the majority report and he joined us earlier to break down this confusing case it turns out that trevino defends himself by saying that he's not a journalist so i asked michael is this an applicable defense. that would probably come as news to many people who read his columns and his blog post. he wasn't identified explicitly as representing the malaysian government so obviously implicitly or not implicitly very directly you would think that he was offering objective analysis and it's as simple as that i don't really think there's much nuance here he was dishonest in his dealings and his in his representation ok what about the other writers or media outlets that that published them should they be held equally responsible as he is being. well i think you know the other writers you know they have this notion of being sort of subcontracted or whatever it may be there's a little bit of murkiness but essentially yes i mean look this is a p.r. and communications operation that was posing as objective journalism i think the only kind of clear tipped off would be why would anybody be interested

interested in publishing or why would these guys even want to be writing about malaysia certainly trevino is no expert in the region and didn't really have any credibility or a value added on the issue i think for the outlets that publish them it's embarrassing obviously and they should check their procedures and look at their processes i don't think they should be accountable on the same level but it's an embarrassment ok do you think if he and the other writers would have disclosed the fact that they had some sort of relationship with the malaysian government would that have made it ok or are we entering an age of journalism where more often journalists are part of the stories themselves should or should we just accept that . well there's a lot you know kind of tied up in that question it's a really good question i think that part of the problem is those contained in the question with these guys because no one would have any interest in what they had to say about malaysia sensually some kind of you know conservative bloggers pundits journalists just came out and said hey look you know t

one of them according to buzz feed is conservative commentator joshua trevino paid $390,000 over a three-year out smaller sums to other right leaning journalist was to white about malaysia. he lost his job about not coming clean to the payments lied to politico saying i was never on any malaysian entity's payroll. he now says the

volunteers handing over items in the search for kira trevino. no word on what minnesota police collected or what evidence they may provide. she is missing for weeks and presumed dead. her husband is charged with her murder. >> fbi joins the search for a brown university student missing for a week. investigators say the 22-year-old left his apartment without his wallet and cell phone. >>> two georgia teens charged with murdering a toddler are due in court today. the boys stand accused of shooting the 1-month-old baby in his stroller last week after demanding money from his mother. jenna: awful story. jon: just appalling. jenna: cyprus is avoiding bankruptcy with a last minute deal some say may be a template for bailouts to come. european bankers and imf stepping in to save the nation's banking system with a 10 billion euro bailout that is roughly $13 billion in our currency. as part of the deal, this is the key. the local government raising taxes and puttings levies on some bank deposits. greg palkot is live outside parliament in the capitol of c

washington times and the "huffington post," but none of them were printed without any opinion by trevinoh the malaysian government. he said he should have come clean in 2011 when smith was at politico and asked him if he was being paid by the malaysian government. he told busby that it was a standard p.r. operation. i want to know what my guests now know that they didn't know last week? >> well, this week, i am excited to find out that there is a bill introdu introduced in congress by senator harkin and george miller in the house that will raise not only the overall minimum wage, but the wage for the first time in two decades, and to get sick days paid for workers who have the flu in this time. >> and so in case you don't know, it has been a sick bill introduced here by the city council. >> yes, it is up to all of us who eat out to speak up about this. >> andrew? >> in the new york city council as you mention ed some actual cooperation between council and the mayor's office to lower fines on business in new york e and if that happens and we make small policy changes to free up the capita