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HOUR. STEEL COMES FROM IRON.
IRON COMES FROM IRON ORE. AND IRON ORE YOU DIG OUT OF THE
GROUND. THE LARGEST-KNOWN BUT UNTAPPED
IRON ORE DEPOSIT IN THE WHOLE WORLD IS IN THIS ONE.
IT'S IN THE NATION OF GUINEA. A GUINEA IS IN A COUNTRY IN WEST
AFRICA. SORT OF SURROUNDS SIERRA LEONE.
BORDERS LIBERIA. IT'S ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD, GUINEA IS. AND THAT IS A STARK THING WHEN
YOU HAVE SOME OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE UNTAPPED NATURAL
RESOURCES IN THE WORLD. BUT GUINEA GOT INDEPENDENCE FROM
FRANCE IN 1958. AND THEN THEY STARTED
ESSENTIALLY A LONG CYCLE OF SUFFERING UNDER DICTATORS WHO
RULED FOR LIFE AND WHO TOOK A LONG TIME TO DIE.
THEIR FIRST LEADER TOOK POWER UPON INDEPENDENCE IN 1958.
HE STAYED IN POWER FROM 1958 UNTIL HE DIED IN 1984.
26 YEARS LATER. THEN AS SOON AS THEY WERE RID OF
HIM, THEY GOT ANOTHER DICTATOR IN 1984.
AND HE HELD ON FOR 24 YEARS. UNTIL HE DIED TOO IN 2008.
BUT FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT GUINEA HAS HAD AS A COUNTRY, FOR
ALL THAT -- ALL THE CHALLENGES IT HAS STRUGGLED THROUGH,
GUINEA'S NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN A HELP THUS FAR.
YES, THEY DO HAVE THE WORLD'S LARGEST UNTAPPED DEPOSITS OF
IRON ORE BUT THAT HAS NOT NECESSARILY TURNED OUT TO BE A
GOOD THING FOR THEM. MOSTLY WHAT IT HAS TURNED OUT TO
BE FOR THEM IS A SCANDAL AND A CRIME.
AND NOW THAT PART OF IT IS BECOMING PART OF OUR
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS HERE IN AMERICA.
REPORTER JESSE DRUCKER HAS A REMARKABLE PIECE THAT JUST
POSTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES."
IT'S ABOUT MORE POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL TRAILING ENDS THAT SEEM
TO HAVE FOLLOWED OUR NEW FIRST FAMILY INTO THEIR NEW LIVES IN
THE WHITE HOUSE. AND ALTHOUGH A LOT OF THAT STORY
IS ABOUT THIS REMOTE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY OF GUINEA, MY
FAVORITE PART OF THE STORY ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE IN
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. AT THE JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA,
AIRPORT. JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, 2013, THE
WIDOW OF ONE OF THE PAST DICTATE
ERS OF DINNY, THE WIDOW OF THE DICTATOR WHO DIED IN 2008, SHE
BECAME A COOPERATING WITNESS FOR THE FBI.
ONE DAY IN THE SPRING OF 2013, SHE PUT ON A WIRE.
THE FBI WIRED HER UP SO THEY COULD SURVEIL AND TAPE HER
CONVERSATION. AND SHE WENT TO THE JACKSONVILLE
AIRPORT. AND SHE HAD A MEETING AT A DINER
AT THE JACKSONVILLE AIRPORT WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A LARGE
MINING COMPANY WITH INTERESTS IN HER HOME COUNTRY AND IN THAT BIG
IRON ORE DEPOSIT. IN 2008, GUINEA HAD AWARDED TO
THIS COMPANY THE EXPLORATION RIGHTS TO HALF OF THAT GIGANTIC
DEPOSIT OF IRON ORE. IT WAS A A LITTLE BIT OF AN
UNUSUAL DEAL AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE GUINEAN GOVERNMENT HAD
PREVIOUSLY AWARDED ALL OF THE RIGHTS FOR THAT MINE TO A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT COMPANY, BUT THEN INEXPLICABLY, A FEW YEARS
LATER THEY JUST SORT OF CHANGED THEIR MIND AND DECIDED THAT HALF
THE RIGHTS WOULD NOW GO TO THIS OTHER COUNTRY.
IT APPEARED AT THE TIME TO BE SORT OF A STRANGE DEAL.
BUT NOW WE KNOW WHY IT SEEMED WEIRD.
BECAUSE IT WAS WEIRD. THE GUINEAN GOVERNMENT NOW SAYS
THAT STRANGE DEAL HAPPENED, THAT THE AWARDING OF HALF THE RIGHTS
TO THAT MINE HAPPENED, ACCORDING TO THE GUINEAN GOVERNMENT,
BECAUSE OF A HUGE BRIBE. PAID BY THE COMPANY WHO GOT THE
MINING RIGHTS. THEY SAID THE COMPANY THAT GOT
THE RIGHTS TO HALF OF THAT IRON ORE DEPOSIT, THEY SAY THAT
COMPANY PAID MRS. DICTATOR $8 MILLION.
IN EXCHANGE FOR THEM GETTING THOSE RIGHTS.
NOW THE FBI EVENTUALLY GOT INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATING THAT
BRIBE. AND AT THAT AIRPORT DINER IN
JACKSONVILLE, IN 2013, THEY SET UP MRS. DICTATOR TO WEAR A WIRE
WHILE SHE MET WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT MINING
COMPANY. AND WHILE SHE WAS MEETING WITH
THAT GUY FROM THE MINING COMPANY, HE TOLD HER IN THAT
CONVERSATION THAT SHE SHOULD DESTROY ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT
SHE HAD THAT DOCUMENTED ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BRIBE.
AND SHE WAS WIRED WHEN HE TOLD HER THAT.
SHE WAS A COOPERATING WITNESS. SO THE FBI GOT ALL OF HIS
INSTRUCTIONS TO HER ABOUT THAT ON TAPE.
AND THEY NAILED HIM. THEY NAILED THIS GUY FROM THE
MINING COMPANY. CHARGED.
PLED GUILTY. PRISON TIME.
AND THE COMPANY HAS SINCE TRIED TO SAY, OH, THAT GUY WAS JUST A
ROGUE ACTOR, HE WASN'T SPEAKING ON OUR BEHALF, WE DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, NOTHING TO DO
WITH US. BUT THAT SAME MINING COMPANY IS
ALSO ALLEGED BY THE FBI TO HAVE PAID ANOTHER LARGE BRIBE TO
ANOTHER OFFICIAL IN THE GUINEAN GOVERNMENT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND THE REASON YES WE KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE OF A TRIAL WHAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY.
THE FORMER MINING MINISTER OF GUINEA IS ON TRIAL IN NEW YORK
RIGHT NOW. AND THE FBI ALLEGES IN DOCUMENTS
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS TRIAL,
WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN REPORTED ON BY THE "NEW YORK TIMES," THE FBI
ALLEYS THAT THIS MINING COMPANY WAS INVOLVED IN ARRANGING THE
BRIBERY. SO THERE WAS THE BRIBE PAID TO
MRS. DICTATOR, WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THAT ANOTHER BRIBE PAID TO
ANOTHER GUINEAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.
RELATED TO THIS IRON ORE MINE. NOW WHY IS THIS TRIAL HAPPENING
IN MANHATTAN? ONE NICE THING ABOUT BEING THE
BANKING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD IS THAT FINANCIAL CRIMES ALL OVER
THE WORLD CAN OFTEN TECHNICALLY BE CHARGED IN NEW YORK IF
PROSECUTORS WANT TO CHARGE THEM THERE, BECAUSE MORE OFTEN THAN
NOT, ANY TIME SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY MOVE AROUND
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, THAT MONEY IN SOME WAY WILL TOUCH A
NEW YORK BANK AS PART OF THE TRANSIT OF FUNDS.
THAT ALSO MEANS WHEN IT COMES TO CRIMES LIKE BRIBING GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, EVEN WHEN THE PEOPLE INVOLVED
ARE NOT AMERICANS, THE FBI IS OFTEN ON IT.
EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT AMERICANS INVOLVED.
EVEN WHEN THE BRIBERY TAKES PLACE FAR AWAY.
IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN FINANCIAL FRAUD OR CORRUPTION OF ANY
SIGNIFICANT SCALE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF
THE BANKING SYSTEM IS USED AT ALL IN YOUR FRAUD, YOUR
CORRUPTION, YOUR BRIBERY, IT IS LIKELY THAT THE FBI IS ON IT.
AND YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF ON TRIAL IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK. AND IN THIS CASE THEY REALLY DID
WIRE MRS. DICTATOR AT THE JACKSONVILLE AIRPORT FOR WHAT
THAT GUY FROM THE MINING COMPANY OTHERWISE THOUGHT WAS AN
INNOCUOUS MEETING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
BUT THAT UBIQUITOUS PRESENCE OF THE FBI AMID THAT KIND OF
FINANCIAL CRIME, THAT MEANS IF YOU ARE IN AMERICAN BUSINESS,
IT'S PRETTY EASY TO GET CAUGHT IF WHAT YOU DO WRONG IS THAT YOU
END UP DOING BUSINESS WITH CORRUPT PEOPLE OVERSEAS.
IF YOU END UP DOING BUSINESS WITH OTHER COMPANIES, WITH OTHER
PEOPLE, WHO PAY BRIBES OVERSEAS, IF YOU DO BUSINESS WITH
OTHERWISE CORRUPT BUSINESSES WHO LAUNDER MONEY OR FINANCE ILLEGAL
ACTIVITIES OR WHATEVER IT IS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU YOURSELF ARE
CROOKED, AMERICAN FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
DO BUSINESS WITH CROOKED BUSINESSES OVERSEAS.
THAT'S ILLEGAL UNDER OUR OWN LAWS.
THAT'S ILLEGAL UNDER THE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.
YOU MAY NEVER BRIBE ANYBODY, BUT IF YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH
SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN PAYING BRIBES OVERSEAS, YOU'RE GOING TO
GET NAILED. PEOPLE GET CAUGHT FOR THAT, THE
FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
AND FRANKLY IT FOLLOWS THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION AROUND.
BECAUSE OF DEALS LIKE THEIR NOW-ABANDONED PROJECT IN THE
CAPITAL CITY OF AZERBAIJAN WHICH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED OUT IN
EXQUISITE DETAIL BY ADAM DAVIDSON AT THE NEW YORKER.
IN THAT AZERBAIJAN PROJECT THE PROBLEM FOR THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION THAT IS THEY PARTNERED WITH THE FAMILY OF A
NOTORIOUSLY CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO, FOR GOOD MEASURE,
HAS FINANCIAL TIES TO THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD, HM.
WELL, THANKS TO THIS NEW REPORTING FROM THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" AND ALSO FROM BLOOMBERG NEWS TODAY, WE NOW KNOW THAT THE
FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT MAY NOT JUST BE FOLLOWING THE
TRUMP ORGANIZATION AROUND DEALS LIKE ITS ABANDONED HOTEL PROJECT
IN AZERBAIJAN. .
WE NOW KNOW THE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT MAY ALSO BE
FOLLOWING AROUND JARED KUSHNER. THAT'S BECAUSE AS THIS MINING
MINISTER FROM GUINEA IS ON TRIAL RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK, WITH THE
FBI SAYING HE FACILITATED BRIBES, PAID FOR BY THAT MINING
COMPANY, FOR THEM TO GET RIGHTS TO THAT BIG IRON ORE DEPOSIT IN
GUINEA, AT THE SAME TIME THAT THAT TRIAL IS HAPPENING IN NEW
YORK, THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND BLOOMBERG NEWS ARE NOW BOTH
REPORTING THAT THE FAMILY WHO OWNS THAT MINING COMPANY?
THAT MINING COMPANY WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION IN
THESE BRIBERY CASES AND WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE "TIMES" IS
ALSO -- HAS ALSO BEEN INVESTIGATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE
FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT, THAT MINING FIRM IS RUN BY THE
STEINMETZ FAMILY. AND AS OF TONIGHT, WITH THIS NEW
REPORTING, WE NOW KNOW THAT THE STEINMETZ FAMILY HAS ALSO
APPARENTLY BEEN JARED KUSHNER'S SECRET FINANCIER FOR OVER $100
MILLION IN VERY RECENT NEW YORK CITY REAL ESTATE PURCHASES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CROOKED YOURSELF AS AN AMERICAN COMPANY,
YOU CANNOT LEGALLY DO BUSINESS WITH COUNTRIES ABROAD AND WITH
INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSMEN ABROAD WHO PAY BRIBES, WHO LAUNDER
MONEY, OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE IN FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES.
SO WE'VEVE GOT A NEW DEPARTMENTF JUSTICE NOW.
HELMED BY TRUMP APPOINTEES FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS
ON DOWN. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS JUST
CONFIRMED YESTERDAY, ROD ROSENSTEIN.
THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF ATTENTION TO WHAT IT WILL MEAN TO HAVE THE
FBI INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN POTENTIALLY
COLLUDING WITH RUSSIA NOW OVERSEEN BY A GUY WHO IS A TRUMP
APPOINTEE. BUT NOW WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE
TRUMP APPOINTEE IS RUNNING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, HAVE ALSO
JUST INHERITED ONGOING CORRUPTION, BRIBERY, AND FOREIGN
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE FAMILY
WHOSE MONEY ALLOWED JARED KUSHNER TO ROUGHLY DOUBLE HIS
REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS SINCE 2012 IN NEW YORK CITY TO THE TUNE OF
MORE THAN $100 MILLION. THE STEINMETZ FAMILY AND THEIR
WEB OF COMPANIES AND THEIR PROBLEMS WITH THESE BRIBERY
SCANDALS, THESE BRIBERY INVESTIGATIONS, THIS HAS NOT
BEEN SECRET. IT WAS FIRST REPORTED BY "THE
FINANCIAL TIMES" IN 2012. IT WAS REPORTED EVERYWHERE
THEREAFTER, PARTICULARLY IN THE FINANCIAL PRESS.
BUT EVEN AFTER THAT REPORTING IN 2012 AND I IN 2013, JARED KUSHN
JUST KEPT MAKING BIGGER AND BIGGER DEALS WITH THEM.
IN 2014, JARED KUSHNER APPEARS TO HAVE BECOME EMBARRASSED OR
MAYBE CAUTIOUS ENOUGH THAT HE STOPPED PUTTING THE STEIN METS
FAMILY NAME ONTO HIS DEALS, INTO THE PAPERWORK FOR HIS DEALS.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEIR GUY GOING TO PRISON AFTER THE DINER
CONVERSATION AT THE JACKSONVILLE AIRPORT SENT UP SOME RED FLAGS
SO IT WAS TIME TO TAKE THEIR NAME OUT OF THE PAPERWORK.
BUT STILL, EVEN AFTER THAT, EVEN WHEN HE GOT MORE SUBTLE ABOUT
USING THEIR NAME IN HIS REAL ESTATE FILINGS AND HIS FINANCIAL
FILINGS, HE STILL KEPT DOING MORE AND MORE AND BIGGER AND
BIGGER DEALS WITH THEM. INCLUDING THIS RELATIVELY NEW
REAL ESTATE DEAL IN JERSEY CITY. I SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS ONE
AS TRUMP-BRANDED PROPERTY. SO WE'RE CLOSING IN ON THE
100-DAY MARK FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
IN THE CAMPAIGN, TRUMP PROMISED ACTION ON TEN DIFFERENT MAJOR
PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF HIS
PRESIDENCY. HE HAS ACHIEVED NONE OF THOSE
TEN LEGISLATIVE GOALS. NONE OF THEM.
NOW ALSO APPEARS THAT HIS PLEDGE TO BUILD A WALL ON OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER, APPEARS THAT IS ALSO DEAD OR AT LEAST INDEFINITELY
DELAYED. ONE PIECE OF MAJOR LEGISLATION
THEY DID TRY TO PASS WAS OF COURSE THE REPEAL OF OBAMACARE.
THAT DIDN'T EVEN COME UP FOR A VOTE IN THE
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED HOUSE BEFORE IT BLEW UP.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING LATER ON THIS HOUR ABOUT WHETHER THEY
MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY LAUNCHING A SUCCESSFUL SNEAK ATTACK RIGHT
NOW TO BRING THAT LEGISLATION BACK AT THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE
THE 100-DAY BENCHMARK. BUT TODAY'S BIG REVEAL FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION WAS WHAT EVERYBODY WAS CALLING THEIR TAX
PLAN. THEIR TAX PLAN.
IT'S ONE PAGE. AND HERE'S A HINT.
THE U.S. TAX CODE IS THOUSANDS OF PAGES LONG.
IF THIS IS YOUR TAX CODE, IF YOUR PLAN FOR COMPREHENSIVELY
OVERHAULING THAT TAX CODE IS ONE PAGE, DOUBLE-SPACED, WITH DEEP
INDENTS AND ALMOST NO NUMBERS, THAT'S A LOT OF THINGS BUT
THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY A TAX PLAN. THAT'S NOT A PLAN FOR
OVERHAULING THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF THE U.S. TAX CODE.
AS A HINT ABOUT THEIR SERIOUSNESS ON THIS TAX ISSUE,
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THEY ARE UNVEILING WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO
CALL THEIR TAX PLAN. THEY ARE UNVEILING THAT TODAY
BEFORE THEY HAVE EVEN BOTHERED TO NOMINATE ANYONE TO BE IN
CHARGE OF TAX POLICY IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT HANDLES TAX ISSUES.
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN PICKED SOMEBODY YET FOR THE JOB OF
RUNNING TAX POLICY IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
BUT STILL THEY ROLLED OUT THIS ONE-PAGE DOCUMENT TODAY AS IF
THEY'VE SHOWED A TAX PLAN BEFORE THE 100 DAYS.
WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. THE ONLY SUBSTABTIVE THING WE
GOT OUT OF THIS TODAY IS SOMETHING THAT MADE ME FRANKLY
QUITE GLAD THAT WE REVEALED TWO PAGES OF THE PRESIDENT'S 2005
TAX RETURNS ON THIS SHOW A FEW WEEKS AGO.
BECAUSE ONE THING WE CAN TELL FROM HIS ONE-PAGE PRESS RELEASE
ABOUT HIS SUPPOSED TAX PRIORITIES TODAY IS THAT EVEN
UNDER THIS SKELETAL OUTLINE THEY RELEASED TODAY, HE IS PROPOSING
SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE SAVED HIM UPWARDS OF $30 MILLION JUST
IN THAT ONE YEAR. FOR WHICH WE GOT THOSE TWO PAGES
OF THAT ONE RETURN. SO THERE'S A LOT TO CHEW ON IN
TERMS OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
THEY ARE GOING TO DO, THERE'S ALMOST NOTHING TO CHEW ON.
HONESTLY, DON'T BOTHER. THEY DIDN'T UNVEIL A TAX PLAN
TODAY. THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR TEN
PROMISED PIECES OF LEGISLATION. THEY'RE NOT BUILDING A WALL AND
MEXICO'S NOT PAYING FOR IT.
DON'T BOTHER LISTENING TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, WATCH WHAT
THEY'RE DOING. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THEIR
OTHER THAN BEHAVIOR AND ACTIONS IS NOT WORTH THE INDIVIDUALLY
DOUBLE-SPACED DEEPLY INDEBTED PIECE OF PAPER IT IS PRINTED ON.
AMID ALL OF THAT, AMID ALL OF THE UNDERSTANDABLE BELTWAY FOCUS
ON THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A THING THAT IS A BIG DEAL,
AND THAT IS TRULY NEW ABOUT THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE
IN THIS COUNTRY. IT'S THE RUNNING OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION LIKE IT'S A FAMILY BUSINESS.
A FAMILY BUSINESS THAT IS ALSO KEEPING ITS ACTUAL LITERAL
FAMILY BUSINESSES ON THE OUTSIDE WHILE THEY'RE HOLDING HIGH
POLITICAL OFFICE. I MEAN, A PRESIDENT HAVING AN
OUTSIDE BUSINESS INTEREST WAS LITERALLY A NATIONAL SCANDAL
WHEN THAT OUTSIDE BUSINESS INTEREST WAS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE
AS A PEANUT FARM IN GEORGIA FROM WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAD DIVESTED
HIMSELF. IN THIS CASE IT'S A LARGLARGE-S,
ONGOING, OFTEN INTERNATIONAL SET OF ARRANGEMENTS THAT IN AN
UNSETTLING NUMBER OF CASES SEEM TO HAVE ATTRACTED THE INTEREST
OF THE FBI. WHENEVER THERE'S SCANDAL
ASSOCIATED WITH AN ADMINISTRATION, THERE ARE ALWAYS
WORRIES, WELL-FOUNDED OR NOT,
ABOUT WHETHER THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI ARE CAPABLE
OF AN INDEPENDENT AND RIGOROUS INVESTIGATION INTO A PRESIDENT'S
ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT. BUT WHEN A PRESIDENT AND HIS
FAMILY AND THEIR ONGOING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS STRAY
INTO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TERRITORY, WE REALLY HAVE NO
TEMPLATE AT ALL, WE HAVE NO HELP FROM HISTORY IN TERMS OF WHAT IT
MEANS TO KEEP THOSE THINGS ON TRACK.
AS THAT MINING COMPANY BRIBERY TRIAL ROLLS ON THIS WEEK IN NEW
YORK, AS THAT MINISTER OF MINES GOES ON TRIAL IN THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OVER THOSE BRIBES ALLEGEDLY PAID BY THAT
MINING COMPANY, SPIN THAT OUT. I MEAN, JARED KUSHNER SAYS THAT
HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH FINANCING FROM THIS FAMILY, DOING HIS REAL
ESTATE DEALS, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER PARS OF THAT
FAMILY THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE MINING STUFF AND THE BRIBERY
INVESTIGATIONS AND EVERYTHING. KUSHNER FOLKS SAY THIS IS
TOTALLY DIFFERENT PART OF THAT FAMILY THAT HE'S WORKING WITH.
BUT WHAT IF IT'S NOT? RIGHT?
WHAT IF THIS CASE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK,
JUST WHAT IF IT STRETCHES OUT INTO U.S. COMPANIES KNOWINGLY
DOING BUSINESS WITH A COMPANY THAT WAS BRIBING FOREIGN
OFFICIALS. AND THAT FACT THAT THEY WERE
UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR BRIBING FOREIGN OFFICIALS, THAT WAS NO
SECRET. AND ANYBODY CONSIDERING DOING
BUSINESS WNESS WITH THEM SHOULD KNOWN BETTER.
IF IT GOES TO THAT TERRITORY, IF IT GOES TO VIOLATIONS OF THE
FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT, JUST HYPOTHETICALLY, HOW
CONCEIVABLE IS IT TO YOU THAT JEFF SESSIONS WOULD EVER GREEN
LIGHT CHARGES BEING BROUGHT AGAINST JARED?
FOR HIS TIES TO THAT HYPOTHETICAL SCANDAL?
YOU THINK JEFF SESSIONS WOULD DO THAT?
SHOULD HE RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THOSE DECISIONS BECAUSE HE KNOWS
JARED IS THE PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW?
DOES ANYBODY NOT KNOW THAT? FIRST 100 DAYS ARE A
NOW-STANDARDIZED WAY TO MAP THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF A NEW
ADMINISTRATION. BUT FOR MANY OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE NEW ABOUT THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION,
WE ARE TOTALLY OFF THE CHARTS IN TERMS OF PRECEDENT AND IN TERMS
OF KNOWING WHO'S ABOVE THE LAW AND HOW TO STOP THAT FROM
HAPPENING. WE'VE GOT A BIG SHOW TONIGHT.
SENATOR CORY BOOKER IS HERE LIVE.
HE'S FRESH OUT OF THE
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Chief, how can I help you?
- I wanted to congratulate you.
"HNT" is back on their financial heels
and Coyle will do 18 months.
- Well, the guy just couldn't help himself.
- The tortoise and the scorpion.
- I'm sorry?
- Scorpion asks a tortoise for a ride across the lake.
The tortoise says, "Well, sure,
as long as you don't sting me."
Scorpion says, "Why would I sting you?
We'd both drown." So they start off.
Halfway across the lake, the scorpion
stings the tortoise. The tortoise says,
"Why the hell did you do that?"
- And the scorpion says, "Because it's in my nature."
- Oh, you do know that one.
I guess the scorpions keep us in business.
- Yeah.
- Well...
I've barged into your office enough for one week.
- Please, any time.
- I, uh...
I guess I've been avoiding SVU.
Every time I walk in the place...
I think I'm gonna see Mike...
sitting at his desk.
Is that crazy? - Nope.
Not at all.
- I'll see you, Olivia.
- I'll see you, Chief.
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You don't have to do this.
These warriors will fight until only one remains.
If I die, I die.
A battle to the death.
At least I go down fighting.
You got this.
When I win, no one will be safe.
You really think she can win, don't you?
I wouldn't count her out if I were you.
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It felt like an explosion, but there's minimal damage.
It was an EMP.
How do you know?
Because the spinal implant that helps me walk isn't working.
I can't feel my legs.
We're trapped.
Oliver, come back!
Come back!
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Will Trump Kill Net Neutrality? - Duration: 12:05.
>> THE FCC HAS MADE ITS PROPOSAL TO TAKE THE INITIAL STEPS TO DO
AWAY WITH NET NEUTRALITY.
AJIT PAI WHO IS A STRONG CONSERVATIVE
IS THE PERSON SPEARHEADING THIS PROPOSAL.
IT WOULD UNDO THE 2015
RULES.
TITLE II IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT LEADS TO MORE
OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS DON'T DO
ANYTHING SHADY WHEN IT COMES TO SLOWING DOWN SPEEDS OF SITES OR
BLOCKING SITES THAT MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
SO FIRST, IF YOU DO AWAY WITH REGULATIONS ñ SO
THIS IS A BAD
SIGN.
THE FCC IS SET TO VOTE ON THIS MAY 18.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO RESIST THIS.
IF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS GET THEIR WAY
AND NET NEUTRALITY IS DONE AWAY WITH, THERE ARE CERTAIN SITES
THAT WILL SUFFER.
THEY ARE DOING THIS UNDER THE GUISE OF
PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESSES.
IF ANYTHING THIS HARMS SMALL
BUSINESSES.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY OR CONNECTIONS TO FIND
LOOPHOLES THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
IF YOU ARE AN UP-AND-COMING MEDIA ORGANIZATION AND YOU
ARE CRITICIZING THESE MAJOR CORPORATIONS, WHAT WILL YOU DO?
>> THAT ALSO APPLIES TO BREITBART, OR ANY RIGHT-WING
BLOG THERE IS.
IF YOU THINK THEY WILL LOOK AFTER YOU OUT OF THE
GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS YOU UNDERSTAND CAPITALISM AT ALL.
IN
THIS CASE GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK HAPPENED TO BE THE GOOD GUYS.
I
THINK NET NEUTRALITY IS THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN
AMERICA.
THE ONLY AVENUE THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT HAVE IS THE
INTERNET.
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS GRAB
CONTROL OF THE INTERNET, THEY CAN DO ALL THE THINGS THAT AJIT
PAI WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM
TO DO.
>> ALSO KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE HUGE CONGLOMERATES AND INTERNET
SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT HAVE PURCHASED MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS.
MAYBE THERE IS A COMPETITOR AND THEY DON'T WANT THAT COMPETITOR
TO ACTUALLY COMPETE IN A FREE MARKET AGAINST THE MEDIA
ORGANIZATION THEY HAVE ACQUIRED.
THIS IS A NIGHTMARE.
ANYONE WHO
WOULD WANT TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER COULD BE VICTIMIZED BY A
LACK OF NET NEUTRALITY.
WE WANT A FREE FLOW OF IDEAS, A FREE
MARKETPLACE.
IF YOU DO AWAY WITH NET NEUTRALITY THERE IS NO
GUARANTEE.
THE ONLY GUARANTEE WE HAVE IS THAT PEOPLE NOT RECEIVE
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO BE INFORMED MEMBERS OF A
DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM.
>> DID YOU KNOW 73% OF LOCATIONS HAVE ONLY ONE BROADBAND
PROVIDER.
THAT IS A MONOPOLY.
>>THAT IS INSANE.
>> ADAM SMITH WARNED US ABOUT MONOPOLIES WHEN HE EXPLAINED
CAPITALISM SUCH A LONG TIME AGO.
IT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK
ABOUT IF YOU ARE A TRUE CONSERVATIVE.
THEY KILL FREE
MARKETS.
24% OF THE COUNTRY IS A DUOPOLY, THEY ONLY HAVE TWO
OPTIONS.
NOW, AJIT PAI IS SO INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST.
DID
YOU KNOW HE IS A FORMER VERIZON LAWYER?
WHAT A WONDERFUL
COINCIDENCE.
AND ANOTHER ROLE THEY JUST ANNOUNCED ñ
>> LET ME GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS WITH THE PROPER WORDING.
VICE REPORTED ON THIS.
THESE
PRICE CAPS
ARE IMPORTANT WHEN
YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH THIS
MONOPOLY.
I AM DEALING WITH IT, I HAVE NO OPTION OTHER THAN
SPECTRUM.
THEY CHARGE WAY TOO MUCH FOR SLOW AND SHIT INTERNET
SERVICE.
THINK ABOUT THE COSTS THIS WILL HAVE ON SMALL
BUSINESSES.
IT IS JUST A NIGHTMARE.
INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST IS THE PERFECT WAY TO PUT IT.
>>LYING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
HOW
UNBELIEVABLY DISHONEST ARE YOU?
IS IT TO HELP THE BROADBAND
PROVIDERS THAT HE USED TO BE A PAID EMPLOYEE OF?
OF COURSE.
AND
FINALLY WHY OUR GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK THE HEROES?
THE
INTERNET ASSOCIATION ARE SAYING NO.
IT COULD HELP GOOGLE AND
FACEBOOK IF THIS WENT THROUGH BECAUSE THEY ARE SO LARGE THEY
CAN PAY THE RANSOM.
FOR ANYONE WHO ISN'T LARGE ENOUGH ALL THEIR
COMPETITION WOULD GET WIPED OUT.
THAT IS WHY THEY FOUGHT LONG AND
HARD BEFORE THEY DECIDED TO BE IN FAVOR OF NET NEUTRALITY.
IT
WAS A CLOSE CALL BUT THEY CAME OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
ONCE THEY
SAID THEY ARE FOR NET NEUTRALITY OBAMA SAID THAT SINCE A LOT OF
HIS FOUNDERS EARNED SILICONE VALLEY HE IS FOR NET NEUTRALITY.
SO GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK SAVE THE INTERNET WHEN THEY DID THAT.
IF
THEY ARE NOT IN OUR SIDE WE ARE ALL SCREWED.
ALL THESE
POLITICIANS CARE ABOUT IS THEIR DONORS.
WE GET UPSET WHEN THE
RICH GET TOO MANY TAX CUTS, AND THAT IS NOT JUST.
BUT I ALWAYS
TELL YOU DON'T BE BLANKET AGAINST RICH PEOPLE OR
CORPORATIONS AS
A THING.
I'M GOING TO
CHANGE ALL THE RULES
AND I WILL MAKE SURE YOUR BUSINESSES GET WIPED OUT IN
FAVOR OF THE CRONY CAPITALISM OF SUPPORTING THE BROADBAND
PROVIDERS.
THAT COMBINED WITH WE MUST DO RESISTANCE ñ YOU HAVE TO
PROTECT THE INTERNET.
ONE LAST PIECE FROM AJIT PAI WHO WAS ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS GUYS IN AMERICA ñ
>> I WISH HE WOULD JUST SHUT HIS PIE HOLE.
>> HE SAID NO, IF THESE BROADBAND PROVIDERS CAN'T MAKE
MORE MONEY THAN THEY WOULD RUN OUT OF MONEY SO THEY CAN PROVIDE
ENOUGH BROADBAND TO POOR AND MINORITY AREAS.
DO YOU KNOW THAT
MEANS?
WE ARE HOLDING THEM HOSTAGE.
IF YOU DON'T GIVE US
WHAT WE WANT WE WILL CUT ACCESS TO POOR AND MINORITY AREAS.
THAT
IS SO SICK.
>>IT'S ALSO VERY CLEAR HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT POOR MINORITY
AREAS IN AMERICA.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW THE FCC
VOTED TO ELIMINATE THOSE PRICE CAPS THAT PROTECTED PEOPLE
LIVING IN RURAL PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES.
HE IS
INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE
FIGHTING.
WE HAVE TO FIGHT AND WIN AGAIN.
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White House Hypes 'OK' North Korea Briefing | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC - Duration: 5:52.
>>> IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY YOU WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY TEN
MINUTES TO PREPARE, AND NO LONGER.
THAT IS THE NEW ADVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF JAPAN FROM THEIR
PRIME MINISTER. IF NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES A
BALLISTIC MISSILE AT JAPAN, THE NEW ACTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF
GUIDELINES THAT ARE POSTED ON JAPAN'S CIVIL DEFENSE NATIONAL
WEBSITE TELL THE CIVILIANS IN THAT COUNTRY THAT THEY'VE GOT
TEN MINUTES TO DEAL WITH THAT AND GET READY.
THE GUIDELINES TELL PEOPLE TO TAKE COVER INDOORS, TO SHUT OFF
ALL GAS AND WATER, TO STAY AWAY FROM ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS.
JAPAN MAINTAINS A CIVIL DEFENSE WEBSITE ALL THE TIME TO GIVE
JUST THIS KIND OF ADVICE. BUT THAT WEBSITE HAS SEEN MORE
THAN 14 TIMES ITS USUAL AMOUNT OF WEB TRAFFIC OVER THE COURSE
OF THIS MONTH. TODAY TOP U.S. -- THE TOP --
EXCUSE ME. TODAY THE TOP U.S. MILITARY
OFFICIAL IN THE PACIFIC COMMAND SAID, AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THE
SUBJECT, HAWAII COULD USE SOME ADDITIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
CAPABILITY. GIVEN WHAT NORTH KOREA HAS BEEN
SHOWING OFF RECENTLY. IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED
STATES, IT IS STILL A HYPOTHETICAL THREAT THAT NORTH
KOREA COULD HIT THE U.S. MAINLAND.
BUT IN HAWAII IT'S A DIFFERENT THING.
AND IN JAPAN AND IN SOUTH KOREA, THEY KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY ARE
ALREADY WELL WITHIN THE RANGE OF WEAPONS THAT WE KNOW NORTH KOREA
ALREADY POSSESSES. THIS MONTH THE JAPANESE CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN HOLDING MEETINGS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
AROUND JAPAN, ADVISING THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD DO IF THEIR REGION
IS HIT BY A NORTH KOREAN MISSILE.
IT'S UNPRECEDENTED, THAT'S SOMETHING JAPAN HAS NEVER DONE
BEFORE IN ITS POST-WAR HISTORY. YESTERDAY, NORTH KOREA STAGED
ITS LARGEST-EVER LIVE-FIRE EXERCISES OFF ITS EASTERN COAST.
THOSE ARE ALL ARTILLERY PIECES WE JUST SAW THERE.
SOUTH KOREAN NEWS REPORTS SAID THE EXERCISES INVOLVED 300 TO
400 ARTILLERY PIECES. YOU SEE THEM SHOOTING THERE,
THOSE ARTILLERY ROUNDS, INTO THE SEA.
THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREAN NAVYS HAVE ALSO BEEN CONDUCTING THEIR
OWN MILITARY EXERCISES. YESTERDAY OFF SOUTH KOREA'S
WESTERN COAST. YESTERDAY THE "USS MICHIGAN," A
NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE, ARRIVED IN SOUTH KOREA.
THE "USS CARL VINSON" AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS ALSO EN ROUTE TO THE
KOREAN PENINSULA NOW, FOR REAL THIS TIME.
THINGS ARE ALREADY VERY TENSE RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU ARE FEELING TENSE ABOUT THAT PART OF THE WORLD RIGHT
NOW, I ADVISE YOU NEXT TIME YOU'RE AT THE GROCERY STORE TO
NOT LOOK TOO CLOSELY AT THE TABLOID GROCERY STORE
PUBLICATION THAT OUR PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY ENDORSED AND SAID
SHOULD WIN THE PULITZER PRIZE. BECAUSE THIS WEEK'S COVER OF
"THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER" IS THIS. "WORLD WAR III IS COMING!
TOP SECRET PENTAGON REPORT, THE DAY AND TIME ALL-OUT WAR WILL
BREAK LOOSE. NAVY DESTROYERS BOUND FOR NORTH
KOREA." AFTER THIS CAME OUT TODAY AND
STARTED CIRCULATING ONLINE, DEFENSE FOLKS NOTED THAT THE
DESTROYER THEY PUT ON THE COVER IS A RUSSIAN DESTROYER, NOT AN
AMERICAN ONE. BUT WHATEVER.
FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IT IS, "NATIONAL ENQUIRER" HONESTLY IS
SOMETIMES A LITTLE PEEK INTO THIS NEW PRESIDENT'S MINDSET.
IF SO, WHOA. BACK HERE ON PLANET EARTH, THE
PRESIDENT INVITED ALL 100 SITTING U.S. SENATORS TO THE
WHITE HOUSE TODAY. FOR A HIGHLY UNUSUAL
ALL-SENATORS BRIEFING ON NORTH KOREA.
THAT'S A LOT OF SENATORS TO BRING UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
BUT THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO DO THIS URGENT BRIEFING ON NORTH
KOREA. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT IN THE
SECURE FACILITY WHERE THEY USUALLY DO THESE THINGS AT THE
SENATE, THEY WANTED TO DO IT AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR SOME REASON.
IN ORDER TO FIT ALL THE SENATORS INTO ONE BRIEFING THEY ACTUALLY
HAD TO MacGYVER A MAKESHIFT SECURE FACILITY ON THE WHITE
HOUSE GROUNDS. THE SENATORS THEN HAD TO GO
THROUGH THIS WEIRD PERP WALK RIGMAROLE WHERE THEY BOARDED
BUSS AND GOT SHIPPED UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE LIKE THEY WERE ON A
SCHOOL FIELD TRIP. ONE REPORTER ADDED THE INDIGNITY
THE BACK WINDOW OF ONE OF THE BUSS THEY PUT THE SENATORS ON
WAS HELD UP WITH DUCT TAPE. AND ONE OF THAT BUS' LIGHTS WAS
DANGLING OFF THE BUS, HELD BY A WIRE.
NOTHING BUT THE BEST. ONCE THEY GOT UP TO THE WHITE
HOUSE, THE SENATORS GOT OUT OF THEIR BUSES, THEY WERE
APPARENTLY GREETED BRIEFLY BY THE PRESIDENT.
THEY WERE THEN BRIEFED -- SECRETARY OF STATE REX
TILLERSON, ALTHOUGH THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO REX TILLERSON, AS
RECENTLY AS TWO DAYS AGO THE STATE DEPARTMENT "APPEARED
UNAWARE" THAT TILLERSON WOULD BE DELIVERING THAT BRIEFING.
BUT THERE IT WAS TODAY. THE BRIEFING LASTED ABOUT AN
HOUR. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE? WHY DID ALL THE SENATORS HAVE TO
GET UP ON BUSES AND GO THERE FOR IT?
WHAT WAS THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED TO
HAVE IMPARTED TO THEM AT THE WHITE HOUSE?
ABOUT THIS URGENT SITUATION IN NORTH KOREA?
I DON'T KNOW. BUT SENATORS SEEM UNDERWHELMED.
HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS THE REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN OF THE
SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
SENATOR BOB CORKER. >> HOW WAS THE BRIEFING?
>> IT WAS FINE. >> DID YOU GUYS LEARN ANYTHING
IN THERE YOU DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE? >> NOT REALLY.
IT WAS AN OKAY BRIEFING. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WAS AN
OKAY BRIEFING? DIDN'T REALLY LEARN MUCH?
>> I -- IT WAS -- IT WAS OKAY. >> IT WAS OKAY.
MAYBE NOT WORTH THE TRIP?
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