tonight, "the wall street journal reports that the president ordered

but that "wall street journal" reporting tonight about them getting out on bail as of this evening, that appears in this article in the journal about the president's personal attorney. not that one. that one is already in federal prison. it's the next one, rudy giuliani who has professed over the past several days to being just bewildered by these now multiple reports that the u.s. attorney's office he used to run back in the '80s, the federal prosecutors office in the southern district of new york, there have been these reports that rudy giuliani himself is now under investigation by his old office. he has professed to be just flabbergasted by these reports. he has no idea what that even means. well, multiple news organizations have now reported that in "the wall street journal" advances that story considerably tonight with the news that not only are federal prosecutors in the southern district of new york investigating mayor giuliani, in part for his alleged role in the conspiracy that prosecutors allege against lev and igor, his associates, who are just out tonight on million dollars

"the wall street journal" front page said it's discredited. in this case, they're talking about the steele dossier as being the improper starting point of the mueller investigation. like even the "wall street journal" editorial page said it last week, that is a lie, that is a discredited theory. it was discredited months ago. it doesn't hold up to the most basic timeline. >> well -- >> and yet, zrufdonald trump is sending his attorney general to investigate wrongdoing and people are still waiving tving bloody flag of the steele dossier. >> imagine in if this kind of network existed during watergate. these kind of things take up a mythology and they affect the body politic and enough people ever talking about it on twitter. so people in the trump administration believe this stuff and they can't shake it. william barr is not a stupid man. mike pompeo is a west point graduate and they're still engaging in trafficking in these diskr discredited theories. >>> there's another figure under increased scrutiny this american. the president's personal att

the wall street journal. coverage in 1987. of the stock market crash. the downfall of the investment banker martin siegel. he left the journal to help establish smart money magazine. start writing for the new yorker for the past eight years he has been a columnist. looking at the world of business a distinguished commentary in 2016. he is also a professor of business journalism at columbia university. he has written nine previous books. one grew out of his wall street journal coverage and delved into "the insider" trading scandal of the 1980s. bloodsport about the clinton white house and white house affair, blind eye about a doctor who was a serial killer, heart heart of a soldier in 2002 a single victim of the september 11 attack, disney ward 2005. his new book the handling of two investigations that were going on during the 2016 campaign. the other one which we all learned about later was the investigation of links between russia and the trump campaign. donald trump investigation to some sort of sinister conspiracy by the deep state. nebulous network

at the top of the show i cited the "wall street journal" reported that lev parnas and igor freeman has been released. the "wall street journal" said they had both been released on $1 million bond. i am now being told that is not correct. despite the fact they have had the conditions for their bail set, they are not out. the "wall street journal" reported they have been released on bail, but the southern district tells us parnas and fruman are still in jail. quote, they remain in federal custody. so the "wall street journal" still as of right now as their story the way we reported it. we're told that's incorrect. i'm sorry for any confusion but it's kind of intriguing just the same. >>> now it's time for "last word with lawrence o'donnell." sorry i went into your time. >> no, thank you for that correction. these guys are obvious flight risks more so than the average person who has a mortgage to pay. some are not too far from the courthouse or something. so it must be that they are working on really locking down these conditions for release. in a case like this, it's going to be more com

the wall street journal reporting wall street journal have looked at rudy giuliani's bank records. the president seems to be d distancing himself after the arrest of his two associates. when asked on friday if rudy giuliani was still his lawyer? trump said he did not know. we learned that rudy giuliani is still the president's attorney but don't do any work regarding ukraine. you think so? on saturday the two men had lunch at trump's golf course in virginia. afterwards the president going out of his way to praise rudy giuliani. >> i stand behind rudy giuliani, absolutely. i know nothing about him being under investigation. somebody said and i heard a report today, i can't imagine it. >> huh? can't imagine it. more breaking news. president trump bowing to heavy pressure from congress especially republicans and imposing sanctions on turkey for its military operation in syria. speaking for the president tonight, vice president mike pence said that trump spoke to turkey's president and demanded an immediate cease-fire. >> president erdogan reached out and requested the call. and, presi

tonight, "the wall street journal reports that the president ordered removal of the u.s. ambassador to ukraine after months of complaints from his allies, including his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. giuliani reportedly felt the ambassador was obstructing his efforts to get ukraine to investigate joe biden. this as the former u.s. envoy to ukraine reportedly told house investigators that he warned giuliani he was getting bad information about biden and his son. "the washington post" reports kurt volker also told ukrainian officials would be seen as interfering in the election if they investigated biden. tonight, president trump takes his push for a biden probe further, publicly urging china as well as ukraine to look into his potential 2020 opponent. this hour, i'll talk with democrat on the house oversight committee, congressman jimmy gomez, and correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's go to chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, a new report is underscoring rudy giuliani's influence over president trump and their push to investigate joe

the wall street journal editorial page attack you as selling out to the left. elizabeth warren said if you really believe in what you said, you would vote for her bill. she has attack you as being insincere. if you are being attacked from the wall street journal and elizabeth warren, have you got it right? >> absolutely. these large institutions have an great institutions in terms of how they treat their employees. medical, dental, retirement, gyms, training, advancement. great job's over time. we take great care of our customers. obviously you fail in our society if you don't. that doesn't mean that we don't make mistakes. you take care of the local little league or religious institution. we all do training and jobs, we are mayors, governors. the statement we had before said basically, a fiduciary responsibility. promisee to shareholder value. profit-taking is not what we do. it was an evolutionary statement. we did not get rid of shareholder value. we said and employees, and communities. it doesn't have to be simpler than that. if you fail at any one of those

we're going to get to all of that tonight, new including the new news from "the wall street journal" has just matched. "the wall street journal" now nbc news reporting that secretary of state mike pompeo was personally listening in on the call that has now led to these impeachment proceedings against president trump. i mean, unless mike pompeo is himself the whistle-blower, that means that he was aware in real time that president trump had

talk to your doctor about chantix. >>> new reporting in "the wall street journal" reads more like a skirmish from within the gambino clan than a clash between good and bad. two of trump's favorite fixers at odds over tactics. "the wall street journal" writes it this way, "mr. trump's two highest profile lawyers are again struggling to get on the same page. this time in the face of an impeachment inquiry launched by congressional democrats last week. the president's relationships with his private lawyer who once aspired to be his attorney general and man who currently has that post are complicating white house efforts to build a legal and public relations strategy to keep mr. trump in office." this reporting follows revelations in noo"the new york times" and "washington post" about barr's global effort to enlist foreign intel services to investigate american intel conclusions. "new york times" reports, "the justice department inquiry in a parallel but unconnected effort by the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani represent a kind of two-front war. mr. trump has said that mr. barr can hel

the second we are learning today was republican senator ron johnson who told the "wall street journal" he heard accounts of a potential quid pro quo from that journal report. quote, in an interview senator ron johnson said he learned of a potential quid pro quo from the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon sondland who told him that aid to ukraine was tied to the desire by mr. trump and his allies to have kiev undertake investigations that the president has sought. that right there, the connection of military aid for ukraine to donald trump's political operations is what lies at the center of this fast-moving scandal that has ensnared the president and his cabinet including multiple diplomats. one such dip mart is former envoy to the ukraine kurt volker who at this hour yesterday was behind closed doors in the first deposition of the house impeachment investigation. his nine and a half hours of testimony yielding a treasure trove of what may come to be known as the 2019 version of the nixon tapes, encrypted messages and texts including this one which volker sent to a ukrainian official

"the wall street journal" reports on another instance that looks just like this within this scheme. this dynamic where they have to get the real public official, the technocratic person out of the way so they can replace them with someone willing to be part of the president's scheme. according to this very important article today in "the wall street journal" trump and giuliani appear to have not only done that with the u.s. ambassador, they appear to have done that inside the white house itself when it comes to military aid to ukraine. according to "the wall street journal" they replaced career staffers inside the white house who worked on budget issues after those career officials raised concerns about the legality of the president blocking this military aid. quote, after career budget staff members questioned the legality of delaying aid funds to ukraine, the white house gave a politically appointed official the authority to keep the aid on hold. quote, after career staff began raising their concerns, political appointee michael duffy was given the authority for continuing to keep

this is "the wall street journal" ." >> laura: "the wall street journal" -- >> read "the wall street urnal" ." >> if we are going to be consistent with republicans and democrats, if quote you cited as a crime committed by trump, what about what obama did with amanda ford investigation? what about what biden did with hunter biden investigation? >> laura: panel, we could do a whole hour. thank you so much. new details tonight that raise serious questions about the credibility of the whistle-blower, whose complaint actually kicked this whole thing off. plus peter schweizer reacts to breaking news about ukraine now saying that they will look into the center of all of this as part of a wide-ranging look at corruption across the border. that's later tonight. ♪ >> laura: breaking new details tonight are raising serious questions about the credibility of the whistle-blower who sparked this entire impeachment farce. first former u.s. special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker's testimony contradicted the whistle-blower's complaint against the president. we noted earlier that he told congress "at no

i worked for "the wall street journal" which most people consider a conservative paper. i grew up in the world's midwest where half the people were democrats and half were republicans. there was a two-party system thabuti was always raised to bee to do what is best for the american people and don't look only at your own self-interest that act in a way that is best for all. the two biggest role models for me were probably in was on the license plates in illinois and is still hailed as the greatest to produce and across the river from where i grew up, he's one of the great storytellers of american literature and i sometimes skip the epigraph but i want to read this to you because i love it so much. patriotism is supporting your country all the time. before he was president now anybody who doesn't support him is part of the deep state said he is certainly changed his tune. i don't know if he were he announced his campaign a few months ago in northern florida he spent part of the speech talking about the accomplishments of his first administration they are monitoring and loo

call, click or visit a store today. >> shannon: "the wall street journal" auditorium board because iteltdown at the federal commission, accusing the fec chairwoman politicizing campaign finance law and effort shannon: wall street journal as a reward calls the liberal meltdown at the federal election commission accusing the fec chairman of politicizing campaign finance law in an effort to support impeaching donald trump.. leland is investigating. >> you are a lawyer, let's look at the law. title 52 of us election law. it shall be unlawful for foreign national director and directory to make a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value in connection with a federal, state or local election. what is a thing of value? if you were a presidential candidate and i was a foreign national trying to help you and i give you this nice new iphone 11 to the use on your campaign that is a thing of value but if i simply let you look at my iphone which had information valuable to your campaign that might not qualify so for those of you playing along at home how about the actual case that c

you mentioned the wall street journal.did enter disney sending netflix adds. >> they sure are. we are now in streaming wars. all of these are spent on content and spending on ad dollars, they all want our eyeballs and attention and it seems when you put into disney plus, in november, they do not want you to see any netflix adds because netflix is now the competition. all these competition are enemies. when i was in california this spring i remember asking disney, he was one point on the board of apple, what do you do when they start talking about apple streaming, step out of the room and even that point he said yes, i do, and he also said he is checking his e-mails on his ipad. >> all these relationships, if you like this kind of thing it will be fun to see who comes out on top. in the meantime, sorta related, but we were looking at a story today which gives you new reason to dislike your cable company. >> this is a scandal. >> the number 450 that we have on the screen, hidden fees, $4.50 fourdollars and hundred dollars an

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according to the wall street journal.l weekend, including when we were on air discussing this a couple minutes ago. right now it appears that everyone in the case has settled except for walgreens which of course puts tremendous pressure on them to settle. the last thing they want to do is be the only ones standing before a jury which would happen if they they don't settle. prediction is they're going to settle. the amounts we don't yet know. the percentages we don't yet know. and what happens next we don't yet know. remember, this was to have been a bellwether case in which the jury would ask -- would be asked and would answer a lot of specific interrogatories which would help the judge and the lawyers in the 2,000 cases following this to craft settlements. without those answers from the jury, the crafting of the settlements will be a little difficult. however, learning the amounts that these companies paid and the percentages of liability between them will aid plaintiffs' lawyers, will aid the judge and will aid defense

but tonight a brand-new nbc news/wall street journal poll finds more than half of americans think the allegations against the president are serious and should be investigated fully our hallie jackson has details >> reporter: a serious and significant escalation tonight as the white house notifies house democrats in a letter that the president, quote, cannot permit his administration to participate in this partisan inquiry, urging speaker nancy pelosi to abandon the impeachment effort and accusing democrats of trying to reverse the results of the 2016 election already the trump administration is blocking a key witness from a deposition today >> that is an abuse of power for him to act in this way, and that is -- that is one of the reasons that we have an impeachment inquiry. >> reporter: house democrats late tonight issuing a subpoena against that witness european union ambassador gordon he is a tior a the center of questions of what the president may have promised the ukrainian leader if he helped investigate joe bidensage sondland, "i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance

i worked for the wall street journal, which most people consider to be a conservative paper.ily worked at the new york times which a lot of people consider to be a liberal paper. i grew up in the rural midwest where half the people were democrats and half were republicans. it was a real two-party system. i was always raised to believe to try to do what's best for the american people. don't look only at your own self interest. act in a way that's best for all and tell the truth. the two biggest role models for me were probably abraham lincoln, who was on the license plates in illinois and still hailed at the greatest native solemn state ever produced and across the river from where i grew up in missouri the home of mark twain one of the great storytellers of american literature. . sometimes when reading the book i sometimes get the epigraph but i wanted to read this epigraph to you because i love it so much. patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. that's from mark twain. guess what? donald trump tweeted that saying in 2014 be

. ♪ >> hello and welcome to the wall street journal at large.lready wrapped up the controversy surrounding the impeachment inquiry in the house, president trump created another firestorm by announcing the small contingent of troops in syria stationed along the turkish border will be pulled out of the region. the president said it was fulfilling his campaign promise to get america out of in those wars. this despite the fact that later on friday he announced deployment of more u.s. forces to saudi arabia. immediately the decision was cut aside for democrats and several republicans including lindsey graham. because the mood put in jeopardy kurdish buyers who'd been allies with the united states and battling isis. turkey claims the kurds are terrorist and shortly after the president's announcement they launched attacks against northern syria. they say the president's decision was established in the back after the long-running support of the u.s. graham calls it a shot in the arm to the bad guys. in a loyal ally ms. cheney tweeted, we are joining u.s

. ♪ ♪ gerry: hello, and welcome to "wall street journal at large." impeachment investigation of president trump and who will challenge him in 2020 once again dominated the headlines this week. on tuesday the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, william taylor, went before congressional investigators and said he was told that president trump had held up military aid to ukraine as well as a meeting with the country's new president until kiev announced it would investigate the business dealings of former vice president joe biden's son and the alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. democrats call in the strongest ed yet of an improper quid pro quo by the president while the republicans said there was nothing new in taylor's testimony. the president blasted the diplomat claiming he was a never trumper and saying neither he -- taylor -- nor any other witnesses provided testimony that the ukrainians were aware of any military aid being withheld. the day after taylor's appearance, a few dozen house members stormed into the planned closed door depositi

the "wall street journal's" james freedman is here.t got heated between president trump and the media today at one of his press conferences. president trump: did you hear me. ask a question. i have given you a long answer. "this gentleman a question. don't be rude. >> i don't want to be rude. i wanted you to have a chance to answer the question i asked you. president trump: i answered the whole thing. it's a hoax. you know who's playing into the hoax? people like you. trish: conrad black is here and he will tell us if the media is hmm. exactly. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. nice. but, uh... what's up with your... partner? not again. limu that's your reflection. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ thand find inspiration who win new places.ct... leading them to discover: we're woven together by the moments we share. everything you need, all in one place. expedia. it's been reported that there's a cyberattack on business every 39 seconds. ouch. i don't even

we like "wall street journal."reporters now, let's listen in. >> to me bernard is an artist, what he has done is incredible, not only here but in brands, world of brands, it is an honor to have him in texas, he will be very happy. >> why do you want to tax french wine and cheese, why don't you tax mr. arnault. >> i can't tax him, he moved to the united states he was very smart away ahead, i did discuss it, he has no tariffs because he is in the united states so, we're happy about that. very happy. >> and wines and cheese? >> that is a different story, but, they owe us a lot of money thank you very much. >> mr. president, did you watch nick mulvaney press conference. >> no. >> are you aware? >> someone said he did a very nice job, i have been vo very mh focused on this and also turkey the great thing in syria, i don't know, mick is a good man, i have not heard anything about it. >> for -- i have a lot of confidence. >> i think this is beautiful. i really think this is beautiful, i think that plant is incredible. and

. ♪ ♪ gerry: hello, and welcome to "wall street journal at large." impeachment investigation of president trump and who will challenge him in 2020 once again dominated the headlines this week. on tuesday the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, william taylor, went before congressional investigators and said he was told that president trump had held up military aid to ukraine as well as a meeting with the country's new president until kiev announced it would investigate the business dealings of former vice president joe biden's son and the alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. democrats call in the strongest ed yet of an improper quid pro quo by the president while the republicans said there was nothing new in taylor's testimony. the president blasted the diplomat claiming he was a never trumper and saying neither he -- taylor -- nor any other witnesses provided testimony that the ukrainians were aware of any military aid being withheld. the day after taylor's appearance, a few dozen house members stormed into the planned closed door depositi

and breaking news the "wall street journal" reporting that nvlgt tors are examining rudy giuliani financial dealings with ukraine and looking at bank records. trump ramping up attacks on joe bidens son and his business ties while the president's children are reaping financial benefits while their father sits in the oval office. the president imposing sanctions on turkey due it military in syria to battle curdish forces who are american allies. >> reached out and requested the call. and president trump communicated to him very clearly that the united states of america wants turkey to stop the invasion. to implement an immediate cease fire. and to begin to negotiate a with curdish forces in syria to bring an end to the violence the the united states of america it not give a green light to turkey to invade syria. >> breaking news about the ukraine scandal. joining me now frank bruni. i appreciate all of you joining us. i have to start with you. this is "new york times" reporting it is explosive and pulls former national security adviser john bolton into this mess. >> essentially what this stor

and 11 point range, nbc wall street journal said 9 point range. fox news, tender range. and if they go up at all, hardly go up and bad things happen they don't tend to go down and it is a product of the hyperpartisanship and tribalism we have now. one group of people, nothing he could possibly do is wrong. another group, nothing he could possibly do that is right and that is 3 quarters of the electorate. >> a president who can't get above 50%, never been above 50% in trouble for reelection? >> yes. if this election is a referendum up or down of donald trump, just that it is very hard to see, extremely hard to see how he wins the popular vote and very hard for him to win the electoral college as well but it is the old story of the woman asked by a friend how is your husband and she replied compared to what? if you are a democrat, you wanted to be a referendum. if it is a choice, a choice between donald trump and what or who? democratic socialism? the squad? aoc is and 35 so she can't run but what is the choice between? gets a little more complicated and if i were a democr

as it relates to the report in the "wall street journal," there's three major questions that come out of this entire report. one, when did the americans know about this hacking attempt by the iranians and what are they doing to stop hacking attempted like this in the future and moving forward, what assurances that they can make that will be learned about attempts be the iranians. shep? >> shepard: thanks, trey. ohio university is suspending all of its fraternities as nearly half of them are now accused of hazing. happening at the school's main campus in athens, which is about 120 miles east of cincinnati. school officials told fraternities that they had to stop all operations immediately. this comes after they expelled one fraternity in the spring after a freshman died during hazing. earlier this week, they got complained about hazing involving two more chapters. wednesday, five more chapters. hazing is not new for fraternities. but most states have laws against it. despite that, every year the past two decades, at least one young man has died during fraternity hazing. a fox urgent. a

a big story in "the wall street journal," says hunter biden's business dealings were not restricted toivities in ukraine or china. in addition to those his name was used as a selling point in a fraudulent bond scheme that one of his business partners was involved in. the south accord american indian tribe as well several pension funds were called in a bogus business deal. according to court documents, hunter biden's name is used for the veneer of legitimacy. it's not news to viewers of this program. we reported on that scheme weeks ago, and we were ahead in the story and we plan to keep it that way. congressman matt gaetz took a small stand against impeachment yesterday and instead of arguing with him, the left decided to attack him on the basis of his skin color. that actually happened live on television. one of the most famous people in america did that out loud. he responded to that.t the exchange tells you about the modern left. he will join us after the break. ♪ he will join us abou after the ♪ ♪ >> tucker: overturning a democratic election and impeaching the president is a seriou

>> they 2017 piece and there is a piece of "the wall street journal" and 2018 says that biased response as one mechanism of enforcement, 232 universities. if you look at the university web page, it's as biased as a state of mind. really you need to let that idea percolate. it's a state of mind. people can file responses with the biased response team complained without putting their name on it. they could do it anonymously and anyone can be accused of anything. i think a key thing that is really important to understand here is terms people use. have you heard of the idea of inclusive speech or inclusive space? >> tucker: yes. >> inclusive space means one that is welcoming, but what it really means is that it's a space that restricts speech and if i didn't restrict speech than by definition would be welcome them. there mechanisms within the university to restrict speech and to prevent freedom of expression. to prevent freedom of assembly. do shout people down if they don't agree with you. i think the real emphasis here is there after cognitive liberty. they're absolutely convinced they ha

maria: joining us right now is the seen r i don't remember writer for the wall street journal -- seniorl, john hilsenrath. good to see you. >> great to be here. i think dagen had the quote of the day, every princess needs a little glitter. maria: oh, yeah. >> i have to remember that one. dagen: and john, and prints too. maria: we like the box that we were playing with, actually. john, what do you think is most important. you have the third quarter earnings season, potential for a china deal and brexit. what's your lead indicator for the economy and markets with all that's happened this week? >> well, i mean, i think the prospects for an agreement on brexit is really good news for the u.k. and europe and potentially the rest of the world. you know, we've been talking about this a lot for several months. there's so much uncertainty right now for business about what the trade landscape is going to look like and if the brits and europeans can take that uncertainty off the table, i think that's a net positive. in terms of china, china's economy is certainly slowing. the president talked abou

. ♪ ♪ gerry: hello and welcome to the "wall street journal at large."s week the leading democratic presidential hopefuls squared off against each other for the fourth time in the key battleground state of ohio for the largest debate ever, 12 candidates in all. and it's the first time they've been on stage together since house speaker nancy pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. needless to say, the reactions were topic number one and, of course, the situation that prompted it was very prominent, that's the controversy surrounding the business dealings of candidate and former vice president joe biden's son hunter in both ukraine and china. biden defended himself and his son saying neither he, nor hunter did anything wrong, and his rivals chose not to challenge him, instead turning their fire on what the president did with virtually all of them calling for his immediate impeachment. we saw a change in strategy as elizabeth warren, now the front-runner in several polls, became the main target. mayor pete buttigieg and sen