eer on assignment in panama city tonight.his is a know forrous money laundering center and also where the first tower to be built outside the united states and carry the name "trump" on it was built. our investigation as you'll see shows that criminals from all over the world used this building as laundromat for their money, but the trump organization doesn't actually own the building. it made a licensing deal way local developer so the president basically just gets paid for the use of his name sd. does that mean he can't be held responsible for any criminal activity that happened here? the trump organization says it does mean just that. but anti-corruption experts disagree. it's a question of good business practice, they say. and because we have a president who owns a global business, business practices matter. here's our exclusive investigation in conjunction with our friends at reuters into that building. [ speaking in foreign language ] >>> hello. i'm ivanka trump. welcome. >> reporter: it was the first trump branded towe

a former mayor of panama city.s martinelli of running the country like his own business. >> he ruled not on the executive, he had his hands in the judiciary, he broke the law, he broke the constitution, violated every possible rule. and goat away with it. >> he was really looking out for his own interests. and during his time, what happened in the country was without precedent. he was the largest scale robbery of our treasury. >> not long after his term ended, martinelli quietly boarded a private jet and disappeared. days later, panama's supreme court charged him with embezzlement and illegal wiretapping. >> what did he do to you? >> violated and tapped conversations i had with my wife. my kids, my entire staff, my professional staff, also with my campaign manager and all of my campaign team. >> he ended up living in the lap of luxury in miami. but eventually, the law caught up with him and he's now sitting in a federal detention center waiting a decision on his fate. panama is demanding extradition and he's appeal

it's been a busy day for us here in panama city.lot of reaction to our story already. ranging from a democratic congressman calling for an urgent investigation into this story by congress, the justice department, robert mueller to the on the other hand a viewer who wrote in to tell me, go trump my 401k doing great, medimead med ya still mad at losing the election. should it play by whatever rules the local or global market play by. we know which side of the argument president trump is on, he told us himself. in 2012 he called into squawk box to express a very clear opinion about the law that forbids american companies from bribing foreign officials. >> every other country goes into these places and they do what they have to do. it's a horrible law and it should be changed. i mean, we're like the policemen for the world. it'sry dig yous. >> question answered. rachel will be back on monday and on assignment will be back in the new year. so for now, good night from panama city. >>> what are you trying to conceal, buddy? >> a repeat off

that is the trump ocean club panama city. it's a large building. it overlooks all of panama city.an. at one stage it was the tallest building in latin america. and our reporting shows that in addition to being a big tower which by the way is not owned by president trump, not owned by the trump organization. he simply licenses his name. still, he's received millions because of that licensing agreement. and our reporting shows this building was effectively a magnet for dirty money. trump ocean club soars over the pacific and panama city. it's also where criminals everywhere from russian gangsters to money launderers were able to hide their cash. alexander ventura was one of the tower's main brokers. and you were coming in with hundreds of buyers. >> hundreds of buyers, yes. >> reporter: did the trump organization want to know who these buyers were, where the money was coming from? >> no. not that i'm aware of. no, not at all. >> reporter: ventura is now a fugitive wanted for fraud. we agreed to disguise his appearance because he said he feared for his safety. he says that he sold un

the trump ocean club panama city. the president doesn't own the building. he just licenses his name and has been paid millions for that, but our reporting shows that the building, like others in panama city, has been a magnet for suspicious business activity. trump ocean club source over the pacific and panama city and also where criminals from russian gangsters latin america drug cartels were able to hide their cash. this man was one of the tower's main brokers. >> you were coming in with hundreds of buyers? >> hundreds of buyers, yes. >> reporter: did the trump organization want to know who these buyers were? where the money was coming from? >> no. not that i am aware. no, no. not at all. >> reporter: he is now a fugitive wanted for fraud. we agreed to disguise his appearance, because he said he feared for his safety. he says that he sold units no questions asked to buyers including davide guzman, in custody in the united states, convicted of laundering millions of dollars for mexican drug cartels. ivanka trump he says was involved in the panama project a

it took that building behind me, the trump ocean club panama city.he president doesn't own the building. he licenses his name. and he's been paid millions for that. but our reporting shows, that the building, like others in panama city, has been a magnet for suspicious business activity. trump ocean club soars over the pacific and panama city, and it's also where criminals from russian gangsters, to money launders were able to hide their cash. alexander ventura was one of the tower's main brokers. you came in with hundreds of buyers? >> with hundreds of buyers, yes. >> reporter: did the trump organization want to know where the money was coming from? >> no. not that i'm aware of. no, no, not at all. >> reporter: ventura is a fugitive wanted for fraud. we agreed to disguise his appearance. he said he feared for his safety. he said he sold units to buyers including david guzman, in custody of the united states, convicted of laundering millions of dollars for mexican drug cartels. ivanka trump was involved in the project, but not directly in sales. she

richard engle is in panama city. richard, what did you find?s branded buildings all over the world. i'm here in panama city to talk about an investigation we have been working on for months in conjunction with reuters and to this building behind me, the trump ocean club. president trump, the trump organization, doesn't own it, wasn't involved directly in selling it, but licensed its name to the building. and because of that, earned millions. and we have been speaking to prosecutors, insiders, investigators, and they say this building and other buildings in this city were magnets for suspicious business practices. it is also where criminals from russians to drug cartels were able to hide their cash. alexander ventura was one of the tower's main brokers. you were coming in with hundreds of buyers. >> with hundreds of buyers, yes. >> reporter: did the trump organization want to know where the buyers were from or where the money was coming from? >> no, not that i'm aware of, not at all. >> reporter: ventura is a fugitive wanted for fraud. we agreed

joint investigation with reuters started here at trump ocean club, panama city, and that is where nbc'sre on the investigation. >> trump ocean club soars over the pacific and panama city. it's also where criminals everywhere from russian gangsters to money launders for latin american drug cartels were able to hide their cash. alexander venturas is one of the main brokers. accommodating in with hundreds of buyers. >> hundreds of buyers, yes. >> did the trump organization want to know who the buyers were, where the money is coming from? >> no. not that i'm aware of, no, no. not at all. >> reporter: ventura is a fugitive wanted for fraud. we agreed to disguise his appearance because he said he feared for his safety. he said he sold units no questions asked to buyers including david guzman in custody in the united states convicted of laundering millions of dollars for mexican drug cartels. ivanka trump, ventura said, was involved in the panama project but not directly in sales. >> hello. i'm ivanka trump. >> reporter: she was featured in the promotions. our investigation reveals several of

he's also traveled to dubai, cancun, panama city, shanghai, madrid, tokyo and the grand cayman just in the last year. then comes the question of money. just how much does manafort actually have? well, when you look at what he wrote down, the amount of assets he has in financial documents, there range. in april of 2012 that number was $19 million. but then when you look at may of 2016, that number was $136 million, obviously a big fluctuation. and speaking of money, we're also learning that he frequently changed banks and opened and closed bank accounts. all in all gates opened 55 accounts with 13 financial institutions. as of now they're awaiting trial for a number of charges, including conspiracy against the united states and money laundering. of course both of them say they're innocent. evan koslof, wusa 9. >> no matter how the russia investigation pans out, one thing is for sure, d.c. residents are coming out on top. a local restaurant says it plans on offering a drink special fit for the occasion. the bird which is located in the shaw neighborhood announced the good news on twitter

news" messages are scrawled across the wall of a florida school's bathroom but school officials in panama cityncouraging these handwritten notes. it all started when a student wrote on the wall that she was very unhappy. students then started writing back positive messages like stay cool, you're loved and be strong. >> we paint over any graffiti on the walls in the bathrooms and whatnot around school and they asked if we could leave it up, could it be an inspirational wall and i said let's try it. >> administrators say as long as these messages stay positive they will allow students to keep writing and expanding on the wall. >> new video on "action news" showing a blind man about to step into the bath of an oncoming train in denver and you see a stranger step in and pulls him back just in time. seconds later, the transit car pulls up to the platform. no one was physically hurt. >> wow. >> goodness. thank goodness that person noticed and did something right away. >> somebody reacted and he didn't have his head in his phone, paying attention to what's going on and helping somebody. good job. let

documents show that the president is still making money from this building lighting up the sky here in panama city. lester? >> richard engel tonight, richard, thanks. more of richard's reporting tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. >>> in other news tonight the reverend jesse jackson has revealed that he is suffering from parkinson's disease. the 76-year-old civil rights leader said he was diagnosed in 2015 and has received outpatient treatment. in a letter on twitter, jackson said it was painful for him to recognize the effects of the disease. he said he would not let it disrupt his work. >>> still ahead, as we continue tonight, as millions of americans plan to hit the road this holiday season, the new safety warning tonight about guardrails. we'll be back. >>> we're back now with growing concerns about a potentially deadly hazard just before millions of americans hit the road this holiday. the number of lawsuits are claiming that a certain type of guardrail can actually spear into vehicles on impact causing injury even death to drivers and passengers. now the ntsb says it's investigating. nbc

news" messages are scrawled across the wall of a florida school bathroom but school officials in panama city notes. it all started when a depressed student wrote on the wall she was very unhappy. from there students started writing positive messages like stay cool you're love. administrators say they'll monitor the messages and as long as they say positive they'll allow students to keep writing and expanding on the wall. just nice to see the kids on their own chose to write something like that. >> encouraging. >> yeah. >> time right now 4:57. a dispute between neighbors leads to a pregnant woman one day from her delivery date being shot and philadelphia police say it's not the first time they have responded to that block. >> and it's scary to watch. the moment a young boy flies off a water slide. now his family is taking legal action and we're learning more just about how serious his injuries have been. >> all of that overindulgence by grandparents can harm a child's development. toasting dad: i'm not one for speeches. but here's to... to many more years of friendship. and feasts! crowd: [la

documents show that the president is still making money from this building lighting up the sky here in panama city. lester? >> richard engel tonight, richard, thanks. more of richard's reporting tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. >>> in other news tonight the reverend jesse jackson has revealed that he is suffering from parkinson's disease. the 76-year-old civil rights leader said he was diagnosed in 2015 and has received outpatient treatment. in a letter on twitter, jackson said it was painful for him to recognize the effects of the disease. he said he would not let it disrupt his work. >>> still ahead, as millions of americans plan to hit the road this holiday season yea, so, mom's got this cold #stuffynose #nosleep i got it... #mouthbreather yep, we've got a mouth breather. well just put on a breathe right strip and... pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone so you can breathe... ...and sleep. go to breatheright.com today to request a free sample. whstuff happens. old shut down cold symptoms fast with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. the mark

joining us now live from panama city, panama, nbc news chief correspondent richard engel.g into donald trump's business ventures overseas, a building that they say attracted dirty money. >> reporter: that's right, i'm in panama city with an investigation we've been working on for months since the collapse of reuters. the president doesn't own the building, he just licenses his name, and he's been paid over the years millions to do that. and our reporting shows that the building, like others in this city, has been a magnet for suspicious business activity. trump ocean club soars over the pacific and panama city. it's also where criminals, everywhere from russian gangsters to money launderers for latin money cartels hold their cash. alex was one of the brokers. you came in with hundreds of buyers. >> yes. >> did the trump organization want to know who these buyers were, where the money was coming from? >> no, not that i'm aware of. not at all. >> reporter: he is now a fugitive wanted for fraud. we agreed to disguise his appearance because he fears for his safety. he said he

mexico, eccdoer and china, also in the past year he travelled to tokyo, shanghai, madrid, cancun, panama cityre both frequent travellers to cyprus. he wrote that his assets were between $19 million and $13 million and may 2016. but in some months, like when he was serving as trump's national campaign chairman in august 2016 he said his assets were worth 28 million but wrote he had 63 million in assets on a different application. meanwhile frequently changed banks. in all he had 55 accounts with 13 different financial institutions. some accounts were in eng sbland cyprus where he held more than $10 million from 2010 to 2013. cnn spotted manafort coming home to his virginia condo tuesday. manafort and gates can only leave their home to go to court, meet lawyers or medical or religious reasons. people are asking whether the trump campaign properly vetted manafort in the first place. >> he has a long history of working on campaigns in the united states. but to the fact he's been an outlaw so far is deeply concerning to all of us. i'm beginning to wonder if he wasn't an agent to russia. >> reporte

for now, good night from panama city. >>> her husband, a decorated military officer, shot in the dark of night. >> it was an execution. >> was this some sort of hit? >> he was in special forces. there must have been something at work. >> that's what police thought too. until they learned about the secret life of this husband and wife. >> they would meet couples on the internet. >> was there a forbidden affair? >> they were probably meeting for sex about four times a week. >> and did it lead to murder? >> she is absolutely cold-blooded. >> soon, there would be questions for mother and daughter. >> it was another shock. >> the mystery of the murdered major. hello and welcome "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. like so many others, this story involves a husband and wife. he was a military man, a respected major in the u.s. army, when he was attacked in the middle of the night, police launched an investigation that would reveal eyebrow raising secrets, secrets that might hold the key to murder. here is keith morrison. >> the wind in the northern prairie sweeps across a vast flatland. grav

for now, good night from panama city. >>> good evening. i'm lawrence o'donnell. this is tonight's "last word" live from los angeles tonight. president trump and republican leaders in congress won some very important votes yesterday but president trump doesn't seem to want voters thinking about that tonight. he doesn't want trump voters thinking about it. he doesn't want democratic voters thinking about it. he doesn't want independents thinking about it because votes that donald trump won in congress yesterday hurt all of those voters. the trump tax cuts that passed the house of representatives and the senate finance committee are the worst pieces of tax legislation that have ever passed the house of representatives and the senate finance committee. the worst. but the full senate hasn't voted on the bill yet. and donald trump seems to believe that the more voters know about the tax bill the more trouble the bill will face, especially in the senate which is why last night that the hour when the senate finance committee was voting on the tax bill president trump dra

that reporting on the trump hotel in panama city came out a week ago friday. now today, the associated press reports owners of the trump international hotel in panama are working to strip president donald trump's name off the 70-story building and fire the hotel management company run by trump's family. so again, the subject of that richard engel scoop from a week and a half ago, that hotel now reportedly trying to strip trump's name off the building and get trump's business out of the business of running that facilit facility. this follows news trump's name will be stripped from the trump soho building that had financial difficulties and also been linked to allegations of money laundering and organized crime. on top of that news today, abc news reported today that a lawyer for trump national security advisor mike flynn met with investigators from special counsel robert mueller's office today. that's abc news reporting. nbc news has not confirmed. the reason it felt like another shoe was dropping when you heard that report today about flynn's lawyers meeting wi

so for now, good night from panama city. >>> what are you trying to conceal, buddy? >> a repeat offender smuggles contraband into the jail. >> my case is considered high profile because the guy killed was a local celebrity. >> after murdering a louisville rap star, an inmate becomes a marked man. >> he might as well do himself a favor and kill himself. >>> a prescription pill epidemic takes his toll in the jail. >> and drug use on the inside can keep another inmate from leaving jail. >> please don't keep me from going home on friday. >> if you don't go home on friday, i didn't keep you from going home, you did. >> and officials are concerned over one inmate's growing influence. >> i got a reputation of leading these young guys to do all this types of crazy stuff. this is a reputation that you've got to live down. >> a source of pride for louisville, kentucky has been the revitalization of downtown. marked by new high rises, residential and retail centers. but it also has been a busy time for another downtown landmark. the louisville metro department of corrections ja

past year he travelled to tokyo, shanghai, dubai, madrid, havana, grand cayman island, cancun and panama cityand both manafort and gates were frequent travelers to cyprus. manafort wrote in financial documents that his assets were worth between $19 million in april 2012 and $136 million in may 2016. but in some months, like when he was serving as trump's national campaign chairman in august 2016, manafort said his assets were worth 28 million, but then he wrote he had 63 million in assets on a different application. meanwhile, gates frequently changed banks and opened and closed bank accounts prosecutors said. in all, gates had 55 accounts with 13 different financial institutions. some accounts were in england and cyprus, where he held more than $10 million from 2010 to 2013. cnn spotted manafort coming home to his alexandria, virginia condo tuesday. manafort and gates can only leave their homes to meet with lawyers, appear in court, or for medical or religious reasons. and they must check in with authorities daily. the new details are prompting some to question if the trump campaign properly

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past year, he traveled to tokyo, shanghai, dubai, madrid, havana, grand cayman island, cancun and panama citynd gates were frequent travellers to cyprus. manafort wrote in financial documents that his assets were worth $19 million in april 2012 and $106 million in april 2016. when he was serving as trump's national campaign chairman in august 2016, manafort said his assets were worth $28 but wrote he had $63 million in assets on a different application. meanwhile, gates frequently changed banks and opened and closed bank accounts, prosecutors said. in all, gates had 55 accounts with 13 different financial institutions. in england and cyprus where he held more than $10 million from 2010 to 2015. >> when was the last time you spoke to the president. >> reporter: cnn spotted manafort coming back home to his alexandra, virginia condo yesterday. being under house arrest, manafort and gates can only leave their homes to meet with lawyers, or medical or religious reasons and must check in with authorities every day. the new details are -- vetted manafort in the first place. >> paul manafort has a lo

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showers affecting panama and costa rica they're still there coming in off the caribbean on the trade winds otherwise for the north is looking fine across the yucatan peninsula and mexico city with temperatures there twenty two degrees as you move into south america here we've got heavy showers for parts of ecuador through into peru and also bolivia further south fine weather conditions in santiago in chile fine a bonus areas but rio de janeiro here would like to see further shower activity. witness documentaries that accompany your eyes at this time and. hello again you're watching out zero remind of the top stories this hour syrian government jets have hit a rebel held enclave in damascus killing one thousand people this comes as a new round of un backed talks on syria's borders scheduled to begin in geneva on tuesday. early results have given honduras opposition leader clearly in the presidential election more than seventy percent of votes counted sell donuts rella is a five points ahead of the incumbent president pon orlando and on his press conference and to claim victory. thirteen people are being killed in thirty injured in a suicide attack southeast of the iraqi cap

showers affecting panama and costa rica they're still there coming in off the caribbean on the trade winds otherwise for the north is looking fine across the yucatan peninsula and mexico city with temperatures there twenty two degrees as you move into south america here we've got heavy showers for parts of ecuador through into proof and also bolivia further south fine weather conditions in santiago in chile final bonus areas but rio de janeiro here would like to see further shower activity. you are making. when they're on line the u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminalized or if you join us. in the morning and say i want to cover the world of darkness this is a dialogue could be with some of the confusion about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. december on al-jazeera we look back at twenty seventeen through the eyes of five families who've been affected by some of the big stories of the year in an increasingly polarized world people in power sheds light on the darkest abuses of authority ten days of comprehensive coverage about nuclear arsenals a

showers here across of panama costa rica and the curriculum out towards honduras but once you get into wards mexico is looking fine yucatan peninsula plenty of sunshine makes your city should be pleasant during the course of monday up into north america in the satellite imagery shows a couple of significant closer masses one moving towards central and eastern parts of kind of the another one across the pacific northwest so the some snow here seattle strong with temperatures just four degrees some heavy snow across eastern parts of canada some showers through the middle east coast find washington eyes of nineteen. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. ghana stand as the best geology of both mentally resources and hydra bird flu why are they so poor the measures you guys which finally form a government that may have the toxin when essentially now is the more we lead first and the more they push back we knew it was coming to the question was do we sit back and wait for do we surprise them with a preemptive strike on the on the board at this time and i'm just hearing. this is al jazeera. i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next s

across panama costa rica and up through nicaragua night continues to head on through into sunday when she makes you know looking dry and find something in the yucatan peninsula sunny for mexico citynow moving up into north america we've got one frontal system which is pushing into wards east more frontal system switching pushing in towards a pacific northwest and they've resulted in quite a bit of flooding here some rivers are overflowing so really could do without any more rain but it does look as though there will be more rain pushing in across the region during the course of the weekend so seattle turning quite fine in los angeles and the eastern seaboard dry and bright in new york city. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. that's what we're talking about the very last about shooting people are not enough pressure to burn themselves and the other countries have managed to solve this problem but you worry that this conflict could erupt into an outright open war that the city general security sure the people who pay the price clearly there writeup been prejudiced setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. the most memorable moments with al-jaz

showers affecting panama and costa rica there still there coming in off the caribbean on the trade winds otherwise for the north is looking fine across the yucatan peninsula and mexico city with temperatures there twenty two degrees as you move into south america here we've got heavy showers for parts of ecuador through into peru and also bolivia further south fine weather conditions in santiago in chile final bonus areas but rio de janeiro here would like to see further shower activity. a year on from the election which should washington both the republican and democratic parties are struggling to adjust to a polarized electorate it really is an identity crisis you just run against drugs or do you literally stake out a set of positions that offer us a clear alternative not just a truck but to the politics that gave you the truck pulled lines examines the shifting sands of american politics life of the party this time on al jazeera. al jazeera as award winning programs take you on a journey around the globe. expert analysis. it's all about who's in charge who controls the resources and documentaries that will in your eyes it's a technology story it's a business story it'