politically, he fought them legally. and doing that, it was his first political battle. and i think he learned techniques that he used to win the campaign. my difficulty with it, and i think some of his ideas, i think, are terrific. but he can't get out of campaign mode. i think that's his problem. and he's become more and more isolated. he said recently that he has no friends in the white house. he doesn't. these people, they come in there, they come into the meetings, th

but bezos, just to remind everybody, has said that ami, "national enquirer's" owner has threatened to these explicit photos of him unless he did two things, stop investigating how the "enquirer" obtained his private exchanges, then they wanted him to make a public statement, according to bezos, that declared that the "enquirer's" coverage of him was not politically motivated. as we remember, bezos posted a blog about his marriage ending, his relationship with lauren sanchez, and he put a damper on the magazine's scoop. so mr. sanchez, he told the "wall street journal" that he would not dignify responding to the paper. he called the reporting on the contract, that is to say the $200,000 payment, as being sourced from quote, old rumors and anonymous sources. he declined to comment on whether or not he did provide these graphic, intimate photos of the world's richest man to the "enquirer." i asked among other people a former federal prosecutor what he thinks could happen to mr. sanchez if sanchez actually took the photos without permission. here's what doug burns told me. he said that wo

saudi ministers have previously denied any length to the national enquirer. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera and side story is coming up next thank you for watching. a president a comedian and a survivor ukraine votes for a new leader whoever wins inherits a conflict in the east and the ailing economy and a tense standoff with russia over crimea so who will ukrainians choose to lead them through the next five years this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm typical paul and now ukrainians are voting for a new president thirty nine people are running as candidates but when you see a choice between three main candidates there's the president petro poroshenko who's hoping to get another five year term he's seen the conflict with the separatists in the east of the country grinds on despite a cease fire agreement he's failed to reverse russia's annexation of crimea and he's also been blamed for the corruption that persists the survivor is yulia timoshenko a former prime minister who is spectacular fall from grace but her to a prison sente

"the wall street journal" reporting that "the national enquirer" paid michael sanchez, the brother ofn sanchez $200,000 for the private messages that were published in january. the stock weathering the turmoil in today's session. we have courtney dominguez and back with us, david nelson. courtney, just overall, the sort of scandals, they make big headlines. some are more, you know, the boeing obviously involve lives. >> yeah. charles: amazon involves questions about ceo's character and trust. >> uh-huh. charles: how do you think investors should look at something like that? >> a lot of headlines tend to be short-lived. boeing is great example. it is horrible thing that happened, it did cost lives. what happened, first year the 737 came out, the first year there were two deadly crashes. six months after the second crash, boeing traded higher. i think a lot of that is, headlines they don't last that long. people will focus where they are going forward. they don't have a lot of competition. you have to look at this over the long run. i don't think something that they can't be overcoming.

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. >>> but first, new details who leaked neighborhooded photos of amazon's jeff bezos to "the national enquirer" and how much that tabloid paid for them. >>> and later why the search for the serial killer known as jack the ripper may finally be over. for the thousands of wounded warriors returning from battle, wounded warrior project has developed the warriors to work program, a unique program that helps wounded warriors translate their military experience to the civilian workplace. the warriors to work program also works with employers to find the right job for the right warrior. contact wounded warrior project at findwwp.org. welcome home the brave. >>> we're back wit >>> we're back with video of a police officer in suburban philadelphia appearing to punch that young woman. police say the college student attacked the sergeant after she and her friends tried to crash a st. patrick's day party. she's charged with assault but her family is demanding that that officer be reprimanded. >>> a new report details how "the national enquirer" obtained nude photos of amazon ceo jeff bezos. the pictures a

according to a "wall street journal" investigation, "the national enquirer" paid $200,000 to sanchez's brother, michael, who then sold bezos' secrets, including those intimate texts and photos. according to "the journal," david pecker, the publisher of "the enquirer," was initially uneasy about proceeding with such an explosive story, anxious the powerful bezos would sue. but ultimately, the paper reports, he approved the deal. and shortly thereafter, bezos, who is reportedly worth $137 billion, accused a.m.i., the publisher of "the national enquirer," of blackmail and extortion, claiming a.m.i. threatened to publish the embarrassing photos unless he stopped his investigation into just how the tabloid obtained the text messages. in response, michael sanchez, a hollywood talent agent, says that he will not dignify the claims, adding only that "the journal's" reporting is based on old rumors. david? >> linsey davis tonight. linsey, thank you. >>> we move on now to the white house. president trump's new war of words, and one of his most trusted counselors, kellyanne conway, has now been c

so the ministers have previously denied any link to the national enquirer is reporting president trump's executive order to allow offshore oil drilling in the arctic ocean has been overturned a federal judge called trump's reversal of an environmental protection policy from the obama era unlawful and invalid the ruling reinstates the drilling ban in much of the arctic ocean rob reynolds has more from washington. federal judge sharon gleason says president donald trump exceeded his constitutional authority when he issued an executive order back in april of two thousand and seventeen that essentially stripped away all protections against explore ation and oil drilling from a five hundred thousand square kilometers of waters off in the arctic and north atlantic oceans trump has tried repeatedly to roll back environmental protections that were made during the obama administration but he has been unsuccessful in large part because environmentalists as in this case keep taking the administration to court and they keep winning the judge in this case said that once a president applies the design

washington post bezels hired private investigators after his phone messages were leaked to the national enquirer news faber is detectives said he was targeted by the saudis as they prodded the killing of washington jamal saudi ministers have previously denied any link to the national enquirer is reporting. the boss of facebook is calling for new rules to govern the internet and wants governments to share responsibility for policing what we click on in a newspaper article mock such a brick says it's not for companies alone to define and monitor harmful content is pushing for a common global framework to police privacy and data as well as rules to stop the spread of hate speech facebook's facing a series of scandals including its failure to stop the live streaming of the new zealand mosque attacks which hailed fifty people this month a facebook has already signed up in principle at least to a contract for the web as the brainchild of team dennis leave the man who invented the world wide web thirty years ago with the vision of open access for all speaking to al-jazeera earlier this month then it's

the washington post hired private investigators after his phone messages were leaked to the national enquirernewspaper is detectives said he was targeted by the saudis as they prodded the killing of washington post writer jamal saudi ministers have previously denied any link to the national enquirer is reporting all this isn't the first time saudi arabia has been accused of hacking a social media producer is here to tell us more so thanks for the well side seams have adopted a cyber campaign to silence those who disagree with the kingdom both at home and abroad i want abdulaziz is one of them he's an exile in canada and was a friend of murdered journalist and. last june he received a suspicious text message with a link to chop a possible delivery and i can a did research group citizen lobby is confident almost mobile phone was targeted by saudi arabia and infected with spyware. now the surveillance tool is known as pegasus and it's by an israeli company called the n.s.a. group and i have been multiple reports on how pegasus has been used in a number of countries to target civil society in aug

prompted michael cohen's change of plea to guilty. >> because michael cohen was involved in the "national enquirers well? >> that's what i understand. i don't know that firsthand. >> but you talk to cohen all time. doesn't that raise the blame on the enquirer? why would they need michael cohen if they just wanted, as you put it, to run that cover story unrelated to trump zb? >> look, i don't think the federal government or the department of justice or the sdny gives anything away for free. i know that they did give at least mr. pecker and howard immunity agreements and non-prosecution agreements. and shortly after that, it's my understanding that mr. cohen did change his plea to guilty. so, i think you put two and two together. but that's above my pay grade. >> while we're above your pay grade, keith, do you get the impression that the prosecutors at sdny are looking at wrongdoing or potential crimes by donald trump himself? >> you know, i don't know any of that firsthand. what i will say is that it -- you know, any casual observer with any kind of legal training that looks at the plea agreement o

these years and it is a legitimate about where they are, were they legally are, and whether national enquirer any kind of leverage over the president because they have all of his secrets. amy: race was an undercurrent of this whole hearing. you had michael cohen starting off by calling president trump a racist. i want to turn to north carolina republican congressmember mark meadows, who heads up the freedom caucus, who introduced department of housing and urban development appointee lynn patton, an african-american woman, in an attempt to disprove cohen rcs claims that donald trump is a racist. >> mr. cohen, do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. today ind linda come her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known her? >> i'm responsible for her joining the trump organization and the job that she currently holds. >> well, i'm glad you acknowledge e that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president does not agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racist. she says, as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no w

bezos ordered hired hired private investigators after his personal messages were leaked to the national enquirer newspaper in january be inquiry found riyad targeted base those who owns the washington post after the death of saudi journalist. the kingdom denies involvement in the hacking . donald trump's ordered cuts in direct aid to three countries in central america as part of his campaign against illegal immigration democrats say the cuts to el salvador guatemala and honduras are entirely counterproductive and will only increase the flow of migrant caravans north through mexico towards the u.s. the reports from the border city if you wanna where many migrants say they're living in desperate and dangerous conditions. it's another day at a migrant shelter on the us mexico border almost everyone here is from central america and they're seeking asylum in the united states. in the past migrants would be allowed to wait in the u.s. while their cases were considered but a change in policy by the trumpet ministration now requires them to be sent back to mexico until their case numbers are called yes

now the world's talking about just who took that stuff to the "national enquirer." the "wall street journal" reports it was michael sanchez, the brother of laura sanchez, bezos' lover. he sold it all for $200,000. why did he do it? it's clearly a tangled mess and we will get into it. >>> representative devin nunes is suing twitter for $250 million. he says they shadow ban conservatives including himself. nunes says twitter systematically censors conservative opinion and ignored his complaints. his lawyer says twitter will be held accountable for abusive behavior and misconduct. >>> let's get to your money. looking good this tuesday morning. the dow closed at 25,900 monday. it's poised to go back above 26k at the bell this morning. a gain of another triple digit gain. big show for you. look who we have. the president's daughter-in-law, lara trump. is the trump team worried by media-sav vy beto o'rourke. and john bolton. when will the tyranee y in venezuela dom an ends? it is a big show and it's great to be back. "varney & company" is about to begin. stuart: again, th

jeff bezos is going head to head with the "national enquirer" over the tabloid's publishing of his textzos is responsible for the leak. this morning we're learning new details about how the national enqui "enquirer" obtained racy text messages and selfies between jeff bezos and his girlfriend lauren sanchez. according to "the wall street journal" who cites people familiar with the matter, the billionaire's messages were actually sold to the tabloid by sanchez's brother michael for $200,000. nbc news has not been able to corroborate that. the journal reporting michael sanchez refused to dignify claims he signed a contract with ami, the parent company of the "enquirer" saying the report was based on old rumors. last month in an interview with "vanity fair" writer gabriel sherman, sanchez denied he was involved in the leaks. >> michael sanchez says his sister lauren frequently showed the pictures to people including himself, and perhaps one of her girlfriends leaked the picture. >> reporter: according to the bomb shell "enquirer" report, in addition to below the belt photos, bezos also sen

. >>> how the "national enquirer" got the private text messages between billionaire jeff bezos and his girlfriend. the family member behind it and the staggering amount of money he was reportedly paid. >>> those stories plus a bizarre courtroom message from the man accused of murdering a mob boss. >>> unexpected twist. why the eren caught on ca shoveling her friend off a bridgeuddenly changed her plea. ne>>> let the m begin.g millions racin to finish their brackets, the ncaa tournament tips off. today tuesday, march 19, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to yooday," thank for joining us on this tuesday morning. we'll start with the dueling disasters. th pfeiffers and floods, crews battling that massive chemical fire in houston, facing new challenges this morning. further north, millions remain threaten by historic flooding. we'll start with nbc's kathy park in omaha, nebraska. hey, kathy, good morning. >>> hoda, good morning to you.'v seen these disasters having a big impact in thi

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they found mike sanchez leaked the texts to the "national enquirer."tigators couldn't determine exactly who paid for them. >>> new morning report, s.e.c. firing back at elon musk. >> in a court filing regulators call it, quote, stunning that the tesla ceo is tweeting without consulting others at tesla. musk previously agreed to do that as part of a court ordered settlement. musk believes s.e.c. is trying to silence him. >>> taking a live look at the new york stock exchange, we are up about 130 points this morning. >> some walmart customers aren't happy the retailer is getting rid of it's savings catcher program. through an app the program would give you a refundny price differences with competitors. walmart says it's ending because the company already offers the lowest price in most cases. some u.s. cans say the app saved them hundreds of dollars. >> you can get your hands on apple's newest gadgets next week. the cupertino-based company revealed its releasing a faster version of ipad air and ipad mini. the ipad air has twice the graphics capability. th

so-called catch and kill scheme that was conducted by the national enquirer. all this is going to play out in a matter of weeks and months. the committee has given these individuals two weeks to respond asking a wide range of matters. they want answers to there could be subpoena fights and public hearings. the committee says that is something they are open to doing going forward, having public hearings oz a push foraward on this. this is just one of several committees investigating all aspects of this president, but today, jerry nadler offering up a very far reaching investigation. >> also reporting about a letter sent by some other democrats. what more do we know about that. >> three democratic chairman, adam schiff, eliot engel and elijah cummings who chairs the house oversight committee, democrats, are demanding information from the white house and state department about communications the president had with putin. there have been no records of these interactions. including concerns, notes that were taken by an american interpreter were taken by the preside

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this morning including the trump organization, the trump foundation, the white house and the "national enquirer." president trump with another democratic challenger. former colorado governor john hickenlooper announced the hickenlooper on the list of candidates. i said this in the past. i won't dedicate a lot of time to democratic candidates until they sort themselves out. there are more names to be added to the board and some will drop out over the next few months, so for now there they are. >> you're close to needing a bigger screen, scott. >>> a warriors super star curry latest assist could be the most valuable. he auctioned off a jersey to raise money for safe drinking water for children in kenya and in exchange, a local kenyan tailor hand stitched a custom jersey with her fabric for him to wear. >> that's beautiful. >> looks like it's big enough for me, too. >>> coming up, much more. the future of high-speed rail in california is uncertain but millions of tax money has been spent. nbc bay area is following that money for you next. >>> plus, a happy ending to a day's long agonizing surge in

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his personal security consultant found the kingdom obtained private information in january the national enquirer published leaked text messages between bezos and the woman he was dating saudi arabia denies involvement while the enquirer says it didn't break any laws and see corruption. has long slovakia's presidential election making for the country's first female leader the liberal lawyer no previous political experience beat the governing party candidates those are the headlines inside story that's coming up next. we understand the different. and the similarities of cultures across the world. will bring you the news and current affairs that. could robots kill the u.n. . weapons that can cost. control so how likely is this and how prepared are we. develop. the intelligence this inside story. welcome to the program. killer robots well that sounds like the name of a science fiction movie but they could become a reality and soon scientists say artificial intelligence has developed so quickly that we could be seeing weapons that can choose a targets and kill without a human controlling it the u.n.

so he ministers have previously denied any links of the national enquirer reporting. the number of cholera cases in the city of barrow in mozambique has increased to more than two hundred and seventy eight and health workers are struggling with the aftermath of cycler in die which hit more than two weeks ago damage to water and sanitation facilities has raised fears about a potential epidemic enjoyment duquan reports. scenes of destruction left in the wake of catastrophic flooding with towns and villages submerged cycling killed hundreds of people in mozambique. now the government is desperately trying to save lives. we're trying to void an outbreak of cholera at the moment we're expecting this we're very prepared for the doctors in place so this is what we're doing at the moment many were trapped for more than a week with no access to clean water after cycling eat i hit the port city of bear . with tens of thousands of people displaced and living in temporary shelter a lack of sanitation has created the perfect conditions for cholera the vaccination is a very needed

it is a national enquirer story. it is a cheap national enquirer story. i've had four or five retired cia agents read it. >> there was russian interference and his guys were taking meetings. >> page 4 of the affidavit is the report. the guy you just had on here said there never would have been a pfizer warrant without the steel affidavit. steel was put forward as a completely verified informant. >> but they understand it -- >> you know this. >> no, you have to tell the court there's a great obligation on the prosecutor before a court. >> let's see what we can. >> i have seen. >> i know you have. i'm saying the rest of us rudy. let people see it and make their judgments. >> the footnote is public. >> four pages on all the efforts of mueller is not enough. >> no, we're talking about rod rosenstein that has to account for the fact that he signed a false affidavit. >> he also wrote the letter to get rid of comey for the president and jeff sessions. >> and also came to the conclusion there's a -- >> is he a good guy or bad guy? >> people are not good guys or b

when jeff bezos' leaked personal tax got him into a view to the "national enquirer," instead of beingnlookers, the press, rally behind the world's richest man. boy, did they.n >> jeff bezos, the wealthiest man in the world, the founder of amazon, going from being the punch line of this sordid affair to all of a sudden becoming raised as a hero of journalism. >> it makes them almost human, just like us magazine, he's just like you and me. he's playing this brilliantly. >> there's a certain amount of badassness about him that makes us proud to work for him. they muster their bronchi and they found that out. >> a source close to bezos told me last night, do not poke this bezos bear. >> tucker: [laughs] don't hurt the bezos bear, whatever you do. the press didn't just offend bezos bear, stroking him lovingly, they also speculated wildly that his texts were leaked by president trump and collusion with saudi arabia, presumably, wasn't busy helping russia. >> we know he despises jeff bezos. is ami still doing trump's dirty work? what is going on? >> the two leading theories seem to be that a

. >>> disturbing news for "the national enquirer" american media parent company it did in fact pay 200,000to the brother of jeff bezos's mistress. attorney says this makes bezos's case send stronger that the company was trying to strong arm him. what does this do in on going battle back and forth between bezos and american media? this makes bezos' case that they were trying to coerce something? >> it add as criminal element. 18 u.s. code 2511, interception or dissemination or use of a private communication using an electronic, mechanical or other device, can result in up to five years in prison for the perpetrators. so not just person obtaining communications personally without the consent of persons who had the private communication but also using or threatening to use them in the case of ami, "the national enquirer," if the allegation is in fact true. neil: paying someone to give you information is that a criminal offense? >> no. but intercepting private communications, electronic, economic call or other devices is. neil: got the texts back and forth between his sister and jeff bezos, pa

his personal security consultant found the kingdom obtained private information in january the national enquirer published leaked text messages between bezos and a woman he was dating saudi arabia has claims no involvement while the enquirer says it didn't break any laws. the number of cholera cases a mozambique site can hit city of beirut has risen to two hundred seventy one it's dealing with the aftermath of saigon you die those are the headlines next up fourteen up south africa. south africa nine hundred ninety nine traveling across the country to meet fourteen year old learn about their lives i. mean. in one thousand nine hundred two you visited them over there was seventy two hours . to. partake was in its death throes and there was virtual civil war in the run up to the first free election. found. in one thousand nine hundred eleven lived in the north and transfer part of a very conservative community. dos what condition your school. you know sister. ms clinton but it fleshed. him and school they don't just oppose it so what it does not used to post those on next. well it was only for lenn

washington post bezos hide private investigators after his phone messages were leaked to the national enquirer newspaper detectives said he was targeted by the saudis as they've prodded the killing of washington post writer jamal khashoggi saudi mrs afraid asli denied any link to the national enquirer is reporting mark owen jones is assistant professor of middle east studies at hammond's been a university here in qatar he says the hacking of mobile phones is widespread. this tactic is become the norm so we hear saudi doing it a lot but we know for example that the united arab emirates of use this time similar technologies against human rights activists like up in months or you know the bahamian government back in two thousand and twelve were using european spy ware in fish it's a target activist not just living in behind but living in the u.k. so we know that even smaller countries countries that do not have as much power or clout to saudi arabia have been using these types of technologies to target activists living abroad and this to me is really crucial because what we're seeing now is not n

should interview trump organization cfo alan weisselberg, donald trump jr., and chairman of the "national enquirer's" publisher, david pecker. cohen also delivered documents like financial statements and a canceled check that could prove the president was aware of hush-money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. kim whalee is a former whitewater investigator -- >> they don't deny things, the facts speak for themselves based on the transactions and the documents themselves.eporubcans referred cohen to the justice department, alleging that he made false statements during his testimony. but he'll be back next two week answer more questions. and lawmakers say they will also call alan weisselberg to testify. paula reid, cbs news, the white house. >>> a $1 million reward is being offered for information to track down the son of deceased terror leader osama bin laden. the state department says hamza bin laden is emerging as a leader in al qaeda. in audio and video messages he called on followers to launch attacks against the u.s. investigators believe it's in part to avenge his father's death by u.s.